Paducah Railroad, it shall not by reason of any branch that may be built, or otherwise, discontinue the operation of said. line from Memphis to Paducah or from Paducah to Elizabethtown, but through cars shall be kept on the road from Memphis to Paducah, and from Paducah to Elizabethtown. 7. That said Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company may, in the ownership, management, control, and operation of any line or lines of railroad hereafter acquired by it, under the provisions of this charter, have, enjoy, and exercise the rights, powers, privileges, franchises, and immunities herein granted in relation to its said existing line, and shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations prescribed with reference to said existing line; and in the event of consolidation of said company with any other company as herein authorized, the consolidated company may, as to its property, have, enjoy, and exercise the rights, powers, privileges, franchises, and immunities herein conferred on the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, inclusive of powers as to capital stock and bonds, as well as concerning other general and special rights and franchises hereby conferred. § 8. It shall be lawful for said Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, as heretofore organized in Kentucky and Tennessee (owning and operating said line of railroad from Memphis to Paducah), to execute and file for record in the McCracken county clerk's office a written acceptance of this act in lieu of the incorporation heretofore effected by said company in this State by filing in said McCracken county clerk's office the declaration required by said act of March 25, 1878, in the event of the purchase of said railroad upon the enforcement of the mortgages authorized by said act; and upon the filing for record of such acceptance the said Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, as heretofore organized in Kentucky, shall be deemed to have accepted this charter in lieu of the charter Accepting char acquired under said act of March 25, 1878, and to have transferred to the company hereby created all its rights, privileges, powers, franchises, and property. Said declaration shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary of the said Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, and shall be acknowledged by the president on behalf of the ter. company as deeds of corporations are required to be acknowledged. $9. The Legislature reserves the right to regulate the rates of freight and passage within the State of Kentucky over the railroad hereby incorporated, and over any railroad it may acquire by purchase, consolidation, or otherwise; and this corporation shall be governed by any general law enacted by the Legislature of this State in regard to consolidation with parallel or competing lines. § 10. If the said Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company should purchase, lease, or operate under this charter the Cecilian Branch Railroad, that it be and is required, within a reasonable time after the acquisition of same, to so manage any bridge that now exists, or that hereafter may be constructed, over Salt river for the use of said company, so as not to obstruct the navigation of said river by any water-craft whatever. § 11. The consolidation of this corporation with any other company shall be and is authorized only on the condition that the charter of such other corporation shall thereby become subject to amendment and repeal by the Legislature according to the provisions of section 8 of chapter 68 of General Statutes, although the same may have been granted prior to the 14th day of February, 1856. 12. This company shall not have the right, power, or authority, by virtue of any grant herein contained, nor shall it acquire the right, power, or authority, by purchase or by consolidation with any other railroad company, to call upon any county court, or the municipal authorities of any city or town, to submit to the voters of such county, city, or town, or to the voters of any civil district, the question whether or not such county, city, town, or civil district shall subscribe for any portion of its capital stock for the purpose of constructing any part of its road, or the branches thereof, or for any purpose whatever. § 13. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 18, 1882. CHAPTER 60. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Ohio Valley Turnpike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the provisions of the original charter to said Ohio Valley Turnpike Road Company shall be extended from the town of Foster to the Pendleton county line. § 2. That the board of directors of said road company shall have the power and privilege under said charter to extend said road; and in the making of said extension they shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges that they have in the original charter. §3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. CHAPTER 61. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Keene and South Elkhorn Turnpike Road Company." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. After the word "change," in section first, insert the words "the same," and after the words "twenty feet," in section six, insert these words, "and not less than sixteen feet in width." § 2 After the words "obtaining subscriptions to the capital stock of said company," in section three, add the following, viz: "The court of claims of Jessamine county are authorized to take stock for the county to the amount of seven hundred and fifty dollars per mile as far as said road runs in said county; and to pay for the same it shall be lawful, and the said court is hereby authorized, to levy an ad valorem tax upon all the taxable property in the county." §3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. CHAPTER 62. AN ACT to provide for the payment of the funeral expenses of the late- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of § 1. That the Auditor be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of George A. Lewis for the sum of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifteen cents, the amount of expense incurred by him in. burying the remains of the late Hon. C. W. Gilmore. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. Issue bonds. Interest. CHAPTER 63. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of Caldwell county," approved February 20, 1878. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of Caldwell county," approved February 20th, 1878, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to authorize the county court of said county to issue the bonds of said county in any amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. § 2. Said bonds shall be due at expiration of twenty years from and after their date; but may be made redeemable at any time after two years from and after their date, in such manner, and upon such terms and notice, as may be prescribed by the orders of said court, and stated in the face of the bonds. 3. The county court may, in and by one and the same levy, provide for the payment of two semi-annual installments of interest; and in that case the sheriff or collector shall collect and pay over the tax so levied within the time prescribed by section seven of the act to which this is an amendment; but in case the court shall provide for only one. installment of interest in any levy, then the sheriff or collector shall collect and pay over the whole of same within. one hundred and twenty days after the date of his covenant. 4. It shall be the duty of the county court to provide forpayment of each semi-annual installment of interest, by mak ing levy therefor at least six months before same shall become due. § 5. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. CHAPTER 64. AN ACT to change the place of voting in Rollington precinct, in Oldham county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the place of voting in Rollington precinct, Oldham county, be, and the same is hereby, changed from the house of one Fred. Brenner to the house now occupied and owned by Garret Foley, in the town of Rollington, and county aforesaid. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. CHAPTER 66. AN ACT for the benefit of W. A. Maxey, clerk of the Morgan county court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for W. A. Maxey, clerk of the Morgan county court, to practice law in all the courts of this Commonwealth except Morgan county court. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 19, 1882. CHAPTER 67. AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the town of Georgetown to sell bonds to build a public school-house. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the chairman and board of trustees of the town Issue bonds. of Georgetown, Scott county, be authorized to issue twelve. (12) bonds of five hundred dollars each, to be signed by the chairman and attested by the clerk of the board of trustees, |