HABEAS CORPUS

Officer hearing writ to have same power as court of record,

Effect of discharge,

If proceedings against prisoner defective, but he appear to be guilty of mis-
demeanor, judge may admit him to bail or remand for new proceeding,
Writ to issue for married woman or infant detained by religious association,
County attorney to prosecute such writ if required,

In what cases person committed for criminal offense may be removed,

HANCOCK COUNTY

Act to regulate division of into justices' and constables' districts,
Act regulating terms of circuit court of,

HARDIN COUNTY

Act allowing additional justices' and constables' districts in, HARLAN AND KNOX

Act for running and marking line between counties of,

HARRISON COUNTY

HENDERSON COUNTY

HENRY AND LAUREL

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Act to establish certain voting places in,

Act to change place of voting in justices' and constable's district, No. 6, in,

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Act in relation to justices' and constables' districts in counties of,

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Act to amend the act to run and re-mark part of the line between counties of,

Issue of illegal marriage, contracted with belief that the other party is dead,
esteemed legitimate,

Marriages obtained by force or fraud, or where parties under certain age, &c.,
may be declared void,

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Marriages solemnized in another state to evade provisions of act, treated as if
solemnized here,

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Bona fide marriage not invalidated for want of authority in person before
whom solemnized,

Fine not exceeding $1,000, and imprisonment not exceeding one year, for
solemnizing marriage without license,

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Fine $500 to $1,000, and expulsion from office, against clerk for knowingly
issuing license for prohibited marriage,

HUSBAND AND WIFE

Disposition of estate of female under sixteen who marries,
Marital Rights, -

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Restricted interest of husband in real estate, chattels real, and slaves of wife,
Such estate not liable for husband's debts, but liable for necessaries for wife
or family,

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Husband's interest in such estate of wife, not subject to payment of his sepa-
rate debts,

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Husband and wife may sell wife's slave or chattels real, and proceeds his,
unless otherwise provided for,

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Of what the wife shall be endowed,"

Right of dower forfeited by adultery,

Husband not responsible for ante-nuptial debts of wife, except to amount re-
ceived by her other than real estate, slaves, &c.,

Foregoing provisions restricted to marriages subsequent to Feb'y 23, 1846,
In certain cases, wife may be empowered by court to act as feme sole,
Court may, on petition of husband, in certain cases, revoke such authority,
Curtesy and Dower,

When and in what the husband to have curtesy,

Wife to be endowed, although no actual possession by husband,

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Dower to be recovered against heir, devisee, and purchaser, according to val-
ue of estate when received by such heir, &c.,

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Claim for rent limited to five years against heir, &c.; to commencement of
suit, against purchaser,

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Widow dying after suit brought, damages may be recovered by her repre-
sentative,

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Dower not barred by judgment or decree rendered against husband by de-
fault or collusion,

Heir not bound by ex parte or collusive assignment of dower,

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Where several parcels of land held by different devisees, &c., equitable allot-
ment may be made out of one or more,

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-Wife not to be endowed of land held by equitable right unless so held by
husband at his death,

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No right of survivorship, where conveyance to husband and wife, except by
express terms,

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Divorce bars all claim to dower,

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Wife may hold separately, bank stock, &c.,

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Wife not to alienate estate conveyed, &c., for her separate use, with or with-
out husband's consent,

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Such estates, heretofore created, not to be sold or incumbered, except by or-
der of court of equity,

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Wife of infant may, in certain cases, unite with husband's guardian to release
right of dower,

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When wife's land condemned, &c., compensation to be disposed of by court
for her benefit,

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Wife coming to state without husband may contract as feme sole,

HUSBAND AND WIFE_

For certain other causes to the husband,

Divorce not to authorize marriage of party in whose favor granted within a
year, nor of party against whom, within five years,
Bill for divorce may be answered without oath, and not to be taken for con-
fessed,

What evidence necessary to sustain charge of adultery or lewdness,
Suit for divorce-where to be brought,

