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CIP'Ir CXNXII.-An act divorcing Mary Brady frn her litigaild
Thun tol Brady.-['assed ib ia roy l5dit, 1820.]
Preamble. W hereas it appears to i le prescnt (eneral Assemblv, that
.Mary Bradv, 'onnelly Mary I,'rington, was deluled ilito' iatri-
loon y h Ilr hlusbland 'rh0or1ton Braidy, under till cloak of' reli-
gi , ; that, imiiediately after their martia-e, Ie threw olr this
mak, liecamie extreniely dissipated, croel aiid abllidilled, evell
ti tilt Coiiiiissioi of* adliiltery in tle hid ofI his said wife ; thalt;
Ile has let. her aiird lieri child, gone to the western country, and
there eoleavi'd to 1IIII'rIV allothi wVo an
DniCtLre. I lBe it thrtfore v 'iwled by ! the ie'erial Assembly, Th a imar-
riawe soleinnizi:Id hitweeil the said Thortmi, Brady and Mary his
wilf, lionerly Mary lEilriimttoii, shall he, and the sain&e is hereby
fli~siilid, ald tile' said Mary ir.,vcr divorced frolli thlt said
'I'llrnitol ; and that (ii poiiwe'r and :iuthomity of' the said Thorncm-
on over the p'tlsoll and property of till said Mary, shall hencie-
l .roiiio. l,('th entirely c a e l'oridcd, oc t'crheless, That this act shall
not he so construed as to) atthiolise tilt said 'Iliocotoi, durill, tile
liiCtilie of tile said Mar. , to illteliarry witi any oltn. pers'll ;
aod, if i, shall so i:itevnlariy, lie shall he deemed guilty of I)igaiIiy,
alul shall Ihe 1iislied ill the saiiit imzier as if this act had ne.r
beeni pasd.
om(uiviice ienv. 2. Thiis act shall he in force from tile ipassi hg threof.
CII\APITR CX\:HIt.-An i ai lltriong Agg , ft Niuani off color, t,
rusidhe wiolno this Jonmw~l,-l a nu~la5tary 291,h, 182'0.]
Preamble. Whlas it is represented it the present (he'el'al .\ssembly, iy
(harlh's (Cliiii', a free nalil of ciloi of* thi' county &i1 Nottoway,
thlit ahiUt CihitVe'i years uug, lite nirried a won1iar o;' color' ialiled
\,r,'y, 'ho, ill a short tin' the'iafter was siold inder a decree ol
thlt coutll V count o1* Amtlia, aild purchased hy a certain Thomas
hohlit fo0.r (lie said (hales (ousiis; al ill the year eighteen
hunilced and twelvli, lit, the said Coosiiis, rcpaiI to tle said
1llwlett tile Iurchasi' inoiu'v so paid ior his said wife : that tile
said (hiarles ('ousiis has chilhle !y ,V a forl'le' rilarriage, who, ill
fithevu'it!iil' his Syi suddUlv, Would, under the existihi, laws,
bei'com i hi\'oners of1 his sail wife ; to p cent which, lie is
anxious 1i01 hr iluinlediate eiilaincipatiiiii, aild lath petitioned tlhe
ILetislature, iipmil her eimancipated, to extend to her tle
iii',, of' renmailnin in this Stale
Ag en.., ric a-m . 1. li i' I ier'orei'c tell l, 'ld , iT :at t,li' f tle sal lCha,.lcs ' oini,
Ciliatedlto i tI pu'- Shall ljvet reilarkI ei:iiiiiteil thle said g-,gy, she shall e, and
i ttd to residt. in lit' -I ' a
is , I(o heremy peiiitt1 ted to remaii as :1a persoll w'ihll this ('om-
wili. iiioiVealtli, and to lamt and eijy all the rights alld privileges
which iitlher Free irsois of ch' i'S5 ail enjoy within [due
sait' a iy law toi the' co t'ary ni twilistaliilWig.
Coinnencciiet, 2. This act shall Ihe in hir'c lrom tile pa ,iiig threo.
CHAP\I'TI'EIt CXXXIV.-An act tlicin ig ei.ianili hssh ald Peter Alpper-
gol )I ii e iii nsion list.--*liasic, ty i sit, 1820.1
Pen'ion alltte, I. I' it 'iuctm'd h,1 the (;vier'I ,.e11mil, lThat Iheimljiniii Rush
Bcijaillu1ht, oi tie county of' M1liuiui, an ilid suliui'r if the i'vholitioii, simiall
Ile, amid ie(, is hercebly placed on tln' oi'siol list, ani IeCli'e sixty
dI ar is an1ually during his life, and paid as other pensioners ave
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