CHAP. 318.-AN ACT to amend the several acts of the general assembly in relation to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville. 1836 SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Time extendthe Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after ed. the passage of this act, the time, by law, for indigent pupils, whose tuition, board, &c. are paid for by the state, to remain at, and receive instruction in the deaf and dumb asylum, shall be, and the same is hereby extended to the term of five years. Price of tui SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That from and after tion reduced. the passage of this act, the price of tuition in said institution, per annum, for each individual, indigent. pupil, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, which shall be the rate of charge against the state instead of one hundred and fifty dollars, the present charge, and paid in the same way. Pupils may one SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That indigent pupils remain who have heretofore been in said institution, may, year longer. and shall be entitled to tuition and board one more year, under the same limitations as are herein before provided for other indigent pupils. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 319. AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Covington and Cincinnati Manufacturing Company." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of the act of assembly, approved the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, entitled an act to incorporate the Covington and Cincinnati Manufacturing Company, as requires the capital stock in said company to be divided into shares of one thousand dollars each, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and instead thereof, the capital stock in said incorporated company shall be divided into five thousand shares of one hundred dollars each: Provided, That two thirds of the stockholders in said company shall consent thereto. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 320.-AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of a court for the assessment of fines in the thirty-fourth regiment of Kentucky militia, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the proceedings Proceedings and acts of a court of assessment, held by the officers legalized. Persons fined may appeal. Time of meet of the thirty-fourth regiment of Kentucky militia, on the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, for the purpose of assessing fines, shall be deemed and held as valid as if said court had been held on the first Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five; and the proceedings and acts of said court, held on the twelfth day of December, shall be, and the same is hereby legalized. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the persons against whom fines were assessed at the court of assessment for the fortieth regiment of Kentucky militia, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, shall have a right to make their excuses, and he heard in the defence of said fines, at the court of appeals for said regiment, to be held for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the annual courts of assessment of fines for the forty-eighth reing changed. giment of Kentucky militia, shall meet, hereafter, on the third Monday in November in each year, instead of the first Monday in November, as now directed by law. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 321.-AN ACT to amend an act, entitled an act to incorporate the Glasgow and Munfordsville Turnpike Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That whenever one hundred and seventy-five shares of the stock of said company shall be taken, it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners to give the notice required by the fourth section of said act, and the said company shall be then organized according to the provisions of the act aforesaid. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 322.-AN ACT appointing a commissioner on the Georgetown and Cincinnati road. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Peter Hail, of Scott county, be appointed a commissioner, in the place of James Harwood, deceased, to act with the other commissioners appointed by "an act establishing a turnpike on the road leading from Georgetown to Cincinnati, and for other purposes," approved, February eighth, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 323.-AN ACT to change the name of Williamsburg, in SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the town now known by the name of Williamsburg, in Mason county, shall hereafter be known by the name of Orangeburg. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the name of the Williamsburg precinct, in Mason county, shall be changed to that of Orangeburg precinct. Approved, February 29, 1836. CHAP. 324.-AN ACT to regulate the Hay Market in Shelbyville and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall and may be lawful for the county court of Shelby county, to grant an order authorizing the trustees of the town of Shelbyville, to erect hay scales on the public ground in said town; and said trustees are hereby authorized to appoint a weigh master, whose duty it shall be to take charge of said scales, and superintend the weighing of hay and such other heavy and cumbrous articles as may be applied for to be weighed; and it shall be lawful for said trustees to allow such fees to the weigh master, for his attention and personal trouble, as to them may seem just, not exceeding fifty cents for each wagon, cart, or dray, with their loads, and the fees in all cases, to be paid by those persons making application for weighing as aforesaid. Approved, February 29, 1836. 1836 CHAP. 325.-AN ACT to change the place of voting in the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the place of holding the annual and general elections in the Harman or Licking precinct in Bath county, shall, and the same is hereby changed from the house of Samuel C. Gills to the house of Thomas Hicks, on Salt Lick, at which latter place such elections shall hereafter be held; but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any of the voters in said precinct from voting at the court house if they choose. Approved, February 29, 1836. Company formed. CHAP. 326.-AN ACT to incorporate a Company to construct a Turnpike Road from Springfield to Maxville, and thence to intersect the Crab Orchard Road at Harrodsburg. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company shall be formed for the purpose of making a turnpike road, uniting with the Springfield and Bardstown turnpike, where that ends, at the town of Springfield, in the county of Washington, and extending to Maxville, in said county, so as to pass over the bridge that is now constructed across the Beech fork, below the mouth of Pleasant river, in the most direct and proper route for its construction, under the name and style of the Springfield, Maxville, and Harrodsburg turnpike road company. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the capital Capital stock. stock of said company, shall be one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each. of stock. SEC. 3. That books for the subscription of stock, Subscription in said company, shall be opened on the first Monday in May next, at Springfield, under the direction of Elias Davidson, Christopher A. Rudd, William B. Booker, James Bently, Mordecai Hardin, Paul J. Booker, and George Thurman, or any three of them; at Maxville, John Henderson, John M. Williams, John Graves, Fullerlove, William Smith, James Lewis, and Robert Mitchel, or any three of them; at Harrodsburg, John Bull, Sen. Benjamin C. Allen, Christopher Chinn, John M'Intire, and Reu 1836 ben Steel; and when the books to be opened, as aforesaid, shall have been kept open two months, they shall have the right to keep them open six months, if said commissioners deem it necessary; and said commissioners shall meet, either at Maxville or Springfield, and if one half of the stock shall have been subscribed on said books, notice shall be given in at least two of the newspapers of Bardstown and Louisville, that a meeting of the stockholders will be held in the town of Maxville, at such time as the commissioners may appoint for the election of First election. one president, nine managers, one treasurer, and such other officers as the stockholders may think necessary, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until others shall be duly elected, and qualified; and the said president, managers, and treasurer shall, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, take an oath, before some justice of the peace, that they will faithfully discharge the duties of president, managers, and treasurer, (as the case may be) without favor or affection, according to the best of their judgment. The treasurer of said company shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, give bond, with two or more securities, in such penalty as the president and managers may direct, payable to the president and managers of said company, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge the duties of treasurer of said company, and that he will, when called on, pay the amount of money in his hands, to the order of the president and managers, and that he will perform the duties required of him by the by-laws of said company. Treasurer. SEC. 4. That the commissioners aforesaid, or some Obligation for two or more of them, at each place, shall procure a stock. book or books, and the subscribers of stock to said company, shall enter into the following obligation in said book or books, viz: We whose names are hereunto subscribed, promise to pay to the president, managers and company of the Springfield, Maxville and Harrodsburg turnpike road company, the sum of fifty dollars on every share of stock in said company, set opposite to our names, in such manner and proportion, and at such times, as shall be required by the president and managers of said company, and agreeable to an act of the general assembly of Kentucky, incorporating said company: Witness our hands, this day of 183 |