or hired, and affix a reasonable value upon said property, and return the same to the chairman of the board of truetees within four weeks after his appointment.

7. As soon as the chairman is furnished with said list, he shall convene the trustees, who shall carefully examine the list, make corrections, and hear and determine any complaints of those who may feel aggrieved, and make such order for their relief as may be just and equitable; they shall then levy a tax of not more than one dollar and fifty cents per head, and of not more than fifty cents upon each hundred dollars worth of property; the board shall cause said list to be copied by their clerk and handed to the treasurer for collection, the original list to be carefully filed away by the clerk.

Notice to be given to taxpayers.

§8. After the treasurer receives the list he shall give notice, by advertising, that two months are allowed the tax payers to call and pay the amount of their taxes to the treasurer, he receipting for the same, and entering payment on the list; at the end of the two months the treasurer shall hand the list over to the collector, who shall add seven per cent. to each list for the expense of collecting, and shall proceed to collect the taxes with the seven per cent. added thereto; at the expiration of two months, the collector shall make his report to the board, showing the amount due and unpaid; also account to the board for the amount collected, which shall be paid to the treasurer; the board may then proceed, by warrant before a justice May warrant of the peace of said county, in the name of their chairman, to collect from all delinquents the amount of the taxes due from them; and when tax payers are non-residents of the county, they may proceed, by attachment, to collect from any tenant indebted to such non-resident the amount due, to be paid out of the rents as they may fall due; and for such payment the tenant shall have credit against his landlord.

for collection of tax.

cies.

§ 9. The board shall have power to fill vacancies in its May fill vacanown body of suitable persons to serve until the next election; the chairman, when he deems it necessary, may call a meeting of the board, and shall do so when requested by two or more of the trustees; no money shall be appropriated or drawn from the treasurer, except by a majority of the board in session, which order shall be spread upon the records, and copied and attested by the clerk.

Trustees may

duties.

§ 10. The said trustees, and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power to make appropriations, to perform certu in erect a new market-house, or repair the old one, to purchase fire engines and hose, to erect an engine house, and to erect a town prison, for the confinement of drunken, or disorderly, or riotous persons; they shall also make the necessary orders to regulate or repair

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the streets and highways in said town, to suppress and remove all nuisances and obstructions therein, or on any of the town lots, and for the election and organizing of a fire company; they shall also make orders in relation to the keeping powder in said town, and for the repairs and construction of chimneys, or stove-pipes, and flues, as the safety of the property in said town may, in their judgment, require; they shall have power to enforce all orders by them legally made, by assessing a fine, not exceeding ten dollars, on each delinquent or offender, which fine may be collected for the use of the town, by warrant, in the name of the chairman, before any justice of the peace of said county.

§ 11. The said board, and their successors, shall have May compel authority, upon petition of the owners of four fifths of the prove property. ground on any street in said town, to compel the owners of property on said street to pave as far as the middle of the street before their respective lots; and said owner failing to do so, the said trustees, for the time being, are authorized to have the pavement made, and to assess the expense arising therefrom upon the owners so failing, which may be collected by the sale of their said lots, by suit, in the name of the chairman of the board, in any court having jurisdiction.

May make by

laws for gov

ernment of

town.

§ 12. The said board, and their successors, shall also have power to order each owner of property in said town to make or repair a good foot pavement, at least ten feet wide, in front of their property, in all cases where it is required for the convenience of the citizens of the town, and to enforce their orders as directed in the preceding section.

§ 13. The acting board of trustees shall have authority to make, alter, or abolish such by-laws for the regulation of the police of said town, not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth, as they may deem necessary and beneficial to the interests of the town. The chairman shall have authority to enforce all such laws by causing any such delinquent or offender to appear before him, and after fully hearing the case, shall either acquit or inflict a fine upon the offender, not exceeding ten dollars, as he shall judge reasonable and just; if the fine is not paid, or satisfactorily arranged, the chairman shall commit said person to the town prison, to serve it out at two dollars per day. 14. All drunken, riotous, or disorderly persons, white Disorde ly per- or black, and all slaves not living in town, and those found traveling without a written permit from their masters or hirers, and those found violating any of the laws of said town, may be arrested by the town marshal, and confined in prison until they become sober and peaceable, or until they are called for by their owner or hirer, unless sooner

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ished.

discharged by order of the chairman, or, in his absence, by one of the trustees; any white person, when arrested, shall, if he require it, be taken before the chairman of the board, who shall have authority to hear and fully investigate the case, and make such order for his acquittal or confinement as he may deem just and proper; an appeal from his decision to board may be had, whose decision shall be final.

