rights, and franchises to secure the same, which mortgages may be foreclosed as other mortgages are. § 8. Said directors may adopt by laws for the management of their business, prescribing the duties of their officers and agents, their tenure of office and compensation, and such rules and regulations as they may from time to time find necessary: Provided, Said by laws shall not be in conflict with this act or with the Constitution or laws of this State or the United States. $9. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impose any individual liabilities for the debts of the company upon any holder of stock therein. 10. This act shall take effect from and after its passage: Proviso. Provided, Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent persons from recovering from said corporation damages for any injury that may accrue to private property in the exercise of the powers herein granted. Approved February 11, 1882. CHAPTER 181. AN ACT for the benefit of Samuel G. Northington, son of G. A. Northington, of Ballard county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Samuel G. Northington, son of G. A. Northington, of Ballard county, be, and he is hereby, released from all the disabilities of an infant, and vested with all the rights and privileges of an adult, except the right to vote. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 11, 1882 CHAPTER 182 AN ACT to mend an act, entitled "An act to re-enact and amend an act to incorporate the Paducah, Benton and Murray Gravel Road Company, and charter the Paducah and Clark's River Gravel Road Company," approved April 9, 1878. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the act, entitled "An act to re-enact and amend an act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Paducah, Benton and Murray Gravel Road Company, and charter the Paducah and Clark's River Gravel Road Company,'" approved April 9, 1878, be amended by adding thereto the following numbered sections, to-wit: § 11. That it shall be the duty of said Paducah and Clark's River Gravel Road Company to erect post-and-rail bearers on the side or sides of all levees on said road where the height of such levee is six feet or more above the common surface level, and not elsewhere. § 12. That said company may extend its road to Benton itself, or by uniting with the Marshall County Gravel Road Company, and may alter or change its name and seal at pleas ure. § 13. Said company shall have all the rights and privileges heretofore granted to the Paducah, Benton and Murray Gravel Road Company, and may purchase or lease a lot for a toll-gate at any place on said road between Island creek and the place where it now has its first toll-gate. § 14. Except as to all debts and liabilities and mortgage or mortgages now existing against said company, and except for labor or materials hereafter done on or furnished for said road, the owners or holders of the stock of said company, or of stock issued by its predecessor, the Paducah, Benton and Murray Gravel Road Company, shall have a lien and priority for the amount of such stock and interest over all other claims, and shall not be deprived of the same by any proceeding or forfeiture. § 15. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 11, 1882. CHAPTER 183. AN ACT to attach the farms and possessions of W. A. J. Beck, W. A. Whitlow, Lafayette Hurt, John D. Beck, W. W. Norris, and Peter Beck, of Metcalfe county, to Cumberland county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the farms and possessions of W. A. J. Beck, W. A. Whitlow, Lafayette Hurt, John D. Beck, W. W. Norris, and Peter Beck, of Metcalfe county, be, and are hereby, attached to Cumberland county. § 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved February 11, 1882. CHAPTER 184. AN ACT in relation to the sale of spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors in Catlettsburg and vicinity. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the question of granting license to sell by retail spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors in the town of Catlettsburg, and within two miles of said town, shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said town in the following manner : The board of trustees of said town shall, by order of their board, fix the day upon which said election shall be held, which shall be not more than thirty days after this bill shall be approved, and shall publish a copy of said order in any newspaper published in said county, and post a copy thereof at the court-house door and two other public places in said town at least ten days before the election. § 2. For the purpose of conducted said election the board of trustees of said town shall appoint two persons, who shall be citizens and voters of said town, judges, and one person of like qualifications to act as clerk, and require the attendance of the marshal of said town. § 3. The election shall be held between the hours of seven o'clock, A. M., and six o'clock, P. M., in the usual place of holding elections in said town. A poll-book shall be prepared by the clerk of the board of trustees of said town, with one column headed "License," and another "No license." The question shall be propounded to each voter, as follows: For license or against license?" and the votes of those voting for license shall be set down in the column headed "License," and those voting against license in the other column. It shall be the duty of the clerk and judges of said election to certify the result of said election, and deliver the poll book to the marshal of said town, whose duty it shall be to deliver the same to the county court clerk of Boyd county LOC. L., VOL. I-28 Limits. Penalties. within two days after the election. The county judge of Boyd county, with the clerk thereof, shall examine said poll. book and then file same in the county court clerk's office. § 4. If a majority of those voting at said election shall be against granting license, then no license shall be grant to any one to sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors within said town, or within two miles of said, in any direction; and any person selling vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors by retail within the area aforesaid, shall be subject to all the pains and penalties denounced against persons guilty of keeping a tippling-house, and be recovered as like penalties. are now recovered by law. § 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 11, 1882. Name. Trustees. Powers. CHAPTER 185. AN ACT to incorporate Rose Hill Seminary. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an institution of learning be, and the same is hereby, incorporated and established at Versailles, Woodford county, Kentucky, to be known by the name of Rose Hill Seminary. § 2. That R. Y. Berry, D. L. Thornton, E. M. Wallace, W. E. Rogers, Samuel L. Wooldridge, H. C. McLeod, S. H. Robertson, James M. Graves, Thos. A. Crenshaw, W. H. Graves, R. B. George, Thos. Seller, George Cotton, John Amsden, and John M. Wasson, and their successors in office, are hereby constituted a body-politic and corporate, to be known as the trustees of the Rose Hill Seminary; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal or scroll, which they may alter at pleasure. $3. That said board of trustees, with the consent of the principal, shall have power to direct the course of study, to appoint such assistants as may be necessary to complete the course prescribed by the said board; and to make such rules and by-laws as they may deem necessary for their government and that of said institution; also confer upon those then may deem worthy such degrees and honors as are usual in similar institutions with diplomas, signed by the principal, teachers, and any three or more of said trustees, or their successors, and affix the seal or scroll of the institution to the same. §4. That the general control and management of the insti- Principal. tution to abide in the hands of the present principal, Mrs. G. B. Crenshaw, and her assistant principal, T. A. Crenshaw; and nothing in this charter shall be construed so as to impair or in the least change the title or use of any realty or personalty of said seminary buildings, grounds, or any thing pertaining thereto; and said G. B. and T. A. Crenshaw shall collect all funds arising from and due said institution in any way, and expend the same as they deem best. § 5. That the seminary, with its buildings and appurtenances, so long as used for the purposes of education as set forth herein, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges to which other institutions of learning are entitled by the General Statutes of the State, and therefore shall not be Exemption. subject to State, county, or town taxation; and if, at any time, the institution and appurtenances shall be transferred, by deed or otherwise, such transfer shall not operate asja dissolution of this charter; but its privileges shall inure to any successor so long as he or they shall continue to use the same for school purposes as herein named. § 6. That the said seminary may receive as pupils both male and female, either or both, as may be deemed best by principals and trustees. 7. That the trustees and their successors are hereby vested with power to receive in any manner, money, or other property, real or personal, and to hold or dispose of the same for the use of the institution: Provided, That real estate at any one time shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. § 8. Whenever a vacancy may occur in said board of trus- Vacancies. tees, either by death or otherwise, the remaining members shall, on the call of the principals, or the acting president, and within twelve months from the date of such vacancy, proceed to fill such vancancy; and that any three of said board, together with the principal, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business pertaining to the institution: § 9. This act shall take effect immediately after its passage. Approved February 11, 1882. |