1830. CHAP CCLVI. AN ACT to add a part of the county of Cumberland to the county of Monroe. Approved, January 20, 1830. SEC 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act, that part of the county of Cumberland included in the following boundary shall be attached to the county of Monroe to wit: beginning The boundary on the north bank of Cumberland river where the of the addition Monroe and Cumberland county line crosses said to Monroe county. The sheriff of Cumberland to collect taxes &c thereia duo for 1829. river above Trice's ferry; thence up said river with the meanders thereof to the mouth of Glascock's branch; thence on the summit of the dividing ridge between the waters of Mud Camp and Mashack's creek, until it intersects the Monroe county line. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff of Cumberland county to collect all revenue tax and county levy from the citizens residing in that part of Cumberland county which by this act is added to the county of Monroe, assessed and laid in the year eighteeu hundred and twenty-nine, under the same rules and regulations which would have regulated the collection of the same had this act not passed, and the same when collected shall be accounted for as heretofore. a CHAP. CCLVII. AN ACT for the benefit of Charles H. Webb. Approved, January 20, 1830. WHEREAS, the said Charles H. Webb has petitioned the present Legislature, to pass a law to change the boundary of the town of Princeton, in Caldwell county, so as to exclude from the town his present residence and the lots attached thereto, and the citizens of said town having united with him in said petition: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary line of the town of Princeton, Caldwell county, be changed so as to exclude from said town the lots and residence of said Charles H. Webb. CHAP. CCLVIII. AN ACT allowing additional Justices of the Peace to certain counties. Approved, January 20, 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented to the General Assembly that all that part of the county of Bullitt, lying south of the road leading from Shepherdsville to Key's ferry, is destitute of a justice of the peace, and that great inconvenience results to the people in that section for the want of one: Therefore, 1830. Jowed to Bul SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the One justice of Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the county court the peace alof Bullitt, at the next March term, or any succeding litt county. term thereafter, shall nominate two fit persons, one of whom shall be commissioned a justice for said county; but in making said nomination a constitutional majority of all the justices in said county, shall concur therein. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That one additional One each to justice of the peace, shall be commisioned according Knox, to the mode prescribed by existing laws, for the Logan, county of Knox; one for the county of Logan; one Hancock, for the county of Hancock, and one for the county And Morgan of Morgan. counties. CHAP. CCLIX. AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas I. Young. Approved, January 20, 1830. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the county court of Bath county shall have full power to authorize Thomas I. Young to erect gates across that part of the Andrews' mill road, which runs through the land formerly owned by Benjamin Snelling, on Flat creek, and by him sold to said Young: Provided, the court shall be satisfied that said gates will be of no public inconvenience: And provided, that said Young shall give public notice of his intention to apply to said court, by written advertisement upon the courthouse door, one month before he makes application. 1830. CHAP. CCLX. AN ACT for the benefit of John Ferguson of Muhlenburg county. Approved, January 20, 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present General Assembly, that John Ferguson of Muhlenburg county, in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen purchased of a certain Samuel Small, a tract of land, whereon he, said Ferguson, now resides, containing two hundred acres, and immediately took possession thereof, and has resided thereon ever since, and that he took from said Small an assignment of the Register's receipt of the plat and certificate of survey, and the Auditor's quietus for the payment of the first instalment; and that said Ferguson has paid the balance of the State price, under the laws of this State, but the Register refuses to issue a patent to him, owing to the informality of the assignment, and owing to the further fact, that a copy of the plat and certificate and not the original, was returned to his office: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the landoffice be, and he is hereby directed, upon the said Ferguson's producing to hin a quietus for the payment of the balance of the State price due upon said tract of land, which was originally entered in the name of Martin Fidler, to issue to said Ferguson, a patent for said two hundred acres of land, in the saine manner as if the original plat and certificate had been returned to his office, and regularly assigned to Ferguson: Provided however, that nothing herein shall be construed to affect the right of any other person who may hereafter shew himself entitled to said land, by virtue of the original plat and certificate, or any other claim. CHAP. CCLXI. AN ACT to amend an act entitled, "an act to review a part of the state road, leading from Franklin to Owenborough," approved January 7th, 1829. Approved, January 20, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the The report of Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the report of the • 1830. sioners ap commissioners appointed by an act of the last session of the General Assembly, entitled, "an act to review a part of the State road leading from Franklin to Owen- the commisborough," approved January the seventh, eighteen pointed under hundred and twenty-nine be, and the same is hereby the recited act confirmed, so far as regards the road from the town of confirmed in Hartford, to the point where said commissioners, in part. their report, leave the old county road from Hart ford to Wilson's ferry. lished. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the balance of A part of the the said old county road, from said point to Wilson's old road estabferry be, and the same is hereby established as a part of the said State road. road marked Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That so much of the A part of the said road leading from Franklin to Owenborough, by the commisas has been viewed and marked by the said commis- sioners abolsioners, under the said act of the last session of the ished. General Assembly, from Morgantown through the county of Butler, crossing Green river at Borah's ferry, and intersecting the old county road at or near Mosley James' be, and the same is hereby abolished. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the county courts of Ohio and Butler counties respectively be, and they are hereby authorized to issue writs of ad quod damnum, for the purpose of condemning the ground over which the road established by the first and second sections of this act, will run, as in other like cases. The county and Butler to have the land condemned through which the road pas courts of Ohio ses. CHAP. CCLXII: AN ACT for the benefit of James Breathitt. Approved, January 20, 1830. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the sum of forty dollars be, and is hereby appropriated for the benefit of James Breathitt, and the Auditor is directed to issue a warrant on the treasury for the same. 80 1830. Recital. 'The Bourbon circuit court may decree a veyance of CHAP. CCLXIII. AN AT for the benefit of the heirs of George Stipp, deceased, and of Mary Louisa Mc Gowan. Approved, January 20, 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented to this General Assembly, that since the death of George Stipp, a certain -Smith, conveyed to Mary, Martha, John, Louisa, Nancy, Amanda, and Narcissa Stipp, heirs, and to Sidney Stipp widow of said decedant, a tract of land in the county of Bourbon, containing eightyone and a quarter acres and twelve poles; that the same has been divided among said widow and heirs equally, making ten acres and a fraction to each; that since said division the widow has died, having devised her lot to her son John; that all of the heirs of said decedant are infants, under the age of twentyone years, except Mary and Martha, who have sold their lots, and that the remainder of the lots lie contiguous to each other, are destitute of timber and producing but little rent: Wherefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for the Bourbon circuit court, and it is heresale and con- by authorized, upon proper application being made, by the guardians of said infants to said court, to order and decree a sale of the remaining part of said such credit upon tract of land, in such manner and as said court shall deem proper: Provided, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court, to be the interest of said heirs, that such sale should be inade. lands belonging to Stipp's heirs. The guardians of the infant heirs to give security for the purchase money. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said court to protect said infants in ordering the sale, by requiring their guardian or guardians, to give bond with good security, for the proper use or appropriation of the money to be received by them under the sale, according to the laws in force for the sale of infants real estate, or in such other manner as to the court may seem best, and said court may decree a conveyance of said land to be made by said infants, or by a Commissioner for them, when all the purchase money shall be paid; which conveyance when made according to the decree shall effectually vest in the purchaser or purchasers the legal title to said land.. And whereas, it is represented to the General As sembly, that owing to habits and dispositions of |