1860. tle and pay. appoint some discreet person, who shall take charge of the personal or real estate so granted, devised, or donated, and sell and dispose of the same, and pay the proceeds into the treasury of Kentucky. Before said agent, so appointed by the Auditor, shall proceed to act, he shall give a covenant, with good security, to the Commonwealth, for the faithful discharge of his duties under this act. Said covenant shall be given in the county in which the donor, grantor, or devisor shall have died, or in the county in which the property is situated. The covenant to be executed in, and approved by, the county court. §2. The person so appointed shall make a settlement Agent to set- with the county court of his county once in each year, and shall pay into the treasury the amount found in his hands after said settlement. The court shall allow said person a reasonable compensation for collecting and paying over said money, which amount said person shall retain in his hands out of the money collected. May retain in his hands. ompensation Agent and sureties liable on their bond. agent. §3. For any failure of the person so appointed to discharge the duties under this act, he and his securities shall be liable to all damages sustained, and for all money collected, with twenty per cent. damages on the amount so collected, and which he has failed to pay over. The suit on the covenant shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and shall be instituted by the Commonwealth's attorney. § 4. The person appointed by the Auditor shall have the Power given to same power in collecting and settling the estate as an administrator or executor now has by law; may institute and defend all suits in reference to said estate, sue, and collect all notes, bonds, &c., and sell and convey the real estate by deed. Treasure. § 5. The amount of money paid into the treasury under the provisions of this act, shall remain there until the same is disposed of by law; and the treasurer and his sureties shall be liable for the same, on his covenant or bond. § 6. This act shall apply to all gifts, donations, or devises Former as heretofore or hereafter made to the school fund of Kenquent dona- tucky. tions, &c., embraced. well as subse § 7. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. CHAPTER 1247. AN ACT to amend chapter 48 of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That when the safety of a lunatic or others require it, the court may order the patient to be carried to the asy lum immediately, without being sent for: Provided, That not more than one person shall be allowed pay for carrying a pauper lunatic to the asylums. 2. This act to take effect from its passage. 1860. 2 Stanton's R. S., p. 39. Approved March 3, 1860. CHAPTER 1249. AN ACT amending section 12, article 8, chapter 83, of the Revised Statutes, title Revenue and Taxation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section 12, article 8, chapter 83, of the Revised Statutes, title Revenue and Taxation, be amended so as to allow county court clerks for copying tax-book for sheriff and Auditor, for each line across the page of each copy, including the name of the person and the last number of total value, one cent and a half. §2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. 2 Stanton's R. S.. p. 261. cents per list allowed clerks book. One and half for copying tax CHAPTER 1257. AN ACT to relieve the State of Gipsies. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That for the purpose of ridding the State hereafter of the evil influences resulting from incursions of hordes of Gipsies, roaming through the Commonwealth without any fixed habitation, or honest and lawful mode of obtaining a livelihood, it shall be the duty of any county judge, justice of the peace, police judge, or mayor of any town, city, or corporation in the Commonwealth, upon complaint made by any citizen within the respective jurisdiction of such officers, to issue a warrant of arrest against such Gipsies, directed to any ministerial officer of the Commonwealth, who shall execute the same, and take the party or parties before the officer issuing such warrant, for trial. §2. That upon a fair hearing of the case, if it appear to the satisfaction of the officer trying it, that the person or persons apprehended are guilty of vagrancy, and unable to show that they are engaged in some lawful and proper pursuit for the maintenance of themselves and dependants, he or they shall be convicted of an offense against the peace and dignity of this Commonwealth, and fined, each, not exceeding fifty dollars, and give good and sufficient surety for behavior in the future; and in default of pay 1860. ment of such fine and giving such surety, he or they shall be confined in the county jail for a period long enough to pay the fine, at the rate of two dollars per day during such confinement. § 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. R. 8., p. 566. Penalty for CHAPTER 1259. AN ACT to amend section 11, chapter 42, Revised Statutes, title Gaming. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section 11, chapter 42, of the Revised Statutes, 1 Stanton's be so amended as to read as follows, viz: If any person, by playing or betting at any game or wager at any time, shall win or lose any sum of money or other valuable or thing, he shall be fined a sum equal to half the value of what he shall so win or lose, if above twenty dollars, and if below that amount, then the sum of ten dollars. gaming. Approved March 3, 1860. od additional CHAPTER 1261. AN ACT to increase the fees of County Clerks and Sheriffs. