CHAPTER 550. AN ACT to appoint Commissioners to change the boundaries of certain 1851. Commissioners to change 6th, 7th, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Joel Hern- appointed don, John Q. Baker and Thomas White, who are hereby & 8th districts appointed commissioners for that purpose, to make such in Owen county alterations in the sixth, seventh, and eighth magistrates' and constables' districts in the county of Owen, as reported to the secretary of state by the commissioners heretofore appointed to lay off the said county into districts, as shall be best for the interest and convenience of the voters therein, having due regard to the territory and voters therein contained. § 2. That the said commissioners shall report the chang es made in the boundaries of the said districts to the secretary of state, on or before the 20th day of April next; and that they shall notify the voters of the said county of Owen of such changes as shall be made, by advertisements thereof, at three of the most public places therein, for at least ten days previous to the election of magistrates and constables in the county. To report such changes to secretary of state by 20th April & advertisement. notify voters by Duty of secre § 3. That the secretary of state shall transmit a copy of this act to the sheriff of Owen county immediately after its tary of state. passage-and the signature of the governor thereto-who shall deliver the same to any one of the aforesaid commissioners, and who shall notify all of said commissioners of the passage hereof. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 551. AN ACT to amend the Justices' district of Lewisburg, in the county of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary of the Lewisburg district, in the county of Mason, be changed as follows: beginning, leaving Mill creek at the mouth of the branch which runs through Richard Wells' old farm, where William Smither now lives; and from that point, run a straight line to where the Elizaville Turnpike road intersects the Helena Turnpike; thence with the Elizaville Turnpike road to the Fleming county line; and the territory embraced by this line is added to the Lewisburg district; and, also, the further boundary, beginning at the turnpike where the road to Washington leaves it, and running with the Washington road to the Nichols' mill road; thence with the Nichols' mill road to the road that leads down Wells' creek; thence down the creek to the farm of John Lamb, and with Lamb's line to the farm of Thomas Berry, and with Thomas Ber 1851. ry's line to the North fork, (leaving Lamb and Berry in the Washington district;) and thence with the North fork to the mouth of Mill creek; and all the territory contained in this boundary is added to the Lewisburg district. Approved March 22, 1851. Districts form missioners ed by the Com. ap pointed heretofore, except oth erwise provided for, are estab. districts, with CHAPTER 552. AN ACT concerning Magistrates' and Constables' districts. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the districts formed by the commissioners appointed under and by an act, entitled, an act appointing commissioners to divide the counties of this state into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, approved December 12, 1850, are hereby lished as voting established as districts in the several counties in this state for the election of two justices of the peace and a constaces therein nam ble, with the boundaries described in the report of said commissioners, as filed and recorded in the office of the county court clerk of the counties respectively, and as filed in the office of the secretary of state; and the places named by said reports, as voting places in said districts respectively, are hereby established as the places for holding all elections in said districts for all officers, unless otherwise provided for by law. the voting pla. ed. and voting pla. as have been made by law. §2. The said districts and voting places named in the Said districts first section of this act, are established, subject to such ces to be subject changes, alterations, and modifications as have been made, to such changes or shall be made by laws or in pursuance of laws passed at the present session of the general assembly, and all such changes, alterations, and modifications, are as fully established as if they had been embraced in and formed part of the report of said commissioners, named in the first section of this act. mit copies of all districts & vo. ting places to §3. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to Secretary of make out and transmit certified copies of every act passed state to trans at the present session of the general assembly, changing or acts changing forming new districts, or changing the place of voting in districts, in any county, to the clerk of the county wherein such change shall have been made, on or before the 10th day of April next; and said act shall be recorded by said clerk on his record books, in which the reports of said commissioners are recorded, and a true copy of said act or acts shall be by said clerk delivered to the sheriff of his county. Approved March 22, 1851. the clerk of the respective coun ty courts. CHAPTER 553. AN ACT to establish a July term of the Wayne County Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be a term of the Wayne county court held on the fourth Monday in July in every year, for the transaction of business. