lars, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, being compensation for said Strong for waiting on special terms of the Breathitt circuit court seventy-one days in 1878 and 1879.

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

Approved April 2, 1880

CHAPTER 753.

AN ACT to amend an act relating to opening and repairing roads in Boone

county.

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

§ 1. That section 6 of an act, entitled "An act relating to opening and repairing roads in Boone county," be so amended as to authorize the road surveyors to make and keep in repair the streets and alleys lying within the limits of the incorporated towns of said county, where the said streets and alleys are not covered by the charter of any turnpike road company.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts coming in conflict with this act, as far as they apply to Boone county, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved April 2, 1880.

Corporators

CHAPTER 754.

AN ACT to incorporate the Ohio County Fair Company. WHEREAS, The corporators hereinafter named did, on the 25th day of August, 1877, organize themselves into a company, and purchased land and other property, and transacted business as a fair company without being chartered; and now, desiring an act of incorporation legalizing what they have done as a company under which to act in the future; therefore,

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

§ 1. That Z. W. Griffin, Sam. E. Hill, R. S. Moseley, A. T. Nall, Wm. Hardwick, James A. Thomas, E. D. Walker, J. S. Vaught, E. C. Hubbard, J. F. Yager, A. P.

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Hudson, John J. Felix, J. P. Barnard, J. F. Collins, W. T.
Miller, Sam L. Berry, Alexander Stogner, W. H. Moore,
H. D. McHenry, John P. Barrett, L. F. Woerner, John
Midkiff, W. C. Morton, E. and H. Small, Dan. F. Tracy,
Sam. K. Cox, Potter & Condict, Isaac Mendell, Frank M.
Hearrin, J. W. Barnett, A. T. Hines, John E. Pendleton.
Walker M. Stevens, A. B. Baird, and C. Hardwick, be,
and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corpo-
rate, with perpetual succession, under the name and style
of the "Ohio County Fair Company" and by that name Name of corpo-
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend
and be defended, in all the courts of law and equity; and
shall be capable of acquiring, by purchase or otherwise,
any quantity of land in Ohio county not less than ten nor
more than fifty acres, and may improve, sell, and convey
the same, or any part thereof, at pleasure, and may
acquire, hold, and dispose of such personal estate as the
president and directors of said company may deem neces-
sary and proper.

ration.

poration.

§2. The objects of this company shall be to hold, an- Object of the cornually, in or near the town of Hartford, Ohio county, Kentucky, one or more fairs for the improvement of agricultural pursuits, including the great staples of industry and trade, as also fruits, vegetables, and ornamental gardening; the promotion of mechanical arts, and the improvement of the race of domestic animals; the general advancement of rural economy and household manufactures, and the dissemination of useful knowledge on these subjects.

3. The capital stock of said company shall be divided Capital stock.
into shares of fifty dollars each, which has been taken and
subscribed for agreeably to the rules and regulations of
the company.
The number of shares being thirty-five,

which have been taken, may be increased by a vote of
the stockholders to not exceeding fifty.

cers.

§4. The company shall hold an annual meeting on the Electio of offi-
first Saturday in December in each year, at which time
the stockholders then present shall elect a president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer, and five directors, and such.
other officers as they may deem necessary.

Term of office.

All contracts ratified and confira

ed

§ 5. The officers so elected shall continue in office until the first Saturday in December next ensuing, and until their successors are chosen and enter upon the duties of their office.

§ 6. The members of said company may, by resolution, fix upon a different day for holding their annual meeting.

§7. The company may, at an annual meeting, increase or diminish the number of directors, as to them may seem best; and may require bong and security from any or all their officers for the faithful performance of their duties; and at such annual meeting they shall fix the salaries of their officers for the ensuing year.

§ 8. All the contracts heretofore made, and any purchases of conveyances of lands heretofore made to the company, or the president and directors of same, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and the title to said lands shall vest in and become the property of said company, and be for its sole use and benefit; also all orders heretofore entered upon the books of the company are hereby confirmed as fully as if said company had been incorporated and legalized at the time of doing said acts; and the constitution and by-laws adopted by the company, and the election and appointment of officers made under and in pursuance of same, are hereby ratified and confirmed; and said company shall have power to add to, modify, alter, and amend said constitution and by-laws: Provided, That nothing in the said constitution and bylaws shall conflict with this charter or the Constitution and laws of this State. They shall have power, through their board of directors, to contract and be contracted with, in their corporate name; and to do every act not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, which, in their opinion, will promote the objects of this company.

$9. A majority of the directors of the company, together with the president, shall constitute a quorum to transact business, unless the company shall require a dif ferent number.

10. The said company, in its corporate capacity, with all the estate belonging thereto, shall be liable for any debts contracted by it, or by its authority; but private property of stockholders is exempt from liability for corporate debts.

able

11. The shares of the stockholders of this company Stock transferare transferable at the option of the stockholder, and in pursuance of the constitution and by laws of the same. 12. The president, vice president, and directors shall constitute the board of directors, who shall manage the affairs of the company.

13. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to maintain order upon the grounds of the company, and to prevent all riotous or disorderly conduct or scandalous behavior in and around said grounds, and not to suffer or permit gaming of any kind upon said grounds, either day or night.

be appointed

14. That the policemen appointed by the officers of Policemen may said company during the time of its fairs in said county shall have power, and are hereby invested with the same, to arrest any person within the grounds of said company, or near the same, who may be guilty of a violation of the foregoing section, or of a violation of the provisions of the by-laws of the company, within said grounds, with or without a warrant. But the policemen aforesaid making such arrest shall immediately take the person arrested before some court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense for which such person has been arrested, to be dealt with according to law.

15. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved April 2, 1880.

CHAPTER 755.

AN ACT to authorize the city of Dayton, in Campbell county, to issue
bonds and fund her present indebtedness.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky:

1. That the city council of the city of Dayton are ay issue bond, authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said city

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to any amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Said bonds or their proceeds are to be used exclusively, and for no other purpose than to pay off and fund the present outstanding bonds and bonded indebtedness of said city.

§ 2. Said bonds shall be of the denomination of one Denomination of hundred, two hundred, and five hundred dollars each; they shall be numbered serially as they are issued, commencing with the number one; they shall be made payable thirty years after their date, with the option upon the part of said city to pay them at any time after ten years from their date, bearing interest from date at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually; the interest as it matures, and the principal when due, to be made payable at such place as said common council may cause to be designated in said bonds. Interest coupons shall be attached for each semi-annual installment of interest, the coupons of each bond to be numbered serially, from [one] to sixty, inclusive, and each coupon to bear the serial number of the bond to which it is attached. Each of said bonds shall be signed by the president of the city council of said city and countersigned by the city clerk, and shall have the seal of the city affixed thereto. Each of said interest coupons shall be signed by the city clerk. Said bonds and coupons shall be made payable to bearer, shall pass by delivery, and when issued and disposed of, as hereinafter provided for, shall have the force and effect, and be placed upon the same footing, as bills of exchange.

§ 3. Said bonds, when prepared, or portions of them, How disposed of from time to time, may be placed by the city council in the possession of a board of commissioners, to consist of the president of the city council, city treasurer, and city clerk of the city of Dayton; and said board shall have the right to dispose of them, or any part of them, at not less than their par value, and with the proceeds to pay off and redeem any of the present outstanding bonds of said city, upon such terms as the said board may determine; or they may exchange any of said bonds, at not