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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0359 and id is 1 raw text is: 102 irn the Jrty-nin th year of the (Comnnonwealth.
provided by the act entitled, an act reducing into one the seve-
ral acts concerning slaves, free negroes and mulattoes.
Commencement. 2. This act shall be in force from the passage thereof.
CHAPTER 105.-An act authorising Jerry Peebles, a free man of colour, to re-
main within this Commonwealth.
[Passed Febaary 10th, 1825.)
Jerry Peebles, 1. Be it enacted by the General Alssembb, That Jerry, other-
permitted tore- wise called Jerry Peebles, a free mian of ,,olour of the county of
Bide, its a fiee
man,in counties Nicholas, shall be, and lie is hereby permitted to remain as a free
or Greenlnier and man within this Coinmnonwealtit, and to reside in the counties of
Nicholas. Greenbrier and Nicholas: Provided, however, That if the said
Proviso.
In whate vent, and Jerry, otherwise called Jerry Peebles, shall hereafter be convicted,
how this pcrnis. by the verdict of ajury and the judgment of a court, of ary oflhnce
sion may bereso, aainst the laws or this Commonwealth, it shall be lawful for the
court (of that county or corporation within which the conviction
may be had, or the court for the county of Greenbrier or Nicho.
las, a majority of the acting magistrates for the said county or cor-
poration being present, or having been summoned for that purpose,
and the said Jerry, otherwise called Jerry Peebles, having been
sumnmoned to shew cause against it, to revoke the leave of resi-
1or nce hereby granted, if to tRe said court it shall seem expeilient,
Ef;flectof fort]or and to order him to depart this Commonwealth: and if, after
revocation. such order or judgment of revocation, the said Jerry, otherwise
called Jerry Peebles, shall remain within this Commonwealth
more than twelve months, lie shall forfeit his right to freedom, and
be apprehended and sold in the manner provided by the act, enti-
tled, an act reducin, into one act, the several acts concerning
slaves, free negroes ana mulattoes.
Comeneniecnt. 2. This act shall commence and be in force, from and after the
Fassing thereol.
CHAPTER 10.-An nct divorcing Evelina Roane from her husband Newman H.
Roane.
[Passed January 12th, 1825.]
Divorce granted 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That Evelina Roane,
Evelina Roane a wife of Newman B. Roane of the county of K .; William, shall be,
mi.o iatimo, and she is hereby, forever divorced from the said Newman B.
and the power and authority of the said Newman B. over the
person and property of the said Evelina, and over the person and
property of the child or children of the said Evelina, shall hence-
But her husband forth enti rely cease and determine. But nothing in this act con-
Newman B. tained shall be so construed as to authorise the said Newman B.
Roane not per- during the life of the said Evelina, to intermarry with any other
milted to marry
another during person, or to release him from the bond of mnatrimorny ; or, to pre-
her lire. vent the child or children, born of the marriage solemnized be-
Provision in favor tween the said Newman B. and the said Evelina, from inheriting
oftheir children. and tratsmitting inheritance, in the same manner as if this act
had never passed.
Commencement. 2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0359&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)