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An Act for punishing negro stealing. 1855 vol. I 70 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0738 and id is 1 raw text is: .LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1856. CHAPTER 375, AN ACT for the benefit of the President of the Board of Internal Improve. ment. Be it a:ted y the General Assenbly of the Commonwealth of Kcntuckyj: That the sum of three hundred dollars be paid in ad- dition to the salary of the President of the Board of In- ternal Improvement, per annum. Approved March 8, 1856. CHAPTER 393. AN ACT to fix the time of holding the Quarterly Court in Barren county. Be it enacted by the General Assembbi of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the Quarterly Court iil Barren c6unty shall com- mence on Tuesday after the third Monday in March, June, September, and December, in each year. Approved March 7, 1656. CHAPTER 395, AN ACT for punishing negro stealing. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonuealth of Kentucki: That if any person or persons shall hereafter steal, or Rev. Sat. 634. aid and abet in the stealing of any negro slave, he or they shall, upon conviction thereof, be confined in the penitentiary not less than two years, and may, at the dis- cretion of ajury, be so confined for life. Approved March 8,1856. CHAPTER 399. AN ACT to provide for the prosecution of the Geological, Mineralogical, Chemical, Topographical, and Agricultural Survey of the State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly f the Commonwealth of Kentuckyj: § I. That the State Geologist be authorized to organize TWotop0raphle two Topographical corps, by and with the consent of the orTs may b or- Go e n r net o rsraeru Governor-one to opcrate in the wcstcrn division of the State, and one in tWe eastern division, in order to canry forward the Geological survey with as much dispatch as (a) This is amendment to section 1, article 5, chapter 93, Revised Statutes, 634, which inflicted a punishment of confinement in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than twenty years.

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