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or counties from which it was taken, for the purpose of representation.

Approved February 29, 1860.

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CHAPTER 822.

AN ACT to establish the county of Webster.

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

§ 1. That from and after the 1st day of July, 1860, all that portion of the counties of Hopkins, Henderson, and Union, within the following boundary, to-wit: Beginning at the mouth of Pittsman's creek, on Green river; thence a direct line to a bridge on the East Fork of Deer creek, near Slaughtersville, including it; thence to Richard Baley's old place, on the Madison and Henderson road; thence directly to the mouth of Clear creek, on Tradewater; thence with said river, within one mile, on a straight line, above the Half Moon Lick; thence to the Edmund Waggener school-house; thence to Elijah Duncan's; thence to where Newman's old mill once stood; thence to the White Lick, on Highland creek; thence to Rideout's Landing, on Green river; thence, in a straight line with said river, to the beginning, shall be erected into a separate county, established & which shall be called and known by the county of Web

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§ 2. That R. A. Walker, of the county of Crittenden, Commissioners William B. Acree, of the county of Caldwell, and Albert D. Cosby, of the county of McLean, or any two of whom, shall locate the county seat of said county, at any place they may select, within two miles of the center of said territory; and the county court of said county shall levy and collect a tax on said county to pay said commissioners, not less than four dollars per day each, during the time they may be engaged; and when the same shall be located, shall be called and known by the name of Dixon.

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§ 3. That N. N. Johnson, Thomas K. Newman, and R. K. Thornberry be, and they are hereby, appointed to divide said county into six election districts, and locate the place in each district where said election shall be held, which shall be done by the third Monday in July next; which shall be reported to the county court of said county when organized, and entered on the record of said court.

§ 4. That an election shall be held at each of the voting First election places in each precinct on the first Monday in August next, for the election of two magistrates and one constable for each district; and also at said election the legal voters of said county shall elect a county judge, county court clerk, a

circuit court clerk, a sheriff, coroner, jailer, an assessor, and county attorney, who shall hold their offices for the period now prescribed by law.

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§ 5. That said commissioners shall appoint two judges, a clerk and sheriff, to conduct said election at each voting precinct, which shall be done in every respect according to the existing laws of this Commonwealth; and that it shall be the duty of the several sheriffs conducting said election to meet at the house of Thomas K. Newman, on the ceeding Monday, and carefully add up and compare the polls, and certify the result of the election to the Secretary. of State, naming in said certificate who was elected to each office; and the Governor shall thereupon issue commissions to those entitled to the same under the constitution of this Commonwealth.

§ 6. That the judges of the county court and a majority of the justices of the peace, after their qualification, shall meet at the county seat on the second Monday in September, 1860, and receive by purchase or donation a sufficient quantity of land upon which to erect the public buildings for said county, and may contract for the erection of the same, to be paid for by any future levy made by said

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§ 7. That the county court of said county shall have May levy a tax authority to levy a tax on the persons and property of said county, sufficient to erect the public buildings and pay the county charges, so that the same shall not exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of property assessed for revenue, and not to exceed three dollars on each tithe listed for county purposes, each year, until said buildings shall be completed.

§ 8. That the county court of said county shall, on the first Monday in October or November, hold a levy court for the purpose of assessing said tax, which shall be composed of the county judge and a majority of the justices.

§ 9. That thereafter the county court shall hold its sessions on the third Mondays in each month, and the quarterly court shall be holden on the fourth Mondays in September, December, March, and June in each year, and each court shall adjourn from day to day, until the business therein shall be disposed of.

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§ 10. That the sheriffs of Hopkins, Henderson, and Union shall collect all county levy and revenue tax for the 1860 to be paid, year 1860, from the persons chargeable with tax, in the same manner as if this act had not passed.

§ 11. That the citizens of said county shall vote for Governor and other State officers at the same time and place as now directed by law, until the next apportionment of representation; and the polls of such election shall be compared at the same time and place, and certified in the same manner, as if this act had not passed.

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§12. That said county shall be made part of the senatorial district, and shall be included in the 14th judicial district; and the circuit court shall be holden on the first 14th Judicial Mondays in January and first in July, and continue six juridical days, if the business shall require it.

To be part of the Senatorial, and part of the District.

§13. That said county shall have the use of the jails of Hopkins, Henderson, or Union, until a jail shall have been erected in said county.

Approved February 29, 1860.

CHAPTER 823.

AN ACT for the appropriation of money.

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

§ 1. That the following sums of money are hereby appropriated to the persons named, and entitled to be paid out of the public treasury upon the warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts.

§ 2. To the Speakers of the Senate and House of Representatives, eight dollars per day each, during the session of this Legislature.

§3. To the principal Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, ten dollars per day each, during the present session, and the same sum each, per day, for fifteen days after the close of the session, for their services in preparing the Acts for publication, and arranging the papers.

§ 4. To the Assistant Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, eight dollars per day each, during the ses

sion.

§ 5. That the Auditor is authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of the principal Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the amount of extra clerk hire, to be estimated and certified by them.

6. To the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Senate and House of Representatives, six dollars per day each, during the session.

