commissioners to settle. of said Hamm should join in said transfer, it shall operate as a complete divestiture of her right of dower to said land. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the With whom the said commissioners shall have completed every thing enjoined them by this act, they shall settle with the county court of Madison in the same way, and under the same rules, as is now required by law in case of final settlements with administrators: Provided, that it shall be sufficient for two of the commissioners to act in every case under the provisions of this act. This act shall commence and be in force from and after its passage. deceased justices disposed of: CHAP. CCXLII. AN ACT to dispose of the records and papers of Justices of the Peace, whose offices have become va cant. APPROVED, February 4, 1815. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of How records of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That wherever the office of a justice of the peace in any county within this commonwealth, shall have, or may hereafter become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, andthe records and papers of such justice, whose office is so vacated, are lodged in the office of the clerk of such county court, it shall be the duty of such clerk to inform the court thereof; and the court shall pass an order, directing that such records and papers shall be delivered to a justice of the peace for the county most convenient to where the late justice resided. lation thereto. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of such county court, shall, within ten days after such Duty of clerk and sheriff in re-order of court is made, deliver to the sheriff of his county, a true copy thereof: and it shall be the duty of such sheriff, to deliver or leave at the place of residence of said justice, directed to receive said records and papers, a truc copy of said copy received from the clerk, within twenty days from the reception thereof, and to return the original copy to the office of said clerk, stating in his return, the truth of the case; and the clerk shall file the same in his office. Duty and pow ceiving papers. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the justice, upon receiving such order, erot justices re forthwith to apply to the clerk of such court for said records and papers; and the clerk shall deliver the same. And the justice into whose hands such records and papers are placed, under the provisions of this act, shall have the same power and authority to issue any process thereon, as his own records and papers; and the acts and doings of said justice, on said records and papers, so lodged with him, shall be as good and valid in law, as if done from his own records and papers. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the clerk of the county court, shall, within twenty days after the order of court is obtained, for the disposition of said records and papers, set up at the door of his courthouse, a copy of such order. Clerk to set up copy of the order In the event of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the office of any justice of the peace, has or shall here- resignations or re after become vacant by resignation, removal, or movals, c. the acceptance of an incompatable office, the person so making the vacancy, shall, within thirty days after such vacaney is occasioned, return his official papers and records to the clerk's office of the county court in which he was commissioned a justice, under the penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines are, under the laws of this commonwealth; and to be appropriated towards lessening the county levy of the county in which such justice was commissioned as aforesaid. And Papers to be when the office of a justice of the peace has, or shall hereafter become vacant by death, his official papers and records shall be transmitted to the clerk's office by his executors or administrators, within two months after they obtain letters of administration. And if no executor or administrator be appointed or qualified to act, then the said papers and records shall be returned by the heirs of such deceased justice, who are above the age of twenty-one years; returned by ex cutors, adminis trators, and heirs and by the guardian or guardians of said heirs, if under that age, under the pains and penalties prescribed in the foregoing part of this section, and to be recovered and applied in the same manner. 7000 dollars for camp equipage, CHAP. CCXLIII. AN ACT to provide Camp Equipage, &c. for the APPROVED, February 4, 1815. WHEREAS it is represented to the present general assembly, that the detachment now ordered to march for Detroit, under the command of Colonel Francisco, is deficient in tents, camp equipage, &c. &c. and that supplies cannot be had out of the public stores, and the inclement season of the year renders it not only hazardous, but dangerous to the healh of our troops to be thus exposed: For remedy whereof, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That for the purtransportation of pose of procuring tents, camp equipage and trans&c. to be drawn portation, for the detachment now called into the from the treasury service of the United States under the command of by order of the governor. Col. Francisco, any sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid, out of any monies in the treasury: And the money shall be drawn from the treasury by warrant from the auditor; which warrant shall issue on the order of the governor, to be laid out by or under the direction of the quartermaster general of this commonwealthUnder the di. and the amount of camp equipage, &c. furnished under the provisions of this act, by the quartermaster general, or under his directions, shall be placed in the hands of the detachment quartermaster, and duplicate returns and receipts shall be taken therefor. rections of the qi. mas. gen. Governor au SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the governor thorised to nego shall, and he is hereby authorized to negociate a ciate a loan with loan with the bank of Kentucky, at a rate of inter the Bank. est not exceeding six per cent. to be reimbursed to the bank within one year from the date thereof, a sum that shall be necessary to make deficiency that may happen in the treasury for such appropriation. up any a reim. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted; That it shall be the Governor to re duty of the governor to inform the secretary of war quest of the United States, of the amount so laid out and bursement from U.S.government expended, and request a reimbursement of the same with interest thereon, at the rate of six per centum per annum. CHAP. CCXLIV. AN ACT supplemental to the act establishing the APPROVED, February 4, 1815. Surveyor of War between Allen & Warren. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the ren to run line duty of the surveyor of Warren, by himself or dep. uty, to run out and plainly mark the line between the county of Allen, established by the act to which this is a supplement, and the county of Warren, and report the same to the court of each county; for which he shall be allowed the same fees as are now allowed by law for similar services; which sum the county court of Allen shall, at their first levy court, levy on their county for the said surveyor. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for a majority of the justices of the peace for said county of Allen, to employ some person for a reasonable compensation, to survey and ascertain the centre of the said county, to aid them in fixing permanently and equitably, the seat of justice for said county; and at the first levy court for said county, shall lay the same in their county levy if not otherwise paid. Justices to ap point some per son to find the fixing seat of jus centre to aid in tice. When commis sioners to be ap SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the county court of Allen may, at their April term, appoint pointed to take commissioners to take in the list of taxable property y in lists of taxable property. Surveyor of Ohio line between Da to run and mark viess and Ohio. for said county; who shall, in all respects, be governed by the laws in force. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor of Ohio county, by himself or his deputy, to run out and plainly mark the line between the county of Daviess, established by the act to which this is a supplement, and the county of Ohio, and report the same to the court of each county; for which he shall be allowed the same fees as are now allowed by law for similar services; which sum the county court of Daviess shall levy for the said surveyor in their first county levy. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That commissioners of the tax for the county of Daviess, shall be appoint com'rs-appointed by the county court of Ohio, at their their duty, &c. March or April session. It shall be the duty of said Daviess court to commissioners to return their lists of taxable property to the clerk of the county of Daviess, whose duty it shall be to return the same to the proper officer, in obedience to the directions of law-and it shall be the duty of the county court of Daviess, to act towards said commissioners as if they had received their appointment from such court. the navigation. CHAP. CCXLV. AN ACT to authorize Jacob Rees to build a Mill on APPROVED, February 4, 1815. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Dam not to injure the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for Jacob Rees to erect a dam across the sluice between the island in Big Barren river, just above where the Nashville old road crosses said river, and the north bank of the river, for the purpose of building a grist mill, saw-mill and other water-works. The said dam across said sluice, to be erected so as not to injure or impair the navigation of said river. SEE. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Rees, |