1836 improvement, if they deem its expenditure inexpedient, and not of sufficient public importance. SEC. 28. That the said board be, and are hereby Board author- authorised, to subscribe for stock in the Lexington ized to sub- and Ohio rail road company, to the amount of two scribe stock in hundred thousand dollars; and for stock in the Lexington & Ohio rail road Green river rail road company, to the amount of one company, and hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The said two Green river hundred thousand dollars in the Lexington and Ohio rail road, and rail road company to be paid by the said board in mount. Terms the same manner, and to the same amount, as the suband conditions scriptions by individuals or bodies corporate shall of subscrip- hereafter be paid: and the said one hundred and to what a tion. river. fifty thousand dollars to the Green river rail road, is not to be subscribed by the said board, until it satisfactorily appears to the board, that the same amount has been subscribed by individuals or bodies corporate, and then the stock on the part of the state shall be taken; and the payments on the state subscription to be made in the same manner as to time and amount, as may be prescribed by the charter of said Green river rail, road company for the payments on the part of individuals or bodies corporate. SEC. 29. That the board of internal improvement $12,000 apshall cause an accurate examination of Little Sandy propriated to river to be made, with a view to its improvement by little Sandy slack water navigation, or by slopes upon the dams already erected by individuals upon said river, and cause his report, with the detailed statements of that mode of improvement, to be laid before the board of internal improvement as soon as practicable; and the sum of twelve thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of the proceeds of the sale of the scrip of the state, to be applied under the direction of the board of internal improvement, to the purchasing of the necessary lands, quarries, materials and implements for the construction of the necessary locks, dams, abutments or slopes, for rendering the said Little Sandy river navigable from its mouth, to the point where the state road now crosses Little Sandy river near Little Sandy Saline: Provided, however, That the aforesaid sum of twelve thousand dollars shall not be expended by said board of internal improvement, unless said board shall be satisfied, by the survey and report of their Engineer, that the improvement of said river would be of utility to the state and country; and also of the practicability of Proviso. rendering said river navigable up to the point proposed. ver. 1836 $4,000 to Proviso. SEC. 30. That a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars, be appropriated to the improvement of Rock- Rockcastle ricastle river, from its mouth upwards, under the direction of the board of internal improvement: Provided, That the board of internal improvement shall believe said improvements expedient and of sufficient public importance: but if said board shall deem it inexpedient, they shall cause the same to be expended in the construction of that part of the turnpike roads and bridges between the Crab Orchard and Cumberland Gap, and the turnpike road from Richmond to the Cumberland Gap, through London in Laurel county, which is common to both roads. $1000 to cer SEC. 31. That whenever the county courts of Board requirMeade, Breckenridge, Hancock, Daviess, Hender- ed to advance son, and Union, shall raise, by subscription or levy, tain counties the sum of five hundred dollars each, to be applied to improve to the improvement of the state and stage road lead- roads, &c. ing from the mouth of Salt river to Shawneetown, where it passes through their respective counties, and to such other important roads in each county, as their respective county courts shall designate, and place the said sums in the hands and under the control of the said board of internal improvement, it shall be lawful, and the said board are hereby required to advance the sum of one thousand dollars to each county, which shall raise the aforesaid sum of five hundred dollars, and apply the same, under the direction of said board, to the improvement of the roads above described in each county that shall raise the sum hereby required; and that whenever the county courts of the counties of Lawrence and Morgan, shall raise by subscription, levy or otherwise, the sum of one thousand dollars each, to be applied to the construction of necessary bridges, and the improvement of roads passing through the respective counties, and place the same under the control of the board of internal improvement, it shall be lawful, and the said board are hereby required, to advance the sum of two thousand dollars to each of said counties, gan. which shall raise the aforesaid sum of one thousand dollars, and apply so much thereof as shall be necessary to the construction of necessary bridges across the streams on the road from Catlettsburg to Prestonsburg, in said county of Lawrence, and a $2000 to Lawrence & Mor 1836 bridge across Licking river, at West Liberty, and the residue to the improvement of such necessary roads in the respective counties as the county court of such county shall designate, which said improvement shall be constructed under the direction of said board by their engineer or other agent; and when the county court of Grayson, by subscription or levy upon the citizens of said county of Grayson, shall raise and pay the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the clerk of said county, may certify the same to the board of internal improvement, whereupon the said board of internal improvement shall pay over to some person authorised by the county court to re$500 to ceive the same, the sum of five hundred dollars, for Grayson. every two hundred and fifty dollars which may be thus raised and paid over, to be applied to the improvement of that part of the state road from the mouth of Salt river to Bowlinggreen, which lies in the county of Grayson, commencing in Litchfield and appropriated in the direction