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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0844 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.
CIHAPTER 508. 1864.
AN ACT to amend the 6th section of an act passed the 19th Decermber,
1861, entitled, a,, act to aicrd the law in relation to Runaway
Slaves.
Be it enacted by the Gencral Assembly of the Common wealth of
Kentucky:
§ 1. That if a slave makes his escape frnom a county ad- Acts 186-,
joining a countN bordering on the Ohio river, or on the
Tennessee line, and is arrested in said last named county,
and delivered to the owner, or lodged in the jail of said
1at named county, the reward tor taking up said slave
shall be twenty dollars.
§ 2. If the ,.lave made his escape from *another county, Cnpensutton
for taking up
not adjoining the county in which he is arrested, and is ar- runaway.
rested in a county bordering on the Ohio river, or on the
Tennessee line,, and lodged in the jail of said county, thirty
dollars, or if delivered to the owner or person from whom
he made his escape, at his residence, forty dollars.
Approved February 20, 1864.
CHAPTER 511.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, An act to authorize the suspension
of circuit courts in certain cases.
[This bill passed the House of Representatives, and was
disagreed to in the Senate, but by mistake was enrolled,
and signed by the speakers of the two Houses, and ap-
proved by the Governor. For a law on the same subject,
see chapter 571.]
CHAPTER 522.
AN ACT to establish a Clait Agency for Kentucky in the city of
Washiigton.
Be it enactcd by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky:
§ 1. That the Governor, by and with the advice and con- State ot Ken-
sent of thc Senate, be and he is hereby directed to appoint tucky.
an Agent for the State of Kentucky, who shall keep his
office in the city of' Washington, whose duty it shall be, buttes.
whenever requested by the party or parties interested, to
prosecute beflore the Court of Claims at Washington, or
before any of the Departments at Washington, any claim
or demand growing out of the existing war, which the
State of Kentucky, or any citizen or soldier thereof, has
against the government of the United States: Provided,
That the person appointed under this act shall hold no of-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsky0844&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)