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CHAP. XXXIL-AN ACUT frtlet directing the c0uroeof administration of
personal assets.
[w,.(P sed Ilarelb 111, b~at.] . ..
In admlnilmrtlin 1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That in the adiniistra-
of persoenl afiels,
What debts o t Lion of the personal assets of decedents' estates, debts due by spe-
equal dignity. cialty, and promisory notes, or other writings signed by the dece-
dent, or some other person, by him or her thereunto lawfully autho-
rised, shall be regarded and taken to be of equal dignity.
Commencempnt. 2. This act shall be in force front aud after the first day of June
next.
CHAP. XXXIV.-AN ACT providing fr the recovery of hires or slaves so-.
cruing during the pendency of appeals, writs of error or sulerscdcas.
[Passed February 11, 1831.)
lires of Bars I. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That whenever hereaf-
during pendency
of appeals, & . ter a slave or slaves sliall be recovered in all iction of detine, in
how reoverale. any of the courts of this comnonwealth, and the defendant shall ap-
peal from, or prosecute a writ of error or sapersedeas to such judg-
ment, ald the said judgment of the court below shall be affirined, it
shall and may be lawfid for the plaintiff, or if he be dead, his exe-
cutor or administrator, or the sheriff, sergeant, or other curator of
his estate, to recover from said defendant, or if he be dead, his ex-
ecutor or administrator, or the sheriff, sergeant or other curator of
his estate, the value of the hires of such slave or slaves which shall
have accrued from the date of the verdict upon which such judg-
Value how o ie ment shall have heen rendered, to be ascertained by the verdict of
aicaetalned. a jury u)on a writ of enquiry, to be awarded and executed, in the
court below, which shall have rendered such judgment. In execut-
ing such writ of enquiry, it shall be competent for the plaintiff and
defendant to offer evidence as to the value of such hires, and the
court shall have power, for good cause, oIl motion of either party, to
continue the trial thereof. Upon which verdict the aid court shall
render judgment for the antount thereof, together with the costs of
Notie ofrmntion executing such writ of enquiry, including an attorney's fee : Pro-
for re i vded, The defendant, or if ie be dead, his executor adhninistra-
o tie gven. - ri , eut
tor, or the sheriff, sergeant or other curator of' his estate, have four
weeks notice of tile motion for award of such writ of enquiry,
Court may grant before the execution thereof: And provided, That the said court
newtrial. shall have power to grant a new trial of such writ of enquiry, ill
Judgment of uer. the same manner as in suits depending in said court; and that
rueuce not to tIm
delaye., nothing herein contained shall 1e construed to hinder or delay exe-
cution upon the judgment of aflirmauce, which shall issue as here-
Amnuntoreost lofore : And provided also, That the plaintiff shall recover no more
recoverable. costs than damages.
CHAP. XXXV.-AN ACT to emend the act concerning the solemnization of
marriages, passed the first of Mlarch, eighteen hundred and nineteen.
[Paxsed February 16, 1831]
initer a Sign 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall be lanwful
temporarily to cirt
suit, empowered for any ordained minister of the gospel iii regular communion with a
toeleb.te rites society of christint, and who by the government and discipline of
the church of which lie is a lneinher, has been assigned to a circuit,
station or district for the period of one year at time least, to obtain
from any county or corporation court within such circuit, station or
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