1837. Wren, deceased, as fully and perfectly as both might or could do, under said act, were the said Sandford Wren now living, subject however, to the terms and conditions imposed by said act. Approved, February 23, 1837. CHAP. 445. AN ACT for the benefit of William Steel and Adaline Massy. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract heretofore existing between William Steel, and his wife Isabella Steel, so far as respects said William, is forever dissolved; and that he be, and is hereby restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried man. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the marriage contract heretofore existing between David Massy and Adaline Massy, his wife, be, and the same is hereby dissolved, so far as relates to the said Adaline; and that she be restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried woman. Approved, February 23, 1837. Trustees of lodge in Lou isville may borrow money, for what pur pose. CHAP. 446.-AN ACT for the benefit of the Graud and Subordinate Lodges of the Independent order of Odd Fellows. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Joseph Metcalf, John S. Thomas, Henry Woolford and A. W. R. Harris, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered as Trustees, for the use and in the name of the Grand Lodge of the Independent order of Odd Fellows, at the city of Louisville, to raise money, by subscription or borrowing, to any amount, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and lay the same out in the purchase of a lot of ground in said city, and in the erection of a suitable building or buildings thereon, for the accommodation of said Grand Lodge, and such Subordinate Lodges of said order as are now in existence, or may be hereafter created in said city. SEC. 2. That said Grand Lodge shall have power to limit the term of service of said Trustees, and appoint Lodge may limit term for their successors annually, or otherwise, at such time and trustees to serve in such manner as may be deemed expedient; and the and appoint said Trusteees, and their successors shall, in all things pertainhow to be gov- ing to the acquirement, control, and disposition of money or successors, and erned. property acquired by virtue of this act, conform to and be governed by such regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, and of the United States, as the said Grand Lodge may, from time to time, adopt; and said Trustees shall have power, with the consent of said Grand Lodge, to sell or otherwise dispose of the ground acquired by virtue of this act or any portion thereof. 1837. Trustees of may borrow SEC. 3. That J. A. Goodson, Carey Clemons and M. M. Benton, of the city of Covington, shall have power and author- Washington ity as Trustees, for the use and in the the name of Washington Lodge, No. 3, Lodge, number three, in said city, in a similar manner, to raise in Covington, money to any amount not exceeding five thousand dollars, and money, and for lay out the same for a lot and suitable buildings thereon in the what purpose. said city, for the accommodation of said Lodge, and said Washington Lodge shall have all the powers over the said Trustees, as is conferred upon the Grand Lodge over the Trustees, constituted and appointed by the first section of this act. Approved, February 23, 1837. CHAP. 447.-AN ACT to revive the act for the benefit of the heirs of Samuel Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the act, entitled, an act to amend the act, entitled, an act for the benefit of the heirs of Samuel Shannon, deceased, approved 31st of January, 1833, be revived and continued in force for the term of five years, and that Samuel Shannon be, and he is hereby appointed a commissioner in the place of Alexander Reed, and that all the authorities and powers given to the said Alexander Reed by the act to which the foregoing act is an amendment, be, and the same are hereby confered on said Shannon. Approved, February 23, 1837. CHAP. 448.--AN ACT requiring sheep to be marked and branded in certain cases. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall hereafter be the duty of any individual who shall purchase sheep, with intent to drive the same for market, to cause to be placed upon some visible part of each and every one of said sheep so purchased, a brand of one or more letters or cross mark of tare or other material, so that the same may be plainly seen, before he or they shall remove the same from the place at which they were sold. Penalty for SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall hereafter fail or refuse to comply with the requisitions of failure to mark the foregoing section, he or they so offending, upon being duly or brand. convicted before any Justice of the Peace in this Commonwealth, or before any circuit court of this Commonwealth, upon presentment, shall be fined any sum not less than two nor exceeding ten dollars, for each and every sheep not so branded or marked. 1837. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of August next, but shall not be so construed as to repeal any of the existing laws punishing felo nies. Approved, February 23, 1837. Dividends on the state stock, held prior to the passage of this act, not to be applied to the payment of interest of mon ey borrowed. CHAP. 449.-AN ACT supplemental to an act, entitled, an act to increase the amount of stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, and authorizing the Board of Internal Improvement to subscribe, on the part of the State, for one half of said stock. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the sixth section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be, and is hereby amended so as to prohibit any portion of the dividends arising from the stock held by the State in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, before the passage of the act to which this is a supplement, from being applied to the payment of interest, as authorized in said section, but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the dividends arising from the additional stock on the part of the State, authorized by said act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from being so applied. Approved, February 23, 1837. thorized to set fied and ap CHAP. 450.