alter, amend, or repeal this charter at any time they may deem proper, and said charter shall not extend beyond the period of thirty years. Approved February 27, 1882. Boundary. Trustees. Election. CHAPTER 331. AN ACT to re-incorporate the town of Washington, in Mason county. WHEREAS, The charter of the town of Washington, and the acts amendatory thereto, have, by reason of the changed condition of affairs, become to a great extent obsolete and nugatory; and said town has been' for many years without the rights and privileges of corporate government; and it is represented to us that, for the better security of life and property, the preservation of the peace and order of the community, and the enforcement of the laws, a form of municipal government is needed by the citizens of said town; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the said town of Washington be, and the same hereby is, re-incorporated; and the boundaries and limits of said town shall be the same heretofore prescribed by the original charter and its amendments, and laid off and described in the plats of said town recorded in the Mason county court clerk's office. § 2. That John Lashbrooke, R. R. Maltby, Jas. Smithers, James Marshall, George Taylor, and H. D. Knight are hereby appointed trustees of said town, who shall hold their offices until the first Monday in December, 1883, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The said trustecs and their successors in office shall be a body-politic and corporate, and shall be known as "The Trustees of the Town of Washington;" and by that name shall have power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of the Commonwealth. §3. There shall be on the first Monday in December, 1883, and every two years thereafter, an election held by the persons qualified as hereinafter mentioned for six trustees, who shall be residents of the town, and qualified voters thereof, as hereinafter mentioned, and shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are duly elected and quali fied. Any vacancy which may occur in the board of trustees may be filled by the board until their next regular election. The trustees, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, shall take an oath before the county judge or some justice of the peace of Mason county faithfully to discharge their duties. § 4. No person shall vote at an election for trustees, unless Voter. he be a citizen of the State, twenty-one years of age, and shall have been a resident of the town six months before the election at which he offers to vote. 5. Said election shall be held after ten days' notice posted Notice. up by the clerk in three conspicuous places in said town, at such accessible place as may be appointed by the board of trustees; and the chairman of the board, together with the nearest magistrate of the county, shall constitute the board of supervisors of said election, together with the clerk of the board of trustees, who shall be the clerk of the election; and these three shall hear and termine the qualifications of voters. The six eligible persons voted for receiving the highest number of votes shall constitute the board of trustees for the ensuing term. The poll-books shall be signed by the superVisors and delivered to the clerk, who shall file them with the archives of the town. The clerk shall notify, in writing, the persons elected as trustees, and they shall qualify within twenty days after their election. 6. Any four of said trustees shall constitute a quorum Quorum. for business; they shall elect one of their number chairman, who shall preside over their deliberations when convened, and shall call meetings of the board whenever he may deem it necessary. There shall be regular monthly meetings of the board at such times as may be fixed by the by-laws. § 7. The said trustees shall have full power to make all Powers. necessary by-laws and pass ordinances for the good of the town not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of this State, and may fix adequate penalties for the violation of such ordinances, not exceeding a fine of fifty dollars and imprisonment for thirty days for the violation of any one ordinance: Provided, No ordinance shall take effect until a copy thereof shall have been posted up by the clerk for ten days in three conspicuous places in the town. Said trustees shall have LOC. L., VOL. I—37 Tax. Clerk. Treasurer. power to license and to tax all shows, exhibitions, circuses, menageries, suppers, concerts, fairs, festivals, or other entertainments held in said town (except by schools or churches), at which an admission fee is charged or eatables or other things sold, such reasonable rates as they may fix by ordinance, not exceeding ten dollars for and one exhibition or entertainment, for any one day or night, to be paid by the managers or getters-up thereof. 8. They shall have power to levy and collect, upon the real and personal property in said town subject to taxation under the laws of this State, not exceeding fifty cents on each hundred dollars' worth of property annually, and may assess a poll-tax not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents annually, upon each tithe in the town, which taxes shall be applied to the improvement of the streets, alleys, roads, and drainage of the town, and to its other usual and necessary expenses: Provided, That such lands within the corporation limits as are used for agricultural purposes shall not be taxed for general town purposes, but they may be taxed at a rate not exceeding ten cents on the hundred dollars for the improvement of roads, walks, and the drainage of the town. Said trustees shall, for the use of the town, take possession of all buildings or property now owned by said town or held in trust by it, and they shall have power to purchase, acquire, and hold by deed, gift, or lease, any lot or lots or parcels of land, building or buildings, necessary for the use of the town, and may lease or erect a good and sufficient building to be used as a lock-up for said town, for the confinement of persons convicted in the mayor's court, or for the safe-keeping of drunken and disorderly persons or other lawful prisoners. 