title:
Day Law Fine Pardon, 30 January 1909
subject:
Day Law; Madison County, (Ky); Berea College (Ky)
subject:
Willson, Augustus Everett, 1846-1931
description:
Document, dated 30 January 1909, pardon of Berea College by Governor Augustus E. Willson.
description:
Transcript: IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY Augustus E. Willson GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH To all to Whom These Present Shall Come, Greeting: Whereas, A judgment has been rendered by the Madison Circuit Court February 21, 1905 for a fine of one thousand dollars ($1000) against Berea College for maintaining an educational institution where both white and negro persons were received as pupils. Now Know Ye, That by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I do, by these presents, Remit all of said judgment, except commissions, fees and costs, and do hereby forever acquit, release, and discharge the said Berea College to the extent, as aforesaid, from the same, enjoying all officers to respect this Remission and govern themselves accordingly. In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and, the seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto af- fixed. Done at Frankfort, the 30th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine and in the one hundred and 17th year of the Commonwealth. Augustus E. Willson By the Governor. Ben L. Brunner Secretary of State. By Jackson Morris Assistant Secretary of State.
description:
Alternative Title: Commonwealth of Kentucky pardons Berea College of the $1,000 fine levied in 1905 as a result of the Day Law
publisher:
Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, Ky
date:
1909-01-30
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image
format:
jp2
identifier:
BC-1306-00009
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source:
Berea College Records: RG 13.06: Day Law. Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, Ky
language:
eng
relation:
Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, Ky
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