--AN ACT for the benefit of Joseph Barbour. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Green and Barren river board Green river of commissioners, be, and they are hereby authorized to adjust board of Com- and settle with Joseph Barbour, for the work done and materimissioners au̟- als furnished for lock and dam number one, on Green river, by tle with him. allowing the value of the work done at the time it was done. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said commissioners shall To be certi- certify to the Board of Internal Improvement, the result of whatever settlement and allowance they may make, with and proved by the to said Barbour, and the data upon which the same shall have board of inter- been made, and if the same shall be approved and ratified, in whole or in part by the said board, they shall certify that fact, and a credit shall be given to the extent of such approval and ratification by the aforesaid board of commissioners, upon the debt due by said Barbour, in consideration of advances heretofore made to him by said board of commissioners. ual improve ment. Approved, February 23, 1837. CHAP. 451.-AN ACT to explain an act, entitled, an act better to protect the proprietors of Ferries across the Ohio river. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the prohibitions contained in said act shall not be construed to extend to a distance further from any point at which a ferry is established in Jefferson county than one mile and a half in a direct line. Approved, February 23, 1837. 1837. CHAP. 452.--AN ACT to invest in profitable stocks the surplus Revenue of the Subscription of stock in the bank of Louisville authorized stock it? the Northern Bank author ized. Residue of SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor of this Commonwealth shall be, and he is hereby authorized and re- of Subscription quired, with the assent of the Northern Bank of Kentucky, to subscribe, on behalf of this Commonwealth, five thousand additional shares of stock in said bank; and the Treasurer of this Commonwealth is hereby directed to pay the residue of the several instalments of the surplus revenue, as they shall be deposited, on said five thousand shares, and on the ten thousand shares of stock held by the State in the Bank of Kentucky, and not paid for with State bonds; and three eights of the said residue of the several instalments of the surplus revenue, be paid on the said five thousand shares of stock in the Northern Bank of Kentucky, and the remaining five eighths on the State stock in the Bank of Kentucky. shall the surplus revenue to be paid on the stock in Northern the Bank & Bank of Kentucky. Stock pledg SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the stocks paid for with the surplus money, as provided in the preceeding sec- ed to pay the tions, shall be, and are hereby set apart and pledged as a fund United States. for the re-payment to the Treasury of the United States, the surplus revenue which shall be deposited with this State. 1837. SEC. 4. That the payment of five thousand shares of stock in the Bank of Louisville, incorporated by an act of AssemCondition of bly, approved, 2d February, 1833, shall be on the condition the subscription that said bank shall establish a branch thereof at some suitable Louisville place on the north of the Kentucky river, where there is now to Bank. no bank or branch, and allow to said branch a reasonable share of capital; and on the Bank of Louisville, incorporated by an act of Assembly, approved, 2d February, 1833, agreeing to make one branch of said bank, as herein provided, and in consideration thereof, the charter of said bank shall be, and the same is hereby extended until the first day of January, 1858, and shall be so amended, that instead of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's voting on the stock of the State, as provided in the charter, the Governor of this Commonwealth shall, annually, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint two Directors of said bank, who shall be stockholders to the same amount that the other stockholders of said bank are required to hold; and that the Legislature shall have the right to investigate the affairs of said bank, in the same manner they are authorized to investigate the affairs of the other banks; and on the Bank of Louisville, incorporated by an act of Assembly, approved, 2d February, 1833, establishing, within one year, one other branch of said bank south of the Kentucky river, at some suitable and convenient point where there is now no bank or branch, the charter of said bank shall be, and the same is hereby extended until the first day of January, 1865. SEC. 5. That the subscription and payment of the five thous Condition of and additional shares of stock in the Northern Bank of Kenthe subscription tucky, shall be on the condition that said bank shall establish in the Northern one additional branch of said bank at some suitable and conBank. venient point, at their choice, on the south side of Green river where there is now no bank or branch, upon the same terms and conditions of the other branches of said bank. SEC. 6. That the payment on the stock in the Bank of Kentucky, shall be on the condition that said bank shall estabCondition to lish one additional branch of said bank, at some suitable and the subscription convenient point between the Kentucky and Green rivers in the Bank of Kentucky. where there is now no bank or branch, upon the same terms and conditions as the existing branches of said bank are authorized and established. refuse to assent SEC. 7. That should the Northern Bank of Kentucky, the Disposition of Bank of Louisville, incorporated by an act of Assembly, approvthe surplus rev- ed, 2d February, 1833, and the Bank of Kentucky, or either of enue, if Banks them, refuse assent to the subscription and payment of stock, as to the condi- herein provided, on the condition of establishing branches, as tions imposed. herein provided, within three months after the Governor shall furnish each of them with a copy of this act, then, and in that case, the portion of the surplus revenue, directed to be paid on stock in such bank, shall be paid over to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and be invested in profitable stocks, as di |