1851. shall be in the name of or against "the trustees of Hancock division, No. 12, sons of temperance, of Hawesville, Kentucky," by name; and service of process or notice on any trustee shall be sufficient notice to said corporation. § 4. That should said division at any time be discontinued, the property and real estate belonging thereto shall be for the use of such of its members as shall then be of good standing. § 5. The general assembly hereby reserves the right to change, amend, or repeal this act at pleasure. Approved January 16, 1851. Trustees. CHAPTER 127. AN ACT to incorporate the Greenville Institute. Whereas, Samuel G. Mullins has, by unaided efforts, established at the Greenville springs, near the town of Harrodsburg, at a cost of about $20,000, an institution for the education of females, which has been in successful operation for the last ten years, under the name and style of the "Greenville institute;" and whereas, it is desirable to elevate further the character and promote the usefulness of said institution by increasing its facilities for the accomplishment of a thorough and rational education, far beyond the means of individual enterprise. Therefore, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the CommonName and style. wealth of Kentucky, That said institution of learning shall be and it is hereby established and incorporated, under the name and style of the "Greenville institute," and that John B. Bowman, Thomas J. Moore, Philip B. Thompson, Beriah Magoffin, James Taylor, and John G. Handy, of Mercer county; Samuel Ayres, of Boyle county; John Duncan, of Madison county; Joseph Bryan, and George W. Eelly, of Fayette county; George W. Trabue, of Glasgow; H. T. Anderson, of Louisville; Thomas Welch, of Crab Orchard; and W. Templeton Withers, of Cynthiana, and their successors in office, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the "Greenville institute;" by which name they shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, with power to change the same at pleasure. trustees § 2. The said trustees, and their successors in office, shall Powers of the have power to receive, acquire and hold, for the benefit of said institution, by donation, devise or purchase, any lands, tenements, money, or other property or estate, real, personal or mixed, not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars; may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of competent jurisdiction. 1851. Stock, how di §3. The stock of said institute shall be divided into shares of five dollars each, to be paid as the by-laws of the same shall direct, which stock shall be a perpetual fund for vided. the purposes of education in science, literature, and the arts; but no dividend shall ever accrue therefrom to any stockholder, nor shall said fund be ever applied to any purpose not herein specified. Stock & estate from taxation. § 4. The stock and estate of every description belonging to said institute shall be exempt from taxation and from exempt liability to execution for the indebtedness of the stockholder. 5. Each stockholder shall be entitled to receive, in tuition, from said institute, at the rate of six per cent. per annum upon the amount of stock taken, from the date of its payment; and every stockholder subscribing for and paying the amount of one hundred shares, shall be entitled to perpetual tuition for one scholar in said institute. Right of stockholders. §6. The persons named as trustees, in the first section Further powers. of this act, may elect, from their own body, a president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall have power to open books for the subscription of stock, and, upon its payment, issue certificates of the same. Said trustees shall also have power to make all needful rules and by-laws, for the proper management of said institute and the regulation of its various departments, not inconsistent with the constitution of this state or of the United States. They shall have power to employ any officers, agents, and teachers-fix salaries or regulate their pay-to control and manage the affairs of said institute, agreeably to its charter and bylaws, and to confer degrees of honor and merit, and diplomas of graduation in literature, science, and the arts. They may prescribe such course of studies as they may deem best. They shall have power to fill vacancies in their own body, and shall hold their offices for one year after their election, and until their successors in office are elected. A majority of said board of trustees, of which the president or principal in said institute shall be chairman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all times, and may hold their meetings at such times and places as they may appoint. They may regulate and prescribe the duties of the officers and agents of the board, and require such security as they may deem sufficient to insure a faithful performance of the same. Approved January 16, 1851. CHAPTER 128. AN ACT for the benefit of Clement Conner, late sheriff of Montgomery county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for Clement 1851, Conner, late sheriff of Montgomery county, at any time within two years next hereafter, to collect, or list for collection with the proper officer or officers of this commonwealth, any and all fee bills, or list or lists of taxes of any kind or description, which were in his hands, as sheriff, during the years of 1837 and 1838, and which have not heretofore been collected; and the said Conner and the said officer or officers shall have and possess the same power and authority, in the collection of said fee bills and taxes, as the said Conner had, as sheriff of Montgomery county, in the years aforesaid. Approved January 16, 1851. CHAPTER 129. AN ACT for the benefit of Iron Masters in Caldwell county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the Caldwell county court, whenever the owner of any furnace, forge, or rolling mill, erected for the manufacture of iron, in said county, shall make application to be appointed the surveyor of any public road, or a precinct thereof, which may lead to, or go from, or pass by any such furnace, forge or rolling mill, to make said appointment: Provided, that it shall be the duty of said court to appoint the owner of said furnace, forge or rolling mill the surveyor of said precinct of said public road. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the surveyor of said precinct of said road to keep the same in good order, and be subject to the same penalties now in force against the surveyors of the public roads in this commonwealth, and, for good cause, may be removed: Provided, that the precinct of said road, to be laid off according to the provisions of this act, shall not be less than two nor more than three miles of said road, of which it shall constitute a part. § 3. That it shall be the duty of the surveyors appointed by this act, with the hands in his employ or under his control, to keep the said precinct in good repair; and it shall not be lawful for the county court of Caldwell to appoint said owner of said furnace, forge or rolling mill, or his hands, to work on any other precinct or public road in said county of Caldwell. Approved January 16, 1851. CHAPTER 131. AN ACT for the benefit of Wm. J. Sanford, sheriff of Boone county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That William J. Sanford, sheriff of Boone county, is allowed until the first Monday in March next to return his delinquent list. Approved January 16, 1851. 1851. CHAPTER 134. AN ACT for the benefit of William R. Gough, of Graves county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the receiver of public moneys for the land district west of the Tennessee river be authorized and directed to refund to William R. Gough, of Graves county, sixty dollars, out of any unexpended money in his hands, or that may hereafter come into his hands for public lands, the amount paid by said Gough tor three quarter sections of land, viz: the southeast and southwest quarter sections of twenty-two, township six, range two east, and the northwest quarter of section twenty-six, township six, range two east, which land is now known to be covered by a military claim belonging to Dohorty's heirs: Provided, that no money shall be refunded to the said Gough until he shall have released, on the books of the receiver, all manner of benefit by reason of entries of said land. Approved January 21, 1851. CHAPTER 135. AN ACT for the benefit of Ephraim Smith. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Ephraim Smith, formerly of the county of Boyle, state of Kentucky, but now of Missouri, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to remove, from this state to the state of Missouri, the negroes emancipated by the will of Elizabeth Rogers, and bound to the said Smith by an order of the Boyle county court, until they arrive at the age of twenty-one years; the said Smith being entitled to the services of the said negroes, under the said will, until they arrive at that age: Provided, however, that the said Smith, before the removal of the said slaves, shall execute bond, payable to the commonwealth, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, before the clerk of the Boyle county court, approved by the said court, conditioned that he will treat said negroes humanely; that he will record the evidences of the emancipation of said negroes, in that county of the state of Missouri where he shall first settle with himself and family, and that he will comply with the 1851. conditions of the bond heretofore executed by him, before the said Boyle county court, in their being bound to him by the said court, and that he will also record the evidences of the ages of the said negroes. Approved January 21, 1851. CHAPTER 136. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Clark's Run and Salt river Turnpike Whereas, it appears that the 21st section of an act incorporating the Clark's run and Salt river turnpike road company, has been complied with, and five miles of the said road have been completed, and examined and received as required by said section, and the president and directors of said road having erected a toll gate upon said five miles of said road, they are desirous of having closed up the old road contiguous to said turnpike road; and it appearing that a majority of all the justices of the peace for Boyle county cannot be found who are willing to sit as a court in the case of the said turnpike road company, owing to the fact that six members of said court are stockholders in said road, one other justice, who, together with the six interested justices, constitute a majority of all the justices of said county, is unable to attend said county court for the purpose of closig up said old road. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That any three of the justices of the said county of Boyle, not interested in said turnpike road, at any county court after the passage of this act, and notice of the same having been posted at the court house door ten days previous to the holding of said court, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to have the said old road contiguous to said turnpike road closed up as far as the said turnpike road crosses Salt river; and the same shall be as binding and effectual as if done by a majority of the county court of Boyle. Approved January 21, 1851. CHAPTER 137. AN ACT to amend the act incorporating the Warsaw Turnpike Road Company. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the Gallatin county court, and the trustees of the town of Warsaw, by such agents as they may appoint, to vote at any election at which other stockholders shall vote, provided they appoint one agent for each thousand dollars of stock which they may have in said road. |