taken between them; and all elections in said district shall thereafter be held at the place having the highest number of votes: Provided, that the precinct shall not be removed from Providence unless a majority of all the votes given at said election shall be in favor of one of the other places named. Approved March 22, 1851. 1851. CHAPTER 573. AN ACT changing the boundary of Justices' District, No. 6, in Marion county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary of district No. 6, for the election of justices of the peace and constables in Marion county, by the commissioners appointed to lay off and divide said county into suitable districts, be so amended as to include all persons living in the following boundary in district No. 4, to-wit: from the mouth of the Meat House branch; thence down Hardin's creek to William Bean's mill; thence north to William Bean's house; thence with the road to John Warren's house; thence with the road straight to Edward D. Cambron's, near the Washington county line; and thence north to the Washington county line, and with it round to the line of district No. 1, including in district No. 4, said Bean, Warren, and Cambron, and all others east of said line. And that the secretary of state be directed to forward a copy of said act to the clerk of the Marion county court. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 574. AN ACT concerning districts for the election of Justices of the Peace and Constables to authorize the establishment of an additional district, and to change a place of voting in one district in Caldwell county. §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the line dividing the magistrates' and constables' districts between the Princton and Eddyville districts, as laid off by the commissioners to divide the county of Caldwell into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, be so changed as to make a straight line from James Jourdan's, on the Varmont Trace road leading from Princeton to Harman's ferry on the Cumberland river, to the place now occupied by Samuel Garrett, on the turnpike road leading from Princeton to Eddyville, so as to include said Garrett in the Princeton district; thence from said Garrett's to Freeman's mill, on Eddy creek; thence up said creek to intersect the line as laid off by the commissioners; that all that portion of 1851. the county of Caldwell lying east of said line, and between said line and the town of Princeton, is added to the PrinceVoting place ton district; and that the place of voting in district No. 3, in said county, is changed from the place designated by the commissioners, and is hereby fixed and established at Spencer Smith's Old House Mill, in said district. of No. 3 changed districts Nos. 1 and 2 changed. §2. That the line dividing the first and second districts Line between in said county, as laid off by the commissioners aforesaid, is so changed as to run a straight line, or a line as nearly straight as practicable, from the house of Littleton Perry to the house of George Jenkins, so as to include Bryant Nichols in the first district. Caldwell coun⚫ ty court may ap point commissioners to lay off an additional district. §3. That the county court of Caldwell county may appoint three commissioners to lay off an additional district in said county, for the election of two justices of the peace and a constable, between the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, and fix the place of voting therein; and when said commissioners shall have laid off said district, and fixed a place of voting therein, they shall report the same to said court, setting forth an accurate boundary of said district in said report; and if, upon examination of said report, said court shall be of opinion that said district and voting place, as therein established, ought to be established, the court shall make an order establishing the same, and shall order said report to be recorded; and the clerk of said court shall immediately transmit a copy of said report, and the order establishing the same, to the secretary of state, to be by him filed with the report of the commissioners from said port to secretary county, heretofore filed; and thereafter, elections shall be held in said district at the place designated as the place of voting, in the same manner that elections are or may be required to be held in other districts in said county. May establish the same and re state. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 575. AN ACT to change the Justices' districts in Muhlenburg county, and to establish an election precint. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the lines of the justices' districts tricts Nos. 2 & in Muhlenburg county be so changed, in part, as to conform Lines of dis 3 changed. to the following boundaries, viz: the line dividing districts, Nos. 2 and 3, commencing at Helsley's bridge, on Pond creek, running thence with the Williams' ferry road to Andrew Glenn's, sr.; thence on a straight line to the Old Camp Groud; thence to Riley Garrett's place; thence to James Pate's; thence to James B. Mann's; thence to Jesse Barfield's old place; thence to Bethel meeting house; thence with the road leading from South Carrollton to Clarke's ferry, on Pond river, to Theophilus Isbell's; thence with the 1851. Line between districts Nos. 4 original line of district No. 2 to Pond river line, between districts Nos. 4 and 5; beginning at the mouth of Small creek, on Pond creek, at Sefer's ford, running up the said Small creek to John A. Wilkins', including him in district No. 4; and 5 changed. thence to T. B. Smith's, including him in district No. 4; thence to Judge Bell's old place, on the road leading from Greenville to Russellville; thence with the original line of district No. 5. Voting places § 2. The voting places in said districts shall be the same as designated by the commissioners appointed by the legis- In said districts lature to lay off districts for the election of justices and constables. §3. In all general elections, the voters of districts Nos. 3 and 4 shall vote at the court house, in the town of Greenville. Approved March 22, 1851. as heretofore. CHAPTER 579. AN ACT authorizing a change of the voting place in district No. 3, in Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the officers of the election, in district No. 3, in Trimble county, shall open a poll at the next May election, for a permanent place of voting in said district; and the place having the highest number of votes at said election, shall be the voting precinct for said district until changed by law; and the place thus chosen as the voting place of said district, shall be established by order of the Trimble county court, and the clerk thereof shall forth with transmit a copy of such order to the secretary of state, to be filed with the report of the commissioners of said county. