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posed or may accrue within the county of Anderson, shall be appropriated for the benefit of the said seminary of learning.

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Fines, &c. to

trustees.

Penalty for

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the collecting officers in said county shall make payment of the fines and forfeitures be paid to clerk aforesaid to the Clerk of the county court of said county, annu- annually, and ally, and said Clerk shall pay over the same to the Treasurer by him paid to of the Board of Trustees of said Academy; and upon his failing or refusing to pay the same, when required, he shall be lia- failure. ble to pay the same, from time to time, together with twenty per cent thereon, and costs, upon motion before the circuit court of said county, in the name of the Treasurer of said Academy, after giving said Clerk three days previous notice thereof, in writing; and any judgment recovered against said Clerk shall not be stayed by replevin, but any execution issuing thereon shall be endorsed, "no security of any kind to be taken." Approved, January 28, 1837.

Names of cor

CHAP. 185.-AN ACT to incorporate the Augusta Female Academy. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commionwealth of Kentucky, That Joseph Trimble, Henry B. Bascom, porators. Thomas Myers, George Doniphin, Squire G. Shropshire, John Mears and Wiliam C. Marshall, shall be, and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, to be known by the name of the Trustees of the Augusta Female Academy; and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with style. 'power to change the same at pleasure.

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Academy lo

SEC. 2. The said Academy shall be located in Augusta, and said Trustées shall hold their first session in said town, at cated. such time and place, as any four of them shall designate.

President &

be elected.

SEC. 3. The said Trustees shall, at their first, or any subsequent session, as they may choose, elect a President of said other officers to Board, and such other. officers as they may deem necessary; and four members shall be sufficient to constitute a Board for the transaction of business relating to said Academy, except that it shall require the concurrence of a majority of all the members to purchase, or to sell and convey real estate, or profits thereof, or erect public buildings.

&c.

SEC. 4. The said Trustees, or their successors in office, by the name aforesaid, shall be capable in law to purchase, re- May ceive, and hold, to them and their successors, for the use and chase benefit of said Academy, any lands, tenements, rents, goods and chattles, which may be given, devised to, or purchased by them.

SEC. 5. That said Trustees, by the name aforesaid, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity; and from time to time, may establish all such by-laws, rules and regulations, which they may deem necessary for the government of said institution, not incompatible with the laws

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be sued, pass May sue and by laws, rules,

&c.

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How vacancies are to be filled.

of this Commonwealth; and upon the death, resignation, of removal of any of the Trustees or President, or other officer, to fill such vacancy as often as the same shall occur.

SEC. 6. The said Trustees may elect a President, professors or other tutor for said institution, who shall be subject to the May elect direction and control of said Board, to continue in office during professors, &c. good behavior.

President may call meetings.

Failure to attend meetings

for one year,

SEC. 7. The President shall have power, at all times, to call a meeting of said Board, or any three members of said Board; and said Trustees shall, upon such call, convene "and transact such business as shall be deemed necessary for the management of said institution.

SEC. 8. That if any of the members of said Board shall fail, or refuse to attend the stated or any called meeting of the same, by any member for the term of one year, being notified of the same, such memof the board, ber shall be deemed as having resigned his office, and the vadeemed resigcancy shall be filled by said Board.

nation.

Approved, January 28, 1837.

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Ohio rivers.

and

CHAP. 186. AN ACT extending the powers of the Trustees of the town of

Smithland.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Trustees of the town of Smithland, in the county of Livingston, a majority of them concurAuthorized ring therein, shall have power and authority to cause to be conconstruct structed a wharf or wharfs upon the Cumberland or Ohio wharfs on Cum- rivers, fronting said town, upon such part or parts of the public' grounds belonging to said corporation, as the said trustees shall deem expedient; and the said wharfor wharfs to be constructed upon such plan as the said Trustees shall think proper. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That when a sufficient portion of said wharf or wharfs shall have been completed to renstructed, may der it a safe and convenient landing place for steam boats or establish rates other crafts, so that in landing or receiving their cargoes, the same and charge will not be liable to injury from mud or other defects in said

When con

wharfage.

How collected.

May levy poll

tax.

wharf, then, and in that case, the Trustees of said town shall have power and authority to establish a regular rate of wharfage, copies of which they shall cause to be stuck up at four of the most notorious places in said town, and shall have power to collect the same from such boats as may land at the said wharf; and to that effect, if the captain or other commanding officer of said boat or boats shall refuse to pay the same when properly demanded, the Trustees of said town shall have the right to sue out an attachment for the same, in the name of said Trustees, before any Justice of the Peace for said county; by virtue of which, the said boat and its fixtures shall be liable to be seized and dealt with as in other cases of attachment.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of enabling said Trustees to construct said wharf, and otherwise im

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Proviso.

May levy an

prove the streets and public grounds of said town, the said Trustees shall have power and authority to levy a poll tax upon such tithables in said town, as are now by law liable to be taxed for purposes of county revenue: Provided, That the said tax shall not exceed one dollar per head; and they shall have the further power to levy a tax upon the ad valorem principle, upon all such property of the citizens of said town as is now ad valorem tax taxed by law for revenue purposes: Provided however, That the whole aggregate amount of taxes to be collected from the citizens of said town, shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per annum, over and above the tax the Trustees of said town are now authorized to levy and collect.

