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An Act to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the law concerning slaves, and for other purposes. 1844 25 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0430 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 25 from each of the lists aforesaid, with the testimony and caus- 1845 es for which such name was so stricken off. SEc. 4. That it shall be the duty of the County Court of County Ct. said county to certify, and transmit to the next General Assem- further duty. bly, copies of the reports made to said Court, by the said She- riff and deputies, as directed by the second section of this act, and the report of the Commissioners appointed to purge the polls, as aforesaid. Approved February 1, 1845. CHAPTER 145. AN ACT to amend an act, approved March 2d, 1844, entitled, an act toreg- ulate the management of the Wilderness road, and for other purposes. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That the sixth section of an act, ap- proved March 2d, IS44, entitled, an act to regulate the man- agement of the Wilderness road, and for other purposes, be, and the same is hereby, so amended, that it shall be the duty of the Knox County Court, at their February term, in each year, to let out the turnpike gate, in Knox county, and in all other matters to be governed by the laws now in force regulating the management of said road and gate. SEc. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Governor, if the said gate fails to sell for the sum required by law, immediate- ly to appoint a gate keeper; but the present gate keeper will hold his office during the time for which he was appointed; and it shall be the duty of the Governor, hereafter, to appoint. said gate keeper, if the gate fails to sell, as aforesaid, until the time of letting out the gate required in this act. Approved February 5, 1845. CHAPTER 146. AN AC r to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the law concerning slaves, and for other purposes, approved January 28th, 1830. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That, if any person, not having law- Penalty for enticing away, ful or color bf claim thereto, shall be guilty of stealing any furnishing for- slave, or of secreting or enticing any slave to leave his or her ged or other lawful owner or possessor, or shall make or furnish, or aid and papers, or as- sisting in ma- assist in making or furnishing, a forged pass of freedom, or king escape. any other forged paper, purporiing to be a deed of emancipa- tion, or will, or instrument of writing, liberating, or purporting to liberate any slave, or shall, in any manner, aid or assist such slave in making his or her escape from such owner or possessor, every person so offending, shall, on conviction, be sentenced to confinement in the Jail and Penitentiary of this

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