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An Act regulating the duties of the Clarke County Court, and the appointment of the County Treasurer. 1850 vol. II 481 (1850)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0684 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWSg uF KENTUCKY. at said election, if a majority of the votes cast of the stock- 1851. holders in attendance, or represented, shall be in favor of adopting the provisions of this act, then the same shall be certified by the judges and clerk of the clection, under oath, to the auditor of public accounts and the president of the board of internal improvements, and this act shall be in full force and effect, but not otherwise. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 554. AN ACT regulating the duties of the Clarke County Court, and the ap- pointnent of the County Treasurer. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- wealth of Kentueky, That in laying the levy, the Clarke county court shall impose a poll tax of twenty-five cents, and no more, on.every free white male inhabitant, and every free male negro or mulatto man, living in said coun- ty, and of the age of twenty-one years; and the residue of the money requisite to the payment of the claims allowed, and appropriations made by said court shall be levied by an ad valorem tax, to be fixed by reference to the taxable property of said county as reported in the commissioner's book for the current year; but said court may relieve-, for any charitable reason, as heretofore, any of the persons so charged with said poll tax; and for collecting the amounts so levied, the sheriff or other collector shall be allowed a commission of three per centum. § 2. That said county court shall, at the court of claims and appropriations, appoint the county treasurer, a majori- ty of the members of said court concurring, for the term of one year, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor. § 3. That in regard to any claim or appropriation allowed or made by said court, the votes of the members of the court shall be stated on the record, at the request of any one of the members. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 555. AN ACT to amend an act, approved January 29, 1846, incorporating the town of Hillsboro', in Fleming county. Whereas, it is represented to this general assembly that the citizens of the town of Hillsboro', in Fleming county, had failed to comply with the act incorporating said town, in the election of trustees, and that doubts exist as to the validity of the official acts of the present trustees. For remedy whereof,

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