Chestnut; thence straight line to the head of Trace branch; 1874. thence southerly to Elkins' mill on Horse Lick; thence with said creek to Big Rockcastle river westerly to the beginning. Until changed by law, the voting place to be at Livingston Station, in Rockcastle county. Election for justices & constable §2. That it shall be the duty of the county judge of said county to cause an election to be held at said pre- to be held. cinct for justices of the peace and constable for said district, on the first Saturday in May, 1874; and on the first Saturday in January, 1875, two justices shall be elected in said district, and every four years thereafter; and on that day, and every two years thereafter, one constable shall be elected in said district. §3. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 465. AN ACT to authorize the county court of Simpson county to levy an additional tax in said county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county court of Simpson county, a majority of the justices of the peace concurring therein, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to levy an additional ad valorem tax upon the taxable property of said county of not exceeding ten cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property. be collected. §2. Said additional tax to be collected by the sheriff of When and how to said county in the same manner, and at the same time, other county revenues are now collected. §3. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 466. AN ACT to amend the charter of Sebree City, in Webster county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the charter of Sebree City, in Webster county, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to allow the board of trustees of said town to issue licenses to keep taverns, retail liquor saloons, and coffee-houses therein, at a rate of from one hundred to two hundred dollars each per annum. 1874. How Feense moneys to be applied. ing without li § 2. Any money received by the treasurer or said board of said c ty, under this act, may be expended by the said board for the improvement of the streets, public works, or public buildings of said town, as the other public money or town taxes are now by law required to be expended. 3. Any person retailing liquors in said town without Penalty for sell having first obtained said license and paying the sum prescribed herein, shall be subject to all the penalties of low for retailing without license, subject to all general laws in regard to sale of liquor. Conse. § 4. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. pairs. CHAPTER 467. AN ACT for the benefit of the gunsmiths of Henderson county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That gunsmiths shall have a lien on all guns, pisLien given for re- tols, knives, powder flasks, and shot-pouches or belts, .which have been or may be left in their care or custody for repairs, for the payment of reasonable charges for the work and repairs done and performed by such gunsmith thereon at the instance or request of the owner or owners thereof; and where any such gun, pistol, knife, powderflask, or shot-pouch or belt has remained or may remain. in the care or custody of such gunsmith, without payment of such reasonable charges, for the period of twelve months, it shall be lawful for such gunsmith, after such articles remain in his hands twelve months, and due property to pay notice of sale being given, to sell at public auction, for cash in hand, any such gun, pistol, or other article mentioned, for the payment of such reasonable charge and the expense of advertisement and of the sale; and if the amount of the sale exceed the amount of said charge and expense of advertisement and sale, the surplus shall be paid to the owner of such articles or his representative on due application. May sell said charges. § 2. This act shall apply to and be in force only in Henderson county, and take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 468. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Louisville Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1874. § 1. That the name of the Louisville Brick and Build- Name changed. ing Company be, and the same is hereby, changed to the "Consolidated Contracting and Building Corporation;" by which name it shall be known, and shall have and exercise all powers, privileges, and franchises granted by said original charter. § 2. That section two of said charter shall be, and the Rights enlarged. same is hereby, amended by the insertion, after the words "manufacture and sale of brick," and before the words "and the construction of houses, &c.," of the words " and all other material for building and constructing; and said company shall dig, quarry, and mine at will, and for its purposes." §3. This act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 469. · AN ACT to repeal an act, entitled "An act to amend an act to establish a levy and county court for Jefferson county." