1845 S. Strother, George W. Jenkins, Robert C. Palmer, Ludwell McKay, John L. Helm, William Elliott, John H. Talbot, Isaac Miller, Sr., and John Cochran, be, and are hereby, constituted and made a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of the "Trustees of the Bardstown Female Seminary;" Style, &c. and by such name shall have perpetual succession: Provided, That three fourths of the Trustees, and their successors in office, shall be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church: and shall have and use a common seal, and have power to alter the same at pleasure. Seminary: SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Seminary shall be located in or near the town of Bardstown, in Nelson county, where located. on such grounds, and in such manner as the Trustees may de signate.... SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That five Trustees shall Quorum. form a quorum to transact all business pertaining to said Seminary, except such as is herein provided for. Power and SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Trustees, or their successors, a quorum being present, may, at any time, proceed duty trustees. to fix the times of meetings, elect such officers as they deem necessary, fix their term of office, and do all other business, (except to purchase, to sell or convey any real estate, or profits thereof, or to erect buildings, and fill such vacancies as may occur, for which a majority of the Trustees shall be required to vote.) SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said Trustees shall be capable of purchasing, receiving, and holding, to them and their successors, for the use and benefit of the said Seminary, any lands, tenements, rents, goods, chattels, hereditaments, or any other property or thing of which they may become possessed, by purchase, devise, gift, or otherwise; and may, by the name and style aforesaid, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, answer and be answered, in any court of law or equity in this Commonwealth; and make and enforce all bylaws, rules and regulations necessary for the government of said Institution, as are not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State and the United States, and do any other acts or act incident to similar institutions. Trustees may buy lands for use Seminary. May sue & be sued. How dona. tions to be us SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That any appropriation or donation to said Seminary, for the use and benfit of the same, ed. shall be used for educational purposes only. Approved January 29, 1845 CHAPTER 117. AN ACT for the benefit of Nancy and Robert W. Lowry, Jr. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Nancy Lowry, (formerly Hawkins,) of the county of Mercer, be permitted to adopt, and she is hereby recognized as adopting, her step son, Robert W. Lowry, Jr., of 1845 said county, as her own child, who, in all respects, shall stand in the same legal relation to her as if she were his mother in fact; and who shall have the same right of inheritance to her estate, in case of her death, as if he were her own personal issue, born in lawful wedlock: Provided, That nothing herein 'contained shall be so construed as to divest the said Nancy of any of her rights or privileges which she derived from the last wills and testaments of her father and former husband, Uriah Hawkins, deceased. Approved January 29, 1845. CHAPTER 118. AN ACT to allow an additional Justice of the Peace to Marshall county, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there be, and is hereby allowed, one additional Justice of the Peace to the county of Marshall; and the Justices of the County Court of said county, in the election of said additional Justice of the Peace, shall duly consider the claims of the neighborhood of Stark's Mill, in said county. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to furnish to the Carrier of the Acts, &c., of the present session, two copies of Morehead & Brown's Digest, to be by him delivered, one set to Charles A. Ossman, and one set to James Ross, Justices of the Peace for Grayson county. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State, of this Commonwealth, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to furnish Thomas B. Robertson, Esq., a Justice of the Peace for Livingston county, with a copy of Morehead & Brown's Digest. Approved January 29, 1845, CHAPTER 119. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act incorporating the town of Bardstown. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That all property, real and personal, within the limits of Bardstown, which may be assessed for taxes, and on which the town tax may hereafter become due, may be sold to satisfy the same, subject to redemption in five years, with ten per cent. interest per annum, on debt, with costs thereon; the Clerk shall report to the Board of Trustees the ground belonging to non-residents, who may, by resolution, order a sale, which resolution shall be signed by the Clerk and Chairman, a copy of which shall, by the Marshal, be duly advertised, for four weeks, in the newspaper published in said town, and in case said paper should, at any time hereafter be discontinued, then, and in that event, said Marshal shall advertise, as aforesaid, in any one of the weekly newspapers published in the city of Louisville; after the expiration of the time advertised, and upon the return of the Marshal that the taxes have not been paid, the Chairman shall issue an order of sale, to be executed by the Marshal, who is hereby authorized to convey to the purchaser the ground sold by him for debt and costs, subject to the redemption as aforesaid. Approved January 29, 1845. 1845 CHAPTER 120. AN ACT for the benefit of Linchfield Sharp. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that Linchfield Sharp, of Pendleton county, a soldier under Wayne, and in the late war, is now in penury and want, and without the means of support, and from his great age is unable to la bor, and inasmuch as the said Sharp is unwilling to go into the poor house of Pendleton county: wherefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the County Court of Pendleton county be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, annually, at their Court of Claims, to levy an amount not exceeeding fifty dollars for the support and maintenance of said Sharp, to be paid over to him or such person or persons, for his use and benefit, as such Court, in their discretion, may see fit. Approved January 29, 1845. CHAPTER 121. AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Lexington. