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Attorney to give bond.

City clerk and

treasurer- when

elected and qual:

fications.

Duties of clerk.

preceding such examination; and the names of the officer or officers to whose hands the execution may have been committed, or to whom the amount thereof may have been paid; and the said attorney shall report, in writing, to the city council, at its first regular meeting of each month, the result of such examination so made by him, showing the amount of each fine, penalty, or forfeiture assessed or recovered; and the name of the officer to whose hand the execution therefrom may have come, or to whom the amount thereof may have been paid. He shall attend to all of the legal affairs of the city of Dayton, within the county of Campbell. That it shall be the duty of the city attorney to prepare the deeds from the city for lots sold for delinquent taxes; and there shall be assessed against the delinquent tax-payer a fee of two dollars and fifty cents for each lot sold, as costs for the city attorney, who shall prosecute before the mayor for sale of lots every such delinquent; in no case shall the fee assessed against the city, or be paid out of the city funds. He shall, before entering on the duties of his office, execute a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars, payable to the city of Dayton, with good security, to be approved by the city council, for the faithful performance of his duties according to law.

§ 13. That on the second Monday in March, 1875, and annually thereafter, there shall be elected a city clerk and city treasurer; they shall have the same qualifications as members of the city council. The city council shall furnish the city clerk with a suitable and comfortable office, furniture, books, stationery, and fuel. His duties shall be the same as those already prescribed by law, except that he shall only be compelled to keep his office open during two days in each week, which shall be fixed by the city council. He shall receive an annual salary of tour hundred dollars per year. He shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute the same Clerk to give bond as that required of the city attorney; and the city treasurer shall receive an annual salary of two hundred and fifty dollars.

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bond.

Salary of treas

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be court of record.

§ 14. That the mayor's court of the city of Dayton shall Mayor's court to be a court of record, and shall have an official seal; and the mayor of said city shall be the custodian of said seal; and the mayor shall be ex-officio clerk of said court; but he shall have the power and authority to appoint a deputy clerk, who shall receive no compensation from the city of Dayton.

§ 15. That on the second Monday in March, 1874, there Board of educa- shall be elected in each ward of said city two members tion-when of the board of education, one to serve for two years, and of office, and one to serve for one year, or until their successors are

elected, and term

qualifications.

elected and qualified; and annually thereafter there shall be elected in each ward of said city one member of the board of education to serve for two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The members of the board of education of said city shall have the same qualifications as members of the city council.

16. That the boundaries of the city of Dayton be, and the same are hereby, so extended as to include within the corporate limits of said city the subdivision of land adjoining said city lately laid out in town lots, streets, and alleys, by H. B. Gilmore, and platted and recorded in the county court clerk's office of Campbell county, and containing about five acres of land, situated and bounded as follows, viz: fronting on the south side of Fairfield avenue five hundred and fifty-eight feet, and extending southerly between O'Fallon avenue and Walnut street, three hundred and ninety feet, to the southern line of Gilmore avenue. And the same shall be within the jurisdiction of the authorities and subject to all laws pertaining to said city of Dayton.

§ 17. That all laws in conflict here with are hereby repealed.

§ 18. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

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CHAPTER 342.

AN ACT for the benefit of B. L. C. Dossey, of Monroe county, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the sum of fifty-four dollars and fifty-four cents, payable to B. L. C. Dossey, for services rendered as school teacher in district No. 38, Monroe county, for the school year 1873.

§ 2. That this sum be charged against the school fund due Monroe county, Kentucky, for the year 1873.

§ 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 19, 1874.

CHAPTER 343.

AN ACT for the benefit of the lessees of the Gem, in the town of Franklin,
Kentucky.

WHEREAS, The lessees of the "Gem," in the town of
Franklin, Kentucky, having leased certain property in

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said town of Franklin, under the old law, for the purpose of carrying on the saloon and billiard business

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

§1. That the present lessees of the "Gem" be permitted to continue their billiard-room adjacent to their bar-room until the expiration of their present lease: Provided, That this act shall not extend beyond two years. § 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 345.

AN ACT for the benefit of Bennetta Madison.

WHEREAS, Bennetta Madison was, at the November term, 1867, of the Butler circuit court, found to be a pauper idiot, and at the November term of said court, 1873, found to be still a pauper idiot, thus leaving an interval of twelve months for which nothing can be drawn for her support; therefore,

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

§1. That there be, and is hereby, appropriated fifty dollars for the benefit of said Bennetta Madison, to be paid to her committee, P. R. Phelps; and the Auditor is directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for fifty dollars, payable to said Phelps, to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated.

§ 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 346.

AN ACT to punish trespassers on real estate in the county of Shelby. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, in the Made unlawful to county of Shelby, to hunt with dog and gun, or either, on any lands in said county, without the consent of the owner thereof.

hunt on lands

without owner's consent.

§ 2. That it shall be unlawful for any one to fish in any Unlawful to fish pond or pool in the county of Shelby, without the consent

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§3. Any person guilty of a violation of the provisions. of this act may be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than ten dollars, to be recovered by warrant before a justice of the peace; and, in default of payment, may be confined in the county jail at the rate of two dollars per day until the fine is paid.

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Penalty.

How fines to be

§ 4. The fines collected under this act, if any, shall be first applied to the payment of the jail fees under this disposed of

act, if any.

§ 5. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 347.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to prevent live stock of all kinds from running at large in Mason and Fleming counties."

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

§ 1. That so much of an act, entitled "An act to prevent live stock of all kinds from running at large in Mason and Fleming counties," approved April 9th, 1873, as applies to Fleming county, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

2. This act to take effect from and after its passage.. Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 348.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Richmond and Big Hill Turnpike Road Company."

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

1. That an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Richmond and Big Hill Turnpike Road Company," approved March 1st, 1854, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize said company to extend the road, as described in said original act, from the foot of Big Hill, near the residence of Silas Newland, to the cross roads near John Pittman's, with all the privileges, powers, and authority in building and operating said extension as have been exercised or granted under the act which authorized the construction of that part of the road now completed.

§2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 20, 1874.

Road may be extended.

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CHAPTER 349.

sell lot.

AN ACT to amend the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the River Road
Company," approved March 3, 1860.

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

§ 1. That the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Company may River Road Company," approved March 3d, 1860, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to give full power and authority in the managers and directors of said company to sell and convey to any person or corporation the lot of land on which said company formerly erected a toll-gate house about one mile east of the Beargrass Cut-off, or any other lots or land which they may hold; and that said land, and the conveyance thereof, shall in nowise be affected by the provision of the general law, chapter one hundred and ten.

§ 2. That this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 350.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Mt. Sterling and Howard's Mill Turopike Road Company.

WHEREAS, The Mt. Sterling and Howard's Mill Turnpike Road Company have completed about three and one fourth miles of the road contemplated by their charter, and the same is being used and gradually impaired by travel; and whereas, there is no toll-gate erected on the same; therefore,

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

§ 1. That said company shall have the right to. erect, at Company may such point on their road as they may select, a toli-gate, and collect full toll thereat.

erect gate and collect toll.

§ 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 20, 1874.

CHAPTER 351.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Columbia and Burksville Turnpike Road Company."

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

§ 1. That the provisions of section seventeen of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Columbia and Burks

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