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No. 802.] AN ACT
For the relief of certain slaves therein named.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate aml House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly
convened, That Jack, Ellen, Nicholas, Susan, Napoleon,wame8orwaves
otherwise called Bonaparte, and Mary, the slaves of the
testate of Albert G. Abercrombie, deceased, be, and
they are hereby respectively authorized to choose maS- Authority to
ters, by and with the consent of the executor of .said chOoauI-hters.
estate, so far as to enable them to remain in slavery in
the State of Alabama.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That should it be the Necesmary pro-
desire of the above named slaves to remain in slavery, cee.
it shall be their duty to file an application in writing in
the probate court of Montgomery county, setting forth
their wishes and desire in the premises; whereupon it
shall be the duty of the judge of probate to exanine
the parties making said application, in such manner as
he may deem best, as to their true wish and desire to
remain in slavery; and if said judge of probate is sat-
isfied that the statements set forth in the application
are true, it shall be the duty of said judge of probate to
require of the person so selected, or chosen as master,
to file his assent in writing to become the master of
said slaves; and if upon the examination of the said
negro' slaves, the executor of said estate, and th6 mas-
ter so chosen, the judge of probate is Eatisfied that the
master chosen is of good moral charactcr, and that the
arrangement is satisfactory to all parties concerned, it
shall be the duty of said judge bf probate to approve
the same, and to decree said slaves to be the slaves of
the person or persons so chosen by them rvapectively,
including their children Vnd increase, and that thence-
forth they shall be the slaves of the person so chosen
by them. Provided, said slaves and their descendants
shall not be sold under any legal process for the debts
or liabilities of the master or mistress they may choose,
or their heirs or distributees.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty Puty of 3uI of
of the said judge of probate to make a record of all the Probate.
proccedings.in the case, and that either party shall have
the right to appeal from the decision of the court, under
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