9. The said trustees shall appoint a town clerk, who may be one of their number, who shall have charge of all the bcoks, bonds, and papers belonging to the town, and shall safely keep them; who shall attend the meetings of the board, record all their proceedings, and perform such other duties as may be enjoined upon him by the by-laws. They shall appoint a treasurer, whose duty it shall be to receive, receipt for, and take charge of all moneys belonging to the town, and pay them out upon the order of the board; he shall keep an account of all his receipts and disbursements, and shall report once a month to the board the condition of the finances of the corporation. The clerk and treasurer shall give bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the Bond. § 10. The chairman of the board shall be ex officio the Mayor. mayor of the town, and shall be commissioned as such by the Governor of the State, upon his election being certified to the Governor by the clerk of the board of trustees. He shall hold his office for two years, and till his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take an oath faithfully to perform them, and the constitutional oath required of the magistrates of the county; and this oath shall, by the person administering it, be indorsed upon the mayor's commission, together with the date thereof, and the same shall be filed with the town clerk. The mayor shall have no civil jurisdic- Jurisdiction. tion, but shall, within the limits of the town of Washington, have the same criminal and penal jurisdiction that a justice of the peace of Mason county now has, and such other jurisdiction as is herein conferred upon him. He shall be a conservator of the peace, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of the ordinances of the town. He shall have exclusive jurisdiction within the limits of the town of all riots, routs, breaches of the peace, assaults, batteries, disorderly or indecent conduct, disturbance of religious worship, or public meetings or entertainments; over offenses of keeping disorderly houses, bawdy-houses, and nuisances; over all cases of drunkenness, obscene language, profane swearing, running horses, violations of the Sabbath, firing guns or pistols, blowing horns, ringing bells, making loud or unseemly noises by day or night, and all other disorderly conduct cal culated to disturb the peace and dignity of the town; and where such offenses are not provided for in the ordinances of the town, he may impose such fines and penalties as he may deem proper, not exceeding the fines and penalties prescribed by the general laws of the State; and where the penalty is a fine of more than twenty dollars, he shall, upon the application of the defendant, cause the intervention of a jury to decide the case. The warrants of the mayor shall run in the name of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and shall be directed to the marshal of the town, or in his absence to any sheriff or constable of Mason county; and for all offenses committed in his presence, in violation of the ordinances of the town, or the laws of the State, he shall have power to arrest, or cause to be arrested, the offender, and proceed with him to trial without the formality of a writ or warrant, and may proceed to the trial of offenders brought before him by the marshal or other officers without the usual writ or warrant. He shall have power to summon juries, issue subpœnas, and to compel the attendance of witnesses by the usual processes of law. He may fine for contempt in any sum not exceeding five dollars, and imprison for not exceeding thirty days. He may require of offenders security to keep the peace, and require of them bond for their appearance at the next term of the Mason circuit court; and upon their failure to give such bond, may commit them to the jail of Mason county until said court. He may cause the arrest of all suspected persons, and may hold an examining court. 11. The mayor's court shall be always open for the hearing and determining of such criminal and penal cases as are within its jurisdiction. It shall be a court of record, and the mayor shall keep a regular docket and record of his judgments and proceedings, and a transcript therefrom, when certified by him, shall be received as evidence in all the courts of the State. Appeals may be had from the final judgments of the mayor's court as they are now had from courts of the justices of the peace in Mason county to the quarterly or circuit courts as is provided by law. Persons fined in the mayor's court may replevy their fines by giving bond for three months for the fine and costs, as is done in magistrates' courts; and the mayor shall have the same power to collect his fines, and to issue therefor execution or a capias pro fine, as is now by law given to the magistrates of Mason county. § 12. If any one against whom a fine or penalty is assessed by the mayor shall fail to pay or replevy the same, together with the costs of the proceedings, he shall have authority to |