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An Act permitting Nancy Coleman, Sen., and other free persons of color therein named, to remain in the State of Texas until the 6th day of April, A.D. 1860. 1857 156 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0090 and id is 1 raw text is: S c. 7. That'if any person shall wilfully fail or reffiso to pay tolls after crossing thu said Bridge, he shall be liable to forfeit and pay to the said Company the sum of five dollars, and the costs of suit, recoverable before any Justice of the Peace as in other cases. SEC. 8. That the said Company shall not be permitted to prevent individuals from travelling any other road other than the said Turnpike road ; and that this Act take effect imme- diately after its passage. Approved, February 16th, 1858. CHAPTER 142. AN ACT permEtting Nancy Coleman, Sen., and other free persot. of color therein named, to remain in the State of Texas until the 6th day of April, A. D. 1860. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Leglslature of the State of Texas, That Nancy Coleman, Sen., and her children, viz: Little Nancy, Baker, Eli, Jenny, Catharine, and Charlotte, and the children of said Little Nancy, viz : Ben, Mary, Dinah, Nathan, Joe, and Tim ; and the children of said Jenny, viz: Frances, William, Lizzy, and Adaline, and Floydy, a child of said c.:mharine, all free persons of color, be permitted to re- main .this State until the sixth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty, (1860.) Szc. 2. That said free persons of color shall be subject to all the laws of this State regulating slaves and slavery, during the time they are permitted to remain in the same by this Act. SEC. 3. That said firce persons of color be allowed thirty days after the expiration of the time aforesaid, to remove from this State. SEC. 4. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 16th, 1858.

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