§3. That, until otherwise provided by law, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall, so far as slack-water navigation on said river is concerned, and the preservation, in good repair, of the locks and dams on said rivers, and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, do and perform the duties which devolved by law upon the Board of Internal Improvement, during the existence of said Board, except as herein. otherwise provided. to be appointed. § 4. Said Commissioners shall appoint a suitable person to Superintendent take charge of said line of navigation as superintendent, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of said Commissioners; shall possess a thorough knowledge of civil engineering; and Oath and bond. who, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take an oath to faithfully perform the duties thereof; and shall execute a bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned upon a faithful and honest discharge of his official duties, and prompt and full accountability for the moneys received and disbursed by him, with surety, to be approved by the Governor, and attested; which bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; and for any failure on the part of such superintendent to report and pay over promptly the money collected by him for toll or lockage, at the time and to the persons hereinafter specified, or for other misfeasance or malfeasance in office, suit may be instituted in the Franklin circuit court in the name of the Commonwealth. Lock-keeper and collector to be $5. The superintendent shall appoint a suitable lock-keeper at each lock, at not exceeding the ordinary monthly wages of appointed. the locality for trustworthy laborers. He shall also appoint one collector, and, if necessary, a second collector, to be stationed at such locks as may be found necessary for an efficient collection of tolls. The collectors shall be competent book. keepers and accountants, and shall receive the ordinary. monthly wages of such persons in the neighborhood where they are stationed, not exceeding $50 per month, and shall To give bond. execute bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of $500, with surety to be approved by the superintendent, for the faithful discharge of their trusts, which bond shall Salary. be deposited with the Secretary of State; and for violation of official duty on the part of any collector, like remedy may be had upon his bond as upon the bond of the superintendent. PUB. L.-5 trol. § 6. The collector, when there is one present, and when not, Custody and con- then the lock-keeper, shall have the custody and control, subject always to the superintendent, of all the State property at the respective locks. The collectors shall collect from each boat, barge, raft, or craft such tolls and lockage as shall be prescribed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund; and it shall be their duty to keep a book account, in such form as the commissioners may prescribe, of all such collections; and To remit weekly. the superintendent, in like manner, shall make remittances weekly, and oftener if the commissioners direct, of the sums received by him, to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, who shall deposit the money thus received in the State Treasury to the credit of the Green and Barren River Line of Navigation; and all money arising from tolls and lockage on said line of navigation shall be kept by the Treasurer as a separate How fund to be fund, to be used in improving and keeping in repair said line of navigation, in the purchase and preservation of the necessary implements and machinery, in the payment of salaries or wages to the agents and laborers employed on said line, and for no other purpose, and shall be drawn on the warrant of the Governor. used. be made. 7. Whenever repairs or improvements are needed to be Repairs-how to made upon any part of said line, of a cost of not exceeding $200 at any one place, it shall be the duty of the superintendent to have he same made promptly, reporting immediately to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund the nature, necessity, and cost of the work. For sums of a greater amount than $200 at any one place, he shall first receive the sanction of the Commissioners before incurring the expense; but it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to act promptly, satisfying themselves of the fitness and necessity, by suitable examinat'on by one of themselves, or by their agent, if they shall deem Accounts to be it necessary. Every account against the line shall be duly certified by the superintendent, with items and cost, and shall be referred to the Commissioners, who shall report it, with their opinion indorsed thereon, to the Governor, who, if he approves, shall draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the amount, to be paid out of the Green and Barren river fund. 8. The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall preCommissioners scribe the rates of tolls and lockage and a tariff of freights to be charged upon said line, which rates shall not exceed those prescribed by the Board of Internal Improvement prior examined. to fix rates of toll to the year 1861; shall cause a list of the rates which they may establish to be printed, and furnish as many copies thereof as may be necessary to the superintendent, who shall cause them to be posted in the office or other suitable place, at each lock, for the information of the public and the government of the collectors of tolls. rell.. 9. The superintendent shall receive an annual salary of Salan of Super$2,000, to be paid in equal monthly