1860. § 13. When officers are of the same grade, the officer holding a commission of the oldest date shall command; and if of the same date, their relative rank shall be deter- determined. mined by lot. §14. All officers of the Active Militia shall have the right to command all officers of the same grade in the Enrolled or Reserve Militia, notwithstanding their commissions may be of later date. § 15. The commander-in-chief may at any time select any one of the general officers, without regard to his rank, to command the Active Militia; and the commander of the Active Militia, under the authority of the commander-inchief, shall command the entire force of every kind which may at any time be in the service of the State. How rank to be Military tac be purchased ted. distribu § 16. There is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars, from any money in the treasury not otherwise ties; books to appropriated, which may be expended by the Governor in and the purchase of Hardee's Infantry Tactics and the other systems of tactics for light troops in the United States army, and also in the purchase of the Regulations for the Army of the United States, and treatises on military law and courts martial; which books shall be distributed, as the property of the State, under proper regulations, by the inspector general. § 17. All parts of existing military laws which conflict. with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 5, 1860. RESOLUTIONS. No. 1. RESOLUTION relating to the election of United States Senator. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That they will proceed on Monday, the 12th day of December, 1859, at 12 o'clock, M., by joint ballot, to the election of a Senator of the United States for the State of Kentucky from and after the 4th of March, 1861. Approved December 10, 1859. 1859. No. 2. RESOLUTION respecting the election of Public Printer and State Librarian. That on Wednesday next, December the 14th, at 12 o'clock, an election, on joint ballot, shall be held for Public Printer and State Librarian.. Approved December 14, 1859. No. 3. RESOLUTION referring the Governor's message, so far as it relates to the boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee, to a joint committee. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That so much of the Governor's message as refers to the running of the boundary line between the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, together with the report of the commissioners appointed to accomplish that work, be referred to a joint select committee of the House and Senate, consisting of five members from the House, and three from the Senate. Approved December 14, 1859. RESOLUTION appointing a committee to visit, &c., the Asylum at Lexington, and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That a committee of three from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives be appointed to visit the Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, with powers to inquire into and report upon its management, fiscal condition, and all other matters relating to said institution; and that said committee also visit and examine into the condition and management of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville, and report to the General Assembly during its present sesApproved December 16, 1859 sion. No 5. RESOLUTION relating to treaties for the surrender of fugitives from labor. WHEREAS, The citizens of Kentucky have been for a series of years, and are still subjected to an annual loss involving hundreds of thousands of dollars, by the escape from this State of persons held to service or labor in the State, under the constitution and laws of the United States, and under the constitution and laws of the State of Kentucky, into the British possessions of North America: And whereas, No treaty exists between the government of Great Britain and the United States for the reclamation and extradition of persons so escaping from labor or service; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, strongly to urge upon the treatymaking power of the government of the United States the necessity of so amending the tenth section of our treaty with Great Britain in regard to fugitives from justice, which was ratified in London, on the 13th day of October, 1842, by the British minister and American envoy respectively, so as to include in its provisions fugitives from service or labor, so held under the constitution and laws of the United States, or of either of the States. Resolved, That the Governor of this, Commonwealth be requested to forward, under his official seal, a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and a like copy to the President of the United States, Approved December 19, 1859. No. 6. RESOLUTION for adjournment. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That when the two Houses of the General Assembly adjourn on the 23d day of this month, they will adjourn to meet on the 4th day of January next thereafter Approved December 19, 1859. 1860. No. 7. RESOLUTION to correct appropriation to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum. WHEREAS, By the general appropriation act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, there was by said act appropriated for the support of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum for two years, from the 3d of December, 1857, the sum of twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be actually necessary, payable semi-annually in advance; and whereas, said bill was, by mistake, enrolled so as to show that only twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars were appropriated, and it appearing by the report of the commissioners of said Eastern Lunatic Asylum that the whole. of said appropriation is needed for the support of the said asylum; therefore, be it 1 Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Auditor of Public Accounts draw his order on the treasury for the sum of eight thousand dollars, in favor of the chairman of the board of commissioners of said Eastern Lunatic Asylum. Approved January 4, 1860. No. 8. RESOLUTION to appoint a committee to visit the Kentucky Institute for the Blind. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That this House appoint a committee of three, to act with a committee of two on the part of the Senate, to visit the Kentucky Institute for the Blind. Approved January 5, 1860. |