lot of about 80 pieces, including 11 different House and Senate bills and acts printed for the Commonwealth on fine heavy paper, including the following: A Bill H.R. 261 To regulate Groceries, and restrain Tippling Houses which was to regulate the sale of alcoholic liqueurs and prohibit the sale of same to any slaves. Others include A Bill S. 80 Providing for the establishment of an Agricultural College and Schools.; A Substitute For A Bill S. 17 Authorizing a loan in aid of the public credit, and for other purposes.; A Bill H.R. 239 To regulate elections, and the better to secure and protect the elective franchise.; A Bill S. 48 Authorizing the Board of Public Works to cause to be constructed suitable buildings for the public offices, and for other purposes.; Amendment To A Bill S. 15 Further to amend the laws against usury.; A Bill S. 6 To prohibit unlawful dealing by corporations, and the better to protect the currency.; A Bill S. 31 Establishing the office of Comptroller of the Treasury, and for other purposes.; A Bill S. 26 To regulate charitable uses and prohibit grants in mort main, and for other purposes.; A bill S. 35 Authorizing limited partnerships in this Commonwealth.; and A Bill S. 108 To establish a Public Warehouse at-. This group also includes 13 manuscript and partially printed documents, all being citizens petitions of the Legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, dating from the early 1840s into the early 1860s. Most of these are signed by numerous petitioners, one in particular on the establishment of a public warehouse for the inspection of tobacco is signed by more than 50 prominent citizens from around the state. Other topics include the closure of a public house that is corrupting the youth of the county, group of sheriffs petitioning to stop judges from pocketing fines that they are supposed to collect, petition from Odd Fellows in Covington, and much more of interest. This group also includes four manuscript acts including S. 257 An act to appoint a State Geologist.; S. 231 An Act in relation to the several Banks of this State, 1849.; An Act to amend an act entitled an act giving the Mayor of the City of Covington Convenient jurisdiction with circuit judges in cases of idiots & lunatics, 1843.; and Resolution to appoint a board of Commissioners to examine the accounts of James Davidson late Treasurer. This group also includes a group of around 50 manuscript letters and documents from the 1840s through 1900, with most dating from the 1840s-1860s, including letters to Frankfort law firms on a murder case in Louisville in 1863, letter deeding the railroad depot in the city of Lexington to the state dated 1845 and signed by the governor William Awsley. Several letters in support of the proposed public tobacco warehouse mentioned above, some favoring the Port of Paducah. Manuscript letter that reads Gentlemen of the Senate:/I nominate for your advise/and consent/John Snyder to be Police Judge/of the town of Smithland in place of/John E. Newman, resigned./Wm. Awsley, circa 1845. Documents from the 1840s on establishment of the Lexington Theatre Company. Adams Express Company envelope. 8vo pamphlet in self wraps and uncut entitled Report of the Directors of the Lexington and Frankfort Railroad Company to the Stockholders Annual Meeting, may 20th 1850, 1850, Lexington, printed by The Observer and Reporter, 8pp, and many other legal documents from this era. Condition: Most with normal folds, else EXC, some with minor foxing and light toning.
lot of about 80 pieces, including 11 different House and Senate bills and acts printed for the Commonwealth on fine heavy paper, including the following: A Bill H.R. 261 To regulate Groceries, and restrain Tippling Houses which was to regulate the sale of alcoholic liqueurs and prohibit the sale of same to any slaves. Others include A Bill S. 80 Providing for the establishment of an Agricultural College and Schools.; A Substitute For A Bill S. 17 Authorizing a loan in aid of the public credit, and for other purposes.; A Bill H.R. 239 To regulate elections, and the better to secure and protect the elective franchise.; A Bill S. 48 Authorizing the Board of Public Works to cause to be constructed suitable buildings for the public offices, and for other purposes.; Amendment To A Bill S. 15 Further to amend the laws against usury.; A Bill S. 6 To prohibit unlawful dealing by corporations, and the better to protect the currency.; A Bill S. 31 Establishing the office of Comptroller of the Treasury, and for other purposes.; A Bill S. 26 To regulate charitable uses and prohibit grants in mort main, and for other purposes.; A bill S. 35 Authorizing limited partnerships in this Commonwealth.; and A Bill S. 108 To establish a Public Warehouse at-. This group also includes 13 manuscript and partially printed documents, all being citizens petitions of the Legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, dating from the early 1840s into the early 1860s. Most of these are signed by numerous petitioners, one in particular on the establishment of a public warehouse for the inspection of tobacco is signed by more than 50 prominent citizens from around the state. Other topics include the closure of a public house that is corrupting the youth of the county, group of sheriffs petitioning to stop judges from pocketing fines that they are supposed to collect, petition from Odd Fellows in Covington, and much more of interest. This group also includes four manuscript acts including S. 257 An act to appoint a State Geologist.; S. 231 An Act in relation to the several Banks of this State, 1849.; An Act to amend an act entitled an act giving the Mayor of the City of Covington Convenient jurisdiction with circuit judges in cases of idiots & lunatics, 1843.; and Resolution to appoint a board of Commissioners to examine the accounts of James Davidson late Treasurer. This group also includes a group of around 50 manuscript letters and documents from the 1840s through 1900, with most dating from the 1840s-1860s, including letters to Frankfort law firms on a murder case in Louisville in 1863, letter deeding the railroad depot in the city of Lexington to the state dated 1845 and signed by the governor William Awsley. Several letters in support of the proposed public tobacco warehouse mentioned above, some favoring the Port of Paducah. Manuscript letter that reads Gentlemen of the Senate:/I nominate for your advise/and consent/John Snyder to be Police Judge/of the town of Smithland in place of/John E. Newman, resigned./Wm. Awsley, circa 1845. Documents from the 1840s on establishment of the Lexington Theatre Company. Adams Express Company envelope. 8vo pamphlet in self wraps and uncut entitled Report of the Directors of the Lexington and Frankfort Railroad Company to the Stockholders Annual Meeting, may 20th 1850, 1850, Lexington, printed by The Observer and Reporter, 8pp, and many other legal documents from this era. Condition: Most with normal folds, else EXC, some with minor foxing and light toning.
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