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An Act regulating the duties of the Christian County Court in laying the levy. 1850 vol. II 496 (1850)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0685 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

1851.   the year 1850, for the period of three months, agreeably to
the common school laws of this state, be and he is hereby
directed to issue his warrant on the second auditor, in favor
of the school commissioners of Greenup county, for the
sum of money to which said school would have been
entitled, had the report for the same been received in due
time.
Approved March 22, 1851.
CHAPTER 577..
AN ACT regulating the duties of the Christian County Court in laying
the luvy.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, That in laying the levy, the Christian county
court shall impose a poll tax of twenty-five cents, and no
more, on every free white male, inhabitant, and on every
free male negro or mulatto man living-in said county, and
of the age of twenty-one years; and the residue of the
money requisite to the payment of the claims allowed, and
the appropriations made by said court, shall be -levied by
an an ad valorem. tax, to be fixed by reference to the taxa-
ble property of said county, as reported in the commis-
sioners' books 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 amount so levied, the sheriff or other collector shall be
allowed a commission of three per centar.
Approved March 22, 1851.
CHAPTER 578.
AN ACT to amend the charter of the Lexi,,gton and Frankfort Railrodd
Company.
Whereas, by the .27th section of an act, approved Feb-
ruary 28, 1848, entitled,  an act to incorporate the Lexing-
ton and Frankfort railroad company, it was declared that
on the completion of the Lexington .and Frankfort railroad,
and the Louisville and -Frankfort railroad, the profits of
the two roads should be divided between the two com-
panies owning the. same, in the proportion of the actual
cost of each of said roads; which said 27th section was
also enacted as an amendment to the charter of the Louis-
ville and Frankfort railroad company; and whereas, it is
represented to this general assembly that the provisions of
the said amendment have not been, accepted by the said
Louisville and Frankfort railroad company. Therefore,
• Be it enacted by the. General Assembly of the Comon-
wealth of Kentucky, That in case the said amendment to
the charter of the Louisville and Frankfort railroad com-

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