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Corporate name and powers.

Trustees; tèrm of office.

successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the trustees of the parochial school of Elkton, Todd county, to be under the care and control of the Muhlenburg presbytery; and, as such, shall have perpetual succession, with full power to acquire, hold, and transfer real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in their corporate capacity; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or destroy at pleasure; and, also, to make such rules, by-laws, and ordinances as may be necessary for the government of said corporation, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.

§ 2. That the trustees above named shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and duly qualified, unless otherwise ordered by said presbytery; and said presbytery is vested with full power to choose and elect successers to the trustees mentioned in the first section of this act.

§ 3. That said trustees, and their successors, shall have To manage the power to manage the funds and property committed to their care, in such manner as they may deem advantageous to said school.

funds.

er officers.

§ 4. That the trustees mentioned in this act, and their May elect ott successors in office, shall have power to elect a chairman, treasurer, and secretary; and said secretary shall keep a faithful record of the proceedings of said board of trustees, and report the same annually to the presbytery.

5. That said presbytery shall have power to elect the Presbytery may president, professors, and teachers of said school.

elect professors.

Trustees may fill vacancies.

§ 6. That the trustees of said school shall have power to fill any vacancies that may occur in said board of trustees, by death, resignation, or otherwise; and the trustee or trustees, so appointed, shall hold his or their office until superseded by an appointment of said presbytery.

7. That the trustees of said school shall have power to establish the course of study in said school, collect the May establish course of study. funds and donations thereof, and disburse the same in the manner prescribed in the third section of this act; and they shall have power to regulate and pay the salaries of the teachers employed in said school: Provided, the general assembly hereby reserves the power to repeal, alter, or amend this charter at any time it may be deemed proper to do so.

Approved January 7, 1852.

CHAPTER 316.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Sheriff of Grant county,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the further time of three months, from

and after the passage of this act, be allowed to J. H. Thompson, late sheriff of Grant county, to collect and pay into the treasury the residue of the revenue of said county for the year 1851: Provided, the sureties of said sheriff shall consent thereto in the Grant county court. Approved January 7, 1852.

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CHAPTER 317.

AN ACT to establish the offices of Police Judge and Town Marshal in the town of Milburn, in Ballard county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the offices of police judge and town marshal are hereby established in the town of Milburn, in Ballard county, to be elected in the same manner, at the same time, hold their offices for the same term, and with the same powers and jurisdiction, and liable to the same penalties, as the police judge and town marshal of the town of Clinton, in Hickman county, now have under an act approved March 15, 1851; and all acts concerning the same, so far as applicable, are hereby made to apply to said town of Milburn.

Approved January 7, 1852.

CHAPTER 318.

AN ACT to allow an additional Magistrates' and Constable's District in the county of Owsley,

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be an additional magistrates' and constable's district laid off in Owsley county, to be known as district No. 6, and bounded as follows: beginning at the mouth of the Big Willow Shoal branch, on the Kentucky river; thence to the Ketchum Big Bald Rock; thence so as to include Luallen Bush; thence with the Montgomery and Owsley line to the Estill line; thence with the Estill and Owsley line to the beginning.

§ 2. That the citizens of said district shall meet on the second Monday in May, 1852, at the house of Jacob Crabtree, in said district, and proceed to elect two persons as justices of the peace, and one person as constable, who shall continue in office until the next regular election to be held under the constitution for the election of justices of the peace and constables.

§3. That the place of voting in said district shall continue to be at the house of said Jacob Crabtree, until otherwise provided by law.

Boundaries.

Election.

Voting place.

Approved January 7, 1852.

AN ACT repealing the law requiring the Wayne County Court to erect and keep a Stray Pound.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of an act, entitled, an act to reduce into one the several acts concerning strays, as requires the several counties in this commonwealth to erect and keep stray pounds, as relates to the county of Wayne, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that said county court of Wayne shall not, hereafter, be required to erect and keep a stray pound for said county.

Approved January 7, 1852.

CHAPTER 320.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Kentucky Female Orphan School. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Certain sec of entucky, That the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth sections of an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Kentucky female orphan school, be so amended as to read as follows:

tions amended.

Treasurer.

to be put in operation.

§ 4. That on the first Monday in April next, the board of trustees shall hold a meeting, and proceed to elect some suitable person to fill the office of treasurer, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the board, to manage the financial concerns of the institution; and he shall, by the advice of the board, invest the funds thereof in such investments as they may direct, yielding at least six per centum per annum. He shall enter into bond, with ample security or securities, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties pertaining, and may be allowed by the board such compensation for his services as they shall deem reasonable.