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 581. AN ACT to amend the boundary of district No. 5, in Pendleton county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary of district No. 5, in the county of Pendleton, for the election of magistrates and a constable, be so amended as to begin at the mouth of Grassy creek, on Licking river, running up said river to Boner's ferry; thence with the Boner's ferry road to where the same strikes the line as laid down by the commissioners heretofore appointed to lay off said county into districts, and with said line to the Grant county line. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 583. AN ACT providing for running and marking the line between Knox and Whereas, it is represented that the line dividing the counties of Knox and Harlan, has never been run and marked, i 1851. Commissioners said line. and in some places it is uncertain in which county certain individuals reside: Therefore, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of Jefferson appointed to run Craig, of Knox county, and Jonathan Kelley, of Harlan county, to meet on the 10th day of September next, at the point where the line between the counties of Knox and Harlan intersects the Clay county line, and proceed to run and mark the line between said counties of Knox and Harlan. 2. That said commissioners, in running and marking Shall conform said line, shall be governed by the act of assembly establishing the boundaries of said counties, and by the act, entitled, "an act to add a portion of Harlan county to the county of Knox," approved January 27, 1838, and said line shall be run and marked in accordance with the provisions of those acts. to certain acts. § 3. That it shall be lawful for said commissioners to employ two chain carriers and a marker, to assist them in running and marking said line; and said commissioners, chain carriers, and marker, before entering upon the duties herein prescribed, shall take an oath before some justice of Shall be sworn the peace of either of said counties, to run and mark said line fairly and impartially, according to the provisions of this act. § 4. It shall be the duty of said commissioners to make out two fair plats of said boundary line so run by them, with proper references, and a report accompanying the same, one of which shall be recorded in the Knox county court clerk's office, and the other in the Harlan county court clerk's office, to which courts respectively said commissioners are hereby directed to make report. Shall make out two plats of co urts. Compensation. § 5. That said commissioners shall have an allowance. made by their respective county courts for their services, and the chain carriers and marker shall be allowed each seventy-five cents per day for their services, under the provisions of this act, one half to be levied by the Knox county court, and the other half by the Harlan county court; and in case it should happen the commissioners cannot or do not meet on the day named in this act, it shall be their duty to meet on some other day thereafter, to be fixed by them for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act; and when said line is so run and marked, it shall be the dividing line between said counties. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 587. AN ACT to authorize the council of the city of Covington to create two additional voting precincts in said city. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the city council of Covington be and are hereby authorized, by ordinance, to create one additional voting precinct in each magistrates' and consta bles' district in said city, and designate the bounds of said precincts, and the house or place of voting, and publish the same in the public journals of said city, at least ten days prior to the election, for the votes to be taken at the county and state elctions. § 2. That any person who shall vote out of his said district, as laid off by the authority aforesaid, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed against such, by the general laws, for voting out of their own district. Approved March 22, 1851. 1851. CHAPTER 588. AN ACT in relation to the commissions of officers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That upon the receipt, by the secretary of state, of the election returns, for the various officers elected by the people of this commonwealth, the governor shall cause commissions to be issued to those elected, which commissions shall be forwarded to the address of the officer commissioned, to the county seat of the county, for which, or for a district in which said officer may have been chosen. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 589, AN ACT to provide for the payment of the unpaid orders of the school commissioners. Whereas, it appears from the report of the superintendent of public instruction for the year 1850, that he has drawn his annual draft for the sum of $144,006, and that the available income of the school fund for 1850 is only $129,050 60-leaving a deficit of $14,955 40; and whereas, it also appears that the legislature, at its present session, has passed many special laws for the benefit of school districts which failed to report in due time, and will probably pass others. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the second auditor be and he is hereby directed to issue his warrant for the unpaid orders of the school commissioners for the year 1850, and such other orders of school commissioners, when made out and presented in proper form, and drawn in virtue of special acts of this legislature, which have or may be passed, and the treasurer is directed to pay said orders, when presented, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, the said auditor is to charge the amount of said orders to the board of education: Provided further, that the superintendent of public instruction shall not hereafter draw his draft for a greater sum of money than the avails of the school fund due at the time of drawing. Approved March 22, 1851. |