first appointed by the law establishing said town had, and in case a vacancy or vacancies hereafter shall occur, the county court of Jefferson shall in such case appoint a person or person to fill such vacancy or vacancies: Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall authorise the above mentioned trustees or their successors to interfere with the acts of the former boards of trustees to said town. Recital. each. CHAP. CLXXVIII. An ACT for the benefit of Russell Curtis and Barbara Carter. APPROVED January 17, 1818. WHEREAS it is represented to the present general assembly, that Russell Curtis, one of the veterans of seventy-six, through misfortune, is reduced to indigence and want; and whereas Barbara Carter has had the misfortune to be abandoned by her husband for many years, and left to support a large family of children, which by her own frugality and industry she has been but barely able to do; and this legislature feels a willingness to alleviate the wants and distress of the indigent and poor, as far as in their power lies: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Warrants to Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the register of issue by Re- the land-office be, and he is hereby authorised to gister for 100 acres of land issue a land-office warrant to Russell Curtis and Barbara Carter, of Christian county, for one hundred acres of land each, clear of all costs and expences; and upon the reception of the plats and certificates of survey, to issue a grant to each of them as in other cases: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall vest any title to said land in the husband of said Barbara; but the said Barbara shall have and hold therein a life estate, and on her decease the same shall descend and vest in her children, or in case of their death, to their descendants, if any there be, if not it shall revest in the commonwealth. Proviso. CHAP. CLXXIX. An ACT better to enforce the collection of certain Fines. APPROVED January 17, 1818. for 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That if any justice of the peace of this commonwealth shall hereafter receive any fine or forfeiture which by law is appropriated to lessening the county levy, and Penalty on a shall fail to pay the same into the court of his justice failing to pay county at which the county levy shall be laid, after the collection of such fine, he shall be fined court. by said court double the amount so collected by him, on motion made by the attorney for the How recover. county; which fine when collected shall go to- ed and appli ward lessening the county levy, and execution shall issue thereon as in other cases. ed.. inte Justiceswhen § 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the peace in this com- to return lists monwealth to make out and return his list or re- of fihe moport to the clerk of his county court, agreeably ney, to the first section of an act regulating the collection of fines," approved December the 26th 1806, at any time preceding the sitting of the court of claims in each and every year. 63. And be it further enacted, That when any justice of the peace shall fail to make such return, agreeably to the second section of this act, it shall be the duty of the clerk of such court to note such failure, and issue a summons for such justice or justices to appear on the first day of the next court to be held for such county, to show cause (if any he can) why he or they shall not be fined agreeably to the first section of the act to which this is an amendment. Penalty for failing to re turn such list. in stables paying fine 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any constable or other officer who may Duty of con have any fines or forfeitures in his hands to collect which go to lessening the county levy, to pay money. over the same to the county court, all such sums that he may have collected, and return a true statement of all delinquent culprits, at any time. preceding the first day of the court of claims in each and every year. Bounds cinct. CHAP. CLXXX. An ACT to erect Election Precincts in the Counties of Union and Shelby, and to change the place of holding the election in the Northern Precinct of Christian County. APPROVED January 17, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of Union county, included in the following bounds, of to wit: Beginning at Highland lick, thence with Union pre- the road leading to the town of Morganfield, as far as where Thomas Vance formerly lived, thence with Vance's old road so as to strike the Ohio river opposite the mouth of the Saline creek, thence with the Ohio river to the mouth of Tradewater, thence up Tradewater to the Hopkins county line, thence with the Hopkins county line to the Henderson county line, thence, with the Henderson county line to the beginning, shall be, and the same. is hereby erected into an election precinct in the said county of Union; and that the Place of vot- qualified voters in said precinct do meet at the ing. house of James Wallace, in said precinct, for the purpose of voting in all legal elections. § 2. Be it further enacted, That the county court Clerk and of Union, at the time they appoint a clerk and judges to be judges to the election to be held at the courtappointed to conduct elec. house, shall also appoint a clerk and judges to tions in pre- preside at the election to be held at the precinct cinct. of votes when and where made. in said county; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to attend by himself or députy, and conduct the clection to be held in the said precinct, which election shall be governed by the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by law. § 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff who Comparison presides at the election to be held in said precinct shall meet the sheriff who presides at the election to be held at the court-house in said county, on Saturday after the commencement of said election, at the court-house in said county, and compare the polls and make return agreeable to the constitution and laws of this state. Bounds of 4. Be it further enacted, That all that part of the county of Shelby, included in the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the Henry line, precinct in near to Thrailkill's brick house, so as to include shelby. the same; running thence a straight line to Six Mile meeting-house, from thence with the road to the cross roads near Randolph Perry's; thence a straight line to the forks of Benson, near Collett's old stand; thence with the Shelby and Franklin line to the corner of the Henry county line; thence with the Henry line to the beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby erected into an election precinct in the said county of Shelby; and that Place of vot the qualified voters in said precinct do meet at ing. the house of James Hackett, in said precinct, for the purpose of voting at all legal elections. § 5. Be it further enactes, That the county Judges and court of Shelby, at the time they appoint a clerk clerk of elecand judges to the election to be held at the court- tion to be ap house, shall also appoint a clerk and judges to their duty. pointed, and preside at the election to be held at the precinct ini said county; and it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to attend by himself or deputy, and conduct the election to be held in said precinct, which election shall be governed by the same rules and regulations as are now prescribed by law. and where made, &c. §6. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff who Comparison presides at the election to be held in said precinct, of votes, when shall meet the sheriff who presides at the election to be held at the court-house in said county, on the Thursday after the commencement of said election, at the court-house in said county, and compare the polls and make return agreeable to the constitution and laws of this state. 7. Be it further enacted, That the elections Place of vot hereafter to be holder in the northern precinct of ing in Christian precinct Christian county, shall be held at the house of changed. major Stephen Stuart, in said precinct, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. H Boundary. CHAP. CLXXXI. An ACT adding part of Montgomery County to APPROVED January 17, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of Montgomery county, in the following bounds, be, and the same is hereby added to the county of Floyd: Beginning at the Floyd line, at the ford where at present the road leading from Mountsterling to Prestonsburg crosses Blackwater, running with the Bath county line to the Indian valley; thence a straight line to the Estill line at the head of Devil creek; thence with the Montgomery and Estill line to the Floyd line thence with the Floyd line to the beginning. ; 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawSheriffs to ful for the sheriff of Montgomery county to make make collec- distress for any taxes, levies or other public dues, tions, &c. or officers' fees, or executions on judgments in the Montgomery courts in civil cases, and which are unpaid by the inhabitants within the aforesaid bounds at the time this change takes place, and he shall be accountable in like manner as if this act had not passed. Recital. Fredericks CHAP. CLXXXII. An ACT establishing the town of Fredericksburg in Washington County, and the Town of Petersburg in Boone County. APPROVED January 17, 1818. WHEREAS it is represented to the present general assembly, that a town has been laid off and part of the lots sold in the county of Washington, near the mouth of Cartright's creek, on the road leading from Springfield to Bardstown. upon the land of Frederick Hill, and that it would be of public utility to establish said town: 1. Be it therefore enacted by the General Asburg estab-sembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That twenty-seven and one-fourth acres of land, be lished. |