1824. suasion of his father, the Governor, at the solicitations of the citizens of Adair, pardoned him; and doubts having arisen, whether the said Yates is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen: Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the CommonRestored to the wealth of Kentucky, That the said William Yates be, privileges of a and he is hereby restored to all the rights, privileges and immunities of a free citizen of this State, any law, to the contrary notwithstanding. citizen. [Approved, December 30, 1824.] Clerk of coun ty court to tain records. CHAP. 69.--An ACT to authorise the Clerks of the Graves County and Circuit Courts to transcribe certain records. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the clerk of the county court of Graves county be, and he is hereby authorised tran-cribe cer- to transcribe into a well bound book, all the orders and records of said court, which have been heretofore made or kept in unbound books, or on common paper; for which he shall be allowed one cent for every twenty words so transcribed, to be allowed and paid out of the county levy. Allowance therefor. Sec. 2. And that the clerk of the circuit court of Clerk of circuit Graves county be, and he is hereby authorised to trancourt to tran- scribe into a well bound book, all the orders and rescribe certain cords of said court, which have been heretofore made records. Allowance therefor. or kept in unbound books or on common paper; for which he shall be allowed one cent for every twenty words so transcribed, to be allowed and certified by the circuit court, and paid out of the public treasury. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That after the clerks of Justices to in- the courts aforesaid shall have copied all the orders and spect the co- records into well bound books, as aforesaid, it shall be pies. the duty of the clerks of the courts aforesaid, to call upon any two justices of the peace for the county aforesaid, to aid him or them in comparing the orders and records aforesaid with the original entries; and if it shall appear to said justices, that the said records are truly transcribed, they shall certify the same to the county and circuit courts of said county. [Approved, December 30, 1824.] CHAP. 70.-An ACT to authorise the County Court of Washington County to appoint one additional Constable in said County, and for other purposes. 1824. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the county court of Washington county is hereby authorised to appoint one Where to readditional constable, who shall reside at, or within side. three miles of the mouth of Hardin's creek. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the county court County court of Adair county is hereby authorised and required to of Adair may appoint two additional constables in said county of my point two additional Adair, one of whom shall reside on the north-east side constables. of Caney fork of Wolf creek, in the neighborhood of Marcus Hulin's, and the other to reside on the southeast side of Foust's fork of Greasy creek, in the neighborhood of Colonel James Pierce's. two additional Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the county court County court of Christian county shall be authorised to appoint two of Christian additional constables for said county, one of whom shall may an oint reside within the present bounds of Captain John B. constables. Radford's company of militia, and the other within the following bounds, viz. Beginning at the Sinks of Little river, on the road leading to Russellville; thence to Crabtree's horse-mill; thence to the widow M'Cullock's; thence to Hopkinsville, and thence to the beginning. [Approved, December 30, 1824.] CHAP. 71. An ACT for the benefit of John Cocke and others. SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Register auCommonwealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the thorised to island-office be, and he is hereby authorised to issue to sue a warrant John Cocke, a land warrant for one hundred and fifty to John Cocke. acres of land, without the payment of the State price therefor, which may be located on the land whereon he now resides, in Cumberland county, if there shall be so much vacant land; and on the return of the plat and certificate of survey, the Register shall issue a patent thereon, as in other cases. der Dale. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Register of To issue a warthe land-office be, and he is hereby authorised to issue rant to Alexan to Alexander Dale, a land warrant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, without the payment of the State price therefor, which may be located on any vacant and unappropriated land north of Walker's line, and east of the Tennessee river; and on the return of a plat 1824. and certificate of survey, the Register shall issue a patent therefor, as in other cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That upon James M'To James M. Reynolds' filing with the Register of the land-office a Reynolds. plat and certificate of survey for two hundred acres of land, made upon a commissioners' certificate, No. 1,409, granted to Henry Elly in 1798, with the regular assignments thereon, or other legal transfer to him, the said M'Reynolds, the Register is authorised and directed to issue a patent for said two hundred acres of land, without the balance of the State price or Register's fee. being paid thereon, as in other cases. To Wm. Durrington, And whereas it is represented to this General Assembly, that William Durrington, of Caldwell county, a soldier of the revolution, is very poor and infirm; Therefore, Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That the Register of the landoffice is hereby authorised and directed to issue a warrant, in the name of William Durrington, for one hundred acres of land, without the payment of the State price, which may be located on any vacant and unappropriated land in the county of Caldwell. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Register. To Wm. Sher- of the land-office is hereby authorised and directed to rill, sen. issue to William Sherrill, sen. a land warrant for one hundred and fifty acres of land, without the payment of the State price, which warrant may be located in the manner provided for by the second section of this act; and upon the production of the plat and certificate of survey to the Register of the land-office, he is directed to issue a patent therefor, as in other cases, without fee. [Approved, December 30, 1824.] Recital. CHAP. 72.