AN ACT to revise and amend the charter of the city of Newport.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the territory of Kentucky included within the Boundary. following boundary, to-wit: beginning at the junction of the Ohio and Licking rivers; thence eastwardly with said Ohio river to the eastern line of the Manufacturing Company's addition; thence with the eastern and southern lines of said Manufacturing Company's addition to a point where the western line of Taylor's lane, if extended straight northwardly, would intersect the same; thence with the west line of said Taylor's lane south fifty-four degrees east to a point on the Covert Run Turnpike; thence south thirty-nine and one half degrees east to said Taylor's post-and-rail fence at the foot of the hill; thence south thirty and one half degrees west to the eastern line of Monmouth street, the same being the southwest corner of said Taylor's turnpike addition; thence with said eastern line of Monmouth street southwardly to the line of division between Tibbatt's addition to the city of Newport and the hill lot of A. L. Berry, where the old Licking road formerly opened on the turnpike road; thence westwardly along the dividing line between said tracts to John street, if extended; thence northwardly along the west line of John street, if thus extended, to the center line of Liberty street; thence with said center line of Liberty street westwardly to the center line of Central Avenue extended; thence with said center line of Central Avenue extended southwardly to the dividing line between the Trustees' addition to the city of Newport and General James Taylor's house or Bellevue tract; thence with said dividing line westwardly to the Licking river; thence with said Licking river northwardly to the place of beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby, constituted the corporate limits of the city of Newport, and the inhabitants thereof are hereby declared and continued a bodycorporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the city of Newport; and in that name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and do all acts and things as municipal corporations may lawfully do; and may have and use a corporate seal, and the same to alter and renew at pleasure. And the jurisdiction of said corporation shall be concurrent with the State of Kentucky over the waters of the Ohio river · opposite to and bounding said city on the north, and with the county of Kenton over the waters of the Licking river opposite to and bounding said city on the west, save and except, however, that the arsenal grounds of the

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all rights pertaining to town of Newport.

United States, containing five acres and six square poles within said boundary [see act of the General Assembly approved December twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and three (1803)], shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of said corporation so long as the same shall be so held and occupied.

§ 2. Said city shall have and is hereby vested with all City vested with the rights, titles, interests, powers, and authority which were vested in, possessed, and held by the original trustees of Newport and their successors, the board of mayor and trustees, the president and trustees, and the president and common council of said town or city, or in any other manner held for or by said town or city; but the said rights, &c., shall be held for the same purposes, and subject to the same trusts as heretofore. That all the streets, alleys, roads, lanes, commons, market spaces, public squares, public buildings, public landings, and wharves, and all other public property in said city, be, and the same is hereby, vested in said city as now established; and whenever any of the land bounding and adjacent to said city shall be added thereto, and made part thereof, the streets, alleys, &c., thereby dedicated to public use shall thenceforth be vested in said city, and be subject to the laws thereof; and certified copies of all plats of lots, streets, alleys, market spaces, wharves, and other grounds for public use heretofore recorded, and which may hereafter be recorded, shall be received as evidence in all the courts; and the recording of any plat shall be held to be a dedication of the streets, alleys, market spaces, and other grounds therein designated for public use.

§3. Said city shall be, and is hereby, divided and laid City laid off into off into six wards, to be known and designated as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Wards, and bounded respectively as follows, to-wit:

wards.

first ward.

First Ward. Beginning where the center line of York Boundary of street extended intersects the Ohio river; thence southwardly with said center line to the center of the intersection of said York and Madison streets; thence eastwardly with the center line of Madison street extended to the western line of Taylor's lane; thence northwardly with said western line of Taylor's lane extended to the southern line of the Manufacturing Company's addition; thence with the southern and eastern lines of said Manufacturing Company's addition to the Ohio river; thence westwardly with the Ohio river to the place of beginning.

Boundary of second ward.

Second Ward. Beginning where the center line of York street extended intersects the Ohio river; thence southwardly with said center line to the center of the intersection of York and Madison streets; thence westwardly

with the center of Madison street to the Licking river; 1874. thence northwardly with the Licking river to the junction. thereof with the Ohio river; thence eastwardly with the Ohio river to the place of beginning, excepting, however, the arsenal grounds described in the first section hereof.

Third Ward. Beginning at the center of the intersection of York and Madison streets; thence eastwardly with the center line of Madison street extended to the western line of Taylor's lane; thence with the western line of Taylor's lane south fifty-four degrees east to a point in the center of Covert Run Turnpike; thence south thirty-nine and one half degrees east to a point where the center line of Ringgold street extended would intersect the same; thence with said center line of Ringgold street extended westwardly to the center of the intersection of Ringgold and York streets; thence with the center line of York street northwardly to the place of beginning.

Fourth Ward. Beginning at the center of the intersection of York and Madison streets; thence with the center line of York street southwardly to the center of the intersection of York and Ringgold streets; thence westwardly with the center line of Ringgold street to the center of the intersection of Ringgold and Isabella streets; thence with the center line of Isabella street northwardly to the center of the intersection of Isabella and Goodman streets; thence with the center line of Goodman street westwardly to the Licking river; thence with the Licking river northwardly to the center line of Madison street; thence with the center line of Madison street eastwardly to the place of beginning.

