Corporators. CHAPTER 1398. AN ACT to incorporate the Georgetown Street Railroad Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That J. Webb, W. Z. Thomson, Ab. Sinclair, Eugene Rucker, G. V. Payne and S. M. Davis, be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corCorporate name. porate, under the name and style of the Georgetown Street Railroad Company; and as such may sue and be sued, have a common seal, and are hereby invested with such powers as are not inconsistent with the laws of this State and the United States, which may be necessary to carry on successfully the business of the company. Capital stock. other officers. § 2. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; but upon the subscription of two thousand dollars to its capital stock, said subscribers and stockholders may meet and organize President and by the election of not more than five directors, and said directors, so chosen, may elect a president and such other officers as they may deem proper. The capital stock may be divided into shares of twentyfive dollars each, and the certificates of stock shall be signed by the president and secretary, and may be transferred on the books of the company in the manner to be prescribed by the by-laws of the company. and business 3. Said company shall have the right to construct General objects and operate a street railway from the depots of the Cincinnati Southern Railway in Georgetown, to such point or points in Georgetown as said company may determine, and to use the streets of said town of Georgetown, and occupy the same with the tracks of said railway, upon such reasonable conditions as may be imposed by the board of trustees of said town. § 4. This act may be amended, altered or repealed at the pleasure of the General Assembly. 5. The company shall begin work in good faith within two years from the date of this charter. Approved May 1, 1888. CHAPTER 1399. AN ACT to empower the county court of Powell county to build bridges across Red river, and to issue bonds to pay for the same. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county court of Powell county, a majority of the justices of the peace being present and concurring therein, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect two bridges across Red river, in said county, at such points as said court shall designate, at a cost of not exceeding six thousand dollars for each bridge. 2. That said court shall issue and sell the bonds of said county for that purpose, and it may appoint a commissioner, or the county judge of said county, to sell said bonds. Said bonds to be of such denomination, and to be due and payable at such time, as said court shall direct, and shall bear no greater rate of interest than six per cent. per annum; shall not be sold for less than their par value; which bonds shall be signed by the county judge and attested by the county clerk, and shall not be binding unless so signed and attested. § 3. The provisions of this act shall not become operative until the proposition to build said bridges shall be submitted to and approved by a majority of the legal votes cast at an election to be held at each and all of the voting precincts of Powell county, on a day to be fixed by said court, which election shall be held between the hours of seven o'clock A. M., and six o'clock P. M., on the day so fixed by said court, all persons being entitled to vote at said election who on that would be eligible to vote for Representatives in the Legislature. The clerk of the county court shall prepare the poll-books for the election, heading one column "For the erection of the bridges," and the other column "Against the erection of the bridges." and the votes shall be recorded as the voters may express themselves; the questions to be asked the voters: "Are you for the erection of bridges?" or "Are you against the erection of bridges?" The officers of the election shall be appointed as under existing law in reference to general elections, and the poll-books shall be returned and be compared in the same manner. If a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the erection of said bridges, the examining board shall so certify, and the clerk of the county court shall at once record the same in his office, and then the provisions of this act shall be in full force. Twenty days notice of said election shall be given by the sheriff or the county judge, by written or printed notices in each of the precincts of the county: Provided, however, That a failure to give such notice shall in no way affect said election, if held and said vote taken. § 4. That for the purpose of paying off said bonds and interest, said court may levy an ad valorem tax, of not exceeding fifty cents, in any one year, on each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county, and a per capita tax of not exceeding one dollar in any one year on each tithe in said county, to be collected, accounted for, and under the same responsibilities as other county taxes are now required by law to be collected and accounted for. § 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 1, 1888. CHAPTER 1400. AN ACT to prohibit the running at large of hogs in Greenup county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit or allow their hogs to run at large upon the public highways or roads in Greenup county, or upon the streets, by-ways or alleys of any incorporated town in said county. § 2. That for any violation of the provisons of this. act, the party so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction. § 3. That a lien is hereby created in favor of the Commonwealth upon said stock so running at large, for the payment of any fine and costs of prosecutions. assessed under this act, which, if not paid within fivedays from the rendition of the judgment, shall be enforced by execution, and, when collected, shall be paid over to the trustee of the jury fund. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 1, 1888. CHAPTER 1401. AN ACT to require the Kentucky Central Railroad Company, and its assigns, to provide safety-gates, and to keep a watchman at the crossing of its road over the Paris and Winchester Turnpike Road, at Paris, Bourbon county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be the duty of the Kentucky Central Railroad Company, and its assigns, to provide and keep safety-gates, and a watchman stationed every day from six o'clock A. M., until six o'clock p. M., at the crossing of the Kentucky Central Railroad over the Paris and Winchester Turnpike, at Paris, Bourbon county. § 2. For every day after June 1, 1838, that the said Kentucky Central Railroad Company, or its assigns, shall fail to have safety gates, or a watchman, at the place designated in the first section hereof, said company shall be fined not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by indictment in the Bourbon circuit court. § 3. This act shall be in force from and after its pas sage. Approved May 1, 1888. CHAPTER 1402. AN ACT to incorporate the Brandenburg Natural Gas-light, Fuel and Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That W. H. Richardson, Jr., A. W. Moreman, Incorporators. Z. T. Herndon, George H. Casperke, John Frakes, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body-corporate, under the name of the Brandenburg Natural Gas-light, Fuel and Manufacturing Company; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and the power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded; to take, hold, own and in anywise alien property, real, personal and mixed; to have a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure; and to make rules and regulations, and to establish by-laws for the management of the affairs of said company, not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States. |