by banks shall be paid," approved February 17th, 1858, be, and the same is hereby, applied to the Bank of Ashland and its branches. same §7. This amendment shall not take effect until the shall be submitted to the regular annual meeting of the stockholders in May next, and accepted by a majority of the stock represented at said meeting. Became a law without the approval of the Governor, on the 27th day of January, 1860. 1860. Acts, p. 83,) applied to Bank of Ashland. This act not to take effect to and accepted till submitted by a majority of stockholders CHAPTER 102. AN ACT to change the times of holding Circuit Courts in the counties of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Times of holding Circuit Cumberland, §1. That hereafter the times of holding the circuit courts Courts inin the counties of Cumberland, Clinton, and Russell, in the sixth judicial district of this State, shall be as follows: In the county of Cumberland, on the third Monday in April and fourth Monday in October, and continue each twelve juridical days. In the county of Clinton, on the first Monday in June. and December, and continue each six juridical days. In the county of Russell, on the second Monday in June and December, and continue each six juridical days.: § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 30, 1860. Clinton, Russell. CHAPTER 104. AN ACT to establish the county of Metcalfe. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: County of Metcalfe estab Boundary. § 1. That from and after the first Monday in May, 1860, all the parts of Barren, Green, Adair, Cumberland, and lished. Monroe counties, lying within and included in the following boundary, shall be, and same is hereby, stricken from said counties, and erected into one district or county, to be called and designated and known as the county of Metcalfe, to-wit: Beginning one mile west from the Dripping Spring meeting-house in Barren county; thence a straight line to Lazarus' store: Provided, Said line will exclude the residences of William Winlock and W. J. Wood. If said line will not exclude said residences, making an angle at said. residences, so as to exclude them, and then to Lazarus' store, as before named; thence on the same course to the Hart county line; thence with the Hart county line to the 1860. into five jus Green county line; thence with the Green county line to the junction of the south and east forks of Little Barren river; thence a straight line to where the Cloverdale and Greensburg road crosses Caney Fork creek; thence a straight line to intersect the Green and Adair county line, near the Pleasant Ridge meeting-house; thence a straight line to Hiram Pendleton's, (leaving him in Adair county ;) thence up the East Fork creek, with its meanders, so as to include the residences of Jas. Estes, Thos. Estes, William Penick, J. L. Yates, Jane Estes, A. York, deceased, J. H. Hamilton, P. T. Ellison, Sebastian Bell, Z. D. Wheat's old farm, Herbert Kinnaird, Harrison Kinnaird, J. B. Dixon, Eliza Kinnaird, William Hamilton, sr., Edward Hamilton, and S. W. Marrs; and thence with the meanders of said creek to the head waters; thence a straight line to the nearest point to intersect the Cumberland county line; thence with the Cumberland line to the head waters of Marrowbone creek, above Arch. Ferguson's; thence a straight line to William Morrison's, who resides about a half mile above Matthew Amy's, (leaving said Morrison in the county of Cumberland;) thence a straight line to the nearest point in the Monroe county line; thence with the Monroe county line one mile from the Barren county line; thence a straight line to intersect the Monroe and Barren county line, at a point where a straight line to the beginning will include the residence of P. W. Grinstead, Esq.; thence to the beginning. §2. That the county of Metcalfe shall be laid off into To be laid off five districts for the election of justices of the peace and tices and voting constables; and there shall be elected two justices of the commissioners. peace and one constable in each district. Said districts districts by shall also be election precincts. James F. Keel, George A. Clark, Marion N. Carr, P. J. Snider, and William D. Courts, are appointed commissioners, who, or a majority of whom, after taking an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge their duties, shall lay off said districts, and designate the place of voting in each. Said commissioners shall meet at the house of J. B. Stockton, in the town of Edmunton, on the first Monday in March next, or as soon thereafter as may be, and proceed to discharge the duties imposed upon them by this act.. They may adjourn, from time to Boundaries of time and place to place, until through. They shall lodge a certified copy of the boundaries of said districts in the hands of J. R. Newman, of Edmunton, whose duty it shall be to hold it in safe-keeping until there shall be an election of county court clerk of said county of Metcalfe, and then Clerk county he shall deliver it to said clerk, who shall file and record record same, & the same in his office; and they shall forthwith transmit to See's State. another certified copy to the Secretary of State, who shall carefully preserve the same in his office. Said commis districts to be lodged with J. R. Newman. court to file and transmit copy 1860. Commissioners cers of election. Election to be 1860. oath. Polls to be com pared and certion given. tificates of elec sioners shall also designate in each of said districts two suitable persons to act as judges, and one in each to act as clerk, and one as sheriff, of the election of circuit court to appoint offclerk, county court clerk, a sheriff, an assessor, a surveyor, jailer, coroner, county attorney, presiding judge of the county court for the county aforesaid, and two justices of the peace, and one constable, in each district for said county of Metcalfe, which election shall be held on the first Monday held on the 1st in May, 1860. The judges, clerks, and sheriffs, appointed Monday in May by the commissioners aforesaid in each district to hold said election, before entering on their duties as such, shall take Officers of eleean oath faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties tion to take imposed upon them by this act. Those who may act as sheriffs, as aforesaid, shall meet at the house of J. B. Stockton, in the town of Edmunton, on the second day after the election; and after carefully comparing the polls, shall sign two certificates of the election, designating the name of each person having the highest number of votes, and the office to which he is elected; one of which shall be lodged in the hands of J. R. Newman, who shall cause the same to be recorded in the county court clerk's office