1830. An election precinct formed in Logan, and its bounds. CHAP. CCCLXXV. AN ACT to establish an election precinct in Logan county, and for other purposes. Approved, January 29, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of Logan county within the following bounds: Beginning On Muddy river, where the Logan and Butler lines cross the said river; from thence to the Hartford road; thence with said road to Burgess's mill; thence to Mize's mill; thence west to the Todd county line; thence with said line to the Logan county line; from Plan of voting thence to the beginning, shall constitute an election precinct in the said county of Logan, and the qualified voters in said precinct may vote, in all legal elections, at the house of David Briggs: Provided, that it shall be lawful for any of the voters residing within said precinct, to vote at the court-house, if they shall so elect. therein. Proviso. County court to appoint judges &c. to conduct elections therein. Sec. 2. The county court of Logan, at the time they appoint judges and a clerk of elections at the court-house, shall also appoint judges and a clerk to take the votes in said precinct; and the sheriff or his deputy shall attend at the place herein appointed for holding elections in said precinct and conduct the same. Sec. 3. The sheriff of Logan or his deputy shall, Sheriff to com- on the Saturday succeeding any election as aforepare the votes. said, cause the votes taken at the court-house and those taken within said precinct to be carefully compared, and make return ascording to law. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the boundaries Boundaries of of the Maysville election precinct, in the county of the Maysville Mason, be, and they are hereby extended from the election precinct enlarged. point of beginning at the mouth of Kennedy's creek on the Ohio river, to run from thence with the road from Rittersville to Mayslick, to the cross roads at John Marshall's shop; thence with the road from from Williamsburg to Washington to its intersection with the road from Maysville to Williamsburg; thence with said road until it intersects the line of the said Maysville precinct, as drawn along the top of the river hill; and it shall and may be lawful for all the qualified voters residing within the bounds aforesaid, to vote at all elections, at the polls of the Voters therein may vote at the precinct or courthouse. said Maysville precinct, or at the court-house of said county of Mason, subject to the penalties prescribed by law, for voting twice at the same election. 257 1830. CHAP. CCCLXXVI. AN ACT to establish an Election precinct in Pendleton County. Approved, January 29, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Boundary of Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of Pen- the precinct. dleton county lying within the following bounds VIZ: beginning at Jezreal Ellis' old place on main Licking; thence down the same to the Campbell line; thence with said line to the Ohio river; thence up said river to the Bracken line; thence with the Bracken line to where it crosses the Germantown or Washington road; thence with the said road to Manning's old place, so as to include said place; thence with a direct line to the beginning, be an election precinct; and that the qualified voters in said Place of voting precinct are authorized to meet at the house of John Ellis on the ridge, and give their votes at all elections: Provided however, that nothing herein shall Proviso. prevent any qualified voters residing in said precinct from voting at the court house, in the same manner he might have done had not this act have passed; subject to all the penalties heretofore enacted against voting twice at elections. therein. cers to conduct Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the county court County court of said county at the time they appoint judges and to appoint officlerks to the general election, shall appoint judges elections thereand a clerk to attend the elections in said precinct; in. who shall possess the same power and receive the same compensation as other judges and clerks of elec tions. The sheriff of Pendleton county by himself or deputy shall attend all elections in saiti precinct; and the sheriff judges and clerks shall in all respects be governed by the same rules, regulations and restrictions, as judges, sheriffs and clerks are directed by law in similar cases. pare the votes Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff or Sheriff to comdeputy sheriffs attending the several election pre- &c. cincts in this county, shall meet the sheriff or deputy sheriff attending the elections held at the court 1830. house, on the Friday next after said elections, at farthest, and sooner if possible, at the court house in said county, to compare the polls and grant certficates of election according to law. Preamble. The surveyor CHAP. CCCLXXVII AN ACT to authorize the copying of certain books in the Surveyor's office of lay county. Approved, January 29, 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented that many of the records of entries and surveys, in the surveyor's office of Clay county, are in a mutilated condition and without alphabets, so that they are almost useless to the community: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of Clay direc- of the surveyor of Clay county, to copy such of said books as the county court may be of opinion, require it, and make out alphabets to the several books in his office, which are without them. ted to co y such books as the county court may di rect. The copies to be com ared with the origi nal, and certified. Proviso. The compensation to the sur veyor to be paid out of the county levy. Copies taken therefrom de Sec. 2. The