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act, entitled "An act to amend an act to establish a levy and county court for Jefferson county," approved March 5th, 1869, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Certain actions transferred to common pleas 2. That all appeals and traverses from justices of the peace in Jefferson county, also all suits or proceedings on bonds, on distress warrants, or attachments for rent, taken court. or sued out in said Jeffeson county court, or brought there by appeal or otherwise, and all civil actions and special proceedings for the recovery of money or property pending in said court, shall, as soon as this act takes effect, be transferred to the Jefferson court of common pleas. §3. That as soon as this act takes effect, the Jefferson court of common pleas shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all appeals from justices of the peace in Jefferson county, also of all proceedings on bonds taken under distress warrants or attachments for rent, where the amount of the bond, exclusive of interest and costs, shall exceed fifty dollars; and the said Jefferson court of common pleas LOC. L.-34 Jurisdiction of common pleas court extended, 1874. shall also have jurisdiction, concurrent with justice of the peace in Jefferson county, of all civil actions or special proceedings where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds fifty dollars, and does not exceed one hundred dollars. The said Jefferson court of common pleas shall also have exclusive jurisdiction of all traverses in cases of forcible detainer, and of forcible entry and detainer, sued out in Jefferson county. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the 1st day of September, 1874. Approved February 23, 1874. hunt in cer ain district. CHAPTER 470. AN ACT to protect certain citizens of the county of Daviess from trespasses by hunters. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons Made unlawful to to hunt on the lands of the persons in the following boundary in Daviess county, Kentucky, as follows: beginning at E. C. Berry's still-house; thence with the river down to the old Buzzard Roost road; thence with that road to N. M. Lancaster's; thence to Lenn Grant's; thence with road at R. S. Price's to the Henderson road; thence with the Henderson road to the Catholic graveyard on said road; thence to the beginning. And if any person or persons are found hunting upon said grounds within said boundary, he or they shall each be fined a Penalty for viola- sum of not less than fifty dollars, which fine may be recovered in any court having jurisdiction of said sum: Provided always, That fox-hunters are hereby exempted from the provisions and penalty of this act. ting law. Who to br ng §2. That any of the real estate owners, by title or suit lease, who are real occupants of the land included in the boundary set forth in this act, may, and hereby are, empowered to proceed, by warrant or petition, in any of the courts of Daviess county, Kentucky, having jurisdiction, and recover the penalty hereby prescribed for a violation of this act against any person or persons violating the provisions of same, which fine, excepting costs, shall be How fines applied paid by the officer collecting same to the trustee of the jury fund, and by him to be accounted for to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. right of trespass action. §3. Nothing herein shall prevent the parties within the Owners to have boundary aforesaid from his right of action for damages sustained by reason of any trespass for any purpose. § 4. This act to be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 471. AN ACT for the benefit of the sheriff of Henry county. WHEREAS, The sheriff of Henry county has been sick for several weeks and prevented from attending to the collection of the revenue in said county, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That further time until the first day of October, 1874, be given him for the payment of the one third of the revenue due from said county for the year 1873: Provided, That two thirds of said revenue be paid into the Treasury by the first day of April, 1874: And provided, That the sureties of said sheriff execute and file their covenant, in writing, to the provisions of this in the clerk's office of the Henry county court, and acknowledge said. writing before the clerk thereof, on or before the first day of March, 1874. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. 1874. CHAPTER 472. AN ACT to incorporate Nelson Lodge, No. 96, Independent Order of Odd Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Corporators' names. 1. That Thomas Conn, Nimrod Conn, W. A. Jackman, J. R. Jackman, James T. Arnold, John F. Wiseheart, John Shehan, James A. Davis, Thomas A. Peak, D. R. Walker, Wm. T. Vaughn, Wilhite Carpenter, and N. B. L Kimball, and their associates, be, and they are hereby, created a body-corporate, by the name and style of Nelson Lodge, No. 96, of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- Name and style. lows, and they and their associates and successors shall so continue and have perpetual succession; and by that name are made capable in law as natural persons to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and be answered, in all courts of law and equity in this Commonwealth; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or amend at pleasure; they may make and ordain regulations and by-laws for their government, and those now in force in said lodge to alter when deemed proper, and may change and renew the same at pleasure: Provided, They be not in contravention of the constitution, laws, and regulations of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, incorporated by an act approved powers. Corporate |