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cited act, and if, from any cause, said appointment should not be made at the term above mentioned, the said judge is authorized to make said appointment at any subsequent term of said court.

§ 2. This act to be in force from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 958.

AN ACT for the benefit of the sureties of Aclas Wynn, late sheriff of
Harlan county.

Whereas, it is represented to the present General Assembly by the sureties of Aclas Wynn, late sheriff of Harlan county, that the said sheriff has left the State without accounting for the public revenue and county levy for said county for the years 1860 and 1861, leaving them responsible to the State. and to the county of Harlan for his defalcation; and whereas, said sureties also represent that a large part of said revenue and county levies remain uncollected, and have petitioned this General Assembly to provide for its collection, so that they can be relieved from loss to that extent-therefore,

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

§ 1. That it shall and may be lawful for the county court of Harlan county, upon the application of said sureties, to appoint a collector, whose duty it shall be to collect and account for said revenue and county levies in the manner now prescribed by the laws regulating the duties of sheriffs and collectors of the public revenue, with this exception, that the said collector shall have two years from and after the passage of this act in which to make said collections, and return delinquent lists, as provided for in the second section of this act; and shall have power to distrain for said taxes, as now allowed by law.

§ 2. The collector shall make out and return two lists of delinquents in said revenue and county levy, to the Harlan county court--one shall contain such lists as the sheriff could not, from the insolvency or non-residence of the tax payer, have collected within the time prescribed by law; and for this list, when made out, returned and allowed, the sureties of the sheriff shall have credit; the second list shall contain a list of the persons whose taxes the said collector, after his appointment, may be unable to collect from insolvency or non-residence of the tax payer; and for this list, when so made out, returned and allowed, the said collector shall have credit.

3. Before said collector enters upon the discharge of his duties he shall give bond with good security, in the

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manner now prescribed by law; and he shall as speedily
as collections can be made, at least once in every six
months during said two years, under oath, account for and
pay over the taxes he may have collected in the meantime.
For his services he shall be allowed a commission of ten
per cent. upon the amount actually collected and paid in
by him.

4. Whilst the liability of the sureties of said sheriff for
said revenue and county levy remains undischarged, the
said collector shall pay said revenue into the public
treasury, and the county levy to the Harlan county court.

§ 5. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to ex-
empt said sureties from the payment of said revenue and
county levy; but they shall remain liable therefor, and be
proceeded against as if this act had not passed; and when
they shall have fully paid up said revenue and county levy,
they shall be entitled to the benefit of the collections made
by the collector aforesaid.

§ 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 959.

AN ACT for the benefit of A. B. Baird, judge of the Ohio county and
quarterly courts.

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

That the further time of two years, from and after the passage of this act is given A. B. Board, judge Ohio county and quarterly court, to list and collect his fee bills, subject to all the pains and penalties now imposed by law for issuing and collecting illegal fee bills.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 960.

AN ACT for the benefit of the administrator of R. A. Pearman, deceased.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky:

That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is here-
by authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury, to be
paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, in favor of Lewis Duvall, administrator of R.
A. Pearman, deceased, for the sum of thirty-nine dollars
and eighty-five cents, for money, provisions, nursing the
sick, and other services rendered by the said deceased to

recruits of Capt. Phelps' company, before they were mustered into the service of the United States.

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Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 962.

AN ACT for the benefit of L. Hord, Joseph Belt, and A. W. Dudley Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

§1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of L. Hord, and Joseph Belt for fifty dollars each, and in favor of A. W. Dudley for twenty-five dollars, in full for their services as arbitrators and umpire in the action lately pending in the Franklin circuit court, in which the Commonwealth of Kentucky was plaintiff and Newton Craig and others were defendants, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§2. Thit this act be in force froin its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 963.

AN ACT t authorize the county clerks of Lincoln and Washington counties to make out a general cross-index.

Be it aacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentuky:

§ 1. That the clerks of the Lincoln and Washington county ourts be and they are authorized, by and with the consent of the county courts aforesaid, to procure the necessary boas, and make out a general cross-index to all the wills and settlements of administrators, executors, guardians, &c, in their offices, and arrange and number the papers aforesaid in alphabetical order.

§2 The county courts shall make such allowance to the clerts therefor, out of the county levy, as may be necessary, upo having the same valued by two commissioners appoited and sworn by the county judges for that purpose. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 964.

AN ACT for the benefit of H. P. Bozarth, late sheriff of Grayson county, and his sureties.

Whereas, by virtue of an execution in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against H. P. Bozarth. late sheriff of Grayson county, and Elijah Duggan, Andrew Milner, and R. W. Brandon, his securities, the sheriff of Grayson county did, on the 22d day of September, 1862, sell in payment of the revenue due by said Bozarth for the year 1860, the redemption right in and to one hundred acres of land belonging to said Bozarth, for three hundred and sixty-five dollars; ninety-one acres of land bdonging to said Duggin for three hundred dollars, and one hundred and nine and a half acres of land belonging to said Milner, for the sum of two hundred dollars; and the Stae of Kentucky, by Grant Green, Public Auditor, became the purchaser thereof-therefore,

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

§ 1. That the said Bozarth, Duggin, and Miner shall severally have the right to redeem their said lands within two years from the passage of this act, by paying the purchase money, with six per cent. interest thereon into the State treasury; and a receipt from the Auditor fc the money shall vest the title in the party or parties rdeeming, which receipt may be recorded in the clerk's offe of the county court in which the lands lie, and have he same force and effect to vest the legal title to the landsas deeds of conveyance have.

§ 2. That said Bozarth and his securities shall ave the further time of two years, from and after the pasage of this act, to pay into the treasury the balance of te revenue tax due by said Bozarth for the year 1860; nd that they shall have the further time of one year, from he pas sage of this act, to make out and return the list f delinquents for the year 1860: Provided however, That te court to which such delinquent list shall be presented fo allow ance shall only allow such lists as delinquent as he said sheriff may satisfactorily show could not have beencolected by him within the time prescribed by the general ws in force on that subject.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passae. Approved March 2, 186

CHAPTER 966.

AN ACT to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of
Monticello.

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

1. That all laws authorizing the granting of licenses to groceries and coffee-houses, and to merchants to sell spirituous, malt, and vinous liquors, in the town of Monticello, be and the same is hereby repealed, and hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person, within the corporate limits of said town, or within one mile thereof, to sell any spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors, or any mixture thereof, in quantities less than three gallons: Provided however, That merchants in good faith, druggists and apothecaries may sell any such liquors for medical purposes, in quantities as small as one quart, upon the presentation of a written certificate from a physician in good standing that the same is needed for medical purposes in the family of the applicant, or for himself.

2. That any person who shall violate the provisions of the first section of this act shall, upon conviction, be fined fifty dollars, and be imprisoned in the jail of Wayne county, until the fine and costs of prosecution are paid: Provided however, That the imprisonment shall not exceed in duration the time fixed by law for imprisonment under a capias ad satisfaciendum.

§3. That any person who shall keep a tippling house in said town shall, upon conviction, be fined in the sum of two hundred dollars, and imprisoned in said jail the time to be fixed as provided in the second section of this act.

§ 4. This act to take effect from its passage, and remain in force for two years, at the expiration of which time the laws now in force touching the subjects of this act shall stand revived.

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Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 967.

AN ACT allowing further time in which to collect the public revenue and county levies for the year 1862 in the county of Mercer.

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

1. That time until the first day of July next be allowed to William E. Palmer, sheriff of the county of Mercer, in which to collect the public revenue and county levies for the year 1862 in said county, and to return his delinquent lists in said collections: Provided however, That said sheriff shall not be entitled to the benefit of this act unless

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