Money, how paid out. sehool. or any other officer authorized to collect taxes, as the said board may elect, in the same way as other similar taxes in this Commonwealth are collected; and when collected, the same shall be paid over to the treasurer of said town, provided he has first executed a bond for the faithful performance of his duties as required by law. § 3. Said money shall be paid out by said treasurer upon the written order of the board of school trustees for the district in which said town of Belle Point is situated: Provided, That all money so ordered to be paid out shall be for the salaries of the teachers of the public or common school in said district. § 4. All white children of the pupil age, as required Who may attend by the laws of Kentucky, residing in said town, shall have the privilege of attending said public or common school for ten months during each year; and all white children of pupil age residing in said district, but outside of the town limits aforesaid, shall be allowed to attend said school for the first five months free of charge; but after that time they shall pay such tuition as the said trustees may require, not exceeding twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of property assessed by the assessor upon the property of the parents of said children; and the said trustees may also allow children of pupil age, outside of the district, to attend said school upon payment of such tuition as the said trustees may require. Teachers. § 5. Said trustees may employ teachers and make all proper rules and regulations for the carrying on of said school. But nothing in this act shall be construed to change the law now in force in regard to the election, powers, duties and responsibilities of said trustees. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 25, 1888. CHAPTER 1266. AN ACT to provide for the holding of primary elections in Johnson county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That any election hereafter to be held by any political party in the county of Johnson, for the selection of delegates to any convention, or for the nomination of candidates for office, may be called or ordered by published notice, which shall state the purpose, time, manner, condition, together with the places, of holding such election, the authority by which the call or notice is published, and the persons who shall act as judges at each poll of said election, who shall be legal voters of the precinct or election district of which they are judges. Said notice shall also prescribe the qualifications of persons entitled to vote at such election: Provided, That the qualifications so prescribed shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, nor with the general election laws of the State. § 2. It shall be unlawful for any one to vote at such primary election who would not, at the time of voting, be a legal voter under the Constitution and laws of the State for the office for which the nomination is being made; and they must, in addition thereto, possess the qualifications prescribed in the call for such primary election. Any one violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense. § 3. A primary election, within the meaning of this act, is an election held under the order of the consti tuted authority of any political party in said county at which a person is to be voted for as delegate to any convention of said party, or as the nominee of said party, for all offices to be filled by an election afterward to be held for said office by the voters of said county, or any district or election precinct therein. § 4. It shall be the duty of all persons who act as judges and clerks at said election to take an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths that they will faithfully discharge their duties as such, and to see that an accurate poll of the vote cast is kept, and to refuse the votes of all persons not entitled to vote, and to balance up and certify the pollbook, and send the same, under seal, by one of the officers of the election, to be selected by them, to the clerk of the county court, whose duty it shall be to keep the same on file for two years thereafter, or so long as any prosecutions may be pending in the courts wherein such is used as evidence; and said books so made and kept shall be evidence of the facts therein stated. § 5. Any officer of such election, or other person who shall falsely certify to any fact in said poll-book, or who shall alter, deface, erase or change the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. § 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to influence, or offer to influence, the vote of any person at such an election, or any delegate at a convention, if such delegate shall have been elected under the provisions of this act, by the use of money or property of any kind whatever; and any one so offending shall be subject to the same punishment therefor as is or may hereafter be prescribed by the general laws of the State for bribery or attempted bribery at general elections. § 7. It shall be unlawful for any one to bet, or make a wager of money or property or other thing of value, on the results of such an election; and any one violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished in the mode now prescribed by the laws of the State for betting on the results of a regular election. § 8. It shall be the duty of the judge of the criminal court of said county to specially charge the grand jury in regard to any violations of the provisions of this act. § 9. No part of the expenses incident to the holding of elections under this act shall be chargeable to the county of Johnson nor to the State. § 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 25, 1888. CHAPTER 1267. AN ACT to incorporate the Plum Creek Mining Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. E. C. Lewis, Charles S. Grubbs, J. W. Camp- Incorporators. bell, L. M. Kirkpatrick and A. P. Jackson, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, under the direction of whom, or a majority of whom, subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the mining company hereby incorporated. § 2. That the capital stock of said Plum Creek Min- Capital stock. ing Company shall be one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each; which, however, may be increased by a vote of two-thirds of the stock at any regular meeting, or at a meeting called for that purpose by the holders of one-third of the stock or by the president. § 3. That so soon as two hundred and fifty shares of Organize. said capital stock shall be subscribed or more, and fifty shares or more paid up, any two of said commissioners may, by written or printed notice to each of the stockholders, call a meeting of such stockhold32-LOCAL LAWS, VOL. 3. Elect officers. Vote. Officers. ers at any designated place in Kentucky, and if a majority of said stock is not represented therein, those assembled may adjourn said meeting from day to day until said majority may be represented. § 4. At said meeting they may elect the officers hereafter mentioned and transact other business, and the said stockholders shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be incorporated into a company by the name of the Plum Creek Mining Company; and by that name shall be capable of purchasing, holding, leasing, selling and conveying real estate and personal property, so far as the same may be necessary, or deemed necessary by said company, to carry out the purpose of their incorporation; and shall have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued; to have and use a common seal, and to have, enjoy and exercise all the powers, rights and privileges which other corporate bodies may lawfully do, and which are granted herein. § 5. That at such meeting a board of three directors shall be elected by a majority of the stock, each share being entitled to one vote, and may be voted by the stockholder in person or by written proxy, filed with the secretary; said directors must be stockholders; and the succession shall be continued by an annual election of a directory, to be held on the corresponding day of organization of each succeeding year. If, from any reason, an election is not held at the time mentioned, then the president, or one-third in value of the stockholders, may call a meeting by ten days written or printed notice to each stockholder, and called meetings may be held at any time in the same manner. § 6. That the officers of said company shall consist of a president, secretary, treasurer and superintendent, to be elected by the directory each year immediately on its organization, and such other officers as may be necessary to be appointed by the president. The offices of president and superintendent, as well |