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Daniel and Lucinda exempt from tax, &c.
purpose of controling and disciplining said slaves, and in default of
said owner, trustee or agent, employing and keeping statedly resid- Default
ing on such plantation or farm, a white man for alonger period than
sity days at any one time, said owner, trustee or agent shall bePenalty;
deemed and held guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction there-
pf before the 'Superior Court, shall be fined or imprisoned at the
discretion of the Court.
2. Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.
[No. 533.]
An Act to exempt Daniel and Lucinda his wife, the property of Harrison
W. Riley, nominal slaves from the tax now imposed by law on nominal
slaves.
APPROVED, March 5th, 1856.
3. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That Daniel, the property of
Farrison W. Riley,'and Lucinda, the wife of the said Daniel, nom-Shallpa
inal slaves, be exempt from the tax now imposed by law on nominal &c;
slaves, and that they be required to pay only such tax as now re-
quired by law from free persons of color.
(No. 534.)
An Act to manumit a negro man slave, named Boston, the property of
E. B. Way, Catharine P. Wheeler, Thomas B. Wheeler, H. R.
Wheeler and Eugene Bacon of the State of Georgia, and county of
Liberty, and John Savage of the county of Chatham, and State afore-
said.
APPROVED. March 6th, 1856.
WHEREAS: during a long life, the negro man slave, named.Bos-
ton, has served his owners with uniform fidelity, and whereas, du-
ring the war of 1812, he served with his master in the company Pramble;
from Liberty county, which marched to Darien, and remained there
under arms in momentary expectation of an engagement with the
British who threatened a landing, and other important services to
the public.
4. Sec. I. Be it therefore enacted &c., That in consideration Negroman
of the services stated in the foregoing preamble, and the petition oston set
accompanying this bill, the negro, man slave Boston, the property oftree,
E. B Way, CatharineP Wheeler, Thomas B. Wheeler, H R Wheel-
er and Eugene Bacon the of county of Liberty, and State aforesaid,
and John Savage of the countyof Chatham,and State aforesaid, said
owners all consenting thereto, be and he is hereby manumitted and
forever set free, and shall hereafter enjoy all the rights and pnvile-
ges to which free negroes in the State of Georgia are entitled.
5. Sec. II. (Repeals all conflicting laws.)
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