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An Act to amend the charter of the city of Lexington, and for other purposes. 1839 276 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0357 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1840. COt~ . 121.-AN ACT to arnend the charter of the city of Lexington, and for 1840.other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That the jurisdiction of the City Jurisdiction Judge of the city of Lexington shall extend to all cases of of City Judge riots, routs and unlawful assemblies within the county of Fay- extended. ette as hereinafter provided. That whenever he shall be ad- vised, or receive information, on oath, of any rout or unlawful assembly of tile people for the purpose of gambling, or any unlawful purpose whatever, whether such assembly shall con- sist of freemen or slaves, or of both, it shall be lawful for him to issue his warrant to arrest all such offenders, directed to any Constable or Sheriff of tle county of Fayette, or the Marshal of the city; and if no officer is at hand to serve the warrant, then to such discreet person as he shall appoint, re- turnable before some Justice of the county-on which war- rant it shall be the duty of the officer, or other person, to ar- rest and to bring before the said Justice of the Peace of the coun- ty of Fayette, all persons who shall be so found assembled, to be dealt with by the Justice as may be according to law. SEc. 2. That it shall be the duty of the citizens of the city Officer to be and county to attend the officer, or other person, if need be, aided in arrest- and they be thereunto summoned to aid and assist in arresting Ing violators of arresting the laws.. the peason so found guilty of infracting the law. SEc. 3. That whenever the Mayor of the city shall be ad- Mayor and vised of any assemblage of persons, any where in the county Marshal shall of Fayette, for the purpose of gaming, or other unlawful ob- unlawfully as- jects, or where assemblages of negroes, or others, for the pur- sembled., pose of gaming, drinking, or for any purpose, not allowed by law, or where the said assemblage shall or may be constituted of partly white and partly of black population, it shall and may be lawful for the said Mayor, with the power of the county, (if required,) to proceed to the place of such rendez- vous or unlawful assembly, with his Marshal, or other officer or officers, and to arrest all persons so unlawfully assembled, and to forthwith bring them before any Justice of the Peace of the county, to be dealt with according to law. SEC. 4. That it shall not be lawful for any free white per- Penalty on son, or free black person, to attend and partake with slaves as- tree personsfo- semb!ed or convened for the purpose of drinking, gaming, or lawful assem- any purpose not allowable by law; and if any such free person blie, of slaves, shall be found guilty of so violating the law, he, she or they, so offending, shall make fine to the Commonwealth, to be ap- propriated as other fines are, any sum not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of a jury; and on failure to make payment, shall be committed to the city work house, to be confined at hard labor at the rate of time of one day for every dollar, and the costs of the prosecu- tion so assessed. Siec. 5. That all the powers now vested by law in the 276

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