CHAPTER 504.

AN ACT for the benefit of the late Sheriffs of Taylor aud Oldham coun

ties.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William Marshall, late sheriff of Taylor county, and William C. Price, late sheriff of Oldham county, be each allowed until the first day of January, 1853, to collect their taxes and fee bills.

Approved January 9, 1852.

1852.

CHAPTER 505.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Sheriffs of Owen and Bracken counties. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the sheriff of the county of Owen be and he is hereby allowed the further time until the first day of March next to pay the revenue of said county into the treasury, and to return his delinquent list: Provided, that the sureties of said sheriff do signify their assent to such indulgence, in writing, in the clerk's office of said county. That the provisions of this act shall apply to the sheriff of Bracken county,

Approved January 9, 1852.

CHAPTER 506.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Maysville and Mountsterling Turnpike
Road Company.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the president and directors of the Maysville and Mountsterling turnpike road company be and the same are hereby authorized to erect a toll gate on said road leading from Flemingsburg to Sherburne Mills, within threequarters of a mile of the court house in the town of Flemingsburg, subject to the same rates, regulations, and exemptions now in force in regard to the gates already erected between Flemingsburg and Maysville: Provided, however, that no tolls shall be demanded or exacted from any person or persons living on the old Hillis mill road, between Fleming creek and the junction of said Hillis mill road with the turnpike aforesaid, or from any other persons whose natural travel brings them on said turnpike at the junction aforesaid.

Approved January 9, 1852.

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execute bond.

To report.

CHAPTER 507.

AN ACT concerning the road and bridge fund of Whitley county.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all power, authority, and jurisdiction heretofore granted, either by general law or special statutes, to the county court of Whitley county, over the road and bridge funds of said county, be and the same are hereby abolished; and that, hereafter, the same is and shall be vested in three commissioners, to-wit: William T. Meadows, H. H. Moss, and Robert Finley, who, or any two of whom, may appropriate the same upon the construction and repair of such roads and bridges in said county as may be necessary, and to them seem just and right.

§ 2. That upon the death, resignation, or refusal of either of said commissioners to act, the remaining ones shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby.

§3. That said commissioners shall appoint a treasurer Treasurer; to for said county, for said funds, in whose hands the same shall be placed, who shall first execute bonds, with good security, in an adequate penalty, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and who shall render, semi-annually, to said commissioners, a just account of all funds which may have come to his hands, and of all disbursements made of the same, by an order of said commission ers, or otherwise; said treasurer to receive fair compensation for his services out of said fund, to be allowed by the commissioners.

His compensa. tion.

§ 4. That said commissioners shall meet once in each Annual meeting. year, in the town of Williamsburg, (to-wit: on the first Monday in April of each year,) to receive the reports of the treasurer, and to pass upon all applications which may be made to them for expenditures or appropriations, and all matters of grievance, or other things concerning their said duties; and shall receive one dollar, each, per diem, compensation for attendance on said duties as commissioners aforesaid, to be paid out of the road and bridge fund of said county.

Commissioners'

pay.

§ 5. This act to take effect from and after the first day of March, 1852. Approved January 9, 1852.

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1.

RESOLUTION in relation to the death of Colonel E. H. Field.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That by the decease of Col. Ezekiel H. Field, senator elect from the eleventh district, the commonwealth has lost one of her most gallant and useful citizens.

Resolved, That as a mark of respect for his memory the members of the legislature wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.

Resolved, That the speaker of the senate do transmit to the widow of Col. Field a copy of these resolutions, expressing to her the deep regret the legislature feel at her bereavement, and the loss sustained by the commonwealth by the death of her husband.

Resolved, As a further mark of respect to the memory of Col. Field, that the senate do now adjourn.

Approved November 14, 1851.

No. 2.

RESOLUTION requesting the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make a partial report.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the superintendent of public instruction be requested to prepare and submit to the general assembly, at as early a day as possible, his annual report upon all matters connected with the duties of his office and the cause of education in Kentucky, except those portions thereof which may be based upon the annual reports made to him by the commissioners of common schools in the several counties.

Approved November 18, 1851.

No. 3.

RESOLUTION appointing a joint committee to visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, at Danville.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a joint committee of three from the senate and five from the house of representatives be appointed to visit, examine into, and report the condition of the deaf and dumb asylum, at Danville.

Approved November 18, 1851.

RESOLUTION appointing a joint committee to visit the Lunatic Asylum ať
Lexington.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a committee of three on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house of representatives be appointed to visit and examine into the condition of the lunatic asylum, at Lexington, and make report thereof. Approved November 18, 1851.

No. 5.

RESOLUTION appointing a joint committee to visit the Institution for the
Blind, at Louisville,

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a committee of three on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house of representatives be appointed to visit and examine into the condition of the institution for the education of the blind, at Louisville, and report thereon.

Approved November 18, 1851.

No, C.

A RESOLUTION for the benefit of the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad Com

pany.

WHEREAS, the fifty-second section of the charter of the Louisville and Frankfort railroad company provides that said company shall execute and deliver to the governor a bond, binding said company to pay into the treasury, for the use and benefit of the sinking fund, interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on the amount of valuation of the improvements made by the Lexington and Ohio railroad company, between Frankfort and Louisville, and the said Louisville and Frankfort railroad company having executed bond, as above, for the sum of $76,420 25 cents; and whereas, by the first section of an act amending said charter, approved 29th of February, 1848, it is provided that where such improvements be made upon lands to which said Lexington and Ohio railroad company had not acquired the right of way, and if the damages assessed shall exceed or be equal to the value of the improvements, then said Louisville and Frankfort railroad company shall not be charged with such improvements, and if the damages agreed upon or assessed be less than the improvements, then the excess only shall be charged to the company, and included in their bond; and whereas, it appears to the satisfaction of this general assembly that certain improvements were made by said Lexington and Ohio railroad

company upon land to which said company had not acquired the right of way, and that those improvements were of greater value than the cost of the right of way, as assessed, and that credits have not heretofore been given to said Louisville and Frankfort railroad company for the cost of such right of way, by them acquired, and as the said bond of said company contains a clause reserving to said company such credits as the said amended charter would authorize. Therefore,

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the board of commissioners of the sinking fund be and they are hereby authorized to enter such credit upon the bond of the Louisville and Frankfort railroad company, herein described, as they may think said company legally and equitably entitled to in the premises. Approved December 13, 1851.

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No. 7.

RESOLUTION adding Thomas J. Smith to the joint committee on Banks, Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Thomas J. Smith, the senator from Warren, and Samuel Hatfield, the member from Simpson, be added to the joint committee on banks.

Approved December 13, 1851.

No. 8.

RESOLUTION in relation to the Revised Statutes.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the committee on the judiciary in the senate, and the committee on the revised statutes in the house of representatives, act as a joint committee on the revised statutes. That they revise the chapters of the revised statutes, adopted at the last session, and report whether any modifications of the same are expedient; and that they report, from time to time, as they progress with the work this day laid before the two houses by the revisers.

Resolved, That the Hon. C. A. Wickliffe, Hon. S. S. Nicholas, and Hon. Squire Turner be requested to attend the sittings of the joint committee, and give them such explanations and aid in examining the work as may be necessary. Approved December 13, 1851.