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An Act for the relief of Edmund Payne. 1845 88 (1845)

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1846.    on in the same manner as if the said offence had been commit-
ted in the county of Nicholas.
SEc. 2. That the Clerk of the Bracken Circuit Court, upon
the election of said Botts being made as herein provided for,
shall transmit to the Clerk of the Nicholas Circuit Court, said
indictment, writ, and other papers, with a transcript of all or-
ders made in the case, and take the receipt of the Clerk of
the Nicholas Circuit Court therefor.
SEc. 3. That if the Clerk of the Bracken Circuit Court
shall fail to comply with all or any part of the duties enjoin-
ed on him by this act, he shall be subject to a fine of one hun-
dred dollars, recoverable after reasonable notice and rule of
the court to that effect, in the Bracken Circuit Court, in favor
of the Commonwealth, which fine shall be applied as other
fines are now applied by law.
SEc. 4. That the witnesses attending said court, in said
case, shall be allowed the same pay, per day, and for mileage,
as other witnesses are allowed by law in similar cases under
legal process.
Approved January 24, 1846.
CHAPTER 59.
AN ACT to change the place of voting in an election precinct, in Hart
county.
Be it enacted by the General-Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act, in-
stead of holding the elections at Daniel Boone's, in the Bacon
Creek Precinct, in Hart county, the same shall be held at the
house of James Simpson; in said county, under the same reg-
ulations as are prescribed in the act establishing said precinct.
Approved January 24, 1846.
CHAPTER 60.
AN ACT for the relief of Edmund Payne.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Edmund Payne, of
Warren county, to bring into this State from the State of Vir-
ginia, the following named slaves: William and his wife
Phoebe and their children; Edgar and Julian ; Mahala and
her child Sarah: Provided, however, That the said Payne
shall, within thirty days after bringing said slaves into this
State, make affidavit before a Justice of the Peace, that said
slaves were received by him in the State of Virginia for his
own use and not for purposes of merchandize; which affida-
vit shall be recorded in the Clerk's office of the Warren Coun-
ty Court within thirty days from its date; and upon failing to
comply with these conditions, the said Payne shall be liable to

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