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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0258 and id is 1 raw text is: 0o -ncement.
Preamble.
Addition to the
rcnsiott of John
Lain.
Sin allnowefl fcr
prebent relief.
Addition to the
penslo,, of liell.
ry Crook.
Commencement.
INY tOuT-MST YEAR OV T!L COMMONWEALTH,
larsannually, during his lire, to be paid as other ensioners
are puil. ,
1. This net shall be in force from the passing'thereof.
[Pased Februnryfjth.; 8.17,]
CHAPTER 138.-An Act for increasing the pensions of John Lain and iewry
Crook.
WIIEREAS it is represented to the General Assembly;
that the petsions heretollore allowed to John Lain ind Hliei
ry Crook arc insufficient to provide them with the necessa.
rivs of life, and that age and infirmity have rendered them
inral)able of labor
1. Be it ilheref'e enacted, That the sum of forty dliari
ht. paid anluatly to the said John Lain, as an increase of his
,z .JhId be it farther enactcd, That the sumi of fiftydollars,
exvl iicly of ihe said Ieision, be paid to ldi Vl'o his' present
supnori ; and iho atititot is hereby rcquired to issue his
.l a'irlall on treasury Cor the payment of the sums herein
3..;aia be it farther enacted, That the sum of sixty dol-
hars he annually'paid to the said Ienry Urook, (now a resi-
dewt or the county of' Washington,) as an increase of his said
4. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
[Passed February l0th, 1817.]
C1iAI''ER 139.-An. Act concerning Frank Cart.
lrczmblk WTIEREAS it is represented to the General Assembly.
by Frank Carr, of' the county of Albeinarle, that, in the
year 1815, lhe hecatne entitled, by marriage, to two negro
. slaves, then being in the county of Jeffirson and state of
Kentucky ; that lie Ines, sine that period, caused the said
slaves to be renpoved into this commonwealth. but, being ig-
norant of the laws concerning the importation of slaves, he
Tfild to obtain front (lie eourt of Ieflirsoa county an anuthen-
tieanion of facts, preseribed by the said law, within the time
tlerein required ; and the said Frank Carr having petition-
I' the legislature to be permitted to retain the said slaves
ill this u(omnsonweahth
tiank 4 r au. 1, lie it entted, That the said Frank Carr slhall be. and
tlorized to hold he is hereby nuthiorized and empowered to hold in this State,
in this state cer the said two slaves, klown by the names of John and Patsey,
tain siai'ej bro't slcfrm afies, kiwn y n Patsey,
in froin Intuc- free from any .ine, penally or forfeiturq wbatsoever, incur-
ky. red or t6 be ineurred, by reaso f f tielr removal into this
coin Inor'wealth as albresaid.
Commencement. 5. This tiet 6hall be in force f1rom the passage thereof,
rl'assed Deceinber 3d, 1810.]](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0258&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)