—An ACT to establish the Town of Pikeville, in the WHEREAS it is represented to the present General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the land and public square upon which the court-house for the county of Pike is erected in the town of Pikeville, is In such a disputed situation, and claimed by so many persons holding adversely to each other, that the county court of Pike county are unable to condemn a town, under the general law regulating towns; and whereas it would tend much to the promotion of both public and private advantage, that the same should be vested in trustees, with power to lay off a town surrounding said court-house and public square, and with further powers to sell and convey the same: Therefore, 1824. vested in trus-" Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the The title to Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of the certain land bottom on the south-west side of the Louisa fork of tees. Sandy river, which is in the following boundary, to wit: Beginning at the centre of the public square of said town; thence running down said river, one hundred poles; thence at right angles to the foot of the hill; thence with the foot of the hill a south-eastern direction, so that a line will strike the same after running from the beginning point up the said river, sixty poles; thence at right angles across the bottom to the foot of the hill, shall be, and is hereby vested in John Bevins, Thomas Owens, John Williamson, sen. Kinsey B. Cecil, Richard F. Giddins, William Williams and Thomas May, gentlemen trustees, and their successors, to be by them, or a majority of them, laid off into lots, in such manner as they may think proper, with convenient streets and alleys through the same; and the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall be hereby vested The trustees to with full power to convey to the county court of Pike convey a part county, the public square, for the consideration of one thereof to the dollar, and the same shall be, and is hereby established county court. a town, to be called and known by the name of PIKE VILLE. Sec. 2. The said trustees, or a majority of them, To make sale shall, within six months after they have laid the same of the lots. off into lots and streets, expose the lots to sale by public auction, for the best price that can be had for them, at the door of the court-house in said county, having first given two months' notice thereof, by advertising at the door of the court-house of Pike county, and by advertising for eight weeks successively in the public papers printed at Frankfort, Flemingsburg and Mountsterling. chasers. Sec. 3. They shall sell the said lots on a credit of To take bonds twelve months, and shall take bond with good and suf- from the purficient security for the payment of the purchase money, payable to themselves or their successors in office, for the benefit of the proprietor or proprietors; in the condition of which bonds, the number of the lot or lots for the purchase of which the said bond is given, shall be inserted, and the holder shall always retain a lien tained on the on the said lot or lots, for the purchase money, until the lots. same is paid, Lien to be re 1824. Sec. 4. The said bonds shall be returned to the clerk's office of the Pike circuit court, there to be safeThe bonds to ly kept, and shall be assigned to the proprietor or probe assigned to the proprietors prietors, by the said clerk, when directed so to do by a of the land. decree or order of the said court; which assignment shall transfer the property of the said bond or bonds to the assignee or assignees, and enable him, her or them to maintain a suit thereon, in his, her or their own names; but if a proprietor shall become a purchaser of a lot or lots, he, she or they shall be entitled to receive the assignment of his, her or their own bond or bonds, to the extent of his, her or their interest in the town, when the question of right shall be settled. Trustees to make convey ances. Their compensation. Vacancies in the board of trustees, to be filled by the County court. A plat of the town to be re corded. lots Sec. 5. The said trustees shall convey the lots so sold, to the purchaser, his, her or their assignee, in fee simple, as soon as the purchase money is paid; and it is hereby provided, that the said trustees shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for their services, to be adjudged by the circuit court of said county, and said court shall have the power to direct the same to be paid out of any of the notes that may be filed with the clerk of the said court for safe-keeping. Sec. 6. When any of the trustees aforesaid shall remove out of the county, die or resign, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the county court of Pike county, a majority of all the justices of said court concurring therein, and the trustee or trustees so appointed, shall possess all the powers and qualifications that those do, who are appointed by the provisions of this act. Sec. 7. The trustees of said town shall, within one month after they have caused said town to be laid off, return to the clerk of the county court of Pike, a fair and correct plat of said town, giving a distinct view of the situation and extent of each lot, and of the public square, streets and alleys, the names of which, by the clerk of said court, shall be recorded in the book kept by him for recording deeds in.. Sec. 8. If the title of the land shall not be settled and finally determined, against the time the notes or bonds Purchasers of shall fall due for the sale of the lots in said town, the may avoid paying interest purchasers thereof may avail themselves from the payon their notes, ment of interest on their notes or bonds, by paying the by making payment to the same into the clerk's office of the circuit court of said (county, under the direction of said court; and the said court shall cause said clerk to give bond with sufficient security, for the safe-keeping of any money that may clerk of the oircuit court, |