I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the enrolled law on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Daily Tribune for Feb. 27, 1864. W. W. H. LAWRENCE, Secretary of State. CHAPTER LXXXVI. CHANGE OF NAME. AN ACT to change the name of the town and township of Sautrell Falls and Sautrell River, and to repeal chapter 40 of the laws of 1863. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the name of the town of Sautrell Falls, in Jefferson county, State of Kansas, be changed to the name of Change of name. Grasshopper Falls; that the name of the municipal township of Sautrell be changed to the name of Grasshopper Falls township, and that the name of Sautrell river be changed to the name of Grasshopper river. SEC. 2. That all judgments, orders, pleadings, process, contracts, records, actions, suits, proceedings or writings whatsoever, existing or pending, wherein the name of Sautrell Falls, Sautrell township, or Sautrell river appears, shall exist and be carried to final settlement, determination and execution as though no change in the name of said town, township or river had been made. SEC. 3. An act entitled "An act to change the name of the Repeal. town and township of Grasshopper Falls and of the Grasshopper river," approved February 6, 1863, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect thirty days after one publication thereof in the Topeka Tribune, and immediately after the passage of this act the Secretary of State shall cause said publication to be made in the Topeka Tribune. Approved, February 1, 1864. THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the enrolled law on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Tribune for February 5, 1864. W. W. H. LAWRENCE, Secretary of State. Change of name. CHAPTER LXXXVII. CHANGE OF NAME. AN ACT to change the name of the town and township of Kickapoo. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the name of the town of Kickapoo City, in the county of Leavenworth, State of Kansas, be changed to the name of Steuben; that the name of the municipal township of Kickapoo be changed to the name of Steuben township. SEC. 2. That all judgments, records, orders, pleadings, process, contracts, actions, suits, proceedings or writings whatsoever, existing or pending, wherein the name of Kickapoo City or Kickapoo township appears, shall exist and be carried to final settlement, determination and execution as though no change in the name of said town or township had been made. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, February 26, 1864. THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. STATE OFFICERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS. AN ACT to authorize certain State officers to administer oaths. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Speaker of the House and President of the Senate be and they are hereby authorized and empowered administr to administer oaths in all cases pertaining to the discharge of their official duties, but without fees therefor. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Topeka Daily Tribune. Approved, January 29, 1864. THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the enrolled law on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Daily Tribune for February 2, 1864. W. W. H. LAWRENCE, To Secretary of State: CHAPTER LXXXIX. GRANTING OF PARDONS. AN ACT to regulate the granting of pardons. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Notice. Governor to communicate to Legislature each year. In capital cases, the Gov'nor may. May commute. offense of which he was convicted; and in case no newspaper is published in such county, then the said notice may be given by posting the same at the court house door of said county two weeks before such application. SEC. 2. Such pardon shall be in writing, and attested by the great seal of the State, and upon the production thereof to any keeper of the prison in which such convict shall be confined, or officer in whose custody he shall be, he shall be released from custody. SEC. 3. The Governor, at each regular session of the Legislature, shall communicate to both houses of the Legislature a list of all persons pardoned by him during the preceding year, with a statement of the offense of which each was convicted, the county where and the time when he was convicted, the time of imprisonment or amount of fine, and the condition, if any, upon which such pardon was granted. SEC. 4. In capital cases the Governor may grant reprieves for a limited time, and during the time of such reprieve the sentence of the court shall be suspended, but at the expiration of said time, the officer charged with the execution of the judgment in the case shall proceed to execute the judgment of the court in the same manner as if that were the time fixed by the judgment for the execution thereof. SEC. 5. The Governor may, when he deems it proper and advisable, commute a sentence in any criminal case, by reducing the penalty as follows: 1st. If in a capital case, to imprisonment for life, or for a term of years at hard labor. 2d. If the sentence of the court be for imprisonment, with or without hard labor, by reducing the duration thereof. 3d. If a fine, by reducing the amount thereof. 4th. If a fine and imprisonment, by reducing either or both. SEC. 6. The Governor shall have no power to grant any pardon to any person or persons till after he, she or they have been duly convicted. SEC. 7. This act shall be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. Approved, February 24, 1864. THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. CHAPTER XC. PAYMENT OF PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS. AN ACT to provide for the payment of the Professors and Teachers in the Kansas State Agricultural College. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That a sum not to exceed twenty-seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying the president, professors and teachers of the Kansas State Agricultural College for the years A. D. 1863 and 1864. SEC. 2. That the Auditor of State is hereby authorized to issue warrants on the State Treasurer, in favor of the treasurer of the board of regents of said college, in accordance with the provisions of this act. Said orders to be drawn quarterly, and marked "Kansas State Agricultural College." SEC. 3. That the treasurer of the board of regents of said college, before receiving any money, as contemplated in this act, shall give a bond, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful application of the funds aforesaid to the purposes as contemplated by this act, under the direction of the board of regents, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, to be approved by the Governor, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Topeka Tribune. Approved, February 29, 1864. THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the enrolled law on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Tribune for March 4, 1864. W. W. H. LAWRENCE, |