ed, and known, by the name of George Washington Lafayette Land: therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, hereafter, the said George Washington Lafayette, shall be styled, called, and known, by the name of George Washington Lafayette Land. SEC. 2. That the said George Washington Lafayette Land shall have, possess, and enjoy, all the rights of inheritance in and to the estate of the said Charles A. Land, as well real as personal, which he might or could derive, possess, or enjoy, were he the lawful issue of the said Charles A. Land. 1845 Bradley's name changed to Land. Right to inherit Charles tate. A. Land's es Names Ma ry Presby and Gray, changed SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the names of Mary Presby Gray, and Josephine Fanny Gray, daughters of Joseph Josephine F. Gray, of Frankfort, Kentucky, be changed to that of Mary DeGraffenreidt Gray, and Josephine DeGraffenreidt Gray. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the name of Lemon Gordon, of the county of Garrard, be, and the same is hereby, changed to that of Lemon Evans, and that he shall have all the Lemon Evans. rights that he would have had, had he been born in lawful wedlock, as heir to Hezekiah Evans. Name Lemon Gordon changed to No. of Jus SEC. 5. That no vacancy shall be filled in the office of Justice of the Peace in Hart county, by the County Court of said tices in Hart county, until the number of Justices of the Peace, in said county, be reduced to thirteen. SEC. 6. That the Gallatin Circuit Court shall be held on the fourth Mondays in March and September. Approved February 10, 1845. reduced. cuit Gallatin Cir- CHAPTER 279. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the charter of the Owingsville and Big Sandy Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, hereafter, when any part of the Owingsville and Big Sandy Turnpike Road, that passes through the counties of Fleming, Bath, and Greenup, shall be out of repair for the space of ten days, it shall be lawful for any person to make complaint, before two Justices of the Peace, in the county in which said road passes, and is alledged to be out of repair: and upon satisfactory proof being made, before said Justices, that said road is out of repair, in said county, the said Justices shall issue a summons against the lessee of said road, to appear before the County Court of said county, where the complaint is made; and said lessee shall be served with notice at least ten days before the sitting of said Court to which application is made. SEC. 2. That the lessee of said road shall be governed by the laws and regulations which existed at the date of his contract with the Board of Internal Improvement. SEC. 3. That the act, approved 1844, regulating said road, 1845 so far as relates to the counties of Fleming, Bath, and Greenup, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved February 10, 1845. Name and style. CHAPTER 281. AN ACT to incorporate a Turnpike Road Company in the county of Greenup, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company shall be, and the same is hereby, formed, for the purpose of making a turnpike road from the mouth of Big Sandy to Springville, in Greenup county, under the style of the Big Sandy and Springville Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall not Capital stock. exceed ten thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hun opened. tions. scription. dred dollars each. SEC. 3. That books, for the subscription of stock of said Books to be company, shall be opened on the first Monday in July, 1845, unless the Commissioners hereafter mentioned shall fix some other day, under the direction of the Commissioners hereinafter named, viz: Thomas B. King, Moses McCoy, John MorCom'rs to re- ton, Jr., Smith Gammon, B. F. King, Taylor Lawson, Wilceive subscrip- liam Biggs, John C. Kouns, Wm. Terrill, James Bartley, and R. M. Biggs. The Commissioners herein named, or any three of them, shall procure one or more books, and in each of them enter as follows: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the President, Directors and Company of Form of sub- the Big Sandy and Springville Turnpike Road Company, the sum of one hundred dollars for each share set opposite to our names, in such manner and portion, and at such times as shall be determined on by the President and Directors of said Company, and agreeably to an act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, incorporating said Company. Witness our hands day of in the year The said Commissioners shall give notice, by public advertisement in Notice time the Maysville Eagle, of the time and place at which books will and place to be opened to receive subscriptions for stock in said Company; at which time and place, some one or more of the Commissioners above named, at each place, shall attend and permit all Whom may persons of lawful age, bodies corporate or politic, who offer to subscribe in said books in their own names, or that of any other person who shall duly authorize the same, for any number of shares in said stock: the said books shall be kept open for the purpose aforesaid, until the whole number of shares shall be subscribed. open books to be given. subscribe. SEC. 4. That when any portion of said stock shall have President to been taken, the Commissioners, or any three of them, may probe elected and ceed to elect a President, and to organize the Company, and elect such other officers as they may think necessary, to con company ganized. or 1845 Corporate duct the business of said Company. That when the Company SEC. 5. That the whole width of said road shall be forty feet; the graded part shall be twelve feet in width, and made on the plan of the Owingsville and Big Sandy Turnpike Road, and regulated by the laws governing the same, in relation to erecting gates on said road, and charging tolls. Width of road, and how made. May erect charge toll. and May change SEC. 6. That as soon as said Company are organized, they may proceed to erect any bridge or bridges, on said road, across bridges any stream; and as soon as any of the bridges shall be completed, the road Company shall be authorized to demand and receive, by their proper agents or officers, the toll that is now allowed, by law, for crossing said stream or streams; and said Company are hereby authorized to make any change in said road, that they may desire, leading from the mouth of Big present road. Sandy to Springville, after first obtaining the consent of the County Court of Greenup county, and by not interfering with the rights of private individuals without their special consent. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That Henry Clay, John Forman, Thomas Marshall, Hamilton Smith, S. S. Goodwin, John cultural SocieKy. HortiP. Morton, George W. Weissinger, Edward D. Hobbs, Gar- ty: corporators nett Duncan, L. L. Shreve, J. C. Johnston, Lawrence Young, names. Mason Brown, Philip Swigert, Peter Dudley, M. C. Johnson, Thomas Smith, Jefferson Scott, Adam Beatty, Samuel Daviess, Joseph Weisiger, Henry Duncan, Thomas Towles, Sr., D. Glass, John Bibb, Henry Grider, James Taylor, W. M. Horns 1845 powers. by, Chilton Allan, and Herman J. Groesbeck, with their associates, be, and they are hereby, created a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the Kentucky Horticultural Society, for the purpose of encouraging the culture and improvement of trees, fruits, flowers, and vegetables; and they, with Corporate their associates and successors, shall so continue and have perpetual succession, and by that name are hereby made capable, in law, as natural persons, to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in all courts of law or equity in this Commonwealth and elsewhere; to make, have, and use, a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and amend, at pleasure They shall, also, have power to purchase and hold as much real estate as will be necessary for the purposes of the said corporation; and, also, the power to ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall be necessary for the well-being and government of the concerns of said corporation, not contrary to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth or of the United States. other officers. SEC. 8. That on the first Monday in May, 1845, the said Election of corporators, or any eight of them, shall hold a meeting in the President and city of Louisville, giving at least ten days notice in any newspaper, of the time and place of such meeting, and shall, thereupon, proceed to the election of a President, Vice President, five Directors, and such other officers as they may deem necessary, who shall be members of said corporation. And, also, to ordain and adopt such by-laws for the organization of the said corporation as they may deem needful: and that regStated meet- ularly thereafter, on the first Monday of the month of May, ings to be held. a stated meeting shall be held in Louisville, after at least ten days notice thereof, for the choice of officers, and the transaction of other business; and at which meeting an annual report shall be made, by the Board of Directors, of the condition of said corporation, which report shall be published in one or more public newspapers in the city of Louisville. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the County Court of Morgan to sell and convey so much of County Ct. Morgan may the public grounds in the town of West Liberty, lying south sell part of the of the Public Square, as is included in a line running parallel public grounds with the second cross street, in said town, and which would be and apply proceeds to pub- a continuation of the northern boundary line of lot No. 48; lic buildings. and the proceeds thereof shall be applied to the payment of Sale to be advertised. the public buildings of said town: Provided, A majority of all the Justices of the Peace in commission, in said county of Morgan, shall concur in the propriety of such sale and con veyance. SEC. 10. That the sale of the public grounds, aforesaid, shall be made upon such terms and credits as to the County Court shall seem expedient, but shall be advertised at three, or more, of the most public places in the county of Morgan, for at least three weeks previous to the day of sale; and the sale shall be 1845 Conveyance at public outcry, by an agent appointed by the County Court, aforesaid: a copy of the order of said Court, directing the sale, and a deed of conveyance, executed by a majority of all the Justices of the Peace in commission in said county, togeth- to purchaser: er with an order made in open Court, directing the same to be how made. recorded, shall be recorded by the Clerk of said Court, in the proper deed book in his office, and shall vest the person to whom such conveyance is made, with all the rights, titles, and interests, both legal and equitable, in, and to, said public ground, with which the said county of Morgan is vested, or the citizens, or County Court of said county. Constable's SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the Constable's District, at the town of Louisa, shall be, and is, hereby, extended district two miles around the limits of said town, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, at Louisa extended. Approved February 10, 1845. CHAPTER 282. AN ACT to establish a State Road from Canton, in 'Trigg county, to Mills' Commission Route for When Coinmissioners to SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That James Stone, Charles Curd and ers. John G. Grayham, of Calloway county, Dennis Kelly, W. A. Bowdon and George W. Pirtle, of Graves county, be, and they are, hereby, appointed Commissioners to view and mark out the best and most practicable route for a State road from Canton, in Trigg county, to Mills' Point, in Fulton county; and road. said Commissioners shall meet at Canton, on the first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and after meet, &c. being first duly sworn, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties assigned them by this act, shall proceed thence to view and plainly mark the nearest and most practicable route for said road, to the town of Murray, in Calloway county, and from thence, to intersect the road leading from Boydsville to Feliciana, at or near the widow Hanley's, and thence, with said road, to Feliciana, and thence, with the State road, to Mills' Point, in Fulton county; and said Commissioners shall report the result of their proceedings to the County Courts of Calloway and Graves counties, describing, as near as practicable, the ground on which said road may be viewed; and in the event all the Commissioners shall not attend at Canton, on the day above named, a majority of those appointed shall be competent to perform the duties assigned them by this act. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Calloway and Graves County Courts, as soon as practicable, after said road has been viewed, and a report of the same made to their respective Courts, to lay off said road, or so much thereof as may lie in their respective counties, into convenient precincts, appointing Surveyors for the same, and allot to each a sufficient number Com'rs report. to Calloway & Graves counties to lay off road, &c. |