it shall be lawful for the editor of said paper to charge the like fees, and make such certificates as are authorized to be charged and made by law: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the insertion of such advertisements as are particularly required by law to be published in the paper of the Public Printer. Approved, February 12, 1828. CHAP. 147.-An act for the benefit of Amy Ann B. Gibson. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract and matrimonial bonds, which heretofore existed between Robert B. Gibson and Amy Ann B. Gibson, be, and the same are hereby annulled and set aside, as to the said Amy Ann B. Gibson, and the said Amy Ann be restored to all the privileges of an sunmar ried woman. Approved, February 12, 1828. CHAP 148.-An act for the improvement of the navigation of 1828. WHEREAS it appears to the present General Assembly, that Rough creek, which makes its course through a country increasing in population and wealth, in the safe navigation of which, Breckinridge, Grayson and Preamble. Ohio counties, are deeply interested; Rough creek affording the only channel through which the citizens of those counties can float their surplus produce to market; this stream being deep, but narrow, its navigation is much interrupted by the formation of large rafts of floating timber across said stream, which unite together at and near its mouth, and that by the expenditure of a small sum of money the obstructions to the navigation of said stream could be removed, and its navigation made safe and convenient; and the Legislature being anxious to promote every reasonable proposition, which may have for its object the improvement of the navigation of the navigable streams of the State, and the consequent encouragement of the enterprise and industry of its citizens: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Isaac Green of W 1828. Comm'rs appointed to re move the obstructions. Breckinridge county, John Litsey of Grayson county, Robert Moseley and Timothy Tichenor of Ohio county, be and they are hereby appointed commis sioners to open and remove the obstructions to the navigation of Rough creek, commencing at its mouth and going upwards; and they are hereby authorized Authorized to to raise by subscription, any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars in money, labour or property, for the purpose. aforesaid; and the said commissioners or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to cause all obstructions to the navigation of said stream to to that object. be removed, and do all other acts and things that they may deem necessary for the improvement of the navigation of said stream. receive sub scriptions in money or property, or labour applied SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sum of six hundred dollars, be, and the same is hereby appro $600, appropriated out of priated on the part of the State, in aid of the subthe Hartford Scriptions which are hereby authorized to be received, Branch Bank. and that the Cashier of the Branch Bank of the Commonwealth at Hartford, do, and he is hereby authorized to pay over to the said commissioners the aforesaid sum, and to take their receipt for the same. Comm'rs to Condition thereof. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, before they proceed give bond and to act as such, to enter into bond with good security, security. in the penalty of five thousand dollars, with condition that they will, well and truly execute and perform the trust reposed in them by this act, which bond shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ohio county, and made payable to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and his successors, and may at all times be put in suit in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth, for the recovery of damages from said commissioners, in case they should be guilty of any breach of its conditions, or where they shall fail to apply or misapply the funds and labour, which they may have placed in their hands and at their disposal, to aid in the improvement of the navigation of said stream. May be sued on for breach of its condi tion. comm'rs. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall each be allowed one dollar per day, Allowance to to be ascertained and allowed by the County Courts of their respective counties, each county paying their own commissioners, and to be paid out of the county levy of the aforesaid counties: Provided, That the said commissioners shall, from time to time, file on affidavit, in said court, a certificate, stating the pre Proviso. 1828. and where to meet. eise number of days that they may have been engaged in the service prescribed for them by this act. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said com- Com'rs when missioners shall meet on or before the first Monday in September next, in the town of Hartford, and from thence proceed to perform the duties enjoined by this act and report to the next General Assembly, the To report to amount of money so expended, and the progress they the Legisla have made therein. ture. Courts. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That if any of the commissioners herein named, shall fail or refuse to act or comply with the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the County Court of the county in Duties of C'ty which said commissioner may reside, to appoint some person as commissioner to fill his place, who, when appointed, shall in every respect, perform the duties enjoined by this act, and receive the same compensation and be subject to the same penalties as the commissioner herein named would have been subjected, had he acted in pursuance hereof. Approved, February 12, 1828. CHAP. 149.-An act for the appropriation of money. