AN ACT for the benefit of the Mechanics of Muhlenburg County. §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the provisions of an act, entitled, an act for the benefit of the mechanics of Union county, approved January 22, 1849, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Muhlenburg, in the same manner as if it were here re-enacted at length. § 2. That the owner or owners, their heirs, administra-. tors, or executors, of property sold under the provisions of this act, shall have the right to redeem the same as defendants have to redeem lands sold under execution, and upon like terms; and the court decreeing a sale of property under this act shall cause the same to be valued by two disinterested housekeepers, before making sale thereof. Approved March 20, 1851. Henderson. Henry. CHAPTER 475. AN ACT for the benefit of certain Common School Districts in Henderson, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the superintendent of public instruction be authorized, and it is hereby made his duty, to receive from the school commissioners of Henderson county a supplemental report of district No. 25, in said county, at any time prior to the first of May next; and if it shall appear, upon such report, that said district No. 25 has actually taught a common school, in manner and form according to law, for above three months during the year 1850, then it shall be the duty of said superintendent to draw his draft upon the second auditor, in favor of the school commissioners of Henderson county, for the use and benefit of said district, for such sum as the whole number of children reported in said district shall entitle them, according to the ratio of dividend declared for 1850 by the board of education. § 2. That it shall be lawful for the superintendent of public instruction, and it is hereby made his duty to receive the reports of the trustees of district Nos. 21 and 43, in Henry county, at any time before the first day of May next; and if it appears therefrom that the law was fully complied with on the part of said districts, and the requisite schools taught therein, he shall make such allowance thereto as the number of children reported shall entitle them, and draw his draft in behalf of the school commissioners of Henry county, for the use and benefit of said districts, for the respective sum so allowed. §3. That the commissioners of common schools for the county of Monroe may now make out and file with the superintendent of public instruction a special report, showing the statistics of school district No. 19, in said county; and the said superintendent shall, upon such special report being filed with him, draw his draft upon the second auditor for the amount to which said district may be entitled by her numbers, according to the rates fixed for each child at school for the last year. Approved March 20, 1851. 1851. Monroe. CHAPTER 476. AN ACT for the benefit of Green Adams. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That for the purpose of compensating Green Adams for his services as prosecuting attorney at the fall term, 1849, of the Harlan circuit court, the second auditor be and he is hereby directed to issue his warrant on the treasurer for twenty dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 20, 1851. CHAPTER 477. AN ACT to allow John A. Hunt, of Laurel county, to vend goods, wares, and merchandise without license. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That John A. Hunt, of Laurel county, be and he is hereby permitted to vend his goods, wares, and merchandise as a peddler, in any county of this state, without the payment of the tax now required by law of peddlers: Provided, that the privilege hereby granted shall not be exercised for the benefit of any other person, either directly or indirectly: And, provided further, that said Hunt shall be liable to all the penalties imposed by law for retailing spirits, or dealing unlawfully with slaves. Approved March 20, 1851. CHAPTER 478. AN ACT for the benefit of the Sheriff of Rockcastle county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That John Rowan Henderson, sheriff of Rockcastle county, be and he is hereby allowed until the last day of May, 1851, to return his delinquent list for the revenue of 1850. Approved March 20, 1851. AN ACT for the benefit of the Sheriff of Whitley county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the sheriff of Whitley county shall have until the fifteenth day of April next to return his delinquent list to the second auditor, for the year 1850. Approved March 20, 1851. CHAPTER 480. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Maysville, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Maysville, Orangeburg, and Mount Carmel turnpike road company, approved March 1, 1850, as requires said company to construct a road fifty feet wide, be and the same is hereby repealed; and the president and directors of said company shall be vested with a discretion to open said road any width which they may deem best: Provided, the same be not more than fifty nor less than thirty-two feet in width. Approved March 20, 1851. CHAPTER 482. AN ACT to amend an an act, entitled, an act incorporating the Trustees of the Parochial School of the Hanging Fork Presbyterian Church, approv ed February 9, 1850. Whereas, David Williams, of the county of Lincoln, by his last will and testament, devised the sum of five thousand dollars to be paid to the trustees of the Hanging Fork presbyterian church, (Tilman Hocker, James Blain, and George F. Lee,) and their successors, to be by them lent out or invested, and the proceeds used for the benefit of such school or schools as said church, by its session, might establish for the purpose of securing a sound christian education; and requested that said trustees should apply to the general assembly of Kentucky for such power as might be necessary to enable them to hold, manage, and use said fund for the