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CHAPTER 844.

AN ACT for the benefit of Joseph R. Witty, sheriff of the county of
Metcalfe.

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

§ 1. That in the settlement of the public revenue due from the county of Metcalfe for the year 1862, Joseph R. Witty, sheriff of that county, shall have credit with the treasury for the sum of ninety-nine dollars and ninety cents, the interest charged to him by the Auditor of Public Ac counts, and paid by him into the public treasury on the revenue due from that county for the year 1861.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 16, 1863.

CHAPTER 845.

AN ACT for the benefit of Lewis S. Lee, sheriff of the county of Bal

lard.

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

§ 1. That in the settlement for the revenue due from the county of Ballard, for the year 1862, Lewis S. Lee, sheriff of that county, shall have credit for the sum of one hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-four cents, the amount of interest charged to him by the Auditor of Public Accounts, and paid by him into the public treasury, on the revenue due from that county for the year 1861.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 16, 1863.

CHAPTER 846.

AN ACT for the benefit of Frank Catron, sheriff of Knox county. Whereas, it is represented to this present General As sembly that Frank Catron, sheriff of the county of Knox, before he received information of the increased rate of taxation under the laws recently passed by the General Assembly, had, in many instances, collected and receipted for taxes at the old rate; and whereas, it is also represented that owing to the possession of said county by the rebel army during the latter part of the year 1861, it was impossible for said sheriff to have collected the revenue due from that county for said year in the time prescribed by law, and that judgment has been taken against said sheriff

and his sureties for said revenue, and interest from 1st June, 1861, damages and costs--therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky:

§ 1. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Frank Catron, at any time within two years from the passage of this act, to collect and distrain for the unpaid taxes due him as stated in the preamble to this act.

§ 2. That the said sheriff shall have credit with the public treasury for the interest upon the judgment referred to in the preamble to this act, accruing from the first day of June, 1861; and said credit may be either entered on the judgment, or allowed by the Auditor in the settlement of the accounts of said sheriff.

§3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 16, 1863.

CHAPTER 847.

AN ACT concerning the estate of Edmund Bayne, free man of color, late of Shelby county.

Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly that Edmund Bayne, a free man of color, of Shelby county, died intestate, and without heirs, the owner of a small personal estate and of one or two lots in the town of Simpsonville, all of which will escheat to the Commonwealth-therefore,

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

§1. That Hanson Harding, the administrator of said Edmund, be and is hereby empowered to sell said real estate, and convey the title thereto to the purchaser.

§ 2. That upon a settlement of his accounts as administrator of said estate, said Hanson Harding shall hold the balance thereof as trustee for the use and benefit of Betty, the surviving wife of said Edmund, using principal and interest for that purpose, as he may deem best.

§3. Should there be any portion of the fund unexpended at the death of said Betty, said trustee shall pay over the same to the Kentucky State Colonization Society, to be used by said society in promoting the objects of its organization.

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Approved February 16, 1863.

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CHAPTER 848.

AN ACT for the benefit of Mary J. York, of Logan county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant in favor of Mary J. York, for the sum of one hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-three cents, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same being compensation to said Mary J. York for supporting Susan N. York, a pauper idiot of the county of Logan, from the 9th day of October, 1859, to the 25th day of November, 1862; as owing to informality in judicial proceedings, the allowance fixed by statute in such cases has not heretofore been drawn from the treasury for the benefit of said Susan N. York.

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

Approved February 16, 1863.

CHAPTER 850.

AN ACT authorizing the board of trustees of Milburn, in Ballard county, to grant coffee-house licenses.

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

§ 1. That the board of trustees hereafter to be elected for the town of Milburn, in the county of Ballard, shall have power and authority to grant one or more coffee-house licenses in said town to bona fide keepers thereof, which license shall be signed by the chairman of said board, and attested by their clerk, and shall run for one year.

§ 2. Before any such license shall be granted the appli cant for the same shall pay to the clerk of the county court of Ballard county the State tax thereon, and shall produce to said board the receipt of the clerk therefor, and shall also pay to said trsutees such tax as they may fix thereon, for the benefit of said town, not less than twenty-five dol lars, nor more than one hundred dollars.

§ 3. The applicant shall take the oaths required by law of persons licensed to sell spirituous liquors, and shall execute to said trustees bond with approved security, to keep and conduct such coffee-house in such manner as said trustees may, by their by-laws, prescribe: Provided however, That said trustees shall have power and authority, by an order entered upon the records, at any time to suppress any such license, for a violation of the oaths or bond required of the applicant, or other violation of coffee-house privileges.

§ 4. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 20, 1863.

CHAPTER 851.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the New Castle and Carrollton Turnpike Road Company.

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

§ 1. That all the stockholders, (with their hands,) belonging to said company, and being within one mile and a half of said road, shall hereafter be subject to work on the repairs of said road, and be exempt from working all other roads.

§2. That the president of said company shall have power to call on said stockholders at any time, when he sees proper to do so, to work on the repairs of said road, first giving three days notice by himself or agent: Provided, That he shall not require the hands to work on the road more than five days in each year.

§3. That if any stockholder, living within one and a half miles of the road aforesaid, when notified, shall refuse or fail to attend with his hands to work said road, he shall be liable to the same penalty that is now allowed by law for failure to work on county roads, and recoverable in the same way; any fines so recovered shall be applied to the use of the road aforesaid.

4. All persons going to and returning from meeting on regular church days shall go free of toll on said church days.

5. This act shall take effect from its passage.

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Approved February 20, 1863.

CHAPTER 852.

AN ACT for the benefit of Wm. M. Green, late Judge of the Russell
County Court.

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

§1. That it shall be lawful for William M. Green, late judge of the county court for Russell county, to list for collection with the sheriff, or any constable of said county, at any time within two years from the passage of this act, his fee bills yet due and unpaid; and that said sheriff or constable shall have power and authority to collect the same, by distress or otherwise, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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

Approved February 20, 1863.

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CHAPTER 853.

AN ACT to provide more effectuaily for the safe keeping of prisoner committed to the jail of Monroe 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 Monroe county, as he may judge proper, to send any person, who may be committed to the jail of Monroe county, to the jail of either Hart or Warren county, for safe keeping; and it shall be the duty of the jailer of either of those counties to receive and keep such prisoners. The judge of Monroe county shall certify to the jailer of the county to which the prisoner is sent the cause for which he is imprisoned; and the jailer of Warren or Hart counties shall, upon the order of said judge of Monroe county, deliver any such prisoner so that he may be returned when necessary to the jail of Monroe county; and the expenses for carrying this act into effect shall be paid out of the county levy of Monroe county.

2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved February 20, 1863.

CHAPTER 856.

AN ACT for the benefit of Lewis S. Lee, sheriff of Ballard county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Lewis S. Lee, sheriff of Ballard county, have the further time of two years to collect fee bills and other claims due him as sheriff of Ballard county, subject how ever on his official bond, to all the fines, forfeiture, and penalties now imposed by law for the collection of illegal fee bills.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1863.

CHAPTER 857.

AN ACT for the benefit of H. F. Turner.

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

1. That it may be lawful for H. F. Turner to sell wine manufactured from grapes of his own vineyard, in any quantity not less than a quart, without having first obtain ed a license therefor.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1863.

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