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An Act for the benefit of Edward Donoho. 1839 151 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0348 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 151 any person or persons guilty of the act aforesaid, shall be pro- 1840. ceeded against by indictment of the grand jury for the coun- - ties aforesaid, and shall be fined, at the discretion of a jury, any sum not less than one hundred, nor more than three hundred dollars. SEc. 2. That the Constables in their respective districts, in Constables to the counties aforesaid, shall be authorized, and they are here- call outcitizens by required, upon their own knowledge, or the information of in their district, others, that the said woods are on fire, forthwith to proceed to and penalty for failing to at- summon all the tithables, in their said districts, or as many tend. thereof as he or they shall deem sufficient, and go with and command the same until said fire shall be extinguished; and the said Constables, for each day they are so employed, shall receive one dollar and fifty cents, to be paid out of the county levy of the county; and for failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each failure, recoverable before a Justice of the Peace, by warrant, in the name and for the use of any in- dividual who may warrant for the same. SEc. 3. That each and every tithable, in said counties, neglecting and failing to obey the summons of such Constable or Constables, of their district or districts, shall be subject to the same fine and same proceedings as in cases of failure to work upon public roads in said counties. SEc. 4. That all the foregoing provisions and liabilities shall Shall extend be applied, as respects the county of Grayson, for the burning to Grayson of the woods in the months of October, November, and De- county. cember. Approved February 7, 1840. CHAP. 247.-AN ACT for the benefit of Edward Donoho. WHEREAS, it has been represented to the presentGeneralAs- sembly, that Edward Donoho was some years ago convicted, by the Madison circuit court, to the penitentiary for the knowing- ly receiving and selling a stolen slave; that said Donoho served out his time, and conducted himself well during his confine- ment, and that he has since he was discharged, for a series of years, given renewed evidence of his honest and correct de- portment: and, whereas, it is further represented, that since the conviction of said Donoho, it has become the settled opin- ion of the neighborhood where the act for which he was con- victed transpired, that he was overreached and tricked into its commission by others more cunning and culpable, who have gone unpunished; and that Donoho is of honest and respecta- ble parentage and connection-wherefore, Be it enacted by ?he General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That said Donoho be, and he is hereby, restored

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