agents, officers, &c.

to borrow such sum or sums of money as they may deem necessary, and to secure the payment thereof by pledge or mortgage of the personal and real estate of the company and of their rights and franchises, and to issue bonds, bills, notes, and obligations, with or without coupons attached, and convertible, in whole or in part, into the capital stock of said company, if the same be not fully subscribed; but nothing in this act shall be construed as conferring any banking privileges; and the capital stock of said company may be increased from time to time, but not to exceed one million of dollars.

§ 7. That the president and directors may employ all May employ agents, officers, and servants, and fix their compensation, prescribe their duties, and remove them from office at pleasure; and may also establish the principal place of business or office of said company, and any other offices, at such place or places as they may think proper within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

§ 8. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved May 1, 1880.

CHAPTER 1358.

AN ACT for the benefit of T. J. Allen, of Bath county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That T. J. Allen, of Bath county, be, and he is hereby, relieved from all the disabilities of an infant, except the privilege of voting and holding office, with full power to sue and be sued in any of the courts of this Commonwealth as though he was of full age.

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

Approved May 3, 1880.

CHAPTER 1359.

AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of the public roads of Meade and other counties," approved February 12, 1880.

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

§ 1. That an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of the public roads of Meade and other counties," approved February 12, 1880 be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as it relates to Harrison county.

§ 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage.

Approved May 3, 1880.

CHAPTER 1360.

AN ACT to incorporate the Indian Creek and Mt. Vernon Church Turnpike Road Company, in Anderson county.

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

§ 1. That a company may be formed and created a body-politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Indian Creek and Mt. Vernon Church Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of building a turnpike road, beginning at a point on the Lawrenceburg and Camdenville Turnpike Road, No. 2, near the dwelling owned and used by the county for a poor-house, and thence the most direct and practicable route to a point on the line between the counties of Anderson and Shelby, at or near the Mt. Vernon Church, in Shelby county. The books of the company for the subscription of stock shall be opened in Lawrenceburg, Alton, Camdenville, and at Willis' store, under the direction and management of the following commissioners, viz: Wade H. Dawson, William T. Catlett, Peter Parmer, W. J. Brown, S. T. Willis, B. N. Redmon, Jesse Simpson, Francis Catlett, sr., John W. Hume, Joseph V. Hadon, Ben. Hardista, A. A. Stucker, A. J. Sives, S. T. Sale, Joseph Thomason, E. J. Thacker, H. C. MayLOC. L., VOL. II-59

laer. The capital stock of said company shall be fifteen thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each.

§ 2. That the county judge of Anderson county shall be authorized to subscribe in said turnpike company, in the name of Anderson county, to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars for each mile in length, and shall be governed, in making said subscriptions and in levying and collecting the tax to pay the same, by the provisions of an act authorizing the county of Anderson to take and hold stock in certain roads in said county, approved March the 10th, 1954; and said act, as far as the same is applicable to, and not inconsistent with this act, is made part hereof.

§ 3. That sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Camdenville, Johnsonsville, and Burnt Church Turnpike Company," approved February the 24th, 1870, as far as this is applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this, are made and enacted as part hereof.

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

Approved May 3, 1880.

CHAPTER 1361.

AN ACT to incorporate the Hammond's Creek and Johnsonville Turnpike Road Company, in Anderson county.

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

1. That a company may be formed and created a body-politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Hammond's Creek and Johnsonville Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of building a turnpike road, beginning at a point on the Lawrenceburg and Camdenville Turnpike Road, No. 1, at or near Stephens' blacksmith shop, the most direct and practicable route to Alford Leathers, in Anderson county. The books of the company for the subscription of stock shall be opened in Johnsonville, Lawrenceburg, and Camdenville, under the

direction and management of the following commissioners, viz: S. O. Hackley, John A. McKee, Ulissus Walker, John W. Bickers, Alford Leathers, and John McBrayers. The capital stock of said company shall be twelve thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each.

§ 2. That the county judge of Anderson county shall be authorized to subscribe in said turnpike company to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars for each mile in length, and shall be governed in making said subsciptions, and in levying and collecting the tax to pay the same, by the provisions of an act authorizing the county of Anderson to take and hold stock in certain roads in said county, approved March 10, 1854; and said act, as far as the same is applicable to, and not inconsistent with this act, is made part hereof.

§ 3. That sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Camdenville, Johnsonville, and Burnt Church Turnpike Company," approved February 24, 1870, as far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are made and enacted as part hereof.

§ 4. The president and directors shall have power, when two and one half miles of said road is constructed, to erect a half gate on said road.

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

Approved May 3, 1880.

CHAPTER 1362.

AN ACT to incorporate the Poor Ridge and Sugar Creek Turnpike Road Company, in Garrard county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky:

§ 1. That James Walker, W. N. Carter, John Sanders, J. H. Raney, Peter Grow, James Hemphill, J. Wesley West, Wm. Teater, and John Murphy, be, and they are hereby, incorporated as a body-politic and corporate,

under the name and style of the Poor Ridge and Sugar Creek Turnpike Road Company; and are hereby invested with all the powers incident and usual to such corpora tions, for the purpose of building a turnpike road from a point on the Lancaster and Buckeye Turnpike Road, where the Poor Ridge dirt road now intersects said turnpike, to or near Leavell's Ferry across Kentucky river.

§ 2. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed six thousand dollars, to be divided in shares of twenty-five dollars each; and the corporators above named, or any of them, may open books and receive subscriptions to the stock of said company; and whenever the sum of one thousand dollars shall be subscribed, said stockholders may meet, at any time and place they may select, and proceed to the election of officers of said company; said officers shall consist of a president and five directors, who shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer, and compel the treasurer to execute bond for the faithful performance of his duties as such; said company may then proceed to the making and building said turnpike road.

§ 3. The said company, after it is organized, may receive additional subscriptions of stock in said company; and the Garrard county court may subscribe the usual amount (which is eight hundred dollars per mile) to said road.

4. That the width of the artificial part of said road shall not be more than thirty feet, and the portion of it covered with metal, gravel, or macadamized stone shall not exceed fifteen feet, and may be as narrow as twelve feet, and be fully six inches in thickness or depth from side to side of the width.

§ 5. Said president and directors shall prescribe in what installments the subscriptions of stock shall be paid.

6. The provisions of the General Statutes of Kentucky concerning turnpike roads, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby made a part of this charter.

§ 7. This act shall take effect from and after its pas

sage.

Approved May 3, 1880.