Preston, or bis successors, shall file a bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, to hold the Commonwealth of Kentucky harmless against all costs and expenses which may arise from the prosecution of said claim. Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to forward a copy of this resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Approved March 10, 1882. No. 34. RESOLUTION providing for the engagement of an architect to prepare plans for the enlargement of Central Lunatic Asylum. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Senate and House Committees on Charitable Institutions, at a joint meeting, are authorized to employ a competent architect to prepare plans and specifications for a new building, enlarging the Central Lunatic Asylum at Anchorage, and with sufficient capacity for the inmates of said institution, and report the same to this General Assembly: Provided, That said architect shall not be paid more than ten dollars per day, nor for a greater length of time than ten days. Approved March 17, 1882. No. 35. RESOLUTION of thanks to the officers and crew of the Life Saving Station at Louisville for heroic services in rescuing passengers and crew from the wreck of the steamer J. D. Parker. WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has learned with pride and gratification of the prompt and efficient action of the officers and crew of the Life Saving Station at Louisville in saving all the passengers and crew of the steamer James D. Parker, wrecked on the Falls of the Ohio, on Sunday, March 5th, 1882; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the thanks of this body are hereby tendered the officers and crew of the Life Saving Station at Louisville for their noble, prompt, and efficient service, without awaiting the signal of distress, in saving all the passengers and crew of the steamer James D. Parker (nearly one hundred in number), wrecked on the Falls of the Ohio, on Sunday, March 5, 1882, and that the Governor is hereby requested to send a copy of this resolution to the officers of said Station. Approved March 22, 1882. No. 36. RESOLUTION in relation to the removal of the Capital. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Speakers of the two Houses shall appoint a committee, consisting of three members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker and two from the Senate to be appointed by the Speaker thereof, to consider and report the propriety and expediency of removing the seat of government from the city of Frankfort, and to consider and report a place to which it may be advisable to remove same. Approved March 28, 1882. No. 37. JOINT RESOLUTION raising a Joint Committee on Land Titles and the Land Office. WHEREAS, The protection and preservation of the title to public lands, surveys, and records being of more direct importance and interest to the people of the State than any other matter upon which we may be called to act, and the same being looked after only by an occasional special committee of the General Assembly, it is therefore Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That a joint committee, consisting of two from the Senate and four from the House, be appointed by the respective Speakers as a Standing Committee on Public Lands and Records, whose duty it shall be to consider the Report of the Register of the Land Office, examine into the business of the office as managed under the present law, and report by bill any change or improvement in the law or system that may be necessary to protect rights and records; also to prepare and present a bill during this session providing relief to actual settlers whose surveys are impaired by a recent decision of the Court of Appeals. Approved March 29, 1882. No. 38. RESOLUTION authorizing the Superintendent of Public Ins'ruction to have certain number of copies of his report printed for distribution. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to have printed two thousand five hundred extra copies of his report for distribution. Approved March 29, 1882. No. 39. RESOLUTION to pay Clerks, &c., of Electoral College of Kentucky. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Auditor of Public Accounts is directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of James McAuliffe for thirty dollars, William French for fifteen dollars, and E. A. Tuttle fifteen dollars, the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper, respectively, of the Presidential Electoral College of Kentucky, respectively, which convened in Frankfort, Kentucky, in December, 1880, said sums to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 30, 1882. No. 40. RESOLUTION directing the payment of the burial expenses of Hon. J. H. Wilkinson, deceased, and the committee conveying and accompanying his remains to Cadiz for interment. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of R. A. Burnett for the sum of one hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents, being the amount of the burial expenses of Hon. J. H. Wilkinson, deceased, and expenses of the committee of Senate and House of Representatives in conveying and accompanying his remains to Cadiz for interment and return. Approved March 30, 1882. No. 41. RESOLUTION appropria ing money to defray the expenses of joint committee to investigate the condition of convicts leased to labor without the walls of the Penitentiary. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of Henry George for the sum of two hundred and fifty-one dollars and forty cents, to defray the expenses incurred by the joint committee appointed to investigate the condition of the convicts leased to contractors to labor without the walls of the Penitentiary, and to pay the charges of a short-hand reporter, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 30, 1882. No. 42. RESOLUTION instructing Attorney General to bring suit against Warner, Tabler and Co., and Wm. Jones, for moneys due the Commonwealth. WHEREAS, By the report of the directors of the Kentucky Penitentiary it appears that there is due the State of Kentucky by Warner, Tabler & Co. the sum of $14,804.18, and by Wm. Jones the sum of $30,062.50, which several sums of money are past due, and have not been paid into the Treasury; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby, required to institute such suits as may be necessary, and enforce the collection of the several sums of money due the State of Kentucky by Warner, Tabler & Co. and William Jones in ast speedy a manner as possible. Approved April 1, 1882. No. 43. RESOLUTION appointing a joint committee in relation to any necessary legislation for the Land Office. WHEREAS, It is the duty of the State to record the original evidences of the land titles of the people, and have them properly indexed, in order that a ready and indubitable reference may be made thereto; and whereas, it is represented by the official report of the Register of the Land Office that no plat and certificate of survey has been recorded in said office for more than thirty years, although the law requires them to be recorded, and although the State has been paid by the owners thereof to have it done; and whereas, it is represented that much of the indexing in said office is complicated, imperfect, and incomplete, so much so that the rights of individuals are involved in the uncertainty of finding records, and much unnecessary time is expended in looking for them; and whereas, it is represented that additional force is needed to place said office in business shape, and that other legislation is needed in reference thereto; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That a joint committee be appointed, to consist of three from the House and two from the Senate, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the affairs of the Land Office, and report by bills or otherwise any legislation needed for the same in the interest of the people of the State. 2. That said committee be allowed to report at any time. Approved April 6, 1882. No. 44. RESOLUTION to bestow two gold medals upon Edward Farrell and Joseph Martin, of the Life Saving Corps at Louisville, Kentucky. WHEREAS, By an act of the General Assembly, approved February 16, 1880, three gold medals were bestowed upon Wm. Devan, John Gillooly, and John Tully, in grateful recognition of their heroic daring in rescuing many persons from drowning at the Falls of the Ohio river; and whereas, since that period two additional men have become members of that Life Saving Corps, and have been instrumental in saving a |