15. The town marshal shall be, ex-officio, keeper of the prison, and shall furnish all necessaries for those confined; he shall be entitled to the same fees for his services and expenses that sheriffs and jailers are allowed for similar services.

§ 16. No board shall contract for, or expend for, improvements, salaries, or other things, more money than what is collected by them during their term of office, unless authorized to do so by a vote of two thirds of the tax-paying citizens or property holders.

with treasurer.

§ 17. At least ten days before the annual election, the Board to settle acting board shall settle with the treasurer, and make out a statement of their collections and expenditures during the year, which shall be open to the inspection of the citizens of the town; the trustees of any board failing to comply with this and the preceding section, shall be ineligible for the ensuing year; the said board shall keep a well bound book, in which they shall keep a record of all their proceedings, and in which their annual statements of accounts shall be recorded; a record of each session's proceedings shall be made by the clerk, and be read and signed by the chairman; the names of the trustees present, and the date of the proceedings, shall also be recorded. Approved December 21, 1861.

CHAPTER 323.

AN ACT concerning limitations in counties of Knox, Harlan, and Whitley. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonweath of Kentucky:

§ 1. That in all actions pending, or which may hereafter be instituted, in any of the courts of the counties of Knox, Harlan, and Whitley, the time of twelve months next after the passage of this act shall not be computed, in applying the statute or statutes of limitation to any such action. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 21, 1861.

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CHAPTER 325.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Clay and Kiser's turnpike road company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the charter of the Clay and Kiser's turnpike road company, be so amended that the judge of the Bourbon county court shall have power, in his discretion, by an order or orders of said court, to exempt from working on the dirt roads of said county, all, or any portion of the hands of the stockholders in said company.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 21, 1861.

CHAPTER 326.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Masonic Temple Company, of Louisville Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That all the stock of the Masonic Fraternity, of Louisville, which the Masonic Temple Company, of Louisville, has converted, or shall convert, into its stock, on the principles of the charter and amendments, is hereby authorized and confirmed.

§ 2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved December 21, 1861.

CHAPTER 327.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Floydsburg.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That P. P. Boulware, S. H. Crum, George Curl, J. L. Freeman, and M. W. Oglesby, trustees of the parsonage belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Floydsburg, Oldham county, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to convey said parsonage property to the purchaser, J. M. Head; and when said conveyance shall have been executed by said trustees aforesaid, the same shall vest in said purchaser the entire legal and equitable title to said property.

§2. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved December 21, 1861.

CHAPTER 328.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Spencer and Nelson County turnpike road com

pany.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the president, directors, and company of the Spencer and Nelson County turnpike road company be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect one additional gate on said road for the purpose of collecting toll, and they are allowed to collect half toll at said gate so erected until the completion of the road; said gate to be erected at or near the store of John Hogland, situated on said road.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved December 21, 1861.

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CHAPTER 329.

AN ACT authorizing the county judges of Pulaski and Rockcastle counties to appoint sheriffs.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§1. That the presiding judge of the Pulaski county court be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to appoint a sheriff for said county, to fill the vacancy now existing in said office, and continue in office until the first day of January, 1863.

§2. That if the sheriff so appointed should be unable, or fail to execute bond, as required by law, he shall not be authorized to collect the State revenue or county levy of said county for the years 1861 and 1862; but the failure to execute bond as aforesaid, shall not vacate said office of sheriff: Provided, however, That if said sheriff shall execute bond for the faithful performance of his duties in all other respects, to be approved by said county court, he shall have the right to discharge all such duties as are required by law, and be under all the penalties imposed by law upon sheriffs, excepting the collection of the State revenue and county levy of said county.

§ 3. That if said sheriff shall execute bond as required by law, he shall be authorized to collect the State revenue and county levy of said county, under the pains and penalties imposed by law.

§ 4. That this act take effect from and after its passage. § 5. That the provisions of this act shall apply to the county of Rockcastle, and the county judge of said county is hereby authorized to appoint a sheriff in the manner as prescribed in this act.

Approved December 21, 1861.