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An Act for the Benefit of James Mitchell, and for other purposes. 1855-1856 407 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0193 and id is 1 raw text is: 407 SEc. 50. Be it enacted. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. NEILL S. BROWN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. EDWARD S. CHIEATHAM, Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 18, 1856. CHAPTER 206. AN ACT for the Benet of James Mitchell, and for other purposes. Whereas, By the existing laws of this State no pro- vision exists for the compensation of Jailors for keeping slaves imprisoned f6r felony; and whereas, Isham, a slave of Mrs. Gillespic, was confined in the jail of Jef- ferson County, from the twenty-ninth day of June, 1852, to the second day of September, 1853, and was after- wards kept in said prison from the time of his sentence until his execution, therefore, SEcTroN 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Comptroller is hereby authorized to issue his warrant to James Mitchell, for the sum of two hundred dollars, being the amount of jail fees due said Mitchell. SEC. 2. BC it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the State be, and he is hereby, authoriized to pay, on the o orJames A warrant of the Comptroller, to James A.- Whiteside, Whiomslde. Commissioner from Tennessee to Georgia, under reso- lation of the Legislature 'of 3d March, 1854, the mileage and per diem allowed by law to a presiding oflicer of either branch of the Legislature, for. the time he was engaged in the discharge of his duties as Commissioner. SEC. 3. Bc it further enacted, That the Comptroller of the Treasury issue his warrant upon the Treasurer, to David R. Johnson, late Sheriff and Tax-collector of Davad n Johb- the County of Greene, for the sum of eighty-two dollars son. and eighty cents, being an amount improperly paid into the Treasury on the State tax of Greene County, for the year 1852: Provided, the same has not been refunded back to said Johnson. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the further time

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