quantity credit price improvement, about three miles below the mouth of Laurel, on the south side of Cumberland river and that the said Herndon wishes to make an experi ment, in blowing and boring for salt water: Therefore. May appro BE it enacted by the general assembly of the compriate lands monwealth of Kentucky, That the said Richardson Herndon may, for the purpose aforesaid, locate and survey any number of acres of waste and unappropriated lands, not exceeding one thousand acres, to include said improvement; for which the said Hern. don shall, within four years, pay into the public treasury, at the rate of twenty dollars per hundred acres; and on his producing to the register, the auditor's quietus for the full amount of the money, for the land so located and surveyed, the register shall issue his grant to him, for the same: Provided however, that should the said Herndon, fail to complete his works within five years from the passage of this. act, so as to make a sufficient quantity of salt to induce him to carry on the business of salt-making, the land so located and surveyed, shall revert to the commonwealth Provided also, that the said Richaidson Herndon, shall not include any actual settlement now made, although the same may not be legally appropriated, according to law; nor shall the said Herndon, include any lead or silver mine within the survey alluded to. proviso proviso Gravens' case Making provision for the payment of the Witnesses on the trial of Jesse Cravens & John Anderson. APPROVED, January 18, 1811. SEC. 1.BThat the following persons who attend- ed as witnesses on the trial of Jesse Cravens, a mem ber of the house of representatives from the county of Ohio, for their respective services, be allowed the following sums severally annexed to their names, to wit : William L. Bernard, Joseph Ballinger 2.50 Nicholas Hocker Which allowances shall be audited by the auditor, and paid out of the public treasury. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the follow case ing allowances be made to Edmund Hall, as a wit- Anderson's ness in behalf of the commonwealth against John Anderson, a justice of the peace, to wit: For 260 miles travelling, 6 ferriages, 3 days attendance, $7 80 75 2 49 And the auditor is hereby required, to issue a warrant for the same, to be paid out of the public treasury. CHAP. CCXXXIII. AN ACT To improve the Navigation of Nolinn. APPROVED, January 18, 1811. HEREAS, it is represented to the present general assembly, That great advantage Preamble would accrue to the inhabitants of Hardin county, H Commission. er's power and du ty Commissioners to employ hands Commissione sr to exeecue bond penalty condition by the removal of the obstructions to the navigation of Nolinn, from Adam Coombes' mill to the mouth of the same. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That Adam Coombes, Josiah Best, Aaron Hart, Jacob Vanmatree, Jacob Miller, and George Keller, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, who, or a majority of whom, are hereby vested with power, to raise by subscription in money, property or labor, any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the purpose of clearing and keeping in repair, the navigation of Nolian, from Adam Coombes' mill to the junction of the same with Green river; remove all fish pots and dams, cut and clear away all timber projecting over said stream, shrub all points of islands, and remove such other obstructions in the channel, as may impede the navigation of said No linn river. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That so soon as, in the opinion of said commissioners, or a majority of them, there is a sufficient sum or sums of money, property and labor, subscribed for clearing and keeping in repair the navigation of said stream, they shall employ a sufficient number of hands, for the removal of all fish-pots and dams of every description, re move all logs, cut and clear away all timber projecting over said stream, shrub all points of islands, and remove such other obstructions as may impede the navigation of said stream; which hands shall be under the direction of said commissioners, and shall be paid by them, out of the sum or sums of money or property, so subscribed and appropriated as aforesaid. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the aforesaid commissioners. shall have procured subscriptions agreeable to this act, and entered into bend with good security, in the county court of Hardin, in the penalty of one thousand five hundred dollars, payable to the commonwealth of Kentucky; conditioned to appropriate the same to the removal of obstructions of said stream: and said commissioners immediately after entering into bond aforesaid, they or a majority of them, shall immediately proceed to employ hands, and superintend the clearing out of said stream, in the manner herein directed. Penalty on vigation Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall build any dam, or place any other obstruction persons obstr in said stream, so as to impede the navigation, shall, ucting the na on conviction before any justice of the peace, forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, for every twenty-four hours, that the same have remained in said stream; one half to the informer, and the other half to the improvement of the navigation of said stream. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, for their services under this act, of commissio compensation shall severally receive the sum of one dollar per day, ners out of the subscriptions, for each day they may be actually engaged in employing hands, and superintending the clearing out and keeping in repair, the navigation of said Nolinn. recovered Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the commission- How and beers aforesaid, are hereby authorised and empowered, fore whom to recover the subscriptions before mentioned, by motion before a justice of the peace in the county in which such subscribers may reside, where the subscription may be within the jurisdiction of a justice; and in all cases where the subscription may be for a larger sum, before the circuit court, on giving ten days previous notice of the time and place of such motion. CHAP. CCXXIV. AN ACT Concerning the Navigation of the South fork of Licking, from Eagler's mill to its junction with Main Licking. Approved, January 18, 1811. THEREAS it is represented to the present ge- south fork of Licking, from Eagler's mill to its junction with main Licking, would be of infinite advantage to the citizens of Harrison, Pendleton and part of other adjacent counties: Therefore, SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Kentucky, That all that part of the south fork of Licking river, from Eagler's mill to its junction with main Licking, shall be, and the same is hereby considered a navigable stream, and that from and after the first day of November next, no fish dam, or other obstruction to the navigation of the said stream, shall be erected, made or built thereon, or across the same, under the penalty of five dollars, for every twenty-four hours the said fish dam, or other obstruction, shall be continued. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That where any such fish dam, or other obstruction to the navigation of the said stream, shall have heretofore been erected, built or made across said stream, it shall be the duty of the person or persons who erected, built or made the said obstructions, to demolish and remove the same, on or before the first day of November next and if any of the said fish dams, or other obstructions, as aforesaid, shall be continued, or suffered to remain after the said time, the person erecting, building, making or continuing the same, shall be subject to the penalty of two dollars, for every twenty four hours during which the same shall be continued, or permitted to remain. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all fines and forfeitures, that shall arise under this act, shall be recoverable before any justice of the peace, or circuit court having cognizance of the same, and shall be applied towards improving the navigation of the same, under the direction of the county court, in which the fine may be recovered, All acts or parts of acts, coming within the purview of this act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to repeal or affect in any way, the existing laws concerning the navigation of said south, and Stoner's fork of Licking, above said Eagler's mill. |