duty. 1850. pay over the same to whoever may be entitled thereto, under the same rules and regulations required, by law, of Sheriffs in the collection of taxes, and of Constables in the collection of executions or other demands; and for a fail- Penalty for ure to discharge any of the duties required of him, he shall failure to do his be subject to the same proceedings which may now be had against Sheriffs and Constables in similar cases. And said Marshal shall be entitled to a fair compensation for col- Compensation. lecting said town tax, when laid by said Trustees, and which compensation shall be fixed by them. And said Marshal shall be and is hereby invested with all the power and authority, within the limits of said town, which is now, by law, given to Constables of this Commonwealth. He shall be entitled, also, to the same fees which are now, by law, allowed to Constables. And the said Trustees are hereby invested with power to compensate the said Marshal for his services out of any money in their hands collected under the by-laws of said town. Approved March 6, 1850. Powers Marshal. of CHAPTER 445. AN ACT for the benefit of George M. Brooks. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the guardian of George M. Brooks to file his petition in the Caldwell Circuit Court, praying that the undivided interest of the said George M. Brooks, in a tract of land devised by Elijah T. Brooks, to Napoleon B. Brooks and George M. Brooks, lying on the waters of Eddy creek, may be sold by decree of the Chancellor of the said court, upon satisfactory evidence being adduced, either written or oral, that it will be to the advantage of said infant, to decree a sale of the interest of the said George M. Brooks; or by the assent of the said Napoleon B. Brooks, the said court may decree the sale of the whole tract, and direct the proceeds arising from the sale of the interest of the said George M. Brooks to be invested in such manner as will most redound to the interest of the said infant: Provided, that the said guardian shall execute bond, in the said court, in the penalty of double the estimated value of the interest of his said ward, with approved security, conditioned to secure fully the payment of the proceeds, so arising and invested, to the said George M. Brooks. Approved March 6, 1850. AN ACT for the benefit of Cosby Vaughan. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That pursuant to the provisions of an act, entitled, an act prescribing the mode for a change of venue in criminal cases, approved 23d of February, 1846, the venue in the prosecution pending in the Fayette Circuit Court against Cosby Vaughan, is changed to the Bourbon Circuit Court. Approved March 6, 1850. CHAPTER 447. AN ACT for the benefit of Jane Boles. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Jane Boles, of Clinton county, be and she is hereby released from all disability of a married woman, so far as that she is, by this act, authorized to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, and to collect and disburse all sum or sums of money, notes, choses in action, or property of any kind, due her, as though she was an unmarried adult. Approved March 6, 1850. CHAPTER 449. AN ACT to amend the Preamble to an act, entitled, an act for the benefit of the heirs of Sarah Roberts and Pricey Brown, approved Feb. 18, 1848. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the preamble to an act, entitled, an act for the benefit of the heirs of Sarah Roberts and Pricey Brown, deceased, of Caldwell county, approved February 18th, 1848, be and the same is so altered, so as to read thus-" which land has been sold by their husbands, James H. Roberts and Coleman Brown, since the death of their said wives," instead of the way it now reads. Approved March 6, 1850. mence. CHAPTER 450. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Graves' Mill SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ComWhere to commonwealth of Kentucky, That the first section be so amended as to read, "that said road commence at or near the Clay school house, situate on the Versailles and Nicholasville Turnpike Road, to intersect the Lexington and Versailles Turnpike Road, at or near the house of Cyrus Hedger." SEC. 2. That the second section be so amended as to reduce the capital stock from twenty five to fifteen thousand dollars. SEC. 3. That the third section be so amended as to appoint R. C. Graves, Wm. E. Scott, Robert Allen, Joseph A. Humphries, James Elliott, and Bernard Giltner, commissioners for said road. SEC. 4. That the tenth section be so amended as to allow the President and Directors of said road to erect two toll-gates upon said road when completed. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That if the construction of the road, provided for in this act, shall not be commenced within ten years from the passage hereof, the rights, privileges, and immunities hereby granted, shall be void to all intents and purposes. Approved March 6, 1850. 1850. Commission. ers appointed. Toll gates. Limitation. CHAPTER 451. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Mount Eden and Shelbyville Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the commissioners are hereby authorised to open books for the subscription of stock at any time previous to the 1st day of January, 1851. SEC. 2. That when stock in said road to the amount of ten thousand dollars, shall be taken, said company shall be and they are hereby authorized to organize as directed in said act.. Approved March 6, 1850. CHAPTER 452. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to establish the town of Willisburg, and for other purposes, approved February 1, 1838, and for other purposes. Election of Trustees to be how. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be the duty of the held, when and Justice of the Peace, for Washington county, residing nearest to the town of Willisburg, on the first day of April, 1850, to go to said town, and at the tavern house now occupied by A. Ripperdan, to hold an election for five Trustees of said town. He shall, for ten days previous to the time of holding the same, advertise said election at two public places in said town. He shall, in conducting said election, be governed by the general laws of the State in regard to elections, so far as they may be applicable, and shall be liable to the same penalties for improperly conducting the same that the judges of elections for members of the General Assembly are. The said Trustees shall 1850. have been, for sixty days before and at the time of election, Qualification residents of said town. At the elections for Trustees of voters. Trustees. said town, all white male citizens of the same, and all white male citizens of this State owning real estate in said town, may vote. That the said Trustees, when elected, shall have power to appoint one of the number President of the said Board of Trustees. A majority of said TrusPowers of the tees shall be competent to do any business appertaining to their office. That the said Trustees, before they enter upon the duties of their said office, take the oath required by law of Trustees of towns, before some Justice of the Peace; and shall preserve a certificate of the same among their official papers. That the said Trustees shall have Clerk to be full power to appoint a Clerk of their Board. That the said Trustees shall, on the first day of April, 1851, cause an election of Trustees to be held; and on the first day of each tion of Trustees. April thereafter there shall be held an election for Trustees: Provided however, that the Board of Trustees last elected and qualified shall hold their office and perform its duties until their successors are elected and qualified; and should a vacancy occur in said Board, either by death, resignation, or removal, the said Board shall have power to fill the same, by an appointment made by themselves. appointed. to be made out and recorded. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of Trustees elected on Map of town the first day of April, 1850, within sixty days after their election, to procure the plat and map of said town, made under the act to which this is an amendment, and have the same recorded in the Clerk's office of the Washington County Court; and a certified copy of the same shall be evidence of the limits, streets, and alleys, of said town, in all suits and prosecutions to which the said Trustees of said town may be parties, or in which they may be interested. General pow That the Trustees of said town shall have and exercise all the powers conferred on the Trustees of the said town, by the act to which this is an amendment, and all the powers conferred on Trustees of towns by the general laws of this State. ers.. in Cynthiana, SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so much of the street, Part of street in the town of Cynthiana as lies east of the grave yard, in may be attached said town, be and the same is hereby attached to the grave yard of said town: Provided, the Trustees of said town so direct. to grave yard. CHAPTER 453. Approved March 6, 1850. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Versailles and McCoun's Ferry Turnpike Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com Width reduc'd. monwealth of Kentucky, That an act, entitled, an act to incorporate a Turnpike Road Company from Versailles to McCoun's Ferry, approved February 23, 1849, be so amended as to authorize said company to reduce the grade to twenty two feet, and the metal to fourteen feet, on such parts of said road as they shall deem expedient and proper. SEC. 2. That the Board of Directors shall not be required to give notice of the calls on stockholders in any public newspaper, but shall post up written or printed notices in the town of Versailles, and such other public places in the county as they shall deem necessary, to give full notice. 1850. Calls on stock. Exemptions from working SEC. 3. That the stockholders on the line of said road, living within one mile of said road, shall be exempted from on other roads. working on other roads, one hand for every two shares of capital stock subscribed to said road. SEC. 4. Said Board of Directors shall have power to establish gates on said road, not nearer than one half mile of the corporation limits of the town of Versailles. Approved March 6, 1850. CHAPTER 454. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of John Watt. Whereas, it is represented to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that some time since John Watt, who has since departed this life, sold, by parole, his undivided interest in a tract of land lying in Green county, on Russel's creek, containing about two hundred and fifty acres, (the same which descended to said John Watt from his father, James Watt,) to Susan Watt, who has since intermarried with one William M. Garrison. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it may be lawful for the guardians of said infant children of the said John Watt, or any who may hereafter be appointed for them, to file a bill in the Green Circuit Court, making the necessary parties, praying a sale of said land, or a confirmation of the sale above recited, and the Chancellor may decree a sale of said land, or a confirmation of said sale, so made by said John Watt, if he shall be satisfied that said sale was so made, and the money being paid, shall confirm said sale, if, in his opinion, said sale or confirmation will redound to the interest of said infants; and he shall render such decrees as will effect the same, requiring said guardian, or guardians, to execute. bonds, with good securities, to abide by and perform such decree as the court may, in said case, render. Approved March 6, 1850. |