to the mouth of Salt river. SEC. 32. That the board of Internal improvement Board may may, and they are hereby authorized, by and with change or al- the consent of the individual and other stockholders ter plan of constructing concerned, to change or alter the plan of constructing any turnpike, or other road in which the state has, or may hereafter become a stockholder, whenever, in the opinion of said board, the public interest will be promoted by such change. roads. Green river surveyed, and thereon. SEC. 33. That the board of internal improvement, as soon as may be, shall cause a survey to be made report made of Green river, from the mouth of Big Barren river to Liberty, in Casey county, embracing in said survey, Nolin river and other tributary streams, and report the practicability, importance and utility of improving the navigation of the same, what mode of improvement, and what will be the probable cost for such improvement, and to what point of said streams, useful and profitable improvement can be carried:Provided, however, Said board shall be, and they are hereby authorized to expend, or cause to be expended, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, to $3,000 to the improvement of Nolin river, either in removing natural obstructions or mill dams by the consent of the owners, or building slopes to mill dams on said stream: Provided, That the said board shall be sat Nolin. Proviso. isfied from the survey, that the said stream is of sufficient importance to justify the expenditure. 1836 $2,000 to Trade Water. Proviso. SEC. 34. That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, be appropriated out of the proceeds of the sale of the scrip of the state, to be applied under the direction of the board of internal improvement, to the improvement of the navigation of Trade-water, in addition to an appropriation of a like sum made to said stream, by an act for the internal improvement of the state of Kentucky, approved twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five: Provided, however, That the board hereby created, shall have full power and authority to withhold or refuse any of the specific appropriations in this act mentioned, if they shall be of the opinion, after examination and duly considering the subject, that it would not be to the interest of the state to carry such specific appropriation into effect: And provided further, That whenever the said board shall refuse or withhold any specific appropriation viso. as contained in this act, it shall be their duty to report their reasons for so doing to the legislature, during the first week of the next session thereafter; except the subscription to the Lexington and Ohio rail road, which shall be absolute. Further pro treasury. im How drawn, SEC. 35. That all money raised for purposes of Moneys for internal improvement, shall be placed in the treasu- internal ry, separate and apart from other funds and accounts, provement to under the head of the internal improvement fund, be placed in and shall be audited in the Auditor's office, as other funds are there audited, and no part or parts thereof &c. shall be drawn from the treasury except by warrant from the Auditor: Provided, however, That the said. Auditor shall, at all times, upon the requisition of the board of internal improvement, attested by the signature of the president thereof, in chief or pro tempore, as the case may be, and of their secretary, issue warrant upon the treasury for the amount expressed in the requisition. SEC. 36. Be it further enacted, That whenever it shall appear to the board of internal improvements, by the survey or examination of the Engineer, that the sum of forty thousand dollars appropriated by an act of assembly entitled, 'an act for the internal improvement of the state of Kentucky,' approved 28th February, 1835, to the improvement of the navigation of Salt river, and the Beech and Rolling fork, Appropriation by act of 1835 to Salt How applied. river, &c. 1836 cannot be advantageously expended and employed in improving the navigation of said streams, it shall be the duty of the board of internal improvements, to order the same to be subscribed and expended in the construction of turnpike roads, crossing said streams within that section, where the improvement of the navigation of said streams was contemplated. Approved, February 29, 1836. Company in corporated, & style. Capital. Commission еть. CHAP. 374.-AN ACT to incorporate the Georgetown Accommodation Company. Whereas, a number of the citizens of Georgetown, Kentucky, have petitioned this legislature, representing that an extensive house of public entertainment is necessary in Georgetown, for the accommodation of travellers and others: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company shall be, and the same is hereby incorporated, by the name and style of the "Georgetown Public Accommodation Company," with a capital of thirty thousand dollars, divided into three hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of purchasing grounds, improved or unimproved, and for building or extending buildings, to be used as a house of public enter tainment. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That R. M. Ewing, Henry Johnson, Charles Buford, S. F. Gano, and Milus W. Dickey, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to open books of subscription for the capital stock of said company, on any day they may appoint to meet for that purpose, at the Village Mansion, in February or March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six; and when one hundred and fifty shares or more, of one hundred dollars each, are subscribed and paid or secured to be paid, either in money or property, to the satisfaction of said commissions, then said Ewing, Johnson, Buford, Gano, and Dickey, their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate forever, by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the "Georgetown Public Accommodation Company," and by that name and style, it shall Corporate be lawful for them to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, as When meet. to Created a body politic. powers. |