4. Whenever one thousand dollars shall be subscribed, and twenty persons may enroll their names as members of this club, then said persons are authorized to elect a president, and all other officers for the club, and make such rules, regulations and by-laws as may be necessary to successfully carry out the intentions of this organization.

§ 5. The board of directors shall have all such pow- Powers of board. ers as may be necessary, in any and every manner, for the successful organizing, carrying on this club, including the paying of fines, forfeitures, penalties and expulsions. But they shall provide for appeal to the club, on the part of any member it may decide to expel, and its decisions on such questions shall be subject to a reversal by a majority vote of the members present at the meeting which considers same.

§ 6. Besides such special meetings as may be called Called meetings. by the board of directors, the secretary shall, at the written request of five members, designating the object of the meeting, call a meeting of the club, and at such meeting any rule or regulation established by the board of directors may be vacated by a vote of a majority of the members present, or any officer or director named in the call may be removed from office by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, and the place supplied by a vote of a majority of those present. A notice posted by the secretary, in a conspicuous place in the club, for ten days, designating the time, place and object of the meeting, shall be a valid call for same.

real estate.

§ 7. This incorporation may acquire real estate or Power to hold other property, by purchase or donation, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any of the courts of this Commonwealth; use a common seal, and alter or amend same if necessary. Private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the corporate debts.

§ 8. No open bar shall be kept in the club house, Bar and games. and each member shall pay for himself only, no mem

edness.

ber being allowed to be served to any thing in the club house at the expense of another, except in company with an invited guest. Betting and gambling of every kind are prohibited at all times, and no games of cards or other games shall be played for money or its equivalent therein, nor shall any games whatever be played in the club house between the hour of closing on Saturday night and the hour of opening on Monday morning. No raffle shall be permitted in the club house, nor shall any subscription paper be posted therein, nor subscription for any purpose whatever be solicited from the members in the club rooms.

9. At no time shall the indebtedness of the said Limit of indebt- corporation exceed in amount one fourth of its paidup capital stock. The existence of said corporation shall begin the first day of September, 1888, and extend twenty-five years.

Approved April 30, 1888.

CHAPTER 1321.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for the better repair of turnpike roads in Henry county," approved April 1, 1882.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That an act, entitled "An act to provide for the better repair of turnpike roads in Henry county," approved April 1, 1882, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows, to wit: That after the word "repair," in the fourth line of section first, and before the word "describing," in said line, there is inserted the following words, to wit: "Less than eighteen feet wide, well rounded up, or less than ten inches in depth of stone well laid, twelve feet wide, and macadamized so as to pass through a two and one-half inch ring, or has a grade over four degrees." After the word "repair," in the fourth line of the

second section of said act, and before the word "be" in said line, there is inserted the words "as provided in the first section of this act ;" and after the word "repair," in the last line of said section, there is inserted the words, to wit: "The grade eighteen feet wide, well rounded up, with ten inches of stone well laid, twelve feet wide, and macadamized so as to pass through a two and a half inch ring, and with a grade of not over four degrees."

§ 2. There shall be stricken from the first line of the third section of said act the word "ninety," and in lieu thereof is inserted the word "thirty," and after the word "repair," in the second line of said section, there is inserted the following, that is: "Less than eighteen feet wide, well rounded up, or less than ten inches in depth of stone well laid, twelve feet wide, and macademized so as to pass through a two and one-half inch ring, or has a grade over four degrees.” And after the word "repair," in the third line of said section, there is inserted the words: "As provided in the second section of said act as amended hereby."

§ 3. All of section 6 of said act is hereby repealed. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage.

Approved April 30, 1888.

CHAPTER 1322.

AN ACT to confirm and quiet certain land titles in this Commonwealth, applicable to the county of Pulaski only.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That whenever any patent that has been here- Survey of lands.. tofore, or may be hereafter, issued by this Commonwealth, is void for any reason except that the land is covered by a prior patent, that patentee, or those claiming under him, may, at any time within three years rom the passage of this act, cause to be made and

Validity of repatents.

filed in the office of the Register of the Land Office a survey of said lands by metes and bounds, excepting the portions mentioned in the next succeeding section; or whenever any patent is void by reason of the grant reciting that there are lying within the exterior boundaries described therein lands which, by any form of words, are excluded from or excepted out of the grant or operation of such patent, which excluded lands are not identified or described with certainty sufficiently to locate them, any person claiming title by or through such grant may, within the period of time aforesaid, survey the exterior boundaries of such grant, and file with the Register of the Land Office a survey and plat or map of said lands, describing by metes and bounds the lands excluded from the operation of said grant, and the portion thereof mentioned in the next succeeding section. In either case, the person or persons filing such survey and plat shall be entitled to have issued to him or them, in lieu of the original grant, a new patent or patents for said land, which shall contain a description of the exterior lines of the original grant, and a description in general terms of the lands excluded, as well as the lands held by those mentioned in section 2 in this act, referring to the survey and plat for particular description. Said new patent shall give the date and number of the original grant, and shall be operative as of the date of the original grant: Provided, however, That before such new patent shall issue, the person or persons entitled to the same shall make it appear to the Register of the Land Office that all the taxes due the State upon such land have been paid up to the time of filing said survey and plat.

2. Whenever lands embraced by such void patents have been re-surveyed and re-patented before the eighth day of March, 1881, pursuant to the provisions of statutes regulating the proceedings for issuing patents upon surveys of two hundred acres or under, such re-patents first issued are hereby declared valid,

and the land covered by them shall not be surveyed or patented under the provisions of section one (1) of this act; and whenever any person has, in good faith, settled upon any lands embraced in said void patents, and has resided thereon previous to March 1, 1888, he shall be entitled to hold one hundred acres of said land as a homestead, to be laid off, as near as may be, I in a square around his improvements; and he may obtain a patent for the same from the land office, and the same shall not be surveyed under the first section of this act; or if such settler, or those under whom he claims, has a patent from the CommonI wealth of Kentucky for the land upon which he resides, he shall be entitled to the number of acres within such patent, not exceeding two hundred; and I whenever any person has held adverse possession for fifteen years of any part of the lands embraced in such void patents, the lands so held shall not be I surveyed under the provisions of section one (1) of this act, and such persons may take out a patent for the same.

whom to be

§ 3. The survey provided for in this act shall be Survey, by done by the surveyor of the county where the land, made. or the greater part thereof, lies, or by a competent surveyor appointed by the county court, who shall first take an oath to faithfully perform his duty under this act. Before commencing the survey he shall give notice thereof in writing to all persons whose lands are excepted by the second section of this act, residing in the county, and to those residing elsewhere, so far as known to him.

4. The claimant filing the survey under section 1, Chain of title. if he be not the original patentee under the void patent, shall also file therewith a chain of title in the Register's Office, showing his connection with the original patent.

§ 5. Caveats may be filed in the same manner, and Caveats. the same proceedings may be had thereon, in respect

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