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ti of A Oatd&V~dl br ~this negro backato Virg
ni d46lbts hieo arisenwhether it'wa contrar to ithe law
;Rtritig e, intrioducition of isasi 2'
i.'!ii t: thevefor;::nacted That' Jolhn.A.. Verdellli hereby lobn A. AVedelt
P ied. nt theabove negro in.thi st ate, aid i hereby .P~jeLijrj , 1
Rnted from any fitior.t prfeture he may incur for the same ,lave.
Any law tb the contrary, o'tvithstand'ng . ,
, 'hi act,c shall beinzforce from the, pAssinghereof. , oon menS u
i P l. . ,
I4An '4 Ut ishn¢ Rebecda 'Yohnion to bring within 'this atate'
..- ermtain Slaves thes mentioned.
(Passed February 7, 1810.] .
.r itenacted, That Rebecca Johnson be, and sheis 1here-, Rebe. Jasa
aciliorised to in%,
. .D.B biauthurised and permitted, without incurring any pe te- use tain
nalty or.forleiture -in consequence thereof, to introduce within slaves.
this comrxmonwealth, three slaves, Braddock. Frank and Win;
ny, belonging to her'ward, and daughter, Rebecca Johnson.
S2. This act shill be in force from .. i..,sinmg thereof.. emmeacmei
CHAP. CIV.
An Act authorieinj tfizabeth Sturdivit, Adrnatratrix ofoRo.
btrt cYiurdiwant, 'decased, to intrOduce certain Slaves into this,
S ' ba te. . . . . ..
( Passed Febrnary S, 1810,'
\N V HEREAS it is repre-sented to the present General Assem, .e.. ,
,WV bly, That'Xtobert Sturdivant did in his lifetime, in the
moith of blarch, one, thousand eight hundred and eight, re.
mUve from this stateinto.the state of North Car.lina, carrying
wit him. a certain number of slaves with an intention of settling
himself, but, was unfortunately prevented by his death',- which
htppened in the month- of Septembei following } that Elizabeth
Sturdi, ant1 vidow,'md administratrix of the said Rbbert Sturdi-
vant, deceased, is by the law passed the twenty fifth day of Ja-
nuary, one thousald eight hundred rnd six, prevented from bring-
ing the said'slave. back to this state, that in consequence, there-
of the whole of the slaves of her intestate's. estate, now in the
county of Dinwiddle, must be sold for a 'division among the
leg1aeei; butprovided she is atithorised 'to introduce the afore.
said slaves into her native state' there will then be a sufliciehcy to
auth'orise a division;
I. UkIi ittherefore enicted, .That it shall'be lawful: for Eli. Eliz.,Sturdivant
zabeth Sturdivani widow and -ndministratrix of Robert, Stur- authorised to in.
4ivat~deeasd~to trtrod ieft Certain
4ivant, deceased, to introduce the slaves aforesaid into this state, slaves.
wiXutit incurring any. penalty or forfeiture therefor: Any law
othe contrary notwvithstanding. .
2. 'rtis act shal be in force from the passing thereof. Commentemet*
CHAP. 'CV.
An Afct io amend an act concerning an Academy in' the corinty. of
- Brunsawi,. * 44
..( a. [ aedebruay 5, 1810.)
! THERE:AS t has been representedt0the General As~er. Peembte.
VV.bly, That anajoriltv;of the trustees of an *cademy in
taeeounty of Brunswick, baVeded removed out of ic comr-
monwealthi, or rtfused to serve : . . '4 4](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0136&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)