1851. ry's line to the North fork, (leaving Lamb and Berry in the Washington district;) and thence with the North fork to the mouth of Mill creek; and all the territory contained in this boundary is added to the Lewisburg district. Approved March 22, 1851. Districts form ap ed by the Commissioners pointed beretofore, except oth erwise provided for, are estab lished as voting districts, with the voting pla. ces therein named. and voting pla as have been made by law. CHAPTER 552. AN ACT concerning Magistrates' and Constables' districts. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the districts formed by the commissioners appointed under and by an act, entitled, an act appointing commissioners to divide the counties of this state into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, approved December 12, 1850, are hereby established as districts in the several counties in this state for the election of two justices of the peace and a constable, with the boundaries described in the report of said comm.issioners, as filed and recorded in the office of the county court clerk of the counties respectively, and as filed in the office of the secretary of state; and the places named by said reports, as voting places in said districts respectively, are hereby established as the places for holding all elections in said districts for all officers, unless otherwise provided for by law. §2. The said districts and voting places named in the Said districts first section of this act, are established, subject to such ces to be subject changes, alterations, and modifications as have been made, to such changes or shall be made by laws or in pursuance of laws passed at the present session of the general assembly, and all such changes, alterations, and modifications, are as fully established as if they had been embraced in and formed part of the report of said commissioners, named in the first section. of this act. state to trans acts districts & vo. §3. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to Secretary of make out and transmit certified copies of every act passed mit copies of all at the present session of the general assembly, changing or changing forming new districts, or changing the place of voting in ting places to districts, in any county, to the clerk of the county wherein such change shall have been made, on or before the 10th day of April next; and said act shall be recorded by said clerk on his record books, in which the reports of said commissioners are recorded, and a true copy of said act or acts shall be by said clerk delivered to the sheriff of his county. Approved March 22, 1851. the clerk of the respective coun ty courts. CHAPTER 553. AN ACT to establish a July term of the Wayne County Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be a term of the Wayne county court held on the fourth Monday in July in every year, for the transaction of business. Approved March 22, 1851. 1851. CHAPTER 562. AN ACT providing for the special terms of the County Courts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the county courts, from time to time, to hold special terms thereof for the purpose of qualifying sheriffs and other officers to enter upon the duties of their respective offices, by taking the oaths required by law and executing such official bonds as, by law, they are directed to execute. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 564. AN ACT to change the places of voting in Districts No. 3, in Simpson; No. § 2. That the voting place in district No. 5, in Woodford county, is hereby changed from the house of Senate A. Hawkins to the house of Elijah Wilson, in said district. No. 3 in Simp No. 5 in Wood. ford. No. 8 in Breck § 3. That the voting place in district No. 8, in Breckinridge county, is hereby changed from the house of Henry inridge. D. Basham, to the town of Union Star, at such house therein as the sheriff may select. §4. That the voting place in district No. 6, in Henderson county, is hereby changed from the house of E. D. Bennett, to the town of Hibbardsville, in said district, at such house within said town as the sheriff may select. Approved March 22, 1851. No. 6 in Hen. derson. CHAPTER 565. AN ACT to change the lines between districts Nos. 2 and 3, in Mercer county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the line between districts No. 2 and No. 3, in Mercer county, is so changed as to begin at the point where Vandyke's road crosses A. M. Vanarsdall's south 1851. line; thence running west with said line until it strikes Si- Line between and I changed. CHAPTER 566. AN ACT to change certain districts in Spencer county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the following changes are made in the districts in Spencer county, as formed and reported by districts Nos. 3 the commissioners appointed to lay off said county into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, to-wit: the line between districts No. 3 and No. 1, in said county, shall run from Jonathan Cook's, on Elk creek, with the Louisville road until it strikes Big Plumb creek, near the widow Taylor's farm; thence up said creek to the Bullit county line; and all the territory north and east of said line shall form a part of district No. 1. § 2. That the lines between districts No. 2 and No. 4, in Line between said county, is so changed as to make Heady's run the didistricts Nos. 2viding line between said districts; and all the territory lying east of said Heady's run shall form a part of district No. 2. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 567. AN ACT establishing certain voting places in Harrison county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the following shall be the voting places in the several districts for the election of magistrates and constables in the county of Harrison, hereinafter named, to-wit in district No. 2, Webb's store; in No. 4, Claysville; in No. 7, Jacob Renaker's; and in No. 8, Leesburg. Approved March 22, 1851. CHAPTER 568. AN ACT to establish an additional Magistrates' and Constable's District in Nelson county, and to extend the boundaries of District No. 6. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be and there is hereby Boundaries of established an additional magistrates' and constable's disHistrict No. 9-trict in Nelson county, to be denominated district No. 9, to Tablished. be composed of that part of district No. 1, as follows: 1851. beginning on the road from Bardstown to Bloomfield, where the line of district No. 1 crosses it; thence with said road to the east end of main street, in Bardstown; thence with said street to third cross street, in said town; thence southwardly with said street, leaving the court house on the east, to the limits of Bardstown; thence with the course of said street continued till it strikes the town fork of Stewart's creek, and down it to the Beech fork and up the same to Knott's fish trap; thence to include St. Thomas'; thence, including William Sutherland's to Horn branch, and down it to the Beech fork, and with it to the mouth of Cedar creek, and up it and its head waters so as to include George Hay's farm, and between it and Electius Hagan's; thence to the point where Doom's bark road commences to ascend the knobs; thence to the east end of the lane between Simmons and Miller; thence to Wathen's mill road, near William Hunter's; thence with Wathen's mill road to John Stewart's, to include John Stewart; thence to include Thomas Aud, on the Louisville turnpike road; thence so as to include Stanilaus Spaulding; thence to include Walter Hopkins'; thence to include John Mackay and A. C. Wilson, to the beginning. § 2. That the bounds of the magistrates' and constable's district, in Nelson county, No. 6, be extended as follows: from the junction of the Beech and Rolling fork, up the Rolling fork to the Burnt Lick ford; thence with the road from said ford, excluding Nicholas Carter's, to the Beech fork at Vititoe's ford, a line of said district as now established; and the bounds of the adjacent district shall be changed accordingly. Approved March 22, 1851. Boundaries of No. 6 changed. CHAPTER 569. AN ACT to change the boundaries of, and place of voting in Magistrates' and Constable's District, No. 2, in Scott county, and the voting place of District No. 2, in Grant county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the boundaries of district No. 2, in Scott county, as reported by the commissioners appointed to lay off said county into districts for the election of justices of the peace and constables, be and they are hereby changed as follows: commencing at the paper mill of W. H. McDonald & Co., on North Elkhorn; thence down Elkhorn to Threlkeld's mill; thence with the road leading from said mill to Frankfort, to the farm of James Shackelford; thence a line that will leave said Shackelford's farm, and the farms of Thomas Blackburn and Churchill J. Blackburn within the Stamping Ground dis district No. 2 in Scott changed. Boundaries of 1851. trict, to the Franklin county line; thence with said line to South Elkhorn; thence up South Elkhorn to Kenny's farm; thence with a line north so as to leave the house of said Kenny and William Martin in the Georgetown district, to the Iron Works' road; thence with said road so that a line running due north will strike the beginning corner. Voting place place of voting in said district to be at the store of John W. Forbes, instead of Harriott's mill. changed. Voting place in district No. 2 in Grant changed. § 2. That the place of voting in district No. 2, in Grant County, as laid off by the commissioners heretofore appointed by an act of this general assembly, shall be at the house of William Webb, sr., known as Cordovia post office in said county. Approved March 22, 1851. Shelby county. CHAPTER 572. AN ACT to change the boundary and place of voting in certain Magisistrates' and Constables' Districts in Shelby county, and to provide for changing the voting place in District No. 5, in Hopkins county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the north line of the magisDistrict No.2, trates' and constable's listrict, No. 2, in Shelby county, be so changed as to include the farms on which the following individuals now reside, to-wit: Clark and James McDaniel, Stephen Weakley, Gov. C. Foster, Simpson Weakley, David Staples, Anthony Tanner, Nathan Searcee, and Wm. W. Wilson. District No. 1. District No.7. District No. 5. §2. That the boundary of district No. 1, in said county, be so changed as to include the farms of H. H. Hancock, and James Ratcliff, and they and their tenants on said farms be allowed to vote in said district. § 3. That the place of voting in district No. 7, in said county, shall be at the house of Josiah Daniel, instead of Rockville. § 4. That the boundaries of district No. 5, in said county, be so changed as to exclude the residences of John G. Bryan and A. B. Veech, and that they be included in the district No. 6, in said county. 5. That the house of Robert Doak shall be the place of District No. 4. voting in district No. 4, in said county, instead of Chesnut Voters in dis trict No. 5 Hopkins county to vote upon the establishment of the voting place in said district. Grove. § 6. That it shall be the duty of the officers conducting the election in May next, at Providence district, No. 5, in Hopkins county, to open columns in their poll book, and take votes to determine at what place in said district the election precinct shall be permanently located; the town of Providence shall be named, also the house of Mr. Winn, known as the former residence of Cader Bruce, and the house of Eden Craig shall likewise be named, and the vote |