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 562. AN ACT providing for the special terms of the County Courts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the county courts, from time to time, to hold special terms thereof for the purpose of qualifying sheriffs and other officers to enter upon the duties of their respective offices, by taking the oaths required by law and executing such official bonds as, by law, they are directed to execute. Approved March 22, 1851. 1851. CHAPTER 564. AN ACT to change the places of voting in Districts No. 3, in Simpson; No. § 2. That the voting place in district No. 5, in Woodford § 4. That the voting place in district No. 6, in Henderson county, is hereby changed from the house of E. D. Bennett, to the town of Hibbardsville, in said district, at such house within said town as the sheriff may select. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 565. AN ACT to change the lines between districts Nos. 2 and 3, in Mercer county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the line between districts No. 2 and No. 3, in Mercer county, is so changed as to begin at the point where Vandyke's road crosses A. M. Vanarsdall's south 1851. line; thence running west with said line until it strikes Si- Line between and 1 changed. CHAPTER 566. AN ACT to change certain districts in Spencer county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the following changes are made in the districts in Spencer county, as formed and reported by districts Nos. 3 the commissioners appointed to lay off said county into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, to-wit: the line between districts No. 3 and No. 1, in said county, shall run from Jonathan Cook's, on Elk creek, with the Louisville road until it strikes Big Plumb creek, near the widow Taylor's farm; thence up said creek to the Bullit county line; and all the territory north and east of said line shall form a part of district No. 1. districts Nos. 2 § 2. That the lines between districts No. 2 and No. 4, in Line between said county, is so changed as to make Heady's run the diand 4 changed. Viding line between said districts; and all the territory lying east of said Heady's run shall form a part of district No. 2. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 567. AN ACT establishing certain voting places in Harrison county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the following shall be the voting places in the several districts for the election of magistrates and constables in the county of Harrison, hereinafter named, to-wit in district No. 2, Webb's store; in No. 4, Claysville; in No. 7, Jacob Renaker's; and in No. 8, Leesburg. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 568. AN ACT to establish an additional' Magistrates' and Constable's District in Nelson county, and to extend the boundaries of District No. 6. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be and there is hereby Boundaries of established an additional magistrates' and constable's disdistrict No:9 es trict in Nelson county, to be denominated district No. 9, to tablished: be composed of that part of district No. 1, as follows: beginning on the road from Bardstown to Bloomfield, where the line of district No. 1 crosses it; thence with said road to the east end of main street, in Bardstown; thence with said street to third cross street, in said town; thence southwardly with said street, leaving the court house on the east, to the limits of Bardstown; thence with the course of said street continued till it strikes the town fork of Stewart's creek, and down it to the Beech fork and up the same to Knott's fish trap; thence to include St. Thomas'; thence, including William Sutherland's to Horn branch, and down it to the Beech fork, and with it to the mouth of Cedar creek, and up it and its head waters so as to include George Hay's farm, and between it and Electius Hagan's; thence to the point where Doom's bark road commences to ascend the knobs; thence to the east end of the lane between Simmons and Miller; thence to Wathen's mill road, near William Hunter's; thence with Wathen's mill road to John Stewart's, to include John Stewart; thence to include Thomas Aud, on the Louisville turnpike road; thence so as to include Stanilaus Spaulding; thence to include Walter Hopkins'; thence to include John Mackay and A. C. Wilson, to the beginning. 1851. Boundaries of § 2. That the bounds of the magistrates' and constable's district, in Nelson county, No. 6, be extended as follows: No. 6 changed. from the junction of the Beech and Rolling fork, up the Rolling fork to the Burnt Lick ford; thence with the road from said ford, excluding Nicholas Carter's, to the Beech fork at Vititoe's ford, a line of said district as now established; and the bounds of the adjacent district shall be changed accordingly. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 569. AN ACT to change the boundaries of, and place of voting in Magistrates' and Constable's District, No. 2, in Scott county, and the voting place of District No. 2, in Grant county. Boundaries of § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundaries of district No. 2, in Scott county, as reported by the commissioners ap-district No. 2 in pointed to lay off said county into districts for the election Scott changed. of justices of the peace and constables, be and they are hereby changed as follows: commencing at the paper mill of W. H. McDonald & Co., on North Elkhorn; thence down Elkhorn to Threlkeld's mill; thence with the road. leading from said mill to Frankfort, to the farm of James Shackelford; thence a line that will leave said Shackelford's farm, and the farms of Thomas Blackburn and Churchill J. Blackburn within the Stamping Ground dis |