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CHAPTER 702.

AN ACT to legalize the acts and orders of the county court of Estill county at its November term, 1862.

Whereas, owing to the occupation of the State and of Estill county, by the rebels, it was impracticable to hold the county court and court of claims of Estill county on the 3d Monday in October, as required by law, and the same was afterwards held, and a county levy made on the 3d Monday in November, 1862-therefore,

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

§ 1. That all the acts and proceedings of the Estill county court, at its November term, 1862, be and they are hereby legalized, and are made as fully operative as if they had been done at the October term, 1862, of said court. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 20, 1863,

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CHAPTER 707.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Trustees of the Kentucky Baptist Education Society, approved November 25, 1851.

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

§ 1. That the first section of said act be so amended as to substitute for the words "carrying into effect," the words recommend to the Trustees of the Kentucky Baptist Education Society." That the 6th and 7th sections of said act be and are hereby repealed. That the 8th section be so amended as to substitute for the words, " said Trustees," the words, "the Trustees of the Kentucky Baptist Education Society;" and that the last clause of the 9th section, beginning with the word "except," be stricken out.

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

CHAPTER 708.

AN ACT creating an additional voting place in Enterprise precinct, in
Greenup county, and for other purposes.

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

1. That an additional voting place be hereby created in Enterprise precinct, in Greenup county, to be in the town of Springville, at such place as the county court may by order designate.

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§ 2. That the present voting place in said Enterprise precinct may be changed, by order of the county court, to any other place in said precinct.

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

Approved January 22, 1863.

CHAPTER 709.

AN ACT for the benefit of John M. Dallas, jailer of Nicholas county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That it shall and may be lawful for John M. Dallas, during the time for which he was elected jailer of Nicholas county, to reside at his present residence in the town of Carlisle, instead of the house at the jail.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 22, 1863.

CHAPTER 710.

AN ACT to change the place of voting in election district No. 7, in
Whitley county.

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

§ 1. That hereafter the place of voting in election district No. 7, in Whitley county, shall be at the house now occupied by the widow of the late William T. Meadows, deceased, instead of Davis' horse mill.

§ 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 22, 1863.

CHAPTER 712.

AN ACT for the benefit of the sureties of John Shawhan, late sheriff of Harrison county, and for the benefit of the administrator of said Shawhan.

Whereas, it appears that judgment with damages has been rendered against John Shawhan, late sheriff of Harrison county, and his sureties, for arrearages of revenue due for the years 1859 and 1860; and it further satisfactorily appears that the full amount of said judgment, with interest and costs, has been paid into the treasury by some one or more of said sureties-therefore,

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

§ 1. That the damages upon said judgment be and the same are hereby discharged and remitted.

§ 2. That Daniel Shawhan, administrator of John Shawhan, deceased, be and he is authorized to list with the sheriff or his deputies, or one or more constables of said county of Harrison, the unpaid taxes and fee bills due the late John Shawhan, sheriff aforesaid, for the years 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860; and said officer or officers shall have power to distrain for the same, subject to the same rules and regulations prescribed by law for the government of sheriffs; and said taxes and fee bills shall retain their restrainable character for two years from the passage of this act, which is to take effect from its passage.

Approved January 22, 1863.

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CHAPTER 713.

AN ACT to prevent the destruction of fish in Salt river and its tributa

taries.

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

§ 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch fish in Salt river, and its tributaries, by the process known as " cooning."

§ 2. That no person or persons shall draw a seine within half a mile below any mill or other dam in said stream and tributaries, previous to the first day of May in each year. Any person violating either of the provisions of this act, shall be subject to a fine of five dollars for each offense, to be collected as other fines by process before the justice of the peace in whose district the offense was committed. § 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 22, 1863.

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CHAPTER 715.

AN ACT to incorporate Germania Lodge, No. 143, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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

§ 1. That A. N. Wexelberg, August Droscher, W. A. Meminger, John Wagner, and Bernard Neimeyer, and their associates, be and they are hereby created a body corporate, by the name and style of "Germania Lodge, No. 143, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows;" and they and their associates and successors shall so continue and have perpetual succession, and by that name are made capable in law, as natural persons, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and

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be answered in all courts of law and equity in this Commonwealth; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or amend at pleasure; they may make and ordain regulations and by-laws for their government, and those now in force in said lodge to alter when deemed proper, and may change and renew the same at pleasure: Provided, They be not in contravention of the constitution, laws, and regulations of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, incorporated by an act, approved February 16th, 1838, nor in contravention of the constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. The said corporation shall have power and authority to acquire and hold real and personal estate, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in value, and, from time to time, if deemed expedient, sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and to reinvest and dispose of the proceeds. The right to alter, amend, and repeal this act is hereby reserved to the General Assembly.

2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved January 22, 1863.

CHAPTER 716.

AN ACT for the benefit of the sureties of C. A. Duncan late sheriff of
Calloway county.

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

§ 1. That the sureties of C. A. Duncan, late sheriff of Calloway county, have further time until the March term, 1863, of the Calloway county court to return a delinquent list for the year 1861.

§ 2. That said sureties have further time until July, 1863, to pay into the State treasury the unpaid revenue for the year 1861 Provided, That said sureties shall, at the expiration of each month, pay into the treasury, or deposit to the credit of the Auditor, in one of the banks in Paducah, authorized by law to receive the same, such amount of the revenue as may have been previously collected and not paid over, accompanied with an affidavit stating that the amount so deposited is all of said revenue that has been collected up to the time the same is deposited.

§3. That further proceedings on the judgment in the Franklin circuit court, against said sheriff and his sureties, be suspended until July 1st, 1863; and upon the payment of the amount of revenue due the State, with interest thereon in pursuance of the provisions of this act, by said sureties, the damages adjudged against them shall be released. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved January 22, 1863.

CHAPTER 717.

AN ACT to authorize the increase of the county levy in Fulton county Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the court of claims of Fulton county, are hereby authorized and empowered to increase the rate of taxation for the county levy of said county to any amount not exceeding three dollars per tithe.

§ 2. That it shall be the duty of the magistrates of said county of Fulton, as soon as they shall be furnished with a certified copy of this act, to convene in a county court, and upon a quorum being present proceed to make a re-assessment or imposition of the county levy for the year 1863, as made at the court of claims in October last past, at such rate, per tithe, as they or a majority of them may deem proper, not to exceed the sum of three dollars per tithe; and the sheriff, or collector of the said county levy, shall be and he is hereby required to make and execute a new bond in conformity with this act, and upon so doing, he shall be governed by, and be subject to all the provisions of the laws of this Commonwealth, in regard to the collection, paying over, and accounting for the said county levy. § 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 22, 1863.

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CHAPTER 718.

AN ACT for the benefit of School District No. 4, in Owen county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the school commissioner of Owen county, for the sum of forty-four dollars, for the benefit of common school district No. 4, taught in the year 1861, in said county, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2. This act to take effect from its passage.
Approved January 27, 1863.

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