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An Act authorising Polly Coleman to introduce and hold a certain Slave within this Commonwealth. 1809 66 (1809)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0126 and id is 1 raw text is: J, Atoncc#nrg'wzdlii prestoiz. Ar1 E.t enacted by the General Assembly' Thatthe auditoi ;, reson. , of.' nehed contsis hereby nuthioriscd oavd directtedIt/ issue his warrant in fvot of for two hundred and forty- dollars, it btIng for services rendered as brigade ma- Jor. and insplector, to the thirteenth and nineteenth'brigade ofthe .tilitia 'of 'this comMonweahh, in the year'one thounsand seven ,liidred and ninety.nine. Commencemetnt 2. This act shall be in force, from ahd after the passing thereof. CHAP. )LXXX. An Act authotising, Polly Coleman to introdai e and hold a ceriua Sidve withtn this onimonwtala. [Pas,ed January 27, 1810.) Wm HEREAS it is represented to this present Gencral Assein- bly, That Polly Coleman, a native of Viiginia fropi the county of Pitssyhaniah, intermarried with a certain Daniel Cole-. man, who removed to the state of Georgia some time -in the year eighteen hundred and five, carrying with him a negro girl -named Hannah, in whom the said Polly has a.lif* estate only, and 'who at her death descends'to her children; that the said Diniel departed this life in the year eighteen hundred, and eight, Jeav- ing his widow in such 'circumstances, that she was compelledto return to Pittsylvania county, for the purpose of receiving sup- port by her friends, for herself and children'; that her. title to the said negro girl is such, that she cannot dispose of her ; PO oleman .1 . BE it therefore enacted, That it shall fie lawful for tie afore, autliorised to in. said Polly Coleman, and she is hereb) authorised and permittd, a 'certsnsave. without incurritg any penalty nr'forfeiture in consequence, there- of,. to introduce and hold the aforenamed negro girl Hannah with- 'in this commonwealth; any law to the contrary, notwithstand- ing. Commeaement, 2 s. This act shall be In force from the passing thereoft CHAP. LXXXL. An Act to scale the Certificate Tax due from the Cianties of Moni- gonery, Jlrthc, Grayson, Tazezvell atzd Giles, for the year se- • cntecn hundred and ei/hlt-three. Preamble ~ H . , Passed nJuary 27, 1810 * S * libat .,Pre&Irables , HEREAS itisrepresentedto the General AssemblyThat Sj.thL inhabitants of the county of lbnimgomery;:'ani such of the inhabitants of the counties of Wyihe, Grayson, Tazewell and Giles, as were included within the bounds of the cotintv0'( Nontgomery, ar.e in arrears for certiicate tax due upon thei, lands for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three4 ,and that the non-payment thereof was not the fault or neglect of the people, but arose from the. circumstance of there being nd collector in said county for that year, or ever have been sinces, that would collect hat tax, at-* icl -period Montgomery coun.. ty, included thecounties of Wvthe, Grivsnn, razewell and Giles, ,and the ceitificates'being now principally or entirely rede dc' .and ,it would pnrove burtbensme and heavy on thi I 4 'lnts of tho.le seveial counties to py the same at their noial alue. ia apeci€ :,

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