§ 3. On the first Saturday in May, 1882, and every two Election. years thereafter, there shall be an election held in said town for the election of five trustees, a police judge, and a town marshal. Ten days' notice of such elections shall be given by the clerk or chairman of the board of trustees, by written or printed posters.

§ 4. Said trustees shall be a body-corporate, with all the Powers. general powers conferred by the laws of this Commonwealth upon corporate bodies of the like character for the maintenance of law and good order in said town; may have and use a common seal, and may alter same not exceeding one time to each two years' term of office. They shall be known by the name and style of the board of trustees of Robards; and as such may sue and be sued, may contract for and hold property, money, and not exceeding in the aggregate fifty acres of land convenient to Robards for public purposes.

§ 5. Until an election is had for town officers as herein Trustees. provided, Tolbert Kelley, Absalom Duncan, Edward Curry, Joseph Eblen, and S. H. Toy are constituted as trustees of said town, and shall so continue until the election of trustees and their qualification on the said first Saturday in May, 1882; and if this charter be not granted in time for the ten days' notice of election in 1882, then said persons may hold their offices until the election of successors on the first Saturday in May, 1884. In all cases officers of said town, when chosen by town election, shall, on the following Monday, qualify, except the police judge, who shall qualify as soon as may be convenient after receiving his commission of office from the Governor. The officers in all cases herein may qualify by taking the oath of office before any justice of the peace of Henderson county, or the judge thereof.

§ 6. The said trustees, including those persons named as Chairman. trustees in section five, after being sworn to discharge the duties of their office, shall elect one of their number chairman, to preside over their deliberations, who shall be known as chairman of the board of trustees of the town of Robards, and as such shall have a vote only in case of a tie in the remaining trustees. Said board may also elect one of their Clerk. number as clerk, who shall, in a well-bound book, keep recorded the minutes of the board, and it shall be at all times open for public inspection in his custody and presence; copies of said minutes and proceedings of the board, under the hand.

jurisdiction.

of said clerk or of the chairman of the trustees, when there is no clerk, shall be received as record evidence in courts.

ARTICLE II.

§ 1. The police judge shall have exclusive jurisdiction of Police judge- violations of the by-laws and ordinances of said town, and concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace of all criminal and penal causes; and shall sit as a court of examination with concurrent jurisdiction of two (2) justices in felony cases within the limits of said town. All warrants issued by him as police judge shall be directed to the marshal, sheriff, jailer, or to any constable of Henderson county, who shall execute the same. Before entering upon the duties of his office said police judge shall be sworn to honestly and faithfully perform the duties of his office, in addition to the oaths required by law.

§ 2. Said court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases where the trustees shall proceed to condemn land or materials for the opening, extending, or widening streets, alleys, or other property for public use, and shall have power to award the writ of ad quod damnum, and adjudicate upon the same.

§ 3. Said court shall always be open for the trial of criminal causes, and shall have the same power to summon and empanel juries, and to adjudge fines, in the same manner and to not exceeding the same amount as is possessed by justices of the peace; and appeals shall be had from his judgments in similar manner, and to same amount, as is or may hereafter be provided by law from judgments of justices of the peace in criminal and penal causes, as to judgments in cases of writs of ad quod damnum in similar manner as from county courts.

4. It shall be the duty of the marshal to see that the ordinances and the by-laws of said town are carried into execution; shall collect all taxes imposed by the trustees; and shall give a good and sufficient bond, annually, to be executed before and approved by the chairman of the board of trustees, for the faithful account of all moneys that may come to his hands, and for the performance of his duties of office. Said bond shall be attested by the chairman, or the clerk of the board of trustees, and shall be filed by them in the records of said town.

5. Said police judge, marshal, and trustees, except the clerk of the board, shall not be allowed any salary, but they shall each receive the fees of their respective offices as now fixed and regulated by law for magistrates, constables, sheriffs, and other officers performing services similar to those required of them by this act.

6. That the fines, forfeitures, and licenses recovered and paid in from all sources within said town, are granted to said town, excepting so much as goes to the Commonwealth from any license granted by her to operate within the limits of said town.

ARTICLE III.

