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An Act to prevent Frauds and Fraudulent Conveyances. 1839 28 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0022 and id is 1 raw text is: nq relates to the collection of taxes due under said lawm, be, and the same are hereby repealed. DAVID S. KAUFMAN, Speaker of the 11Jsf Representatives. DAVII) G. BURNBE, President of the Senate, Approved 16th January, 1840. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. AN ACT To prevent Frauds and Frandulent Conveyances. Si-c. 1. Be it enacted by the Son ate, and honse of RJepre- rentatives of the Repnb!ic of Te.ras, in Cong'ress assembled, That no action shall be brouL,ht whereby to charge any excec- tor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer ani- debt or damage out of his own estate, or whereby to chnr.e ihe defemdant, upon any special promise, to answer for the debt, de- fult or miscarriage o another person, or to charge any peron. uipoil any agreemelnt made i.iponi consideration of miarrli , (r upon any contract fbr the sale of lands, slaves, tenements or lie- reditaments, or the making any lease thereof fbr a longer term than one year, or upon any agreement which is not to be per- formed within the spacc of one year from the making thervol untess the promise or agreement upon which such action shall be brouglt, or some memorandum thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some person by him thereunto lawfully authorized. Silc. 2. Be it further enacted, That every Lift, grant or con vewance of lands, slaves, tenements, hereditamnenits, Woods or chattles, or of any rent, coommo or profit out of the same, by wrl- tinff or otherwise, and every bond, suit, judgment or executtiol had or made and contrived of malice, fraud_,covin, collusion or guile, to the intent or purpose to dela,, hinder or defraud credi- top of their just and lawful actions, suits, debts, accounts, dama- ges, penalties or forfeitures, or to defraud, or to deceive those who shall purchase the same lands, slaves, tenements or hereditammimis. or any rent, profit or comnnodity out of them, shall be from hence- forth dleemed and -nken only as against the lerson or persons, his or her, or their heirs, successors, executors. atministrators or as- sligs, and every of them whose debts, suits, demands, estates, interests, by such guileful aud covinous devices and practices as

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