2. They are empowered to erect, operate, and maintain a telephone line from Alexandria to Newport, in Campbell county.

§3. Any three of the corporators above named may act as commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions for the purposes aforesaid, and to issue certificates of stock; and when fifty shares of stock shall have been subscribed, shall call a meeting, and organize by electing a president and four other stockholders, who shall constitute a board of directors.

§ 4. Said board shall continue in office one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified at a meeting of the stockholders, to be held annually for that purpose, in Alexandria, on such day and at such place as the board may direct, and of which due notice shall be given to the stockholders.

§5. The board may appoint such other officers as they may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes contemplated in this act; and may make all needful rules, regulations, and by-laws in regard to said company and its business, and shall require bond, with good security, from the treasurer or others holding funds of the company to fully secure the same.

§ 6. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, divided into shares of ten dollars each.

§ 7. Said company may acquire, hold, convey, and dispose of real estate as other corporations may do under the general laws of this State, to an amount not exceeding three thousand dollars; and may acquire, hold, and dispose of such personal property as may be necessary to the proper carrying on of their business.

§ 8. In no case shall the private property of stockholders be liable for the debts of the company.

§ 9. Said company may contract with any person or corporation for supplying them with telephonic facilities, and the use of telephone instruments, and for said purpose may build branch lines from said main lines; said contract to be upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties. § 10. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 303.

AN ACT to establish a voting precinct in Scott county, to be known as Payne's Depot precinct.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§1. That a precinct be, and is hereby, established, to be known as Payne's Depot precinct, and the voting place to be Payne's Depot; the boundary to be as follows, to-wit: On the north beginning with the Iron Works road at the point where it crosses the Fayette line, and running with same to the White Sulphur precinct; thence south with the line of said precinct to the south branch of Elkhorn creek; on the west by the Midway Turnpike Road; the other boundaries to be the lines between Scott, Fayette, and Woodford counties. Said precinct shall have two magistrates and one constable.

§2. This precinct may be abolished at any time by an order of the county court.

Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 304.

AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of certain turnpike roads in Shelby county."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of certain turnpike roads in Shelby county," be, and is hereby, repealed.

2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 305.

AN ACT for the benefit of Forrest L. Yates, of McLean county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That L. Yates, of McLean county, be, and he is hereby, empowered, in the manner and under the responsibilities

prescribed for adult citizens, to obtain a license and practice law in the courts of this Commonwealth.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 306.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of Taylor county, empowering it to compromise its debts, issue bonds, and levy and collect taxes to pay the same," approved March 18, 1880.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the words "twenty-five," preceding the word. "thousand," in the first section of said act, be, and the same is hereby, stricken out, and the word "fifty" inserted in lieu thereof.

2. That in the event judgment shall be rendered on any bond or bonds which may be issued by the county of Taylor under the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment, or on any coupons of any such bond or bonds, such judgments shall constitute a lien upon all real and personal property in said county subject to taxation under the revenue laws of this Commonwealth.

3. If the court rendering such judgment shall be of opinion that such serious obstruction is likely to be offered to the enforcement of any such judgment as will materially delay it, it shall, on motion of the plaintiff therein, refer the same to a commissioner, with instructions to ascertain and report, on a day to be by it named, the amount which it will be necessary for the holders or owners of any such property to pay in order to raise promptly, in proportion to the value of such property owned by each, a sum sufficient to pay the said judg ment, and all costs of the said suit, and the costs of collecting the same, making due allowance for probable delinquencies. Upon making any such reference, the said court shall make an order, and, if need be, enforce it by process of contempt, directing the officers having charge of the books containing the last assessment for the purposes of State taxation, to deliver them to the said commissioner, to be by him used in making out his report.

4. If, for any reason, such assessment books shall not be promptly forthcoming, the court shall provide for a new assessment under the direction and supervision of the said commissioner.

5. Upon the completion of said report, the said commissioner shall file the same in the clerk's office of said court, and publish in a newspaper published in Taylor or Marion county, once each week for three weeks, a notice of the filing of said report, and stating that the same will be subject to excep. tions, to be filed in said clerk's office, until a day to be mentioned in said notice, which day shall not be less than thirty nor more than forty days from the last day on which the said notice is to be published.

$6. On a day to be named by the court in the order referring the said judgment to the commissioner, or on the first day of the next regular or special term of the said court after the expiration of the time for filing exceptions, the said exceptions shall stand for hearing; but the hearing thereof may be continued from time to time, for good cause shown, or to suit the convenience of the court.

7. When, after such correction as the court may deem proper, the said report shall be approved and confirmed, judgment shall be rendered against the parties named in the report for the amounts therein named, and at the expiration of ninety days from the date of said judgment several executions shall issue against all persons who have not then paid to the sheriff, or other officer who collects excutions from said court, for the sums adjudged to be due by them respectively, which may be levied on any property subject to the State revenue tax held by the defendants, respectively, or which was owned by them at the date of the judgment.

$8. The court shall make proper orders for the safe-keeping and disposition of the money to be collected under the provisions of this act; and if the amount collected shali be more than necessary to pay the judgment and costs, the residue shall be paid over to the commissioner of the sinking fund of said county, to be used for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds issued under the act to which this is an amendment.

§ 9. The sheriff or other officer who may collect such sums as shall be voluntarily paid to him under any such judgment

shall be entitled to the same compensation which sheriffs receive for collecting taxes due to this Commonwealth.

§ 10 The bonds to be issued under the act to which this is an amendment shall, on their face, stipulate that the holders of any of them, or any coupon thereof, shall be entitled to the remedies for the collection for the same herein, and in the act to which this is an amendment, provided for. § 11. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 307.

AN ACT to create an additional voting place in Petersburgh district, Webster county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That an additional voting place is hereby established at Sebree City, in Petersburgh district, in Webster county, at which any or all the voters of said district may vote at any election held under the laws of this State. The county court of Webster county shall annually appoint officers of election for said voting place as prescribed in article three, chapter thirty-three, of the General Statutes.

§2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 27, 1882.

CHAPTER 309.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Pleasant Hill and Jessamine County Turnpike Road Company."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the president and directors of the Pleasant Hill and Jessamine County Turnpike Road Company be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, in their corporate capacity, to execute a mortgage or mortgages to such person or persons as have furnished means for building said road (outside of his or their respective subscriptions of stock), upon the whole of the property, rights, credits, and franchises of said road, for the payment of the money so furnished, together with six per cent. interest per annum from the first