ty, as a patrol. The trustees, by their ordinance, shall prescribe his duties to be performed within the bounds of said town, or within one half mile of its limits; and the county court of said county may prescribe his duties any where else in said county. But in the absence of the act of the county court, he shall be governed by the laws then in force in reference to patrols. He shall be subject to removal, by order of the majority of the trustees, or by the police judge, on the petition of a majority of those authorized to vote for trustees of said town. § 3. That said watchman may appoint one or more assistants, for the time being, to aid him in the discharge of his duties; and any persons refusing to assist him, when called upon in an emergency, shall be fined by order of the police judge of said town, or of any justice of the peace of said county, in any sum not exceeding twenty dollars; but such person shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of said county, under the laws regulating appeals from the decisions of justices of the peace in civil cases. § 4. That any person who shall deposit, by himself, infant child, or servant, any dead carcass in the streets of said town, or on any lot or other place within the town limits, or within three hundred yards of the town limits, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars for each offense, by order of the police judge of said town or any justice of the peace of said county, on complaint being made by an individual, or by the trustees. § 5. That if a majority of the qualified voters of said county shall petition their county court to make an annual appropriation to support the town watch in said town and county, then the said court shall allow such sum as may be named in the petition. Approved January 9, 1852. | 1852. May appoint assistants. Fines imposed in certain cases. Compensation. CHAPTER 404. AN ACT to incorporate the Hall of Simpson Benevolent Lodge, No. 177, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That R. D. Salmans, president, and John C. McCreery and John A. Carter, directors, and their successors and associates in office, be and they are hereby created and declared a body corporate and politic, to be known by the name and style of the president and directors of the hall of Simpson Benevolent lodge, No. 177, ancient free and accepted masons. § 2. They shall hold, for the use and benefit of the stockholders, all estate, real, personal, and mixed, that is or may hereafter be conveyed to them or the stockholders for that purpose, and shall have the power, by that name, of con 1852. Elections. stockholders. tracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued: Provided, that in making contracts affecting the interests of the stockholders, and in the transacting their corporate business, they shall be governed by the original charter of said company, and by any by-laws, rules, or restrictions that may be thrown around them by the stockholders. § 3. Said stockholders shall have the power to enact all rules and by-laws deemed necessary for the government of said company, not inconsistent with the laws of this commonwealth, this act, or the charter of said company; and they may increase the number of directors, if deemed advisable, not exceeding five. § 4. The president and directors aforesaid shall be elected annually, at such time as the stockholders may determine; and all officers shall continue in office from the close of their terms until their successors shall be duly elected: Provided, that the president and directors shall have power to elect persons to fill the unexpired terms of any of those offices, becoming vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise: And, provided, further, that all said officers shall be members of the lodge. § 5. The stockholders shall have the power to sell and Powers of the dispose of their respective stock, by an assignment of the same, or a certificate representing the same; and such assignment shall be as affectual in passing their interest in the property of the company as a conveyance by any other mode. § 6. Said corporation shall have perpetual succession, under such rules as may be prescribed by the stockholders, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. § 7. The general assembly of this commonwealth hereby reserves the right to repeal or modify this act at pleasure. Approved January 9, 1852. poration. CHAPTER 405. AN ACT to incorporate the Union Agricultural and Mechanical Associa tion. WHEREAS, divers persons of the counties of Shelby, OldStyle of cor- ham, and Henry, and other counties in this commonwealth, have organized an association, under the name and style of the "union agricultural and mechanical association," for the purpose of promoting agriculture, including not only the great staples of industry and trade, but also fruits, vegetables, and ornamental gardening, the promotion of the mechanic arts in all their branches, the improvement of the races of all useful and domestic animals, the general advancement of rural economy and household manu factures, and the dissemination of useful information on these subjects, and, for that purpose, have adopted a constitution and by-laws, and chosen a president and ten directors to control and manage the affairs thereof, and have applied to the general assembly for an act of incorporation, Therefore, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That said association be and it is hereby created a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the "union agricultural and mechanical association;" and, by that name, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law or equity; and shall be capable of acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, any quantity of land not exceeding thirty acres, and may improve, and sell, and convey the same, or any part thereof, at pleasure; and may acquire, hold, and dispose of suchpersonal estate as the president and directors of said association may deem necessary and proper. The said associ ation may adopt and use a corporate seal, and alter the same at pleasure, or may use the seal of its president for the time being. 