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An Act concerning the widow and heirs of John Thomas, deceased. 1832 187 (1832)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0446 and id is 1 raw text is: Dixon's Representatives.- T/homas's Heirs. 18' 3. Be it further enacted, That if it'shall ie doomed advisable Provilon In eas to place the said Maria Dixon in a lunatio hospital, and the hires ofl liies, Orthe . even houl- I. be the said slaves shall be insufficient for that purpose, or if, at any IsUIIiclouI. time, they shall be inadequate to file comfortable maintenance of the said Maria Dixon, in a manner suitablo to her condition, the said court shall, on the application of the said Maria Dixon, or tiny other person in ler behalf, from time to time, declarewhat additional sum or sums ill be sufficient for the purposes aforesaid; ad thereupon, it shall be lawful to distrain the goods and chattels of the owners land occupiers of the said dower land, lying and being thereon, for the sum or sums so declared, in like manner as if the same were reserved as rent for the said land, upon a demise thereof; and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects, as in other cases of distress for rent. The several representatives of the said Turner Dixon, and the sureties in the bonds hereinmfter mentioned, shall, moreover, be liable to judgment and execution for their respective portions of the same, by motion in the said court, upon ten days notice. The distress and motion above provided for, shall be made in the name of such person as the court shall appoint as trustee for that purpose; and the money so directed to be levied, shall be ap. plied by him, under the direction of the court. 4. B3e it furtlr enacted, That before the shares of the represen- orlindinglond, tatives of the said Turner Dixon, shall be delivered to them respec- ire. ~upe tively, they shall severally enter into bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the said Maria Dixon, in a penalty equal to double the value of the slaves, money and effects allotted to them respectively, conditioned to pay their respective portions of all such sums of mo- ney as shall be, from time to time, declared necessary for the said MAaria Dixon, as herein provided, and to restore to her all the slaves, money and effects received by them respectively, under this act; to- gether with the increase of' the female slaves, in case the said Maria Dixon, shall hereafter become of sane mind, or the court shall, as hereinafter directed, order the same to be restored to her ; which nonds,.here file, bonds shall be )reserved amongst the records of the said court, and may be put in suit in the name of the said Maria Dixon, or her coin. mittee. 5. Be it furtler enacted, That if the sureties in any of the said Additioaloncurl bonds shall, hereafter, in the opinion of the sa'id court, be insufficient, ty, wirea require, the said court shall, on the motion of any person in behalf of the said Mlaria Dixon, reasonable notice thereof bding given to the other party, require additional security; and if such requisition be not complied with, the court shall order the land, slaves, money and ef- fects received by the party failing to give such security, to be restored to the said Maria Dixon ; and take such measures as it may deem proper, to compel the holders thereof to comply with such order. 6. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the Comncsement. passing thereof. CuAr. 216.-An ACT concerning the widow and heirs of John Thomas, de- ceased. (Passed January 31st, 1833.) Whereas it is represented to the general assembly by the widow Preanbilo. and children of John Thomas, deceased, late of Southampton county, that the said John Thomas died seized'and possessed of several tracts of land in the said county, together with slaves and other

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