Sections, &c. this act where any insurance or banking privileges are sought, or where any condition is contained providing for the pay. ment of money to any person, or for any purpose, upon the death of a member thereof. § 2. That sections seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen of the chapter to which this is an amendment be, and they are hereby, re-enacted, and made applicable to all societies and lodges incorporated under this act, so far as such societies, associations, and lodges may come within the purview of the sections above specified. § 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. Repealed. CHAPTER 610. AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to regulate and make uniform the rate of tolls in incorporated turn pike, gravel, and plank roads in this Commonwealth,'" approved March 19, 1878, exempting Marion county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled An act to regulate and make uniform the rate of tolls in incorporated turnpike, gravel and plank roads in this Commonwealth," approved March 19, 1878, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. ter 67, section 8, amended. CHAPTER 612. AN ACT to amend section 8 of chapter 67 of the General Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section eight of chapter sixty-seven, of the GenGen. Stat., chap- eral Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The State Librarian shall annually transmit to the Librarian of each of the other States, and also the Librarian of Congress, two copies of the Session Acts." 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. CHAPTER 614. AN ACT to prohibit certain persons from serving on juries. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: tency of. § 1. That no person shall be a competent juror in any court Juror-compein this Commonwealth while under indictment in this State or elsewhere, or who has been convicted of a felony and not pardoned. 2. Neither the verdict of a petit jury, nor an indictment Verdict, &c. of a grand jury, shall be set aside for the reasons that persons incapacitated from serving thereon by this act have served upon such jury. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. CHAPTER 615. AN ACT to empower the Auditor of Public Accounts to sell and convey certain lands in Obion county, Tennessee. WHEREAS, The State of Kentucky, in a settlement with W. Preamble. M. Samuels, sheriff of Hickman county, and in default for revenue of year 1865, acquired the title to an undivided one third of a certain 200 acres of land lying in Obion county, Tennessee; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Auditor be, and is hereby, directed and Auditor to sell. authorized to sell said land for what he may find to be a fair cash valuation, and convey in proper manner all right and title the State may hold thereto. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. CHAPTER 616. AN ACT to amend chapter 27, article 3, section 9, of the General Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That chapter 27, article 3, section 9, be amended Gen. Stat., chap. as follows: That after the word recovery, and before the amended. 27, art. 3, sec.19, word either, in the eleventh line of said section, the following words be inserted, to-wit: and ten per centum damages on the amount thereof. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. Anchorage. CHAPTER 634. AN ACT for the benefit of the Central Lunatic Asylum at Anchorage. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That there is hereby appropriated, out of the general revenues of the State, the sum of thirteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars, to pay for the following improvements for the use and benefit of the Central Lunatic Asylum: Appropriation to Deficit in appropriations heretofore made for the · Central Lunatic Asylum. purchase of land, $1,166 Deficit in appropriation heretofore made for an addi- 473 750 300 Grading railroad from line of railway to asylum, 4,000 1,300 Auditor, &c. $13,922 2. Upon the draft of the commissioners of said asylum, the Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum herein appropriated, or any part thereof, which shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. to settle. $3. Within three months after the money is drawn as Commissioners herein appropriated, the commissioners of said asylum shall settle their accounts with the Auditor, showing proper vouchers for each and all the items of expenditures provided for in this act. §4. This appropriation is made with a distinct avowal that in the future the Commonwealth of Kentucky will acknowledge no legal, moral, or equitable obligation to pay or legalize any expenditure in said asylum, or in any other charitable institution, not previously authorized by law, and due notice is hereby given of said fact to all parties concerned, except such repairs to buildings as are absolutely necessary to keep them in repair. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. CHAPTER 640. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend and reduce into one the several acts organizing and regulating the lunatic asylums of this State," approved April 9th, 1880. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled Lunatic asylums. 'An act to amend and reduce into one the several acts organizing and regulating the lunatic asylums of this State," approved April 9th, 1880, be amended by striking out all of the first section thereof between the word" room," in the 27th line, and the word "no," in the 29th line, and inserting the following in lieu thereof: "And each superintendent and his family, and the other said officers, shall be entitled to take their meals in the institutions at the expense of the State." § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 29, 1882. CHAPTER 686. AN ACT declaring Clifty creek, in Muhlenburg county, a navigable stream'. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That Clifty creek, in Muhlenburg county, is hereby Clifty creek navi- declared to be a navigable stream from its mouth up to where it forks near the farm of John McPherson, in said county. gable. § 2. That any person hereafter in any way obstructing said creek by cutting and falling timber into it so as to obstruct the navigation of said creek, shall be deemed guilty of a mis. demeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense, to be recovered by any court of competent jurisdiction, to be applied and paid into the common school fund of said county. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent persons owning land on said creek from putting in water-gates to protect their crops from stock running at large; nor shall this act affect any permanent improvement at this time existing on said creek. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 1, 1882. Preamble. -when. CHAPTER 704. AN ACT to authorize the sale of the Military Road and its franchises. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that the Military Turnpike Road Company, a corporation established by the judgment of the county court of Fayette county, is hopelessly involved in debt, which is continually increasing; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Fayette circuit court, or the Fayette court of Sale to be ordered common pleas, is hereby authorized and empowered, on the application of the creditors, or any one or more of the creditors of said Military Turnpike Road Company, to order and decree a sale of the turnpike road of said company, with all the property and effects of said company, and all its rights, privileges, and franchises, including the right to take tolls. thereon, as one entire thing, and to have the same conveyed to the purchaser or purchasers, who shall thereupon be in |