1851. lum at Lexing. ton. CHAPTER 637. AN ACT for the appropriation of money. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the following sums of money, not otherwise appropriated, be paid out of the public treasury to the several persons named, and entitled to the same, viz: 1. To the speakers of the senate and house of representatives, six dollars per day, each, during the present session. 2. To the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, ten dollars per day, each, during the present session. 3. To the sergeant-at-arms of the senate and house of representatives, four dollars per day, each, during the present session. 4. To the door-keepers of the senate and house of representatives, four dollars each, per day, during the present session. 5. To the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, sixty dollars each, for their services after the close of the session, in preparing the acts for publication, and arranging the books and papers for safe keeping. 6. To the assistant clerks of the senate and house of representatives, seven dollars per day, each, during the present session. 7. To the Baptist church, for the use of their bell during the present session, ten dollars. 8. To the publishers of the Daily Commonwealth, for the use of their paper during the present session, three hundred dollars. 9. To the publishers of the Yeoman paper, for the use of that paper during the present session, one hundred and fifty dollars. 10. To the lunatic asylum, at Lexington, for the support Lunatic Asy of that institution, twenty-six thousand dollars-sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars of the amount payable on the passage of this act, and the balance quarterly, in advance. The commissioners are required by this act to make all contracts for the necessaries of said institution, cash contracts; and the chairman of the board of directors, before he shall receive any part of this appropriation, shall have executed bond, in the office of the clerk of the Fayette county court, with security, to be approved by the clerk, in the full amount of the appropriation of this act, conditioned to the faithful appliance of the same to the use of said asylum. 11. To W. R. Campbell, for the use of the servant of the house of representatives, for making fires, &c., during the present session, sixty five dollars. 12. To W. G. Jones, for the use of the servant of the senate, for making fires, &c., during the present session, one hundred and twenty-three dollars. the 14. To James R. Watson, for services rendered the committee on finance, five dollars. 15. To Henry Clark and Jacob, servants for the senate and house of representatives, ten dollars each. 16. To A. G. Hodges, for making out index to the journal of the house of representatives, one hundred dollars. 17. To A. G. Hodges, for making out index to journal of the senate, one hundred dollars. 18. To Wm. R. Campbell, for services rendered, five dollars. 19. To Wm. A. Gorham, deputy sergeant house of representatives, for executing writ of election, four dollars. 20. To R. A. Gray, for serving writ of election in Whitley and Logan counties, eighty dollars. 21. To E. H. Tole, for bill of sundries, thirty dollars and fifty cents. 22. To Kentucky penitentiary, for bill of sundries, sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 23. To George W. Gwin, for bill of sundries, one dollar and twenty-five cents. 24. To Baker & Anderson, for bill of sundries, ninetyfour dollars and ninety cents. 25. To A. Conery, for repair of clock, six dollars. 26. To James F. Dryden, one pitcher, seventy-five cents. 28. To John P. Cammack, bill of coffin, &c., for Colonel 29. To John P. Cammack, bill of sundries, forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. 30. To John P. Cammack, bill of coffin, &c., for John F. Todd, one hundred and two dollars and forty cents. 31. To Baker & Anderson, for bill of sundries, fifteen dollars and seventy cents. 32. To Wm. A. Gorham, for serving writs of election in Bracken and Harrison counties, eighteen dollars. 33. To William Veach, bill of sundries, two dollars and fifty cents. 34. To William Veach, for bill of sundries, thirty-three dollars and thirty cents. 35. To Joyce & Walston, for bill of sundries, forty-one dollars and thirty cents. 36. To G. W. Walston, for bill of sundries, forty-one dollars and seventy-six cents. 37. To Cumberland Hospital, twenty-five hundred and thirty-five dollars. 38. To Doxon & Graham, for sundries, thirty-three dollars and twenty-five cents. 39. To George W. Gwin, for sundries, five dollars and twenty cents. 40. For one additional clerk to the house of representatives, five and a half days, at three dollars per day. 1851. 1851. 41. For one additional clerk to the house of representatives, five days, at two dollars and fifty cents per day. 42. To Ben. Hardin, jr., one dollar and fifty cents per day, for his services as assistant sergeant in the house of representatives. 43. To John B. Arnold and William A. Hoskins, expenses of contested election, to be equally divided between them, two hundred dollars. 44. That the second auditor shall pay the orders of the clerks of each house, in favor of such assistant clerks as they may employ for engrossing and enrolling bills: Provided, that the allowances made above to the two additional clerks in the house of representatives, shall be excepted from this item. 45. To Revs. S. Robinson, G. W. Smiley, J. Lancaster, J. Warder, B. Mills, and John N. Norton, twenty dollars each, for services in opening the sessions of the two houses, respectively, with prayer. 