time and place, as near as he can, that the offense was committed: Provided, however, That he shall not state the nam of the person so complaining.

§ 10. That whenever the statement and affidavit of the said marshal, as provided in section nine, is presented to said police judge, it shall be his duty to file the same among the papers of his office, and forthwith to diligently inquire of any violation or breach of the by-laws or ordinances of said town, with the view of ascertaining the true nature of any such offense, and the name of such person as may be guilty of so offending. He shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses, to administer the oath to witnesses appearing before him, and to punish persons for contempt by fine or imprisonment; and he is further granted such other powers in the investigation of said offenses as is given by law to grand juries in the performance of their duties: Provided, however, That no person shall be present during the examination of any witness but said police judge, the marshal of said town, and the attorney for the board of trustees of said town.

§ 11. That when it shall appear from the testimony of witnesses, as provided in section ten, that there has been a violation of the by-laws of said town, it shall be the duty of said police judge to issue a summons or warrant against such person as may appear to be guilty of any offense aforesaid, in manner and form as he is now allowed to issue the same, and the trial of such person shall proceed according to law.

12. An act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend the charter of the town of Elizabethtown,"" approved March 18th, 1876, which act was approved April 15th, 1880, is hereby repealed, and an act, entitled "An act t amend the charter of the town of Elizabethtown, in Hardin county," approved March 18th, 1876 (2d volume Session Acts, 1876, page 610), is hereby re-enacted.

§ 13. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

14. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 509.

AN ACT for the benefit of John H. Purdy, of Bloomfield.

WHEREAS, On the 31st day of May, 1875, John H. Purdy obtained from the board of trustees of the town of Bloomfield a license to keep a coffee-house, and also on the day next following, to-wit, the first day of June obtained from the clerk of the Nelson county court a license to keep a coffeehouse, for which he paid the clerk for the use of the Commonwealth a tax of fifty dollars; and whereas, said license was illegal and invalid because in violation of sections 9 and 11, article 2, chapter 92, of the General Statutes, and said Purdy was indicted and fined in the Nelson circuit court, and by reason of such indictment was put to great expense and trouble, and his rights and privileges under said license were annulled; 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, directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of fifty dollars, to be paid to John H. Purdy, it being the amount the said Purdy paid to the clerk of the Nelson county court, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 511.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Frenchburg, in Menifee

county.

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

§ 1. That upon the filing of the written petition of a majority of the legal voters of the town of Frenchburg, the trustees of said town may, for the purpose of establishing or assisting to establish or to endow either a high school or college in said town, subscribe to the capital stock of said high school or college any sum said citizens of said town by their petition ask, not exceeding five thousand dollars; and for the purpose of paying the same may issue the bonds of said town,

payable at any time within thirty years, bearing any rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum.

§ 2. Said town may, upon the conditions named in section one of this act, for the purpose of endowing any high school or college within said town, agree to pay such high school or college any sum per annum they may think right and proper, upon such terms and conditions as to them may seem equitable and just.

3 That said trustees shall provide for the payment of any debts created under this act by proper levies of taxes upon the taxable property of said town.

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

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 514.

AN ACT to authorize B. W. Burchett, sheriff of Carter county, to execute revenue bond for the year 1882, at any time before April 1st, 1882. WHEREAS, B. W. Burchett, sheriff of Carter county, through inadvertence, has failed to execute, within the time prescribed by law, his bond for the collection of the revenue tax of said county for the year 1882; therefore,

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

§ 1. That the further time until the first day of April, 1882, be, and is hereby, given to B. W. Burchett, sheriff of Carter county, in which to execute, in the manner prescribed by law, a bond for the collection of the revenue tax of said county of Carter for the year 1882: Provided, That he and his sureties in said bond shall be liable to the same actions on said bond, and the same shall be as binding as if executed within the time prescribed by law.

§ 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.'

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 515.

AN ACT for the benefit of the sheriff of Floyd county. WHEREAS, The statutes of this State makes it the duty of the several sheriffs of this Commonwealth to collect and

LOC. L., VOL. I-58

pay into the State Treasurer the amounts of revenue duo from their respective counties on or before the first day of April in each year; and whereas, the small pox is raging to such an alarming extent in the county of Floyd that it is impossible for the sheriff of said county to collect the revenue due from said county to the State by the time required by law; now, therefore,

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

§ 1. That the sheriff of Floyd county have the further time until the first day of October, 1882, to pay into the State Treasurer the amount of revenue due from said county to the State: Provided, The sureties of said sheriff consent, in open court (county court), to this extension.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 517.

AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to establish a graded school at Willisburg, in Washington county."

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

1. That an act, entitled "An act to establish a graded school at Willisburg, in Washington county," approved April the 14th, 1880, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

§2. That all powers, privileges, and grants conferred in said act, upon whomsoever conferred, shall discontinue and

cease.

§ 3. That this act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 518.

AN ACT for James L. Plummer, late sheriff of Simpson county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for

forty-seven dollars and seventy-one cents in favor of James L. Plummer, late sheriff of Simpson county.

§ 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 519.

AN ACT for the benefit of school district No. 1, in Fleming county.

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

§ 1. That one half of all fines hereafter collected for a breach of all town ordinances, and all fines collected for breaches of the peace, and all other sums collected under warrant in the name of the Commonwealth before justices of the peace of district No. 7, including Flemingsburg, and the police judge or mayor of Flemingsburg, shall be paid to the trustees of school district No. 1, and the same shall be by them applied to the payment of the expenses of said school and the employment of competent teachers.

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

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 520.

AN ACT to amend and reduce into one the several acts in reference to the town of Weston, Crittenden county.

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

ARTICLE I.

§ 1. That the present corporate limits and boundaries of the town of Weston, in said county and State, be as follows: Beginning at the mouth of Camp creek; thence up the Ohio river to the top of a bluff upon which John Brown's farm is situated; thence with and along said bluff to the first bridge. across Camp creek; thence down said creek to the beginning; that the inhabitants of such boundaries be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic, with perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, by the name. of the town of Weston, and to have a corporate seal.