tices) [to] levy the amount so advanced by the said commissioner, together with legal interest, for the purpose of reimbursing the said commission er. CHAP. CXCVIII. An ACT to allow an additional number of trustees to the Montgomery Academy, and for other purposes. APPROVED January 23, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the present trustees of the Montgomery Academy shall have power to increase their number of trustees to seven, in the same manner that by law they are now authorised to fill any vacancy which may happen in said board of trustees; a majority of which seven trustees shall be sufficient to do business. 2. Be it further enacted, That the proceedings of the former trustees, as to their time of meeting as a board, and the business transacted by them as trustees of said academy, is hereby legalized and confirmed. CHAP. CXCIX. An ACT authorising the Clerks of the Court of Appeals, General Court and County Courts to receive acknowledgements or proof of Powers of Attorney. APPROVED January 23, 1818. § 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be competent for the clerk of the Court of Appeals, the clerk of the General Court, and the clerks of the County Courts of this commonwealth, respectively, to receive in their respective offices in vacation, the acknowledgment of powers of attorney, by the party making the same, or preof of the execution thereof; and to record and cer tify the said power of attorney, in the same manner and with the same effect that the said clerks may now, under the existing laws, receive the acknowledgment of deeds of conveyance, or the proof of their execution, and record and certify the same. §2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the clerks aforesaid respectively, to receive, record and certify such powers of attorney as shall have been executed in parts without this .state: Provided, they shall have been authenticated in the same manner that deeds of convey- · ance, executed in parts without this state, are, under the existing laws, required to be authenti cated. CHAP. CC. An ACT to alter the time of holding the Casey APPROVED January 23, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Circuitcourts the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the circuit when held & court for the county and circuit of Casey county, lengthofterm shall hereafter sit on the fourth Mondays in the months of May, August and November in every year, and shall at each term sit six judicial days, if the business should require it. § 2. And be it further enacted, That all process Regulation as that is now, or shall be made returnable to the to process, re Thursday succeeding the fourth Monday in May cognizances, next, shall be as good and valid, to all intents and purposes, as if the said process had originally been returnable to the day set forth in this act. &c. § 3. Be it further enacted, That the county Countycourts courts in and for the county of Casey, shall herewhen to be after be held on the fourth Mondays in every held. month, except those months in which the circuit courts are held, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next. CHAP. CCI. An ACT to establish Independent Banks in this Commonwealth. APPROVED January 26, 1818. § 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Banks estab the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That banks shall fished. be established at the following places, viz. A bank to be denominated the Bank of George- Georgetown. town, shall be, and the same is hereby established in the town of Georgetown, with a capital of $300,000, to be divided into 3000 shares of $100 each, A bank to be denominated the Southern Bank Bowling. of Kentucky, in the town of Bowling-Green, with Green. a capital of $300,000, to be divided into 3000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Farmers and Lexington. Mechanics' Bank of Lexington, to be located in the town of Lexington, with a capital of $1,000,000, to be divided into 10,000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Versailles, in the town of Versailles, with a capital of $200,000, to be divided into 2000 shares of $100 each. Versailles. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Cynthi- Cynthiana. ana, in the town of Cynthiana, with a capital of $120,000, to be divided into 1200 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Commercial Louisville.] Bank of Louisville, in the town of Louisville, with a capital of $1,000,000, to be divided into 10,000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Centre Bank of Bardstown, Kentucky, in the town of Bardstown, with a cap ital of $ 200,000, to be divided into 2000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Mount- Mountster sterling, in the town of Mounsterling, with a ca- ling. pital of $ 100,000, to be divided into 1000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Limestone, in the town of Maysville, with a capital of Maysville, $300,000, to be divided into 3000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of NewNew-Castle. Castle, in the town of New-Castle, with à capital of $100,000, to be divided into 1000 shares of $100 each. Lancaster. A bank to be denominated the Kentucky Exporting Company, in the town of Lancaster, with a capital of $ 100,000, to be divided into 1000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Farmers' Bank Harrodsburg of Harrodsburg, in the town of Harrodsburg, with a capital of $150,000, to be divided into 1500 shares of $ 100 each. A bank to be denominated the Farmers and Shelbyville. Mechanics' Bank of Shelbyville, in the town of Shelbyville, with a capital of $ 200,000, to be divided into 2000 shares of $100 each. Flemingsburg. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Flemingsburg, in the town of Flemingsburg, with a capital of $150,000, to be divided into 1500 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Petersburg Steam Petersburg. Mill Company, in the town of Petersburg, with a capital of $100,000, to be divided into 1000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of GreensGreensburg. burg, in the town of Greensburg, with a capital of $100,000, to be divided into 1000 shares of $100 each. A bank to be denominated the Christian Bank, Hopkinsville. in the town of Hopkinsville, with a capital of 200,000 dollars, to be divided into 2000 shares of 100 dollars each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of HenHenderson, derson, in the town of Henderson, with a capital of 150,000 dollars, to be divided into 1500 shares of 100 dollars each. A bank to be denominated the Bank of BarBarbourville. bourville, in the town of Barbourville, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, to be divided into 1000 shares of 100 dollars each. Lebanon. A bank to be denominated the Bank of Washington, in the town of Lebanon, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, to be divided into 1000 shares of 100 dollars each. A bank to be denominated the Farmers and Russellville. Mechanics' Bank of Logan, in the town of Russellville, with a capital of 200,000 dollars, to be divided into 2000 shares of 100 dollars each. town. A bank to be established in the town of Eliza- Elizabeth beth, and denominated the Union Bank of Elizabethtown, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, to be divided into 1000 shares of 100 dollars each. A bank to be denominated the Farming and Carlisle, Commercial Bank of Carlisle, in the town of Carlisle, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, to be divided into 1000 shares of 100 dollars each. A bank to be denominated the Frankfort Bank, Frankfort. in the town of Frankfort, with a capital of 500,000 dollars, to be divided into 5000 shares of 100 dollars each. ed. § 2. And be it further enacted, That subscriptions shall be opened at Georgetown, under the Commissiondirections of James Johnson, Job Stevenson, Sa- ers appoint muel Theobald, Philemon B. Price and William B. Keene, or a majority of them, for the sale of the stock of the said bank; and to continue open sixty days, unless the stock is sooner taken up. At Flemingsburg, under the direction of William P. Roper, Joshua Stockton, Thomas Wallace, James Alexander and Thomas W. Fleming, or a majority of them, for the sale of the stock of said bank; and to continue open sixty days, unless the stock is sooner taken up. At Petersburg, under the direction of Archibald Huston, Benjamin G. Willis, John Alloway, jun. John Terril and Oliver Fairchild, or a majority of them, for the sale of the stock of said bank; and to continue open sixty days, unless the stock is sooner taken up. At Greensburg, under the direction of James Allen, Daniel Brown, Elias Barbee, John Sandridge and Nimrod H. Arnold, or a majority of them, for the sale of the stock of said bank; and to continue open sixty days, unless the stock is sooner taken up. |