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An Act to amend an act, entitled, An act Concerning Runaway Slaves. 1863 104 (1863.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0842 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1864. CHAPTER 483. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, An act Concerning Runaway Slaves, approved 3d of March, 1863. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Act 1861t-23, of Kentucky: page a. § 1. That the jailer shall advertise the runaway slave in Runaway slavestobe ad- a newspaper nearest his residence. vertleed in near- estnewspaper. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff to take bond Vale bond, to or bonds in all cases, as required by the second section of clreturned to the above recited act, and to return said bonds, and all clerk of county wart. heretofore taken, to the clerk of the county court of his county-the bonds hereafter taken within twenty days after the sale, and the bonds heretotbre taken within sixty days after the passage of this act. § 3. That it shall be the duty of the county court clerk, Clerk to re- within sixty days after said bond or bonds are returned to 9ain cop) o- him as above required, to transmit to the Auditor of Pub- bond and pro- ceedingsto Au- lie Accounts a certified copy of said bond or bonds, and a ditor. copy of all the proceedings relating to the case in which said bond or bonds were taken. § 4. That all money received by the sheriffs under sales Sle money to made under the act aforesaid, approved 3d of March, 1863, bepatdtoTrea&- not heretolore paid, shall be paid by the sheriff to the urer; when. Treasurer of this State within sixty days after the passage of this act. § 5. Any sheriff or clerk failing to comply with the pro- PenalLyfor visions of this act', shall be lined fifty dollars for each of- failure to corn- fense, to be recovered by presentment or indictment of a ply wlth this act. grand jury. § 6. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 20, 1864. NOTE-The act to which this is an amendment was ap- proved March 2d, 1S63. CHAPTER 485. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Bardstown and Louisville Rail road Company. Whereas, there is adecree to sell said road with all its Priateacta chartered rights and privileges, and also its estate, real and ls-4,p.55l. personal. to pay the sum of thirty thousand dollars with its Preamble. interest-being the amount of mortgage bonds issued by the president and directors of said road. Some of the holders of said bonds, who have obtained said decree, in- tend to enforce it with a view and fbr the purpose to pur- chase said road, and may, as a consequence, remove the iron rail of said road, and consequently render said road useless. The president and directors of said road desire that said road, (though not profitable to the present stock-

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