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That clerks of county courts in this Commonwealth shall be permitted to charge twenty cents for each road order, Clerks and for which no fee is now allowed by law, and ten cents for Sheriffs allow each copy of the same. And that the several sheriffs of fees in certain this Commonwealth be allowed to charge thirty cents for cases to be paid out of the levy. serving each order above named and summons in road cases, for which no fee is now allowed by law; to be paid by the respective counties in which the services are rendered, out of the county levy, and allowed at the court of claims as other charges against the county. Approved March 1, 1860. CHAPTER 1262. AN ACT allowing compensation to Sheriffs of elections for carrying polls to the county seat. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That persons who shall, by virtue of an order of any of the county courts of this Commonwealth, hold an elec 1860. Sheriffs of tion at an election precinct, shall be allowed mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile going and coming, in carrying the polls of said precinct to the county seat of the county, elections allowfor the purpose of having the polls compared by the board ed mileage for carrying poll of examiners of said county; the compensation allowed books to counsheriffs of elections by this act to be paid out of the county levy. §2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. ty seat. CHAPTER 1276. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Kentucky Savings Bank at Louisville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That so much of section 1st of said act, approved February 25th, 1851, be so amended as to read "the Merchants' Bank of Kentucky." Approved March 3, 1860. CHAPTER 1279. AN ACT to prevent the writing, printing, or circulating of incendiary documents in this State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That if any free person write or print, or cause to be written or printed, any book or other thing, with intent to advise or incite negroes in this State to rebel or make insurrection, or inculcating resistance to the rights of property of masters in their slaves, or if he shall, with intent to aid the purposes of any such book or writing, knowingly circulate the same, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than five years. Approved March 3, 1860. CHAPTER 1280. AN ACT in relation to Jurors. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section 11, of article 5, of chapter 55, of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Juries, Grand and Petit," be so amended that petit jurors shall receive one dollar and fifty cents for each day they shall serve as such. §2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. 2 Stanton R. S., p. 83. Jurors' pay. 1860. CHAPTER 1287. AN ACT regulating fees for arresting runaway slaves. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the compensation for arresting a runaway slave, Compensa- where no larger amount has been offered as a reward, shall tion for arrest- be seventy-five dollars, in all cases where the slave has fled slave where from his owner residing in another State, and is arrested owner resides in another in this State. ing a runaway State. § 2. That the compensation for arresting a runaway slave, where no larger amount has been offered as a reward, where the slave has fled from his owner, or person in possession, residing in this State, shall be as follows, viz: When the slave is arrested in the county of the owner's residence, and said county does not border on a State where slavery is not allowed, and delivered to the master, or the person from whom he or she escaped, or lodged in the jail of the county, twenty dollars; when arrested in a county bordering on a State where slavery is not allowed, and his owner, or the person from whom said slave fled, resides in said county, and delivered to the master, or the person from whom he or she escaped, or lodged in the jail of the county, fifty dollars; when arrested in a county bordering on a State where slavery is not allowed, and said slave has fled from his owner, or person in possession, not residing in a border county, and delivered to the owner, or the person from whom he or she escaped, or the jail of the county where the owner resides, -one hundred dollars; when a slave is arrested in a State where slavery is not allowed, and delivered to the owner at his residence in this State, one hundred and fifty dollars; if lodged in the jail of any county in this State, whether the master or owner reside in or out of this State, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The taker up shall have a lien on the slave taken up for the reward: Provided, That the jailer or keeper of the jail in which any runaway slave is confined, under any of the sections of this act, shall not deliver up said slave to the owner or his agent, until the fees or rewards offered in this act, together with the expenses of keeping the runaway, jailer's fees, and costs, are paid to him. If a jailer receives said reward, he shall be responsible upon his official bond therefor, to the person entitled thereto; and he shall be likewise responsible if he violates any of the provisions of this act. §3. That all laws coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. § 4. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 3, 1860. |