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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0124 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAP. 928. LNo. kvir.1 An Act entitled An Act to legitimate and
change the ame of' G. W. Carter.
Be it enacted by the Governor and Lagislative Council of the
Territory of Florida, That from and allor the passage of this
Act, G. W. Carter, of Leon county, shall be known and called
by tle name of G. W. Bradley.
. See. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said George W. Brad-
ley shall be held and considered in law as the child and legal heir
of James Bradley of said county: and as such, shall be entitled
to inherit in whole or in part, his property, or so much thereof,
as he would be entitled to, had he been born in wedlock.
Passed, January 21st, 1836.
Approved, 25th January, 1836.
CHAr. 929. [No. xvin.] An Act to divorce Sarah B. Shelton from her
husband Philo N. Shelton.
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of the
Territory of Florida, That Sarah B. Shelton be, and she is
hereby divorced from her husband, Philo N. Shelton, and the
bonds of matrimony subsisting between them are hereby de-
clared to bo as entirely and absolutely dissolved, as if the same
had never been solemnized.
Passed, February 14th, 1836.
Approved, 14th February, 1836.
CHAr. 930. [No. xix.] An Act respecting the hostile Negroes and
Mulattoes in the Scmino e Nation.
WHyEUEAs, The present insurrection of the Seminole Nation
of Indians has beon chiefly excited by diverse mischievous No-
gioes and Mulattov's living with the Indians, some claiming to Preamble.
be free, others claimed as slaves by the Indians, and others
fugitive slaves, runaways from citizens of Florida and of the ad.
joining States, and the descendants of such fugitives: AND
w RanUAs, Said Negroes and Mulattoes are known to have aid-
ed in the massacre of Maj. F. L. D~ade, and the force under his
command, on the 28th day of December last past, and to have
personally assisted in the perpetration of other atrocities, and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0124&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)