CHAPTER 1084. AN ACT for the benefit of William Hardwick, of Wayne county. WHEREAS, William Hardwick, of Wayne county, Kentucky, was convicted of felony in said county in the year of 1868, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary for the period of one year; he having served his time and then returned to Wayne county, and has lived there ever since a good, industrious, law-abiding and tax-paying citizen, and during this long period has been denied the right of suffrage; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 81. That the said William Hardwick be, and he is hereby, restored to the right and privilege of voting, and all the disabilities by reason of said incarceration are hereby removed. § 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Became a law without approval of Governor April 17, 1888.] CHAPTER 1085. AN ACT to amend an act to authorize the county court of Mason to subscribe to the capital stock of railroad companies, approved March 29, 1886, and also an act to amend said act, approved April 30, 1886. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county court of Mason county, composed of the presiding judge of said court and a majority of the magistrates of said county, is hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to the capital stock of "The Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad Company," in addition to the sum of fifty thousand dollars which has been heretofore subscribed under the act and amendment to the act to which this is an amendment: Provided, however, That no such additional subscription shall be made to said company unless same is necessary to pay for the right of way for its railroad between Ashland and the Campbell county line, in addition to the sums heretofore voted for said purpose by the counties of Mason, Lewis and Greenup, and the cities of Augusta and Maysville. § 2. In making said additional subscription the court shall be governed by the provisions of the act and amendment to the act to which this is an amendment, except and provided that if the additional subscription shall exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the question shall be submitted to a popular vote in same manner as the original subscription was submitted. § 3. The said county court may issue bonds of the county as in the other subscription, or levy the amount subscribed at its discretion. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved April 16, 1888. CHAPTER 1086. AN ACT to establish the Erlanger District, in Kenton County. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: district. § 1. That so much of the county of Kenton as is embraced within the following boundary, to-wit: Be- Boundary of ginning on the Covington and Lexington Turnpike Road, at the intersection of the Buttermilk Turnpike Road; thence extending with the last-named road to the gate of Joseph Cleveland's residence; thence westwardly to Dry run, including the lands of Henry Nilmeyer and James Riggs; thence northwardly down Dry run to the Boone county line; thence southwardly with the line of Boone and Kenton counties to the Florence and Independence Turnpike Road; thence eastwardly with said road to the Turkey-foot road; thence northwardly with said last-mentioned road to Turkey-foot creek; thence with said creek to Bullock Pen creek; thence eastwardly and down said last-mentioned creek to Spencer Meeks' line; thence northwardly with his east line, and including the Buckner land, to the Banklick road, at the corner of S. W. Henry and Charles Frazier's lines; thence with the Banklick road westwardly to the Junction Turnpike Road; thence eastwardly with said road to the lane between the lands of Alfred and Dorsel; thence down said lane to Horse Branch creek; thence down said creek to Cheeseman road; thence westwardly with said road to the Covington and Lexington Turnpike Road; thence southwardly on said lastnamed road to the place of beginning, is hereby created and established as a separate justices' and election district in said county; and the same shall be known as the Erlanger District. § 2. Said district shall have two voting places—one Voting places. at Erlanger and the other at the Five Mile House, on the Covington and Lexington Turnpike Road. At the next regular election to be held in Kenton county, at which justices of the peace and constables are to be elected, two justices of the peace and one constable shall be elected for said district; and the Governor of this Commonwealth shall, as soon as may be after the passage of this act, appoint and commission two justices of the peace for said district, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified as aforesaid. The justices of the peace for said district shall have jurisdiction of actions and proceedings whenever the amount or value in controversy is not more than one hundred dollars ($100), exclusive of interest and costs. The judge of the county court of Kenton county shall, as soon as may be after the passage of this act, appoint a constable of said district, who shall hold his office till his successor is elected as aforesaid and qualified. The constable for said district shall have power to arrest, without warrant, persons committing within said district the offenses of breach of the peace, assault and battery, prize-fighting, dog-fighting, cock-fighting, larceny, arson, burglary, house-breaking, trespassing, or unlawful hunting, or aiding or abetting any such offenses; but for any abuse of the powers, or for any wrong done by color of the authority hereby conferred on him, said constable shall be subject to the same liabilities as other peace officers. § 3. All laws and parts of laws that relate to the first magisterial district of Kenton county, outside of the city of Covington, with reference to the recording of deeds, mortgages, assignments, conveyances and transfers of any kind, or in reference to the institution, trial, issuing or return of any suit, action, prosecution, process, writ or judicial proceeding, act or matter of any kind under which any act, thing or proceeding is authorized or required to be done or had in the city of Covington, or at any court or office therein, or by or before any officer therein or having an office in said city, are hereby declared and made operative as to the district established by this act. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved April 16, 1888. CHAPTER 1087. AN ACT to incorporate the J. P. Barnum Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: porators and § 1. That Joseph P. Barnum and Dwight N. Marble, Names of incortheir associates, successors and assigns, are hereby corporate powers made a body-corporate with perpetual succession, ness. under the name of the J. P. Barnum Company; and in and by that name are made capable in law to acquire, to hold and occupy and enjoy all such real estate, goods and chattels, as may be necessary for the purpose and use of said corporation; and to buy and sell and convey in the manner provided for in its bylaws; and to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, defend and be defended, in all courts and places; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter, break and renew at pleasure; and to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, not contrary to the laws of the Commonwealth, as may be necessary for the government of said corporation. § 2. The general nature of the business to be transNature of busi- acted shall be the manufacture, purchase and sale of drugs, medicines, proprietary articles, chemicals, druggists' sundries, and such other goods as are incident to the wholesale and retail drug business; and the manufacture of chemical, pharmaceutical and toilet preparations, and all that pertains to the business of manufacturing and practical chemists, analytical chemists and assayers. It shall have the power to make contracts, to acquire, hold and transfer property, real, personal or mixed, possessing in these respects the same rights as a natural person. Capital stock. Officers. Board of direct ors. § 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall be twelve thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and provided, that the capital stock may, from time to time, be increased by the stockholders to any amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. The shares.shall be transferable only on the books of said company, with and by consent of the corporation, through its proper officers. § 4. The officers of said corporation shall be a president and secretary, each of whom shall be a stockholder and member of the board of directors, and either of whom may perform the duties of treasurer. § 5. The stockholders of said company shall constitute the board of directors, a majority of whom shall |