1 of, and carefully preserve all furniture, bedding, &c., belong- loss from regi § 2. That for any loss or destruction of said furniture, bed- Responsible for ding, &c., by reason of the negligence or fault of the jailer, gence. he shall be responsible to the county, upon his official bond, for the value of same, to be recovered upon notice and motion in county court; and it shall be the duty of the county attorney to attend to the enforcement of this act. §3. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1513. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to create a court of common Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: included. § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to create a court of com- Franklin county mon pleas in the counties of Fayette, Bourbon, Bath, Madison, Woodford, and Scott," approved February 6th, 1874, be. and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the county of Franklin; and all the provisions of said act, and the amendment thereto, approved February 6, 1876, so far as applicable, shall apply to the county of Franklin. § 2. The terms of said common pleas court in said county Terms when. of Franklin shall commence on the first Monday in May and November of each year, and continue each term twelve juridical days, if the business requires it. §3. This act shall take effect the first day of September next. Approved May 5, 1880. Fes of jailers. CHAPTER 1514. AN ACT fixing the fees of jailers for keeping and dieting prisoners. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the fees of the jailers of this Commonwealth for keeping and dieting each prisoner shall hereafter be fifty cents per day. § 2. That this act shall be in force from its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. cery and vice CHAPTER 1518. AN ACT to regulate the transfer of cases between the Louisville chancery court and the vice chancellor's court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. If actions which should consolidated or heard toLouisville chan gether be pending in the Louisville chancery court and the chancery court. vice chancellor's court, the judge of either of said courts may order the transfer and removal of the action or actions pending in his court to the court in which the other action is pending; and the court to which the transfer is made shall have jurisdiction to try the actions so transferred. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and shall apply only to Jefferson county. Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1521. AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to fix the tax on real and personal estate at forty cents on the one hundred dollars in value thereof," approved March 7, 1876, and to re-enact section one, article one, chapter ninety-two, General Statutes, title "Revenue and Taxation," repealed thereby. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to fix the tax on real and Gen Stat, chap. personal estate at forty cents on the one hundred dollars in value thereof," approved March 7, 1876, be, and the same is j2, sec. 1, art. I, re-enacted. hereby, repealed, and that section one, article one, chapter ninety-two, title "Revenue and Taxation," repealed thereby, be, and the same is hereby, re-enacted. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1522. AN ACT to provide means for supplying any deficiency that may occur in the State revenue for the ordinary expenses of the government within the next two years. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That for the purpose of providing means to supply any deficiency that may occur in the State revenue for the ordinary expenses of the government within the next two years, the following State officers, viz: the Governor of this Commonwealth, the Auditor of Public Accounts, and the State Treasurer, are hereby appointed a board of Commissioners, any two of whom may act, and authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of the State, to borrow from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, any bank, banking association, corporation, or from private individuals, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes herein before stated, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable as they may deem best, and execute and deliver the note or notes, bond or bonds, of the State therefor, due and payable at such time or times as they may think proper, to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, bank, banking association, or private individuals from whom the loan or loans may be made. § 2. That said commissioners shall not borrow, at any one time, more money than may, in their best judgment, be necessary to meet the deficiency at the time, and, in the aggregate, not exceeding the sum aforesaid. §3. That from time to time, should money accumulate in the Treasury more than is necessary to meet the ordinary expenses of the government, the said commissioners are authorized and directed to apply the same, or as much thereof as can be safely spared, to the payment of all or any part of the debt created under the authority of this act, and stop interest thereon to the extent of such payment; and the Governor, Auditauthorized to or and Treasurer borrow $500, 000. How surp'us acapplied. cumulating to be est, &c. Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant or warrants upon the Treasurer for such sum or sums as said Commissioners shall decide to pay on said debt from time to time. 4. That the said Commissioners are hereby authorized to Renewals, inter renew said notes or bonds as often as they may fall due, if funds are not in the Treasury sufficient to pay the same, and pay the interest due up to the time of such renewal or renewals; or they may pay the interest as stipulated without renewal, from time to time; and for this purpose the Auditor of Public Accounts is authorized to draw his warrant or war. rants upon the Treasurer for the interest thus due and ordered to be paid by said Commissioners. To borrow first missioners of the Sinking Fund. from the Com 5. That before borrowing from any bank, banking association, corporation, or private individuals, the said Commis8ioners shall first borrow from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, who are hereby authorized to loan the same, any surplus, or as much thereof as may be needed for the purposes of this act, belonging to said fund, over and above what may be necessary to pay the interest on the State debt, or any State bonds that are likely to be presented for payment. § 6. That the said Commissioners shall keep a record of their proceedings under this act, and make report thereof to the next General Assembly of this Commonwealth. 7. That this act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. diction. CHAPTER 1525. AN ACT to regulate the appellate jurisdiction of the courts of this Com monwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. The Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction Apellate juris- over the final orders and judgments of all other cours in this Commonwealth in civil cases, except as hereinafter provided. § 2. No appeal shall be taken to the Court of Appeals from a judgment for the recovery of money or personal property, if the value in controversy be less than one hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, nor to reverse a judgment granting a divorce or punishing contempt; nor from any order or judg No appeal of the sum in contro versy is less than $100. ment of a county court, except in actions for the division of land and allotment of dower, as provided in section four hundred and ninety-nine of the Civil Code of Practice; nor from any order or judgment of a quarterly court, city court, police court, or justices' court, or any court of similar jurisdiction in civil cases; nor from a bond having the force of a judg ment. cuit court. 3. Appeals shall be to the circuit court of the county, and Appeals to cirto courts of similar jurisdiction, from all judgments or orders of quarterly courts, justices' courts, and other courts of similar jurisdiction, in civil cases, when the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs, is twenty-five dollars or over. Appeals shall also lie to the circuit court from all orders or judgments of the county court, in cases of bastardy, in settlement of the accounts of personal representatives, guardians, committees of persons under disability, and assignees under deeds of trust for the benefit of creditors, and from orders of the county court granting, revoking, or refusing letters testamentary or of administration, and from judgments and final orders of the county court, in proceedings for the condemnation of land for mill purposes, under chapter seventy-seven of the General Statutes. terly courts. $ 4. Appeals shall lie to the quarterly court of the county Appe il tɔ quarfrom all orders and judgments of police courts, justices' courts, and courts of similar jurisdiction, in civil cases, when the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs, is as much as ten dollars and less than twenty-five dollars. § 5. The manner and time of taking appeals shall be as Civil Code. provided in the Civil Code of Practice. § 6. This act shall take effect from the first day of September, 1880; and all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1526. AN ACT for the benefit of the coroners of this Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That whenever it becomes necessary for the coroners Coroners—expense of investi of this Commonwealth to have vaults or sinks searched for gations provided for. |