installments, out of the Green and Barren River Navigation Fund. He shall keep an office at Bowling Green or Rockport; and it shall be his duty, on or before the fifth of each month, to make out, certify, and forward to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, to be submitted like other accounts to the Governor for payment, a pay-roll for himself and employes, which roll shall To make out pay have the names of all employes required under this act to be employed on said line, the number of days each one shall have worked the preceding month, the rate of wages and kind of labor performed by each, and the whole added together. A similar roll, receipted by the persons to whom payment is made, and certified by the superintendent, or other reliable witness to the payment, shall accompany the superintendent's monthly account as a voucher, and every Monsaly report. other payment of money shall be evidenced by a receipt or other form of voucher, as the Commissioners may prescribe, to accompany the superintendent's monthly account of receipts and advancements, which shall be presented to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund within ten days, by the 20th of each month, for the month preceding. § 10. The superintendent shall also make out and forward to the Commissioners annually, on the 10th of January, a report upon the general condition of the navigation, its operations during the past year, the work done upon it, and at what localities, in repairs and improvements, and any sugges tions that may seem pertinent or necessary concerning its future requirements and management. This report shall be accompanied by an abstract according to prescribed forms, and certified by the superintendent, of the receipts and expenditures during the year preceding the 1st of January, and by tabular statements setting forth the number of boats, loaded and empty; the quantity of each article, and the number of passengers passed through the locks, and the amounts Add tional duties of Superintend ent as to receipts and expenditures received for toll on the various articles and under the various heads, which report and statements shall be printed for the information of the Legislature and the public; forwarded by express on every regular packet or express day to the superintendent, unless otherwise ordered by him, all moneys so collected, together with a detailed statement, according to prescribed forms, of the sources from which received out of the articles on which collected. § 11. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 5, 1880. CHAPTER 780. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Henderson county court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county court of Henderson county shall be Henderson con holder on the fourth Monday in every month of each year, instead of the time now fixed by law. §2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 5, 1880. monumen CHAPTER 814. AN ACT to appropriate money to repair and preserve the Henry Clay Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and hereby enry Clay is, directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum $1,033 appropri- of ten hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-six cents ($1,053 36), in favor of Madison C. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of the Lexington Cemetery Company. ated to repair. §2. That the said sum shall be expended by the said Madison C. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of the Lexington Cemetery Company, for the repair and preservation of the said Henry Clay Monument. 3. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved April 6, 1880. CHAPTER 849. AN ACT to regulate and fix the pay of the elective and appointed officers of §1 That the officers hereinafter named shall respectively receive as compensation for their services a per diem as follows: The Principal Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, eight dollars per day each during the ses sion and ten days after the adjournment of the General Assembly, for preparing Acts for publication; the First Aseistant Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, eight dollars each per day during the session and ten days after adjournment of the General Assembly, for preparing Acts for publication; the Enrolling Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, five dollars each per day; the Sergeantsat-Arms of the Senate and House of Representatives, five dollars each per day; the Keepers of the Cloak-rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives, two dollars each per day; the Janitors of the Senate and House of Representatives, two dollars each per day; the Pages of the Senate and House of Representatives shall have two dollars per day. 2. This act shall take effect ten days after the expiration of the present session of this General Assembly: Provided, That there shall not be more than three Pages for the use of the Senate and four for the use of the House of Representatives. Pay of elective and appointed officers of Senate Representatives. and Hous: of Approved April 8, 1880. CHAPTER 877. AN ACT authorizing the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to transfer to the Revenue Proper the surplus in the Sinking Fund. WHEREAS, The outstanding bonded indebtedness of the Preamble. State, in gross, amounts to $180,394; and whereas, $6,394 of this is past due and unpresented, and the bonds probably accidentally destroyed or lost, leaving bonds not yet due, and for which a permanent sinking fund is needed, amounting to $174,000; and whereas, the amount of cash on hand in the Sinking Fund amounts to $235,671 72, as shown by the Aud |