to deliver over to said company the said bridge, and 1836 the costs thereof shall be considered as so much stock paid on the part of the state in said company," and be credited accordingly. stock. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That it shall be County courts lawful for the county court of each county through may subscribe which the said road shall pass, to impose a tax not exceeding six and a fourth cents on each hundred dollars worth of taxable property in their counties. respectively, and to subscribe the same as stock for constructing said road, Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 378.-AN ACT for the benefit of Joseph Clarke, late sheriff of Franklin county. Whereas, it is represented to the general assembly, that Joseph Clarke, late sheriff of Franklin county, owing to the ill health of his family, failed to return his delinquent list of muster fines, placed in his hands for collection, which were assessed for the year 1834, by the court of assessment, held for the 22d regiment of Kentucky militia, collectable in the year 1835; in consequence of which, the necessary and proper settlement could not be had with said Clarke, and the board of officers belonging to said regiment. For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Clarke to make out and present his delinquent list of fines, above described, to the board of officers of said regiment, at any time before the first Monday in May next, which list they are hereby authorized to receive and act upon, in the same manner, as they would have had the right to do, if it had been presented at the proper time; and the board of officers of said regiment are hereby authorized to make all necessary and proper settlements with said sheriff and the paymaster of said regiment, which, when made, shall be as legal and binding, as if made on the day prescribed by the laws now in force upon the subject. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 379.-AN ACT for the benefit of William Tuggle'e devisces and heirs. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That one or more of the heirs or devisees of William Tuggle, deceased, late of Clarke County, in this state, may, by petition or bill in chancery, apply to the Clarke circuit court, and set forth that a certain negro man, named Jim, part of the estate of said William Tuggle, is a negro of vicious habits, and that a sale of him, and a division of the proceeds of such sale among the persons entitled thereto, would greatly redound to their advantage; which petition or bill shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioners or complainants, or some one of them, and if the allegations of such petition or bill shall be sustained by proof, said court shall be, and is hereby vested with power to decree such sale, and in the proceedings on said bill or petition, said court shall be governed by the act vesting circuit courts with jurisdiction to decree a sale of the real estate of infants in certain cases, so far as the provisions thereof may be applicable: Provided, That all proper parties shall be made to said bill or petition, and that Nancy Tuggle, the widow of said William Tuggle, be allowed such proportion of said proceeds of the said sale, as will be equal in value to her life estate or other interest in said negro man, derived by her under the will of said William Tuggle, which value shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed by the usages of courts of chancery: And provided further, That said sale shall not be decreed without the consent of said Nancy Tuggle, if it shall appear that she, by will or otherwise, holds an estate in said negro man for her life. Approved February 29, 1836. CHAP. 380.-AN ACT to change the name of William McNutt to that of William Basye. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the name of William McNutt one of the children of Adasha McNutt, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Will iam Basye, and by that name he shall hereafter be called and known. Approved, February 29, 1836 CHAP. 381.-AN ACT for the benefit of Aaron Allison. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract existing between Aaron Allison and Susannah Allison his wife, be, and the same is hereby dissolved, and that the said Aaron Allison is hereby restored to all the privileges and immunities of an unmarried man. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 382.-AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "an act to incorporate the Winchester and Lexington Turnpike Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of the act, entitled," an act to incorporate the Winchester and Lexington turnpike road company," as requires the road to be constructed by said company, to be graded forty feet in width, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and said company are required and hereby authorized to grade said road, where the ground will admit, thirty feet in width. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 383.-AN ACT to authorize the County Courts of Jessamine, Woodford, Warren and Mercer counties to sell their poor houses. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for the county court of Jessamine county, a majority of all the justices concurring therein, to sell by a commissioner or otherwise, either at private or public sale, a lot of ground, heretofore purchased by the said court, for the purpose of a poor house, and shall convey the same by a commissioner to the purchaser. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the county court of Jessamine county, to appropriate the funds arising from said sale, either to the purchase of a more judicious selection for a poor house, or to the lessening of the county levy of said county, or otherwise, as they may deem best to promote the welfare of said county. W* 1836 SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall extend to the county courts of Mercer, Warren and Woodford counties. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 384.-AN ACT for the benefit of Mary Lightfoot. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract heretofore existing between Mary Lightfoot, and her husband William G. Lightfoot, be, and the same is hereby dissolved, and that the said Mary be restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried woman. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 385. AN ACT for the benefit of Abagail Linney. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Abagail Linney shall be, and she is hereby divorced from her husband Henderson Linney, and said Abagail is hereby restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried woman. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 386.-AN ACT for the benefit of Greenup and Lewis counties. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the provisions of an act, entitled, an act to prohibit the circulation, within this commonwealth, bank notes of a less denomination than five dollars, approved, February twentyeighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, be, and the same are hereby suspended in the counties of Greenup and Lewis, until the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 387.-AN ACT for the benefit of Margaret Bogus. Whereas, it is represented to the general assembly that Betty Young, a free woman of colour, lately deceased, did, in her life time, purchase Margaret, her grand daughter, but died intestate, without having liberated the said Margaret as she intended to do. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the said Margaret be considered, taken and held, as a free woman of colour; and she is hereby made, and rendered capable of taking and inheriting from her said grand mother, Betty Young, any property of which she may have been possessed, and which she owned at her death. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 388.-AN ACT to reduce the number of Justices of the SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for the county court of Bullitt county to recommend to the governor of this commonwealth, for commission, any person to fill the office of justice of the peace for said county, until the whole number of justices of the peace for said county shall be reduced to ten, so that there shall, at no time, be more than eleven justices in said county: Provided, That the reduction shall not be so made that there shall be less than two justices of the peace in either of the towns of Shepherdsville or Mount Washington. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county court of said county, whenever a vacancy in the office of justice of the peace shall occur in said county, to cause the records and papers of the office becoming vacant to be delivered to the justice for said county, residing nearest to him whose office is vacated, until the reduction contemplated by the first section of this act, shall be effected; after which, the records and papers of justices of the peace in said county shall be disposed of as heretofore provided by law. Approved, February 29, 1836. |