that may occur in the offices, and generally to regulate the mode and manner of performing all acts in relation to the management and prudential concerns of said company, the mode of transferring stock, which stock is hereby declared personal estate; but none of the rules and regulations shall be contrary to the laws and constitution of this state or of the United States. §2. That the management of the affairs of said company shall be under the direction of a president and a board of six directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and they shall appoint some suitable person as treasurer, and shall take from him bond with good security, in such penalty and with such condition as they may think proper, and may appoint such other officers and agents as may be required for the transaction of the business of the company; and when in their opinion necessary or proper may require from them or any of them bond as aforesaid, and for a breach of the condition of any such bond said president and board of directors, by their corporate name and style, may put the same in suit and recover thereon; and they shall cause a particular record of their proceedings to be kept in a book to be provided by the board for that purpose: Provided however, that in the event the city of Hickman takes stock in said company, the city council shall, at each election of the board of directors, appoint three of said board of directors, who shall be qualified voters of the city, and bona fide owners of real estate within the same, choosing first of their own number when expedient to do so, who when so chosen and elected, shall represent the stock and interests of said city in said company: And provided also, that when the city council appoints three of said board of directors, the individual stockholders shall only elect four directors, and these shall constitute the president and board of six directors as above mentioned. 1854. Board of di rectors to con duct the busi ness. The powers and duties. Commissioners to open books for subscription §3. That Joseph Keith, E. B. Fuqua, Jesse Edmonston, A. F. Young, and Frank. Roulhac shall be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, any one of whom shall of stock. be sufficient for the purpose, to open books for the subscription of stock, at such times and places as they may think proper, in the city of Hickman and such other places as they think most likely to accomplish the objects contemplated by this act; and when the sum of twelve thousand dollars shall be subscribed by individuals or corporations, the aforesaid commissioners, or any one of them, shall call a meeting of the stockholders, first giving reasonable notice of the time and place of the meeting; which, when assembled, shall proceed to the election of a board of seven directors, who shall immediately choose one of their number president, and then the corporation shall be considered 1854. on vessels for all sums ow. ing by them. organized and authorized to proceed to the construction of a marine railway, a dock or docks. §4. The said company may charge such fees for the May have a dockage and repair of steamboats, vessels, or other water crafts as may be fixed by said president and board of directors, and shall have a lien on all vessels, steamboats, or other water crafts, and their appendages, for all sums of money due and owing to said company by any such vessel, steamboat, or other water craft; and said president and board of directors shall declare a dividend on the capital stock of said company on the first Monday in January and July in each year, reserving such contingent fund as they may think proper. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1854. and powers. CHAPTER 874. AN ACT to incorporate the Clinton Lyceum, in Hickman county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the members of the Clinton Lyceum, in the county of Hickman, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and Corporate name style of the Clinton Lyceum, with perpetual succession, and by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of purchasing and holding all such real and personal estate as may be required for the use of said Lyceum; to receive all necessary conveyances; to sell, convey, and dispose of all such real and personal estate as they may now have or hereafter acquire: Provided, the amount vested in real estate shall at no time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. pointed, powers. their § 2. That the management of the concerns of said corTrustees ap poration shall be and is hereby confided to M. F. Ray, E. I. Bullock, Willis White, W. D. Lannom, and R. W. Walker, and their successors in office, as trustees thereof, who, or a majority of whom, shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the real or personal estate of said corporation; and service of process or notice on any of said trustees shall be sufficient service or notice to or upon said corporation. Election trustees, powers. their §3. That the trustees aforesaid shall continue in office of until the first meeting of said Lyceum held in the month. of June, 1855, when the members shall elect five trustees; and annually thereafter in the month of June a like election shall be held: Provided, that said board of trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own body which may occur, by death or otherwise, and shall have power to pass such by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state or the United States, as may be necessary to the management and safe keeping of the property and other interest of said Lyceum. And in conveying real estate it shall be necessary for the whole board of trustees to join in such conveyances. 1854. Librarian to be elected, 4. The management of the library of the Lyceum shall be entrusted to a librarian, to be elected semi-annually by powers the members, whose duty it shall be to take care of and dispose of the books and miscellanies belonging to the Lyceum, according to the laws and regulations thereof; and said librarian is hereby vested with full power and authority to bring suit and proceed at law in his own name for the recovery of any books, papers, or miscellanies belonging to the library of said Lyceum, or for the value thereof when detained, before any court having competent jurisdiction, or may sue as aforesaid for damage done by the members of said Lyceum or any other person. He shall also have power to receipt for any books or documents that may be donated, subscribed, returned, or forwarded to said Lyceum. § 5. In case a vacancy shall occur in any manner, an election may be had immediately as aforesaid. § 6. The legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, modify, or repeal this act at pleasure. Approved March 9, 1854 his CHAPTER 875. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, "an act regulating the fees and duties of the sealer of weights and measures in the county of Jefferson," ap proved January 7, 1852. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the county court of Jefferson county shall have power to regulate the duties and fees of the sealer of weights and measures, but shall not establish them higher than the following rates, but may diminish the same at pleasure, viz: for adjusting dormant scales weighing from thirty to eighty tons, seven dollars; for adjusting do. of three thousand pounds, one dollar; for do. dormant coal scales, five dollars; for do. all platform and dormant. scales, seventy-five cents; counter platform scales, forty cents; counter graded beam scales, twenty-five cents; dormant equal beam, twenty-five cents; equal balances, twenty-five cents; steelyards, twenty-five cents; small patent balances with two peas, forty cents; for patent balances over three hundred and under five hundred pounds, fifty cents; for patent do. over five hundred and under one thousand pounds, seventy-five cents; for do. over one. thousand and under three thousand pounds, one dollar; one hundred pound weights and down to five, fifteen cents; four pound weights and under, six cents a piece; sealing 1854. and testing a half bushel, ten cents; all dry measures under a half bushel, eight cents a piece; examining capacity of wine and liquor measures, seven cents a piece; for surveyors' chains, seventy-five cents; for sealing and testing a yard stick, fifteen cents. Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 876. AN ACT to incorporate St. Andrews Lodge, No. 18, in Harrison county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all the present members, and all who may hereafter become members of St. Andrews Lodge, No. 18, of Free and Accepted Masons, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of St. Andrews Lodge, No. 18, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and be capable in their corporate capacity of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded in all courts of law and equity; may have and use a common seal; shall be capable of receiving, acquiring, and holding, either by gift, purchase or devise, or otherwise, any estate, either real or personal, necessary for the support of said lodge, not exceeding in value thirty thousand dollars, and may lease, mortgage, rent, sell, and convey the same; and shall have power to make, amend, alter, and enforce all by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of said corporation and for the management of its property, as may not be inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this commonwealth and of the United States. § 2. That the general amend or repeal this act tion or repeal shall divest right to its levy funds. assembly shall have power to at pleasure; but no such alterasaid corporation of its claim or Approved March 9, 1854. CHAPTER 877. AN ACT for the benefit of Francis W. Bond, of Caldwell county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all the disabilities of infancy be removed from Francis W. Bond, of the county of Caldwell, except that of selling his estate. § 2. That upon the sale of the estate of said Francis W. Bond in the manner now provided by the general laws of the state, the court directing such sale shall order the proceeds to be paid over to him, and he may give valid ac quittances therefor, and shall exercise all the power over such proceeds that a person over the age of twenty-one years may lawfully exercise. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1854 1854. CHAPTER 880. AN ACT to incorporate the Pikeville Turnpike Road Company. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company may be formed and created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Pikeville Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a turnpike road from the division line, between the counties of Pike and Floyd on Big Sandy river, by way of Pikeville or near it, to intersect any Virginia turnpike road at any point on the Virginia and Kentucky state line. § 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be Capital stock. twenty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars. Commissioners to receive sub. §3. That books for the subscription of stock shall be opened at Pikeville under the direction of Colbert Cecil, scriptions. John N. Richardson, William Ratliff, jr., William Cecil, John Dills, John W. Emmet, and John W. Rice, or any three of them, on the third Monday in March, 1854, or as soon thereafter as they may deem necessary, and may keep them open as long as they choose. The subscribers shall enter into the following obligation, to-wit: "We, whose Covenant names are hereunto subscribed, do promise respectively to pay the president and directors of the Pikeville turnpike road company fifty dollars for each share of stock set opposite our names respectively, at such times and in such amounts as may be designated by the president and directors. Witness our hands this the day of which amount, or any part thereof, after the call has been made, shall be collected under and by the laws then in force for the collection of debts; but said calls shall not exceed five dollars on the share at any one time, nor shall the calls be oftener than thirty days apart. § 4. So soon as four thousand dollars are subscribed to the stock of said company, the commissioners shall give notice designating the time and place of the meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing the officers of said company, whose term of offices shall be twelve months, and until their successors are elected and qualified. One vote shall be allowed for each share of stock. When they may organize. Corporate name § 5. So soon as thus organized, said company shall be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of and powers. the Pikeville Turnpike Road Company, and shall have per 53-VOL. 11. |