&c. 1838. The Board of Directors for said society shall have power to prescribe the duties of the several officers appointed by them, May adopt and to dismiss or remove them at pleasure: said Board shall, by-laws, rules, also, have power to make and adopt all by-laws, rules, and regulations, which may be necessary for the good order and proper government of said society, not incompatible with the constitution and laws of this State, and to alter and abolish the same at pleasure; and they shall have power to make all contracts necessary for said society, and to order when and where, and in what manner, the fairs of said society shall be held and conducted, and the rules that shall govern the award and distribution of premiums of the same, and all other acts appertaining thereto. May fix amount to bo SEC. 4. That the society, at their annual meeting, shall have power to fix the sum to be paid by each member as the contribution for the current year; and the Board of Directors paid by mem- shall have power, in the name and on behalf of the society, to enforce the collection of the same, in the same manner that like sums are now collected by law; and shall, also, have power to declare what shall amount to a forfeiture of membership in said society. bers. Books to be opened for subscription of the stock. May purchase SEC. 5. That James Garrard, William P. Hume, and N. L. Lindsay, President, and Vice Presidents elect of said society, or any two of them, shall be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to open books in the town of Paris, at such time or times as they may fix upon, giving three weeks notice thereof in the Western Citizen, published in said town, for the subcription of any amount of stock in said corporation not exceeding three thousand dollars, in shares of twenty five dollars each; to be subscribed for and paid in such manner, and in such instalments, as the Board of Directors for said society shall order and direct, giving reasonable notice in said newspaper, of the various calls that may be made on the same, which shall be received by the Treasurer, and shall be under the control and management of the Board of Directors for said society, whose duty it shall be to appropriate the same for the purchase of any quantity of land not exceeding what purpose to twenty acres, as provided for in the first section of this act, and shall procure a conveyance to be made of the same to the President and Directors of said society for the time being, and their successors in office, in trust for the use and benefit of those who have subscribed for and paid for stock in said corporation, as provided for in this section; and said land shall be used and occupied by said society, when necessary for that purpose, holding their fair, and for the accomodation of the stock that may be brought for exhibition; but when not so used, may be disposed of in such manner as the Board of Directors, in their discretion, may determine; and all the avails of said property shall enure to the exclusive benefit of those with whose money it was purchased; and all contracts with said society, and all suits brought for or against it, shall be in and hold land; how, and for be used. 1838. Officers now the name of the President and Directors for the said society; and in any suit against the same, it shall be sufficient to have the President for the time being served with process. SEC. 6. That all the powers herein granted to the Board of in to continue, Directors of said society shall be exercised by those now in and how long. office, during the period for which they were elected, and un til their successors shall be chosen. Real estate stockholders when corpora SEC. 7. That if from any cause said society should ever be dissolved, the real estate held by it shall revert to the stock- to revert to the holders in said corporation, and the personal estate shall be distributed among the members of said society, in proportion tion is dissolvto their respective interests in each fund. Approved February 16, 1838. ed. CHAP. 902-AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to amend the Road SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That so much of the road law for Campbell county, as now requires the overseers to call, from time to time, upon the individuals or persons owning property in said county, who shall not be residents thereof, for the payment of road tax, or to work upon the roads, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. That whenever the Sheriff shall return to the County Court of Campbell, a list of persons and property, as delinquent for the non-payment of the road tax, which may be due from or upon the same, it shall and may be lawful for the County Court of Campbell to enter, upon their order book, a mandate, directing and requiring the Sheriff of said county to advertise and expose to sale the delinquent's property, or the property of the delinquent persons, in said list contained and set forth, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to pay the road tax due thereon, and costs; the same having been first advertised as in cases of property sold under execution. SEC. 3. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the road Commissioners of Campbell county, so soon as they shall have sufficient funds in their hands unappropriated, to furnish each and every overseer of said roads with a good and sufficient plough and scraper, and such other tools and implements as may be necessary, for which they shall take a receipt at the time; and it shall be the duty of said overseer, at the expiration of his term of service, to deliver said plough and scraper, together with such other tools and implements as he may have received, to his successor, taking a receipt therefor, in the name of the Commissioners as aforesaid, which receipt shall be handed over to said Commissioners, and on presentment of the same, shall entitle such overseer to a withdrawal of his own. Provision re quiring non-residents to pay tax, repealed. Duty of Co. Court upon return of delinquent lists. Commission ers to furnish ocertain utensils their duty in relation thereto. verseers with 1 1838. Overseers failing to return delinquent lists may be fined. One dollar per day allow ed for work, by those owing tax SEC. 4. That if any overseer, or overseers, of the roads in Campbell county, shall fail or refuse to make a return of his delinquent list, at the time and in the manner as is now required by law, he or they shall be liable to a fine of not less than fifteen dollars, nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered by motion, by any one of said Commissioners, before any Justice of the Peace in and for said county, ten days previous notice thereof being given; which fine shall be applied to the use and improvement of roads in said county. SEC. 5. That there shall be allowed to each and every person paying a road tax in said county, the sum of one dollar per day, for each and every day he shall actually work upon the road, as required by law, which shall be credited in discharge of the revenue tax for road purposes, which such person may be liable to pay. And it shall be further the duty Duty of over of each and every overseer, whenever his boundary is prescribed, to diligently seek out, enroll, and faithfully return, all delinquents in his said boundary, whether the same may have been furnished him by the Commissioners or not, in the event they refuse to work out their tax, when called on by the overseer, as now directed by law. seers. clerk for com SEC. 6. That the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents shall Allowance to be