the vice chancellor's court, the judge of either of said courts § 2. This act shall apply only to Jefferson county, and take Vice chancellor's court and Jeffer son court of com mon pleas. Approved February 18, 1882. CHAPTER 211. AN ACT to change the time of holding the county and quarterly courts of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: and quarterly court. § 1. That hereafter the county court of Greenup county Greenup county shall commence on the first Monday in each month, and continue in session so long as the business of the court may require. § 2. That hereafter the quarterly court of Greenup county shall commence on the third Mondays in February, May, August, and November, and continue in session from day to day so long as the business of the court may require. §3. That all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act is hereby repealed. 4. That this act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved February 18, 1882. > CHAPTER 212. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Grayson circuit court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: court. 1. That the time for holding the Grayson circuit court in Grayson circuit the sixth judicial district be changed as follows, to-wit: Said terms shall commence on the third Mondays in August and February of each year, instead of the time now fixed by law, and shall continue eighteen juridical days each term. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage; and all orders, processes, writs, warrants, or other process made returnable to the June term, 1882, of said court, are hereby made returnable to the August term, 1882, thereof. Approved February 18, 1882. Property afloat on Big Sandy. Lien. Duty of con. stable. CHAPTER 216. AN ACT to regulate the taking up of property found adrift upon the Big Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That hereafter the taker-up of boats, rafts, platforms, and loose logs found afloat on the Big Sandy river shall be entitled to charge and collect the following prices, to-wit: For each raft of not less than forty logs, five dollars; for each platform of not less than ten logs, one dollar; for each loose log, twenty five cents, for each freight-boat or other heavy boat, one dollar; for each jack-boat, skiff, or canoe, twentyfive cents. The taker-up shall have a lien upon the property taken up by him for his charges thereon, and may, after having advertised the time and place of sale at the courthouse door and two other public places in the county where the property is, by written or printed notice for at least ten days, giving the description of the property, and any marks thereon, cause the same to be sold by a constable or other officer for cash in hand to pay said charges, and also a reasonable compensation for keeping and caring for said property taken up by him not exceeding the following rates: For each raft, fifty cents per day; for each platform, twenty-five cents per day; for each loose logs, five cents per day, and the title to the property so sold shall vest absolutely in the purchaser at said sale. § 2. It shall be the duty of the constable or other officer making said sale to pay to the taker-up his legal fees and charges, after deducting his own commission, which shall be the same as though he had sold the said property under execution, and if there should be an excess of sale money over and above said charges and fees, he shall pay said residue to the clerk of the county court of the county in which the sale is made and take his receipt therefor; and for failure to perform his duties under this act the constable or other officer shall be liable on his official bond to the party aggrieved. If the owner do, within one year from the date of the sale, appear before the county judge of the county where the money is deposited with the clerk and establish his right to the satisfaction of the said court to the money, it shall, upon the order of the county judge, be paid over to said owner by the clerk aforesaid; otherwise it shall be paid into the common school fund of this Commonwealth. creting, &c. celling, &c. §3. If any taker-up of any property, as described in this Penalty for seact, shall secrete the same, or allow said property so taken up by him to get aground, so that he cannot, immediately upon. the demand of the owner thereof or of his agent, put the same afloat, or if he shall fail to so put the same afloat upon demand as aforesaid, he shall not be allowed to collect or receive any compensation for the taking up or caring for the same, and shall, in addition thereto, be responsible to said. owner for the value of such property as if it were afloat. § 4. If any taker-up of such property as described herein Penalty for canshall cancel, change, obliterate, or make any new mark on the thing taken up by him, or shall remove the same, or permit it to be removed, from the main river upon which it was taken, with a view to prevent the owner thereof or his agent from finding the same, or shall willfully and knowingly permit the same to get aground in such place that it cannot be put afloat upon the demand of the owner thereof or his agent, he shall, for each offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, recoverable by indictment before the grand jury. § 5. The taker-up of property as hereinbefore mentioned Advertise, when, shall not be authorized to advertise the same for sale as hereinbefore provided until after the lapse of ten days from the day upon which the same was taken up by him. A violation of this section shall render any sale made in violation thereof void, and work a forfeiture of the fees and charges of the taker-up, and of the fees of the officer making the sale. § 6. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. $7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 18, 1882. &c. Carter county. CHAPTER 220. AN ACT prescribing the mode of collecting the revenue and county taxes of Carter county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to amend the revenue laws of this Commonwealth," approved February 7, 1865, be, and the same is hereby, re-enacted. § 2. The provisions of the said act hereby re-enacted shall. only apply to the county of Carter. §3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and. after its passage. Approved February 18, 1882. quarterly courts. CHAPTER 234. AN ACT to change the times of holding the Hart quarterly courts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That after the first day of February, 1882, the Hart Hart county County quarterly courts shall be held beginning on the third Mondays in the months of February, May, August, and November of each year, and continue so long as the business of the courts may require. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 18, 1882. court of claims. CHAPTER 242. AN ACT to change the time for holding the court of claims in Fayette county, and to define the jurisdiction of call meetings of said court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That hereafter the court of claims for Fayette county Fayette county shall hold their regular annual meetings on the second Monday in July in each year, and may make their adjournments from time to time to such days as they may designate till their business is completed. §2. That whenever the justices of the county of Fayette. shall be summoned by the county judge to meet for business,. the said court so summoned may do any business what might be legally done at a regular court of claims. §3. This act shall be in force and take effect from its passage. Approved February 18, 1882. CHAPTER 258. AN ACT concerning the fees of the clerk of the Jefferson county court, §1. That the clerk of the Jefferson county court, the clerk of the Jefferson circuit court, the clerk of the Jefferson court of common pleas, and the clerk of the Louisville chancery court, be, and they are hereby, allowed the same fees in civil cases for their official services that are now allowed by law to other similar clerks in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. $2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith be, and they are hereby, repealed. 3 That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 260. AN ACT to change and fix the time and terms for holding circuit courts in the third judicial district. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: district. § 1. That the circuit courts in the third judicial district Third judicial. shall be held for the time and length of time as follows, towit: Henderson county, first Monday in January and fourth Henderson. Monday in May, and continue each term for thirty-six juridical days; and fourth Monday in October, and continue twenty-four juridical days, if the business of the court shall require it. |