CHAPTER 102. AN ACT giving the assessor of Trigg county one month additional time to return his books. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the assessor of Trigg county shall have one month additional time to return his books. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. 1876. Approved February 5, 1876. CHAPTER 103. AN ACT for the benefit of John Lay, sheriff of Knox county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Allowed further ti ne. 1. That further time until the first day of June, 1876, is hereby granted John Lay, sheriff of Knox county, to pay into the Treasury of the State the revenue of said county for the year 1875, instead of the first day of April, as now required by law: Provided, That before this act takes effect the Proviso. sureties on the bond of the sheriff shall enter their consent to this act on the record of the Knox county court. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 5, 1876. CHAPTER 104. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Lebanon and Perryville Turnpike Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the charter o the Lebanon and Perryville Turnpike Road Company be so amended as not to require said road company to make said road wider than it is at present; and it shall be lawful to collect the present rate of tolls without any addition to the width of the road. 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved February 5, 1876. 1876. Trustees. Term of office. CHAPTER 105. AN ACT to amend an act to charter the town of Kuttawa, in Lyon county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Charles Anderson, Andrew J. Martin, A. Judson Conant, Robert F. Dulaney, and William A. Wright, are hereby appointed trustees of said town of Kuttawa, as successors of the former trustees, whose terms of office have expired by the limitation of the said charter, and that they may hold their respective offices until the regular election on the first Monday of April next, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. § 2. That the plat and survey of said town, heretofore made in pursuance of said act, and recorded in the Lyon county clerk's office, is hereby made and declared to be the lawful plat and survey of said town; and all deeds and conveyances heretofore made, with references thereto, shall be held and deemed valid in that respect. Approved February 5, 1876. CHAPTER 106. AN ACT to amend an act to amend the charter of Fisherville and Buck Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: §1. That the act of the General Assembly, approved March 25, 1873, amending an act chartering the Buck Creek and Fisherville Turnpike Road Company, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to provide that the land-holders and renters included within the boundaries mentioned in the same act shall elect for themselves whether or not they will work on the said turnpike or county road, and such election shall govern the hands in their employ. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 5, 1876. CHAPTER 107. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Lebanon, Barbour's Mill and Mackville Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the president and directors of the Lebanon, Barbour's Mill and Mackville Turnpike Road Company shall have full power to erect and keep a toll-gate at or between said Barbour's Mill (now Vanarsdall's) and the gate nearest Lebanon, and charge the same toll at such gate as is charged. at the other gate on said road. 2. That all the provisions of the original charter of said. company, or any amendments thereunto, which allows persons going to, or returning from mill, to pass over said road free of toll, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and said company is hereby given full powers to charge and collect the same tolls from such persons as from other persons passing over said road. §3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 5, 1876. 1876. CHAPTER 110. AN ACT for the benefit of the Farmers and Drovers' Insurance Company, of Louisville, Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Release from payment of tax. 1. That the Farmers and Drovers' Insurance Company, of Louisville, is hereby exonerated and released from payment of tax on the capital stock of said company, under section 42, fire insurance law, for that proportion of the year 1874, from the 10th day of January to the 18th day of May of said year: Provided, That said company shall pay the fees Proviso. and costs of a suit now pending against them in the Franklin circuit court for the taxes due for said year. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 5, 1876. 1876. CHAPTER 111. Boundary. Trustees. Term of office. When elected. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Arlington, in the county of Ballard. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the town of Arlington, in Ballard county, the partial plat of which was formerly recorded in the county clerk's office in the town of Blandville as Nevill, with the following boundary: That there shall be planted or located a stone or post at the crossing of the centers of the streets known as Walnut and Third streets, near where Bayles & Bro.'s stable now stands, which shall designate the center of said town; and the boundary lines shall extend one fourth (4) of a mile from said point towards the four points of the compass, making one half mile square. § 2. That P. G. Cotton, H. L. Wiley, W. B. McKay, T. N. Holt, and Willis L. Ringo, be, and they are hereby, appointed trustees of said town, who shall choose one of their body as chairman, and a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business; and they shall remain in office until the first Saturday in May, 1876, and upon which day, and upon the first Saturday in May in each succeeding year thereafter, the male citizens of said town entitled to vote for representatives of the General Assembly of the age of twenty-one years, shall meet at such place as shall be designated by the trustees of said town, and choose five persons by vote viva voce to serve as trustees of said town for one year, and until their successers are duly elected and qualified. §3. That all citizens living in the town who are qualified Qualified voters. to vote and hold office under the Constitution and laws of Kentucky, are entitled to vote and hold office in said town. Police judge and town marshal when elected term of office. and give bond. § 4. A police judge and town marshal shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town on the first Saturday in May, 1876, who shall hold their office until the next regular election of county judge and sheriff of said county, at which time the said officers shall be elected for the same time as the aforesaid county officers. § 5. Said officers, including the trustees, shall, before they Shall take cath enter upon the duties of their office, take the oath prescribed by law, and the marshal shall execute bond in the county court, with approved security, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty. § 6. Said police judge shall have concurrent jurisdiction. with justices of the peace in the Arlington voting precinct, in all criminal and penal cases, and to charge the same fees for services as justices of the peace are allowed to charge. The marshal shall have concurrent jurisdiction with constables of Ballard county, and charge the same fees for their services. 7. The trustees are empowered to pass such by-laws and enact such regulations as may necessary for the good government and well-being of said town, not in contravention with the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, and to fill any vacancy in any office created by this act that may occur. 1876. Jurisdiction of police judge. Jurisdiction of town marshal. Powers of trus tees. § 8. Said trustees shall have power to levy a tax on all per- Levy of tax. sons living in said town, or owning property in the corporate limits, not exceeding twenty five cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property, ad valorem; also the power to impose a poll-tax of not over one dollar on each male citizen over the age of twenty-one years, all to be applied to meet the expenses incident to incorporation, such as payment of salaries, street repairs, &c.; and all fines and forfeitures are to be applied by the trustees in such manner as will be beneficial How applied. to the town. Shall keep record of pro § 9. The board of trustees shall consist of five members, Notice of bylows and ondi̟nances to be giv en. Shall build guard-house. § 10. The trustees shall have power to procure by purchase § 12. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. same. May sue and be sued. |