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CUAPTER 140.-An A.t mneeminng Wiliam 1Iciskill.
WiEREAS it appears to the General Assembly. hlt ftm.*e
William UpiskiIl, of-the couity of Lee, about 11 tnontl of
Nbovembbr. last, lr)hsited or a certaiu Lilburn L. Ilend'r-
son,,of Abingdon, a ncli-o slave named Siuimo, whielh slave
had, previous to said ptivihase, been brought h'om 'I'outnts,
see'lute this Stale by the said lenderson, A ho had tiled to
perform the conditions preseribed by tie law en.eri'ing Iiie
importation qf slaVO, within the tim tle,'eio required ;-
0a the said Heiskill having petitioned the hgishattiuot to 6)0
authorized to retain the said slave in this eoionoealti
S1. Be it enacted, Thatt the said William Ili6,kiil siall I1o William THeis.
and lie is hereby authorized aud empowered t liold the aijt k i atitidlrze
slave Sim on, as his property, wighin this vou m ouvilt l . tl toh li' id t ie I s
from any flue, penalty or f'ovlkiilure wlilsoevr . iit-lTcd oi brouug;,t In tromU
to be incurred, in consequente of'the rValure aroresaid; 'remiiiessee.
P'rovided, the said William Ieiskill, shall, witlhin ihrce VWViso.
Months aitet the passage of this law, export a tefmale slave
f1roi this coiimnionwealtt, agveeably to the law passed Fe.
bruary the Fourteenth eighteen hutidred and twelve, entitled,
Ati avt to amend the several laws voneerning slaves.
2. This act shall be in force rlout I lie passa ' the'eor. Comme.cement.
[Passed December 101t, 11t;.]
CHAPTER 141.-An Act concerning L:ndon Uabel
WUEREAS it appears to the General Assemhly, that Preamlbil.
Landon Ca hell was apiointcd sherili or the county of' Nel-
son, to ;IIve rotoi the tweuny-seventh day of November eigh-
tecl hundred and ifieen, tfor the tei-m ofone year thence next
ensuing, and had miade up a stin of' money equal to Ile whole
-amount ofl tie revenue with which the said county wa
helr'geable, and Itm'wardid it to the treasury by the hands of'
one of his deputies, who arrived in Richmond bel'ive the
day of October 181G ; but, before the said do-
.puty had an opportunity of paying it into the treasur'y, as lie
alledges, lie was robbed of (lie same, and so railed to pay it in ;
vlereby '(he said Liindon Cubell hath hecome liable to a
:tiotion in the general court for the said taxes and intet-est,
atid dtmages thereupon ;
1. Be it therefore enaeled, That the aroresaid Landon C- Time altowed
bell Shall be. fiid lie is hereby authorizeil to have, until t lie I., laon Cbell to
first day o'Novejnber 1817, to account tlo, a kl pay into Ie ..ticcot to' iAd
--~~1m li py e Lizeb 14r
,treasury, the taxes aceruing in tile county ol' Nelson, 'o- (lie Ys oi, count.
year eighteen hundred and sixteen.
2. AInd be it fur'lher enacted, That the said Lntdon Ca- Power gtven
bell is hereby authorized and empowered to eolleet the re- him to cullect.
sidue of (lie said taxes which may beI unpaid at tie time of
his going out ol'ofliee, as fully and ell'eetually as if lie were
still aeting as sleriflt
3. This act shall he in fores from and after the passing CommccementC
thereof. [Passe[ Dcccmber -1thl, 1816.]](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0259&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)