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An Act for the benefit of Eliza A. Campbell and her children. 1857 173 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0175 and id is 1 raw text is: AN ACT for the relief of the Recorder of Pike county. Be it enacted by the General ./ssemlbly of the State of Missouri, as follows: § 1. The County Court of said county are hereby authorized to audit and allow to James M. Martin, Recorder of said county, a reasonable com- pensation for preparing a general index of deeds and other conveyances in- said county. This act to be in force from its passage. Approved November 5, 1857. AN ACT for the relief of Amanda S. and George I1. Winton. 1. Certain parties relieved from penalties § 2. The party being married shall not be- for mnarrying; authorized to institute any bar to a right to a divorce from suit for divorce. previous husband. WHEREAS, Mrs. Amanda J. Lusk, of Greene county, formerly Amanda J. Faulkner, having received, as was thought and believed, reliable in- formation, some time previous, of the death of her husband, Alfred T. Lusk, in the State of California, where he had been for some five years previously, innocently and in good faith, intermarried with one George M. Winton, seme timue in May, in the year 1855; and whereas, since said marriage it lias been rumored that the said A. T. Lusk is still living ; therefore, Be it enacted by the General ./ssembl of the State of Alissouri, as follows : ( 1. That the said Amanda, as well as the said George, be, and they are hereby released and absolved for all criminal liability on account of said second marriage of said Amanda, should any arise on the contingency of said Lusk's lifo ; and the said Amanda is hereby authorized to commence and prosecute a suit against the said A. T. Lusk for a divorce, in the name of Amanda Winton, but to be conducted in all other respects as if said mar- riage with said Winton had not been contracted. § 2. That upon a hearing of said cause, said second marriage shall not be considered as a reason why said Amanda shall not be divorced from the bonds of marriage contracted with said Lusk. This act to take ell'et and be in force from and after its passage. Approved November 23, 1857. AN ACT for the benefit of Eliza A. Campbell and her children. 1. County Court authorized to order sale I 3. Disposition of proceeds of 913 of slave. 4. Commissioner to give bond. 2. Court to appoint commissioner to con- duct sale, bill of sale to be made. I REIEF, 17&

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