46. To Clifton Anderson, twenty dollars, for services rendered the senate. Approved March 24, 1851. CHAPTER 640. AN ACT in relation to certain Magistrates' Districts in Garrard, Nicholas, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary of district No. 2, in District No. 2 Garrard county, be so changed as to include John T. Leavel within said district; and that the third district, in said county, be so changed as to include Elsy D. Storms. in Garrard. Voting place in district No. 6, in Nicholas co.. may be changed by county court. And may change boundary of dis trict No. 1. § 2. That the county court of Nicholas county a majority of the justices being on the bench-may, at its next April term, make an order changing the place of voting in the 6th justices' district of said county, from its present location, at the house of Robert West, Esq., to the house of Andrew W. Shrout, at Buzzard Roost. And said court may, at the same term, make an order adding the following boundary to the 1st district of said county, viz: beginning at the mouth of Elk creek on Licking river; thence up said river to the mouth of Buchanan creek; thence up said creek to the Fleming county line; thence with said line to the line of said 1st district; thence with the line of said district to the beginning. Said court may, also, make an order changing the line between the 5th and 6th districts, so as to transfer the house of A. W. Blair to said 6th district. court is vested with a discretionary power to make or refuse any or all of said changes; and in making or refusing the same, shall hear and consider all petitions, remonstrances, or other evidence, for or against the same, which may be brought before it. Said 1851. § 3. That the lines between magistrates' districts Nos. 3 and 5, in Taylor county, be so changed as to include James Hill, Ro. Hill, and Washington Hill within the 3d dis- 3 & 5 in Taylor. trict. § 4. That the voting place in the 7th magistrates' district in Pendleton county be changed from the house of Reuben L. Coleman's to the house of J. W. Humes, in the town of Callensville; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forward a copy of this section to the clerk of the Pendleton county court for record. Approved March 24, 1851. Districts Nos. Voting place in district No. 7 in Pendleton. CHAPTER 644. AN ACT to authorize Constables in Louisville, and in certain districts in certain counties, to appoint deputies. Constables in appoint deputies § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the constables to be elected by the Louisville may people in the city of Louisville shall have power and authority, respectively, to appoint deputies, not exceeding one for each district of the justices of the peace in said city, who shall be approved by the county court of Jefferson county, and shall be qualified, by taking in said court the same oath that the constables are required to take, before they enter upon the duties of their offices; and each constable shall be responsible for the official acts of his deputy. §2. The provisions of this act shall extend to the constables in the Burksville district, in Cumberland county; of districts Nos. 1 and 3, in Wayne county, and of district No. 1 in Pulaski county, except that the deputy to be appointed by each of said constables shall be approved of by the county court of said counties respectively, and be qualified, by taking in said court the same oath that constables are required to take, before entering upon the duties of said office. Approved March 24, 1851. This act ex tended to Burks ville district in Cumberland co. and Nos. 1 & 3 in Wayne county. CHAPTER 645. AN ACT concerning free negroes and mulattoes. Assessors of tax to make re negroes and mulattoes in each county. §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the assessors of tax in each county of this commonwealth, in the turn of all free year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, to ascertain and make due return thereof, of the name, age, sex, and color, whether black or mulatto, of each and every free negro and mulatto within each county; and the clerk of the county court shall make, within a book to be kept county court to for that purpose, a full and complete register from the as Clerk of each keep a register of them. 1851. Clerk shall sum mon every free negro & mulatto to appear before County court to exhibit their pa pers, &c. The evidence produced shall be recorded, &c. sessors' books, of all such free negroes and mulattoes so ascertained and returned, which shall be open at all times to any and all persons desiring access thereto. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of each county in this commonwealth, within the month of July, 1852, to issue a summons in the name of the commonwealth, directed to the sheriff of his county, commanding each and every free negro and mulatto by his or her name, within his county, who, if a male, shall be over the age of twenty-one and under the age of fitty years, and if a female, over the age of eighteen and under the age of forty-five years, to appear before the judge of the county court at the next term thereof, if the process be served ten days before the court, and to exhibit their freedom papers before said court, if any they have; and if they have no freedom papers, to produce such evidence as they can that he or she was free-born; and the judge shall, thereupon, cause to be recorded by the clerk in said book all such as shall appear before said court in obedience to such process, together with a description of the individual so appearing, including the name, age, sex, color, heighth, and visible marks upon his or her face, head, or hands, as well as a statement when and by whom he or she was emancipated, or, if free-born, where he or she was born, and who were his or her parents; and said clerk shall also make out a true and complete copy of said record, accompanied with the seal of his office, and attested with his signature; and shall deliver such copy or certificate, so Copy to be giv made out, to the person whose description it purports to be; and upon the delivery of said certificate by the clerk, to the person entitled thereto, he or she shall pay the sum of two dollars, of which the sum of fifty cents shall be retained by the clerk for his fees, and fifty cents to be paid over by him to the sheriff for his services, and the balance shall be accounted for and paid over by him in the same manner and under the same regulations that he is by law required to account for and pay over tax on seals and deeds; but no tax for annexing the county seal shall be demanded: Provided, that not more than one certificate of freedom shall be issued to the same person, until the former is returned and destroyed by the clerk. en to the party. §3. That if any free negro or mulatto, being duly served with process as aforesaid, shall fail to appear before court within the time specified, and comply with the requisitions of this act, it shall be the duty of said county court to direct an attachment to issue against said free negro or mulatto so failing to appear, returnable to the next term of said court, to show cause, if any he or she can, why he or she shall not be fined for such failure; and said court, upon the return of said attachment executed, shall try said information in a summary manner, by the intervention of |