and best bidders, or he may reject any and all of the bids, if, in his judgment, they are unusually high. 5. It shall be the duty of the supervisor to see that the contractors of the several county roads faithfully perform their several contracts, and in no case shall he draw his warrant upon the county treasurer for the payment of said contractors until he is satisfied that the work required of the contractors has been performed. 6. The county judge shall have the power to lease to the contractors the inmates of the county work-house, upon such terms, and under such regulations, as he may deem best for the interest of the county. The proceeds to be paid into the county treasury, or credited to the account of the contractTM ors. 7. The county court shall fix the salary of the supervisor of county roads at any sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per annum. § 8. The salary of the supervisor and pay of the contractors shall be paid out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, subject to the rules and regulations at present governing disbursements. § 9. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 6, 1882. CHAPTER 388. AN ACT to incorporate Robinson Creek Lodge, No. 591, of Free and Accepted Masons, in Laurel county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Granville Brown, J. G. Woodward, D. W, Lovill, and John Blair, their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate, by the name and style of Robinson Creek Lodge, No. 591, of Free and Accepted Masons, in Laurel county; and they and their associates and successors shall so continue and have perpetual succession; and by that name are made capable in law as natural persons to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and be answered, in all courts in this Commonwealth or elsewhere; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or amend at pleasure. They may make and ordain regulations and by-laws for their government, and may alter those now in force in said lodge, when deemed necessary or proper, and may change and renew the same at pleasure, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States. 2. That said corporation shall have power and authority to acquire and to hold real or personal estate, not exceeding ten thousand dollars in value at any one, and from time to time, if deemed expedient, sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and to reinvest and dispose of the proceeds. §3. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved March 6, 1882. CHAPTER 389. AN ACT to prohibit the selling, giving, or loaning of spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors within the town of Allensville, in Todd county, or within three miles of the corporate limits thereof. WHEREAS, A large majority of the white voters, and also a large colored vote, join in said petition, in the town of Allensville, Todd county, Kentucky, and of the election district. in which it is situated, have petitioned this General Assembly to pass an act prohibiting the selling, loaning, or giving away of any spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors within said. town, or within three miles thereof; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any tavern-keeper, saloonkeeper, druggist, or any other person, to sell, loan, or give away any spirituous, malt, or vinous liquors within the town of Allensville, in Todd, county, Kentucky, or within three miles of the corporate limits of said town. § 2. That the trustees of said town of Allensville shall not have power or right to grant to any person a license to keep a saloon, coffee house, or to sell liquors in any manner within said town. § 3. Any person who may violate any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty and not more than one hundred dollars for each offense, to be recovered upon the indictment of a grand jury, or before any court having jurisdiction thereof. § 4. This act shall not apply to the selling, loaning, or giving of vinous liquors for sacramental purposes, nor to the selling of liquors under a license which may have been legally granted for one year or less before this act takes effect. §5. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 6, 1882. CHAPTER 390. AN ACT to establish and prevent changes in or divisions of justices' or election precinct No. 1, in Bourbon county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That justices' and election precinct No. 1, known as Paris precinct, in Bourbon county, be, and the same is hereby, established and defined as it at present exists, and the lines, boundaries, and places of voting in said precinct shall hereafter continue as they now are and have been for the past year, and the Bourbon county court shall have no power to alter, change, or divide said precinct in any manner whatsoever: Provided however, That said Bourbon county court may so alter the boundaries of sad precinct as to permit certain portions of said precinct or district to be added to other adjacent precincts in said county, in the manner provided by the General Statutes of this State, and it may change and determine the place of voting in said precinct or district: Provided, That there shall never at any one time be more than one voting place in said precinct as it now exists. § 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 6, 1882. CHAPTER 391. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Hargis, in Bath county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the town of Hargis, in Bath county, be, and the same is hereby, incorporated, with the following boundary: Beginning on Bath side of Licking river at the abutment of the Maysville and Mt. Sterling Turnpike bridge; thence out said turnpike road to H. Moores' corner; thence southwardly on line between H. Moores' and Jas. House to Moores' corner; thence westwardly across the Maysville and Mt. Sterling pike into Ed. Hardin's farm far enough to take in Hardin's dwelling house; thence northwardly to Licking river at mouth of drain on Hardin's farm that empties into said river; thence with said river to the beginning. The trustees of said town may cause a plat thereof to be made, which shall be filed in the Bath county court clerk's office. §2. That there shall be three trustees elected annually on the first Saturday in July for said town. That said trustees and their successors in office shall be a body-politic and corporate, and known by the name and style of the trustees of the town of Hargis, and by that name be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of this Commonwealth; and that said trustees shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities as provided by general law. §3. The trustees of said town shall have power to pass all needful regulations and ordinances not inconsistent with. the Constitution and the general laws of the land, which may be necessary to preserve the health, peace, and good order of the citizens thereof; and all forfeitures and fines imposed and collected for the violation of the ordinances of said town shall be paid into the treasury of said town, to be used by the trustees for the public good thereof. 4. That on the same day set apart for the election of trustees of said town there shall also be held an election every year for the purpose of electing a police judge and town marshal for said town, and said police judge and town marshal shall qualify and give bond, and shall be clothed with all the usual powers and privileges delegated to such officers; and they shall be governed and controlled by all laws made. binding upon such officers. 5. The trustees of said town are authorized and empowered, with full power and authority, to grant license to any person or persons to keep a coffee-house, or vend, by the small, spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors within the corporate limits of said town, for which license said trustees shall charge not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars per year, to be paid into the treasury and used like money collected on fines and forfeitures: Provided, That before the trustees grant license to sell liquor, the person obtaining li cense shall first pay the county clerk of Bath county the tax due the State, and shall produce to said trustees the clerk's receipt for same: Provided, however, That said person or persons obtaining license shall take the oath and give bond similar to the oath and bond required of tavern-keepers. § 6. H. F. Barker, Ed. Hardin, and W. H. Darnall are constituted trustees of said town, and authorized to act as such until their successors are elected and qualify according to law; and H. Moores is hereby authorized to act as police judge of said town until his successor be duly elected and qualified; and Tom Crow shall act as marshal of said town until his successor is duly elected and qualified. $7. All the officers herein mentioned shall be first duly sworn, by some court or justice of the peace, that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office before they proceed to act. All elections shall be held by a clerk, to be appointed by the board. § 8. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved March 6, 1882. CHAPTER 393. AN ACT in relation to the bonded indebtedness of the Owen county court. WHEREAS, The county court of Owen county, pursuant to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act authorizing the Owen county court to issue and sell bonds to pay off its indebtedness, and to provide for the payment thereof," approved January 27th, 1880, and an act amendatory thereof, approved May the 6th, 1880, has issued bonds of said county, the proceeds of which have been applied, as therein directed, to the payment of the outstanding floating debt of the county and to the refunding of its bonded debt; and whereas, doubts are entertained as to the construction of said two acts, as to the amounts therein authorized to be provided for; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That any and all bonds which may have been issued by said county court under the provisions of said acts, be and the same are hereby, legalized and declared valid and |