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common wealth of Kentucky, That the following sums of money Appropria shall be, and the same are hereby allowed to the per- tions made to sons respectively herinafter mentioned, payable out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, viz: To the Speaker of the Senate, four dollars per day Speaker of during the present session. Senate. To the Speaker of the House of Representatives, House of Re over and above his daily pay as a member, two dollars presentatives, per day. ate & House. Arms. To the Clerks of the Senate and House of Rep- Clerks of Sen. resentatives, sixty dollars per week each. To the Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and House Sergeants at of Representatives, twenty-one dollars per week each. To the Door-keepers of the Senate and House of Representatives, twenty-one dollars per week, each. To the Clerks of the Senate and House of Repre- Senate and sentatives, thirty dollars per week each, during the H. Rep'tives. present session, for the pay of an assistant Clerk. Door-keepera. Ass't Clerks To John P. Cammack, for four gilt frames of Jef. Jno. P. Came ferson's and.Adams' letters, thirty-two dollars.. mack. 1828. To Henry Miller, for one large seven plate stove, set up in the Methodist church for the use of the. Henry Miller. House of Representatives, thirty-seven. dollars and fifty cents. R. Devine. T. M. Smith B. Devine. L. Batchelor. R. Taylor. To Roger Devine, for publishing proposals for supplying the House of Representatives with fire wood, one dollar and twenty-five cents. To Thomas M. Smith, for going to the State of Tennessee under the authority of the Governor of this State, to demand of the Governor of that State, Calvin M. Smith, who stood charged with felony in the county of Simpson, thirty dollars. To Roger Devine, for furnishing water, candle sticks, candles, making fires, &c. for the House of Representatives during the present session, six dollars per week. To Littleberry Batchelor, for rendering similar services to the Senate, six dollars per week. To Richard Taylor, for coal and a map of Kentucky, furnished for the use of the House of Repre sentatives, twenty-five dollars. To Lewis Taylor, Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, for his services and Lewis Taylor expenses in summoning witnesses against Minor Winn, a Justice of the Peace for Harrison county, seventyone dollars twenty-five cents, as per account rendered. B. Devine. To Roger Devine, for contracting for, receiving and measuring, sixty-one and a third cords of wood, for the use of the House of Representatives, fifteen dollars. To Samuel Payne, for delivering sixty-one and one Sam Payne. third cords of wood at two dollars per cord, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and sixty-six cents. Wight and To Wight and Robson, for work and labor done and materials furnished on the public property in Frankfort, seventy-five dollars twenty-two and a half cents. To William F. Miller, for seventy-one and threeW. F. Miller. fourth feet iron piping furnished for the House of Representatives, twenty-one dollars and fifty-one Joel Scott. Jos. Taylor. Jas. Wight. cents. To Joel Scott, for seventy-three pounds of fire fenders for the House of Representatives, ten dollars. To Joseph Taylor, for fourteen yards of carpeting, seven dollars. To James Wight, for two brooms furnished the House of Representatives, seventy-five cents. To John J. Vest, for work done and materials fur- 1828. nished in the Senate chamber, ten dollars. To the Auditor of Public accounts, for additional labor imposed by resolutions of the two Houses of Auditor of Public Ac the General Assembly and for a balance reported to counts. be reasonable last year, five hundred dollars. To Charles Hutcheson for repairing the Speaker's C. Hutchison. Chair, &c. five dollars. tee to exam To Messrs. Martin Beatty, John M. M'Connell, Benjamin Hardin, William M. Davis, Henry Grider Joint commitand John L. Helm, the joint committee that visited ine the Lunathe Transylvania University and the Lunatic Asylum tic Asylum, for their travelling expenses, to each six dollars. &c. and Adam C. To William Wood and Adam C. Keenon, three hundred dollars each, for binding two thousand copies of the acts of the present General Assembly, one thousand to be bound by each; also sixty-two dollars Wm. Wood fifty cents each for binding one hundred and twenty- Keenon. five copies of each of the Journals of the present session; one half of which sums shall be paid in advance, and the balance upon their producing to the Auditor, the Secretary's certificate of the delivery of the number of copies hereby authorized to be bound by each of them; provided that if the full number of copies allowed to be bound by each of the persons above named, shall not be furnished the Secretary, a deduction of the rate of thirty-three and a third cents for each copy of the acts, and fifty cents for each copy of the Journals, so wanting shall be made. To the Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, forty dollars each for four day's services Clerks of Senafter the session, in preparing the acts for publication, completing the Journals and arranging the papers. ate and H. R. To the Register as a compensation for extra Clerk Register of hire, rendered necessary by the additional duties im- Land Office. posed on him by law, five hundred dollars. To C. and J. Samuel for sundries furnished the C. & J. SamSenate, six dollars fifty-six and fourth cents. uel. Pastor and To the Pastor and Proprietors of the Methodist Church which has been occupied by the House of Proprietors of Representatives during its two last sessions, one hun- Methodist dred dollars. Church. To Braxton and Reuben, (black men) for services Braxton and rendered to the present General Assembly, fifteen Reuben. dollars each. To Adam C. Keenon for folding and stitching one A. C. Keenon |