1850. county, devised in part to them by their father Jas. R. Cox, CHAPTER 88. AN ACT to change the venue in the prosecution against John W. Owings. Approved February 2, 1850. CHAPTER 89. AN ACT for the benefit of Nancy Jane Rogers. Whereas, Nancy Jane Rogers was bound by the Christian County Court to Daniel Walker; and whereas, the said Daniel Walker and Harriet, his wife, have requested by petition that the name of said Nancy shall be changed to Nancy Jane Walker, and adopted as their child and heir. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the name of said Nancy Jane Rogers be changed to that of Nancy Jane Walker, and she is hereby declared as the adopted child of said Daniel and Harriet Walker and their heir at law, and, as such, entitled to inherit their property and estate, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved February 2, 1850. CHAPTER 90. AN ACT to change the name of Malvina Jones, of Pulaski County. Approved February 2, 1850. CHAPTER 91. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Carter and Jane Lightfoot, deceased. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the Judge of the Bourbon Circuit Court, upon petition filed, to decree a sale, on such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable, of a house and lot situate and being in the town of Paris, in Bourbon county, devised by Carter Lightfoot, deceased, a free man of color, to his wife, Jane Lightfoot, deceased, a free woman of color, and to direct the proceeds of sale to be applied to the purchase and emancipation of Hatley, the son of said Carter Lightfoot and Jane Lightfoot, who is now a slave and the property of Henry Stevenson of Scott county. SEC. 2. That said petition may be filed by the administrator of the estate of the said Jane Lightfoot, deceased, to which said Henry Stevenson shall be made a defendant; said petition to allege all the facts of the case, the will of said Carter Lightfoot, his death, the death of the said Jane Lightfoot, and the desire of said Carter Lightfoot for the purchase and liberation of his son Hatley, and that there is no other estate by which the purchase and emancipation of said Hatley can be effected. The allegations of said petition to be sustained to the satisfaction of the Judge of said court by oral testimony or otherwise. SEC. 3. That said Judge may appoint a Commissioner to sell and convey said house and lot and make all such further orders and decrees as may be necessary in the premises. 1850. Approved February 2, 1850. CHAPTER 92. AN ACT to incorporate Clinton Lodge, No 82, and Clay Chapter, No. 28, in the town of Princeton. incorporated SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the members of Clinton Lodge, Clinton Lodge No. 82, of the Masonic fraternity of the town of Princeton, in Caldwell county, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of Clinton Lodge, No. 82, with perpetual succession, and by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of purchasing and holding all such real and personal estate as may be required for the use of said Lodge; to receive all necessary conveyances, to sell, convey and dis- not over $10,000 pose of all such real or personal estate as they may now have or hereafter acquire: Provided, the amount vested in real estate, exclusive of buildings thereon, shall, at no time, exceed ten thousand dollars. May hold or convey property in value. or Corporators. names. 1850. SEC. 2. That the management of the concerns of said corporation shall be and is hereby confined to David FlourTrustees' noy, R. H. J. Davidge, John J. McLin, J. H. Rackerby, and Richard Barnes, and their successors in office, as trustees thereof, who, or a majority of them, shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the real or personal estate of said Lodge; and service of process, or notice, on any of said trustees shall be sufficient notice to said corporation. Trustees hold office 'till June 24, 1851. Clay SEC. 3. That the trustees named in the second section to shall hold their office until the 24th day of June, 1851, when the members of said Lodge shall elect five trustees, and continue to hold their elections for trustees on the 24th day of June in each year: Provided, that said Board of Trustees shall have power to fill vacancies in their own body, and pass such by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the State, as may be necessary to the management and safe keeping of the property and other interest of the Lodge; and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; and in conveying real estate, it shall be necessary for the whole. Board of Trustees to join in such conveyance. Arch Chap. incorporated. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the members of Clay Royal Royal Arch Chapter, No. 28, in the town of Princeton, be and the same are hereby, also, incorporated, under the name and style of Clay Royal Arch Chapter, No. 28, with the same rights, powers, and privileges, as are granted Clinton Lodge, No. 82, in the foregoing sections; the concerns of said Chapter to be under the management of the High Priest, King, and Scribe of said Chapter, for the time being, and their successors in office, as trustees thereof; and the Legislature reserves to itself the right to change, alter or amend this act at pleasure. Approved February 2, 1850. fined. CHAPTER 93. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Elizabethtown. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Gencral Assembly of the ComBoundary de monwealth of Kentucky, That the town of Elizabethtown, as laid off and described in a plat now on record in the Hardin County Court Clerk's office, in deed book W, on pages 340 and 341, (the survey bearing date 18th July, 1846, and signed by L. E. Schultz,) shall be known and is hereby declared to be the extent and limits of said town. That, hereafter, the prudential, fiscal and municipal conof cerns of said town shall be vested in seven Trustees, who shall be elected annually, on the first Monday in April, by the free white male inhabitants of said town over the age of twenty one years, and who shall have resided Election Trustees. in said town six months previous to said election; which Trustees shall hold their offices for the term of one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. That said Trustees, before they enter upon the duties of their office, shall take an oath before some Justice of the Peace, or judicial officer, of the county of Hardin, that they will faithfully, and without favor or affection to any one, discharge the duties of Trustees to said town during their continuance in office. And in case a vacancy shall take place in said Board, the Board shall have power to fill said vacancy. That no person shall be a Trustee of said town who is not, at the time of holding the same, a citizen thereof, and who has not resided therein at least twelve months previous to said election, and who is not a real estate owner. 1850. Term of office. To take oath. Vacancies-how filled. Who eligible. ers. Corporate SEC. 2. That said Trustees, and their successors in office, shall be a body politic and corporate, and shall be known by the name and style of "the Board of Trustees of Elizabethtown," and, by that name, shall be capable, in law, of name and pow contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being answered, of defending and being defended, in all courts and places; and may use either a common or private seal; and do all acts, and matters, and things, which a body politic or corporate, having perpetual succession, can lawfully and rightfully do. SEC. 3. That said Trustees shall have power to make and receive all necessary conveyances in relation to said town; they shall have power over the streets, alleys, side walks, and public square now in said town or which may hereafter be opened; or, where the interest of the town may be thereby promoted, to close up or change alleys, or open new ones on paying the owners such damages as may be assessed; may direct the improvement of the same in such manner as they may deem most beneficial to the interests of said town. They shall have power and authority to make all necessary by-laws for the regulation and good government of said town, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this Commonwealth. They shall have power to levy and collect a tax upon the real estate, as well as a poll tax upon all legal voters of said town, so as not to exceed in any one year the sum of five hundred dollars. They shall also have power to tax all groceries, auction sales, shows, and exhibitions for money, such sum as they by their by-laws may declare. They shall have power to suppress all tipling houses, and to fine all those who may violate their by-laws, any sum not exceeding twenty five dollars, for each offence, which may be recovered before the Police Judge. They shall have power to declare what are nuisances within said town, and may, by their order, direct the same to be abated; or may, by their by-laws, im Trustees may receive & make conveyances. Have control over streets, alleys, &c. To make bylaws. Levy tax on citizen and property. &c. Tax shows, Suppress tip ling houses, and violations. recover fines for 1850. pose a fine on whomsoever may have caused the same. They shall have power to provide for the security of said. May organize town, by organizing one or more fire companies, defining fire companies. their duties, and punishing, by adequate fines and other penalties, those who fail to perform the duties required of them. They shall have power to regulate the market, and to erect a suitable Market House, and prescribe the duties of the Market Master. They shall have power to purchase, and receive a conveyance for, any quantity of ground within the limits of said town, not exceeding one acre; or within one mile of the town, not exceeding ten acres; on which it shall be lawful for said Trustees to erect a work house, house; the off under the direction of a majority of the said Board; to ordain and declare the rules and regulations for the government of said work house, and ordain what shall be the compensation of the officers thereof-the offices to be created for the government of the house by the Board of Trustees, but to be elected by the qualified voters of the town. Erect a work cers of which to be elected. tees over the bu 1ying ground. SEC. 4. The said Trustees shall have the superintendence Power of trus of the grave yard and burying ground near said town and partly within its bounds, and also of the addition purchased under an act approved 10th February, 1845, entitled, "an act to repeal the act enlarging the powers of the Trustees of the town of Madisonville, and for other purposes." They shall have power to appropriate, from time to time, as much money as may be necessary to keep the said burying ground properly enclosed and improved. And, whereas, the Trustees of said town have laid off a portion of said lot into small lots, for family rights, part of which have been sold and a part yet remain unsold. It is therefore further enacted, that the proceedings of the former Board, in laying off said lot, be confirmed and declared lawful, and that the proceeds of sales of family burial lots' already made, and of those hereafter to be made, shall be set aside for the especial purpose of improving the ground. The Board may, by their by-laws, impose a fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, on any person committing any trespass upon the burying ground or its improvements; and may also recover the price for which any family lot may have been, or may hereafter be, sold. Said Trustees may also, when necessary, buy additional ground adjoining to, or at a convenient distance from, the present ground, and may make and adopt such rules and regulations in relation thereto as they may deem best-with power to lay off and sell family burial rights or lots as named above. SEC. 5. The said Trustees shall appoint a Clerk and a Clerk & treas. Treasurer; the Treasurer may be appointed from their own pointed by the body, or from any citizen of the said town, who shall give Board: treasurer bond, to be approved of by the Board, in such penalty as urer to be ap to give bond. the Board may direct, conditioned to receive and faithfully a |