Lottery when and where drawa intend drawing on the by them. The said lottery may be drawn in the town of Lexington, or at such other place as may be most expedient, giving due notice of the time and place of such drawing. The grand lodge of Kentucky may appoint two or more persons to superin- Persons to super intend, in conjunction with two or more of the trustees, for the time being, of the town in which said lottery may be drawn, the drawing of said lottery, whose duty it shall be to see the same fairly and Examiners, manimpartially conducted: Each of said examiners and agers, et. to take managers, and each clerk that may be employed, shall, before the drawing commences, take an oath to act fairly and impartially in the discharge of his several duties; which oath may be administered by any justice of the peace. If he said lottery In what time or any class thereof,be not drawn within three years be drawn. after the scheme of the same may have been published, the same shall cease, and the purchasers of tickets may demand and receive of the managers any money disbursed for tickets in said lottery. Managers to re port progress, SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aaforesaid managers shall report to the grand lodge of Kentucky, at the next annual communication of said grand lodge in August, 1815, and at such time. thereafter as may be ordered by said grand lodge, the progress made in the sale of tickets, or in the drawing said lottery: And it shall be their duty to pay over all and any money which may be raised in the manner heretofore authorized, to the order of ney said lodge, or to such person or persons as may be authorized by said lodge to receive the same, for the purpose of erecting and furnishing said Masonic Hall. SEC. S. Be it further enacted, That the grand master of Kentucky, is hereby authorized, by and with the consent of the other officers of the grand lodge, to acquire by purchase, or accept as a donation, an eligible lot or parcel of ground not exceed-' ing four acres, on which to erect the the said Masonic Hall: And the title in and to said lot or parcel of land, with all and singular its appurtenances, so obtained as aforesaid, shall vest, and is hereby vest ed in the grand master and other officers of the grand lodge of Kentucky, and their successors in and pay over neo Lot of ground which to ereot a to be proeured on Masone Hall. lottery, and on hat terms. office, to the sole use, benefit and behoof of the grand lodge of Kentucky. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the Managers may said managers should sell or dispose of the whole spose of said scheme of the lottery hereby authorized, or any class thereof, to any person or persons beyond the limits of this commonwealth, which they are hereby authorized to do, so as to raise the proposed sum, the said managers or such as may act, are hereby made responsible to the grand master of Kentucky for the amount of said sale; which amount shall be at least ten per cent. on the sum of the scheme so disposed of: And the grand master, for the time being, is hereby authorized to demand, sue for, and recover the same, in behalf and for the use of the the grand lodge of Kentucky, for the purposes aforesaid. Election pre in Gallatin: its boundary, CHAP. CCIV. AN ACT establishing election Precincts in the counties of Gallatin and Lewis. APPROVED, January 27, 1815. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part inet established of Gallatin county within the following bounds, viz. Beginning on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Little Kentucky,thence up the same to a place known by the name of the Yellow Banks; thence a straight line to where the county line crosses the present road leading from Newcastle to Port William; thence with the Henry and Gallatin line to the Ohio river; thence up the Ohio river to the beginning,shall be an clection precinct, to be known by the name of the "Corn Creek Precinct:" and the elections therein, place of holding shall be held at the house of William Wood, within elections therein. said precinct. and name and Sheriff to at SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff of end elections Gallatin, or his deputy, shall attend said elections; and the county court of said county,, shall appoint and county court act therein. judges and a clerk, under the same rules and regu-appoint judg lations, and receive the same compensation as the es and clerk to law directs in similar cases'; and all the voters within said precinct shall vote at the said Wood's or at the court-house, as they may elect. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sheriff Sheriffs to meet who attends the elections within said precinct, make returns. compare polls & shall meet at the court-house in Port-William, on the Friday next after each election, and there compare the polls of the several candidates; and give certificates conformably thereto. cinct in Lewis county establish ed. Place of hold ing electious Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all that part Election pre of Lewis county lying in the following boundary, towit: Beginning at the mouth of Kinneconick; thence up said Kinneconick creek to the Fleming line; thence with the said Fleming line to the Greenup county line; thence with said Greenup line to the Ohio river; thence down said river to the begin ning, shall be an election precinct and shall be called and knowu by the name of the "Kinneconick Precinct." And an election shall be held at the house of William Bilderbacks, for the said precinct by the sheriff of the county of Lewis, or one of his deputies, at the same time, and in like manner, as elections are by law directed to be held and all the voters in said precinct may vote at said Bilderbacks' or at the court-house of said county. The county court of said county shall, from time to time, appoint judges and a clerk to attend elections in said precinct, in like manner as the law directs in similar cases and on failure of such court, the sheriff shall fill such vacancies. And the said judges, clerk and sheriff, shall be entitled to the same allowance, to be paid in like manner, and subject to the same penalties, as is directed by law in similar cases. The sheriff attending the precinct, shall meet pare polls and at the court-house to compare the polls of said elections, agreeably to an act of assembly heretofore enacted regulating a precinct in said county of Lewis. H County court to appoint judg tend elections. es & clerk to at Sheriff may fill any vacancy. Sheriff to com make returns. CHAP. CCV. AN ACT allowing an additional Justice of the Peace in the counties of Boone, Pendleton and Gallatin. APPROVED, January 27, 1815. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the counties herein after named, shall be entitled to the following number of justices of the peace, in addition to the number heretofore allowed by law, to wit: The county of Boone, one; the county of Pendleton, one; and the county of Gallatin, one. Volunteers un tours of duty. CHAP. CCVI. AN ACT allowing Tours of Duty to certain Volunteers and Militia. APPROVED, January 27, 1815. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the mounted der major Dud- Volunteers who have, during the fall of the year one ley allowed four thousand eight hundred and fourteen, served as such under the command of Major Peter Dudley, in Upper Canada, and shall have been regularly discharged, including the officers and soldiers, shall be entitled to a credit for four tours of duty, in the service of the United States, of thirty days each. Under General tours of duty. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the officers, Clay allowed six non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, who served in the brigade under the command of major-general Green Clay, in 1813, shall be entitled to a credit for six tours of duty in the service of the United States. Tours of duty prisoners of war. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons allowed certain that have been heretofore made prisoners by the Indians or British, and kept longer in captivity than the time for which they were detailed, shall be entitled to a credit for as many tours of duty as they may have been absent from home, calculating from the day of rendezvous until the day of their return to the United States, and thirty days thereafter. CHAP. CCVII. AN ACT to amend and reduce into one the several acts, authorizing the apprehending of fugitives from justice. APPROVED, January 27, 1815. Duty of the governor in ape prehending fa gitives from jas tige. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That whenever the governor or executive authority of any of the United States or territories thereof, shall make on the governor of this state, a requisition or demand to surrender any fugitive from justice, pursuant to the constitution and laws of the United States, it shall be the duty of the governor of this state to issue his warrant, directed specially to the sheriff of any county, or generally, to all sheriffs or constables in this state, authorizing and requiring them to apprehend said fugitive, and bring him or her before some circuit judge or assistant judge of the circuit hended may be court of any county, there to be further dealt with according to the provisions of this act. When apppe circuit or assist taken before a ant judge. The duty of SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That such circuit or assistant judge, before whom said fugitive is the circuit or abrought, shall proceed by proper and legal testimo-sistant judge. nay to enquire into the matter so far as shall be necessary to ascertain the identity of the person demanded by the requisition of the governor of such other state or territory, and mentioned in the warrant of the governor of this state; and if such circuit or assistant judge, shall be satisfied that the the person ap person apprehended is not the same demanded as a fugitive from justice, he shall thereupon discharge him or her from the custody of the officer who has such alledged fugitive in custody: But if it shall appear that the person so apprehended, is the same er up the person designated in such requisition of the governor, or May discharge preheneded if he is not the person demanded. Judge to delive if identified. |