to public officers. CHAPTER 1280. AN ACT to assign rooms for the use of certain public officers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the two rooms on the second floor of the new Rooms assigned Capitol building, on the north side thereof, now occupied by the Kentucky Geological Survey, be, and the same are, assigned for the use of the Register of the Land Office; that the northeast and southeast rooms in the same building, on the same floor, be, and the same are, assigned for the use of the Director of the Kentucky Geological Survey and Commissioner of Bureau of Immigration; that the room in the old building west of the Capitol, now occupied by the Commissioner of Agriculture, be, and the same is, assigned for the use of the Secretary of State; that the two rooms in said old building, now occupied by the Register of the Land Office, be, and the same are, assigned for the use of the Commissioner of Agriculture. §2. That the State Librarian be, and is hereby, directed to Librarian to fur- have each of said rooms repaired and furnished in a manner suited to the several purposes for which they are intended. nish. §3. That the porter who waits upon the State Geologist shall also serve the Register of the Land Office. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 22, 1882. Buffalo creek. CHAPTER 1297. AN ACT declaring Buffalo creek, in Owsley county, a navigable stream. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Buffalo creek, in Owsley county, Kentucky, is hereby declared a navigable stream from its mouth to the mouth of the Rock House fork of the right-hand fork of said creek. § 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 22, 1882. CHAPTER 1304. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend the revenue laws," approved May 6, 1880. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: assessed in 1872 released. § 1. That in all cases where lands have been purchased by Taxes the State for taxes which were assessed in 1872, and prior thereto, the State, as to said taxes, hereby relinquishes all claim, and the Auditor is hereby directed to relinquish upon the record-books of his office all such lands. § 2. That in all cases were lands have been purchased by Costs and penalthe State for taxes assessed in 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879, the State hereby relinquishes all claim to the interest, penalties, and costs thereon. ties. $3. The various agents appointed by the Auditor under Duties of agents. the authority of an act approved April 29, 1880, entitled "An act authorizing the Auditor to appoint agents to attend to revenue matters," shall at once proceed to ascertain the location of each lot or tract of land referred to in the second section, and secure from the records of the respective counties, or otherwise, such description as will serve to identify said property; and they shall also ascertain from said records, or otherwise, the name of the present owner of each of said lots or tracts of land. The agents shall, after ascertaining the location of the property and the name of the present owner, as provided above, re-advertise and sell such lands as shall have been heretofore advertised and remain unsold. § 4. In order to enable the agent to comply with the pro- Compensation. visions of the sixth and third sections of this act, he shall be same. § 6. Said notice shall contain the name of the person to How given. whom said property was assessed, the name of the present owner, the amount of the face of said taxes, with the costs made. added, and a description of said property. It shall be given by advertisement in some newspaper having a general circu. lation in the county, and shall be published therein once a week for four successive weeks, the first publication being, as above provided, thirty days before the day fixed for the sale, or it shall be given by printed handbills, posted in five places. in said county thirty days before the day fixed for the sale: Provided, That the rate of advertising shall not be greater. than charged any other advertisers for like quantity of mat ter. § 7. On the day named in said notice, said agent shall sell, How sale to be at public outcry, at the court-house door in said county, so much as may be necessary of said property to pay the amount of said taxes and costs, said sale to be for cash in hand, and shall give to the purchaser a certificate of the character prescribed in the act to which this is an amendment. Title. to be paid in. § 8. The purchasers at such sale shall acquire all the title. which the person to whom said property was assesssed had therein at the date of assessment, and free from all liens or claims of any persons claiming under or through him, except State taxes subsequently assessed against said property, and unpaid at the date of said sale. § 9. The agent, when he makes his settlement with the Whole amount Auditor, shall pay into the Treasury the whole amount realized by him, and the Auditor shall draw his warrant on the Treasury for the amount due the agent. Record. 10. The agent shall keep, in a permanent form, a record of his official acts, which record shall at all times be open to public inspection. § 11. Section 14 is hereby repealed. § 12. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 22, 1882. General Statutes, chapter 36, arti CHAPTER 1307. AN ACT to amend article 1 and article 5, chapter 36, of the General Statutes of Kentucky, entitled "Escheats and Escheators," so far as the same shall apply to the city of Louisville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth. of Kentucky: § 1. That article one, chapter thirty-six, General Statutes, cles and 5, be amended as follows: "That all property, rights of prop amended. erty, credits or moneys, held on deposit or otherwise, the last known owner of which has not been heard of for eight years, and has not exercised any act of ownership over the same for eight years, shall vest in the Commonwealth without office found, and may be recovered by the Commonwealth by an action in equity. The receipt of the Auditor, or the order or judgment of a court of equity, shall be a full discharge or acquittance to the person or depositary surrendering the possession of said property: Provided, That property in the city of Louisville subject to escheat to the Commonwealth, shall vest in the board of trustees of the male high school, the female high school, and the public schools of the city of Louisville, for the use and benefit of the said schools, and the said board shall have and exercise as to all such property the rights, remedies, and responsibilities of the Commonwealth as provided in this chapter as amended. § 2. That section 6, article 5, chapter 36, General Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and in lieu thereof, it is provided that the net proceeds of any estate embraced in this chapter which may be paid into the Treasury, shall be reimbursed to the owner or person by law entitled to the same, who had not before asserted claim thereto, upon his producing to the Auditor the certificate of a court of equity, that in a proceeding upon petition in said court, after due notice served. upon the Auditor, and time given to make defense, it was found, upon final hearing, that the claim was just and proper: Provided, That the State shall not be liable for money paid to the board of trustees of the public schools of the city of Louisville, but the said board shall be liable therefor, in like manner as the State is liable, where it has received the escheated property, and shall refund the same upon like proceedings against it, as provided for in this chapter against the State. §3. This act shall only apply to the city of Louisville. sage. Approved April 22, 1882. Chapter 36, secrepealed. tion 6, article 5, CHAPTER 1313 AN ACT to defray the expenses of the joint committee appointed to investigate the operations of an act, entitled "An act to amend the revenue laws," approved May 6, 1880. WHEREAS, The expenses of the joint committee of this General Assembly, raised under a resolution approved January, 1882, in the fulfillment of duties thereby imposed upon it, are, in amount, $353 75; therefore, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor is hereby directed to drawn his warrant on the Treasury in favor of E. F. Madden, secretary of the committee aforesaid, for $353 75, which amount shall be in full for all costs incurred by said committee. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 22, 1882. General Statutes, chapter 92, arti cle 2, section 15, amended. CHAPTER 1316. AN ACT to amend section 15, article 2, chapter 92, of the General Statutes. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That in addition to the fees required to be charged by the Register of the Land Office in said section, he be required to collect and report as other fees the following, to wit: for issuing a land warrant, fifty cents; for filing a caveat, fifteen cents; for copying a caveat, two cents for every twenty words; for copying any writing not provided for, two cents for every twenty words; for copy of each plot, twenty-five cents; for each official certificate, fifty cents. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 22, 1882. Preamble. CHAPTER 1317. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of an additional clerk in the office of Register of the Land Office. WHEREAS, The indexing in the Land Office is imperfect and incomplete, and mistakes are frequently found therein to the detriment of persons; and whereas, the same should be re-examined, simplified, and completed; and whereas, there |