§ 5. That the board of trustees shall have power to put When school the school into operation so soon as the treasurer shall report to them a sum sufficient for that purpose is invested, in accordance with the fourth section above, to justify the Invested fund. same, in their judgment; and all the funds thus invested shall be a permanent and sacred fund, never to be expended, in whole or in part; and the board of trustees shall have power only to use the interest arising from said fund, in their outlay for the purposes of the institution.

Proceedings

ficient.

§ 6. That if the treasurer shall not, on or before the first when fund insur day of January, 1856, have reported to the board that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars has been invested, as provided for herein before, the board of trustees shall, without delay, proceed to cause a sale of such investments and other property as shall have been acquired, and, out of the proceeds of such sale, shall return to each original donor, or to the heirs and legal representatives of such donor,

Distribution.

their proportion of the amount of said sale, without interest, the ratio of apportionment being governed by the sum paid by each donor. The board, by its secretary, shall keep a book, well bound, in which shall be entered the name of each donor, and the amount given.

§ 7. That the beneficiaries of the institution shall be female orphan children; and the board of trustees shall have power to determine the number that shall at any time be admitted into the institution; and out of any number of applicants, they shall decide which shall be admitted, and shall also prescribe the time for which each beneficiary shall remain in the institution, and also be the judges of the age and circumstances entitling to admission.

§ 9. That pay pupils may be admitted into the institution, the number and terms of admissions to be decided by a majority of the board of trustees.

Approved January 7, 1852.

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Beneficiaries.

Pay pupils.

CHAPTER 321.

AN ACT to authorize the town of Columbus to take and hold stock in the Ohio and Mobile Railroad Company.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the town May hold stock. of Columbus, in the counties of Hickman and Ballard, to hold stock in the corporation known as the Ohio and Mobile railroad company, on the same terms, with the same privileges, and subject to the same restrictions with other stockholders in said corporation: Provided, that the amount of stock to be subscribed for and held by said town shall in no event exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

§ 2. The trustees of said town may, after giving at least twenty days notice by advertisements, posted up at three Vote of citizens. or more of the most public places therein, upon a day to be therein named, together with the amount of stock proposed to be taken in said road, also named in such notice, proceed to take the sense of the qualified voters thereof, as to the propriety of the town becoming a stockholder in said railroad company, and for this purpose may cause an election to be held at the usual places of voting within the town. If, upon a correct comparison of the votes cast, a majority of those voting, who, according to the existing laws, are authorized to vote for trustees, shall have voted for the subscription of stock in the said railroad company, as proposed in the notices herein required, it shall be the duty of the chairman of the board of trustees of said town, for and on behalf of said town of Columbus, to subscribe for stock in said railroad company to the amount specified in the notices posted up, not exceeding said sum of fifty thousand dollars.

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§3. For the purpose of meeting the calls of said comTax to pay stock pany on account of said subscription of stock, the trustees of said town may lay a tax on all the real and personal estate within said town, embracing all the items taxed by the revenue laws of this commonwealth, and by the appropriation of part or all the moneys now on hand, or which may hereafter come into their possession, belonging to said town; or they may, on the credit of said town, borrow the sum or sums necessary, either with or without any of the items aforesaid, to meet any sums they may be called upon to pay on the stock so taken, as they may fall due, or to pay the interest of any debt created under the provisions of this act; and all taxes levied under this act shall be devoted to the purpose for which they shall be levied, and no other; which purpose shall be specified in the order levying the same.

Certificates.

§ 4. For all taxes paid by any citizen of said town, under the provisions of this act, the person so paying shall receive a certificate of the amount so paid, which, to the amount of one hundred dollars, when presented to the chairman of the board of trustees of said town, shall entitle the holder thereof to one share of stock in said railroad company, for every one hundred dollars of said certificates so presented; and all such certificates shall be assignable. Approved January 7, 1852.

CHAPTER 322.

AN ACT authorizing the Judge of the Hart County Court to hold a July term of said court, and regulating the time of holding the Boyle County Court.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the judge of the Hart county court be and he is hereby authorized to hold a July term of said county court, on the first Monday in July in every year.

§ 2. That the judge of the Boyle county court be authorized to hold his quarterly terms on the fourth Monday in each of the months in which his courts are now held, instead of the first Monday, as now required by law.

Approved January 7, 1852.

CHAPTER 323.

AN ACT to authorize the County Court of McCracken to levy an ad valorem tax to build a Court House and Jail.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the CommonCounty court wealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the county court of McCracken county to levy an ad valorem tax on each one hundred dollars worth of property in said county,

may levy tax to build.