bridge, or any part thereof, or cause the same to be done, such person so offending shall be deemed guilty of arson, and punished accordingly. § 7. If the owner of any land necessary for abutments, the site or any avenue, rock or stone quarries, or the ferry over which said bridge shall pass, shall object to sell the same, or an agreement between the parties cannot be effected, the board of directors shall apply to the county judge of Fleming and the county judge of Bath, if situated in Fleming to the judge of that county, and if in Bath to the judge of that county, and for the ferry privileges to the judges of both counties, for a writ of ad quod damnum to issue, and which may be issued, directed to the sheriff or sheriffs of the said counties, requiring him or them to summon a jury of twelve disinterested housekeepers to appear on some given day, on the premises; and after they have thus assembled, shall be sworn by the sheriff or some justice of the peace to well and truly enquire into the value of the property above named and thus condemned, and the amount of damages thereof sustained by the parties, according to the facts submitted to them by the parties, shall proceed to value the same and assess the damages, if there be any, which shall be paid to the parties thus damaged by said company: Provided, that in the valuation of the ferry privileges six jurors are to be _summoned from Fleming and the like number from Bath: And provided further, that the said company are to cross on said bridge all persons free of toll that the said ferry is required to do by the conveyance of the same by the trustees of John Andrews to Wm. and Charles Pearce, and in no event are the company to interfere with the right of the above named parties until this section is complied with on the part of said company. And the title to the lands thus condemned, together with the ferry privileges, shall vest in said company; and the owners of the same, upon payment agreeable to the above, shall execute a deed of conveyance thereof of the legal title to the same. 1854. How damages may be assessed. Restrictions on § 8. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to give to said company the power to obstruct the navigation of the company. Licking river, by the building of said bridge. § 9. That the said board of directors shall have the power to obstruct the ford over said river at Sherburne : Provided, that the said company charge no toll to any person or persons going to or from Sherburne, on business, with their vehicles, or in any other manner, when said river is fordable for wagons, and persons going to mill on horseback. § 10. The Maysville and Mountsterling Turnpike Road Company shall have power to take stock in said bridge, and may vest in such stock the fair proportion of interest of the commonwealth in said road, in the same maner that they may vest the interest of private stockholders. Who may teks stock, &c. 1854. 11. The provision of this act is such that in no event is said bridge to be built without giving satisfaction for the ferry privileges. Approved March 9, 1854. corporated. CHAPTER 749. AN ACT incorporating Wolford Encampment, No. 18, I. O. O. F., in the §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the CommonMembers in wealth of Kentucky, That James M. Moore, John M. Houston, James Sommerville, John W. Bouser, John Stevens, James Sayre, John B. Davies, George Ainslie, and their associates, members of Wolford Encampment, No. 18, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the city of Louisville, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of Wolford Encampment, No. 18, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and they and their associates and successors shall so continue and have perpetual succession, and by that name shall be capable in law to have and use a common seal, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to answer and defend in all courts and elsewhere as natural persons, and may ordain and put in execution such laws, rules, and regulations for its government and the management of its affairs, and may change and renew the same, as they may deem proper, provided they be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. May hold and dispose of prop erty. May establish brary. $2. The said corporation shall have power and authority to acquire and hold real and personal estate, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in value, exclusive of buildings, and from time to time, if deemed expedient, sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and to reinvest or dispose of the proceeds, and to create a fund in the same manner for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the members of the corporation that may decease, sufficient to yield an annual income not exceeding one thousand dollars, and to make and change laws for its management and distribution. §3. The said corporation shall have power to establish a school or library, or either, and to acquire and hold, for & school or li that purpose, a fund in the manner named in section second, for the support of the same, or either, sufficient to yield an annual sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, and to appoint suitable teachers and stewards, and other necessary officers, and to remove the same at pleasure; and may ordain and execute and change all laws, rules, and regulations which it may deem necessary and proper, so that they be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States. 4. In the event of a dissolution of this corporation, its effects and property shall become the property of the Grand Encampment of Kentucky of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. § 5. The general assembly hereby reserves the right to repeal or change this act at pleasure-such repeal not to invalidate any title to property aquired under this act. Approved March 9, 1854. 