1860. and Louisville paper, if def't of the Louisville chancery court, for the sum of two hundred dollars and above that amount, shall be advertised not less than five days, in one or more daily newspapers to be adverpublished in the city of Louisville, the paper to be selected tised in daily by the defendant, whose assent, in writing, shall be first consents in writ obtained and filed in the court rendering the judgment or decree, previous to the sale. The expense of advertising to be according to the usual rates of advertising in said city. ing. Approved February 27, 1860. CHAPTER 691. AN ACT concerning the officers of election at municipal elections in the city of Louisville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1st Sess. Acte § 1. The provisions of an act, entitled "An act to amend section 1, article 3, chapter 32, title Elections,' of the 1857-8, p. 39. Revised Statutes," approved February 11, 1858, shall apply to the appointment of officers of election at municipal elections in the city of Louisville, so that one half of the sheriffs or doorkeepers, one half of the clerks, and one half of the judges, shall belong to each of the two great political parties; and so that the sheriff or doorkeeper, and the clerk, at any voting place, shall be of different politics from each other, and the judges at any voting place of different politics from each other. § 2. When the sheriff or doorkeeper in the first precinct belongs to one party, the same officer in the second precinct shall belong to the other party, and so on alternating through all the other wards of the city. §3. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 28, 1860. Officers of mu to be politically nicipal elctions divided. CHAPTER 707. AN ACT to change the times of holding the Quarterly Courts of Laurel county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That the quarterly courts in Laurel county shall, after this act goes into effect, be held on Tuesdays after the second Mondays in the months of May, July, November, and February, and may continue each term as long as the business requires. 1860. § 2. This act shall go into effect on the first day of March, 1860. Approved February 28, 1860. CHAPTER 708. AN ACT changing the time of holding the spring term of the Shelby Quar terly Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That after the passage of this act, the spring term of the Shelby quarterly court shall begin on the fourth Monday in March. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 28, 1860. Companies may be incor porated CHAPTER 712. AN ACT to amend chapter 103 of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That chapter 103 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 2 Stanton's "Turnpikes and Plank Roads," shall be so amended as to Rev. St., p. 440. authorize the formation and incorporation of companies by the county courts of the several counties, for the construction of turnpike and plank roads less than five miles in build Turnpike to length, subject to the conditions and restrictions provided road less than in said chapter: Provided, That if a road thus authorized five miles. to be constructed shall be of less length than five miles, the rates of toll to be charged thereon shall bear the same proportion to the rates prescribed in said chapter that the length of such road does to the distance of five miles. § 2. That companies may be incorporated for the purWhere road lies pose of constructing turnpike or plank roads, parts or secin two counties. tions of which lie within the limits of adjoining counties, putting the control of a road so made under the control, supervision, and management of one company: Provided, That an order of incorporation be entered, in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this chapter, by the county court of one of the counties; and shall be ratified and confirmed by an order of the county courts of the counties in which the route of the road may lie. All of which orders shall be entered on the records of each court. Approved February 28, 1860. CHAPTER 715. AN ACT to amend chapter 86 of the Revised Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1860. 2 Stanton's 303, 304, & 308. That section 2 of article 3, and section 1 of article 5, of chapter 86, of the Revised Statutes, shall not apply to article Rev. Stat.. pp. 1 of said chapter; and that article 3d, chapter 86, of the Revised Statutes, shall not apply to article 2d, chapter 86, of the same. Approved February 28, 1860. CHAPTER 719. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Quarterly Courts of McLean county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the quarterly courts of the county of McLean shall hereafter be held on the fourth Mondays in February, May, August, and November of each year. § 2. This act to take effect from and after the 1st day of May next. Approved February 28, 1860. CHAPTER 721. AN ACT to repeal section 906 of the Civil Code. - Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That section 906 of the Civil Code be, and hereby is, Stanton's Civ. repealed, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: In the publication of the reported decisions of the court of appeals, it shall be the duty of the reporter to state the names of the counsel appearing in the case, and a reference to the authorities upon which they respectively rely. Approved February 28, 1860. Code Prac., p. 299. CHAPTER 729. AN ACT to change the time of holding the February term of the Trigg Cir cuit Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the February term of the Trigg circuit court shall hereafter commence on the third Monday in February, instead of the last Monday, as now provided by law. 1860. § 2. This act to take effect from and after the 1st day of April next. Approved February 28, 1860. CHAPTER 730. AN ACT regulating the time of holding the Equity, Pena!, and Criminal term of the Washington Circuit Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That hereafter the summer term of the Washington county circuit court, for the trial of equity, penal, and criminal causes, shall begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month of August for each year, and continue for eleven juridical days. Approved February 28, 1860. Petition may be filed. What it must state. CHAPTER 741. AN ACT to authorize Circuit and Equity and Criminal Courts to make persons entitled to inherit as heirs-at-law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That any person or persons, twenty-one years of age, may, by petition filed in the circuit or equity and criminal court of the county of his, her, or their residence, stating in substance that he, she, or they are desirous of adopting any infant or adult person or persons, and make him, her, or them capable of inheriting property as heirs at-law of such petitioner or petitioners, the circuit or equity and criminal courts of said county shall have power and authority to make an order declaring any such person or Order to be persons heirs-at-law of such petitioner or petitioners, and, as such, capable of inheriting property as though such person or persons were the child or children of such petitioner or petitioners: Provided, That no married woman shall be entitled to the benefit of this act, unless her husband unite with her in such petition, and consent to any order neces sary to be made therein. made by the Court. Proviso. Clerks to keep proceedings, & copies to be re record of the ceived as evidence. Fees. §2. That it shall be the duty of the clerks of the circuit and equity and criminal courts, when such petition or petitions may be filed, to keep a true and perfect record of such proceedings and orders; and a certified copy thereof, under the seal of said courts, shall be received as evidence in all courts of law or equity in this State or elsewhere; and said clerks shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed by existing laws for similar services. 3. That this act shall take effect from and after its 1860. passage. Approved February 28, 1860 CHAPTER 746. AN ACT allowing sheriffs and other persons pay for summoning juries from other counties than that in which the action lies. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: p. 340. Sheriff to be 1. That under the existing laws, where it is necessary Stanton's Crim that a jury should be summoned from a different county Code Practice, than that in which the action is pending, as contemplated by section 195 of the Criminal Code of Practice, the judge of said court shall allow the sheriff or other person or persons directed by him to perform said duty, after the services are rendered, to make a reasonable allowance to said officer, person, or persons, for their services, and direct that the same be certified to the Auditor of Public Accounts by the clerk of said court. §2. That upon the presentation of the certificate to the Auditor, named and described in the preceding section of this act, the Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for said amount so allowed and certified, who shall pay the same out of the public treasury. §3. This act shall apply to and embrace all cases where similar services have been performed for two years preceding the passage of the same: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any case in which compensation has been heretofore provided by special act. § 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 28, 1860. paid for summoning jury out of his co. Auditor to draw warrant, and Treasurer to pay same. CHAPTER 747. AN ACT to correct an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled an act to regulate the Circuit Courts in the Third Judicial District," approved February 18, 1860. WHEREAS, It appears that the enrolling clerk made a mistake in the second section of the above recited act, by which the first Mondays in January and July are fixed for the sittings of the Meade circuit court, when it should have read fourth Mondays in January and July; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That the aforesaid recited act stand corrected, so as to fix the sittings of the Meade circuit court on the fourth Mondays in January and July. Meade. |