"AN ACT," December 30, 1841

Summary: The Texas government repealed an earlier law forbidding the forced selling of slaves.

To repeal an Act entitled "An Act prohibiting Forced Sale of Slaves."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That "An Act prohibiting forced sale of Slaves under Execution," approved January 27th, 1841, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved 30th Dec., 1841.

Source Copy Consulted: "AN ACT," December 30, 1841, reprinted in H.P.H. Gammel, The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, 12 vols., (Austin: Gammel Book Co., 1898), 2:697. http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas