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An Act for the benefit of Benjamin James, a free man of color. 1832 57 (1832)

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of their by-laws or ordinances, to lay and collect taxes
for the purpose of carrying the necessary measures into
operation for the benefit of said town, to restrain tip-
pliig houses and to pass all laws and ordinances ne-
cessaryand proper to carry the intent and meaning .of
this act into effect; provided, they are not incompatible
with the constitution of this State..
SLoc. 2. Be it enacted, That ill fines, penalties and Recovery of
forfeitures, imposed by the by-laws and ordinances off Iesnd for-
said corporation, if not exceeding fifty dollars, ($50) shall
be recovered before a single magistrate, and if exceed-
ing that sum, then to be recovered by action of debt in
the county or circuit court of Maury county, in the name
of the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Mount
.Pleasant.
F. W. HULING,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
BURCHET DOUGLASS,
Passed October 19, 1832.     Speaker of the Senate.
CHAPTER LXXII.
An Act for the benefit of Benjamin James, a free man of color.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by' the General Assembly of the Benj. James.
State of Tennessee, That Benjamin James,. a free man of
color, late of the county of Halifax, North Carolina,
be, and he is hereby entitled to all the privileges of cit-
izenship, that other free persons of color are entitled to,
in the county. of Hawkins; and that the said James shall
not be at liberty- to remove to any other county in this
State, without first obtaining leave of the county court
of the county to which he intends to move, under the
penalties prescribed in an act passed at the last session
of the Legislature, prohibiting free people of color from
removing to this State.
Sc. 2. Be it enacted, That Jacob Bradley, of the Jacob Brad-
county of Gibson, be, and he is hereby authorized and ley.
empowered to emancipate a certain negro man slave, by
the name of Benjamin, the property of said Bradley;
provided that the petitioner for the emancipation of said
slaVe, shall give bond and good security to the chairman
of the county court, in which the petition for said
slave's emancipation -shall be presented, in a sum double
the value of said slave, conditioned-to indemnify each
and every county in this State against his maintenance
and for his good behaviour, upon the express condition,
that the above named Benjamin, shall not, at any time,
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