1874.except that it shall be levied at such time as the board of trustees may provide; and, when collected, shall be kept separate and apart from the other revenues of the city, and shall be paid out only on the order of the board of trustees of the city school, and subject to such regulations as they shall prescribe. § 4. The mayor of said city shall be ex-officio chairman Mayor to be of the board of trustees, but shall not be entitled to a vote except in case of a tie. chairman of board. urer to be elected. Term of office and bond. § 5. That the qualified voters of said city shall, at the Clerk and treas regular election in said city in April, 1874, and at each regular annual election thereafter, elect a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall each hold their office for one year, and until their successor is elected and qualified. They shall be required by the council to give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of their office; and shall be entitled to receive a compensation for their services, which shall be the amount now fixed by ordinance, until otherwise changed by the council; but no change shall be made at any time so as to take effect during the term of any one in office at the time of the change. Compensation. voters. § 6. At all elections held in said city by the qualified Qualifications of voters thereof, no one shall be entitled to vote who has not, on or before the last Saturday in March of that year, paid the poll-tax assessed against him for the year in which the election is held: Provided, That if any person offers to pay to the treasurer of said city the poll-tax assessed in said city, who has not been listed by the assessor, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to take the list of such person, and to receive his tax and give him a receipt therefor. If the treasurer doubt whether such person is otherwise entitled to a vote, he may indorse the receipt given under protest; but the judges of the elec tion shall have the right and it shall be their duty to pass upon the qualifications of each person offering to vote. contested elections. 7. That the mayor and board of councilmen of said Qualifications of city in office at the time of the election, or if they or any councilmen in of them are interested in or related to any one claiming an office, then such as are not thus disqualified shall be the judges of the qualifications and election of the offi cers of said city, and shall have power to decide all contested election cases in said city; and if the mayor and four or more councilmen then in office are interested in or related to the contestants, then from the councilmen last in office and not so related or interested, shall be selected by lot a number which, with those in office and not disqualified, will constitute a board of five persons to try the contest. The board formed in either mode above shall take an oath faithfully to decide the contest; and they shall make a report, in writing, to the council, which shall be final, except that if they find that a person has 1874. received the highest number of votes who was not legally qualified to hold the office, or in case of a tie, a new election shall be ordered. 8. This act shall take effect from its passage.. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 496. AN ACT to incorporate Eginton Lodge, No. 490, F. A. M., in Whitley county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Corporators' names. § 1. That John W. Siles, jr., Master, Calvin B. Stanfill, Senior Warden, and Granville P. Rose, Junior Warden, of Eginton Lodge, No. 490, of F. and A. M., be, and they are hereby, constituted a body-politic and corporate, under Name and style. the name and style of Eginton Lodge, No. 490; and said body shall have perpetual succession, with legal capacity under said name and style to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in all the courts of this Commonwealth and elsewhere; and to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. Corporate powers estate. § 2. That said corporation shall have power to take and May acquire real hold by purchase, gift, or devise, any real or personal estate, not exceeding in value ten thousand dollars, and to sell or dispose of and convey same at pleasure. 3. That service of notice or process on the Master or Service of notice. Secretary of said Lodge shall be sufficient notice to said corporation. §4. That said corporation shall have power to pass all such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the general laws of the land, as said corporation may deem expedient for the control, management, and preservation of the property, interests, and concerns of the Lodge. May pass bylaws, &c. § 5. The incorporators may issue bonds for sums not May issue bonds. less than twenty-five dollars, payable in five years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding ten per cent.; but the whole amount issued shall not exceed four thousand dollars. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. 1874. Corporate powers CHAPTER 497. AN ACT to incorporate Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, of Free and Accepted Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the members of Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, Name and style. of Free and Accepted Masons, in Hudsonville, Breckin ridge county, Kentucky, and those hereafter admitted to membership in said Lodge, be, and they are hereby, incorporated in the name and style of Hudsonville Lodge, No. 262, of Free and Accepted Masons; and in that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded; and shall have the power of acquiring and holding, by purchase or otherwise, real and personal property for Masonic purposes, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars; and may at any time sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and reinvest or dispose of the proceeds; and to pass and adopt such by-laws for its government as it may deem proper: Provided, The same be not inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States and of this State. The said Lodge may adopt a seal, and renew and break the