surveyor shall procure well bound books, and copy the books that may be designated by the court, as soon as practicable; and after he shall have discharged said duty, he shall make report thereof to said court, whose duty it shall be to appoint a commissioner, [who, in conjunction] with the surveyor, shall compare the said copies with the original records; and when so examined, and their correctness ascertained, they shall make out a certificate of the saine, and deposit it in the surveyors office: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall make copies from said books, evidence, unless they are compared with the record books of the original entries and surveys. Sec. 3. The surveyor shall be allowed for the books furnished, and the same fees as åre now allowed by law to clerks for similar services, and twe dollars per day to the commissioner for examining the said books; all which expenses shall be paid by the county court of Clay county, out of the county levy. Sec. 4. The copies made out as aforesaid, shall have the same force, credit and validity, as the clared to be le- said originals, and any copy or copies therefrom, gal evidence. duly attested according to law, by the surveyors, shall have the same force, credit and validity, which any copy or copies of records now have. CHAP. CCCLXXVIII. AN ACT to enable the infant heirs of John Bruce, sen. deceased, to convey certain lands. Approved, January 29, 1830. WHEREAS, John Bruce, sen. recovered certain lands, lying in the counties of Mason and Lewis, in his lifetime, and the improvements made upon said land having been assessed under the occupant law of one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and the said Bruce having made his election in his lifetime, to surrender and convey said land; which conveyance, however, was not inade in the lifetime of said Bruce, and he having departed this life, leaving a portion of his heirs infants: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the guardian of the infant heirs of John Bruce, sen. deceased, to make conveyance or conveyances for any land which the said Bruce may have recovered and elected to convey in his life time, and to unite with the adult heirs of said Bruce, in making any conveyance of any land which said ancestor obligated him elf, or elected to convey; which conveyance shall have the same effect in law, as if done by a decree in chancery: Provided, the occupants will accept such conveyance. 1830. CHAP. CCCLXXIX. AN ACT changing the place of voting in a precinct in Butler county, and to allow an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable to Franklin county. Approved, January 29, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the place of voting in the election precinct in Butler county, be changed from Robert Walker's to Mark Renfro's. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That an additional justice of the peace and constable be allowed to the county of Franklin. 1830. The fines and forfeitures accruing in Har din county, be vested in to and paid to the trustees of the Elizabethtown academy. Officers failing to collect and account for the same, may be proceeded against. Proviso. The real estate to escheat to CHAP. CCCLXXX. AN ACT to appropriate the fines and forfeitures of Hardin, Green and Campbell counties to the use of their respective county seminaries, and for other purposes. Approved, January 29, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all fines and forfeitures which accrued or which may hereafter accrue, in the county of Hardin, whether the same be directed to be applied to the lessening the county levy or not, shall be vested in and paid over to the trustees of the Elizabethtown academy; and that all officers who shall be bound by law to collect and account for such fines and forfeitures shall annually account for and pay the same to the chairman of the trustees of said academy, for the use and benefit of said academy. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted; That the officer or officers who may have the collecting of and accounting for said fines and forfeitures, upon his or their failure to collect and account for said fines and forfeitures as prescribed in the first section of this act, shall be liable to be proceeded against at law, in the manner and mode prescribed by the existing laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, that the expenses of each prosecution shall be deducted and paid into the public treasury Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That hereafter all the real estate within the city of Louisville, and the perin Louisville, sonal estate of all those who shall die within said and the personal estate of all city, and which shall be liable to escheat to this persons dying Commonwealth for defect of heirs or devisees, shall therein subject be, and the same is hereby vested in the Mayor and the com'with, board of councilmen of the city of Louisville, for the use and benefit of the public schools of said city; and the Mayor and board of councilmen of said city use of the pub. shall have the right to sue in ejectment, or bring and maintain any appropriate real action for the recovery of such real estate without office found, and The mayor & may call the personal representatives of such persons dying without heirs or devisees to account, and recover the personal estate in the same manner an heir or distributee could do. vested in the mayor and council, for the lic schools therein. council may sue for and re cover the same. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all fines and penAll fines inflict- alties inflicted before the Jefferson circuit court, the ■d in Jefferson Mayor of the city of Louisville, or any justice of |