1874. Court to levy ad how disposed of. § 7. The court shall levy a tax of five cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of property which by law is taxed for revenue purposes, which tax shall be collected valorein tax, and by the sheriff of the county in the same manner and under the same responsibilities, and shall be allowed the same compensation as is provided by law for collecting the public revenue, and he shall pay over the same to the several surveyors of roads upon the order of the court. The court will order that all the tax and levy collected by the sheriff shall be equally distributed among the several surveyors of roads in the civil district or election precinct in which said taxes were assessed. clerk under act. § 8. As soon as the assessors' books are returned, and Duties of county the levy made, the clerk shall make out a copy of the assessment for each election district separately, and by it and the levy he shall make a statement of the amount of the road tax due from every person in each civil district or election precinct, and the amount from every person who owns property in a district and resides elsewhere: Provided, That where parts of the same tract of land lies in two or more election districts, it shall be included in that civil district in which the owner resides; and this copy and statement shall be given to the sheriff. § 9. That the court shall order a poll opened at each of the places of voting, at the election to be held in said county on the first Monday in August next, "For or against the road law," and the result of said vote shall be declared by the board of examiners, who examine the polls of other elections to be held at the same time; and if it shall be found that a majority of those who voted on the question have voted for the "road law," then this act to be in force: Provided, That the general road laws of the State of Kentucky shall remain in force, and applicable to Boone county, until the first Monday of April, 1875. § 10. That it is hereby made the duty of the county court, for at least one month before the vote is taken, as provided for in this act, to have this act printed, and posted up at one or more places in each election district in said county, and also at or near the polls on the day of election. § 11. The court may, from time to time, change or alter the boundaries of the road districts, as provided for in the first section of this act, whenever it shall appear that such change is necessary and proper; and wherever a county road may be a dividing line between two civil districts or election precincts, the court shall so divide the same as that equal portions thereof shall be included in each of the said districts. Act to be submitted to people. Notice to be given of election. Court may change or alter boundaries of road districts. 1874. § 12. Be it further enacted, That all acts or parts of acts coming in conflict with this act, so far as they apply to Boone county, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved January 29, 1874. changed. CHAPTER 131. AN ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Lebanon and Pope's Creek Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of § 1. That section one of the above recited act be, and Beginning point the same is hereby, so amended as to authorize the beginning point for the construction of said road to be at the mouth of Thomas Jackson's lane, in the limits of Lebanon, or at any other point in or near said town the president and directors, when elected, may prescribe. § 2. That section two of said act be so amended as to When company authorize the company to organize for the election of officers of said company when two thousand dollars of stock shall have been subscribed. may organize. of road. § 3. That section five of said act be so amended as to Width and grade prescribe that the grade of said road shall not be less than twenty feet wide, and the gravel or rock put thereon not less than sixteen feet wide, and to be at least ten inches deep in the center and five inches at the edges, and the elevation and depression of grade in the length of the road to be in no part over four degrees. may subscribe stock. § 4. That the subscription of five hundred dollars per County court mile, authorized by the original act to be made by the Marion county court to the capital stock of said company, may be made, from time to time, as the work on said road shall progress, and though less than five miles of road may be completed. § 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 29, 1874. County Court house lands and may sell poorbuy others. CHAPTER 132. AN ACT to authorize the county court of Garrard county to sell and convey the poor-house farm, and reinvest the proceeds. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county court of Garrard county, a majority of the justices of the peace being present and concurring therein, be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell and convey the poor-house farm belonging to Gar rard county, and invest the proceeds of such sale in other lands for like purposes. § 2. That before the title to said poor-house farm shall pass by reason of any sale made as provided in section one of this act, the same shall be ratified by a vote of a majority of all the justices of the peace for said county in open court; and said ratification shall be entered in full on the order-book by the clerk of said court. §3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 29, 1874. 