trix, with the will annexed of Sandford Carrell deceased, be, and she is by this act, authorized and empowered, to sell and convey the title of the tract of land which the said Sandford Carrell, did by his last will and testament, authorize his executors named in his said will, to sell and convey the title of; and any sale and conveyance made by her under this act, shall be as good and valid to all intents and purposes, as if done by the said executors had they qualified. CHAP. CCCLXVIII. AN ACT fixing the Ratio and apportioning the representation for the ensuing four years. APPROVED, February 10, 1816. For the House SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Aptio affixed. ratio for the next four years shall be, and the same is hereby affixed at seven hundred qualified voters for each representative; and the representation for that period shall be, and the same is hereby apportioned throughout the state for the House of Representatives, in the following manner, to wit: of RepresentsFrom the county of Adair two; from the county of tire Allen one; from the county of Boone one; from the county of Butler one; from the county of Bath one; from the county of Barren two; from the county of Bullitt one; from the county of Breckenridge one; from the county of Bracken one; from the county of Bourbon three; from the county of Casey one; from the county of Campbell one; from the county of Caldwell one; from the eounty of Clarke two ; from the county of Christian three; from the county of Cumberland one; from the county of Clay one; from the county of Daviess one; from the county of Estill one ; from the county of Fayette three; from the county of Floyd one; from the county of Fleming two; from the county of Franklin two; from the couny of Grayson one; from the county of Greenup one; from the county of Garrard two; from the SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, for the purpose Grayson, Breckenridge and Butler the nineteenth ; the county of Hardin the twentieth; the counties of Knox and Clay the twenty-first; the counties of Pulaski and Casey the twenty-second; the counties of Muhlenberg, Hopkins and Union the twenty-third; the county of Logan the twentyfourth; the counties of Livingston and Caldwell the twenty-fifth; the county of Christian the twenty-sixth; the counties of Warren and Allen the twenty-seventh; the county of Barren the twenty-eighth; the counties of Cumberland and Wayne the twenty-ninth; the counties of Green and Adair the thirtieth; the counties of Lincoln and Rockcastle the thirty-first; the county of Garrard the thirty-second; the county of Madison the thirty-third, and the county of Mercer the thirty-fourth. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That in order to ascertain the polls where two or more counties compose a Senatorial District, the sheriffs of such counties shall meet at the court-house of the county first named in such district, either in choosing a senator or representative; and in the choice of a representative, where there are two counties, the sheriffs of such counties shall meet at the courtbonse of the county first named, to compare such representation, on the first Monday after said election shall have commenced, inclusive of the first day of said election ; and having ascertained by a faithful comparison and addition, the amount of their respective polls, shall make return of the persons elected in the manner prescribed by law. How to ascer tain pells. New Counties SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any new county shall be established before the next enume- how represented ration and apportionment of representation, it shall be considered as a part or parts of the county or counties from which it was taken for the purpose of representation. T Preamble Wm. Spiers. The heirs of s: CHAP. CCCLXIX. AN ACT for the benefit of William Spiers, and the heirs of Spencer Fletcher, deceased. APPROVED, February 10, 1816. WHEREAS it is represented to the present General Assembly, that William Spiers is the owner of 200 acres of poor third rate land, in Lincoln county; and it is also represented by the petition of a number of the citizens of said county, his neighbours, that he is honest, but very poor and has been very unfortunate in having his house, with all its contents, with three of his children consumed by fire, and that he is not in their opinion, able to pay the remainder of the state price due and to become due; and praying the legislature to remit the remainder of the state price due on said claim to said Spiers: For remedy whereof, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the remainder of the principal and interest of the state price. due and to become due on a certificate, No. 426, granted to Edward Farris by the commissioners in 1798, be, and the same is hereby remitted to the said William Spiers, and his heirs; and the Register of the land office is hereby directed to issue a patent to the said William Spiers, for the aforesaid claim of 200 acres, as in other cases: Provided, however, that if the said William Spiers shall, in his life time, sell, alien or convey said 200 acres, that such sale and conveyance shall be ̊ null and void; and the said 200 acres of land shall revert to the commonwealth, and remain as if this act had not passed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the remainder of the principal and interest of the state price due and to become due, on a certificate, No. 722, granted to Spencer Fletcher, by the county court of Cumberland county, be, and the same is hereby remitted to the widow and heirs of Spencer Fletcher, deceased; and the Register of the land office is hereby directed to issue a patent in the name of Fanny Flecther, and the heirs of Spencer Fletch er, deceased, for the aforesaid claim of one hundred and ten acres, part of 400 acres Provided, however, that the said Fanny Fletcher shall not be permitted to sell, alien or convey said 110 acres, but the same shall remain to the use and benefit of the heirs of said Spencer Fletcher. CHAP. CCCLXX. AN ACT for the benefit of the Register of the Land Office. APPROVED, February 10, 1816. Allowance for SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Regis- plat and assignter of the land office, shall be, and he is hereby al- ments, lowed the sum of twenty-five cents for each and every copy of a plat and certificate of survey, he has made out and recorded, with all and every assignment thereon, according to the provisions of the second and third sections of an act entitled "an act directing an examination of certain entry books, and for other purposes," approved February the 24th, 1808. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Regis. ter of the land office shall be, and he is hereby allowed the sum of five cents for comparing each and every original plat and certificate of survey, and the assignments thereon with the record, and making out a complete alphabetical index to the same. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Register of the land office shall be, and he is hereby allowed the sum of one and a half cents per line, for comparing the transcripts of the commissioners' books of 1778 and 1779, with the originals, and making out a complete alphabetical index to the same. For comparing plats and certi ficates. For comparing commissioners' SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of public accounts, at the instance of the Register, when any of the afore- books. said works are completed, to liquidate the account, and issue his warrant for the amount of the same |