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An Act concerning Marmaduke Ganneway. 1817 211 (1817)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0273 and id is 1 raw text is: IN THE-I FO1TY-STICON~~yTIARt:O61?_VITB UOMMONqWEALTIL close the business, and to pay iito, the public treasury a surplus- of tle money remaining in the hands of the.said artin Shearman at his death has inadt e every exertion to ci to a settlement With the propel officer, without effect: 1. Be. it tlem fore enaeted, that the said Rzekitl G. Shearman, In o'nt manner en adiniinstrator as aforesaid. is hereby uthorised to settle with the I . snn. u dnt,. accountant, Who, without regard to the forms prescribed by law in Shtar of Moitin ,- shami ,it ,~d 4 such cases; shall allow a credit to the said administrator for so -,ith tit, Conza, much money as, by sati-factory evidence, may appear to have beenwt strt ixt paid and disbursedi by the said Martin Shearman on the public accountt. 2. This act shall be in force from the passinfg thereof. Commcnntnt (Passed .Jauary 26th, 1818.) CHAPTEIICXCL---An kct concerning David Honter. WHEREAS it appears to the General Assembly, that David lion- Prrumube. ter, clerk of the cou nty court ni Berkeley, was fined by the general court, on motion, in tile sum of six hundred dollars with thirty three dollars and sixty one cents costs. for failing to account for and pay into th(e treasury, in due time. the taxes received by him oo law process, ordinary licenses, and other taxes receivable by him as clerk of the county aforesaid, fromo the first day of September e agacen hundred ,and fifteen to the first day of September cigh- teen hundred and siheen, in consequence of not being able to coilect money receivable at the treasury ; and it also appearing to tile General Assembly that the said David Hrunter hath since, to wit, upon the ninth day of November 1817, paid to the sheriff of said coulty the whole amuount of the execution issued for said fine With costs and touimissions ; and that the Auditor still holds tile said David Hunter responsible for the taxes aforesaid in con- formity to the account rendered : 1. Be it there foreemtcted, That the Auditor be and he is hereby A elmn, tihe tam. directed to release tie Coinmonwealtls claim upon the said David ,io, aa,A Dovid Ht iltsvr Hunler for the taxes aforesaid:; ad that so much of the amountof clerk orUn07 the line aforesaid paid into the tresuiry, as will be sufficient to Co.WtY Ctt. pay thie amount of the taxes due as aforesaid, be transferred from the Literary Fund to the credit of the Conmonwealtlt for the or- dinary purposes of the Revenue. 9 hfis act shall commence and be in force from and after the €,,Omantemag, passage thereol. (Passed Tanuavy 27th, 1818.) (11%J TIRt1 CXCII.-n Act coilcriian f armeuke Camimmeay. WIREIAS it is represented to the General Assembly. that trable. M1artoaduke Ganneway of the coUinty of Bluckiugham did' in tile year eighieei hiundred and sevell, cause to bb exported froin this State to tile State of Temlnessee a negro man slave of bad chatrac- ter, and there exchangcd for another iegro, who, froln his good character ai kmiowledge ol the carpeter's trade, is particularly valuable to the said Ganniewav ; that the said Ganneway acquir- ed iitle to the said last mentioted slave previous to the passage of the law prollibiling tile introduction o(slaves into this Comilon- wealth; but, fronm circllllstamCes which lie could not control, le was unable to bring the said slave into this State belbre the Ias- age of' tile said law ; and tile said - anneway having rayed of iLh Lvegislature permission to bring the said slave intothis state;

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