Adair. Barren. Allen. Metcalfe. Cumberland. Clinton. In the county of Adair on the first Monday in March and September, and to continue eighteen (18) juridical days. In the county of Barren on the fourth Monday in March and September, and to continue thirty juridical days. In the county of Allen on the first Monday in May and In the county of Cumberland on the first Monday in June. and December, and to continue twelve juridical days. In the county of Clinton on the (3d) third Monday in June and December, and to continue twelve juridical days. $2 This act to take effect and be in force from and after the fifteenth day of June, 1882. Approved April 6, 1882. CHAPTER 856. AN ACT fixing the terms of the circuit courts in the fifth judicial district. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the terms of the circuit courts in the counties 5th judicial dis. composing the fifth judicial district shall be begun at the time fixed in this act, and may be held for the length of time herein set forth, if the business so require, to wit: trict. Logan. Warren. Simpson. Butler. Todd. Logan, first Mondays in January and July, and continue twenty-four juridical days each term. Warren, first Monday in February, and continue thirty juridical days; first Monday in June, and continue twentyfour juridical days; and the second Monday in October, and continue thirty juridical days. Simpson, second Monday in March and first Monday in September, and continue eighteen juridical days each term. Butler, first Monday in April, and continue eighteen juridical days, and the fourth Monday in September, and continue twelve juridical days. Todd, first Monday in May and third Monday in November, and continue eighteen juridical days each term. § 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. § 3. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after January 1st, 1883; but on and after the terms of court in said counties next preceding January 1st, 1883, all process of said courts shall be made to the various terms as fixed by this act. Approved April 7, 1882. CHAPTER 878. AN ACT to amend section one, article one, chapter fifty-five, General Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That section one, article one, of chapter fifty-five, of the General Statutes, be amended by adding after the word "thereof," in the sixth line of said section, the following: "or every fence five feet high, built entirely of smooth or barbed wire, or in part of plank and in part of such wire, and with posts planted not more than sixteen feet apart." 2. This act shall apply only to the counties of Jefferson, Fayette, Oldham, Mercer, and Bullitt, and shall be in force from and after its passage. General Statutes, chapter 55, sec. tion 1, article 1, amended. Approved April 7, 1882. CHAPTER 883. AN ACT to fix the time of holding circuit courts in the 18th judicial district. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That hereafter the circuit courts of the eighteenth 18th judicial dis judicial district in this State shall be held at the court-houses in the counties composing said district as follows: trict. In Taylor county, two terms of eighteen days each, begin- Taylor. ning the third Monday in January and fourth Monday in June. In Nelson county, three terms of twelve days each, begin- Nelson. ning second Monday in February, fourth Monday in May, and third Monday in October. In Washington, two terms of eighteen days each, beginning Washington, fourth Monday in February and first Monday in September. Marion. Larue. Mercer. In Marion, three terms as follows: two terms of eighteen days each, beginning the third Monday in March and the fourth Monday in November, and one term of twelve days for the trial of criminal and equity causes only, beginning the second Monday in June. In Larue, two terms of twelve days each, beginning second Monday in April and fourth Monday in September. In Mercer, two terms, one beginning fourth Monday in April, and continuing twenty-four days, the other beginning. first Monday in November, and continuing eighteen days. § 2. This act shall take effect the 9th day of October, 1882. Approved April 7, 1882. Stenographic reporter to be appointed. His duties. Fees. CHAPTER 898. AN ACT to provide for an official stenographer for the courts of Kenton county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the judge of the twelfth judicial circuit shall appoint one stenographic reporter, skilled in his profession, who shall be the official stenographer of the Kenton circuit court, and of the chancery, criminal, and county courts of said county, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, unless sooner removed by said judge for misconduct in office. Said stenographer shall, when appointed, take an oath for the faithful discharge of his duties. §2. It shall be the duty of said official stenographer, upon the request of either party to a suit or their attorney, or upon the order of the court, upon the trial of any cause in any of said courts where oral testimony is given, to cause accurate short-hand notes of the testimony to be taken, which notes shall be preserved by the official stenographer. And when a transcription of the testimony is requested by either party or attorney, the official stenographer shall cause the said notes to be accurately transcribed into long-hand, and delivered to the party requesting the same. The fees of the official stenographer for taking such short-hand notes shall be fixed by the court at not exceeding ten dollars per diem, and for transcribing the same, fifteen cents per folio of one hundred words, such fees to be paid forthwith by the party or parties at whose request the service is performed; and such fees, when so paid, shall be taxed as a part of the costs of the suit against the losing party. § 3. Said official stenographer shall have power to swear Powers of. witnesses, and to take and certify depositions to be used as evidence in any cause wherein such depositions are taken, in any of the courts of this Commonwealth. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 8, 1882. CHAPTER 906. AN ACT to declare void certain patents recorded in the Land Office, and numbered 52,450 to 52,498, inclusive, and to declare void certain indorsements on certain surveys and warrants filed therein. void. WHEREAS, E. C. Duff and Henry Johnson did, on the 12th Patents declared. day of May, 1873, obtain from the Perry county court one hundred and fifty warrants, of two hundred acres each, for vacant land in said county, and the same were located and surveyed by the surveyor thereof in three surveys, as follows: one survey for eighteen thousand eight hundred acres, dated April the 27th, 1874; one for seven thousand acres, dated February the 2d, 1875, and one for four thousand two hundred acres, dated February 3d, 1875, plats and certificates of which are now on file in the Register's Office; and whereas, said surveyor did, on the 27th day of August, 1874, survey this same land in tracts of two hundred acres each, plats and certificates of which are now on file in the Land Office; and whereas, all of these surveys were transferred to Wm. Tarr and James M. Thomas, as appears from assignments filed therewith; and whereas, the Register of the Land Office did, on the 22d day of February, 1875, place these small surveys upon the register, in the name of Tarr and Thomas, numbered 52,450, and consecutively thereafter; and whereas, said Register did, on the 10th day of July, 1876, draw up drafts of patents upon said small surveys, but the same were not signed by the Governor; and whereas, forty of said drafts, numbered 52,450 to 52,489, inclusive, were recorded by the Register, and the Governor's name placed at the foot of them on the book, although he had never signed the originals; and whereas, when the Register drew up the drafts, he indorsed clared void. upon the surveys that patent had issued, and also indorsed across the face of the warrants that they were satisfied; now, therefore, to enable the Register of the Land Office to issue patents to Tarr and Thomas on the said three large surveys as desired by them, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the said patents, recorded and numbered 52,450 Indorsements de- to 52,489, inclusive, be, and the same are, declared void; that the following indorsement, which appears upon all of the two hundred-acre surveys, to-wit: "Grant issued 10th July, 1876, to Tarr and Thomas, as per assignment filed. T. D. MARCUM, R. L. O. "by RICHARD SHARP, D. R.," and the following indorsement, which appears upon all of the warrants, to-wit: "Satisfied. T. D. MARCUM, R. L. O. "by RICHARD SHARP, D. R.," be, and the same are, declared void. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved April 8, 1882. Act of February €, 1874, amended. CHAPTER 912. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to create a court of common pleas in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon, Bath, Madison, Woodford, and Scott," approved February 6, 1874. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to create a court of common pleas in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon, Bath, Madison, Woodford, and Scott," approved February 6, 1874, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that hereafter it shall be unnecessary for justices of the peace, constables, and police judge to make to the judge of said common pleas court any of the reports required of them by the provisions of "An act to secure the payment into the Treasury of all fines, taxes, and license fees collected by trustees of the jury fund, clerks, and other officers," approved February 23, 1874; and hereafter |