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Sheriff (Next entry 555, p. lhl)
Since the beginning of his office the sheriff of Laurel County has had 6*4
the power to appoint his deputies, with the approval of the county court, Q
and to remove them at pleasure, being liable for their actions (Acts; 1796, Q
P_ 5e0, 1891-95, 614. 157, sees. s, 9, p. 556; 1906, 611. 22, art."8j"S6¤. 15, ‘  
p. l57)· 1  
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1 From 1826 to 1906, the sheriff was allowed six per cent, subject to the li
constitutional limit of $5,000 a year, as compensation for the duty of cel- _
3 lecting and paying over the state and county taxes (Acts, 1792, sec. h, p. r. ’
0 8h), An act of 1906 authorized the state auditor of*pEH1ic accounts to allow ’p§
the sheriff ten per cent of the first $5,000 paid into the state treasury _p*5§
» each year, and four per cent upon the remainder. The county treasurer al- .fiP
lows him the same percentages upon the county revenue, but in no case may ,Q_1
the aggregate annual compensation of the sheriff exceed $5,000 for official egg
‘ services, independent of the compensation of legally authorized deputies and 0$}j
assistants. (Acts, 1906, 611. 22, art. B, see. A6, pp. 171, 172).  
Although by an act of 1812 the sheriff was authorized by law to serve iflig
as jailer if the jailer was himself committed to jail (Acts, 1811, sec. 15, jgkég
587), at the present time the sheriff also acts as jai1E?5when that office is ig§§%&
vacant (Acts, 1891-95, ch. 181, art. 1, sec. 8, p, 755; see Jailer, p. 1h6). .f$§§%
Statutesm5?Teffect in 1826 and reaffirmed by later statutes empowered the TW@Eg§
sheriff to summon grand and petit juries, and make returns to court to indi- 駧@%‘
cate that he has served the jurors to provide the panel (Acts; 1796, secs. ;§§%§
1LF@, pp. L68, h75; 1802, sec. 12, p, hl; 1811, p, 267; 1801-95, ch. 210, §§§§§s
sec, 6, p. 91.18),  
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Another statute in effect since 1826 authorized the sheriff, by order %%§$j
of the county court, to take charge of estates for which there was no admin- §§j§§
istrator, enabling him to sell as much as would satisfy the debts of the do- §3§@a2
. ceased (Acts; 1797, sec. 57, p. 62h; 1886, ch. 905, sec, 1, p. 8h; 1891-95, g§§;§
Ch. l56,“EYt. 5, sec. 72, p. 559). Ke was also given power to convey land Q$§ @
sold by virtue of an execution (Acts, 1906, ch. 22, art. 8, SGC- 57, P- l95)· §§@§;
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Statutes already in force in 1826 authorized the sheriff to execute all ’%@¥#`
Wfits and process legally issued to him and directed within his county, and §@§§a’ p1¤4
to make due return thereof, endorsing on every writ of execution tho date he égfkg
T©Geived it (Acts, 1796, sec, 11, p, 585), Later statutes authorized him to g§%&;
execute and mEEE5due return of notices and process against any person or ggfté
property in the county, endorsing upon the back of such documents the date @n;;A ·‘’,
of receipt and also a memorandum of how the service was accomplished (ipts, gif;
1891-95, 611. 157, sees. 25-50, pp. 556, 557; See entry 565% The Sham-W {iff; 1”,_,  
W&S not allowed, however, to execute process on Sunday except fe? tT9&EO9, 1,»iy
felony, breach of the peace, or escape (Acts, 1790, SGC. 9, p» 58}1·>·.n'¢hl$  
PT0ViSien was reaffirmed later by statutEE`Ehich added that the sheriif may gr fag ',-‘,
also servo a writ of habeas corpus on Sunday (Acts, 1891-95, ch. 157, $*C• Eg~j
15, p- 556). ,7 *
Kentucky sheriffs have usually been tax collectors as well TS P°§CO_¤h 1 .·'_
Officers. from the beginning of the office in 1826 until 1898, 655 $**55ii ,
Of Lflufel County collected the state taxes md th€ GOUUTY levy   ]—(`.>]}»
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