About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

An Act to amend the first and second sections of an act to amend the laws concerning Tavern Keepers. 1849 51 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0629 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

CHAPTER 437.                           1850.
AN ACT concerning the County Court of Bath.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the officers superin-
tending the election, at the different election precincts, to
open a poll at the next August election in the county of
Bath, at which all the qualified voters of said county may
vote for or against the levying a tax of ten cents upon
each one hundred dollars worth of property, taxable under
the revenue laws of this State, to be applied to the con-
struction and completion of the Owingsville and Sharps-
burg Turnpike Road; and if a majority of those voting at
said election, for or against said additional taxation, the
county officers shall proceed to levy and collect the same,
in the same manner that taxes for revenue purposes are
now levied and collected, and the same pay over to the
President of said turnpike road; and in case of the failure
of the Sheriff to pay over the sum thus collected, by the
second Monday in January, 1851, the President of said
road may proceed against him and his securities, by motion,
in the Bath County Court, and have judgment and execu-
tion as in other cases of delinquency.
Approved March 6, 1850.
CHAPTER 444.
AN ACT to amend the drst and second sections of an act to amend the
laws concerning Tavern Keepers, approved February 24, 1834.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That if any person shall hereafter sell, give,
or loan, spirituous liquor of any sort or description what-
ever, to any slave or slaves, other than his own, unless he
or she be entitled, for the time being, to the service of such
slave or slaves, by contract with the master or owner, with-
out the written order of the owner, or of the person enti-
tled by contract with the owner, for the time being, to ser-
vice of any such slave or slaves, the person so offending
shall forfeit and pay fifty dollars, recoverable by present-
ment of a grand jury, or by warrant before a Justice of the
Peace; and, moreover, if such offender shall have previ-
ously obtained a license to keep a tavern, upon conviction,
his or her license shall be, ipso .facto, void, and no such
license shall thereafter be granted to him or her by any
Court for the term of two years.
Approved March 6, 1850.
CHAPTER 448.
AN ACT to amend the law in relation to Sheriffs' bonds.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That the penalty of the bond required by law

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most