January 1, 1829 ACTS OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
AN ACT . • To emancipate certain slaves therein named.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama that Solomon Perteet, a free man of colour, be, and he is otherwise hereby authorized and empowered to manumit and set free certain slaves. to wit : his wife Lucinda and child Jackson, also William, the son of his wife, when he shall have attained the age of twenty- eight years, the property of the said Solomon Perteet ; reserving however to creditors all their just rights.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Zadock Love, a free man of colour, be, and he is hereby authorized and otherwise empowered to manumit and set free certain slaves, to wit : his wife Margaret, and his three children Mary, Eelina and James; also his wife's daughter Serena, when she shall have arrived at the age of twenty-eight years, or at the death of the said Zadock Love if he should sooner die ; reserving however to creditors all their just rights
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That before this act shall take effect in any respect, the aforesaid Solomon Perteet shall enter into bond, in good and sufficient security, made payable to the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to he approved of by the judge of the county court of Tuscaloosa County ; and also, the said Zadock Love in a similar bond, of the.same amount, conditioned, in. each case, that the slaves, by this act emancipated, shall never become chargeable to the state of Alabama, or any county, city or town thereof. Approved, January 14, 1829.
AN ACT . • To emancipate certain slaves therein named.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama that Solomon Perteet, a free man of colour, be, and he is otherwise hereby authorized and empowered to manumit and set free certain slaves. to wit : his wife Lucinda and child Jackson, also William, the son of his wife, when he shall have attained the age of twenty- eight years, the property of the said Solomon Perteet ; reserving however to creditors all their just rights.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Zadock Love, a free man of colour, be, and he is hereby authorized and otherwise empowered to manumit and set free certain slaves, to wit : his wife Margaret, and his three children Mary, Eelina and James; also his wife's daughter Serena, when she shall have arrived at the age of twenty-eight years, or at the death of the said Zadock Love if he should sooner die ; reserving however to creditors all their just rights
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. That before this act shall take effect in any respect, the aforesaid Solomon Perteet shall enter into bond, in good and sufficient security, made payable to the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to he approved of by the judge of the county court of Tuscaloosa County ; and also, the said Zadock Love in a similar bond, of the.same amount, conditioned, in. each case, that the slaves, by this act emancipated, shall never become chargeable to the state of Alabama, or any county, city or town thereof. Approved, January 14, 1829.
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