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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0134 and id is 1 raw text is: aame~mgnths row, estalhshed r and,, courtdiafl be- ild~er ,.
af'te r, th ,i&cpiuty af '¢niry, 'op t he:' ec~uid.:.!Wwidiy, m'.each:' .
=onth. insteacl of thetm ,e'1'scribd Wi ' ib l q'ir
terlY sessions shall be i the satemonihs now, esabhsi ., ,
otithlig, In i -bs 3. Be itftier enacted, _I_.lja any thiti' ontMt. d inthis acq
stdoe't~ 'saIo operate a'dlseontinuane 'f..any cafise b rMkter 4,~a
duo. .,,. i, g in th maid courts herebV, altered, imdc that'allprdceassrettrn'.
able to a te~m' he#i tered, shall beproceded oh1 ui tfiirn-
ed to the term:now estabhlshed. .,
aim' rmin ment 4. Ihis act shall e in force trom the sixth of', Fkbrci'y) p -
thousand .Agiht hundred.and t.-i.'
CHAP; C.
An ct a, ink to :Dai .d i th .m...iWea., Ri, to''
. the Lands wvhercof Richard Smyl/s died ieizC4d
Passed Februitry' , 10.1 * '
gomin.nweathe git enacted by the General Assembly, That all, therght5
rign-t to'eria B'. title orlinterest,' which the commonwealth hath, oi1'mnay
land, retinquish- have, in or to anylauds whereof a certain Richard Smyth'died'
edi to 1). Doyle. Ve In '' ] I1 1
seized, and which have become' escheatable-to, the 'Corer., t=,
wealth, shall be,' and is hereby releas-d to ail. Duyle,
a native of Ireland, who hith becomiae a citizefi of the United.
States, and to whom it appears the said Richaird intendtd to
have devised 'the said lands.' But the said' David Doyle bhall
hold'the some Suhjetto the payment of the debts of aid Ri:h.,
ardSmth, in like mianer as it thie said l1chard :Smxyti| hadby.,.
,last will and testament, devised his.estate, 'real anti personl, to
the said David Doyle subject, to 'the payment .of: his :detlhit
lkissrratiha. Saving to all persons, bodies politic iind corporate, other than
the commonwealth, any. right, title or intertst, .which tdey might,
or would have had, in or to the said-landsi or'any'part thereofb.'
if this act had not have beeii mad'. ' '
Cpmmeacenint, 2. This act shall.be in force from the passing thereof.:
v .CHAP.,CI.
An Act'to.author'e aqaret ker cbins to retain certain,
within thi State.,
.!rssed itFbrun;y 6. 1810.1 ' she
Mar. KRobins 4T E it efiacted, TiatMargaret Ker Robins be, and she is,
autharisd to re. B 1) hereby authorised toretain and continue in-this stuite .the
taM er'fl,5arcs following slaves,-to wit: Jack,,Peter, Zadock, Rachel, AOgi i'
and~a child called Letty, and the said Margaret Ker Robins
shall not be subject t6 any fitie, penaliy or forfeiture,, for, 6r by
reason of the importatioi of saidslayes, or either of, them,' in4
to this state.
commnemnomnt 2. This act shall be in force from and after the passing thereof.
. .,CHAP. CIL.
An Act authoriaing Ydhn A. Vierdef'io retain a' certain 8lave in
this 4tate.
'Passed JObiuay, .5 1810.3 '
amble, T7'- HEREAS it has beeti, represented to'the General Assem-,
V bly, ..That John A., Verdell hired 'a neigo slave b DavId
Cook, who shortly after removed to the state of NOrth ('aRiolhia,
taking, witl him the siid' slave. -'After-the- pirati6n 6A. the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0134&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)