1833. The circuit son authorized to decree the real estate. CHAP. 161.-AN ACT for the benefit of Fanny Richardson and her children. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the circuit court for the circourt of Ander- cuit of Anderson shall have power and authority to hear the petition of Samuel Arbuckle, John C. Richsale of certain ardson, and Fanny Richardson, his wife, together with John T. Daviess and Jordan H. Walker, for the sale of a certain real estate in and near Lawrenceburg, heretofore deeded by the said Arbuckle to the said Daviess and Walker, in trust for the benefit of Fanny Richardson and her children; and if said court shall be of opinion, from testimony oral or written, that a sale of said estate will be advantageous to the said Fanny Richardson and her children, it may decree a sale thereof for money, in the same marner as if the estate had been cast upon the said Fanny Richardson To require the and her children by descent. But before the said sale shall be ordered by said court, the court shall require said Samuel Arbuckle and John C. Richardson to execute in said court bond, with approved security, in a penalty at least double that of the value of said estate, payable to the commonwealth of Kentucky, for the use of the purchaser and to every succeeding purchaser of said estate, conditioned to pay any such purchaser all damage that may at any time thereafter accrue, should the said Fanny Richardson and children, or either of them, at any time hereafter successfully assert any claim to the premises so to be sold: and conditioned further, that the proceeds of such sale shall be laid out and expended by said Arbuckle and Richardson, for the benefit of said Fanny Richardson and her children, in other lands, in trust for the like uses. execution of bonds with security. Condition thereof. [Approved January 28, 1833.] CHAP. 162.-AN ACT for the benefit of Flora N. C. Harding. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common wealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract heretofore existing between Flora N. C. Harding and Albert G. Harding be, and the same is hereby dissolved: and that she be, and is hereby, restored to all the rights of a single woman. [Approved January 30, 1833.] Chap. 163.—AN ACT to appoint additional Justices of the Peace in certain Counties, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That one additional justice of the peace and one constable be added to the county of Fleming; said constable to reside in the neighborhood of Burtis Ringo. 1833. Additional jus tice and con stable allowed to Fleming. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be One justice to allowed one additional justice of the peace to the Caldwell. county of Caldwell, one justice of the peace to the One to Lawcounty of Lawrence, and one justice of the peace to rence. the county of Warren, and one additional constable to each of the counties of Simpson, Muhlenburg, and one to the county of Campbell, who shall reside in Newport, and one additional constable for the county of Henry, who shall reside at the passage of this act between Six Mile and Flat creeks. One to Warren One constable each to Simpson, Muhlen burg, Campbell and Henry. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the fifth consta- Fifth constable's district in the county of Oldham be extended so ble's district in far up the Ohio river as to include the residence of Oldham extenMerimon B. Curd within the said district. [Approved January 30, 1833.] CHAP. 164.-AN ACT allowing an additional Justice of the Peace to the county of Bath, and for other purposes. ded. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Additional jusCommonwealth of Kentucky, That the county of Bath tices allowed to shall be entitled to an additional justice of the peace. Bath. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly To Rockcastle. of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be all wed to the county of Rockcastle one additional justice of the peace, and one to the county of Whit- To Whitley. ley, to be commissioned in the form prescribed by the constitution. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be Additional conan additional constable added to the county of Galla- stable to Galla tin, to reside in the neighborhood of David Gibson. [Approved January 30, 1833.] tin. CHAP. 165.-AN ACT to authorise the County Court of Hardin in said county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- Inspectors to monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the be appointed at N 1833. West Point and county court of Hardin county, a majority of all the justices therein concurring, at any time after the passage of this act, to appoint one inspector for the inspection warehouse at Westpoint in said county, and one for Elizabethtown, whose duties shall in all respects be discharged in the same manner and under the same penalties, as now required and fixed by the law regulating the duties of inspection. [Approved January 30, 1833.] An additional justice and conin Washington. stable allowed A justice to CHAP. 166.-AN ACT to allow an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable to the County of Washington, and an additional Justice of the Peace for the County of Shelby. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an additional justice of the peace and constable shall be allowed to the County of Washington, the constable to reside in the South East quarter of the county. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the county of Shelby an additional justice of the peace. [Approved January 30, 1833.] Land warrants for improving certain roads therein. To be located in said counties. CHAP. 167.-AN ACT to provide for the improvement of the roads in certain counties. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the granted to Clay Land Office be instructed to issue to Dillian Asher and David Walker, of Clay county, and John Howard, of Harlan county, two hundred dollars worth of land warrants, free of charge, for the improvement of the road from Clay court-house to Harlan court-house, by way of Dillian Asher's, the warrants to be appropriated upon any vacant land in Clay or Harlan counties; that part of the road lying within the bounds of Clay county to be superintended by the aforesaid Asher and Walker, and that part lying within the bounds of Harlan county to be superintended by John Howard; two-thirds of said warrants to be issued to the aforesaid Asher and Walker, and the other third to the aforesaid Howard, and they shall have the right to sell and transfer the same to any person they may be able to sell to, and the proceeds of the same to be To whom to be issued and by whom expend ed. by themselves, or some one in their employ, laid out in the best practicable manner, in opening and improving the aforesaid road. 1833. rity. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the afore- Comm'rs to give said Asher, and Walker, and, Howard shall, before bond and secuentering upon the duties of their office, enter into bond with security, in their respective county courts, truly and faithfully to discharge the duties enjoined on them by this act, and they shall, when required by said county, report as to the manner in which they may have appropriate the proceeds of said warrants; and the courts may allow them each seventy-five cents Their comperper day, for each day they may necessarily be employed in superintending the opening and improving the aforesaid roads, out of the proceeds of said warrants. sation. sey. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Register of Land warrants the Land Office is hereby directed to issue a land granted to Cawarrant, in the name of the county court of Casey, for six thousand acres, which may be located on any vacant lands in said county. m'r to locate Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be law- County court to ful for said county court of Casey to appoint one or appoint a commore commissioners to superintend the location of and sell the said lands, and transfer any part or all of said war- lands. rant, or any part of survey made by virtue of said warrant; and the Register of the Land Office shall receive, register and issue patents on the same, with out fee; and the proceeds or money arising from the And approprisale of said lands shall be appropriated to the im- ate the proceeds provement of the road from the Lincoln county line, near Mateson Jones', to the Adair line, by way of Liberty, or any road in Casey county which the court may deem of the most public utility; and said commissioner or commissioners shall enter into bond with good security, approved of by said court, for the faithful performance of their duty. laski. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Register of Land warrants the Land Office be, and he is hereby, required to is- granted to Pusue a land warrant, in the name of the county court of Pulaski, without the state price being paid therefor, for six thousand acres of land, to be located on Where located any vacant and unappropriated land lying within the and how to be counties of Whitley or Pulaski, for the purpose of im- appropriated. proving the road leading from Williamsburg to Somerset; and the proceeds of said warrant shall be laid out on that portion of said road lying between the mouth of Laurel river and Buck creek. 1833. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That upon the assignment of any platt and certificate of survey, made by Patents to issue virtue of any of said warrant, the Register of the Land Office shall issue a patent or patents, without fee, in favor of the assignee, for the land embraced in said survey. on the surveys made under said warrants. Comm'rs ap the warrants, &c. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That William Sears, of Pulaski county, and Demsey White, of Whitley pointed to sell county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners to sell the warrants and appropriate the proceeds thereof to the improving said road; and before they enter on the discharge of their duties as commissioners, they shall enter into bond, with approved security, in the penal sum of three hundred dollars each, in the Pulaski county court, which bond may be put in suit for every breach of its conditions. To give bond and security. Allowance to comm'rs. Not to sell the warrants for less than $5 per 100 acres. Land warrants to Muhlenburg. To be located in sand county. Proceeds, how to be applied. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid shall be entitled to seventy-five cents per day for the time they may be necessarily engaged in the duties required by the county court aforesaid, and their services shall be compensated out of the proceeds of the aforesaid land warrant: Provided, however, That the said commissioners shall not sell the aforesaid land warrant or warrants for a less sum than five dollars per hundred acres, and that no survey shall be for a less quantity than fifty acres. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the Regis ter of the Land Office be, and he is hereby, required to issue a warrant for five thousand acres of land, in the name of the county court of Muhlenburg county, free of charge, upon their order, which said land shall, when located, be vested in said county court, and the proceeds thereof shall be by them applied to the improvement of the roads in said county: Provided, nevertheless, That said warrant shall not be located on any lands except such vacant and unappropriated County court lands as may be found in the county aforesaid; and y appoint an the said county court are hereby authorised to ap point an agent or agents to superintend the location. of the said warrant, or may dispose thereof in such manner as they may think most advantageous for the improvement of the roads therein. Proviso. agent. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five Land warrants hundred dollars, in land warrants, free of charge, be, granted to Un- and the same is hereby, appropriated to the county court of Union county, to be by said court, a majority of its members present, appropriated to building ion. |