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An Act authorising Jean Read to introduce certain Orphans' Slaves within this Commonwealth. 1809 78 (1809)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0128 and id is 1 raw text is: ( ~~78) 11 THE THportY OURTH YEAR 0 H 0MIWA f the poor Its aforesaid,:that'so much of anylaw as directs the ap-, pointmnent foveseers of the poor, or: prscrtibes their uLus, shall be,. and the same ia~hercbyrepekd,:so.aras the, same respects the count, of CharlesCity.: Andthe'said trustees-are' here6y authorised and diiected, to perform the: dtities:of over- seers of the poor Within the said county, in the manner pres- cribed by law. Canieicemenh, 5. Thisact shall cornmence and be in forcefrom and after the passing thereot., 2Preamble. Jen Read aua tlwrisud to in. troduce certain slaves. Geomwensemout CHAP. LXXXVII. .4n Act authorising .ean Read to introduce certain Orphans' Slaves vithin thisCmomrnonrvealtlh. Passed Januzary 29, 1810 . W HEREAS it is represented to the present General Assem- bly, That Jean Read, widow of Jonathanliead, dec'd. who died aliout twelve or thirteen years ago at his place of residence in the county of Charlotte, and state of Virginia, that the said Jean Read was appointed guardian to his orphans, and removed a short time afterwards to Dan river, near the dividing-line be- tween North-Carolina and Viiginia; that the ne&roes Bob, Jesse, Tom, Farding, Jane, Isbell, Henry, Billy, Bob, Pete', Nancy, Molly and her two children, Nelly and Jean, are the property of the orphans of the said Johnathan Read, deceased, and were hired out in the state of North-Carolina, hy theirguar- dian, the year the law passed prohibiting slaves from being brought into the state of Virginia, and who was prevented from bringing the said slaves back again, until their tme of hire had expired I. BE it therefore enacted, That itshall be lawful for the said Jean Read, widow of Jonathan Read, deceased, and guardian of the orphans aforesaid, and she ishereby authorised and per. mitted, without incurring any penalty or forfeiture in conse- quence thereof, to introduce within tlis commnonweahti the a- forenamed orphans' slaves; any law to the contrary notwith- standing. 12. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. CHAP. LXXXVIIr. An .ct incorporating a Coinpany to pave a Road from the es. tern Extreimity oJ th/ Little k iver Tarnpile oad, through Ashby's Gap to Shenandoah River. Com•missonr I [Pased January 30, 1810.) apFointed to o. 1. E it enacied by the General, Assembly, That Rohert Bur- p n buoks for J .well, senior, Charles Brent, Joseph Titball and John B. uubscripdoni for Tilden, of the county of Frederick, James Allen, Philip Wil- making a turn. liams, Philip Spangler and Jacob Rinker, of the county of pike road. Shenandoah, George Houston, Henry J. Gambill, Robert Gratp ton and John Koontz, of the county of Rockingham, Joseph Anderson, Jacob Kinney,. Robert Porterfield and Peter Heis- kell, of the county of Augusta, James Machir,' Isaac Vanme- ter, George Harness and Abel Seymour, of the county of. Hardy, 'William Nailor, William Vauce, Francis White ard Alexander . King, of the county of Hampshire,. Burr Powell, Joseph Carr and Sydnor Boiley, of the county of Loudoun,.Hezekiah Shack-

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