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An Act better to regulate the mode of working and opening roads in Boone county. 1855 vol. I 355 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0749 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 233. AN ACT better to ragulate the mode of working and opening roads In Iioono county. Be it caacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1 1. That at the September term, 1856, of the 13oone county to divided to% County Court, the said court to consist of the Presiding road ditrits. Judge and the Justices of the Peace in said county, er a majority of them, who shall be summoned by the said Judge to meet with him, shall divide said county into not less than fifty-five road districts, and appoirt a surveyor for every district, who shall serve one year, and until his successor is appointed. § 2. The County Court Clerk shall give the Assessor of Dutlus of the said county a copy of the order making the road districts, clork and Aste. and it shall be the duty of the Assessor to list and value 90r. all the real property in every district, and state the white males over sixteen years of age and under fifty years, and all male slaves and free males of color over sixteen years of age separately, in a book to be furnished him by the County Court, and which he must return to the Court. § 3. The court may from time to time lessen or increase the number of road districts, and may change the bounda- ries of districts; and whenever an order for any such purpose is made, the Clerk shall furnish the Assessor with a cepy of such order. § 4. The court shall levy a tax of three cents on the one Tax. hundred dollars worth of property listed under this act, and a poll tax of one dollar upon every person listed un- der this act, which taxes shall be for the purposes of making, repairing, and keeping in repair the roads of said county; and said levy shall be made at the first term af- ter the said book is returned. § 5. The Assessor shall return said book at the firbt term of said court after it is completed. § 6. In assessing lands, wheh the tract is not wholly in one district it may be listed in any district in which part of it is situated. § 7. The court shall rule the Assessor to return the book upon the suggestion of the County Attorney that there has been unreasonable delays, and may punish him for failure as in cases of contempt. § 8. As soon as the books are returned and the levy made, the Clock qhall make out a copy of the assessment for every district, and by it and the levy he shall make a statement of the amount of the road tax due from every person in every district, and the amount from every per- son who has property in a district and does not reside within it; and this copy and statement shall be given by the Clerk to, the Sheriff, and by the Sheriff to the sur- veyor.

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