than spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, anywhere within. this Commonwealth without obtaining or having peddler's license to sell same. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 252. AN ACT directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to revise the accounts of S. T. Bow, sheriff of Cumberland county for the years 1877 and 1878, and to cause to be refunded to him any sum which he may have overpaid the State on said accounts. WHEREAS, It appears that, owing to inaccuracies in the copies of the assessor's books furnished to the sheriff of Cumberland county for the years 1877 and 1878, he was over. charged for those years, and paid into the Treasury money not justly due from the county; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized to revise the accounts of S. T. Bow, sheriff of Cumberland county for the years 1877 and 1878; and if he find that said sheriff has been overcharged, and has paid into the Treasury anything over and above his lawful indebtedness, the said Auditor of Public Accounts shall refund the same to him, and is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of said S. T. Bow for any sum ascertained as above indicated to be due him, and the said Treasurer will pay the same out of any fund in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. §2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 253. AN ACT to authorize the people in district No. 7 (Gratz district), in Owen county, to vote a tax upon their property in aid of turnpike roads in the said district. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be, and is hereby made, lawful for the people of district No. 7, Gratz district, in the county of Owen, Tax. Election. to vote upon the question whether they will impose a tax of not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of property in said district for the purpose of aiding in building two turnpike roads in said district, and bridges on said roads, to-wit, one running from Springport by way of Squiresville to the Owenton and Gratz Turnpike Road at or near Kemper's shop, and the other to run from Gratz straight across the creek by way of Clay Lick to the before named projected road, so as to intersect the same at Ball's Landing on the north side of Mill creek; said tax, if voted for by a majority of the people of said district, to be assessed for three successive years. § 2. On the first Saturday in April, 1882, there shall be opened a poll at Gratz, in said district, and an election shall be held, which election shall be presided over and conducted by two judges, a sheriff, and a clerk appointed by the Owen county court, at the regular March term, 1882 of said court, which said officers shall be first sworn faithfully to discharge the duty of holding said election, and making return thereof; and at said election all legal voters of said district may vote, and to each legal voter offering to vote thereat, there shall be propounded the question, "Do you vote for or against the turnpike tax?" and his vote shall be recorded with his name in accordance with his direction; and on the next day thereafter the said poll book shall be returned, properly certified by said officers, to the clerk of the county court; and the presiding judge of Owen county, the clerk of the Owen county court, and the sheriff of Owen county, who are hereby constituted a board for that purpose, shall compare the said poll-book, and shall certify the result to the Owen county court; and the said certificate shall be entered of record in the order-book of said court. § 3. If a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of said tax, it shall then be the duty of the sheriff of Owen county to collect from each owner of property in said district a tax of fifty cents, or any other amount not exceed ing fifty cents, as hereinafter provided, on each one hundred dollars' worth of property in said district, which tax, when collected, shall be paid over by him to a treasurer thereof, who shall be appointed by the Owen county court, and who shall be required to give sufficient bond, and sureties therefor, by said court, and who shall receive no compensation for his services as treasurer. 4. That if it becomes the duty of the sheriff of Owen Compensation. county to collect said tax, he shall be allowed at the rate of three dollars for each hundred dollars and fraction thereof collected by him, to be paid out of the fund so collected; but he shall be required by the county court of Owen county to execute bond, with good sureties, for the faithful performance of his duty to collect and properly pay over the said taxes. 5. There shall be posted, at five public places in said dis- Notices. trict ten days before said election, notices that the said election will be held, and of the rate of taxation proposed to be voted on, which notices shall be signed by the presiding judge of the Owen county court, and posted by the sheriff or his deputies; and when said election is held, the rate of taxation, if a majority shall vote in favor thereof, shall be fixed at the same rate as that named in said notices. 6. The taxes and money so collected shall be appropri- Purposes. ated and paid for the construction of and building and repair of the two roads, and bridges thereon, named in the first sec tion of this act, and for no other purpose. § 7. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 254. AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Hickman, Kentucky, and to regulate the sale of malt liquors in said city, or within one mile thereof. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the city council of the city of Hickman shall have power to regulate and control the sale of malt liquors within the corporate limits of said city, and to pass and enforce such ordinances governing the premises where said. liquors are sold, as the good order and peace of said city may require, not inconsistent with sections two and three of this act. § 2. That before any person shall sell any malt liquors within the corporate limits of said city, or within one mile thereof, they shall pay a privilege tax of three hundred dol lars per annum, one half at the beginning of each six months, to the treasurer of said city of Hickman, for the use and benefit of said city. $3. That it shall be unlawful for any person selling malt liquors under the provisions of this act to keep, have, or use, or permit any one else to keep, have, or use, in any way, any spirituous or vinous liquors in or upon the premises where the malt liquors are kept or sold, or in or upon premises adjacent thereto under his control. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of sixty dollars for each offense, recoverable by warrant in the police court of said city of Hickman, Kentucky, for the use and benefit of said city; and, upon the second conviction, shall be debarred from selling thereafter. § 5. This act to be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 255. AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section twenty-one of the above entitled act be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: By striking out the word fifteen, in the seventh line from the end of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word forty. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 256. AN ACT for the benefit of Willie G. Dunn, a minor. WHEREAS, Willie G. Dunn, of Garrard county, Kentucky, is an infant eighteen years of age, and has in his own right considerable property, made by his own exertions and business capacity, and desires to be invested with all the rights and privileges and responsibilities of an adult, except the right to vote; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the said Willie C. Dunn is hereby vested with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of an adult, and is empowered to contract and bind himself as fully and thoroughly as if he were twenty-one years of age: Provided, That the right to vote is not conferred hereby. § 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 257. AN ACT to extend the charter of the Deposit Bank of Frankfort. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Deposit Bank of Frankfort," approved March 3d, 1863, as amended by the several amendments of said act passed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby, extended and continued in force for twenty years from the third day of March, 1883: Provided, That the Legislature retains the right to alter, amend, or repeal the charter and all amendments thereto of said bank. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1882. CHAPTER 259. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Cincinnati, Covington, and Cumberland Gap Railroad Company," approved March 11, 1867, and to amend an act amendatory of said act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Cincinnati, Covington and Cumberland Gap Railroad Company,'" approved March 11, 1867, which said amendatory act was approved March 22, 1871. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section two of said original act be, and is hereby, so amended as to provide that the capital stock of said company may be fixed by the by-laws of the company, but it |