the town of Fancy Farm: Beginning at the section corner to 19, 20, 29, and 30; thence a straight line eastward, so as to include S. T. Willett and V. E. Bright, to the Dublin and Paducah Road; thence northward on the west side of said road, opposite W. B. Cash's corner; thence eastward to said corner, and with his (Cash's) line to a small branch; thence northward down said branch, on west side, to a point opposite the northeast corner of St. Jerome's grave-yard: thence a straight line westward to the northwest corner of Mrs. Dunn's lot; thence a straight line to the beginning. § 2. That a copy of said boundary be kept by the trus tees of said town, subject to inspection at all times by the citizens of said town; and that the said trustees cause another copy to be filed in the office of the county court of said county. §3. That G. R. Ryan, S. T. Willett, and Dr. P. M. Hobbs, are hereby appointed trustees of said town, and shall hold office till the first Saturday in May, 1881, at which time, and annually thereafter, there shall be elected, by the qualified voters of the town, three trustees, to serve for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. § 4. That all citizens living in the town, who are qualified to vote and hold office under the Constitution and laws of Kentucky, are entitled to vote and hold office in town. 5. A police judge and town marshal shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on the first Saturday in May next, and shall hold their office for two years, when their successors shall be elected; and there shall be an election for police judge and town marshal on the first Saturday in May every two years thereafter. 6. Said officers, including the trustees, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their office, take the oath prescribed by the law; and the marshal shall execute bond in the county court, with approved security, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty. 7. Said police judge shall have concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace of Graves county in all criminal and penal cases, and to charge the same fees for services as justices of the peace are allowed to charge. The marshal shall have concurrent jurisdiction with constables of Graves county, and charge the same fees for services. §8. The trustees are empowered to pass such by-laws and enact such regulations as may be necessary for the good government and well-being of said town, not in contravention with the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, and to fill any vacancy in any office created by this act that may occur. 9. Said trustees shall have power to levy a tax on all persons living in said town or owning property in the corporate limits, not exceeding twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property, ad valorem; also power to impose a poll-tax of not over one dollar on each male citizen over the age of twenty-one years, all to be applied to meet the expenses incident to corporation, such as payment of salaries, street repairs, &c. And all fines and forfeitures are to be applied by the trustees in such manner as will be beneficial to the town. § 10. The board of trustees shall consist of three, one of the members acting as chairman and one as clerk; and they shall keep a record of their proceedings, and such proceedings shall be subject to the inspection of the citizens at any time; and all by-laws or ordinances passed by the trustees shall be posted up by them in not less than three public places in said town, and not less than ten days before the same shall take effect. 11. The trustees shall have power to procure, by purchase or otherwise, a lot of ground on which to build a guard-house, and to build said house by subscription or otherwise, for the keeping of prisoners, under the same rules and regulations as govern the county jail; said guard-house to be kept by the marshal, who shall have all the privileges and compensation allowed the keeper of the Graves county jail for like services. 12. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. CHAPTER 722. AN ACT for the benefit of Isham Cottingham, of Henderson county. WHEREAS, The tax-books of Henderson county for the years 1873, 1874, and 1875 were placed in the hand of Isham Cottingham under a settlement made August 1st, 1878, by and between D. Howard Smith, Auditor, James B. McCreary, Governor, and Thomas E. Moss, Attorney General, for the State of Kentucky, and Isham Cottingham, of Henderson county. This settlement was made in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, approved March 29th, 1878, entitled "An act to authorize the Auditor, with the assent of the Attorney General and Governor, to compromise with defaulting sheriffs and collectors of the public revenue and their sureties." By the terms of this settlement, all the taxes found in the books above-mentioned were transferred and conveyed to the said Cottingham, with the privilege of collecting the same, and appropriating to his own use not more than five thousand dollars of the amount collected; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Isham Cottingham be authorized and empowered to appoint a collector to collect the uncollected taxes of Henderson county for the years 1873, 1874, and 1875, and that such collector shall, with sufficient sure· ties, execute to the Commonwealth a bond for the faithful performance of his duty, this bond to be taken in the same manner, and with the same penalties attached, as is now provided in case of other collectors of the public revenue. § 2. The collector shall have the authority to appoint as many deputies as may seem necessary for the collection of the taxes mentioned in section one of this act. These deputies are required to give bond, with the same penalties annexed, as now provided in case of other deputy collecting officers of the public revenue. § 3. The collector and his deputies shall have the same authority and rights to enforce the collection of these taxes, and be subjected to the same penalties as other collectors of the State revenue, and shall pay over to Isham Cottingham the amounts collected every three months, and shall report to him every three months their acts and deeds done under this act. § 4. Should any executive or collecting officer of Henderson county be appointed collector as provided herein, nothing in this act shall be construed to be inconsistent with his duties as such officer. 5. The collector shall be allowed not more than twenty per cent. for his services; and this act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. CHAPTER 723. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to probibit the sale of spiritu ous, vinous, or malt liquors within one mile of the court-house in Edmon Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That chapter 203, section 1, of an act, approved February 6, 1872, be so amended as not to apply to the premises of W. O. Newman: Provided, however, He shall not sell in quantities less than one quart, and not to be drunk on the premises: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to give said Newman any more privileges than is given him by the law of the United States. 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. CHAPTER 724. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled An act for the benefit of Benj Gratz Park, of Lexington." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the act chartering Benj. Gratz Park, of Lexington, be so amended as to authorize the board of di rectors of said park to employ one or more policemen to preserve order in said park, and the streets adjacent thereto, and shall have authority to arrest any persons creating a disturbance, or transgressing the rules for the government of said park, or injuring the property of, or trespassing upon, said. park; and that persons so arrested may be confined in the watch-house of Lexington, and tried before the recorder of said city as other offenders are now tried, and punished by fine and imprisonment in the work-house of said city. § 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to interfere with the lawful authority of the city police of Lexington over said park, or the streets adjacent thereto. §3. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved April 1, 1880. tinued in force. CHAPTER 725. AN ACT to continue and extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company, of Louisville, and to amend said charter. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the chartered privileges, rights, and franchises Privileges con of the Franklin Insurance Company, of Louisville, shall be and continue in full force for the period of thirty years from and after the last day of February, 1881, or from the time when the term limited in its present charter will expire. Capital stock § 2. And it is further enacted, That the charter of said Franklin Insurance Company, of Louisville, with the amendment thereto, are hereby so altered and amended as to read as follows, to-wit: 1. That the corporation of the Franklin Fire, Marine, and Life Insurance Company, shall continue and be in force, with succession, for thirty years from the first day of March, 1857, under the name and style of the Franklin Insurance Company of Louisville with the privilege of increasing the capital stock of said company which is at this time one hundred thousand dollars, to any amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dol |