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An Act to explain and amend an act. 1831 120 (1831)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0072 and id is 1 raw text is: in the hands of the Representative elected for their respect
tive counties, directed to the Speaker of the House of Re-
presentatives, and endorsed votes for Representatives and
for a Convention in  --county, and said Sheriffs-shall
take a receipt from the Clerk and Representative elect
for the statements herein directed to be furnished, which
Uatements shall be furnished the Clerk and Representa-
tive before the first September 1833.
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That if any Sheriff or Sheriffs
Peanaly ina ain this State shall fail, refuse or neglect to comply
or raure. with the requisitions of the first section of this act, they
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in oflice; and
upon its being made to appear to the satislaction of the
county court of the county in which such delinquent
Sheriff shall live, that he has failed to comply with the
requisitions of the first section of this act, it shall be the
duty of such court to remove such delinquent Sheriff
from office and appoint another in his place.
SEc. 3. Be it enacted, That in addition to the number
Additional num. of reports of the Supreme Court heretofore required to
bor of Suprom obe printed by the publicprinter of this State, there shall
court reos. be three hundred under the same rules and regulations.
F. W. HULING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BURCHET DOUGLASS,
December 19, 1831.           Speaker of the Senate.
SLAVES.
CHAPTER Cf. An Act to explain and amend an act passed De-
cember 7th 1829, Chapt. 29, more effectually to provide far
emancipating slaves.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ten-
nessee, That the above recited act shall in no wise be so
construed as to extend to any case where any person
may by their last will and testament have directed
any slave or slaves to be set free before the passage of
the before recited act which this is intended to a-
mend; but in all such cases where any suit shall have
been instituted in the District. Chancery Court, under
the provisions of the act which this is intended to amend,
it shall be the duty of the Chancellor, at the first term of
said court after the passage of this act,io have the same
stricken from the docket, and it is hereby made the duty
of the Clerk of said court to transmit to the Clerk of the
county court where the parties reside, the whole of the
records and proceediigs in said cause; which shall stand

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