allowed the Clerk of the Campbell County Court, for making out a copy of the Commissioners book, for the road Commissioners of said county, instead of the amount now allowed by law. missioners' books. missioners relation to new roads. SEC. 7. That whenever the road Commissioners shall have Duty of com- laid out a new road, under the provisions of the road law in in Campbell county, and it shall be found by said Commissioners that the tax for road purposes, within the precinct, or precincts, through which such road may pass, is not sufficient to open and put in good repair said new road, it shall be their duty to instruct the overseer, or overseers, living within the precinct or precincts, through which said road shall pass, to call on all persons in their precinct, living within two miles of such new road, who may be liable, at the time, to work on roads, to attend and work two days in addition to what is now required of them by law, unless said road shall be completed in a shorter time; and all persons who shall fail or refuse to attend and work on the road, when called on by the overseer, or overseers, as required by this act, or the act to which this is an amendment, they shall be returned as delinquents by their overseer, and shall be liable to pay one dollar per day for each day the law requires them to work, to be collected in the manner now prescribed by law. Persons fail ing to attend may be returned as delinquents, SEC. 8. That the Commissioners shall hereafter have the May discon- same power to discontinue old roads that they have to open tinue old roads, new ones. SEC. 9. That all ordained ministers of the gospel shall be Persons ex- exempted from paying a poll tax for road purposes in Camp. empted. bell county. 1838. Citizens of to SEC. 10. That neither the road law or its amendments, in Campbell county, shall be so construed as to exempt any person living in the towns of Newport or Covington from paying Newport and a tax for road purposes, on all the lands belonging to them, or Covington for which they may be agent, or agents, lying out of the boundary of said towns of Newport or Covington, and lying in Campbell county. pay tax on land for road purpo ses. Repealing SEC. 11. That the provisions of all laws contrary to the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, so far as the object clause. of this act extends. upon certain SEC. 12. That the law, approved the 17th day of February, Road law in 1836, regulating the manner of working roads in Campbell Campbell apcounty, and the amendment thereto, which was approved plied to Boone February 1st, 1837, together with the foregoing amendment, conditions. is hereby declared to be the law for working roads in Boone county: provided, nevertheless, that a majority of all the qualified voters in said county, subject to taxation for road purposes, shall, at the next general election for members to the General Assembly, vote for the same; and for that purpose the Sheriff of said county shall, at his court house, and at the several precincts, within his said county, cause to be opened columns in his poll books, and take, or cause to be taken, down all the qualified voters as aforesaid, both for and against said law. Election to by sheriff. SEC. 13. That the Sheriff of Boone county shall, at the court house, and at each of the places for holding elections in be advertised the several precincts, in said county, at least one month previous to the next August election, affix, at the places aforesaid, a written notice, that the polls will be opened for the purpose of ascertaining whether the qualified voters of said county, or a majority of them, are in favor of or against said road law and its amendments. SEC. 14. That it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Boone county, to report the result of said election to the County Court of said county, at their. September term; and if it shall appear that there is a majority of all the qualified voters, as aforesaid, in favor of said law and amendments, then, and in that case, the said law, together with its amendments, shall take effect and be in force within the county of Boone from and after the 30th day of September 1838; and the County Court shall, at their Court of Claims next ensuing, (a majority of all the Justices of the Peace for said county being present,) proceed to appoint three Commissioners, to serve as road Commissioners for said county until the August election 1839; and until the Commissioners elected under said law are duly qualified. Approved February 16, 1838. Sheriff to re port result of e lection to coun ty court-and duty of county court. 1838. Name, style, capital stock, and corporate powers. Powers concerning the erection of mills, machinery, &c Concerns of the company to be under con trol of a Presi dent and three managers When and how elected. May appoint and employ officers, &c. CHAP. 903--AN ACT to incorporate a Steam Mill Company in Hardin County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall be and there is hereby established a company, the capital stock of which shall be twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each, to be subscribed and paid for by individuals, companies, and corporations, which subscribers and shareholders, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "the West Point Steam Mill Company," and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to defend and be defended, to answer and be answered, in all courts and places, in all matters as natural persons; and may have and use a common or private seal, and change, alter and renew the same at plea sure. SEC. 2. That said company shall have power and authority to erect and put into operation, in or near the town of West Point, in the county of Hardin, a steam mill, with all necessary machinery for grinding, manufacturing flour and meal, and sawing plank and lumber: and more effectually to enable said company to perform said business, they shall be capable of acquiring, holding and using land, not exceeding, at any one time, four thousand acres, and such personal property as may be necessary and convenient to their business; and said lands and other property may sell and dispose of at pleasure. SEC. 3. That the fiscal and prudential concerns of said company, and the management of its business, shall be under the direction and control of a President and three managers, who shall be elected by the shareholders, from amongst themselves, on the first Monday in May in every year, unless some other day be designated by the by-laws of said company, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are duly elected-a failure to have an election on the day designated shall not dissolve the corporation, but the election shall be had on some other day appointed by the President and managers, or by the shareholders in general meeting: in all elections and meetings by the shareholders under this charter, every shareholder shall be entitled to one vote, for each share he holds, to be exercised either in person, or by proxy, and all questions shall be determined by the majority of votes. SEC. 4. That the President and managers shall have power to appoint and employ such officers, agents, and workmen, as may be necessary to transact and carry on the business of said corporation; fix their salaries and wages, and may require of them bond and security for the faithful discharge of their duties; they may ordain and put into execution such rules and regulations for the prudent and efficient management of its affairs as may be thought proper, provided they be not contrary to the constitution and laws of this State, nor the con |