For the benefit of C. J. Blackburn, Authorizing Wm. Read, Ignatius Green- will, and Roderick Terrill, to change the location of a fish dam on the Beech Fork, For the benefit of Richard Bartlett, a Con- stable of Henry county, and for other Granting to the Falmouth Bridge Compa- ny further time to receive subscriptions of stock, and to complete said Bridge, To extend the jurisdiction of the Trustees of the town of Princeton, in Caldwell co. 159 158 For the benefit of the heirs of Susan B. Col- lins, and the heirs of Nancy Whitesides, Authorizing a settlement with Jno. Tilford, 179 For the benefit of the devisees and distri- butees of Sarah C. McLaughlin, dec'd, 179 Allowing an additional Justice of the Peace to Madison county, and for other pur- For the benefit of Wm. Haydon, an idiot, 180 For the benefit of Robert Hill, and the heirs and widow of James M. Hill, deceased, 181 Providing for a change of venue in the pro- secution against Calvin Fairbank, 182 For the benefit of the widow and heirs of To repeal the 10th section of an act, enti- tled, an act to revive the act incorpora- ting the Union White Sulphur Springs Company, approved 11th February, 1836, 185 For the benefit of Daniel P White, and To incorporate St. Paul's Protestant Epis- copal Church, in Newport, Kentucky, To change the place of voting in a precinct For the benefit of Andrew Biggs, Deputy For the benefit of Nancy Adams, a lunatic, 187 For the relief of the heirs and legal repre- sentatives of John Kek, deceased, To allow an additional Justice of the Peace to Barren county, and for other purposes, 170 To change the venue in the case of John To provide for a change of venue in the prosecution against Benjamin E. F. Lee, 190 198 To authorize the Trustees of the town of Breathitt to change an alley in said town, 197 For the benefit of the administrator and heirs at law of Thomas Rogers, deceas- For the benefit of Burr Harrison, and the infant heir of Elizabeth H. Bain, deceas- For the benefit of James Squires, of Bour- bon county, and for other purposes, To amend an act concerning the town of Newport, and for other purposes, For the benefit of the children of Henry O. To amend the charter of the Funk Semina- To incorporate the United Baptist Church For the benefit of Elijah McWhorter, Jesse To repeal an act enlarging the powers of the Trustees of the town of Madisonville, For the benefit of Beverly Robinson, For the benefit of James Angel and Burn- To revive and continue in force the several acts concerning the town of Concord, in Lewis county, and for other purposes, For the benefit of the estate of Charles H. Webb, deceased, and for other purposes, 218 For the benefit of Alexander Graham, and Supplemental to an act, approved January LAWS OF KENTUCKY. PASSED AT DECEMBER SESSION, 1844. WM. OWSLEY, GOVERNOR; ARCHIBALD DIXON, LIEUT. GOVERNOR GENERAL LAWS. CHAPTER 1. AN ACT defining the privileges of the President, Directors, &c., of Turn pike Roads. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, hereafter, it shall not be lawful for the President, Directors, Treasurer, Secretary and Superintendent of any of the Turnpike Roads in this Commonwealth, in which the State is interested as a stockholder, to pass through the toll gates upon any of said roads, in which they are managers, free of toll, except when called on business pertaining to said roads; and in all other respects to stand in the same attidude as other travelers upon said roads, which is to take effect on the first day of April next. C. S. MOREHEAD, 1845. Speaker of the Senate. Approved January 1, 1845. AN ACT to extend the charter of the Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an act to establish the Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved November 29th, 1820, and the several acts amendatory thereof, shall be, and the same are hereby extended and continued in force until the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty six, so far as to enable said Bank to collect the debts due, and close up its concerns. Approved January 9, 1845. ted. 1845 fail to claim. What cred CHAPTER 7. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act reducing into one, the several acts for apprehending and securing Runaways, approved January 16th, 1798. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That when a slave shall be commitJailer to advertise slave ted to the jail of any county in this Commonwealth, under the when commit- provisions of an act, entitled, "an act reducing into one, the several acts for apprehending and securing runaways, approved January 16th, 1798," it shall be the duty of the Jailer of such county, within ten days thereafter, to cause an advertisement, with a description of the runaway's person and wearing apparel to be published in a newspaper nearest the residence of such Jailer, for the space of six months, by monthly insertions. If the owner of such slave claim not within that Slave to be time, the Sheriff of said county shall publish an advertisesold if owner ment, in like manner, for the sale of said slave, at the Court House door in said county, on a Court day, with a description of said slave, and his wearing apparel, for the space of at least two months, by weekly insertions in said newspaper; and shall sell said slave on a credit of six months, taking from the purchaser, bond with good security, to have the force and effect that replevin bonds now have by law, payable to the Commonwealth of Kentucky; which bond shall be returned to the Circuit Court Clerk's office of the county where said sale was made; and upon which bond, the Clerk, when the same shall become due, shall issue an execution as in other cases on replevin bonds, directed to the Sheriff of the county, who shall proceed to collect the same, in the same manner other executions are collected; and the Sheriff and his sureties shall be Duty sheriff. liable to all the responsibilities which attach to them on other How sheriff executions; and the same proceedings shall, in all respects, be had in the name of the Commonwealth; and for any violation of the duties of the Sheriff, either in the collection of the money, or the failure to pay over the same, as hereinafter directed, he shall pay over to the Jailer his fees and the costs of advertising, and to the taker up of said slave, such reward or charges as he shall be entitled to by law; he shall retain the cost of his advertising, and five dollars for making the sale, and the residue of the money, remaining in his hands, he shall pay over to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth for the use of the owner of the slave. it to be given. Take bond payable Commonwealth. Clerk to is issue execu tion on bond when due, if not paid. is liable. Sheriff is to pay jailer his fees, &c. Approved January 11, 1845. CHAPTER 12. AN ACT to reduce the price of vacant lands in Laurel county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the County Court of Laurel county shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, to reduce the price of vacant lands in said county, to any sum not less than two dollars and fifty cents per hundred acres. Approved January 11, 1845. |