of W. T. Shaw for the sum of fifty dollars, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 474.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the town of New

Roe."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the police judge of New Roe, in Allen county, shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the county judge and justices of the peace of Allen county of all cases, criminal as well as civil and penal, which may occur within the county of Allen.

§ 2. That section nine of said act be amended by inserting after the words "police judge," in the second line thereof, the words "judge of the Allen county court or any justice of the peace of Allen county."

§3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 475.

AN ACT for the benefit of H. A. Witherspoon and others. WHEREAS, The time served by the jury in the case of Thomas M. Green against Thomas F. Hargis, a period extending from February 4th, 1880, to June 4th, 1880, or in all more than seventeen weeks, equals the average time required of citizens of this Commonwealth for service on juries; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That H. A. Witherspoon, Joseph Gault, W. C. Priest, W. L. Murphy, Henry W. Barrett, Joseph Enders, R. C. Hill, Henry Winter, Joseph H. Otter, J. T. Campbell, R. C. Miles, and Wm. C. Kendrick, who composed the jury, be, and they are hereby, exempted from jury service in this Commonwealth LOC. L., VOL. 1—56

for a period of ten years from the date of the passage of this.

act.

2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 476.

AN ACT for the benefit of Christina Kruse, of Louisville, widow and administratrix of the estate of Herman Kruse, deceased.

WHEREAS, Herman Kruse, of the city of Louisville, paid to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the clerk of the Jefferson county court, the sum of fifty dollars, State tax to keep a coffee-house, and died a few days after paying the same, never having obtained his license from the city of Louisville, and being deprived of the privilege of keeping a coffee-house; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth. of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant in favor of Christina Kruse, widow and administratrix of Herman Kruse, deceased, for the sum of fifty dollars, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 477.

AN ACT to empower trustees of school district No. 4, Cross Roads, Rowan county, to levy a tax.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the trustees of school district No. 4, Cross Roads, Rowan county, are hereby empowered to levy a tax to pay Charles Bailey the sum of twenty-five dollars for lumber used by them in building school-house in said district No. 4. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 478.

AN ACT to repeal section one of an act, entitled An act for the benefit of James M. Tucker, Thomas Allen, Henry Hudson, and R. A. Crump, of Warren county."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth f Kentucky:

§ 1. That section one of an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of James M. Tucker, Thomas Allen, Henry Hudson, and R. A. Crump, of Warren county," approved April 9, 1878, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

§ 2. This act to be in force from and after the first day of January, 1883.

Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 479.

AN ACT for the benefit of Ed. Clay O'Rear, of Morgan county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That Ed. Clay O'Rear, of Morgan county, be relieved of the disabilities of an infant to the extent and for the purpose of allowing him to practice law, as though he were of the full age of twenty-one years: Provided, He shall first obtain license as now required by law.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 480.

AN ACT to provide for the protection of farms and crops in Sterett's Bottom, in Hancock county.

WHEREAS, The recent disastrous overflow in the Ohio river has destroyed fencing, and exposed the farms and crops. in Sterett's Bottom, in Hancock county, to the depredation of stock, entailing not only great loss, but at a season of the year so late that planters cannot replace the destroyed fences in time to get in their crops; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That it shall be lawful for the planters whose farms abut upon the Ohio river in said bottom to construct a fence

or wall, of such material as they may deem proper, on or near the upper line of Baird Sterett's upper place, the same on which -Swearer now lives, from his line of fence nearest the river to the lowest water-mark; also another such fence or wall on or near the lower line of Wm. H. Bowmer's place, from his line of fence nearest the river to the lowest watermark, such fences to be constructed so as to prevent the encroachment of stock.

§ 2. It shall be lawful for said planters to erect and keep in good condition good and sufficient gates for the convenience of the public travel at the points where said fences cross the public highway.

§ 3. The said planters may, from time to time, subscribe and pay a sufficient sum of money to construct and keep in good condition said fences, which sum shall be placed in the hands of one of their number, as their agent, to be selected by a majority of them, who shall expend the same for the objects of this act, being responsible to the said planters for the faithful performance of his duties. The sum or sums thus subscribed by each planter shall be a binding obligation on the part of the subscribers, and in default of payment thereof, on demand by said agent, the said agent may institute an action and recover judgment therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction.

4. If any person shall willfully or negligently destroy, break, or injure eitner of said fences or walls, he shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, upon indictment and conviction in the Hancock circuit court.

§ 5. If any person shall willfully or negligently break down, remove, or injure any of the gates provided for in this act, or willfully or negligently leave the same open or not latched, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction.

§ 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to turn out, or to permit to run at large, any stock whatever on the river front of the farms between the lines designated in this act.

§ 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to feed stock on the river bank on any of the farms between the lines designated in this act.

8. Whoever shall be guilty of a violation of either of the provisions of the preceding two sections shall, upon conviction, in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, for each offense. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 18, 1882.

CHAPTER 482.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to reduce into one, amend, and digest the acts and amendatory acts incorporating the city of Mount Sterling," approved March 7th, 1876.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That section first of article six of the present charter of the city of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, viz: That any male person who is a bona fide resident of said city, and has been continuously such for one year prior to the election of city attorney and city marshal, shall be eligible to said offices in said city; but before any person can be eligible to the office of city attorney he must have been a licensed practicing attorney for two years preceding his election; and any person must have attained the age of twenty-one years before being eligible to the office of marshal for said city.

§ 2. That subsection two of section one of article six be, and is hereby, amended by inserting the term two years instead of the term one year.

§ 3. That subsection twenty-three of section fifteen of article three of said charter the words "to elect a city attorney and marshal," be, and the same are hereby, so amended as to read as follows, viz: That said city attorney and marshal shall be elected by the popular legal vote of the city of Mount Sterling, and not by the city council.

4. The manner of holding the election for city attorney and city marshal shall be the same as that for the election of city judge, and the time for holding such elections shall be the same as heretofore held by the city council, and every two years thereafter.

§ 5. That section four of article six of said charter be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, to-wit: