No. 16. RESOLUTION asking repeal of bankrupt law. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That our Senators in the Congress of the United States be, and they are hereby, instructed, and our Representatives requested, to urge, and, if possible, secure the repeal of the act of Congress known as the bankrupt law, and all acts amending the same. Approved January 22, 1874. No. 17. RESOLUTION providing for the removal of the remains of Captain John Howell, a soldier of the Revolution, to the State Cemetery at Frankfort. WHEREAS, The remains of Captain John Howell, a patriot and soldier of the war of the revolution, sleep in an obscure and unnoticed spot in the county of Ohio, in this State; and whereas, to keep alive in the bosom of the youth of our land the same patriotic fervor that filled the hearts of those who gave us our liberties, it is meet that we should pay the highest honors to the remains of the heroes of that war; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That his Excellency the Governor is authorized to appoint two persons to proceed to Ohio county, who shall secure and convey to the State Cemetery at Frankfort the remains of Captain John Howell, and inter them therein; and he is further authorized to cause to be erected over said remains a suitable monument, bearing an appropriate inscription. 2. The sum of two hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expenses of said removal, and for the erection of said monument. Approved January 27, 1874. No. 18. RESOLUTION extending the session of this General Assembly beyond the constitutional limit of sixty days. WHEREAS, The business now before the present General Assembly demands an extension of the session; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the present session of the General Assembly be extended beyond the sixty days prescribed by the Constitution. 1874. 1874. 2. Resolved, That the present session shall not be extended beyond the 23d day of February, except by a vote of two thirds of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly. 3. Resolved, That when the present General Assembly shall adjourn, it shall adjourn sine die. 4. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 27, 1874. No. 19. RESOLUTION directing the firing of a national salute on the 8th day of Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 1. That the Quarter-Master General is hereby directed to cause to be fired a national salute on the 8th day of January, 1874, and also on the 22d day of February, 1874, in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans and the birthday of Washington. 2. Resolved, That the Auditor be directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the cost of the same. 3. Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives be required to hoist the national flag on the dome of the Capitol, and that it remain hoisted each day this General Assembly remains in session, and that the Auditor be directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the cost of the flag. Approved February 3, 1874. No. 20. RESOLUTION directing Public Librarian to purchase certain books. WHEREAS, The acts of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth for the years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1810 are not now in the State Library, and it is important that they should be in the Library; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Public Librarian be directed to procure, by purchase or otherwise, the missing volumes of the public acts. referred to in the preamble, or any part of them, and place the same in the Public Library. 2. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the payment for the same when he shall be satisfied that they have been placed in the Public Library: Provided, They shall not cost more than five dollars per vol ume. Approved February 6, 1874. No. 21. RESOLUTION directing the Governor to purchase Hart's busts of Clay and Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Governor of this Commonwealth be, and he is hereby, directed to purchase the busts of General Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay sculptured and now owned by Joel T. Hart, and that the sum of seventeen hundred dollars is appropriated for that purpose, and the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for that sum. 2. This resolution shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 20, 1874. 1874. No. 22. RESOLUTION directing the Governor to have offices prepared for the Superintendent of Public Instruction in "The Fire-proof Offices" in Frank fort. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That for the purpose of fitting up two rooms as an office for the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the building known as the Fire-proof Offices in the city of Frankfort, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury, the sum of twelve hundred dollars. 2. The Governor is authorized to have said work done on the best terms that he can make, not to exceed said amount; and upon his order the Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw his warrant on the Treasury in payment for the same. Approved February 23, 1874. No. 23. RESOLUTION appropriating one hundred and fifty dollars to S. I. M. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of That the Auditor of Public Accounts be directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of S. I. M. Major, Public Printer, for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, that being the discrepancy between his account as rendered to the General Assembly for copies of the Kentucky Yeoman furnished the members during the present session, and the same allowed him as compensation by the general appropriation Approved February 23, 1874. bill. PUB. L.- -6 RESOLUTION directing the Governor to provide for such pauper lunatics as cannot be accommodated in the several lunatic asylums. WHEREAS, Information deemed reliable has been received by this General Assembly that the asylum for colored lunatics at Lexington is full, and the three asylums provided for white lunatics are very near full to their utmost capacity. That there are quite a number of colored lunatics confined in the jails through the State; and whereas, provision has already been made by this Legislature for the erection of buildings at the Central Asylum, with a view to receiving therein colored lunatics, and enlarging the capacity of the institution for whites, but it is not probable that such accommodations can be completed before the latter end of the present year, and it is desirable, if possible, to afford a more humane provision for the suffering Junatics than the common jail; therefore, Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Governor is directed to see to it that each of the asylums provided by law for the reception and treatment of the insane are kept full to their utmost capacity, so long as there are any lunatics in the State unprovided for. And he is authorized to procure a building or buildings, if he can do so, for the temporary reception, care, and treatment of any excess of such unfortunates, and have them removed thereto, and kept and treated and provided for until they can be received in the asylums. He shall certify the additional cost incurred over the sums now allowed by law to the Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the same, and it shall be paid out of the Public Treasury. But the colored and white lunatics shall not be kept in the same buildings. Approved February 23, 1874. No. 25. JOINT RESOLUTION in regard to the rolls of Kentucky soldiers in the WHEREAS, By a fire, which occurred at the State Capital in the year 1865, many of the State documents were destroyed, amongst them the records of the war with Mexico; and whereas, there is not now a single muster-roll or any other documentary paper showing who were soldiers in said war, when they volunteered, or were mustered out; and whereas, it is altogether important to have such records on file in the War Department of the State for future use; and whereas, there are full and complete rolls in the office of the War Department in Washington; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 1874. Kentucky: That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to secure the passage of a resolution through the Congress of the United States directing the Secretary of War to furnish the State of Kentucky with a full and complete roll of all the soldiers furnished by her to the army engaged in the war with Mexico. Approved February 23, 1874. No. 26. RESOLUTION to provide for the removal of the remains of John C. Mason to the State Cemetery. WHEREAS, From time immemorial every civilized people have had an instinctive desire to revere and honor the memory of their illustrious dead, and to beautify and adorn their graves; and in no country has that desire prevailed to a greater or more laudable extent than in our own; and whereas, the late John C. Mason was, for many years, an honored Representative in the Kentucky Legislature, three times. elected to the Congress of the United States from Kentucky, and a gallant officer in the Mexican war, where, under the bold and peerless McCullough, he distinguished himself as a brave and daring soldier in the bloody conflict at Monterey, whereby, in consideration of his services to his State and country, his memory is dear to the people of Kentucky, and his history is inseparably connected with that of our most distinguished statesmen and soldiers whose remains have found a fit resting-place in the beautiful cemetery that overlooks our Capitol; and whereas, it is just and right that he should rest in death in the company of those who were his associates in life; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Governor is directed to have his remains removed from their present obscure resting-place in Louisiana, and have them interred in the State Cemetery, and that a suitable monument be erected to perpetuate his memory; and to enable the Governor to perform the duties hereby required of him, the sum of three hundred dollars is appropriated for that purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved February 23, 1874. |