purposes aforesaid; and said trustees having made application for such power. Therefore, § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the CommonCorporate wealth of Kentucky, That the session of the Hanging Fork powers granted. presbyterian church, consisting of Tilman Hocker, James Blain, Geo. F. Lee, George B. Anderson, Walter Nichols, and George W. Welch, and the pastor of said church for the time being, ex officio, and their successors in office duly elected, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of the parochial school of the Hanging Fork pres byterian church; and, by that name, shall have perpetual succession, and may use a common seal, or their individual seals or scrolls; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and do all other matters and things incident to corporate bodies. § 2. That said trustees, and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be capable, and they are hereby invested with full power to purcase, receive, and hold to them and their successors, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, books, and philosophical apparatus which may be purchased by, given, or devised to them; also, to take, receive, hold, and apply any legacy, donation, or bequest which may be given, granted, devised, or bequeathed to them, for the use and benefit of said school. 1851. May hold real estate. Where school § 3. That said school shall be located in the town of Hustonville, or its vicinity, and be under the care of the to be located. session of the Hanging Fork presbyterian church, who shall have the right to visit and supervise the same. § 4. That the trustees of said school shall have full power to erect all necessary buildings for the use of said school, and emply a competent teacher or teachers to take charge thereof with power to remove them at pleasure. § 5. That a majority of said trustees shall be sufficient for the transaction of business. § 6. That said trustees and successors shall have power to appoint a president, secretary, and treasurer. 7. The trustees of said school shall have power to loan out and use any funds which may belong, or which may hereafter be given, devised, or received by them, for the use and benefit of said school. § 8. That Tilman Hocker, James Blain, and George F. Lee, trustees of the Hanking Fork presbyterian church, be and they are hereby authorized to pay over to the trustees of the said school any moneys that they may receive, under the provisions of the will of said David Williams, for the purpose aforesaid; which payment, when made, shall be good, valid, and binding in law. § 9. That the trustees of said school shall have full power to make all by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of themselves and said school, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state; and shall keep a record book of their proceedings, the minutes of which shall be attested by the president of the board. § 10. That so much of the act to which this is an amendment, as is inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed. § 11. The general assembly reserves the right to modify or repeal this act at pleasure. Approved March 20, 1851. 1851. Trustees to be elected annually May elect a chairman, his duties & powers Corporate. CHAPTER 485. AN ACT to reduce into one the several acts regulating the town of Madisonville. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, hereafter, the prudential, fiscal, and municipal concerns of the town of Madisonville, as now laid out and defined, shall be vested in five trustees, who shall be elected annually, together with a town marshal, on the last Saturday in April, by the persons at that time entitled to vote in said town for state officers. Said trustees, when elected, shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and duly qualified; and before they enter upon the duties of their office, they skall take an oath before some justice of the peace, that they will faithfully, and without partiality or affection to any one discharge the duties of trustees of said town during their continuance in office. § 2. That said trustees shall proceed, after their qualification, to elect one of their number chairman, who shall preside at their meetings, and have power to convene the board, when, in his opinion, the interest of the town demands it. It shall be his duty to see that all the ordinances and by-laws of said town are duly executed and put in force. § 3. The said trustees, and their successors in office, shall To be a body be a body politic and corporate, and shall be known by the name and style of the board of trustees of the town of Madisonville; and, by that name, shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered, of defending and being defended, in all courts and places, and do all acts, matters, and things which a body politic or corporate, having perpetual succession, can lawfully and rightfully do. the trustees. § 4. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have Powers of power to make or receive all necessary conveyances in relation to said town; they shall have power over the streets, alleys, and side walks of said town, or which may hereaf ter be opened, and may direct the improvement of the same as they shall deem most beneficial to the interests of said town; they shall have power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon the property of said town, not exceeding fifteen cents upon the one hundred dollars in any one year, and a poll tax on each white male over the age of twenty-one years, not exceeding one dollar; they shall have power to tax shows and exhibitions for money or profit, such sum as they, by their by-laws, may declare; they shall have power to fine all those who may violate their by-laws, any sum not exceeding five dollars; they shall have power to remove all disorderly itenerant free persons of color from within the limits of said town; they shall have power to |