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his sureties shall first appear in the Mercer county court and enter their consent thereto upon the records of said

court.

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

CHAPTER 968.

AN ACT for the benefit of William Herron, late sheriff of Fulton county.

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

1. That William Herron, late sheriff of Fulton county, shall have credit with the public treasury for the sum of nine hundred and four dollars and ninety-four cents, collected by him on an execution in favor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against T. E. Reed, and others, for the revenue due from said county for the year 1859, the same having been paid over by him under duress to A. B. Cole, Captain of Pontotoc Dragoons, No. 1, by the orders of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk of the Confederate army. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 2, 1863,

CHAPTER 970.

AN ACT supplemental to the act for the benefit of M. W. Galloway, late sheriff of the county of Graves, approved February 21st, 1863. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That where any tax payer in the county of Graves shall have paid his taxes for the year 1860, and shall be unable to produce the sheriff's receipt therefor, in conse quence of the same having been lost or destroyed, the said M. W. Galloway shall not be allowed to distrain for such taxes, if the tax payer, or any one having knowledge of the payment, shall, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, make affidavit to the payment of said taxes, and the loss of the sheriff's receipt therefor.

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

CHAPTER 971.

AN ACT for the benefit of Annie Eliza Gerhart,

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

§ 1. That Annie Eliza Gerhart, of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, be relieved of all disabilities of coverture in regard to any property she may hereafter acquire and conI tracts she may hereafter make. All property she may hereafter acquire shall be free from liability for any debt or disposition of her husband.

2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 972.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Petroleum
Sulphur Spring and Manufacturing Company.

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

§ 1. That an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate the Petroleum Sulphur Spring and Manufacturing Company," approved March 1, 1860, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: The capital stock of said company shall be two hundred thousand dollars, and no greater amount of stock shall be issued by the president and directors of said company.

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

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 973.

AN ACT to authorize the Boyle County Court to subscribe stock in the
Danville, Dix River, and Lancaster Turnpike Road.

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

1. That the county court of Boyle county, a majority of the justices being present and concurring, be and the same is hereby authorized to subscribe, either in stock or by way of donation as the court may think best, such sum of money, for the purpose of repairing the Danville, Dix river, and Lancaster turnpike road; and that said court shall have power to levy a tax upon the people of Boyle County to raise the necessary means to meet such subscription.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 974.

AN ACT for the benefit of John McBrayer, of Anderson county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury, to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, in favor of John H. McBrayer, for the sum of one hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents, being the amount of interest which the said McBrayer was compelled to pay as surety for J. M. Hanks, a defaulting sheriff of the county of Anderson, on a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth. for the unpaid revenue of said county for the year 1861. Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 975.

AN ACT allowing additional compensation for collecting the public revenue for the year 1862, in the counties of Henry and Nicholas. Whereas, it is represented to the present General Assembly that the sheriffs of the counties of Henry and Nicholas, in the year 1862, abandoned their offices, left the State, and joined the rebellion, leaving the public revenue, or a large portion thereof, in said counties uncollected, and that W. J. Brewer was induced to accept the office of sheriff in the county of Henry, and John Clay in the county of Nicholas, both undertaking to collect the public revenue in their respective counties, which they did do under great difficul ties, and at great personal risk and trouble, whereby the revenue due from said counties has been promptly collect ed and paid into the public treasury-therefore,

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

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts, in settling the accounts of said sheriffs in the collection of said revenue, shall allow them respectively a commission of eight per cent. upon the amount of revenue actually collected by them and paid into the public treasury.

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

CHAPTER 976.

AN ACT for the benefit of Joel W. Sallee, late sheriff of Pulaski county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the further time of twelve months be and is hereby given to Joel W. Sallee, late sheriff of Pulaski county, in which to collect and pay over the uncollected revenue of said county for the year 1861: Provided, That he shall report every two months on oath to the Auditor, the amount of revenue that has been collected by him during that period, and pay the same into the public treas

ury.

2. The further time of two years is hereby given to him in which to collect, levy, distrain for, and list for collection his uncollected taxes, county levy, and fee bills: Provided, He shall be responsible, in accordance with the laws now in force, for issuing illegal fee bills.

§3. That he is allowed until the third Monday in November next to return his delinquent list for the year 1861, which lists, when properly sworn to and certified, shall be received by the Auditor as if they had been returned in the time prescribed by law: Provided however, That he shall not report, nor be allowed as delinquent, any person from whom the revenue could have been collected within the time allowed by the general law upon that subject: Provided, That before said Joel W. Sallee shall receive the benefit of this act, his sureties in his official bond, shall appear in the county court of said county, and consent of record to the extension of time provided for in the preceding section of this act.

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4. This act to be in force from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 978.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the charter of the town of Columbia, in Adair county.

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

1. That so much of an act, entitled, an act to amend the charter of the town of Columbia, in Adair county, approved March 15th, 1862, as confers power upon the trus tees of said town to license coffee-houses, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 981.

AN ACT to create a soldiers' relief fund in Nicholas county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That it shall and may be lawful for the county judge of Nicholas county, at any regular term of said court, to levy a tax upon the real and personal estate of said county, not exceeding two cents upon each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property in said county, which tax shall be collected in the same manner, by the same officers, and subject to the same penalties and responsibilities as are applicable by law to the collection of the revenue of the State; and the fund arising there from shall be appropriated to the relief and support of the wives and families of soldiers from said county now engaged, or who may hereafter engage, in the military service of the United States during the time of such service; and the judge of said court shall appropriate and disburse said fund by order of court for the purpose above indicated.

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

CHAPTER 982.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Independence. Whereas, it has been represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the citizens of Independence, Kenton county, Ky, labor under great inconvenience, occasioned by the removal of their police judge from said county; and no provision, in the original act, providing for death, resignation, or removal-therefore,

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

§ 1. As an amendment to said act, that whenever there shall be a vacancy in said office of police judge, occasioned by death, resignation, or removal, that the Governor shall have power to fill said vacancy by appointment until the next August election thereafter, at which time the qualified voters, legally authorized to vote under said charter, shall elect a police judge to fill the unexpired term.

§2. That said police judge, at the expiration of his term, whether by resignation, removal or expiration, shall be required to place all records and books belonging to his said office in the hands of the county clerk, and by him handed to said police judge's successor.

§3. This act to take effect from its passage.
Approved March 2, 1863.

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