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Charter of the city of Lexington be so amended that whenever, by the provisions of said Charter, it shall be necessary for a person to pay his poll tax before he shall be entitled to vote at an election of officers, said person shall not be entitled to vote, unless said taxes shall have been paid at least twenty days previous to such election. Approved January 29, 1845. CHAPTER 122. AN ACT for the benefit of Jane Cox. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Jane Cox be, and she is hereby, divorced 1845 from her husband, James Cox, and that she be, and hereby is, restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried woman, and to her maiden name of Jane Arant. Approved January 29, 1845. be Meade. Accused to Meade. CHAPTER 123. AN ACT providing for a change of venue in the prosecution pending in the WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly, that Paschal D. Craddock stands indicted, in the Jefferson Circuit Court, for perjury, and that owing to the prejudice existing against him in the city of Louisville and county of Jefferson, he cannot have a fair and impartial trial, in said Circuit: for remedy whereof, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for said Craddock to appear before the Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, on the first day of the next term thereof, provided said Court shall be held at said term, and shall sit on said first day, and if not, then on the first day that said Court shall be held, at the term next ensuing the passage of this act, and on the first day that said Court shall be held, and make his election to be May elect to tried in the Meade Circuit Court, which election shall be entried in tered upon the records of the Court; and thereupon the said Jefferson Circuit Court shall recognize said Craddock to appear be recognized in the Meade Circuit Court, on the first day of the first term of to appear in said Court next ensuing the date of such recognizance, to answer said indictment; and upon such indictment, and such other proceedings as may have been had thereon, being certified to said Meade Circuit Court, that Court shall take cognizance of said prosecution, and everything pertaining thereto, in same manner as though the offence had been committed in Meade county, or the indictment found by a Grand Jury of that county; and on said election being made, and recognizance being given, the Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court Witnesses shall recognize the witnesses, as well on the part of the Common wealth as on the part of said Craddock, if they or any of them shall be in Court, to be and appear in said Circuit Court of Meade county, to give evidence on the trial of said indictment; and the Meade Circuit Court shall have full power to Jurisdiction proceed on and act on said recognizances in the same way as Meade Circuit though said recognizances had been entered into in said Meade Circuit Court; and in case the said indictment shall be ruled bad on demurrer, or shall be quashed on motion, the said Craddock shall not be discharged, but a Grand Jury may, on New indict- the motion of the Attorney prosecuting for the Commonmay be found. wealth in said Meade Circuit Court, be forthwith impanneled and sworn, if the regular Grand Jury shall have been discharged, and a new indictment found, if the evidence will to be recogniz ed. Court. warrant the same, and the said Craddock may be tried the reon in said Meade Circuit Court, as though the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of said Meade Circuit Court. SEC. 2. The Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court, upon the election having been made, and recognizances given by said Craddock, as herein provided for, shall transmit, by some safe conveyance, the indictment and other papers, with a transcript of all the orders of said Jefferson Circuit Court made in said case, duly certified as full, true, and complete, to the Clerk of the Meade Circuit Court; and the Clerk of the Meade Circuit Court shall give a special and particular receipt for said indictment and other papers and transcript to the person from whom they are received, who shall deliver said receipt to the Clerk of the Jefferson Circuit Court. SEC. 3. That the witnesses attending the trial in the Meade Circuit Court shall receive the same for their services and mileage as is allowed by law to witnesses in other like cases. Approved January 29, 1845. 1845 Papers to be transmitted to Meade, and re Clerk. Pay of wit nesses. CHAPTER 124. AN ACT for the benefit of Joseph Howard. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the County Court of Nelson county, a majority of the Justices being present, to make an order granting to Joseph Howard the privilege of erecting a mill dam across the Rolling Fork of Salt river, under such limitations and restrictions as shall be deemed necessary by said Court: Provided, That said Howard shall, in the County Court of Nelson county, execute bond, with security, payable to the Commonwealth, the penalty of which shall be fixed by said Court, conditioned that he will remove said dam within thirty days, whenever required to do so by the Court; and pay all damages which may accrue to any individual or individuals, navigating said stream, in consequence of the erection of said dam: And, provided further, That the height of said dam shall not exceed two feet. Approved January 29, 1845. CHAPTER 125. AN ACT for the benefit of Sally B. Booker. WHEREAS, The fact has been established, to the satisfaction of the Legislature, that Yelverton O. Booker has been divorced from his wife, Sally B. Booker, by the Green Circuit Court, upon the sole ground of abandonment: AND WHEREAS, The said Sally B. Booker has presented a petition to the Legisla |