known as the "Peeled Oak" district, and also in the district known as the "Polksville" district, in Bath county, on the first Saturday in May, 1874, for the election of an additional justice of the peace in each of said districts, who shall hold their offices till the next regular election on the first Saturday in May, 1875 § 2. That it shall be the duty of the present officers of election in said districts, respectively, to hold said election and conduct the same as required by law; and it shall be the duty of the county court clerk to furnish the sheriff a list of said officers of election, and said sheriff shall notify them according to law of their duties under this act at least five days before said election. §3. That on the first Saturday in May, 1875, and on that day every four years thereafter, each of said districts. shall elect two justices of the peace; and on that day, and every two years thereafter, each of said districts shall elect one constable. § 4. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 6, 1874. Allowed two years to collect fee bills, &c. CHAPTER 228. AN ACT for the benefit of Haywood Gilbert, late sheriff of Clay county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Haywood Gilbert, late sheriff of Clay county, be allowed two years further time to list and collect his fee bills and tax receipts for the years 1868-'9. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 6, 1874. CHAPTER 229. AN ACT for the benefit of B. J. Hobbs, an idiot, of Graves county. WHEREAS, It appears from an examination of the books in the Auditor's office, that B. J. Hobbs, a pauper idiot, of Graves county, from oversight in his committee in not having said idiot examined as required by law, said idiot has not drawn his annual allowance of fifty dollars a year for an interregnum from May 30th, 1872, to June 23d, 1873; and whereas, it appears that said idiot is still living, and is still a pauper; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth 1874. of Kentucky: 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasury, payable out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable to Charles Hobbs, committee for B. J. Hobbs, a pauper idiot, in Graves county, for the sum of fifty-three dollars and twenty cents, for the benefit of said idiot. §2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 6, 1874. CHAPTER 232. AN ACT to incorporate the Society of Friends, of Garrard county, and authorize them to issue bonds to purchase a burial ground. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Corporators' 1. That Wm. Miller, Harry Mullins, Harry Hoffman, Allen Sheness, and Robert Henning, and their associates names. and successors, are hereby created a body-corporate and politic, in and under the name of the Society of Friends Name and style. of Garrard county, and by such corporate name may sue and be sued in all the courts of this Commonwealth, and may contract and be contracted with, in regard to the objects of the society; have and to use a common seal; and have perpetual succession. powers. §2. The objects of this society shall be to render aid to Object. the needy members thereof while living, provide for the support and education of the children of deceased members, and provide a decent burial for such members as may die. 3. That said corporation be authorized and empowered, in order to carry out the provisions of the second section of this act, to purchase and contract for any number of acres of ground in Garrard county, Kentucky, not exceeding ten acres, for the purpose of a cemetery or burial ground, to acquire and possess the title to the same: Provided, That the said lands shall not be purchased within the corporate limits of the town of Lancaster. Corporate May purchase lands for burial purposes. 4. The members of this society shall be composed of Qualifications of colored male persons between the ages of eighteen and seventy years. members. May make bylaws, rules, and § 5. That said Society of Friends may make rules and by-laws regulating the amount of fees to be charged to regulations.' persons on becoming members of the society, and the amount of monthly dues to be paid to the society by each LOC. L.-18 1874. Benefits, fees, &c. sion. member, as well as the amount per week to be paid by the society to each member in good standing who may be sick for a period of not less than one week's duration; but the fee for admitting members shall not be more than five dollars, and the monthly dues shall not exceed one dollar per month; and the amount paid by the society to each sick member shall not be more than five dollars per week. § 6. Every application for membership shall be voted Terms of admis- on at a regular meeting, and the application shall in every case be accompanied by the amount of fee; and if there be ten votes against receiving the applicant, his application shall be declared rejected, and the money returned to the applicant. Meetings. powers & duties. § 7. This society shall hold their meetings at least once. a month, and oftener if they think it expedient. § 8. The officers of this society shall consist of a presiOfficers and their dent, vice president, and secretary and treasurer, and such other subordinate officers as the society may think necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, who shall be elected by a majority vote of the members present at the first meeting after the passage of this act, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall have been duly elected. All the duties of said officers shall be performed without pay, excepting the secretary, who may receive such pay as may be fixed by the bylaws. plied. § 9. All funds paid to the society shall be faithfully ap Funds-how applied to the objects herein mentioned, in such manner as the society, from time to time, may determine at its regular meetings. No part of the funds shall be loaned out, but