promote benevolence, morality, industry, and mutual protection and assistance; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth

of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Sandy Roan, Ben. Watkins, John Crow, Felix Corporators. Graves, Robert McGowan, Willis Taylor, James Hunter, and Lem. Pettit, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic, to be known by the name of the Union Benevolent Society, No. 2, of Owensboro, Kentucky; and by such name and title shall have perpetual succession, and be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of purchasing, leasing, holding, granting, and May hold propreceiving, in its corporate name, property, real, personal, and mixed, but such property shall not exceed in value ten thousand dollars.

§ 2. The objects of said corporation shall be the general promotion of benevolence, charity, and humanity, and to give all possible moral and material aid in its power to its members and those dependent upon its members, by encouraging each other in business, and by assisting each other to obtain employment; to care for the sick and distressed, and to promote charity and benevolence by establishing a relief fund, from which, on satisfactory evidence of the death of a member of the corporation, who has complied with its requirements, such sum as the society may be able to pay (to be fixed by the by-laws of the society) for the relief of his or her family; also, to provide a fund for the relief of sick and distressed members; to ameliorate the condition of humanity in every possible way.

3. Said society may have a common seal for the making and delivering of all legal acts and proceedings; the same to break or alter at pleasure.

4. The private property of the members of the corporation shall be exempt from the corporate debts.

§ 5. Said society shall, by its by-laws, determine what officers are necessary for the purpose of conducting same, and to transact its business and further its objects, and provide for the time and manner of holding its elections for the same. Such officers shall hold their offices, and transact the business of the society until their successors are duly elected, qualified, and installed into office.

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§ 6. Said society shall have power to create, hold, and disburse the funds named in the objects of the corporation, for promoting benevolence and relieving the sick and distressed, under such regulations as it may deem necessary to adopt; and such funds shall be exempt from execution, and shall, under no circumstances, be liable to seizure or appropriation, by any legal or equitable process, for any debt or debts of its living or deceased members; but such funds shall be liable for the debts of said society; and the property and funds of said association shall be exempt from the laws, rules and regulations, governing the Insurance Bureau of the State, and from taxation to the State or city. And said society may establish subordinate or branch societies for the same objects and purposes above mentioned, with like powers, and subject to the restrictions and regulations above set forth in any part of this State.

§ 7. This act shall be in full force, and to take effect from and after its passage.

Approved March 27, 1880.

CHAPTER 615.

AN ACT to charter the town of Ewing.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the town of Ewing, in the county of Fleming, be established and incorporated, with the following boundaries: Beginning at a stone in the field of Joseph B. Blair; thence 25 degrees east 74 poles, crossing the pike at a distance from street corner number one of 56 rods; thence in the field of Alex. Ishmael, a distance of 18 rods; then south 761 degrees east 28 poles; thence south 77 degrees east 56 poles, to a set stone in the Union Mill road; thence south 25 degrees north 74 poles, crossing thence at a distance from the corner of 18 poles, and continuing in the field of Mr. Robt. Ewing 56 poles to a set stone in said field; thence an equal distance from the north line of survey to the point of beginning, containing 80 acres and 2 rods.

§2. That Richard Parker, John H. Blair, T. A. Palmer, A. H. Ishmael, and Sam Clark, be, and are hereby, constituted trustees of said town, who shall choose one of their number

chairman, and a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and said trustees shall hold office until the first Saturday in May, 1880, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, when their successors shall be chosen by the qualified voters of said town; and that, on the same day of each succeeding year, the same number of trustees shall be chosen in like manner. Said trustees, and their successors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take an oath before some justice of the peace, or other officer qualified to administer an oath, that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office aforesaid,

§3. That the office of police judge in and for the town of Ewing be, and the same are hereby, created and established, and the police judge for said town shall be elected by the board of trustees at their first meeting, to serve until the first Saturday in May, 1880, and until his successor is elected and qualified, at which time, and on the same day of each succeeding two years, the police judge shall be elected by the qualined voters of said town of Ewing, to serve for the term of two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified; and they shall, at the same time and place, elect a marshal for said town for the term of two years, in like manner as police judge.

§ 4. Said police judge shall have the same jurisdiction concurrent, criminal, legal, penal, and equitable, with justices of the peace within said town, and shall have the same fees, rights, duties, and liabilities as magistrates in Fleming county, including jurisdiction over all claims arising under the bylaws and ordinances of the town.

5. The marshal of said town shall give bond before the county court as a constable, and he shall be liable on the same as a constable; and, in addition thereto, he shall give bond in sufficient sum, with surety approved by the board of trustees, for the safe-keeping and accounting for all moneys he may receive belonging to said town, to be made payable to said trustees; said marshal to have the same powers, duties, fees, and liabilities, within the limits of said county, as have constables of Fleming county.

§ 6. The trustees of said town may enact ordinances and all needful by-laws and regulations for the government of said town; may annex fines for their violation not exceeding

magistrate's jurisdiction; shall have power to levy and collect tax on tithes not exceeding one dollar nor less than fifty cents; also on real estate, consisting of town lots or property used for town purposes, and personal property in said town, not exceeding twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property.

$7. All officers shall hold their office for the time for which they are elected, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and the trustees shall have power to fill vacancies in their body by appointment until the next annual election, and they shall cause an election at any time to fill vacancies in the office of police judge or marshal.

§ 8. It shall be the duties of said trustees to keep the streets open and in repairs whenever necessary; and in so far as the money obtained by fines, taxation, otherwise collected in pursuance of judgment of police court for violation of by laws and town ordinances, all such sums shall be held under the control of the trustees, and shall be used by them for the aforesaid purpose, and for other improvements that may in time be deemed necessary.

9. All persons entitled to vote for Representative of this Commonwealth shall be qualified to vote, if living or owning taxable property in said town.

10. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 27, 1880.

CHAPTER 616.

AN ACT to transfer any interest the Commonwealth of Kentucky has in the estate of Joseph Wellins to Sarah Royster, of Pulaski county. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that Joseph Wellins, a free man of color, departed this life intestate in Pulaski county, Kentucky, about the year 1864, having acquired a small tract of land, about 80 acres, of little value; and whereas, the said Wellins left no kindred capable of inheriting from him; and whereas, he has a sister, Sarah Royster, now living in Pulaski county in poor circumstances; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That any interest which the said Commonwealth may

have in the aforesaid real estate of Joseph Wellins be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said Sarah Royster. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 27, 1880.

CHAPTER 617.

AN ACT to extend the limits of the town of Parksville, Boyle county, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the corporate limits of the town of Parksville be extended on the east side of its present limits so as to include the cemetery and the Christian Church, the line to run north and south with the on the east side of said cemetery.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 27, 1880.

CHAPTER 618.

AN ACT to provide for the collection of the revenue of Taylor county, and fixing the time to pay the same into the Treasury.

WHEREAS, There is no sheriff or collector of revenue in the county of Taylor; and whereas, the county court cannot get any one to accept the appointment of collector of revenue for said county for the fees fixed by law for collectors; therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That whoever may be appointed collector of revenue for the years 1879 and 1880 for the county of Taylor, shall be allowed ten per cent. on all revenue and county levy he may collect in said county for said years of 1879 and 1880, and he is hereby allowed until the first day of September, 1880, to pay said revenue into the State Treasury for the year 1879. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 27, 1880.