Edgecombe County NcArchives Court.....Macnair, Ralph 1785 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a August 13, 2009, 9:12 pm Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina Written: 1785 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1785 North Carolina. General Assembly November 19, 1785 - December 29, 1785 Volume 24, Pages 710-782 CHAPTER XL. An Act to Prevent the Sale of Such of the Lands of Ralph Macnair, dec., as Remain Unsold in This State, and to Empower Edward Hall, of Edgcomb County, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of the Said Ralph, to Collect the Debts Due from the Inhabitants of This State to the Said Ralph, Which Have Become Due to Him Since the Passing of the Law Commonly Called the Expulsion Act. Whereas, the property of Ralph Macnair, late of this State, by his departing the same under the direction of the law commonly called the Expulsion Act, has become confiscated to the use of the State, and the said Ralph, being now dead, and leaving behind him three helpless orphans of tender years, and in very distressed circumstances, in behalf of whom Edward Hall, executor of the said Ralph, hath petitioned this General Assembly, on which a committee hath reported as follows: “Your committee recommend that the sale of two tracts of land, late the property of the said Ralph Macnair, now confiscated and advertised for sale by Archibald Lytle, Esq., commissioner of Hillsborough district, be suspended until the next session of Assembly; and that the said Edward Hall be empowered to collect the debts due to the estate of the said deceased, and make due return thereof to the next General Assembly”; which report hath been concurred with. I. Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, no sale or sales shall be made of any part of the property of the said Ralph Macnair, dec., by any of the commissioners of confiscated property in this state, until further directed by the General Assembly, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Edward Hall, as executor to the last will and testament of said Ralph Macnair, dec. shall have full power and authority to sue for and recover all debts due and owing to the said Ralph, which have become due to him since the passing of the law, commonly called the Expulsion Act, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall enable the said Edward Hall to collect any debts due to Ralph and Ebenezer Macnair. III. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Edward Hall shall lay before the General Assembly as soon as may be, after he shall have compleated such collection as aforesaid, an account of all such sums as he may have received by virtue of this Act, in order that they may judge what part shall be appropriated to the use of the orphans of the aforesaid Ralph Macnair. Provided nevertheless, That no suits shall be commenced for the recovery of any of the debts herein mentioned, until after the first day of July next. (Passed Dec. 29, 1785.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/edgecombe/court/macnair1086wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb