Grading hills.

§ 24. The supervisor, upon the order of the county judge entered upon the order book of his court, shall let out by written contract, to the lowest and best bidder, the grading or cutting down of any hill or hills upon the public roads, specifying in the contract the amount and character of such work, how to be done, and when completed, and setting forth the amount to be paid therefor, either in gross or by the yard, and requiring of the contractor bond with approved surety for the performance of the contract, such bond to be returned to the county court clerk and by him kept as other road contractor's bonds; and said bond may be enforced and proceeded upon as other road bonds. The supervisor shall receive such work, if done as required, and certify the fact and give an order for the money, which order is to be indorsed "approved" by the judge, and paid by the tax collector out of the road or other fund provided for the purpose. If ordered as aforesaid by the judge, the supervisor may hire hands or work convicts or delinquent tax-payers in grading hills; and the pay of hired hands shall be upon order as aforesaid.

§ 25. The county judge of Hancock county shall Road precincts. divide all the roads in said county into precincts : Provided, however, That those streets in the towns of, and other incorporated towns except the city of Hawesville, which are worked by the county, shall be separate precincts, and the refusal or privilege of working the same shall be given to the authorities of said towns respectively, at prices to be fixed by the said judge.

Shade trees.

§ 26. The judge of the county court of Hancock county may, by an order duly entered of record, provide for procuring, planting, protecting and caring for shade trees on any of the public roads in Hancock county, and may pay for the same out of any unexpended moneys belonging to the road or bridge fund of the county; or may agree with tax-payers to do such work at a stipulated price, and allow such persons

trees.

credit on their road and bridge taxes. It shall be the Injuries to shade duty of the supervisor, his assistant and overseers respectively, to look after such shade trees, and to report to the county judge all injuries to or destruction of the same, or of any box or other protection placed around or near the said trees, or of any violation of the regulations made by the court for the preservation of the same. And any person who shall intentionally or Penalty. carelessly destroy or injure any of such trees, or the boxes or other protection to the same, shall, for each offense, be fined not less than two dollars and fifty cents nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered on warrant issued by and returnable before and to be tried by the judge of the Hancock quarterly court..

cisterns.

§ 27. The judge of the county court of Hancock Public wells and county is authorized and empowered to have wells or cisterns made at such points on the public roads in said county as it may deem necessary for furnishing water to work-beasts employed in hauling or in travel over said roads, and other stock traveling on roads; and to have suitable pumps, buckets, pipes and troughs provided at such wells or cisterns for furnishing water to such beasts; and may provide means to utilize the water from any spring, pond or running stream for such purpose: Provided, however, The rights of the owners of such springs, ponds or running streams be protected and compensation, if required by the owner, be made as now provided by law in regard to condemning private property for public use. The county court shall have such watering places kept in good repair.

and cisterns.

§ 28. Any person injuring any such well, cistern, Injuries to wells pump, trough, pipe, bucket or other means of watering stock, as provided for in the preceding section, shall be fined, for each offense, not less n five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by warrant before the quarterly court, and the offender may be imprisoned and required to labor on streets or roads. unless the fine be replevied or paid.

visor.

§ 29. It shall be the duty of the supervisor and his assistants to report all offenses against the preceding provisions for shade trees and watering places.

30. The supervisor may be authorized, by order Assistant super- of the Hancock county court, at any of its regular monthly terms, to appoint assistant supervisors to aid him in the discharge of his duties, and especially in supervising grading of hills and the working of roads by hired hands, convicts and delinquent tax-payers. The court shall, by order, fix the amount of compensation per day or by the month of such assistants. And the supervisor shall make a report to the levy court at its October term, each year, of the number of assistants employed by him, and the length of time each has worked, and shall give orders for their pay, to be approved and paid as other road orders.

contracts.

§ 31. In cases of emergency the county judge may Special bridge have any bridge (kept up by the county) repaired, or a new one built; but he shall make no contract for such work, or for any work on any bridge exceeding five hundred dollars, without first calling together the justices and laying the matter before them. And it shall be their duty, in such cases, to make immediate provisions for the emergency.

§ 32. That an election shall be held in said county of Hancock on the first Monday of ——, A. D. 1888, thirty days' notice whereof shall be given by the county judge of said county, by publication in some newspaper published in said county, or by handbills posted in at least ten public places therein. The officers of the last election held in said county shall be the officers of the election held under this act; and vacancies which may have occurred therein shall be filled by the county judge by proper appointment. A poll-book shall be prepared and opened for each precinct of said county on the day of said election, with two columns, one headed "For the road law," and the other headed "Against the road law;" and the officers of the said law shall propound to each

voter thereat the question: "Are you for or against the road law?" those answering for the law shall be sorecorded, those who answer "Against the law" shall be so recorded. The officers holding said election shall state in their certificate the number of votes cast for the law, and the number of votes cast against it. If it shall appear from said certificate, and from the comparison and count of the votes cast at said election, that the majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the road law, this act, from and after the date that said certificate of the officers of said election shall be filed, entered of record in the office of the county court of Hancock county, shall be held to be in full force and effect, and the county ľ court shall proceed to carry the same into effect by the first day of December, 1888; but if it appear from said certificate that a majority of the votes cast at said election were against the road law, then this act shall be void and of no effect, and no action or proceeding shall be had thereunder.

§ 33. All acts and parts of acts in relation to roads in Hancock county, and all general laws in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

§ 34. This act to take effect from and after the first day of September, 1886. But all contracts on roads and for work on bridges made prior thereto shall remain in force.

Approved May 3, 1888.

CHAPTER 1466.

AN ACT for the benefit of Mary R. Layman, of Grayson county.

WHEREAS, A. J. Layman was deputy sheriff of Grayson county, Kentucky, for the years 1875, 1876 and 1877, under G. H. Gardner, sheriff, and as such was responsible to said Gardner for the amount of the taxes, or county and State revenue, in his ride or district for said years; and whereas, said Layman has

died, and his estate has been adjudged to pay said Gardner the full amount of said taxes, both collected and uncollected, and his estate is almost insolvent, and there yet remain many of said taxes on his books uncollected; wherefore,

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

§ 1. That Mary R. Layman, wife and administratrix of said A. J. Layman, deceased, be, and she is hereby, authorized to collect said back taxes that remain unpaid for said years 1875, 1876 and 1877: Provided, That any person against whom there appears on said tax book unpaid tax, and who claims that the same is paid, and in the absence of a receipt for same, said person shall be discharged from its payment by taking an oath that he or she has paid the amount of said tax.

§ 2. She shall have the right, by and with the approval of the county court, to appoint her own deputies to make said collections, and may revoke the appointment at her pleasure. Before any such deputy shall proceed to collect said tax, he shall give bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the faithful performance of his duty, and that he will pay over all moneys coming to his hands by virtue of said office to the proper parties.

3. Said collector or collectors shall have all the rights and powers of distraint in collecting said taxes that sheriffs of the State now have or may hereafter have in collecting the State revenue, and be entitled to the same commissions and fees, and be under the same responsibilities, liabilities and penalties as are now or may hereafter be for the collection of the State

revenue.

§ 4. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shall remain in force for two years. Approved May 3, 1888.