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An Act supplementary to the act entitled, An Act establishing the mode in which parish judges can enfranchise their slaves and accept testamentary executorships,tutorships and curatorships regularly devolving upon them. 1812 102 (1812.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0050 and id is 1 raw text is: next,,and they-or a majori tyof them aren breby st- Iowere.' ed withl full powe~r to~fix,0on the .most conventign;pigce not exceeding three miles from the center bf the pr rish for -the purpose of erecting a court-house and jail, and the suid coinspissioners. or. maj ority of them are empowered to contract with fit ana Proper persons for building, the court-house and jail which after at least thirty days noticeshall be let, to the low. est- bidder;; provided however, that until said blild- igg is pompleated the cours! all be held it such plac -as the coramissionet' ora majority of 16m sitk proper. SEcr. 2. .Andbe it furt2c e iacted, That the said p bmmissiorsers or a majority f. them with the. judge of the parish equrt atd the justices of the peace are Mqy lay hereby authorised to levy withinthe said, parish a tax .tax not exceeding four thousund dollars, one half to .be collected this, present'. year, and the other half in the year, eighteen hundred and fourteen for the purpose of defraying the exp nces of erecting the public build- ings, and itishall be the duty of the collector of other taxes to collect the aforesaid tax. and pay it over, to the commissioners under the same penalties, and receive the same emoluments that are allowed by .lawfor Oc collection of other taxes. STEPHEN A. HOPKINS, ifpeaker qf the house of representatives. J POYDRAS, President of the Senate. )APP iOVEIDi Fehruary25th,-.l1 1113. WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE, Governor of the State of Louisiana, Ni ACT iifplemrnntaryto the act entitled, .dn act estgblish- ing the idde in whicl fparit/i ja 13 can enfranc/iise their slaxes and accept testanzentary executorshif2. tutorshifs and curatordhi.w regulrly derfoldn iijjoie thern. SECT. 1, .c it. enacted by thc send1e. and: usse (f t'prcaentitive of' the state of oaisiana in.general asembly c'rwoened, That it shall be lawful forT hq pa- yjdo *riblyjaidgest to.fllfil before anjof the Jyatices of he certain dkets peace Within their respective parishes th eormalities before jus- Which by the act to which this is a suplepit, tliy tices of th6 er,;,bowl to execute ic~ore one.of, the, jqdges the

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