1852. May hold real estate. May have a corporate seal. Président and directors con § 2. That the president and directors already chosen, as aforesaid, shall continue in office until the first Saturday in May, 1852, and until their successors are duly elected and inue in office. qualified. An election, however, of a president and ten directors shall be had on the first Saturday in May next, by the qualified members of said association, and annually thereafter, unless the members of said association, at said annnual election, shall, by resolution, fix upon a different day and they may, at their annual election, reduce the number of directors; said president and directors to reside rectors may be in and be equally distributed between the counties of Shelby, Oldham, and Henry. § 3. The prudential, fiscal, and other concerns of said association, together with all its estate of every kind, shall be under the control and management of the president and directors aforesaid; and they shall have power to appoint a treasurer and secretary, and such other inferior officers as they may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of said association; and they may require of such inferior officers, or either of them, so elected, bond with good security for the faithful discharge of his or their duty. Said president and directors shall have power to make such regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, as, in their opinion, may contribute to the good order and management of said association, and may, from time to time, modify and repeal the same at pleasure. They shall have power to contract and be contracted with, in their corporate name, and to do any and every other act, not inconsistent with Number of di reduced. 1852. Quorum. Liable for debts. Real estate stockholders. the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, which, § 4. Any five members of the directors, together with § 5. That said association, in its corporate capacity, with all the estate belonging thereto, be liable for any debts heretofore contracted by it, or by its authority, as fully as though the same had been contracted since the passage of this act. § 6. That all the real estate of said association, improveunder control of ments thereon, or which may be put thereon, as well as the income and proceeds thereof, and the entire control and management of the same, shall belong to and be controlled by the life members or stockholders of said association, according to the provisions of the present constitution of said association. Each life member shall receive a certificate of stock, which may be transferred as other estate. § 7. That no spirituous liquors shall, directly or indirectSelling or liquor ly, during the continuance of any fair of said association, prohibited. be sold upon the premises used for any such fair, nor shall Approved January 9, 1852. CHAPTER 406. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- § 2. That there shall be a general meeting of the stock ་ holders of the Louisville and Frankfort railroad company, 1852. CHAPTER 407. AN ACT for the benefit of John Crume. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Jno. Crume to erect a mill dam across the Beech Fork, a short distance above Cosby's old ford, between Washington and Nelson counties. Said dam is not to exceed two and a half feet above low water mark; and it shall be the duty of said Crume to build a slope on said dam for the space of fifty feet, at a suitable place in the current, which slope shall be six feet in length for every foot of the dam in height. Approved January 9, 1852. CHAPTER 408. AN ACT allowing Public Arms to the Kentucky Military Institute, and Use of arms granted; bond § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the governor of the commonwealth to issue his order to the quarter- required. master general, on the application of the superintendent of the Kentucky military institute, or the superintendent of the western military institute, for any number of public arms and accoutrements, equal to the number of cadets expected to be scholars in said institute during the year in which such application is made, and, also, for one piece ordnance for each institute: Provided, however, that before the order shall be issued by the governor, a bond with good security, in a penalty equal to the full value of such arms and ordnance, shall be first executed to the commonwealth, and filed with the quartermaster general, and approved by the governor, conditioned to keep and preserve said arms and accoutrements and ordnance in good order and condition, and return the same, at such time as the quartermaster general may direct, to the public arsenal, in like good order has control. and condition, and also conditioned that such arms and accoutrements and ordnance shall not be used for any purpose or purposes whatever except on guard mounting and Quartermaster |