absence, failed to list the delinquents of said regiment for 1816 with the sheriff in time for collection, and that the sheriff has been unable to complete the collection of the same, being prevented by high water and sickness: For remedy whereof, 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Six months Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the further time allowed to col of six months, from and after the passage of this Tect delin- act, shall be given the sheriff of Caldwell county quents.. list. to complete the collection of said delinquent list; and the said sheriff shall in all cases, at the end of the time, make return, as if it had been done in the time prescribed by law. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of Further time Adair county be, and he is hereby allowed until to return a the next court of assessment of the 93d regiment of Kentucky militia; to return his list of delinquents of 1816, collectable in 1817; and that the paymaster shall suspend the collection of the amount of said delinquent list until said period, at which time the said sheriff is authorised to lay his list before said court; and the same proceedings shall be had as though said return had been made in the time prescribed by law. Recital. thorised to CHAP. CXCII. An ACT to authorise the sale of part of the Public APPROVED January 23, 1818. WHEREAS it is represented to the general assembly, that it will be to the future advantage and prosperity of Morgantown, in Butler county, to dispose of part of the public ground in said town: Therefore, §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Trustees au- Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the trustees of sell a part of Morgantown are hereby authorised to lay off inthe public to lots, thirty feet of ground in front of each lot ground. facing the public square in said town; and proceed to sell said lots so laid off, and apply the money arising from said sale to the use of said town. Manner and 2. Be it further enacted, That the trustees shall, in the sale of the lots so laid off, first offer terms of sale. them at private sale to the owners of the lots respectively that they shall immediately adjoin in front, at the same price and on the same terms said lots were sold at the trustees sales; and in case said lot-holders shall not agree to purchase respectively the lots so laid off under the direction of this act, within twelve months from the passage thereof, then it shall be the duty of said trustees to proceed to sell said lot or lots, which may remain unsold, at public auction. having first given two months notice at the most public places in said county of Butler. СНАР. СХСІУ. An ACT for the benefit of Elizabeth Griffin, and for other purposes. APPROVED January 23, 1818. WHEREAS it is represented to the legislature Recital. of the commonwealth of Kentucky, that James Brown, late a resident of Shepherdsville, Bullitt county, departed this life at that place indebted to Elizabeth Griffin; that he left no personal estate, whereby the debt of the said Elizabeth can be paid, by James Alexander and Adam Shepherd, who administered upon his estate, and against whom she obtained judgment at law for the amount of the debt aforesaid; that the said Brown was an alien, a native of Ireland, and that he had no heirs in America; that he died seized of four lots of ground in the town of Shepherdsville, for which he had obtained conveyances from the trustees thereof; that the said lots are subject to be escheated to the commonwealth, for want of legitimate inheritors, and [it] is thought more reasonable that the said lots should be subject to the said Elizabeth's debt, than the claim of the commonwealth by escheat: Wherefore, 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Circuit court the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and of Bullitt may decree a sale may be lawful for the said Elizabeth Griffin to of certain lots file her petition in the Bullitt circuit court, set ting out therein her claim, and the nature thereof, against the said Brown, designating also the lots of which he died possessed, and exhibiting therein his title thereto; and the court may hear the said petition, and decide thereon as dispatchfully as practicable; and if they shall be satisfied that the said Brown was justly indebted to the said Elizabeth at the time of his death; that he left no personal estate out of which the debt could be paid; that he had title to said lots; that he was an alien, and had no heirs in America; then it shall be lawful for the said court to settle by decree the amount of said Elizabeth's demand, and to direct the said lots to be sold for the payment thereof, and of all costs: The said court may direct the sale to be made with such length of credit and extent of publicity as will in their opinion be most favorable to the obtention of the highest price therefor. The bond or bonds executed by Bonds to be the purchasers thereof, shall rank with, and have taken & their the effect of replevin bonds, and execution may obligatory issue thereon in like manner. Proceeds, how to be applied. Lots may be sold on a credit. force. § 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid bonds shall be taken by the commissioner or commissioners appointed to make sale of said lots in his or their own name, in trust for the said Elizabeth, to the extent of her demand, as settled by the court under this act, including her costs; and as to the surplus, or residue, in trust for the trustees of the Bullitt seminary. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the Commission- duty of the commissioner or commissioners who ers to make may sell the aforesaid lots, to convey the same to conveyances. the purchasers thereof, at such time and in such manner as the said court may direct; and the said conveyances, when so made, shall vest in Common'th's the purchasers thereof all the right, title and claim right of es- which the commonwealth of Kentucky has, or. cheat grant- might or could have or assert to the said lots, on the ground of their liability to be escheated or forfeited, or otherwise, by reason of the said ed. Brown having been an alien, and died without inheritors; but nothing to be done under or by virtue of this act, shall affect or impair the claim of others to the said lots or either of them, СНАР. СХСУ,. An ACT adding part of Floyd county to the county of Bath. APPROVED January 23, 1818. $1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the first day of March next, all that part of the county of Floyd within the following boundary, shall be, and the same is hereby added to the county of Bath: Beginning at the mouth of the Bounds. Little North Fork of Licking on the Bath county line; thence up said fork with the meanders thereof to the mouth of Minor's fork; thence up said fork with its meanders to the head thereof; thence, continuing the general course of Minor's fork to the Fleming county line; thence with said line to the Bath county line on Licking river; thence up the river with said line to the beginning. officers of Floyd county § 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be law- Taxes, levies, ful for the sheriff and other officers of Floyd fees,&c. to be county, to make distress for any taxes, levies, or collected by other public dues, or officers' fees unpaid by the inhabitants within the aforesaid bounds at the time the change of jurisdiction into Bath county takes place, and he shall be accountable in the like manner as if this act had not passed. CHẠP. CXCVI. An ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to regulate the town of Scottsville, and for other purposes." APPROVED January 23, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentncky, That so much of Parts of said the act entitled" an act for the regulation of the act repealed. town of Scottsville, and for other purposes," ap proved January the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, as authorises the sale of the reserved lots in the town of Scottsville, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. § 2. Be it further enacted, That said reserved Regulation as lots shall be, and they are hereby vested in the to the reseryed lots. justices of the peace of the county of Allen and their successors; and the said justices and their successors, shall have full power and authority to make such disposition of the said lots as they may think proper and advisable. 65. Be it further enacted, That so much of said recited act as provides for re-numbering the lots in the town of Scottsville, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed; and the lots in said town shall be designated by the numbers as made on the original plan of said town, as first recorded in the county court clerk's office in said county of Allen. CHAP. CXCVII. An ACT to legalize the proceedings of the county court of Logan at their December term 1817. APPROVED January 23, 1818. WHEREAS the Logan county court at their last December term, when a majority of all the justices were not present, did, by an order, appoint a commissioner to purchase a lot on which the jail had been built and now stands; and the said commissioner, to secure the said lot of ground, advanced the purchase money out of his own individual funds: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the order made by the said county court of Logan at their December term, in the year 1817, be, and the same is hereby declared valid and legal; and the said county court of Logan are hereby authorised, at their next March or April term, (and without requiring the presence of a majority of all the jus |