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An Act to amend the law on the subject of apprehending runaway slaves. 1846 36 (1846)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0503 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 391. 1$47 AN ACT to repeal the second section of an act, entitled, an act declaring certain deeds valid, approved March 2d, 1844. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealtih of Kentucky, That the second section of the act, entitled, an act declaring certain deeds valid, approved March 2d, 1844, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved February 27, 1847. CHAPTER 402. AN ACT to further protect the interest of wool growers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, from and after the first day of April next, the law allowing six dollars reward for wolf scalps, shall be so modified as to allow only three dollars thereflore; and that a reward of fifty cents be allowed for each wild cat killed in this Commonwealth; and all persons entitled to reward under this act, shall proceed to establish their claims in the same manner, and receive their pay in the same way, as prescribed by the laws now in force in relation to wolves. Approved March 1, 1817. CHAPTER 408. AN ACT to amend the law on the subject of apprehending runaway slaves. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That the law now in lbrce allowing a fee of seventy five dollars for apprehending a runaway slave in any non-slaveholding State, and lodging him or her in any jail within this State, shall apply, as well to cases in which the owner of such runaway slave resides out of this State, as to cases in which the owner resides in this State. Src. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever a slave shall be apprehended, and the compensation now allowed by law for the apprehension of slaves has to be paid, it shall be' paid by the person who has the fee simple estate in the slave or slaves thus apprehended. Approved March l, 1847. CHAPTER 415. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Montgomery County Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commoenwcalths of Kentucky, That there shall, hereafter, be no County Court held in Montgomery county on the last Monday in May; but said Court shall be held on the first Monday in June in each year. Approved March 1, 1947.

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