Fifth Ward. Beginning at the center of the intersection of York and Ringgold streets; thence with the center line of Ringgold street extended eastwardly to the eastern. line of the corporation; thence with said eastern line south thirty-nine and one half degrees east to Taylor's post-andrail fence at the foot of the hill; thence south thirty and one half degrees west to the eastern line of Monmouth street, the same being the southwestern corner of "Taylor's Turnpike addition ;" thence with said eastern line of Monmouth street to the line of division between Tibbatt's addition to the city of Newport and the line lot of A. L. Berry, where the old Licking road formerly opened on the turnpike road; thence westwardly along the dividing line between said tracts to John street, if extended; thence northwardly along the west line of John street, if thus extended, to the center line of Liberty street; thence with said center line of Liberty street westwardly to the center

Boundary of third ward.

Boundary of fourth ward,

Boundary of fifth ward.

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sixth ward.

line of York street; thence with the center line of York street northwardly to the place of beginning.

Sixth Ward. Beginning at the center of the intersection Boundary of of York and Ringgold streets; thence with the center line of York street to the center line of Liberty street westwardly to the center line of Central Avenue; thence with said center line southwardly to the dividing line between the Trustees' addition to the city of Newport and General James Taylor's house or Bellevue tract; thence with said divid ing line westwardly to the Licking river; thence with the Licking river northwardly to the center of Goodman street extended; thence with the center line of Goodman street eastwardly to the center of the intersection of Goodman and Isabella streets; thence with the center line of Isabella street southwardly to the center of the intersection of Isabella and Ringgold streets; thence with the center line of Ringgold street eastwardly to the place of beginning. The board of councilmen may, from time Council may to time, so change the boundaries and number of wards of said city, as the additions thereto and an equalization of the population may require; but no change shall be made therein except by ordinance concurred in by a majority of the members elected to said board, upon a call of the yeas and nays, and passed ninety days previous to a general municipal election, nor shall the wards. in said city exceed six in number until the qualified voters thereof shall exceed three thousand.

alter or change wards.

executive, and

powers-in whom vested.

Legislative, Executive, and Ministerial.

§ 4. The legislative, executive, and ministerial power Legislative, of said city shall be vested in a mayor and a board of ministerial councilmen, consisting of two members from each ward, a city clerk, treasurer, attorney, engineer, marshal, physician, assessor, market-master, weigher and measurer, wharf-master, and jailer (and such necessary deputies or assistants as may be required), each to possess the qual ifications and serve for the terms hereinafter prescribed. § 5. No person shall be eligible as member of said board Qualifications of of councilmen who is not a male citizen of the United States, twenty-five years of age, a housekeeper, or owner of real estate, and who has not been a bona fide resident of the city for three years, and of the ward for which he shall be elected for one year next preceding his election, or who holds any other civil office, or who shall, directly or indirectly, be interested in any contract, written or parol, wherein the city shall be a party, or who is, directly or indirectly, interested in or connected with any firm or corporation, who shall contract with said city, the terms, rates, or conditions of which may be subject to modifi

councilmen.

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may

fice.

How member vacate of

Board to determine contested elections.

May try and remove officers for

misconduct.

Quorum.

Appropriations

on call of yeas and nays.

cation or enforcement by said board, or who shall be in arrears for any money collected or held by him, without settlement or quietus therefor; and should any member of said board, subsequent to his election, become disqualified from any of the foregoing causes, his office shall thereupon become vacant, and shall be filled as herein provided. Said board shall make rules, provide tribunals for the trial and determination of contested elections for all elective city officers and members of the board of education and of the board of councilmen; but the board shall be the judge of the qualifications and returns of its own members; and said board may, upon being duly qualified therefor, be organized as a court to hear and determine all charges that may be preferred against the official conduct of any of the officers of said city, and if found guilty, reprimand, suspend, or, by a two-third vote, expel the accused. A majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum to transact all ordinary business, and although a less number may adjourn, from time to time, to compel the attendance of absentees, yet the passage of an ordinance, the execution of a contract, or the appropriation of money, to the amount of one hundred dollars, shall be only valid when concurred to be made only in by a majority of all the members elected to said board, upon the call of the yeas and nays; but every proposed ordinance, resolution, or execution of a contract, incurring an appropriation exceeding one hundred dollars, passed by the board of councilmen, shall be presented to the mayor, and if he approve, he shall sign the same, it then shall become obligatory; but if he disapprove, he shall return the same with his objections, in writing, to said board, at their next regular meeting; and if, upon reconsideration, two thirds of the members elect, upon a call of the yeas and nays, concur in adopting it again, it shall be obligatory. Should the mayor fail to present his objections within the time provided herein, the same shall be obligatory as if signed. The members of said board shall each receive for their services the sum of three dollars for each regular meeting of said board which they board. shall attend, but no other compensation or reward shall any member receive for special or adjourned meetings, or for any other services rendered by them as members of said board; the regular meetings of said board shall be held once in every two weeks. All ordinances shall be read and submitted for discussion at two regular meetings of said board, and concurred in by the requisite number of members thereof: Provided, however, That the rules, as to the reading at two regular meetings, may be suspended by a vote of two thirds of the members elect of said board. No ordinances shall embrace more than one

Compensation of members

of

How ordinances to be passed.