board of sinking fund commissioners, or may elect the entire new board. § 9. That all previous laws imposing an ad valorem tax, and all laws conflicting with this law, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 10. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved December 20, 1873. CHAPTER 30. AN ACT for the benefit of Susan Wall, of Garrard county. WHEREAS, It is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that Wilson Logan, a free man of color, died domiciled in Garrard county, Kentucky, on the day of August, 1873, unmarried, leaving a daughter, Susan Wall, begotten and born in slavery, whom he always recognized as his child, both before and since the abolition of slavery; now, therefore, - Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the said Susan Wall be, and she is hereby, legitimated, and made capable of inheriting the estate of her father, the said Wilson Logan, in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if she had been born to him in lawful wedlock. §2. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved December 20, 1873. 1873. CHAPTER 31. AN ACT to prohibit the sale of spirituous or vinous or malt liquors within the corporate limits of the town of Hinkleville, Ballard county, or within two miles of the said incorporate limits. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or the mixture of either, within the corporate limits of the town of Hinkleville, Ballard county, or within two miles of the said incorporate limits. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each violation of this act. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 20, 1873. 1873. CHAPTER 32. AN ACT to abolish the office of county treasurer of Pendleton county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to create and regulate the office of county treasurer for Pendleton county," approved March 18, 1870, and an act, entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of a county treasurer for Pendleton county," approved January 21; 1839, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 2. This act to take effect from and after January 1st, 1874. Approved December 20, 1873. Diploma to license as attor entitle holder to ney at law. CHAPTER 33. AN ACT for the benefit of Law Department of the University of Lou isville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That a diploma from the University of Louisville, in its Law Department, conferring the degree of bachelor of laws, shall entitle the person on whom it is conferred to practice law, and shall have the same effect as a license to practice law in all the courts of this Commonwealth granted in pursuance of sections three and four of chapter five, article one, of the General Statutes. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved December 20, 1873. CHAPTER 34. AN ACT for the benefit of Lewis F. Marshall, sheriff of Ballard county, and securities. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That where Lewis F. Marshall, sheriff of Ballard Damages and county, and his securities, shall have paid the full amount interest on judgment released. of the principal, interest, costs, and Attorney General's fees of the judgment rendered against them in the Franklin circuit court for the balance of the revenue due the State by said Marshall for the year 1872, the amount of the damages, and the five per cent. adjudged against them under the act of March 22, 1871, to change the time of paying the revenue into the Treasury, shall be, and the same is hereby, remitted: Provided, however, That said principal, interest, &c., shall be paid within sixty days from the passage of this act. 1874. under act. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Duty of Auditor Accounts to allow said Lewis F. Marshall a credit for the amount of the Auditor's list returned delinquent by him. after the rendering of the said judgment; also for the amount of the delinquent list returned for the year 1872, or as much thereof as may be legal and just under existing laws. 3. This act shall be in full force and effect from its passage. Approved December 20, 1873. CHAPTER 35. AN ACT providing that the failure of the sheriff of McCracken county to execute bond for the collection of the revenue shall not forfeit his office of sheriff. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Failure to give bond to collect revenue not to office. 1. That section one, article eight, chapter ninety-two, of the General Statutes, be so amended that a failure or refusal of the sheriff of McCracken county to execute work forfeiture of bond, with surety, as is now required by law for the collection of the revenue, shall not forfeit his office of sheriff of said county; but he shall not collect the revenue without giving the bond now required by law. 2. This act shall be in force until the first day of January, 1875, and no longer. §3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 13, 1874. CHAPTER 37. AN ACT to increase the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in Logan county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That justices of the peace in the county of Logan shall have jurisdiction concurrent with the quarterly and circuits courts in said county of all actions and proceedings for the recovery of money or personal property, when the matter in controversy does not exceed one hundred dollars in value, exclusive of interest and costs. Jurisdiction incre used to 100. 1874. Tax assessed on actions, and how disposed of. oral. § 2. That on each action or proceeding, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and cost, exceeds fifty dollars, a tax of fifty cents shall be paid by the plaintiff, and taxed as costs; which tax shall be accounted for by the justice as judges of the quarterly courts are now required by law to account for the taxes collected by them. §3. The pleadings may be oral, and without verificaPleadings to be tion; but before the summons is issued, the plaintiff shall file with the justice the account or the written contract, or a short written statement of the facts on which the action is founded. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. [Became a law without the Governor's signature, January 10, 1874.] separately from CHAPTER 38. AN ACT for the benefit of Harrison Lay, of Breckinridge county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Harrison Lay, a citizen of the county of May keep bar Breckinridge, and town of Stephensport, in this State, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to keep his grocery and bar room in an out-building on his tavern premises, but not adjoining the main building thereon. tavern. To remain subject to penalty for violating law. § 2. That nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt said Lay, on account of this privilege being granted to him, from the pains and penalties provided by law for violation of any of the statutes inflicting pains and penalties for the improper or unlawful vending of ardent spirits. §3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Became a law without the Governor's signature January 10, 1874.] CHAPTER 39. AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Sharpsburg, in Bath county, approved January 9, 1852. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the charter of the town of Sharpsburg, in Jurisdiction of Bath county, approved January 9, 1852, is hereby so amended that the police judge of said town, shall hereafter have jurisdiction in civil cases and proceedings police judge increased. where the defendant or one of the defendants, if more than one resides in the Sharpsburg election district, in said county, concurrent with the Bath quarterly and circuit courts, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds fifty dollars and is under one hundred dollars. 1874. Pleadings to be oral-where ap §2. That the pleadings in said court shall be oral and regulated by the Civil Code; and all appeals from the peals to lie. judgment of said judge shall be taken directly to the circuit court of said county, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds ten dollars. §3. That before a summons shall be issued on a claim before said judge exceeding fifty dollars, exclusive of interest and costs, a tax of fifty cents shall be paid to said judge, to be taxed as costs, and said judge shall report and account for such tax as required by law in the collection of fines due the Commonwealth. § 4. That the terms of said court shall be fixed by the judge of said court, and held quarterly. Notice of the time and place of holding said courts, or any alteration thereof, shall be advertised by printed advertisements posted in five or more public places in said district sixty days before the beginning of any term so fixed or altered by said judge. 5. Said judge shall keep a well-bound judgment and execution book, to be paid for by the trustees of the town. 6. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 13, 1874. Actions for $50 and over to be taxed. How tax to be disposed of. Terms of courtwhat notice to be given. by whom fixed Judge to keep record. CHAPTER 40. AN ACT for the benefit of John H. Bush, of Hardin county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: $1. That the Auditor be, and he is hereby, directed to issue his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of John H. Bush, of Hardin county, committee for Columbus Slater, a pauper lunatic of said county, for the sum of one hundred and five dollars and ninety-four cents ($105 94), for keeping and providing for said lunatic from the third day of April, 1872, to the fourteenth day of October, 1873. §2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved January 10, 1874. |