§ 1. The board of trustees may clear the streets and alleys, sidewalks, and passways of said town of all obstructions, sink cisterns and wells thereon, abate and prevent nuisances, regulate the storage and sale of combustible, dangerous, explosive, or unwholesome material. They may enact by-laws for the prevention of the erection of unsafe chimneys, flues, and fires; may require the owners of property fronting on streets to keep the sidewalks open; continue, enlarge, and alter streets and alleys, and lay off squares, improve sidewalks, and grade streets whenever public necessity may require and as the growth of the town may demand. Shall grant licenses, fix the rates thereof, and regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors of all kinds, and shall require a license of not less than fifty dollars for a coffee-house keeper or other person licensed to retail spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and of merchants to sell such like liquors not less than twentyfive dollars; and they may by ordinance prescribe fines and penalties for the selling in any manner such spirituous liquors without the prescribed license. And generally they may provide by by-law or ordinances all such things as are necessary for the good government, peace, health, and comfort of said town and its citizens.

§ 2. In laying off squares and opening streets and alleys, if the consent of the owners of the land cannot be first obtained, the trustees may, after ten days' notice to the owners thereof or their agent, proceed to condemn same, and assess the value thereof before the police court of said town according to the general law now or then existing and in force.

§ 3. In case of a vacancy at any time in the office of police Vacancy. judge, the chairman of the board of trustees may, for the

Taxes.

Graded school.

time being, act as such judge, with all the incidents and powers of said judge. Should there be a vacancy in the office of town marshal, one may be elected by the board of trustees to act until the vacancy has been filled by a regular election.

4. The board of trustees shall have power to levy and collect taxes as follows: An ad valorem tax upon the property in said town liable to taxation for State revenue of not exceeding one cent to each dollar's worth of property in value: Provided, That upon land within the limits of said town used for farming purposes, and not laid off into streetsand squares, the tax assessment thereon shall not exceed the rate of tax provided for herein, and upon an assessed valuation not greater than the value of other like farm lands in the county.

§ 5. The trustees of said town, for a true taxation, may cause the property of said town liable for taxation to be assessed by some one other than the town marshal, to be appointed by them, and to be listed as of January 10th of each year.

ARTICLE IV.

§ 1. The corporation of Robards is hereby authorized toestablish, support, and maintain graded common schools, in which may be taught all the children of said town between the ages prescribed by the common school laws of this Commonwealth now or hereafter to be in force; and to secure this end, it is hereby enacted that the one-fourth portion of all the net revenue received by said corporation from taxes, fines, licenses, and all other sources, be, and the same is hereby, dedicated and set apart to be used in the aid of said schools in said town Provided, That there shall be no mixture of white and negro children, nor shall the property of the one class, or of either, be taxed for the education of the other.

§ 2. That said graded common schools may be conducted and taught in conjunction with the common school districts in which Robards Station is included; or, if the trustees of Robards so elect and prefer it, the town of Robards shall be deemed one district, and entitled to its proportion of the State common school fund.

§ 3. The board of trustees of Robards may, once every year, or oftener in case of a vacancy, appoint one of their number

to act as trustee of any graded common school established as herein, and he may act as such during and for the year he may have been appointed.

ARTICLE V.

§ 1. All persons residing in the town of Robards, as also all Voters. persons owning real estate situated in such town, and who are legal voters at county and State elections, shall be qualified voters at all municipal elections held in and for the town of Robards.

§ 2. All process in cases in which the police judge has ex- Process. clusive jurisdiction shall be issued in the name of the town of Robards.

§ 3. The marshal shall have the same power to levy upon Marshal. and sell property for town taxes, and for the payment of fines and penalties under the by-laws and ordinances of Robards, that the sheriff has for the payment of State and county taxes, and in the enforcement of executions and writs for fines and penalties. He may make sale in front of the postoffice in Robards upon ten days' notice of time and terms.

§ 4. Property within the town of Robards heretofore taxed for county and State road purposes is now exempt from said

tax.

5. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 24, 1882.

CHAPTER 560.

AN ACT to regulate the working and laying out public roads in Clinton

county.

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

1. That it shall be the duty of the Clinton county court, at its May term, 1882, to divide said county into four road divisions, and appoint a commissioner for each division, to be a resident thereof; one to serve till January 1, 1883, one till January 1, 1884, one until January 1, 1885, and one until January 1, 1886. The one having the shortest term shall be chairman, clerk, and treasurer of the board of commissioners. The commissioners shall have the control of all the public roads and bridges in said county, and each commissioner shall see that the roads are kept in repair in his division. The