grant was prevented by a caveat which was entered such grant, upon which caveat it was finally decided that no grant should be issued for said land, whereby the same is entirely lost to said Lewis. For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That upon Theodore W. Lewis filing in the county court of said county a release of right or interest in or to two hundred and seventy acres of said land warrant No. 237, and in and to the survey made by virtue thereof, which was caveated as aforesaid, said county court shall be authorized to issue a new land warrant to said Lewis for two hundred and seventy acres, or to refund to him the proportionable part of the price paid for said land warrant. 1854. Approved March 1, 1854. CHAPTER 389. AN ACT establishing a Police Court in the town of Louisa. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a police court be and the same is hereby established in the town of Louisa, in Lawrence county, which court shall consist of a judge and marshal, who shall be elected by the qualified voters in said town, at the same time that the county judges of the state are elected. Police court organized. Police judge and marshal to § 2. The first election for said officers shall be held on the first Monday in August, 1854, and said election shall be elected. be conducted by the same officers appointed to conduct the election of a county judge, and shall give certificates of election in the same manner, and return the poll books to the same office, and within the same time as they are now required to do, in relation to elections for county judges. In case of tie ded. §3. In case of a tie, the same shall be decided in the same manner, at the same time, and under the same rules vote how deci. and regulations as now prescribed by law in relation to a tie vote for county judges; and all vacancies in either of said offices of police judge and marshal shall be filled in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as prescribed by law in relation to justices of the peace. § 4. The said police judge and marshal shall reside and Their duties. keep their offices within the limits of said town, and shall be commissioned by the governor, and each shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, take the oath prescribed by the constitution, and in addition thereto the following: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the various duties enjoined on me by law, to the best of my ability. So help me God." 1854. coute bond. Which oath may be administered by any officer authorized § 5. The marshal shall, at the first county court of LawMarshal to ex- rence county after he shall have received his commission, enter into bond with good security, payable to the commonwealth, conditioned to discharge faithfully and impartially all the duties required of him by law, and may be sued upon from time to time by any person feeling himself aggrieved. Said bond shall be kept and filed away in the county court clerk's office, and the clerk shall be allowed the same fees therefor as he is now allowed for similar services in relation to constables. police judge. § 6. The police judge shall have the same qualifications Jurisdiction of as a justice of the peace, and the marshal those of a constable, and each may be removed by judgment of the circuit court, upon presentment of the grand jury, for misfeasance or malfeasance in office, subject to an appeal to the court of appeals; said police court shall have jurisdiction of all violations of the by-laws and ordinances of said town, and shall also have the same jurisdiction of all cases within the limits of said town, as justices of the peace have. The police judge shall have power to issue attachments and injunctions in the same manner and under the same regulations prescribed by the code of practice. marshal. § 7. The marshal shall exercise the same powers now Powers of the granted by law to constables, and entitled to the same fees for similar services. Appeals from said police court shall be had to the county court and circuit courts, under the same rules and regulations as now govern appeals from justices' courts. of said officers. § 8. That said police judge and marshal shall each deFurther duties liver over to his successor any books or papers pertaining to each office. The marshal shall execute all process of said court when directed to him; but the police judge may for good cause direct the process to any constable or sheriff of said county, who shall execute the same. Approved March 1, 1854. 13 T CHAPTER 390. AN ACT authorizing the County Court of Hancock county to levy an ad- this act, for county purposes, as now authorized by law: Provided, that no levy shall be made under this act except at the courts of claims, or as now provided by law. Approved March 1, 1854., 1854. CHAPTER 391. AN ACT for the benefit of the Judge Advocate of the 76th regiment of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the present judge advocate of the 76th regiment of Kentucky militia, of Hopkins county, have until the first day of May, 1854, to return the delinquent list of said regiment for the year 1852, to the sheriff of Hopkins county, and that said sheriff be required to account for them by the first day of January, 1855. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 1, 1854... CHAPTER 392. AN ACT to authorize the trustees of Columbia and Sherburne to sell streets and alleys, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the trustees of the towns of Columbia, in Adair county, and Sherburne, in Fleming county, be and they are hereby respectively authorized, a majority of the trustees of said towns respectively concurring therein, to sell and convey any of the streets or alleys of said towns which in their respective opinions may be closed without inconvenience to the public: Provided, a majority of the respective boards of trustees concur in said sale or sales, and join in the necessary deed or deeds of conveyance therefor. Approved March 1, 1854. CHAPTER 393. AN ACT to change the line dividing the voting precincts of Lancaster and Bryantsville, in Garrard county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That from and after the passage of this act the division line of the voting precincts of Lancaster and Bryantsville, in the county of Garrard, be and the same is so far altered and changed as to embrace within the limits of said Lancaster precinct the farms now occupied by Hamilton Duggins, Hiram Collier, James M. 1854. Pollard, George Beazley, Robert Beazley, William Farmer, § 2. That hereafter in all elections that may be held the Approved March 1, 1854. 26 CHAPTER 395. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Frankfort Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Approved March 1, 1854. Corporate name company: CHAPTER 396. AN ACT to incorporate the Blue Licks Hotel and Water Company. WHEREAS, experience has shown that the mineral waters at the Lower Blue Licks, in Nicholas county, are valuable conservatives and restoratives of health; and whereas, it is represented to the Legislature of Kentucky that, for the want of sufficiently extensive accommodations, large numbers of invalids, citizens of Kentucky and the west and south, seeking an asylum during the sickly season, are prevented from the full enjoyment of those waters, and are consequently forced to seek other quarters, in other states, to the manifest prejudice of Kentucky interest, capital, and social connexion. For remedy whereof, §1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company shall be formed by the name and style of the Blue Lick Hotel and Water Company. §2. That the object of said company shall be the erecObjects of tion of such buildings, making such improvements, and procuring such accommodations as may be necessary for the promotion and preservation of the health, comfort, and amusement of the travelers and visitors to said waters. §3. That the capital stock of said company shall be seventy-five thousand dollars, to be divided into seven hundred and fifty shares of one hundred dollars each. Capital stock. 1854. Constituted a Capital may Corporate pow. § 4 That the owners of the stock of said company shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession, to have all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation for corporate body. a special purpose; and shall be capable of holding their capital stock, and the increase and profit thereof, and enlarging the same from time to time, in such manner and be increased. form as they shall think proper, (if such enlargement shall be necessary to carry out and fulfil the object and intent of this act ;) and of purchasing and holding, to them and their successors and assigns forever, and of selling and ers. conveying in fee simple, and to rent or lease the same, such lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estate, not exceeding five hundred acres, as may be necessary to them in the legitimate prosecution of their business; and of purchasing and holding of such goods, chattels, and effects as may be necessary and convenient for the improvement of the grounds, the erection and furnishing buildings, such as may be necessary to an establishment of that kind, and the same to sell, grant, lease, or otherwise dispose of; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in courts of record or any other place; and also to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or amend at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being contrary to law and this act; and generally, to do and execute all and singular such acts, matters, and things as a corporation for particular purposes might rightfully do. President and managers to be chosen annual § 5. For conducting the affairs of said corporation, there shall be a president and four managers chosen annually by the stockholders at a general meeting to be held at the 1y, Lower Blue Licks, on the first day of August in each year, at some place to be designated by the stockholders at their general meeting: Provided, that the first election of president and managers shall not be included in the said regulation, but shall be held in a manner hereafter pointed out in this act: And provided also, that in case it shall happen that an election of president and managers shall not be made when pursuant to this act it might have been done, the said corporation shall not be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of president and managers at such time and place as the president and managers last before chosen shall direct, not being inconsistent with this act; and the president and managers before last chosen, shall continue in office until such new election shall be made, and in case of the death, resignation, or absence of the president or any manager, his place shall be filled by some person chosen by a majority of the remaining members of the board. Term of office. Vacancies, how alled. |