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Decree for divorce may be revoked by joint application of both parties; but

no divorce thereafter to be granted them for like cause,

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Divorce from bed and board may be granted,

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Pending suit for divorce, the court may make order for care, &c., of minor
children,

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Divorce from bed and board, how to operate upon rights of property, &c,

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When husband about to remove or fraudulently dispose of property, wife

Tax upon agencies of, not incorporated by this commonwealth,

Penalty upon agent for failing to file statement with clerk and pay over tax,

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Foreign debt or judgment presumed to bear 6 per cent. interest,
Discount, what corporations may take,

Exchange may be taken,

INTERMENT

Of remains of Kentuckians who fell at Raisin, act providing for,

JAILER

To give bond,

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In case of vacancy, sheriff to take charge,

Jailer may be suspended by county court,

To have personal charge of jail, and not reside more than 200 yards distant,

Deliver over jail, papers, &c., to successor,

If sheriff cannot act, judge of county court to appoint jailer for occasion,

May prosecute appeal from order of suspension,

May execute process of court, in certain cases,

County court to prescribe rules for government, &c., of jail,

Vacancies-how filled,

To execute bond before entering upon duties,

JAMESTOWN-

In Campbell county, act to change place of voting in,

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Act allowing an additional magistrates' and constable's district in,
Act changing the place of voting in an election precinct in,

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Act to change the place of voting in election precinct in,
Act to establish county court of,

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Act to establish additional election precinct in,

JEFFERSON COUNTY AND CITY OF LOUISVILLE

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Act concerning tax on licenses to coffee houses, taverus, and ten-pin alleys in, JESSAMINE COUNTY

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An act to change a place of voting in a justice's and constable's district in,

To sit with judge of county court in laying levy and settling claims,
Liable to be summoned, to make appropriations, at other times,

Justices in commission in May, 1851, and administrator of deceased justice,

To have jurisdiction of violations of election law when the fine cannot ex

ceed $50,

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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CONSTABLES

When and where elected,

When term to commence,

JUSTICES' AND CONSTABLES' DISTRICTS

Act appointing commissioners to divide counties into,
County court may change,

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JUSTICES' AND CONSTABLES' DISTRICTS

Act to regulate the division of Hancock county into,
Act appointing new commissioner to lay off Woodford county into,
Act appointing new commissioner to lay off Warren county into,
Act to allow an additional to Jefferson county,

Clay county to be divided into eight,
Trimble county to be divided into five,

Wayne county to be divided into six,

Pulaski county to be divided into nine,

Act appointing commissioners to lay off Caldwell, Christian, and Breckin

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Act in relation to in Christian county,

Act in relation to in Grant county,

Act to create two additional in Oldham county,

Act in relation to in Logan county,

Act to create an additional one in Pulaski county,

Act to repeal an act establishing an additional one in Fulton county,

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Act changing place of voting in No. 5, in Trigg county,

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Act to allow an additional in Barren county,

Act to change districts No. 4, in Green, No. 1, in Crittenden, and the Lewis-
burg and Maysville districts, in Mason county,

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Act to establish district No. 7, and changing other districts in Laurel, and
changing a district in Whitley county,

Act authorizing Christian county to be divided into not less than seven nor
more than eleven,

In Owen and Mason counties, act in relation to places of voting in,

Act allowing additional in Hardin county;

In Logan county, act to establish place of voting in,

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In Carter county, act to change boundaries of,

In Madison county, act concerning certain,

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In Jessamine, act to change place of voting in,

In Fleming county, act concerning,

Act allowing additional in Warren county,

Act defining boundaries of, in Pulaski county,

Act concerning in Lewis county,

Act including John G. Holloway in No. 5, in Henderson county,
Act making Lafayette a place of voting in No. 5, in Christian county,
Act to alter certain, in Barren county,

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Act to appoint commissioners to change boundaries of certain, in Owen
county,

Act to change place of voting in No. 3, in Simpson county; No. 5, in Wood-
ford county; No. 8, in Breckinridge county; No. 6, in Henderson county,

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