1 be the same as authorized by the General Statutes to railroad and turnpike companies, being entitled "Condemnation of Land for Railroads and Turn pikes." house. § 7. The keeper of the poor and work-house shall Keeper of poorbe required to furnish and put in place all the rock ! and stone required for street crossings, and to remove all the mud and waste from the streets for the city necessary to keep them clean, for which he shall receive the same compensation now allowed for like material and services. § 8. The grading and supervision of the streets and Streets. highways of the city shall, subject to the regulations of the general council, be under the direction of the city surveyor, and for his services he shall receive such a salary as the general council may provide, not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum. That the treasurer of the city, for collecting all Treasurer. moneys received by him for the city for licenses, shall, in addition to his salary as fixed by ordinance, be entitled to the same percentage allowed to the city collector for money received by him for licenses. § 9. That after the expiration of the terms of office for which the present city officers now in office have been elected, the salaries, fees and compensation of all city officers may at any time be altered and changed by the general council, in its discretion, whether before the commencement of as well as during the term of any officer, not, however, beyond the maximum amount now allowed by law. § 10. The judge of the Lexington city court shall receive such salary as may be allowed by the general council, not exceeding twenty-five dollars per month. taxation. § 11. The general council shall have the power and Exempt from authority, if in their discretion they deem it best, to exempt from taxation for city purposes stocks, bonds, money and choses in action of every kind whatsoever; 49-LOCAL LAWS, VOL. 3. Issue bonds. Recorder's court. department. or they may fix and regulate the rate of taxation upon the same, not beyond that fixed and collected upon real estate. This exemption, in the discretion of the general council, may be applied to the tax levy for the present year. § 12. The mayor and general council of the city of Lexington are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in any amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, payable thirty years after date, but redeemable any time after twenty years there. from, at the option of the city, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds to be first applied to the payment and satisfaction of the floating debt of said city. § 13. The recorder's court of the city of Lexington, from and after the passage of this act, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all pleas of the Commonwealth arising within the corporate limits of said city, when the punishment is limited to a fine of fifty dollars; but nothing in this section shall be construed to divest the justices of the peace, whose districts are included within said city, of the jurisdiction of infractions of the penal laws now exercised by them. 14. No member of the police or fire department Police and fire shall be a delegate to, or in any manner take part in, any political convention, or in any election, primary or legal, except to cast his own vote. No person shall be eligible to the position of policeman unless he be known to be of good moral character, sober, discreet, and to lead a moral life; not under twenty-eight and not over fifty years of age. No person shall be a policeman or fireman while under indictment for felony; nor shall any one be permitted to remain in service as such while under indictment for felony; nor shall any person be retained on the police force who makes his abode in a house where liquor is sold, or who is in any way interested in the sale of liquor. § 15. No policeman or member of the fire depart ment shall, at any election, primary or legal, remain at any voting place or poll, or approach nearer to the same than sixty feet, save only for these following purposes: To make an arrest under a warrant or for an offense committed in his presence; for a felony without a warrant; to cast his vote; to suppress a breach of the peace then impending, when called upon to do so by the authorities conducting the election, or when called upon by said authorities to aid them in the fair and impartial discharge of their duties. A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed an interference with an election, and shall subject any policeman or fireman so offending, on conviction under indictment in the Fayette circuit court, to a fine of not less than two hundred and not more than five hundred dollars, and confinement in the county jail of Fayette county not less than six and not more than twelve months. On the finding of any such indictment, the policeman or fireman so indicted shall be at once dismissed. For being drunk, or for any violation of duty, any policeman or fireman shall be at once dismissed. No person convicted of a felony, either in or out of this State, shall be eligible as a fireman or policeman. § 16. It shall be the duty of the county attorney of County attorney. Fayette county to make an examination of the an nual statement, accounts and affairs of the city collector and of the city treasurer, at the end of each fiscal year, and to carefully examine and compare the annual settlement of each, and to report, in writing, the result of such examination to the general council at its next regular meeting after such examination; and for his services in this respect he shall receive a salary of three hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly out of the city treasury as other claims are paid. 17. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved May 3, 1888. CHAPTER 1456. AN ACT to authorize the Fayette county court to subscribe stock for turnpike purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the county court of Fayette county, a majority of the justices of the peace of said county concurring, is hereby authorized to subscribe, if said court shall deem it prudent and wise to do so, to the capital stock of any company organized, or that may hereafter be organized, to grade and macadamize Bryan's road, running from the Winchester pike, in Fayette county, to the Todd's road in the same county, not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars per mile for each mile hereafter constructed; and a like sum to any company that may hereafter be organized to grade and macadamize the Dry Branch road, running from a point on the Jack's creek road, near the Pulley lane, to a point near the mouth of Cofer's branch, two miles more or less, upon such terms and conditions to secure the right of the tax-payers as said court may deem best. 2. The said court is also authorized to look into the affairs of the Athens and Walnut Hill Turnpike Company; and if it is deemed right and equitable to do so, they are empowered to increase the subscription heretofore made to the capital stock of said road to one thousand and fifty dollars per mile. § 3. All expenditures of the character set forth in this act shall be made by the county court on business principles, and under such supervision as may be necessary to guard and protect the welfare of all the people of the county. § 4 This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved May 3, 1888. CHAPTER 1457. AN ACT authorizing all persons living on the Meat-house fork of Wolf creek, in Martin, to erect and keep water-gaps across said fork from its mouth to Lee Robinson's mill. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: s 1. That all persons living on the Meat house fork of Wolf creek, in Martin county, be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect and keep water-gaps on said fork, at any place they may desire, from its mouth to Lee Robinson's mill: Provided, That the same is opened for the free passage of timber, or any other thing that may be necessary to float out on the stream, when demanded to do so by any person owning or controlling timber, or any other thing that they may have on hand to float out of said fork. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved May 3, 1888. CHAPTER 1458. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend and reduce into one the several acts in relation to the town of Shelbyville," approved March 22, 1873, and all subsequent acts amendatory thereto. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the board of trustees of the town of Shelbyville be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to open and establish any additional street or alley within the corporate limits of said town that is now or may hereafter be necessary for the convenience of the town or of the citizens thereof: Provided, That in the condemnation of any property that may be necessary for the opening of any street or alley, said trustees shall proceed according to, and be gov |