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And to be removed to

Hide to the jail of Ohio county, and there deliver them to the jailor of said county, together with a copy of the indictment wherewith they stand charged; whose duty it shall be to keep securely said prisoners, until they shall be again demanded by the sheriff of Muhlenburg county.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Muhlenburg county shall, within six days preceding the next term of the Muhlenburg Circuit Court, conMuhlenburg vey the said Jesse Hide and Ottaway Hide, from the jail of Ohio county to the county of Muhlenburg, and deliver them to the jailor of said county, to be by him safely kept, as if this act had never been passed.

for trial.

Expenses of removal and keeping to be paid by the county of

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the expense of conveying the said Jesse Hide and Ottaway Hide, to and from the Ohio jail, shall be paid by Muhlenburg county: and the County Court are hereby authorized and required to levy the same: and the jailor of Ohio Muhlenburg. county shall be paid his fees for keeping said prisoners, in the same manner as provided for by law in other cases.

Approved, December 21, 1827.

CHAP. 9.-An act to authorize a special term to be held by the judge of the 12th judicial district, in the county of Garrard, for the purpose of trying a certain negro slave named Isaac, who stands charged with murder.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the judge of the twelfth judicial district to hold a special term of the Garrard Circuit Court, to commence on the third Monday of January, 1828, and continue as long as may be necessary, for the trial of a certain negro slave named Isaac, charged with felony, agree. ably to the laws now in force. And should the said judge be prevented from attending on said day, the said court shall stand adjourned for his coming, from day to day for four days. And it shall also be the duty of the attorney for the district, to attend said court, and prosecute said slave for and in behalf of the Com monwealth.

Approved, December 27, 1827.

CHAP. 10. An act to change the place of voting in the Sharpsburg precinct, in Bath county, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, it has been represented to the present General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the house of Walter Caldwell, which was designated by law for the taking of the votes in the Sharpsburg precinct in Bath county, has been con sumed by fire: Therefore,

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be held at the

SEC. t. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Elections to Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the qualified voters house of Josiin the Sharpsburg precinct, in Bath county, shall ah Reed. hereafter meet at the house of Josiah Reed, in the town of Sharpsburg, to vote at all legal elections.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in future the

to the house

> elections shall be held at the house of Joseph Davis, Place of vot on Coxe's creek, at the place commonly called and ing changed known by the name of Curts' mill, in Livers' precinct, of Jos. Davis. in Nelson county, and not at the house of Robert Livers as heretofore.

Approved, December 27, 1827.

CHAP. 11.-An act for the benefit of the administrators and heirs of Richard C. Anderson, deceased.

WHEREAS, it is represented that Richard C. Anderson, of Jefferson county, departed this life seized of considerable real estate lying in this Common- Recital. wealth, and that his personal estate is not adequate to discharge his debts, and that several of his heirs are infants, in consequence of which circumstances, great loss and sacrifice of the estate is likely to ensue, unless provision be made for its sale and application to the discharge of the debts, without coercive sale by execution: Wherefore,

decree a sale

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the Jefferson Circuit Court, upon bill filed on the equity side thereof, by the administrator and adult Circuit Cour heirs of the late Richard C. Anderson, deceased, of Jefferson against the said infant heirs, alledging the amount of authorized to debts and the deficiency of personal estate, and de- and conveysignating the real estate desired to be sold, to appoint ance of the a guardian ad litem for the said infant heirs, and cause him to answer said bill; and if, upon final hearing, it shall appear that the personal estate is insufficient to discharge the debts, then to decree a sale of

real estate of the deceased, for the pay

ment of debts

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rized to re

the real estate designated, or so much thereof as shall
be necessary to discharge the debts, and to authorize
the said administrator to make sale of such estate,
and report the same to said court. If the court ap-
prove the sale, it shall be confirmed, and a convey-
ance made by the administrator aforesaid to the pur-
chaser or purchasers accordingly; which conveyance
shall vest the legal and equitable title of said infants
to the property conveyed, absolutely in the purchas-
er or purchasers: the said administrator, previously
executing, in said court, bond with security, in an
adequate penalty, conditioned to pay the proceeds to
the creditors. And the said court shall direct said
real estate to be sold either at public or private sale,
at such credit as it may think proper, and shall cause
the same to be valued by two commissioners, and
shall direct at what proportion of the valuation the
same may be sold, according to the necessity and ur-
gency of the case.
Provided however, That the said
court may reserve the slaves descended to said heirs
from sale and decree the sale of land instead thereof,
if from the allegations of said bill, and the proofs in
the cause, it shall appear to the court advantageous
to said heirs.

