required by law, when the polls are opened at the 1829. court-house.

pare all the

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Sheriff to comsaid county shall, at the court-house in Taylorsville, on polls at courtthe Friday after the election, compare the polls and house on the votes given at the court-house and precincts; and after Friday followa faithful, just and true comparison, to be governed in ing. the same manner and subject to the same regulations, as if the whole of the votes had been given at the courthouse.

Place of elec

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That hereafter the tion in eastern precinct Harelection in the election precinct in Hardin county, shall din county be held at Sipes' old mill, instead of William Breath- changed. ett's as heretofore. Place of voSec. 10. Be it further enacted, That hereafter elec- ting in Beaver pond precinct, tions in the Beaver Pond precinct in Montgomery coun- Montgomery ty, shall be held at the house of Robert Gay, on Red county, changriver, instead of Strode Benefield's, as heretofore.

Approved, January 3, 1829.]

ed.

CHAP. 30.-An ACT further to regulate the powers of the Trus

tees of South Frankfort.

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SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Trustees auCommonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the lect a clerk & passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the treasurer. board of Trustees of the town of South Frankfort, at any meeting of said board in the month of March next, to proceed and elect a clerk and treasurer for said board, who shall severally hold their offices for the term of one year; and said board shall annually thereafter, elect said officers, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 2. That said board of Trustees, or a majority of them are, and they shall be, authorized and empowered to make by laws, not incompatible with the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, for the good government, regulation and police of said town.

[Approved, January 3, 1829.

Trustees to

make by-laws

CHAP. 31.-An ACT to legalise the proceedings of the courts of assessment of the 71st and 34th regiments of Kentucky Militia.

WHEREAS it is represented to the present General Assembly, that the officers of the 71st and 34th regiments of Kentucky militia, were unapprised of the

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change in the time appointed for holding their courts of assessment in the year 1828, and held the same ou the last Monday in November, instead of the last Monday in October, as provided by law.

Be it therefore enacted, "That the proceedings of the said courts of assessment, and the fines assessed by them upon delinquents, on the said last Monday in November, shall be as valid to all purposes, and shall be enforced in the same manner as if said court had been held, and said proceedings had on the last Monday is October.

[Approved, January 3, 1829.]

parts of Breck

counties.

CHAP. 32. An ACT to establish the county of Hancock out of the counties of Breckinridge, Daveiss and Ohio.

Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Hancock co. Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the 4th erected out of Monday in March 1829, all that part of the counties inridge, Da- of Breckinridge, Ohio and Daveiss contained in the veiss and Ohio following bounds, to-wit: Beginning on the Ohio river at a point known and called by the name of "Tindall's old landing," thence a straight line, crossing the road leading from Hardinsburgh to the Yellow Banks at the north end of the farm now occupied by Mrs. Frances Williams to Lewis Martin's, immediately on the Ohio county line, including said Martin in the new county; thence a straight line to a point in the Ohio and Daveiss county line, one mile northeast of Richard L. May's; thence a straight line to a point forty poles N. E. of Byers' horse mill; thence a line to the mouth of the Scaffold lick branch, so as to leave William Head and Samuel Barker in the county of Daveiss; thence down Blackford creek to the mouth; thence up the river to the beginning, shall be one distinct county, called and known by the name of Hancock, in honour of the late John Hancock, a president of Congress in

to meet on 4th

the time of the revolution.

Sec. 2. The justices of the peace for the county of Justices of the Hancock, who are directed to be appointed by this act, peace therein, shall meet at the house of James Dupey, in said counMonday in ty, on the fourth Monday in March, 1829, and after takMarch and ap- ing the necessary oaths of office, and after qualifying point a clerk. the sheriff agreeably to the constitution and laws of this State, shall proceed to appoint a clerk, to whose permanent appointment a majority of all the justices in commission in and for said county, shall be necessary;

but if such majority cannot be obtained in favor of 1829. any one candidate, then they shall appoint one pro tem.

Sec. 3. The county courts shall be held on the fourth Days on which Mondays in every month, except the months in which circuit and county courts the circuit courts shall be held, and the circuit courts to be held. shall be held on the fourth Mondays of April, July and October, and may, if necessary, continue to sit six juridical days, and shall form a part of the 14th judicial district.

Sec. 4. The circuit and county courts of Breckin- Jurisdiction. ridge, Ohio, and Daveiss, and the justices of the peace therein, shall have jurisdiction over all matters in law and equity instituted prior to the fourth Monday in March, 1829.

cess to fourth

Sec. 5. It shall be lawful for the sheriffs or collec- What sheriff to tors in Breckinridge, Ohio and Daveiss counties, to col- execute prolect all fines and moneys, and to execute all process, Monday of writs and executions, as the law directs, which were March. put into their hands prior to the fourth Monday in March next, and account for the same as if this act had not passed.

