hundred dollars ($500). All actions at law for violations of any of the provisions of the laws incorporating the company, and any of the by-laws, rules and regulations of said corporation, shall be had before a magistrate of Taylor county, the presiding judge of the Taylor county. or quarterly court, or the Taylor circuit court, in the name of The Campbellsville Cemetery Company;" and all fines imposed and collected shall be for the benefit of said company, and shall be paid over to their treasurer; and when such fines shall be for damages committed, the proceeds thereof shall be used to repair, as far as possible, the injury that was committed. The sexton or superintendent of said cemetery shall have full power to arrest any parties charged with having committed any of the above-mentioned misdemeanors or felonies, and bring them before one of the aforesaid courts to be tried. § 10. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. CHAPTER 719. AN ACT to incorporate the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Bennett H. Young, St. John Boyle, Bluford Wilson, Charles Godshaw, E. F. Trabue, and their successors and associates, are hereby constituted and declared a body-corporate forever, under the name of the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company; with power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and with all other powers, rights, and privileges incident to corporations. § 2. Said Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Company is hereby empowered, and to locate, build, construct, and maintain, under the laws of the United States, a bridge for railway, wagon, street railway, and all other purposes, between the cities of Louisville, Kentucky, and New Albany, in the State of Indiana, from any convenient and accessible point within the limits of the city of Louisville, or within one mile thereof, to any point in the city of New Albany, Indiana, or within one mile thereof, and may, if desired, cross over Sand Island, or any bar above or below said island; and said company is hereby clothed with all the powers, privileges, rights, and franchises necessary for the carrying out the purposes named herein; and is empowered to purchase, lease, or condemn all the real estate that may be necessary for the purposes of said corporation, whether for piers, approaches, tracks, tollhouses, or approaches leading to the same, and shall have all rights and powers for the condemnation of property as may be necessary and requisite to secure the purposes of this act. Whenever said company shall desire to condemn any property for the purposes named in this act, within the county of Jefferson, the said company shall file a petition in the Louisville chancery court or Jefferson court of common pleas; and such proceedings shall be carried on, as near as may be, as actions at law by ordinary proceedings. Warning orders against non residents, absent defendants, or unknown owners of property, must be published three times in one of the daily papers published in Louisville, the last publication at least ten days before the trial. The owners of distinct parts of one contiguous tract may all be included in one proceeding, or any one or more of them holding contiguous tracts may be proceeded against in a separate action. These causes shall be tried by juries, as other cases are tried in said courts, and shall have precedence upon the docket as soon as the parties are before the courts and the issues are made up. The jurors shall be sworn truly and impartially to ascertain and determine, by their verdict, the amount of compensation each owner will be entitled to if his land or property described in the petition is condemned. The court in which these proceedings are brought shall have power to assign a day for the trial of the case as soon as the petition is filed; and upon the return of the verdict, the court shall enter judgment, vesting title to the property described in said corporation, said judgment to take effect upon the payment into court by the said corporation of the amount of money named in the verdict. If the said amount so named in the verdict shall not be paid within thirty days. from the rendering of said judgment, the said proceedings shall be dismissed without prejudice to any subsequent proceeding. § 3. Said corporation shall have the power to lay down on said bridge a single or double track for railroad cars or street cars, or for wagons or other vehicles, and all animals, and to erect foot-ways for passengers, and to charge for the use thereof reasonable tolls; and for said purpose may erect, on either or both sides of said bridge, tollgates, and may do all other acts or things necessary for collecting the charges for the use of said bridge; and may also run any line of railways through the city of Louisville, upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance. of said city of Louisville, or along any street or alley, to connect with any railway bridge, transfer company, or depot; and shall have the right to operate or lease said. connecting line or lines, and may charge a reasonable compensation for the use of the same. 4. Said corporation is empowered to borrow any money for the purposes named in this act, and to pledge its property and franchises to secure the payment of the same, and to issue bonds in any amount not exceeding fifteen hundred thousand dollars its stockholders may determine, and secure the same by a mortgage or mortgages upon all its property and franchises of every kind; and said bonds may bear any rate of interest not more than six per cent., run any time, and be made payable at any place the board of directors of said corporation may deem proper; and may be sold or disposed of as said board may direct. § 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars, or any less sum the stockholders may fix, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and be made payable at such time and in such manner as the board of directors of said company may require. § 6. The affairs of said corporation shall be under the control and management of a board of directors, composed of not less than five nor more than eleven stockholders, chosen at an annual meeting to be held on the first Monday in March of each and every year, in the city of Louisville, who shall hold office until their suc cessors are elected and qualified; and in case of a vacancy, said board shall fill the same until the next meeting of the stockholders. Said directors, from among their number, shall chose a president, vice president, and secretary, and may elect any other officers they deem requisite for the management of the business of the corporation, and may prescribe their duties. and require bonds for the faithful performance of the same; and may make all by-laws and regulations for the government of said cor poration, and its officers and employes. 17. Said corporation may contract with any railroad company, in or out of this State, for the use of said bridge by its cars and engines, or for other purposes, and any railroad or street railway, or person or municipal corporation, in or out of this State, may subscribe for the capital stock of said corporation, upon any terms or conditions agreed upon; and may make such contracts or agreements as may be deemed expedient for the use, management, or control of said bridge. 8. The incorporators named herein, or a majority of them, may meet at any place in the city of Louisville, and open books for subscriptions for stock; and whenever three hundred shares of the capital stock shall have been subscribed for, the subscribers, upon ten days' notice of the time and place of meeting, published in some Louisville paper, shall meet and elect a board of directors; and said corporation shall then be entitled to commence business. 9. This act is hereby declared a public act, and shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. Corporators CHAPTER 720. AN ACT to incorporate the Limestone Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That S. B. Poyntz, Thos. A. Rassess, Wm. Hunt, John M. Duke, James A. Johnson, John N. Thomas, Geo. S. Rasser, Thomas Wells, Will. H. Cox, N. Cooper, Horace January, H. C. Barkley, S. W. Meyer, Frank S. Owens, John M. Duke, jr., S. S. Minves, J. Barbour, W. W. Bald win, Hamilton Gray, and their associates, successors, and Name of corpo assigns, be incorporated under the name Limestone Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Maysville, Kentucky; and by that name shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded; may have common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and make contracts, acquire and transfer property, establish bylaws, and make all rules and regulations deemed expedient for the management of their affairs, not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States. àouses, &c § 2. That it shall be lawful for said corporation to inMay insure sure houses, buildings, and all other kinds of property against loss or damage by fire, whether the same shall happen by accident, lightning, or other means, excepting that of design in the insured, or by invasion of an enemy, or insurrection of the citizens of this or any of the United States, and generally to do and perform all other matters and things proper to promote this object. members. § 3. That every person who shall at any time become Who may be interested in such company, by insuring therein, and also their respective heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns continuing to be insured therein, as hereinafter provided, shall be deemed and taken to be members thereof tor and during the terms specified in their respective policies, and no longer, and shall at all times be concluded and bound by the provisions of this act. Members shall deposit their ole. § 4. That every person who shall become a member of said company by effecting insurance therein shall, before. |