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An Act concerning runaway slaves. 1841 76 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0370 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY 1842 is hereby repealed, and that the said courts shall have full pow- er and authority to impose a tax not exceeding one dollar on each black tythe, in their respective counties, a majority of the Justices in commission concurring therein, for defraying the expenses that may he incurred by carrying said act into effect. Approved, February 25, 1842. CHAPTER 31. AN ACT concerning runaway slaves. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- To beadver- wealth of Kentucky, That the act, entitled, an act reducing tised. into one the several acts for apprehending and securing runa- ways, approved January 16, 1798, be so modified as to re- quire the Sheriffor Jailer to publish in the gazette of the Pub- lic Printer, or some authorized newspaper, an advertisement of the runaway slave within twenty days after his commit- ment to jail, instead of delaying said publication until the ex- piration of two months after such commitment of said slave, as prescribed by said act. Approved, February 26, 1842. CHAPTER 347. AN ACT to require persons failing to list their taxahle property with the Com- missioner, to list the same with the Clerk of the County Court. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That any person who shall have failed to give in his or her list of taxable property to the pro- per Commissioner, may, nevertheless, at any time previous to the first day of September, give in his or her list to the Clerk of the County Coutt, in manner and form, (except as to the time of giving in the same,) and subject to the like penalties as are prescribed by the laws now in force, which lists the Clerk shall certify to the Auditor and Sheriff on or before the tenth day of September in each year. SEc. 2. That in all instances where any person may be summoned for failing to give in a list of taxable property, it Jury maybe may be lawful for the County Court to have a jury summoned and impanneled to ascertain such facts as may be submitted to them, in order to ascertain whether such person be guilty or not, and thereupon the County Court may render their judgment according to the finding of the jury. Approved, February 26, 1842,

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