1874. Act to be ratified by majority vote of justicesentered of record. CHAPTER 133. AN ACT to prevent the destruction of fish in the ponds, lakes, and creeks in the counties of Hickman, Fulton, and Ballard, in this Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person hereafter to place any net or drag any seine in any of the creeks, ponds, or lakes in the counties of Hickman, Fulton, and Ballard, for the purpose of taking fish in said waters, nor shall any poisonous drug or substance, or liquid of any kind, be cast in said waters for the purpose of catching and destroying the fish in the same. § 2. Provided, that nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent any person from fishing in said ponds, creeks, and lakes with hook and line, nor shall the same apply to any person owning the lands through which said creeks may run, or on which said ponds or lakes may be located. Penalty for §3. That any person, save those excepted in section. second, who, shall violate the provisions of this act, shall violation of act. be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars therefor; and that every twenty-four hours that said net or seine shall remain in said creeks, ponds, or lakes, shall be deemed a separate offense. to have jurisdiction. § 4. That county judges and justices of the peace shall What authorities take special cognizance of this act, and shall, upon information received of its violation, issue warrants for the arrest of the offenders, to be dealt with as the law directs. § 5. That this act shall take effect from and after the first day of June, 1874. Approved January 29, 1874. 1874. Boundary defined of school district No. 35, and duty of commissioner. Trustees of Mur ray authorized to take and sub scribe stock. Act continued in force for 10 years. CHAPTER 135. AN ACT to define and fix the boundaries of the Murray common school district, and to re-enact an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of the Male and Female Institute," approved March 17, 1870. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. The present boundaries of the Murray common. school district, No. 35, in Calloway county, are hereby fixed and established as follows: beginning at the northeast corner of section twenty-six, township two, range four east, on the west bank of Clark's river; thence west to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section twenty-seven, same township and range; thence south with line dividing section twenty-seven, and on to Clark's river; thence down said river, with its meanderings, to the beginning. The common school commissioner of said county shall so enter said boundaries on his books; but that the said boundary shall not exclude the residences, persons, or children heretofore attached thereto by the common school commissioner of said county. § 2. That the trustees of the said town of Murray are hereby authorized to subscribe stock to the Murray Male and Female Institute, in said common school district, in the manner and as prescribed in an act, entitled "An act for the benefit of the Murray Male and Female Institute," approved March 17th, 1870, in amounts not exceeding one thousand dollars per year for the period of ten years. §3. That the said act mentioned in the next preceding section be, and the same is hereby, continued in full force and effect for the period of ten years hereafter. § 4. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved January 30, 1874. CHAPTER 136. AN ACT for the benefit of the jailer of Spencer county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the sum of twenty-eight dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay for keeping a lunatic, hiring persons to help take care of him, and pay for stove, blankets, bedding, &c., while in jail. The Auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for said sum, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 30, 1874. CHAPTER 137. AN ACT for the benefit of Samuel K. Baird, assessor of Spencer county. WHEREAS, Samuel K. Baird, assessor for the county of Spencer, in the discharge of his duties as such in the year 1873, failed to administer the oath as required by law to certain persons, because said persons were non-residents, and absent from the county, but made a correct list of all the taxable property of such persons; and whereas, said assessor failed to return a list of such persons, for which reason the Auditor adjudged that said assessor was not entitled to draw the amount awarded him by the order of the Spencer county court; now, in order to enable the Auditor to make payment to said assessor for his services for the year 1873, therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Samuel K. Baird, for the sum of two hundred and seventy-seven dollars and eighty seven cents, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. §2. That this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 30, 1874. 1874. CHAPTER 138. AN ACT to incorporate the Hopkinsville Plow Manufacturing Company. Corporators' names and style powers conferred. §1. That Ira F. Ellis, P. A. Cushman, M. D. Steele, H. G. Abernathy, John N. Mills, E. H. Hopper, James M. of company, and Clark, F. J Brownell, E. A. Starling, J. O. Cushman, William B. Woolton, William D. Suminers, George O. Thompson, James A. Campbell, and E. P. Campbell, of Christian county, their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Hopkinsville Plow Manufacturing Company; and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession; to contract and be contracted with; to own property, both real and personal; and to sue and be sued in all courts and places; and to have a common seal, alter and change the same at pleasure; and to engage in the manufacture and sale of plows and other agricultural implements, within or without this State; and shall have all other powers needful and necessary for the successful prosecution of the business of |