1854. Reverson of property. Reserved rights CHAPTER 750. AN ACT in relation to a new road in Lewis and Carter counties. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a tax of three cents per acre be and the same is hereby authorized to be levied on all the lands lying in the counties of Lewis and Carter, between Vanceburg and the residence of Mr. Andrew Lockers, on the Sandy pike, in Carter county, and within three miles of the road hereinafter authorized to be constructed. Said tax to be ascertained by the assessors books in said counties for the year 1854; and the sheriffs of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to collect the same, in the same manner that they do the revenue of said counties, and that they hold the same in their hands upon the same security as the revenue tax. The county court of Lewis may by its order, at any regular term, entered of record, appoint an engineer or commissioner to select a route and locate a road, to be built and måde, commencing at said Vanceburg and running to the residence of said Andrew Lockers, who shall make a thorough examination, and locate said road upon the nearest, best, and most practicable ground, and make his written report to said county court of Lewis, to be safely kept by the clerk of said court; whereupon said court shall make an order directing the sheriff of Lewis county to proceed in the collection of the tax aforesaid; a copy of said order shall be transmitted to the county court of Carter, to be entered of record in that court, and an order made by the Carter county court, directing the sheriff to proceed in the collection of the tax aforesaid in said county; and when collected, or any part thereof, he shall pay the same over to the sheriff of Lewis county. The county court of Lewis county shall make all necessary orders from time to time, in aid of the completion of said road, and shall order the sheriff of Lewis county to pay over the taxes aforesaid, or any part thereof, whenever necessary to aid in the furtherance of said road. And if said tax for the year 1854 be insufficient to complete said road, then the same three cents tax shall again be levied for the year following, and so on for three years thereafter, and 1854. collected and paid over in the same manner; and when said road shall have been completed, the county courts of Lewis and Carter shall have the same jurisdiction and control, to keep the same in good order, as they now have over other public roads in said counties. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 751. AN ACT for the benefit of C. F. Jenkins, Sheriff of Caldwell county Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That C. F. Jenkins, sheriff of Caldwell county, be allowed the further time of two years to make return of his delinquent list for muster fines assessed in the year 1852; and that this act take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 752. AN ACT changing the voting place in District No. 3, in Johnson county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the voting place in district No. 3, in Johnson county, be and the same is hereby changed from the house of Henry Jones to the school house, in school district No. 25, in said district. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 753. AN ACT for the benefit of William M. Fox, late Clerk of the Pulaski Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act the further time of two years is hereby allowed to William M. Fox, late clerk of the Pulaski circuit and county courts, to list and collect his fee bills for the years 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849, and distrain for the same: Provided however, the said William M. Fox shall in all other respects be subject to the laws now in force in regard to the issuing and collecting of illegal fee bills. CHAPTER 754. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Louisville and Cane Run Plank §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the charter of the Louisville and Cane Run Plank Road Company be so amended that said company may branch said road to the Ohio river, at a point at or near the landing known as the Dry Docks, with the same privileges and under the same restrictions as allowed in their original charter. §2. That for the purpose of completing said road and branch, the persons owning stock in said road, or such as may hereafter become stockholders in said road, shall be exempt from working on county roads, at the rates of one road titheable for each one hundred dollars of stock he may own in said road. Approved March 9, 1854. 1854. CHAPTER 756. AN ACT changing the time of holding the Larue Quarterly Courts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act, the judge of the Larue county court shall hold the quarterly terms of said court on the third Mondays of March, June, September, and December, instead of the first, as now fixed by law. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 757. AN ACT for the benefit of C. D. Jackson, late Sheriff of Daviess coun ty. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That C. D. Jackson, late sheriff of Daviess county, have the further time of two years from the passage of this act to collect and distrain for revenue tax and county levies uncollected and due him in the county of Daviessfor the year 1850. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 759. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Rough and Ready. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the town of Rough and Ready, in the county of Anderson, is hereby incorporated. The boundaries of which town shell be as follows, viz: Begin its of the town. 43-VOL. II. Corporate lim |