Sec. 6. The county court of Hancock county shall Commissioners appoint commissioners of tax for the year 1829, who of tax to be appointed. shall perform all the duties and be governed by the laws regulating commissioners of tax in this State; and the clerk of the county court shall, in like manner, perform his duty in relation thereto.

Sec. 7. The permanent seat of justice for the couns Seat of Jus ty of Hancock shall be, and the same is hereby fixed tice. at the mouth of Lead creek, on the land of Richard Hawes, and shall be called and known by the name of Hawesville; and it shall be the duty of the county court of Hancock county, as soon as practicable, to cause the necessary public buildings to be erected, and in every other respect lay off and do that which may be necessary in the establishment of said town.

Sec. 8. That eight suitable persons shall be appoint- Eight justices ed and commissioned as justices of the peace for said allowed. county of Hancock, and also a sheriff and coroner.

Sec. 9. The sheriff of either county in making his settlement with the county court of Hancock, or their agent, shall be entitled to retain in his hands, a sufficient sum to pay the demands of the several paupers that are now living within the bounds of the said county of Hancock

Provision as to

paupera.

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Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the surveyor of the county of Breckinridge, to meet at the house of James Duty of the Dupey, and thence proceed to run the said county lines, and to employ chain carriers and a marker to mark the same; and the said surveyor shall receive for his services, two dollars per day, to be paid by Hancock county out of their first county levy.

surveyor in running the lines of said county.

[Approved, January 3, 1829.]

CHAP. 33. An ACF to allow additional Justices of the Peace to the counties of Todd and Mason.

BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an additional justice of the peace be allowed to the county of Todd; and an additional justice of the peace to the county of Mason. [Approyed, January 3, 1829.]

CHAP. 34.-An ACT to establish an election precinct in Anderson county, and for other purposes.

SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of Anderson county within the following boundary: Beginning at a point on the Shelby county lire, due west from the house of Bennet Ceders; thence on the Shelby, Spencer and Nelson county lines, to the dividing line of Washington and Anderson counties; thence on the said dividing line to the Mercer county line; thence in a direct line to Samuel B. Petty's house on Salt river; thence in a straight line to the point where the road leading from Lawrenceburg to Connersville crosses Benson; thence up Pigeon fork of Benson to the beginning, shall constitute an election precinct in the said county of Anderson, and the qualified voters in said precinct shall vote in all legal elections at the house of John Morgan on Salt river: Provided, that it shall be lawful for any of the voters rseiding within said precinct to vote at the court house, if they shall so elect.

Sec. 2. The county court of Anderson, at the time. they appoint judges and clerk of election at the court house, shall also appoint judges and a clerk to take the votes in said precinct; and the sheriff or his deputy, shall attend at the place herein appointed for holding elections in said precinct, and conduct the same.

Sec. 3. The sheriff of Anderson shall, on the Saturday succeeding any election as aforesaid, cause the votes taken at the court-house, and those taken within said precinct, to be carefully compared, and make return according to law.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the elections held in Trenton, in Todd county, shall hereafter be held at the house of Edmund Sherman, instead of Roger Sherman.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the county court. of Hickman county shall, whenever said court appoints judges and clerks of election, appoint four additional judges and two clerks; two of the judges and one clerk, attended by the sheriff of the county or his deputy, shall, whenever an election is directed to be held at the court-house, open polls at the town of Hickman; and two other of the said judges and one of the clerks, attended in the same manner by the sheriff or his deputy, shall open polls at the house of William Hollman in said county, where the voters of said county may attend and give in their votes; and at said precincts the elections shall be conducted in the same manner, and under the same rules and regulations as are now directed by law, when elections are held at the court-house.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That on the next Monday after the election, the sheriff of said county shall attend at the court-house in said county, and then and there faithfully compare the polls, and ascertain the number of votes given at the court-house and precincts, and in making out their certificates of election, to be governed in the same manner as if the votes had been given at the court-house.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That hereafter elections shall be holden at Buford's spring on Casey's creek, instead of Cornelius Burnett's, in the Burnett precinct in Trigg county.

[Approved, January 3, 1829.]

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CHAP. 35-An ACT for the benefit of James Climore, Sen.

BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the land office be, and he is hereby directed, on the application of said Climore, to issue to him a land warrant for fifty acres of land, without the state price being paid for the same, which may be located on any waste and unap

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