Proviso.

May require

owners of lots to pave side

May cause

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Trustees of said town shall also have power and authority to require the owner or owners of any lot or lots fronting upon any of the streets of said town, to cause the side walks, fronting the same, to be walks. paved with brick or stone, as the said Trustees may direct, and to be completed in such manner, and at such reasonable time, as the said Trustees may require; and in case the said owner or owners refuse or neglect to pave the same, as herein directed, when properly required to do so, the said Trustees shall have power to let out the same to the lowest bidder, and to sell the said lot or lots at public aution, to the highest bidder, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to defray the expenses of said pavement, having given reasonable written notice at two notorious places in said town, of the time and place of said sale. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That when the aforesaid May cause wharf or wharfs shall be completed, the said Trustees shall nuisances to be have power to cause to be removed from the same any boat or wharfs, other craft which by them shall be regarded as nuisances, under such penalties as they may prescribe, not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by warrant before a Justice of the Peace, and applied to the improvement of the streets of said

town.

Approved, January 28, 1837.

the same to be ers of lots repaved. if ownfuse.

removed from

CHAP. 187.--AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas Smith.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract heretofore existing between Thomas Smith and his wife, Jane Smith, is forever dissolved, so far as respects said Thomas, who is hereby restored to all the rights and privileges of an unmarried man. Approved, January 28, 1837.

CHAP. 188.-AN ACT for the benefit of Jane Smith.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Jane Smith, late wife of Thomas Smith, is

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hereby released from all the obligations consequent upon her intermarriage with said Thomas; and that she be, and is hereby restored to all the rights and privileges of a feme sole. Approved, January 28, 1837...

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CHAP. 189.-AN ACT for the benefit of the town of Port Williamı.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of an act, entitled, an act for the benefit of Port William, in Gallatin county, approved, December 23, 1829, as authorizes the Trustees of said town to require the citizens thereof to work upon the streets and alleys of said town, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

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SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees of said town, or a majority of them, whenever they may think it expedient to assess, levy, and collect a tax on all real and personal estate within the limits of said town, at the time of assessing such tax, not to exceed forty cents upon a hundred dollars worth of property in any one year; and, also, to assess, levy and collect a poll tax from each male person of the age of twenty one years and upwards, not to exceed two dollars in any one year, which tax shall be applied to the benefit of said town, in such manner as the Trustees may, from to time to time, direct.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a suitable person, as a Commissioner, to take in a list of taxable property, who, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall make oath before the Trustees that he will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of his said office, according to the best of his knowledge and ability; and the said Commissioner shall proceed, under the appointment aforesaid, to take in a list of the names of all persons residing within the said town, subject to the poll tax, and also, the names of all persons owning property lying in said town, subject to taxation, affixing thereto the value of the taxable property owned by each individual; which list shall be returned to the Clerk of the Board of Trustees within sixty days after the appointment of said Commissioner.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall fail or refuse to give in a list of his or her property to said Commissioner, together with the valuation thereof under oath, it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to report the fact to the Trustees, together with the amount of property (as near as he can ascertain) owned by such individual in said town; and thereupon, the said Trustees shall proceed upon the report of said Commissoner, and such other information as they can obtain, to fix the amount with which such individual may be properly chargeable, and to collect the same, in the same manner as if the list had been regularly given in to said Commissioner,

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Collector to

SEC. 5. Be it further enactel, That the said Trustees, or a majority of them, shall, as soon as practicable, after the said Commissioner's list shall be returned as aforesaid, appoint a collector to collect the said tax, who shall give bond and secu- be appointed, rity, payable to the Trustees, in a penalty of double the amount who shall give of tax to be collected, conditioned for the prompt collection bond--its conand payment of said tax to the said Trustees within six months after his appointment; during which period of time, and not afterwards, the said collector shall have power to distrain for the said taxes in case of non-payment, in the same manner as and duties. Sheriffs are allowed by law to distrain for the county levy.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the election of Trustees of said town shall hereafter be held on the Saturday preceding the second Monday in May, under the same rules and regulations as heretofore prescribed by law.

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Repealing

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws coming within the purview of this act, be, and the same clause. is hereby repealed.

Approved, January 28, 1837.

CHAP. 190.-AN ACT for the benefit of the Fleming county Seminary.

WHEREAS, The Trustees of the Fleming county Seminary, in this Commonwealth, hath petitioned the General Assembly for power to sell and convey the old Seminary lot and buildings in said county, for the purpose of enabling them to purchase a lot and buildings in the the town of Flemingsburg, more suitable for Seminary purposes than the former-Therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Trustees, for the time being, of the Fleming county Seminary, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the lot of ground and the buildings thereon, which has been heretofore used in said Fleming county Seminary; and that said Trustees be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate the proceeds of said sale to the purchase of a lot and buildings in the town of Flemingsburg, to be used as a Seminary instead of said lot and buildings hereby authorized to be be sold, and that the lot and buildings, so purchased, shall be, for the purpose aforesaid, forever vested in the said Trustees and their successors, and subject to the several acts of Assembly relating to the said Fleming county Seminary.

Approved, January 28, 1837.

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CHAP. 191.--AN ACT for the benefit of Mary Seeders.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the marriage contract heretofore existing be

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