Grant county, upon and over the most practicable route between said points above named, under the name and style of the Lusby's Mills and Corinth Turnpike Road Company; and by that name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, plead and be im· pleaded, and use and have a common seal, and alter and amend the same at pleasure. §2. The capital stock of said company shall be five thousand dollars, to be increased or diminished at the pleasure of the company, and to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. §3. That A. W. Davis, Willis Alexander, D. R. Kinman, Taylor Holbrook, Hiram Holbrook, John A. Wilson, James H. Epperson, Dr. A. P. Taylor, Dr. W. H. Daugherty, and George W. Trimnell, are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be to open books for the subscription of stock at such places as said commissioners may designate; and as soon as two thousand five hundred dollars is subscribed, they shall give ten days' notice, at the most public places in the vicinity of the line of road, of a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing a president and five directors for said company, a majority of whom shall be competent to do business, and to do all things authorized by this act to be done by the president and directors of said company; and the management of the fiscal and prudential affairs of said company shall be confined to said president and directors and their successors in office, to be chosen annually at such times and places as the said president, and directors, from time to time, may appoint, and who shall continue in office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. 4. That no person shall be eligible as president or director who is not the owner, in his own name, of one or more shares of stock in said road 5. The president and directors shall have the power of appointing a treasurer, gate keeper, and all other officers or agents deemed necessary to effect the purposes of this act, and to remove the same at pleasure. They shall have power to require of the treasurer, and all other officers or agents appointed by them, bond and security in such penalties as they may require, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties incumbent on them as such. § 6. The commissioners herein appointed shall procure a book or books, and the subscribers to the stock of said company shall enter into the following obligation in said book or books, viz: We, whose names are hereto sub scribed, do promise to pay to the president and directors of the Lusby's Mills and Corinth Turnpike Road Company the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every share of stock in said company set opposite our names, in such manner and proportion, and at such times as shall be by them required under the law incorporating said company, to be collected as other debts. Witness our hands this day of —, 18-. § 7. That said road shall not be less than thirty feet wide. The width of the grade shall be twenty feet wide, and the metal not less than twelve feet wide, and shall be graded to an elevation not exceeding five degrees at any part thereof; that whenever two and one half continuous miles of said road are completed, the company may erect a toll-gate and charge tolls thereat at a rate of toll not exceeding that now authorized by law on roads made under the general turnpike laws of this State. 8. That the president and directors of said road shall have the right and power to acquire the right of way for said road, and of earth, stone, or gravel, or timber for its construction, by voluntary concession and release, or by private contract with the land-holders: Provided, however, If the right of way, and if material cannot be had as above indicated, it shall be obtained in the manner and mode prescribed by the general laws of the State for condemning lands, materials, &c., for the construction of turnpike roads, bridges, &c. § 9. When a stockholder shall have made full payment of his stock, it shall be the duty of the president, over his signature, to issue certificates of stock to all persons enti tled to the same, attested by the secretary of said com pany. 10 This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 13, 1880. CHAPTER 977. AN ACT to authorize the voters of Ballard county to vote on the question of the removal of the county seat, and providing for the building a courthouse, and repealing former act on same subject. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be the duty of the Ballard county court to order the sheriff of said county to open a poll at each of the voting precincts of said county on Saturday, the 2d day of May, 1880, to take the sense of the qualified voters of said county on the question of removal of the county seat from Blandville to Wickliffe, in said county. And the said county court shall appoint the officers to hold said election; and in making said appointments, to have due regard to the general laws on that subject. § 2. That in making out the poll-books for the various voting places, for the purpose of taking the vote on said question, the clerk shall prepare one column in which to record the votes of those who are in favor of the removal of the county seat to Wickliffe, and the poll-books shall be delivered by the sheriff to the several clerks of the election. The clerk of said election shall propound to each individual voter voting at said election the question, Are you for or against the removal of the county seat from Blandville to Wickliffe?" And if said voter answers affirmatively, then his vote shall be so recorded; and if he answers negatively, then no entry shall be made of it on said poll-book. ་་ §3. That the poll-book shall be kept sealed by the clerk of said election as required of them by the general laws on the subject of elections, shall be delivered to the clerk of the county court by the sheriff of said election, and the officers whose duty it is to count and compare the vote in LOC. L., VOL. 11-27 case of elections shall, on Wednesday after said election, open said poll-books and count and compare the polls, and make known the result in the same manner as is now required by law in the election of county officers. § 4. That if a majority of all the qualified voters of the county vote for the removal of the county seat to Wickliffe, then, in that event, the court-house and public offices shall be erected at Wickliffe, and the books, papers, and records of the county shall be removed there, and the various courts of the county shall be held there, and it shall thereafter be the county seat of said county; and in order to ascertain whether a majority of all the qualified voters of the county are in favor of the removal, the officers comparing the polls shall refer to the assessors' books, and count thereon each individual assessed for the purpose of county levy or poll-tax, and from that result determine whether the majority have voted for the removal. § 5. That in case a majority of the legally qualified voters of the county vote for the removal of the county seat to Wickliffe, then the acts passed at this session, entitled "An act to authorize the Ballard county court to re-build court-house in Blandville, and levy an ad valorem tax for that purpose," and "An act to authorize the Ballard county court to rebuild court-house in Blandville, and issue bonds for that purpose," shall apply to and be in effect for the purpose of building the court-house at Wickliffe. § 6. That the act passed at this session, entitled “ An act to allow the voters of Ballard county to vote on the question of removing the county seat of Ballard county," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 7. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 13, 1880. CHAPTER 978. AN ACT for the establishment of, and to incorporate, the Covington Protestant Children's Home. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That John W. Stevenson, Amos Shinkle, J. D. Shutt, William Ernst, N. B. Stephens, John F. Fisk, James Corporators. 2. Said corporation shall be governed or controlled Trustees, 3. The said trustees shall hold their offices and shall of trustees. § 4. The trustees shall, within twelve months after the Eletion of board approval of this act, and after a public advertisement in a newspaper published in Covington or Cincinnati, call a meeting at some designated place in Covington, and proceed to organize said corporation by an election from the board of trustees a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of said corporation, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected: Provided, however, The secretary and treasurer may be chosen from persons outside of the board of trustees, and shall proceed to take such steps for the purchase of a necessary site in or near Covington, Kentucky, for the |