such intent, or have the same in possession after it has been caught or killed, any quail, partridge, or pheasant, between the first day of February and the fifteenth day of October in each year, under a penalty of three dollars for each offense. § 2. No person shall kill, or have in possession after it has been killed, any mocking-bird, under a penalty of three dollars for each offense. § 3. No person shall rob or destroy the nest or nests or eggs of any of the birds mentioned in the first and second sections of this act at any time whatsoever, and for every offense mentioned in this section shall be subject to a fine of three dollars for each offense. § 4. That the unlawful killing, catching, or possession of each and every one of the birds intended to be protected by this act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and shall be punishable accordingly, and two or more offenses may be joined in the same warrant or indictment therefor, and the person so offending, if convicted, shall be fined for each offense. § 5. All prosecutions under this act may be instituted before any justice of the peace; and, upon conviction, if any person found guilty of the violation of this act shall fail to pay the fine assessed against him, such person may be confined in the county jail one day for each dollar of the fine imposed. § 6. This act shall only apply to the counties of Warren, Hickman, and Fulton, and shall take effect from and after September 1st, 1880. Approved April 27, 1880. CHAPTER 1253. AN ACT to incorporate the Deering Camp Ground Association, in Nicholas county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That T. S. Parks, T. J. Glenn, Thomas A. Dorsey, R. M. Parks, Moses A. Glenn, Horace M. Taylor, and W. P. Ross, and the following laymen, viz: Rev. Morris Evans, W. T. Pointer, and H. P. Walker, and their successors, be, and are hereby, created a body-corporate, under the name and style of the Deering Camp Ground Association, situated on Licking river, and on the Kentucky Central Railroad, and near the railroad bridge which spans said river in Nicholas county; to have perpetual succession, with right to obtain, hold, sell, and convey, and dispose of every class of property necessary for the uses of this company, not to exceed in value two thousand dollars; and may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts in the Commonwealth, and transact all business in its corporate name for its corporate purposes; and may make by-laws for its government, not inconsistent with the laws of the land. § 2. Said company having erected, at considerable expense, a large amphitheatre and chapel for religious services, a dining-hall, a large number of nice cottages, ice-house, cisterns, stables, and a number of other buildings, &c., and the grounds inclosed with a neat fence, it shall be the object and business of said company to keep up and maintain said grounds, with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, and to furnish good boarding or single meals for all persons who may desire it, and stables and provender for horses, and all other necessary accommodations for the public during religious services on said camp ground, at fair and reasonable rates. § 3. The company shall have authority to forbid all transient persons from erecting booths and selling confectioneries, fruits and melons, tobacco and cigars, or any kind of diet or provender for horses, at any place within one mile of said camp ground, without first obtaining the written permission to do so of said company. § 4. If any person or persons violate section three of this act, he or they, upon conviction, shall be fined in the sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars, for each offense, to be recovered by warrant before any court of competent jurisdiction. § 5. The company shall have all the powers, rights and privileges, and may do all the acts and things necessary to keep up said buildings, grounds, &c., and to police said grounds, that good order may be maintained during the religious services; and to provide for the accommodation and comfort of the people during religious services, and at all other times from the beginning of any protracted meeting until its close. § 6. It shall be the duty of said company to post at least twenty printed copies of their rules and regulations at the most public places on said camp grounds at the beginning of each protracted meeting. § 7. Nothing in the foregoing act shall be so construed as to prevent or restrict any person or persons attending services on said camp ground from bringing their own diet and eating it on said ground, renting cottages and boarding themselves, &c. § 8. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 27, 1880. CHAPTER 1255. AN ACT to incorporate the Perryville Male and Female Seminary, in Boyle county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an institution of learning, previously known as Harmonia College, located in the town of Perryville, Boyle county, Kentucky, now owned and controlled by the Kentucky Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shall hereafter be known as Perryville Male and Female Seminary. § 2. That the following persons appointed as a board of trustees by said Presbytery, viz: Rev. J. C. Gilliam, Nelson Wingate, W. W. Brinton, Dr. J. W. Reno, S. C. S. Vanarsdall, J. C. Barkley, J. B. H. Latimer, Dr. J. B. Bolling, and W. L. Caldwell, and their successors, shall be a body-corporate, by the name and style of the Board of Trustees of Perryville Seminary. § 3. The board of trustees shall elect from their number a president, and such other officers as may be necessary to do business; five members constituting a quorum. § 4. The said board of trustees shall have power to elect members to fill vacancies that may occur by death, resignation, or other causes, the same to be confirmed by the Presbytery. § 5. That said board of trustees, with the consent of the principal of said seminary, shall have power to direct the course of study, to appoint assistant teachers as may be necessary to complete the course of study prescribed by said board, and to make all by-laws and regulations necessary for the management and control of said seminary. § 6. That the board of trustees shall, in case of the death or resignation of any principal or teacher they may employ or may discharge, appoint his or her successor; shall visit the seminary, attend the annual examinations, and give such counsel to the principal as the interest of the seminary may require. § 7. That the principal and teachers, with the consent of the board of trustees, grant diplomas signed by the principal, teachers, and board of trustees, together with the seal of the seminary, which shall be as valid as those conferred by any other seminary or college in this State : Provided, That no such honor be conferred upon any of the students but those who shall have completed the prescribed course of studies, passed a satisfactory examination, and shall have sustained a good moral character. § 8. That should Kentucky Presbytery at any time remove or dismiss the present board of trustees, or their successors, and appoint a new board, the new board shall have and exercise all the rights and powers conferred upon the present board of trustees. § 9 That the trustees shall report annually the wants, condition, and prospects of the seminary, the condition of the property, &c., to the Kentucky Presbytery. § 10. This act to take effect upon its passage. Approved April 27, 1880. CHAPTER 1256. AN ACT to regulate the advertising of real estate under execution sales for State and county taxes, sales under decrees or judgments in Robertson county, and to regulate the compensation therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That hereafter sheriffs and master and special com-' missioners making sale of real estate under execution or by virtue of judgments, where the execution or judgment is for two hundred dollars ($200) and over, shall advertise the time and place of sale in the Robertson County Tribune, a weekly newspaper, published in Mt. Olivet, Robertson county, Kentucky, by John W. Zollar, for two weeks, by weekly insertions, prior to the time of making the sale. 2. That sheriffs shall advertise the time and place of sale of land for State and county taxes in said newspaper for four weeks, by weekly insertions, prior to the time of sale. § 3. That the publisher of said newspaper shall be allowed eighty cents per lineal inch of the usual type of said newspaper for the first insertion, and forty cents for the subsequent insertions of such advertisements as are provided for in first section of this act, to be taxed as costs in the returns or proceedings, and twenty-five cents for each list of taxable property, as required by second section, to be taxed up as costs of sale. § 4. That in case said Tribune should cease to be published at any future time, and there is no other newspaper published at Mt. Olivet, then this act shall be null and void, and the old law shall be in full force and effect. § 5. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. § 6. That this act shall take effect from its passage, Approved April 27, 1880. |