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An Act to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the revenue laws. 1851 362 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0698 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

1852.                          CHAPTER 476.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the revenue laws, ap-
provcd February 10, 1845.
§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common-
In Itsting un. wealth of Kentucky, That the first section of' an act, entitled;
dertheeqaza- an act to amend the revenue laws, approved February 10,
t io n 1aw e. in debt-
ede is to be 1845, be so amended, that hereafter it shall be the duty of
deducted,   the several assessors of tax in, this commonwealth, after
having taken the list of all property required to be specifi-
cally listed, to require each person, on oath, to fix the
amount he or she is worth from all other sources, on the
day to which said list relates, after taking out his or her
indebtedness from said amount he or she is worth, exclu-
sive of property in lands, slaves, or other property not
within this commonvealth, but subject to taxation by the
laws of the country where situated, and the said assessors
shall take from the said amount, so assessed and listed, the
sum of one hundred dollars, and set down and list the bal-
ance for taxation, upon which the same ad valorern tax
shall be paid as on other property subject to taxation by
existing laws: Provided, that the growing crop on land
listed for taxation, articles manufactured. in the family for
family use, all the poultry raised for family use, and the pro-
visions on hand for family use, shall be exempt from taxa-
tion.
§ 2. Be it farther enacted, That the indebtedness which is
Said indebted- hereby directed to be deducted from the value of a man's
nesis to bebo. property, shall be a just debt or debts owing, and created
na fide such.  p e
for a valuable consideration, and not with a view to lessen
the amount of his taxable property; and the assessor, in
taking in the list of his taxable property, shall swear the
person listing property for taxation to the facts herein
stated and required, and, upon such person refusing to
take said oath, he or she shall not be entitled to the deduc-
tion of his or her indebtedness from the value of his taxa-
ble property.
Approved January 9, 1852.
CHAPTER 487.
AN ACT fixing the rates of toll on Muldrow's Hill, and to provide for
collecting the same,
§ 1. Be it enacted 6i/ the General Assembly of the Common-
Penalty forr- wealth of Kentueky, That any person who may be engaged
io uniaw. in removing, or causing the same to be done, any tree, log,
fulpassways.  brush, or thing placed across a passway or road, or fill up,
or cause to be filled, any ditch which has been dug by au-
thority of law, for the purpose of preventing travel, shall
be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, at the discretion of a jury, which may be recovered
as other fines,.and paid into the sinking fund.

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