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ually free" and insert--"and shall pass to the distributees of the testator when the emancipation was by will; and where by deed, to such person as would be the distributees of the grantor were he dead at the time, subject to debts of the testator or grantor as in a due course of administration." Rejected. Mr. Dorman's amendment was then agreed to Mr. Chambers moved to amend by adding the following: "But emancipated slaves who had not forfeited their right to freedom on the 19th of April, 1861, shall not incur the forfeiture of their freedom if they remove from this Commonwealth within twelve months after the existing war between the United States and the Confederate States of America." Rejected. Another amendment proposed by Mr. Brooke was rejected, and the 19th section was agreed to, as follows: 19. Slaves hereafter emancipated shall forfeit their freedom by remaining in the Commonwealth more than twelve months after they become actually free, and it shall be the