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An Act concerning the roads in Campbell county. 1841 58 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0368 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1842 Sic. 4. Be itfurther enacted, That the County Courts of Monroe county be hereafter held on the fourth Monday of each month, in place of the third, as heretofore. Approved, February 22, 184.2. CHAPTER 250. AN ACT concerning the roads in Campbell county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Corn- Districts to monwealth of Kentucky, That the County Court of Campbell be laid off, and county, at their March term, 1842, or so soon thereafter as surveyors ap- practicable, shall divide said county into suitable road dis- pointed. tricts, and shall appoint a surveyor for each district, who shall serve for one year, or until his successor is duly appointed; that when the districts are laid off, the Clerk of said Court shall deliver to the Commissioner of revenue a copy of the order of Court defining the several district boundaries, that the Court may, from time to time, lessen or increase the num- berof districts, and change the bounds; and when any altera- tion is made, the Clerk shall furnish the Commissioner of rev- enue with a copy of such order, previous to his beginning to assess, and the citizens shall be subject to a road tax of six cents on each hundred dollars worth of property, and a poll tax of one dollar and fifty cents. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of rev- Comm'r to enlue for said county, when he assesses the revenue, shall, in assess road tax. a book to be provided by the County Court for that purpose, assess all the real estate, together with the white males over sixteen and under fifty years of age, and all male slaves over sixteen years of age, in each road district separately, and he shall value the real estate, as is done for revenue, and shall set down the value of the real estate, and number of tythes, subject by this act to work on roads, which book, when the assessment is made complete, shall be returned to the Clerk of the County Court, whose duty it shall be to transcribe a copy of each district assessment, specifying the amount of taxes due from each person, and deliver the same to the Sheriff, to be by him delivered to the surveyors of their respective districts; and when lands are owned by the same person in different districts, the Commissioner shall notice the fact in his assess- ments, and the County Court shall have power to correct all improper assessments; they may receive proof that the Com- missioner of revenue has omitted to assess persons or proper- ty, and on the fact being established, they may cause the same to be entered of record, setting forth the value of the prop- erty, and the number of persons, and the amount of taxes due thereon, a copy of which order shall be furnished to the proper surveyor for collection. Duties of the SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of surveors. the surveyors to superintend opening, repairing, and keep-

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