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Sic. ( And be it fturther enacted, That illissues, at the request
of either party, shall he triAl by' ti jury ; arAl atll such Issues shall issue may
he made up by the parties under the direction of the coul t, and in be tried by
vacation the clerks of the a f resaid courts, shall ia? and exercise Jury
tho same powers as clerks of the district and circuit court of the
United Staltes are vested Witli, by the nets of Cnigress ini suits and
libels, for (he reciovery of mariiiinr's wag s, and other debts actually
conticied n(it the high sens, nod shiall procted inl the somtle imnner.
And tlie s;id cleiks shall ikv the h(inds or stipuolatios as aforesaid,
which said bonds or stiitiilaflotisshall not he void, for want of form,.
but shall be proceeded on, ol recoveied, according to tile plain in-
tent and meaninti threof: Proided, that nothing ini this act colt-
tained shall be construed ito ex to n I to mv keel boat or barge engaged
i9 tle iatvigation of the Mubil, A lahinia, or Tombeckbe rivers, or
their tributaries. [Approved, December 25, 1824.]
AN ACT
To repeal part of an act, entild nll act to authorise Rebecca Fletclwp1
to emancipate a certain slave thereiii named, passed Dec. 29, 1823.
Whereas it has iei represiinle in his Generia Asstembly by the
petition of many respetaible citizens if Lawrence county, that John
Spaniard, for whose emancipation an a t wits passed tie twenty-
ninth i of )ecember, eightlien hundred and twenty-three, with cer.
tain provisions and r('strictions, is a good and industrious citizen,
contributing by his Ihabr not only to his own support, but to the
imaintaiiice of his iformei mistress, who is agid and infirm ; and
moreover,that the i said John Sini;na.-d hasa wi vt andtwo children in a
sat ie of bond age : and whereis it is the desire of said petitioners,
that the provisoes of said act shonhl le reliUed,
Section 1I. He it enacted by the Anate and House of Represen-
tatives of the state of Alabama in General Asseymbly convened.
That so much of an act, eniitled i act to authorise Rebecca Flet-
cher to emancipate a celtain slave theoein named, passed December
twenty-ninth, e(tihtee hinlidred ani twIy-tIree, as piirovides that
John Spaninrd shall remove out itof this sta;te within twelve niontls
after ie is maumittidi. nid shall lot return to reside in the same,
under the penalty of' bliug silu as a slave by order of any
count in this state, to whom information may he iven, be, and the
same is hereby repealed. (Approved, ecclmber 14, 1824.)
AN \CT
To emancipate the mulatto girl Margaret, a slave of James Johnston df
Mobile, Comnty.
Secioln 1. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen.
tolives of the State of .labimnna in General A1snsembly convened,
That the mitto girl named Mlrgiet, sive of Jaes Johnston of
Mobile county, be, and she is hiereby emnmucipted amid.freed from
slaver' ; saving however ti rilghits of creditss and upon tle ex-
press condition, that tile said James Joiiuston enter into bond with
seculitly, ini the penal su inf i one thousind dllirs, to lit approved
by the judged tile county court of Alaibil' coun1tv, made payable to
the Governor heo the time being and his successors in ofice, to be
filed in the otfie of' the Secretary of state ; Conditioned, that the
said mulatto gi I Margaret, slhill it tie, aim I public c harg ; and
tat he the saidI James Johnston, will educale and imaintain the said -
mulatto girl Pilurgaret, lntil shit mrives at thi' age of eighteen years,
or until she ay. whichiiver mIV fiin i phut'n.
[Approvud, Dt'vV'.mber 25, 124.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0051&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)