AND WHEREAS the said decedent, Richard C. Anderson, was indebted to the Bank of the United States at Louisville, in a considerable sum, which was secured by mortgage on a portion of his real estate and slaves, and it is thought that a renewal of his note in said bank, from time to time, may be more advantageous than a foreclosure of the mortgage:

SEC. 2. Be it therefore further enacted, That Larz Adm'r autho- Anderson, the administrator upon the estate of said Richard C. Anderson, shall have power and authority to renew said note in said bank, for and in behalf of the infant heirs, and that the mortgage shall stand as a security for said note so renewed, and shall have the same effect in favor of said bank, as though the gaid infants were adults.

new a note to the U.S. Bank fro time to time, &c.

Approved, December 27, 1827.

CHAP. 12.-An act for the benefit of the sheriffs of Hopkins and
Wayne counties.

WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that Thomas

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G. Davis, sheriff of Hopkins county, did, in the month of June last, resign his office as sheriff of said county of Hopkins, and immediately the Governor commissioned Charles Bradley, the senior magistrate, as sheriff of said county, and at the July County Court was sworn in accordingly, and owing to the shortness Recital. of the time, has been unable to collect all the revenue due from said county, and what he has collected has been paid to the Auditor: And for remedy whereof, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the further time of Further time three months be allowed from and after the passage allowed the Sheriff of of this act, unto the said Charles Bradley to complete Hopkins to said collection, and pay the balance due into the make his coltreasury, and that he be allowed the further time of lection of revthree months from the passage of this act, to prove turn his delinand return his delinquent list to the Auditor of pub- quent lists. lic accounts, any law to the contrary notwithstand

ing.

enue and re

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in order to avail himself of the benefits of this act, it shall be the duty Conditions to of the said Charles Bradley to give bond with ap- be complied proved security in the Hopkins County Court at their with before he next January term, for the balance of the revenue the benefit of which may appear to remain due and unpaid by the this act. said Charles Bradley, sheriff of Hopkins county.

WE
WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assem-

bly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the sher

is entitled to

iff of Wayne county forwarded by the representation Sheriff of
from said county, money and claims on the treasury Wayne.
to the amount of the revenue due from said county
of Wayne, but on settlement with the Auditor, part
of the claims, to the amount of about eighty dollars,
were rejected, owing to the Clerk's failing to certify
them according to law: Therefore,

pay up the

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the further time of 30 days a thirty days be and the same is hereby given, from the lowed him to passage of this act, to the sheriff of Wayne county, balance of the to pay the balance of the revenue into the treasury from said county of Wayne, for the year 1826.

Approved, December 27, 1827.

revenue for 1826.

C

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Trustees of

CHAP. 15.-An act to amend the several laws establishing the town of Covington.

WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the front street, in the town of Covington, below Scott street, runs into the Ohio river, preventing thereby any communication down the bank of said river: and whereas, it is believed that an alteration in that part of said town below Scott street, and the alley running west between Third and Second streets, to the lower line of said town, thence with said line to the Ohio river, thence up the Ohio river to Scott street, would be to the interest of the citizens of said town: Therefore,

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a majority of the the town with trustees of said town, with consent of the owners of the consent of the lots in that part of said town, may make

the owners,

alterations in streets & lots.

Report to be

recorded in

the books of

al

any authorized to teration in the street or streets, alleys or lots of said make certain town, as may be agreed upon by and between said trustees and the owner or owners of said lots; which alteration shall be signed by a majority of the trustees of said town, and the owner or owners of said lots, and certified by the Clerk of the board of trustees of said town to the Clerk of the County Court of Campbell county, who shall record the same. And it County Court shall be the duty also of the Clerk of the board of trustees of said town, to record any such alteration in the record book of the trustees thereof; which alteration, if made, shall have the same force and effect as though it formed a part of the original plan of said town.

the trustees, and in the

office of

Campbell.

Trustees authorized to close certain alleys upon

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of said town, with the consent of the owner or owners of any entire block or half block of lots below Scott street, to close up any like terras & alley or alleys running through the same; provided, that the same shall be carried to the record in the. same manner as is provided for in the preceding sec tion.

conditions.

Approved, December 31, 1827.

CHAP. 14.-An act for the benefit of the Southern College and
Lancaster Seminary.

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of this Commonwealth has created a College at Bowlinggreen, Ken