the whole thereof shall be kept constantly on hand for the charitable uses of the society, and for the payment of dues to the sick and funeral expenses. bond. § 10. The treasurer shall be required to execute good Treasurer to give and sufficient bond, as may be required by the society, and shall pay out all money as directed by the president and secretary, they authorizing the payment of money only when directed to do so by a vote of the members present at any regular meeting. § 11. This society may make such by-laws, rules and May make by regulations, as is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State.. laws, &c. and secure same by mortgage. § 12. This society shall have the power to issue and sell May issue bonds the bonds of the society for any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, which bonds shall be fifty dollars each, and shall bear interest at not exceeding ten per cent., and be payable five years from date, which bonds shall not be sold for less than par; and the funds arising from the sale of such bonds shall be used for the same purpose as the other money of the society; and all the property of said. society shall be held in lien for the redemption and payment of said bonds. § 13. This act shall take effect from its passage. 1874. Approved February 9, 1874. CHAPTER 237. AN ACT to incorporate the Richmond Gas-light Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Corporators' § 1. That Wm. M. Irvine, Thomas S. Ellis, Thomas T. Bronston, James T. Shackleford, Thomas Hoffman, J. A. names. Geary, Wm. Ballard, Stone Walker, Wm. H. Hoffinan, and P. M. Wilkerson, and their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, constituted a bodycorporate and politic, by the name of the Richmond Gas- Name and style. light Company; and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, with power to contract and be con- powers. tracted with, sue and be sued in that name, in all the courts of law or equity in this Commonwealth; and they may adopt and keep a common seal, which they may alter or change at pleasure. Corporate §2. That the capital stock of said company shall be Capital stock. twenty-five thousand dollars, and each share one hundred dollars; but the capital stock may be increased to the sum of fifty thousand dollars, whenever, in the opinion of the company, as expressed by the board of directors, the business of the company may require such an in crease. Corporators to take steps to or tion. § 3. It shall be the duty of the persons named in the first section of this act to open books for the subscription ganize of stock, and after the sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, to call a meeting of the stockholders, first giving public notice for ten days in a newspaper in Richmond of said meeting, who may proceed to elect a president and four directors to govern and direct the affairs of said company. Each director and the president shall be the owner of at least one share of the stock of said company, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share he may own in the election of president and directors, who shall hold their office for such times as the stockholders, at the first an- officers. nual election, may prescribe, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Said election shall be held in Richmond, at such place as may be designated in the notice therefor; and the office of said company shall be in Richmond, Kentucky. corpora Term of office of 1874. Board of directors rules, &c. property. 4. The board of directors may prescribe such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, and the provisions hereof, as they may deem necessary for the transaction of the business of said company; and may appoint such agents as they may deem proper. 5. Said company may purchase, receive, and acquire May acquire and hold and use any property of any description which may be necessary for the erection of such machinery, houses, or things as may be required by them to supply the city of Richmond with gas. May contract with city of Rich mond to supply it with gas. § 6. That said company shall have the power to contract with the city of Richmond for supplying said city with gas upon such terms as may be agreed upon, and the municipal authorities of said city may and are hereby authorized to contract with said company to supply said city with gas-lights, and said company is hereby granted the right to lay down its gas-pipes through the streets and alleys of Richmond, and to erect all necessary buildings and machinery in such manner as may appear to them necessary to furnish gas-light to any persons, on such terms as the said company and such persons may agree upon. §7. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 9, 1874. Owners of land in said town may sell and convey same. vacancies in town offices. CHAPTER 238. AN ACT to amend an act incorporating the town of Upton, in Hardin and Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the charter of Upton be so amended that it shall be lawful for persons owning land within the limits of said town boundary to sell such lands at public or private sale, as they may think best, and on such terms as they may deem proper, and pass the title to the same by their deeds of conveyance as real property is conveyed. § 2. That in case of a vacancy in the office of marTrustees may fill shal, or warden, or police judge of said town, after the regular election, either by death or resignation, or from any other cause, it shall be lawful for the chairman and board of trustees of said town to fill said vacancy by ap pointment until the next regular election; and the person or persons so appointed shall take the oath and execute powers as those the required bond, and be subject to the same penalties and have the same powers as if he or they had have been elected at a regular election. Appointed officers to have same elected. |