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PUBLIC ACTS

OF

THE STATE OF KENTUCKY,

PASSED AT THE SESSION WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN
THE CITY OF FRANKFORT, ON MONDAY, THE SECOND
DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1861,

BERIAH MAGOFFIN, Governor.

JOHN F. FISK, Speaker of the Senate.
RICHARD A. BUCKNER, Speaker of the House of Reps
NAT. GAITHER, Secretary of State.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to change the county line between the counties of Carter and Rowan. WHEREAS, It is represented to the General Assembly that the farm and residence of Scott Fults, of Carter county, is near the line between Carter and Rowan, and all of said Fults' business and social relations are in the county of Rowan; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1861.

Scott Fults included in

§ 1. That the county line between the counties of Carter and Rowan be so changed, and so to run, as to include Rowan county. the farm and residence of Scott Fults in Rowan county. §2. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

RICHARD A. BUCKNER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN F. FISK,

Approved September 18, 1861.

By the Governor:

Speaker of the Senate.

B. MAGOFFIN.

THO. B. MONROE, JR., Secretary of State.

1861.

CHAPTER 41.

AN ACT in relation to the county lines of Lawrence and Floyd counties.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky:

§ 1. That section first of an act, entitled "An act in Act of 1 March, relation to the county lines of Floyd and Lawrence and 1860 (2 Session Johnson counties," approved March 1st, 1860, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; that the line between said coun

Acts, 1859-60, p. 602) repealed.

ties of Floyd and Lawrence are hereby restored as it was before the passage of said act.

§2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved September 20, 1861.

CHAPTER 47.

AN ACT authorizing the Military Board of Commissioners to provide sustenance for troops.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

That it shall and may be lawful for the Board of Military Board Commissioners created by the act, entitled "An act for the to provide sus- regulation of the militia, and to provide for the arming of troops in the the State," approved May 24, 1861, out of any money in their hands unexpended, to provide for the sustenance of the troops now in the field engaged in defending the State from invasion.

field.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved September 21, 1861.

Comm's to loan
State $100,000.

CHAPTER 49.

AN ACT providing funds to defray the expenses of the Government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That in order to defray the current expenditures of Sinking Fund the Government, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund are authorized, and it is hereby made their duty, to loan to the State of Kentucky the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, out of the surplus money in the treasury to the credit of the Sinking Fund; and for the amount thus issue a State loaned, the Governor of this Commonwealth is authorized and required to issue a bond for, and on behalf of the Commonwealth, payable to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund two years after the date thereof, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum-the interest payable semi-annually.

Governor to

bond for same.

§2 That the Governor, Auditor, and Treasurer of this Commonwealth, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to borrow for, and on the credit of the State, from the several banks in this Commonwealth, from copartnerships, from corporations created by the laws of this State, or from individuals, a sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to meet the current expenses of the Government, to be obtained at such times and in such sums as the wants of the treasury may require; and for the sums thus borrowed, the Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized and required to execute and deliver to the banks making said loans respectively, bonds for and on behalf of the Commonwealth, payable at such times, on such terms, and at such rate of interest, as may be agreed upon.

3. That the money obtained under the provisions of this act shall be placed in the public treasury to the credit of the revenue proper, and subject to the warrants drawn by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the ordinary expenditures of the Government, including appropriations made by the Legislature.

§4. That out of the money obtained under the provisions of this act, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, heretofore loaned to the State by the Bank of Kentucky, shall be paid; and the Auditor is hereby required to draw his warrant upon the treasury in favor of said bank therefor.

5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved September 21, 1861.

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CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT to enlarge the powers of the Military Board of this State.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky:

arms,

accoutrements,

§1. That the Military Board, created at the last session Military Board of the Legislature, are hereby authorized to order into the their custody custody of said Board any State arms which may have certain been given out under the act creating said Board, or other &c. law of the State, whenever said Board shall deem it expedient to do so; said Board shall have like power over the accoutrements, camp equipage, equipments, and ammunition of the State.

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§2. If any person shall willfully fail or refuse to return Penalty for disany of said property for forty-eight hours after the receipt order. of the order of the Board to that effect, he shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned until the fine is paid and the arms, or

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