swearing. thereof be convicted, shall be subjected to all the pains and Penalty for false penalties of the crime of perjury. sworn. Public Printer to print 500 copies of the 7th, 8th, and 9th sections, for distribution to the assessors for $9. Be it further enacted, That the assessor shall write Assessor to write "sworn" opposite the name of each person sworn by him. § 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Public Printer to print five hundred copies of the seventh, eighth, and ninth sections of this act immediately after its sage, and deliver them to the Secretary of State for the time 1881. being, who shall transmit them forthwith to the county clerks, to be delivered by them, as soon as possible, to the assessors of tax for the year 1881. pas Approved January 19, 1880. CHAPTER 33. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to regulate the jurisdiction of quarterly courts and courts of justices of the peace," approved March 16, 1878. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to regulate the jurisdicdiction of quarterly courts and courts of justices of the peace in Fulton, Hickman, and Graves counties," be so amended as to include and apply to the counties of Calloway and Ballard. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 19, 1880. Jurisdiction of quarterly and jus- Calloway and CHAPTER 49. AN ACT to authorize the city of Lexington to donate lands and bonds for the benefit of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, and to provide for the payment of the bonds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the mayor and council of the city of Lexington be, and they are hereby, authorized to donate to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, for the use and benefit of its Agricultural and Mechanical College, the tract of land in said city, containing about fifty acres, and known as its City Park, and its bonds to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, payable as hereinafter provided, the proceeds of which shall Authority to mayor and coun cilmen of Lexington to donate land and bonds to Agricultural College interest 6 per cent., paya ble semi-annually. be devoted to the erection of buildings for said college upon said land, subject to this limitation: that said land and buildings, and all the proceeds of said bonds, shall revert to the city of Lexington whenever said college shall be removed. from, or for three consecutive years be abandoned as a col. lege within the limits of, said city of Lexington. § 2. That the bonds to be so donated shall be in sums not Bonds not less less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dolthan $500 nor more than $1,000; lars; shall bear interest from date, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, until the principal shall be paid, and the principal to be paid thirty years after date, but subject to be paid at the pleasure of the city after ten years from date; the bonds shall have interest coupons attached thereto, and the bond and coupons shall be payable to bearer. The bonds shall be sealed by the city with the signature of its mayor, and the attestation of its clerk attached thereto, When to be is and the coupons signed by its mayor. The bonds shall be issued and dated by the mayor and council of the city, whenever the Governor of Kentucky shall demand the same, after a contract or contracts shall have been made for the erection of buildings as provided in the first section. sued. be created. §3. That to provide for the payment of the principal and Sinking fund to interest of said bonds, it shall be the duty of the mayor and council of said city to create a sinking fund, which shall be devoted to the payment of said principal and interest, until all said bonds shall be fully satisfied; and until such full satisfaction, the proceeds of all the taxes herein authorized to be levied and collected by the mayor and council shall be placed in, and compose a part of, said sinking fund. may be imposed. 4. To enable the mayor and council to create said sinking Additional tax fund, they shall be, and are hereby, authorized to impose, levy, and collect, in addition to the taxes already imposed, levied, and collected for the use of the city, the following taxes, to-wit: an annual tax not exceeding two hundred dollars upon each express office, and an annual tax not exceed. ing one hundred and fifty dollars upon each telegraph office kept in said city; an annual tax not exceeding two hundred dollars upon each lottery office kept in said city; an annual tax not exceeding ten dollars upon all lawyers and doctors; an annual tax of fifteen dollars upon all dentists, and an annual tax of twenty dollars upon all photographers practic. ig their professions or pursuing their business for profit in the city of Lexington, and an additional tax of not exceeding five cents upon the one hundred dollars of the assessed value of the taxable property assessed for taxation in the city, the power to levy which five cents shall cease when said bonds shall have been paid off. tax enforced. 5. The mayor and council shall have power, by ordi- How payment of nances with suitable penalties, to enforce the payment of the taxes authorized to be imposed by the fourth section, by prohibiting the keeping the offices or practicing or pursuing the profession or business until the tax shall be paid. ed. § 6. The taxes authorized by the fourth section of this act Only whites taxto be levied and collected shall only be levied and collected from the whites of said city, and from the white owners of property situated therein. § 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 21, 1880. CHAPTER 54. AN ACT to change and regulate the time of holding the county and quarterly courts of Greenup county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That from and after this act takes effect, the county courts of Greenup county shall be held on the third Mondays in each month instead of the first Mondays as heretofore, and shall continue until the business thereof shall have been completed. Greenup county; county courts. time of holding § 2. That the quarterly courts of said county shall hereaf- Time of holding ter be held on the Tuesdays after the third Mondays in Feb. quarterly courts. ruary, May, August, and November of each year, and continue at each term so long as the business of said court requires it, instead of the fourth Mondays in said months, as heretofore fixed by law. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 21, 1880. Consent of Ken tucky to the ac quisition of land, &c, by the U. S. Jurisdiction con current. condemned. CHAPTER 58. AN ACT to grant the consent of the State of Kentucky to the acquisition by the United States of certain lands within the State, and bordering on the navigable rivers thereof, for the purpose of constructing canals, or of erecting thereon dams, abutments, locks, lock-keepers' dwellings, offices, and all necessary structures for the construction and maintenance of slackwater navigation on said rivers, and ceding jurisdiction over the same, and for imposing fines and penalties for willful injuries to the grounds, buildings, and appurtenances acquired under the provisions of this act. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: § 1. That whenever the United States shall make an appropriation, and shall be about to begin the improvement of any of the navigable rivers within or bordering on the State of Kentucky, by means of locks and permanent or movable dams, or dams with adjustable chutes, or by means of a canal, the consent of the State of Kentucky is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase or by condemnation of any lands, buildings, or other property necessary for the purpose of erecting thereon dams, abutments, locks, lock-keepers' dwellings, chutes, and other necessary structures for the construction and maintenance of slack-water navigation on said rivers, or for the purpose of constructing canals on the same; and the said United States shall have, hold, use, and occupy the said land or lands, buildings or other property, when purchased or acquired as provided for by this act, and shall exercise jurisdiction and control over the same concurrently with the State of Kentucky. § 2. Be it further enacted, That in case of failure of the Land may be United States to agree with the owner or owners of any such lands as the United States may deem necessary for the purposes named in the first section of this act, it shall be lawful for the United States to apply for the condemnation of such land by petition to any judge of a court of record in or nearest to the county where the land may be situated, either in term time or in vacation, notice of the time and place of such application having been first duly given, by publication for thirty days prior to the day of such application, in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the land lies, or if the owner or owners reside in the State of Kentucky, by personal service upon the owner or owners of such land at least twenty days prior to such appli cation; and thereupon it shall be lawful for such judge to Commissioners may be appointappoint three disinterested freeholders of the county where ed. such land lies as commissioners, and having been first duly sworn to well and duly appraise the damages due the owner or owners of said land proposed to be taken, shall report, in writing, to the said judge the amount of damages to be paid to the owner or owners of such land, which report, upon confirmation by said judge, shall be held as final and binding upon said owner or owners of said land; and upon the amount of such damages being paid to the owner or owners of said land, the title of such land shall vest in the United States, and said land shall be exempt from all taxes and Lan acquired assessments so long as it shall remain the property of the United States. § 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall willfully or maliciously injure any of the lands, buildings, or other property acquired or held under the provisions of this act, such person or persons shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty dollars, and to an imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both or either, at the discretion of the court. Said offense to be prosecuted in any court of competent jurisdiction. exempt from tax. lands, Penalty for inbuildings, or other property. Locks and lands ceded, subject to existing lease of lock No. 4. 4. And for the purpose of enabling the United States to expend the one hundred thousand dollars already appropriated by Congress for the improvement of the Kentucky river, and any further appropriations that may hereafter be made for that purpose, the State of Kentucky hereby transfers and cedes to the United States the five locks and dams heretofore constructed by said State on said river, together with all the grounds and appurtenances belonging to the same; but this transfer and cession is made subject to the lease and priv. ileges heretofore made and granted by said State to the Kentucky River Mills Company, at lock and dam No. 4 on said river; and the provisions of the preceding section of this act as to the concurrent jurisdiction of said State and the United States over the lands and buildings authorized to be acquired and constructed by said sections, and imposing penalties for Penalty for injur. injuries to said works, shall extend and apply to the said five locks and dams and their appurtenances hereby transferred and ceded to the United States. ing. |