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An Act authorizing the sale of certain personal estate belonging to the children of Rebecca Pearis, deceased. 1838 218 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0536 and id is 1 raw text is: 218                lemoval of Slavs.-Sale of Personal P roierty.
forfeiture for so doing, imposed by the forty-ninth section of the act,
entitled,  an act reducing into o11e the several acts concerning
slaves, free negroes and mulattoes, passed the second of March,
Provio.    cighteen hundred and nineteen: Provided Jhowtver, That belbre
such removal, the securities of the said Sarah W. Harper, in her
guardian bond, shall respectively, before the county court of Din-
widdie dounty, enter upon the records of that court their willing-
ness and assent thereto.
Comnmncent.  2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
CHAP. 297.-An ACT authorizing the sale of certain poisonal estate belong-
ing to the children of Rebecca Pearis, deceased.
[t'oscui narch 9, Ieas.
Premtto.    Whereas it is represented to the general assembly that the chil-
dron of Rebecca Pearis, deceased, who was the daughter of Isaac
Chapman, deceased, are entitled to certain personal eu.,ate, consist-
ing of slaves, some of whmn are quite young, and ot~iers much ad-
vanced in lifle, and that by a sale of' the said slaves the interests of
the said children would be greatly promoted : Therefore,
Commksioner.lo  1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John Chapman,
Stil cleu, ,0e William Chapini, aud David I. Chapiua, executors of the said
or[ Ree l  plup t, IIll
I nLe uicu.  Isaac Chainan, decease(] , are hereby appointed comnmissioners for
the purpose, any one or more of whun may act, to sell and dispose
of the slaves derived by the said children from their grandfather,
the said Isaac Chapman, deceased, at such time, and upon such
terms, as lie or they who may act shall think most beneficial for
'rocee, how ap- those interested therein ; and the proceeds arising from such sale
pliod.      the commissioner or commissioners who may act are hereby directed
to pay over to the guardian or guardians of the said children, re-
t'rovi o.   spectively, according to their respective interests therein : Provided
howrier, That no such payment shall lie made to such guardian or
guardians, until lie, she or they shall have executed a new bond,
with good security, in the court of the county in which they shall
have been appointed, conditioned as other bonds of the like nature.
Iteport orcolni.q-  2. And be it furcth enacted, That such of the commissioners
sio,,vis tocon,. hereinbefore named as may act shall, as soon thereafter as practica-
ble, return to the court in .lhich the will of the said Isaac Chap-
man, deceased, wvas admitted to record, a full report of his or their
proceedings, under the provisions of this act, to be by the said court
entered of record.
Vo,,mc,,e ent.  3. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
CHAP. 29S.-An ACT concerning the parishes of Farnham anti Luneoburg in
tle county of Richmond.
('assed  April 5, 1638.)
Porea lec.   Whereas, by an act of the Virginia assembly, passed the fifteenth
of February, eighteen hundred and thirteen, the plate belonging to
the parishes of 'arham and Ltnenhurg ip the county of Ritch-
inood, was ordered to be sold, and the money arising therefrom
being yet nappropriated
t'roceeds or Pato  1. Be it therefore ciaeterd by the general assembly, That time said
or phito how iop.
propo atd.  soul or sums of inoney, with the mIterest thereon, le paid over to
the vestries of the congregations to which the said plate belonged,
to be by them appropriated in such manner as may seem to them
best.

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