tolls; and said rate of toll per mile shall not exceed the rate allowed by law. § 2 This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved May 3, 1888. CHAPTER 1517. AN ACT to incorporate the Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That D. H. Carpenter, T. J. Sweaney, R. Bar- Incorporators. tow, Albein Stein, D. D. Eastham, John McDyer, W. A. Patton, Ben Mann, H. H. Hogan, W. B. Andrews, C. Cecil, Jr., C. W. Sheritt, L. L. Everett, John G. Patton, G. C. Fisher, L. W. Patton, H. Krish, James W. Damron, T. R. Brown, A. C. Campbell, R. H. Prichard, L. T. Moore, A. Mims, C. W. Berger, Harlan Wellman, J. S. Patton, Wm. Smiley, M. V. Graham, Millard Cole, A. M. Crow, J. H. McConnell, N. H. Hogan, and their associates, are hereby created a body-politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, under the name of the "Catlettsburg Chamber Corporate name. of Commerce," and by that name may sue and be Corporate powsued, answer and defend, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts and places as a natural person; and may receive and hold property and effects, real and personal, by gift, devise and purchase, and invest or reinvest, or dispose of the same by sale, lease or otherwise, and improve the same; and may establish or promote a stock exchange, or any enterprise for the advancement of the general welfare of the said town; may have and use a common seal, and make such rules, regulations and by-laws as may advance the By-laws. commercial, literary, artistic and scientific interest and character of the town of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and rules and by-laws for its own government; may ers. Capital stock. directors. Officers. fix and determine just rules and customs among its business community; acquire, disseminate useful information connected with the objects and purposes connected herewith; and avoid and adjust, as far as practicable, the controversies and misunderstandings which may arise between members of this corporation engaged in trade, when they have no acknowledged rules to guide them, such rules and regulations not to be contrary to the Constitution and laws of these United States or of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; and its principal place of business shall be in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. § 2. That the capital stock of said Catlettsburg "Chamber of Commerce" shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, and be divided into shares of five dollars each. The certificate of stock herein shall be signed by the president of said Chamber of Commerce, and countersigned thereof, and issued in the manner, terms and numbers prescribed by the board of directors. § 3. That said Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce Annual election shall, on the third Monday of May in each year, hold an election for eleven directors, who shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and in voting therefor each stockholder in said Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock owned, said votes to be cast in person. Said directors shall elect a president and two vice-presidents, a secretary and treasurer of said Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce, and fix the term of office and salary of the secretary and treasurer thereof, and employing such other agents for carrying out the object of said corPresident's pow. poration as it may deem expedient. The president shall have power to call together the directors when, in his judgment, it seems necessary, and must so call upon the written request of five members of the directory, said request stating the object of said call. Said directors are hereby empowered to fix days of er, etc. their regular meetings. The president or vice-presidents must, if possible, always attend the meetings of said directors. § 5. That for the purpose and object herein men- Tax levied. tioned, there shall be levied a tax not exceeding ten cents upon each one hundred dollars of all property within the corporate limits of the town of Catlettsburg, taxable for corporate purposes under the charter of the town of Catlettsburg. The taxes aforementioned shall be sacredly devoted to the purposes and objects herein mentioned. The said Catlettsburg Disposition of Chamber of Commerce has hereby the right of issu- Issue of bonds. ing bonds for the purposes and objects aforesaid, not to exceed the amount of the capital stock paid in, and a further sum equal to the taxes levied for any current year, and bonds not to run exceeding ten years; and said bonds are to be signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary thereof; but said taxes shall not be assessed, levied and collected until, by a popular vote of a majority of the citizens of said town voting at an election to be hereinafter specified, and the right of said taxes shall be granted and confirmed by said town. The proposition shall stand "For or against" the Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce, and shall be submitted to the vote of said citizens by an ordinance passed by the board of trustees of said town of Catlettsburg, in pursuance of a request, in writing, from the board of directors of the 'Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce;" but the ordinances fixing said elections shall be first published, as provided for the publication of the ordinances of said town; and when said taxes are collected, they shall be turned over by the officers so collecting to the said "Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce," and the said officer so collecting shall be responsible for said taxes as he is now for the taxes of said town. § 6. This act shall take effect and be in full force from its passage. Approved May 3, 1888. taxes. Corporators. ers. CHAPTER 1518. AN ACT to incorporate the Jessamine County Fair Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That E. R. Sparks, G. W. Sandusky, W. A. Logan, J. A. Logan, J. W. Hayden, J. W. Carroll, Leslie Cleveland, S. C. Lyne, John Steele, J. D. Hughes, and John Turner and Wm. H. McCarty, and their associates, successors, assigns, be, and are hereby, constitued a body-politic and corporate, by the name Corporate name. of the Jessamine County Fair Company; and by that Corporate pow- name shall have succession for twenty years, with power to sue and be sued in all courts of this Commonwealth; to contract and be contracted with; and shall have power to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, any quantity of land in said county of Jessamine, not exceeding fifty acres, and personal property not exceeding in value eight thousand dollars, and may hold and enjoy the same; they may have and use a common seal, which may be changed or altered at pleasure of the directors. Capital stock. Receive sub. scription stock. § 2. The capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of ten dollars each, to be subscribed for and taken agreeable to such rules and regulations as the company may direct. Each and every one of the incorporators are hereby authorized to receive subscription of stock in said corporation, at any time or place they may think proper, until a sufficiency is subStock limited. scribed, but not to exceed in the whole the sum of ten thousand dollars, which shall be paid in such calls as the board of directors may require; and all money or property belonging to said company shall be held by the board of directors in trust for the use and benefit of the company, and the net proceeds of the same distributed among the stockholders according to the amount held by each. 3. The officers of said corporation shall consist of officers. a president, vice-president, and five directors, to be chosen by the stockholders, voting by shares, either in person or by proxy, each share counting one vote, at their annual meeting on the third Saturday in May of each year. The officers elected shall hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The board of directors shall Secretary. power to elect or appoint a secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem necessary, and to hold office during will of directors, and shall perform such duties as the board of directors shall prescribe. The said corporation may hold semi-annually, and at such times as they may deem best, fairs for the exhibition of stock, agricultural and mechanical implements and products, and such other articles as the board of directors may permit to be exhibited, and for the trials of speed of stock for I trotting, running and pacing, and award such premiums as they deem best. I § 4. The board of directors inay rent or let their Directors' duties. property or grounds for any picnic, pleasure party, or any other lawful purpose, when they deem best or proper. The same law in regard to the sale of and drinking of spirituous liquors that now apply to churches and during religious services, now in force under General Statutes, shall apply to all their meetings held under this act. § 5. This act shall be in force from and after its pas sage. Approved May 3, 1888. CHAPTER 1519. AN ACT for the benefit of Mahala J. Marshall, as executrix of J. B. WHEREAS, J. B. Marshall died a few days after taking out a merchant's license to sell liquor, and |