§ 9. The collector shall be allowed such fees for selling asthe board of trustees shall prescribe. The clerk shall keep a record of such sales, which shall be open to the public inspection at all reasonable times.

§ 10. That the right of redemption, in all cases of sales of real estate for taxes or assessments, shall exist to the owner or his heirs for the period of three years from the day of sale, on payment of twenty per cent. on the amount for which it was sold, and all taxes accruing subsequent to the sale. If the real estate of any infant or feme covert or lunatic be sold under this act as aforesaid, the same may be redeemed at any time within three years after such disability is removed. In case of redemption, the money may be paid to the purchaser,. or for him to the town clerk, who shall make a special deposit thereof with the treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. If not redeemed, the board of trustees shall, upon the return of the certificate of sale, or proof of its loss, direct the col-lector or his successor to execute a deed to the purchaser, conveying to such purchaser the premises so sold and unredeemed as aforesaid. The collector may charge a fee of one dollar for every deed so made, and an amount sufficient to pay other necessary costs of such deeds, to be taxed as othercosts.

§ 11. If at any sale of real or personal estate for taxes or other assessments no bid shall be made for any parcel of landor any grounds or chattels, the same shall be struck off to said board of trustees for the benefit of the town; and thereupon the board of trustees shall receive from the officer mak. ing the sale a certificate of the sale thereof, and shall be vested with the same rights as other purchasers at such sales, and for the benefit of the town, and the collector shall execute to the purchaser a certificate of sale for all real estate sold for

tax.

§ 12. Any deed or duly authenticated copy of the record thereof, made for real estate sold for taxes or assessments, shall be prima facie evidence of the power and authority to sell the same; that all proceedings in reference to such sale. and levying the taxes or assessments for which the same was sold were regular.

ARTICLE XI.

1. That the board of trustees shall, at least ten days before the annual assessment of taxes as herein before pro

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vided, or the first day of May in each year, cause to be posted. in two public places in said town a full and correct statement of the receipts and expenditures from the date of the last annual report, together with the sources from whence the former were derived, and their mode of disbursement, together with such other information as may be necessary to a full understanding of the financial concerns and conditions of the town.

§2. Every ordinance, by-law, or regulation imposing any penalty, fine, imprisonment, or forfeiture for a violation of its. provisions shall, after the passage thereof, be published one week by posting up written or printed copies, or a synopsis thereof, at four public places in said town.

3. That the members of the board of trustees shall be exempt from paying poll-tax and labor on the streets.

§ 4. That it shall be the duty of the board of trustees, at all times, to keep the streets, alleys, lanes, and highways in said town in good order and condition, and for every failure so to do, they shall, upon indictment and conviction in the Crittenden circuit court, forfeit and pay, for the use of said town, not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; and such fine shall be paid by the members of the board of trustees out of their individual estates, share and share alike.

5. All ordinances, regulations, or by-laws now in force in said town, and not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in full force under this act until altered, modified, or repealed by the board of trustees after this act shall take effect.

6. All actions, rights, fines, penalties, and forfeitures in suit or otherwise, which have accrued under the several actsconsolidated herein, shall be vested in and prosecuted by the board of trustees of Weston hereby created and provided for.

7. That all property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to the town of Weston, or the board of trustees of Weston, is hereby vested in the board of trustees of Weston, created or provided for by this act, and the officers of said town now in office shall respectively remain and continue in the same until superseded in conformity to the provisions hereof, but shall be governed by this act.

8. That this act shall not invalidate any legal act done by the board of trustees of Weston, or by its officers, nor di vest their successors under this act of any rights of property

or otherwise, or liability which may have accrued to, or been created by, said corporation prior to the passage of this

act.

9. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed; and this act may at any time be altered, modified, or repealed by the General Assembly of Kentucky.

§ 10. Merchants and business men in said town may, during the day-time, and only during the day-time, shall have the privilege of occupying three feet of the sidewalks fronting their business houses for the purpose of receiving or exposing their goods for sale.

§ 11. The Crittenden county court shall not grant a license to any merchant or tavern-keeper to sell spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor until the person applying for such license shall produce to said county court a certificate from said board of trustees that the town tax required by this act has been paid by such applicant.

§ 12. That all persons licensed by the board of trustees of said town to keep a coffee-house, before they shall enter upon said business, execute, with good security, a bond as required by the general laws of Kentucky, in the office of and before the clerk of the Crittenden county court, who shall safely preserve said bond.

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

CHAPTER 521.

AN ACT for the benefit of George W. Sheets, of Hopkins county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of George W. Sheets, of Hopkins county, for the sum of twenty five dollars, 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 522.

AN ACT to authorize the marshal of the town of Rochester, Butler county, to pay all money collected on fines for violation of ordinances or by-laws of said town into the treasury of said town.

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

§ 1. That the marshal of the town of Rochester, Butler county, is hereby authorized to pay all money he may collect on fines for violation of the ordinances or by-laws of said town into the treasury of said town.

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

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 524.

AN ACT for the benefit of Marshall B. Hendricks, of Ballard county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That Marshall B. Hendricks, of Ballard county, be relieved of the disability of infancy, and he is authorized to make contracts, and he shall be liable on his said contracts, and he shall have all the rights of an adult citizen, except he shall not have the right to vote.

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

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 525.

AN ACT for the benefit of the John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that the John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary has been organized and incorporated in accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-six of the General Statutes, and has recorded its articles. in the Jefferson county court clerk's office; and whereas, the object of said corporation is the care and nursing of the sick, and the collection of donations for that purpose, and the building and management of a hospital in the city of Louis

ville.

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

§ 1. That the property, real and personal, of the John

N. Norton Memorial Infirmary held by it, or by trustees for its use or benefit, shall be free from all taxation or assessment, whether for State, county, or municipal purposes.

§ 2. That this act shall take effect from the first day of January, 1882.

Approved March 21, 1882.

CHAPTER 527.

AN ACT to incorporate the Purchase Telephone Company.

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

§ 1. That J. C. Dupoyster, A. S. Taylor, F. C. Marshall, G. W. Mantle, W. H. Jones, S. K. Hinchey, and Thos. B. White, their associates and successors, are hereby created a bodycorporate and politic, with power to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to contract and be contracted with, under the name and style of the Purchase Telephone Company.

§2. They are empowered to erect, operate, and maintain a telephone line or telegraph line, or both, from Paducah, in McCracken county, Kentucky, to Cairo, Illinois, by way of Lovelaceville, Blandville, and Wickliffe, in Ballard county, or they may erect said line of telephone or telegraph, or both, to or from either of the places above named, or to or from or between intermediate points on said route from Paducah to Cairo, and to and from such other points in the seven counties west of the Tennessee river as they may deem expedient; and said company is hereby invested with all the powers, privileges, and franchises incident and usual to corporate bodies incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, and shall have power to make such rules and regulations, and alter and amend the same, as to them shall sem best, not contrary to the laws of this State or the United States.

§ 3. Any two of the corporators above named may act as commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions for the purpose aforesaid, and to issue certificates of stock; and when fity 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.