Acts of assembly of the State of North Carolina [1784 : April]

86 LAWS of Nokt H-C A R O L I N A A. D. 1784 Superior Murt f Irrlti to receira the laws. Hit Uuj> |я с»Ге of refu- aflemblr. one fair copy of the аД t of each feffion fcr the fecretary, one for each of the jnJges of the fuperior courtt, one for the attorney-general, one for each of the clerks of the fuperior aid county courts, and one for each of tie jnftices in the refpeftivc enemies in this Hate. IV. AND be it furth:r enafted by the aathority aforefaid, That if thefaid fuperior court clerics or any of them (hall refufe to receive when rendtred to th m, or negl-.ft to deliver out the faid laws' when de¬ manded at his office by order from the clerks of the county cou.ts, he or they fo offending foal I forfeit and pay the fum of fifty pounds со1 rent money, to be recovered by aiiion of- debt in any court of record having co2niranee thereof by any p rfon who may fue fur the fame. V. AND be it further cr.afttd by the authority aforefaid, That the faid printer fliall as foon as may be after the expiration of four mc-nths from the receipt of the fa:d bills at his office tianfrait to each of the delegates of this Hate in Cor.grefs one fair copy of the faid afts and journals. VI. AND be it further enafted by the authority aforefaid, That the fsid Thomas Davis, for and in confe¬ deration of fitch fervices, -fhall be allowed the fu n of five hundred pounds: Provided there flu 1 1 be another feffion of the general alRmbly in the prefent year; but if there fhall not be another leffion, then that the faid Thomas Davis for the isrviccs aforementioned fliall b: allowed the fum of four hundred pounds cut rent mo¬ ney and no more. VII. AND be it further er.afted by the authority aforefaid, That if the faid Tfctmas Davis fhall refufe or neglcft to print the laws ar.d journals as by this act dircftcd.the* and in fuch cafe his Excellency the Governor fliall and mav employ another printer to perform the faid Arvicis, and fuch printer ihai! on fo duiug b: enti¬ tled to the allowance provided by this aft. VIII. AND be it lurther enafted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid Thomas Daws, as often as ne- ccfT.try, do on the requ^tm* of the Governor, priut all proclamations ar.d other public afts of government in confi. if ratio* of the above allowance. CHAP. LXIX. An aft to enable Mary Dowd to fue for and recover to h;r own w e and the ufe ofher thi'drra by her hufband Conner Dowd, all dibts due and owing to the faid Corner, ai.u ail c her things 111 aftion which the faid Conner Dowd might lawfully fue for and recover were he a c.tiaca 0: this flute, and entitled to the benefits cf its laws. JP»c»xbIe. TT7HERE.4S Conner Dswd, the hufbaad of Mary Dowd, hath attached bimfirlf in the caufe of the late VV war t0 the Britifli forces, whereby his property became forto.iJ to tl>:s mate, but the court of the county of Chatham iu which county the faid property chiefly lay was returned tcauti a; ctt«d for the main- tainance of the laid Mary and her and his children, together wi.h ail debts andoiitr t.Mngs due and owisg to the faid Conner previous to the faid forfeiture, but the faid Mary, inafmuch as her hufbaad is in full life, is difqualified to maintai* fuits for the recove.-v thereof; II. BE it therefore enacted by th e general ajJembty cf the Jlate North Carolina, and it ii hereby enafted ly Л fciatit * * в/ it* feme* Thatthe dillributicns and allotment of the property above mentionec by the county court of Chatham to and for the ufe of the faid Mary and her children as above-mentioned Ihali he, and the fame is hereby confiimed and eflabi.fhed, and fhall icmain valid and indefeaf.ble in law; and the faid Mary fliall be, and lb: i> hereby enabled in her own name, ar.d to and for her own ufe and the ufe of th - children alore- faid, to fue for and recover ail debts and o’her things in aftion wfcatfoever which to tin faid l onner belonged or which he was entitled to, or might have brought aftion for and have recovered previous to thofe afts of re¬ bellion, or nonconformity to the laws «if the liate which were the caules of the faid forfeiture; aad the co¬ re of the faid Mary fliall not he pleaded or pleadable to any aftion commenced by her for or on account у of the debts or things aforefaid, faving and referring nevertheiefs to al! and every peifon and perfoai ». uUlfeever all and every aftion and right of aftioa which they would have had refpeftivcly, had the fridetiute fill remained in poffcflion of the faid Conner Dowd, ip the lame manner as if this aft had never been made: And it it hereby declared and enacted, That any fuch aftion may be commenced by original attachment againlt the faid Conner Dowd, in which the faid Mary may he ы ought into court as a garnilhcc, or againlt her the ftid.Mary in the firfl inflance; any law cr ufage to the contraty notwithflanding. CHAP. LXX. An aft for enfranchiftng Ked Griffin Lt: the property of TVi!!is::i Kitchen. Г.мнЫе. TT/KEREAS KcJ Griffin, late the property of William Kitchen cf EdgVoil- c ur.tr, was promifcJ the V V full enjoyments of his liberty, on condition thu: he th: fa'i vcti G: y.i ii.011 d faithfully Urve as a foldier iu the ccttincnul line of this flats for and during the let a cf tw.Ivc ruomiis; and whereas the faid Ned