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To have the main street paved.

CHAP. CCXCVI.

AN ACT increasing the powers of the trustees of the town of Cynthiana.

APPROVED, January 29, 1816.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the trustees of the town of Cynthiana, in the county of Harrison, shall have full power and authority to make any orders, rules and regulations for keeping their streets clean, and to compel the citizens of To compel the said town to clean the same, under proper fines cleaning of the and penalties, recoverable before a justice of the peace And the said trustees shall have full power and authority to order and determine, that the main street of said town, from the south end thereof, as far north as the third cross street, shall be paved; and to direct that each and every person owning lots or real estate, fronting on said main street, within the before mentioned limits to pave, or cause to be paved with good brick or stone, as may be by the said ustees directed, as far as the middle of said street, in front of his, her, or their respective lots or real estate. And if such person tees on failure or 80 directed to pave, after notice of said order, and a reasonable time given, shall fail or refuse to comply with said order, the said trustees shall have full power and authority, to employ some suitable person, on as reasonable terms as can be had, and assess the value or price thereof on the owner of said lot, which price said owner shall be bound to pay; and if he or she, shall fail to pay the amount within two months after the assessment, it shall be recoverable from him or her by action of debt, assumpsit, or by warrant, before any justice of the peace, as may best suit the amount of the sum, and the nature of the demand, and as is usual in other demands of like magnitude.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said May compel the trustees shall have full power and authority, tọ make order for the removal or abatement of nuisances within the limits of said town; and each and every person offending by nuisance, who shall

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fail or refuse to abate or remove the same, having due notice of the order of the trustees to that effect, shall, for every twenty-four hours he suffers the same to remain, after he shall have received said notice, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding two dollars, recoverable by warrant before any justice of the peace of said county. All of which fines and forfeitures thus recovered, shall be appropriated toward the improvement of the streets and alleys of said town, as the trustees thereof may direct.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall have full power and authority to levy and collect from the citizens of said town, any sum at their discretion, not exceeding two hundred dollars annually, to be used and appropriated by them for the benefit of said town, în such manner as they may from time to time direct.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That whenever a majority of two thirds of the citizens owning lots or real estate, fronting on the residue of main street, or on any other street of said town, shall petition the trustees thereof to have the same paved; they shall have power to cause the pavement to be made in manner directed by the first section of this act: Provided, however, they shall cause no pavement to be made, unless it shall extend from one street to another.

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CHAP. CCXCVII.

AN ACT concerning the towns of Bowling Green and Louisville.

APPROVED, January 29, 1816.

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authorized to sell

SBC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be Bowling Green lawful for the trustees of the town of Bowling and convey part Green to sell so much of main east street, leading of the main cast north-westwardly from the public square, as has towa been incroached on by the buildings erected on lot number twenty-nine, by Alexander Graham, to the

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said Graham, at a fair price, after the rate of what the same number of feet would be worth, extending quite through said lot; and upon his making such purchase and payment for the same, they are hereby authorized to convey the same in fee simple.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted,. That the said trustees shall, in like manner, be authorized to sell and convey to the several owners of the lots binding on the same side of the said street, so many fect as their respective lots or parts of lots may bind thereon, rating it according to the value of the respective lots of ground to which the same may be attached, in the manner aforesaid, so as to permit the buildings on that side of said street to range with the buildings of said Graham on the said lot number twenty-nine: Provided, that nothing here. in contained shall authorize the trustees to narrow said street to a less extent than fifty feet.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the money arising from the sale of said ground may be apbe appropriated. plied by the trustees of said town, to repairing the public square, erecting thereon a market house, or to procuring public wells on the same, as they, or a majority of them, may deem expedient.

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SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the trustees Louisville author of the town of Louisville, be, and are hereby auized to levy an ad- thorized to impose on the citizens of said town, a the citizens of the tax not exceeding three hundred dollars in addition to the tax now authorized by law; which moMoney how to hey shall be appropriated for keeping in good order and repair, that part of the road leading from Louisville to Shippingport, which lies between the west end of the main street of Louisville, and the ravine, near Stephenson's cooper shop: Provided, however, that said tax shall be exclusively levied on and collected from those who by law are bound to work on said road, according to the same rules and regulations which are prescribed by the lawsrequiring personal servicefor working on roads.

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SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That from and afto the future elec ter the expiration of the term for which the present trustees of the said town were elected, there shall be an ́annual election of the trustees of the

tions of trustees of said town

town, under the regulations now imposed by law for the management of said election.

CHAP. CCXCVIII.

AN ACT to vest certain powers in the Trustees of
Washington, in Mason county.

APPROVED, January 29, 1816.

Trustees may compel the pave

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the trustees of the town of Washington, in the county of Ma- ment of the sts. son, shall have power to compel the owners of lots on main street, in said town, to pave the footways, not exceeding ten feet in width, in front of their lots, with brick or stone, and to enforce any ortlinance they may make on that subject, by a fine upon the owner or owners of any lot, who shall fail or refuse to obey the same.

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vernment, &c.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said board of trustees, shall have power and authority to cause such of the free male inhabitants of said town, as they may think proper, to be enrolled as a fire company for the proper management of their fire engine, and the extinguishment of fire; and to make such bye-laws and regulations, for the go- laws for their go vernment of the said company, and to cause the inhabitants of the said town, to furnish fire buckets, as the said board of trustees may deem necessary and useful and may make any further regulation, they may deem useful and proper, to cause the attendance and assistance of slaves, free, negroes, and mulattoes, within the bounds of the said town, to be given in time of fire.

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CHAP. CCXCIX.

AN ACT to amend the laws establishing the Bour bon and Lebanon academies.

APPROVED, January 29, 1816.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of The first and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the first and mental articles of second fundamental articles of the thirteenth secing the Bourbon tion of the act entitled, "an act for establishing academy, repeal the Bourbon academy, approved the twenty second day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in lieu of Fundamental said fundamental articles hereby repealed, it shall articles in lied of be the duty of the trustees of said academy, to prethose repealed.

tees may meet

serve inviolate the following, to wit: 1st. As the extension of useful knowledge is the only object contemplated by that institution, and inasmuch as the general principles of morality in relation to our duty towards the Supreme Being, as well as our duty towards our fellow men, unconnected with party, ought to be the only impressions united with science, that in a public seminary should be implanted in the youthful mind, no preference shall be gi ven in the choice of trustees, president, professors, tutors or masters on account of religious sentiments. 2. No law, regulation or ordinance shall be enforced by the trustees, nor attempts be made by the president, professors, tutors or masters, which are or shall be calculated to give a bias to the minds of the pupils in favor of the peculiar tenets, or sectarian principles of any particular religious church or society.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so much of said recited act as requires ten days notice by adBoard of trus- vertisement or otherwise of called meetings of said, without notice. board of trustees, on the application of a particular number of members be, and the same is hereby repealed. And the board of trustees of said acadeny may assemble at any time and place that may be convenient to themselves, and hold any called meeting, and transact any business within the purview of their authority: provided, however, That

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