same at pleasure. Said Lodge may build and erect, own, and hold or purchase a hall and such other buildings as they may see fit. They may loan or cause to be loaned any money that they may have on hand, and collect the same, by suit or otherwise, in their corporate name, or transact any other business they may deem proper and right, or may have power and authority to invest their means in lands or stock, and hold or dispose of the same at pleasure. names. § 2. That to John F. Winchel, Buford C. Cook, and Wm. Corporators C. Elliott (the Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens), and their successors in office, is confided the management of the concerns of said corporation as trustees thereof, who, or a majority of whom, shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the personal or real estate of said Lodge; and in conveying real estate they shall join in the conveyance. §3. That service of process upon the Master and WarService of notice. dens as trustees shall be deemed sufficient notice to said Lodge. That the General Assembly reserves the right to amend, alter, or abolish this charter at any time, upon the request of a majority of all the members of said Lodge. 4. This act to be in force from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 498. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That the act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Horses" be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: § 1. Said association shall have power to let or lease or rent unto any agricultural or other society organized for the purposes contemplated in the act of which this is an amendment, the grounds and improvements belonging to said association. 1874. May rent out lands. point police. Powers of police. § 2. The officers of said association are hereby author- Officers may apized to appoint as many citizens of this State policemen as may be necessary for their exhibitions, whose duty it shall be to preserve order within and around the grounds of the association, to protect the property within said grounds, to eject all persons who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, or who shall fail or refuse to pay the entrance fee or observe the rules prescribed by the association Such policemen shall have such power, during the time such exhibitions shall continue, as a sheriff or constable may have by law in serving criminal process, and in making arrests, and, in addition, may arrest any person for the commission of any offense mentioned in this act. 3. Any person who shall willfully injure or destroy the property of exhibitors or of lessees, or of the association, upon or within the hereinafter prescribed limits around the grounds of the association, or who shall hinder. or obstruct the officers or police in the performance of their duties, or shall wrongfully or maliciously obtain admission to the grounds contrary to the rules of the association, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one nor more than ten dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding (10) ten days, at the discretion of the court before whom the offender shall be tried. All fines imposed and collected under this act shall immediately be paid to the treasurer of said association for its use and benefit. All policemen appointed by the association shall be paid by it, and shall make no charge against the town, county, or State for any services they may render under such appointment. $4. The officers of the association shall have power to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors, to suppress all kinds of gaming, and also to regulate or prevent any kind of theatrical, circus, or mountebank exhibition or shows, and Penalty for trespassing. Association to liquor selling, &c 1874. to go with leasehold. all huckstering or traffic in fruits, wares, and merchandise of whatever description, for gain, on any days of the association's exhibitions, as well within its grounds a within a distance of one hundred feet therefrom, if, in the opinion of said officers, the said exhibitions, shows, traffic, or hucksterings shall in any way obstruct or interfere with the free use of the grounds of the association. or obstruct any of the highways around or approaching the same. And the police appointed by said association shall possess the same powers for the space of one hundred feet from said grounds as are hereinbefore vested in them within the same, and shall be under the same control of the officers of the association within that space: and the same fines and penalties shall be incurred for any violation of the rules and regulations of said association within one hundred feet of its grounds as are hereinbefore prescribed for any violation of the rules and regulations within said grounds. 5. Any agricultural or other society, such as is contemPolice regulations plated by the first section of this act, to whom the Kentucky Association shall lease or rent said grounds, shall, during any exhibitions held by such society, have the same powers for the preservation of order, and the suppression of disorder within and around said grounds, as are hereby conferred on the Kentucky Association; and any one violating the rules and regulations of said society during the time of such exhibitions within or hereinbefore prescribed limits, around and upon said grounds, shall be liable to the same penalties as are hereinbefore prescribed for violation of the rules and regulations of the Kentucky Association. §6. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. stockholders. CHAPTER 499. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act incorporating the Sherburne Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That an act, entitled "An act incorporating the Voting power of Sherburne Bridge Company," approved March 9, 1854, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock he may own, not exceeding twenty; each shareholder of stock over twenty shares and under thirty shall be entitled to one vote for every five shares over twenty; and each shareholder of stock over thirty shares shall be entitled to one vote for every ten shares over thirty. |