§ 7. To the Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives, six dollars per day each, during the session. § 8. To A. P. Randall, late Doorkeeper of the House, fifteen dollars for mileage and services of his brother, Randall, at the commencement of the present session.

§ 9. To W. N. Robb, for the services of each of two negro men, one dollar per day during the session, in waiting on the House of Representatives, and seventy dollars and fifty-five cents for sundries..

10. To M. B. Chinn, for the services of his negro man in waiting upon the Senate, one dollar per day during the session, payable to W. C. Sneed or M. B. Chinn.

11. To A. G. Hodges & Co., for the Daily Commonwealth during the session, four hundred and sixty-five dollars.

§ 12. To S. I. M. Major & Co., for the Daily Kentucky Yeoman, four hundred and sixty-five dollars.

§ 13. To Harney, Hughes & Co., for badges and printing same, as per bill rendered, twenty-seven dollars.

14. To the Ministers of the different religious denominations in Frankfort, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be distributed equally amongst them by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate.

§ 15. To the Pages of the Senate and House of Representatives, one dollar and a half each, per day, during the session, to be drawn and disbursed by the Sergeants-atArms of the two Houses.

§ 16. To George A. Lewis, as additional Page in the House of Representatives, one dollar and fifty cents per day, commencing on the eighth day of the session.

§ 17. To John L. Moore & Son, for bill of sundries rendered, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy

two cents.

§ 18. To Kentucky Penitentiary, for bill of sundries rendered, seventy-two dollars.

§ 19. To the Baptist Church, for the use of bell and ring-, ing same during the present session, twenty dollars.

§ 20. To J. M. Mills, for bill of sundries rendered, eight dollars, ($8.00).

§ 21. To W. P. Loomis, for one clock for House of Representatives, fifty dollars.

§ 22. To Greenup & Alley, for bill of sundries rendered, twenty dollars and fifty-five cents.

23. To John T. Roberts, agent, for bill of sundries rendered, twenty-four dollars and sixty cents.

§ 24. To Samuel C. Bull, for bill of sundries, two hundred and sixty-four dollars.

§ 25. To A. Conery, for repairing and cleaning clock for Senate, three dollars.

§ 26. To A. G. Cammack, for table for Senate, four dollars and fifty cents.

§ 27. To W. N. Robb, for expenses to Lexington for Sinclair Roberts, by order of the House of Representatives, seventeen dollars and seventy cents; and the further sum of four dollars, for the bill of sundries paid Carey & Talbott by said Robb, and for telegraphie dispatch to Lexington, one dollar.

§ 28. To James R. Barrick, A. D. Cosby, and Benjamin. J. Shaver, each fifty dollars, expense incurred by them in visiting and examining the locks and dams on Kentucky, Green, and Barren rivers, by order of the General Assembly. § 29. To Daniel P. White, John W. White, John O. Harrison, Ben. M. Hitt, John Ellis, Oscar H. Burbridge, John

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M. Johnson, and Thornton F. Marshall, each thirty dollars, expense incurred in visiting the banks of Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort; and to John M. Johnson and Thornton F. Marshall the further sum of four dollars and fifty cents each, the amount paid by them for printing.

$30. To R. E. Glenn, G. Terry, W. B. Acree, Young A. Linn, and A. D. Cosby, each forty dollars, expense incurred in visiting the Western Lunatic Asylum.

§ 31. To Harrison G. Burns and John W. Cook, each twenty-one dollars, expense incurred in visiting the Blind Asylum, and to M. J. Cook twenty-one dollars for visiting Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

32. To James H. Garrard eighty-two dollars and ninety cents, the amount of costs paid by him in defending the suit brought against him by Elijah Nuttall.

§ 33. For the support of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum for two years from the 31st day of December, 1859, including salaries of officers and expenses of officers and attendants, for the support of patients and transportation of same to the Asylum, twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars annually, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable semi-annually in advance to the treasurer of the Asylum, on the order of the board of managers. § 34. For the support of the Western Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1860, including salaries of officers and expenses of officers and attendants, for support of patients and transportation of same, and to cover deficit in former appropriation, thirty-five thousand dollars; and for the year 1861, thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much of said sums as may be actually required, payable semi-annually in advance to the treasurer of the asylum, on the order of the board of managers.

§ 35. For the support of the Cumberland Hospital, at Smithland, for two years from the 31st day of December, 1859, two thousand dollars per annum, payable semi-annually in advance, and the further sum of twenty-one hundred and fifty dollars and seventeen cents, to meet the present liabilities of the institution, incurred by the withdrawal of the support of the United States.

§ 36. To William L. Sutton, for his own services and for clerk hire in making up the Registration Report for the year 1857, reported in 1858, seven hundred dollars; and for like services in making up the Report for the year 1858, reported in 1859, the further sum of seven hundred dollars.

37. To J. W. Prewitt, for cleaning up, preparing, and furnishing the Senate chamber, at the commencement of the present session, fifteen dollars.

§ 38. To Richard Pindell, Gen. Lucius Desha, and R. A. Buckner, who are hereby appointed commissioners, in behalf of the State, to make the purchase of the grounds

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