of said county of Metcalfe; the other they shall forthwith transmit to the Secretary of State, to be by him filed and carefully preserved in his office; whereupon said Secretary shall forthwith cause commissions to be issued to the several be issued to of officers certified to be elected, who, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath, as required by law, and shall execute bond according to existing laws in reference to similar offices; and thereupon their official acts shall be obligatory to all intents and purposes, when done in accordance with the constitution and laws of the State. They shall hold their offices until the next regu- To hold offices lar election of like officers, and until their successors are elected and qualified. That until all the officers elected for the new county aforesaid are commissioned, sworn, and qualified, the counties of Barren, Green, Adair, Cumberland, and Monroe, shall have jurisdiction as though this of act had not passed.. Commissions to ficers. till next regular election. Jurisdiction adjoining counties. seat of justice. § 3. That J. M. S. McCorkle, of Green county, T. T. Commissioners §3. Alexander, of Adair county, and William E. Munford, of to locate the Barren county; are hereby appointed commissioners to locate the seat of justice in said county of Metcalfe, whose duty it shall be to locate said county seat at the most convenient and eligible point at or near the center of said county; and shall meet for that, purpose on the first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as may be, and proceed to discharge the duties imposed upon them by this act; and for that purpose may adjourn from time to time, and place to place, until said location is fixed by them; and then said location shall be declared the permanent location 1860. authorized to to levy a tax to pay for same & for pub, buildings. of the county seat of Metcalfe county; said commissioners shall have ample compensation for their services, which shall be paid by the county court. § 4. That the county court of said county of Metcalfe, a County Court majority of the justices concurring, shall have power to purchase pub- appoint commissioners to purchase or accept (if donated) fie ground, and the lots or parcels of ground, selected as aforesaid, for the county seat, and to causé a deed or deeds to be made for the same to said county of Metcalfe; said county court aforesaid, a majority of the justices concurring, shall have power to assess and levy a tax upon each tythe now subject to county levies within said county, a capitation tax not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per tythe in any one year, and an ad valorem tax upon all the property now subject to taxation for State revenue, any sum not exceeding ten cents in any one year upon each one hundred dollars' worth of property in said county, for the purpose of raising the means necessary for the purchase of the public grounds and the erection of a court-house and other public buildings thereon; said commissioners may also be empowered by the county court to draft plans and specifications, let out and superintend the erection of the public buildings aforesaid; and until the public buildings aforesaid are erected, said county court of Metcalfe shall have power to provide suitable rooms for the clerks' offices and for the holding of the county and circuit courts. to run & mark § 5. That Samuel Jordan, P. W. Grinstead, and John W. Commissioners Johnson, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, boundary lines with two chain carriers each, employed to run and mark and to have the the boundary line of said county of Metcalfe, agreeably to same recorded. the first section of this act; and that said commissioners of Metcalfe co.. make out six fair plats of said county, one of which they shall deposit with the clerk of the county court of Metcalfe, and transmit one to each of the county court clerks of Barren, Green, Adair, Cumberland, and Monroe counties, in order that the same may be recorded in each of the counties aforesaid; said commissioners shall be allowed ample compensation for their services, and the chain carriers they may employ, to be paid by the county court of Metcalfe. § 6. That the said county of Metcalfe shall have the use Metcalfe to of the Barren county jail when needed, until the people of have use of jail said county of Metcalfe shall have erected and completed a jail of their own. of Barren co'y. calfe county have books. 7. That after the organization of said county of MetOfficers of Metcalfe, the Secretary of State shall furnish to the officers of said county the same books that are by law required to be furnished to the officers of other counties in this State. § 8. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 1, 1860. CHAPTER 107. AN ACT to fix the time of holding the Quarterly Court for Hart county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the quarterly court for Hart county shall hereafter be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in March, June, September, and December, instead of the times now fixed by law. § 2. This act to take effect from and after the 1st day of February, 1860. 1860. Approved February 2, 1860. CHAPTER 116. AN ACT to change and regulate the time of holding the Circuit and County Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Gallatin Cir § 1. That hereafter the Gallatin circuit court shall be holden on the third Monday in March, and the fourth Mon- cuit Court. day of September, and shall continue, each term, for six juridical days. § 2. That all process issued and all recognizances taken, made returnable at the terms of said court which are changed by this act, shall stand returnable to the terms as fixed by this act, in the same manner as though the same were issued and taken returnable to the terms as herein fixed and regulated. Process and recognizances. § 3. That hereafter the regular terms of the Gallatin County Courts. county court shall be held on the third Monday in each month in which no circuit court is held in said county. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 2, 1860. CHAPTER 146. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Barren Quarterly Courts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That from and after the first day of January, 1860, the judge of the Barren county court shall hold the quarterly courts of said county on Tuesday after the third Monday in February, May, August, and November in each year, instead of Tuesday after the third Monday in March, June, September, and December in each year, as at present held, and shall continue in session eleven juridical days each term, provided the business of said court requires it. Approved February 6, 1860. |