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An Act concerning Samuel Fitzgerald and Mary, his wife. 1817 210 (1817)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0272 and id is 1 raw text is: urf THE FORTY-SC D TEAR OF THlE IOMMONWEXLTII. 61-APTIER CLXXX.--.An Act concorning Samuel Fitzgerald andMar) his wifie.. WHEREAS it is represented to the General Assembly by Samuel Fitzgerald and Mary.his wife, (late Mary Harper,) that, about the year 1790, the said Mary removed from the county of Amherst in this State to the State of Georgia, under the guardi- anship of her brother, who departed this lite about the year 1807, leaving the said Mary unprotected and friendless, in consequence of *vhich she returned to her fi iends in this Sutte ; that the estate of her said brother was divided, and there was assigned to the said Mary two negro children, who have since that period been removed inito this tCominonwealth, for the personal service of the said Samuel and Mary, without the previous knowledge that such removal was inhibited by the laws of this State: and the said Samuel and Mary having petitioned the Legislature to be author- ised to retain the said slaves therein as their property ; Samael Fttgerald 1. Be it enacted, That the said Samuel and Mary shall be, and towe hi, hold ill tte they are hereby authorised and empowered to hold the said two siv,In ,Vi, bugltill slaves known by the names of Jaiues an d Milly, free from any Georgia. fine, penalty or forleiture whatsoever incurred or to be incurred rro,i,o. by reason of their removal into this State as aforesaid : provided, that the said Samuel and Mary Fitzgerald shall, within sixty days from the passage of this rict, exhibit, to some justice of the'peace fur the county of Anherst, a statement in writing containin_ the name, age, sex and description of the aforesaid slaves Samuerand Mary; and moreover shail make oath or solemn aflirmation be- fore such justice that the said statement contains a true account of tile slaves so brought in, and that tlhe said slaves have not been brought into this Commnnwealth for the purpose of sale, or with intent to evade the laws of this Commonwealth to pre- vent the further importation of slaves; and within sixty days thereafter shall return such statement, together with a certifica'te of the said oath or affirmation, to the court of the said county, there Farther provi. to be recorded : and provided also. that it shall not be lawful fir the said Samuel and IMary Fitzgerahl, by virtue oif the provision in this section contained, to make any voluntary sale or contract for the sale of' such slaves, within the'space of two years from the passage of this act ; and if the said Saniuel and Mary shall make such sale or contract contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof, the slave or slaves so sold or contracted to be sol shall be forfeited, and be subject to tile same proceedings and appro- priation as if this provisiot had never been made. c.ncn~emn~c 2. This act shall commence antd be in force from and after the. passing thereof. (Passed .Jnuary 10th, 1818.) WHAP ER CXC..... n Act concerning Ezekiel G, Shcarman, administra- tor of Martin Shearman decetsed. X.0itle. WHEREAS it appears to the General Assembly, that Martin Shearman deceased, late of the county of Lancaster, did, in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, receive from the Executive a certain sum of money, for the purpose of paying individuals from whom the conmuis.;ary had purchased ratmis amd Forage for the use of the troops then in the service of the United States, and for which lie paid, to each individual, or their representatives, the current price of every article furnished, as his receipts will shew; that his administrator EzekielG. Shearman, being anxious to

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