CHAPTER 15. AN ACT repealing an act, entitled "An act to prevent hunting in Boone county for a period of two years." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to prevent hunting in Boone county for a period of two years," approved March 29th, 1880, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 18. AN ACT to incorporate the Hardinsville and Southville Turnpike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That a company is hereby created, under the name Corporate name. and style of the Hardinsville and Southville Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a turnpike road. from Hardinsville to Southville, over the most practical route Locality of road. nearest the old Bardstown and Frankfort dirt road. § 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be of a Capital stock. sufficient amount (including Shelby county fund) to construct and finish the road, or any part thereof, between points here in named. scription. §3. That books for subscription of stock in said company Books for subshall be opened on the 15th day of December, 1881, at Rockbridge, under direction of Wm. Tipton, Wm. Bullard, George W. Robertson, M. F. Jessee, Froman Fry, and H. C. Carris, or some two or more of them, who are hereby appointed commissioners. They shall procure books, and subscribers to stock in said company shall enter into the following obligation, to-wit: " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise and bind ourselves to pay the president and directors of the said company the several sums annexed to our respective names;" the same to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each. The money so subscribed to be paid in such manner, in such proportions, and at such times as shall be required by the president and directors of the said company. § 4. That so soon as a sufficient amount of money, including county funds, shall have been subscribed to construct onemile of road, it shall be the duty of the commissioners, at such time and place as they may designate, call a meeting Choosing officers for the purpose of choosing officers for said company, said call to be made in writing, and posted up in conspicuousplaces at least ten days previous to such meeting. The votes. in choosing officers shall be made by ballot, in person or by written proxy, and regulated by the number of shares, allowing one vote for each share of stock subscribed. The officers of said company shall consist of a president and five directors, secretary, and treasurer, and such other officers as it may be found of necessity to have in laying out, constructing, and managing the said road for one year, or until their successors are elected. § 5. That so soon as such officers are elected, it shall be Putting under lawful for them to put as much road under contract for building as they may have fund to pay for. contract. § 6. That the annual election of officers shall be held on Annual election. the second Saturday of March of each year. vation of road. § 7. That the width of the road from fence to fence shall Width and ele be forty feet; the road-bed not to exceed sixteen feet in width, and shall be so leveled and graded that when finished it shall not be of a greater elevation than a rise of eight feet to the hundred. The metal shall be not less than ten feet wide and ten inches deep. § 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 20. AN ACT for the benefit of Jacob Voehringer. WHEREAS, Jacob Voehringer paid to the State of Kentucky the State tax to keep a coffee-house, located in the city of Louisville, on Campbell and Washington streets, for the year ending November 18, 1881; and whereas, the general council of said city rejected the application of Voehringer for said license, whereby said Voehringer was prohibited from keep-ing said coffee-house during said term, and by reason thereof is entitled to have refunded to him the money, to-wit: fifty dollars, so paid the State; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That said money be refunded to, and the Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of, said Jacob Voehringer for the sum of fifty dollars. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 21. AN ACT to incorporate Central Female College, in Woodford county. WHEREAS, Central Female College has been in successful operation for several years, and the proprietor desires an act enabling her to confer diplomas; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Mrs. A. W. Thomson, proprietor of said college, and her successors, have power to confer upon the students of said college any and all degrees and diplomas conferred by any of the colleges or literary institutions of the State. § 2 This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 22. AN ACT in relation to the city of Frankfort. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the board of councilmen of the city of Frankfort shall have power and authority to cause all stores and gro ceries and business houses, wholesale or retail, within said city, to be classified and divided into not exceeding twelve classes, and may collect a tax on each, not exceeding one bundred and fifty dollars per year on each retail store, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars per year on each wholesale store. § 2. That this act take effect from its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 23. AN ACT to authorize the levy court of Meade county to levy an additional ad valorem tax. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That the county court of Meade county is hereby auAd valorem tax. thorized to levy an additional ad valorem tax, not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county, for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness of said county, said tax to be levied for the year 1882. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county Duties of sheriff. to collect said tax under the same laws and responsibility, and to receive the same compensation as is now prescribed by law for the collection of the county levy, and pay over the same to the order of said county or levy court. Bond. §3. That said sheriff shall execute a bond with good personal securities, worth in property in this State, subject to execution over and above their just debts, a sum double the amount of the taxes to be by said sheriff collected. Said bond shall be executed to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, binding said sheriff and sureties, jointly and severally, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky that said sheriff as such shall well and truly collect, account for, and pay over said taxes to the person or persons authorized to receive the same under and by virtue of the orders of the Meade county court and provisions of this act. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 24. AN ACT to legalize the sale of stock in the Kentucky Central Railroad WHEREAS, By an act of the Legislature of Kentucky approved November 25, 1851, the county court of Bourbon county was authorized to subscribe $100,000 to the capital stock of the Covington and Lexington. Railroad Company, and said county did subscribe said amount; and whereas, by the compromise made May 6, 1875, between Covington and Lexington Railroad Company and George H. Pendleton and others, 750 shares of stock in the Kentucky Central Railroad Company of $100 each were issued February 28th, 1876, to Bourbon county in lieu of said subscription; and whereas, Bourbon county being largely in debt for said subscription, and for a subscription to Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company; and whereas, at the urgent and almost unanimous desire of the tax-payers of Bourbon county the county court of said county, composed of the county judge and magistrates, did on June 16th, 1881, order said stock to be sold to pay said debt, and in accordance with said order said stock was sold at sixty cents on the dollar, and the money from said sale, amounting to $15,000, was paid to the treasurer of said county; and whereas, there is some doubt as to the legal right of said court to sell said stock; now, therefore, in order to legalize said sale and protect said court, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the sale and transfer of the stock described in the preamble hereto be, and the same is, declared valid and legal, and to have the same binding force and effect as if sold by virtue of and under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Kentucky. § 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 6, 1882. CHAPTER 25. AN ACT to authorize the sale, as a whole, or in separate sections, of the turnpike road, with its franchises, leading from Lexington, in Fayette county, to Centreville, in Bourbon county, known as the Lexington, Russell and Cynthiana Turnpike Road. WHEREAS, Robert F. Johnson, of Fayette county, is the owner of a turnpike road with all its franchises leading from Lexington, in Fayette county, to Centreville, in Bourbon county, known as the Lexington, Russell and Cynthiana Turnpike Road; and whereas, said Johnson desires to make sale of said road; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That said Robert F. Johnson be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, either at public or private sale, to |