PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE STATE.

JAMES B. MCCREARY, GOVERNOR.

Elected first Monday in August, 1875, for term of four years.

JOHN C. UNDERWOOD, LIEUTENANT-Governor.
Elected first Monday in August, 1875, for term of four years.

J. STODDARD JOHNSTON, SECRETARY OF STATE.
Appointed by the Governor August 31, 1875.

THOMAS S. BRONSTON, ASSISTANT SEC'Y OF STATE.

A. R. CLARKE, PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR.

THOMAS E. MOSS, ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Elected first Monday in August, 1875, for term of four years.

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MRS. CORNELIA BUSH, STATE LIBRARIAN.

Elected by the General Assembly.

J. W. SOUTH, KEEPER OF THE PENITENTIARY.
Elected by the General Assembly.

3d District-Hon. B. P. CISSELL

4th District-Hon. R. C. BOWLING.

5th District-Hon. JAMES STUART.

6th District-Hon. JAMES GARNETT.............

7th District-Hon. J. C. WICKLIFFE...

8th District-Hon. M. H. OWSLEY

9th District-Hon. W. L. JACKSON............. 10th District-Hon. J. D. HUNT

11th District-Hon. GEORGE C. DRANE.. 12th District-Hon. J. S. BOYD

13th District-Hon. ROBERT RIDDELL. 14th District-Hon. GEORGE M. THOMAS 15th District-Hon. WM. L. RANDALL....... 16th District-Hon. WM. C. IRELAND....

JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURTS.

Elected First Monday in August, 1874, for Term of Six Years.

1st District-Hon. W. W. ROBERTSON.

2d District-Hon. J. R. GRACE.

MAYFIELD. .CADIZ.

.HENDERSON.

RUSSELLVILLE.

....OWENSBORO.

.COLUMBIA.

.BARDSTOWN.

.LANCASTER.

...LOUISVILLE

.LEXINGTON.

FRANKFORT.

CYNTHIANA.

.IRVINE.

VANCEBURG.

...LONDON.

....ASHLAND.

CHANCELLOR, Hon. H. W. BRUCE

VICE-CHANCELLOR, Hon. JAMES HARLAN

.LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE.

CHANCERY COURT.

For the Counties of Campbell, Kenton, Bracken, and Pendleton.

JUDGE, Hon. JOHN W. MENZIES

.....COVINGTON.

COMMONWEALTH'S AETORNEYS.

Elected First Monday in August, 1874, for Term of Six Years.

* Elected first Monday in August, 1876, for term of four years.

Judges in Office at the time the Decisions Reported in this Volume were Rendered.

On the first Monday in August, 1876, Hon. JOHN M. ELLIOTT was elected as the successor of Chief Justice Peters for the term of eight years.

The Court at its meeting in September, 1876, was constituted as follows: Hon. WILLIAM LINDSAY............ ......CHIEF JUSTICE.....................CLINTON. Hon. WILLIAM S. PRYOR.. ................JUDGE.......

NEWCASTLE.

ELIZABETHTOWN.

.......CATLETTSBURG.

JANUARY TERM commences first Monday in January.

SEPTEMBER TERM commences first Monday in September.

RULE OF COURT JUNE 28, 1877.-" Ordered, that the clerk of this court shall not place on the docket for the next term any appeal filed in his office since 1st day of last January, whether the judgment was rendered before or since that time, unless an assignment of errors in such case be filed in his office twenty days before the first day of the next term of this court."

NOTE. The cases embraced in this volume decided before January 1, 1877, are reported and published as required by the Old Code; those decided since that date are reported and published as required by sec. 766 of the New Code.

By stating separately each legal proposition discussed in their briefs, and the authorities relied upon in support of each proposition, as indicated in sec. 766 of the New Code, counsel will much oblige THE REPORTER.