1874. Corporate powers CHAPTER 497. AN ACT to incorporate Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, of Free and Accepted Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the members of Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, Name and style. of Free and Accepted Masons, in Hudsonville, Breckinridge county, Kentucky, and those hereafter admitted to membership in said Lodge, be, and they are hereby, incorporated in the name and style of Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, of Free and Accepted Masons; and in that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded; and shall have the power of acquiring and holding, by purchase or otherwise, real and personal property for Masonic purposes, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars; and may at any time sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and reinvest or dispose of the proceeds; and to pass and adopt such by-laws for its government as it may deem proper: Provided, The same be not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States and of this State. The said Lodge may adopt a seal, and renew and break the same at pleasure. Said Lodge may build and erect, own, and hold or purchase a hall and such other buildings as they may see fit. They may loan or cause to be loaned any money that they may have on hand, and collect the same, by suit or otherwise, in their corporate name, or transact any other business they may deem proper and right, or may have power and authority to invest their means in lands or stock, and hold or dispose of the same at pleasure. names. §2. That to John F. Winchel, Buford C. Cook, and Wm. Corporators C. Elliott (the Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens), and their successors in office, is confided the management of the concerns of said corporation as trustees thereof, who, or a majority of whom, shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the personal or real estate of said Lodge; and in conveying real estate they shall join in the conveyance. §3. That service of process upon the Master and WarService of notice. dens as trustees shall be deemed sufficient notice to said Lodge. That the General Assembly reserves the right to amend, alter, or abolish this charter at any time, upon the request of a majority of all the members of said Lodge. § 4. This act to be in force from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 498. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses" be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: § 1. Said association shall have power to let or lease or rent unto any agricultural or other society organized for the purposes contemplated in the act of which this is an amendment, the grounds and improvements belonging to said association. 1874. May rent out lands point police. Powers of police § 2. The officers of said association are hereby author- Officers may ap ized to appoint as many citizens of this State policemen as may be necessary for their exhibitions, whose duty it shall be to preserve order within and around the grounds of the association, to protect the property within said grounds, to eject all persons who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall fail or refuse to pay the entrance fee or observe the rules prescribed by the association. Such policemen shall have such power, during the time such exhibitions shall continue, as a sheriff or constable may have by law in serving criminal process, and in making arrests, and, in addition, may arrest any person for the commission of any offense mentioned in this act. 3. Any person who shall willfully injure or destroy the property of exhibitors or of lessees, or of the association, upon or within the hereinafter prescribed limits around the grounds of the association, or who shall hinder or obstruct the officers or police in the performance of their duties, or shall wrongfully or maliciously obtain admission to the grounds contrary to the rules of the association, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one nor more than ten dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding (10) ten days, at the discretion of the court before whom the offender shall be tried. All fines imposed and collected under this act shall immediately be paid to the treasurer of said association for its use and benefit. All policemen appointed by the association shall be paid by it, and shall make no charge against the town, county, or State for any services they may render under such appointment. Penalty for trespassing. Association to liquor selling, &c. 4. The officers of the association shall have power to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors, to suppress all kinds prevent gaming, of gaming, and also to regulate or prevent any kind of theatrical, circus, or mountebank exhibition or shows, and 1874. to go with leasehold. all huckstering or traffic in fruits, wares, and merchandise of whatever description, for gain, on any days of the association's exhibitions, as well within its grounds as within a distance of one hundred feet therefrom, if, in the opinion of said officers, the said exhibitions, shows, traffic, or hucksterings shall in any way obstruct or interfere with the free use of the grounds of the association, or obstruct any of the highways around or approaching the same. And the police appointed by said association shall possess the same powers for the space of one hundred feet from said grounds as are hereinbefore vested in them within the same, and shall be under the same control of the officers of the association within that space; and the same fines and penalties shall be incurred for any violation of the rules and regulations of said association within one hundred feet of its grounds as are hereinbefore prescribed for any violation of the rules and regulations within said grounds. § 5. Any agricultural or other society, such as is contemPolice regulations plated by the first section of this act, to whom the Kentucky Association shall lease or rent said grounds, shall, during any exhibitions held by such society, have the same powers for the preservation of order, and the suppression of disorder within and around said grounds, as are hereby conferred on the Kentucky Association; and any one violating the rules and regulations of said society during the time of such exhibitions within or hereinbefore prescribed limits, around and upon said grounds, shall be liable to the same penalties as are hereinbefore prescribed for violation of the rules and regulations of the Kentucky Association. § 6. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. stockholders. CHAPTER 499. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act incorporating the Sherburne Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act incorporating the Voting power of Sherburne Bridge Company," approved March 9, 1854, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock he may own, not exceeding twenty; each shareholder of stock over twenty shares and under thirty shall be entitled to one vote for every five shares over twenty; and each shareholder of stock over thirty shares shall be entitled to one vote for every ten shares over thirty. § 2. That no person shall be eligible to the office of 1874. president or director in said company unless he is the owner of stock in the same. § 3. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Qualifications of directors. Approved February 23, 1871. CHAPTER 500. AN ACT to cause certain books to be indexed belonging to the office of the Whitley quarterly court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That it shall be the duty of M. L. Davis, judge of the quarterly court for Whitley county, to index or cause to be indexed the order-book and the execution-book belonging to the office of the Whitley quarterly court. Cunty judge to dexed have books in Court of claims dexes. §2. That when the above books are indexed, as required in section one, the court of claims shall make said to pay for said incounty judge a reasonable allowance for his services as herein required, to be paid out of the county levy of said county. 3. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 501. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the World's Fair Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the World's Fair Association, of Woodford county," approved February 19th, 1873, be amended in its first section as follows that the words "of Woodford county," after the words "World's Fair Association," be stricken out, and the words "to be held" be inserted in their stead; and that the word "Woodford" be inserted after the word "of," and before the word "Fayette," so as to read after the words "name of the" World's Fair Association, to be held near the borders of Woodford, Fayette, and Scott counties, and after the word "counties" insert the words "as the directors may elect ;" and that the word "ten,” in section second, be stricken out, and the word "forty" be inserted in its stead; and in section seventh, that the word "spirituous," in the first line, be stricken out, and the words "malt, fermented, or distilled" be added in its 1874. stead; and the words "or within one mile thereof" be added after the word "exhibition," in the third line of said section. §2. This act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 502. AN ACT for the benefit of D. S. Carroll, of Grayson county. WHEREAS, D. S. Carroll, of Grayson county, was elected constable of Caneyville district on the first Saturday in May, 1873, while on a bed of affliction. He was confined to his room from ill-health until the time expired for executing his bond of office, thereby disabling him from holding office for two years. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That D. S. Carroll, of Grayson county, is relieved from all disabilities imposed on him by law for failing to execute bond as constable of the above county in the year 1873. 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. Dames. CHAPTER 503. AN ACT to incorporate the Catholic Cemetery of Lexington, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: $ That A. M. Toebbe, J. H. Bekkers, Jas. H. MulliCorpor: tors' gan, D G. Falconer, and Timothy Anglin, and their successors, associates, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate in law, under the name and style of "The Catholic Cemetery of Lexington, Kentucky" and by that name shall be capable in Name and style. law to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in any court; to have and use a common seal, and the same change or alter at pleasure; and to do all things that may be necessary to effect the purpose of this act. Corporate powers estate burial purposes. 2. The said corporation' shall have power to hold, by May acquire real purchase, gift, grant, or devise, any quantity of land in the county of Fayette, not exceeding one hundred acres ; and may receive a conveyance therefor in fee-simple, with such covenants as they may think proper; the land |