The city marshal shall be elected by the popular legal vote of the city of Mount Sterling, and not by the city council; and he shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. 6 That all acts or sections of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1882. Style. CHAPTER 483. AN ACT to incorporate the St. Catharine Auxiliary Society for benevolent purposes of the city of Lexington, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That Malinda Harris, Jane Mason, Charlotte Haden, Incorporators. Sallie Brookings, Ann Green, Enoch Sanders, A. W. Knox, their associates and successors, as such as may be admitted to membership, be, and they are hereby, constituted a bodycorporate and politic, under the name and style of St. Catharine's Auxiliary Society; and that the officers and members of said society shall so continue, and have perpetual succession, and by the name and style aforesaid they are hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to contract and be contracted with, and to answer and be answered, in all courts of law and equity in this State or elsewhere; to make and have and use a common seal, and break and alter or amend the same at pleasure. Purposes. By-laws. § 2. The object of this corporation is to create and provide a fund for benevolent purposes, having principally in view a proper care of the sick, and burying the dead members of said society. § 3. Said society shall be presided over by such officers and their successors in offices, the duration of whose terms and whose duties shall be prescribed by a majority of the members of said society. 4. The members of said corporation shall have power to pass such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Kentucky, as the safe-keeping of the property and the proper conduct and interest of the society may require. § 5. That said society shall have the right to take and hold, by purchase, gift, or devise, real or personal estate, to any amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to dispose of and convey the same at will; and they may loan or cause to be loaned any money they may have, and collect the same by suit or otherwise in their corporate name, or transact any other business they may deem proper and right, or may have power to invest their money in stocks or bonds, and hold or dispose of the same at pleasure. §6 Said society shall have the power to determine the qualifications of its members, the amount of admission fee, and such regular dues as the proper conduct of the society may demand, and shall have the power to alter and change the same as experience may indicate. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER 484. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to reduce into one the several acts in regard to the town of Somerset." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That the corporate limits of the town of Somerset shall be, and is hereby, extended so as to embrace and include the following boundary, to-wit: "Beginning at a Boundary. stone in the center of Main street one half mile north northeast of the public square and at the junction of the Stanford and Crab Orchard roads; thence with the present boundary south 70 west about 60 poles, and extending same line same corner, in all 160 poles, to a stake south of the Clifty road; thence south 20 east 300 poles to a stake; thence south 2 east 80 poles to an oak tree in Denham's field; thence south 20 east 128 poles to a stake near a small sycamore on the south side of Sinking creek; thence north 70 east parallel with Western Mount Vernon avenue 92 poles to a stone; thence north 25 east 396 poles to a stake in Coal Bank road, 6 poles southeast from the corner of Mrs. Frances' stable; thence with said road north 30 west 42 poles to Mount Vernon avenue at the junction of the Mount Vernon and Coal Bank road; thence with old boundary and parallel with Main street, supposed to be about 144 poles, to a stone; thencesouth 70 west 160 poles to the beginning. §2. That the foregoing boundary shall, to all intents and purposes, be within the jurisdiction and under the operation of the laws applicable to said town, in all respects regarded as a part of said town. $3. That the words "and be freeholders therein," con-tained in section third, and the "provision adjudging costs in favor of defendants in certain cases, and to be paid by thetrustees," contained in section 24 of said act, be, and is hereby, stricken therefrom and repealed. 4. Each and every act or section of act in conflict with. the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 5. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved March 18, 1882. Trustees. Terms. CHAPTER 485. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to organize and establish a sys-tem of public schools in the city of Hopkinsville for white children in said city," approved March 13, 1872. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the number of trustees for the school district.. created and incorporated by the act mentioned in the title of this act shall be seven instead of five, as provided in section three of the said act. The present trustees of the Hopkinsville public schools are hereby authorized and directed, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, to appoint two suitable and qualified persons to serve with them as trustees, who, on taking the oath of office, shall be invested with full authority to act as such; and all of said trustees, includ-ing the two additional ones herein provided for, shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. § 2. That the term of office of the trustees is hereby fixed. at three years, and until successors are elected and qualified; . and so much of section three of the said act as requires the election of trustees for said school district to be held on the second Saturday of July, biennially, be, and the same is. hereby, repealed; and hereafter the election of said trusteesshall be held on the first Saturday of May in each year, as the term of office of the trustees shall expire. 3. That immediately after the appointment and qualification of the two additional trustees, as directed in the first section of this act, the persons then constituting the board of trustees of the Hopkinsville public schools shall, by lot, divide themselves into three classes, the first and second class Classes. each to consist of two, and the third class to consist of three of said trustees. Successors to the first class of said trustees shall be elected on the first Saturday of May, in the year of our Lord 1883, who shall hold their offices for three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and successors to the second class of said trustees shall be elected on the first Saturday of May, in the year of our Lord 1884, who shall hold their offices for three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and successors to the third class of said trustees shall be elected on the first Saturday of May, in the year of our Lord 1885, who shall hold their offices for three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prevent the re-election of any of said trustees: And provided further, That no colored person shall be eligible to the office of trustee, or shall be employed as superintendent of or teacher in the schools provided for in the said act. § 4. That section twelve of the said act be amended so as to read as follows, viz: "Sec. 12. The board of councilmen of said city shall cause to be levied and collected an annual tax Tax. sufficient for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, but at a rate not exceeding fifty (50) cents upon each one hundred dollars' worth of the same property owned by white persons that is taxed by the city for city purposes, and the rate of said taxation shall be ascertained and fixed upon an estimate of annual expenses, to be certified by the board of trustees of said schools to said board of councilmen. The assessment, levy, and collection of this tax shall be made at the same time, and in the same manner, as required by law for the city revenue; and the officer who shall collect, or whose duty it shall be to collect, the said tax shall, with his sureties, be responsible upon his official revenue bond for the same, as for other city revenue, and shall be subject to such penalties for delinquencies as are now or shall be prescribed by law in such cases. This tax shall be called and known as the school tax, and shall be payable only in money, and shall be used only for the purpose of defraying the yearly expenses of the said pub lic school, including repairs and improvements upon school buildings and premises: Provided, That it shall be the duty of the collector to execute and deliver to each person paying the said tax, and the taxes authorized by section eleven, a separate receipt therefor, and all of said taxes shall be separate from the other city funds: And provided further, That the giving of such separate receipts shall not entitle the collector of said taxes to any greater allowance or compensation than that fixed by law for the collection of other city taxes: And provided further, That only white persons and the property of white persons shall be taxed under this act." § 5. That section thirteen of the said act be, and the same is, so amended and altered as to require all orders on the funds mentioned in said section, in the hands of the auditor and treasurer of the city, to be signed by the chairman and at least three other members of the board of trustees. 6. That section sixteen of the said act be amended so as to read as follows, viz: "Sec. 16. The board of trustees may admit into said schools white children who are non-residents of the said district, upon the payment of such charges as may be fixed by the said board; and the said board of trustees is authorized to make such rules and regulations concerning the tuition of the children of non residents of the said district, who pay taxes under this act upon property owned by them, and situated in said district, as to them may seem just and equitable; but no non-resident children shall be admitted into said schools to the exclusion of those who reside in said dis trict." 7. That section seventeen of said act be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 8. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved March 18, 1882. Incorporators. CHAPTER 486. AN ACT to incorporate the Clark's River Co-operative Association, No. 228, Patrons of Husbandry of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That N. G. Edwards, C. C. Smith, D. Bean, W. F. Smith, L. E. Wilson, W. A. Grugett, and J. M. Smith, directors of Clark's River Co-operative Association, No. 228, of the |