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the 4th of September, 1866, are deficient and incomplete, the same appearing only upon the minute books in a brief form, they never having been made up in full and entered upon the order-books of said court; therefore,

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

§ 1. That the present clerk of the Fleming county court proceed to supply the deficiency in the county records of said county by making up in a complete form, and transferring the same to the order-books of said county court, all the proceedings and orders of said court as shall appear upon the minute-books and not heretofore made up in full and spread upon the order-books: Provided, however, That the deficiencies and omissions sought to be supplied by this act shall have existed prior to the 4th day of September, 1866.

2. That when said orders shall have been completed as required by the first section of this act, it shall be the duty of those who were acting as presiding judge or judges of said county court of Fleming county at the various terms and special terms thereof at which said orders were made and proceedings had, if living, to sign the same for each term aforesaid, when said orders shall be as binding, and have the same legal effect, as though duly made up and signed at the time.

§3. That the said clerk of said court, for the services rendered in conformity with the provision of this act, be allowed the same compensation now allowed by law to the circuit and county court clerks of this Commonwealth for making records for the Court of Appeals and other transcripts, to be allowed by the county court of said county at its court of claims, and paid out of the fund arising from county levies, or any other money in the treasury of said county not otherwise appropriated. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 18, 1872.

CHAPTER 79.

AN ACT to authorize a committee appointed by the Kenton county court of claims to sell the poor-house farm of said county.

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

§ 1. That W. W. Coleman, W. L. Manson, and George G. Perkins, a committee appointed by the court of claims of Kenton county at its October term, 1871, for the purpose hereinafter named, be, and as such they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey, by proper deed of conveyance, the farm and its appurtenances at

present owned and used by said county as a poor-house farm.

§ 2. That said committee be, and it is hereby, authorized to sell said farm in lots or parcels, or to sell a part of the same, reserving to the county a part.

3. That said committee be, and it is hereby, empówered to reinvest all, or any part, of the funds derived from such sale, in other lands and buildings, or either, for poorhouse purposes, the title to which shall be taken in the name of the justices of the Kenton county court, and their successors in office forever.

§ 4. That before any contract of sale, as provided for in sections one and two of this act, and before any contract of purchase, as provided for in section three of this act, shall take effect, or be binding. the same shall be ratified and confirmed by the court of claims of Kenton county, or by the county court of said county, a majority of the justices sitting.

§ 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 18, 1872.

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CHAPTER 80.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Garrard County and Kirksville Turnpike
Road Company.

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

1. That the capital stock of the Garrard County and Kirksville Turnpike Road Company be, and the same is hereby, increased to fifteen thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved January 18, 1872.

CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company,

Northern Division.

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

§ 1. That to enable the Maysville and Lexington Railroad Company, Northern Division, to finish and thorough'y, equip its road now under construction from Maysville, in Mason county, to Paris, in Bourbon county, it shall be lawful for said company to borrow any sum of money not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and may, make

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and issue its bonds therefor, to be due in fifteen years from their date, but payable, at the option of the company, after five years from date, and to bear interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, the said interest to be paid semi-annually in gold; and fully to secure the payment of said bonds, and all interest which may accrue thereon, it shall be lawful for said company to make and execute a mortgage upon its said road, its franchises and property, which said mortgage, when executed, acknowledged, and recorded, shall be a lien upon said road, its franchises and property, of every description, for the payment of said bonds, interest, and all costs which may accrue thereon; but the lien of said mortgage shall not, in any manner, affect or impair the priority of the lien of the mortgage already existing upon said road, for the full amount of the debt said existing mortgage is intended to secure.

§ 2. That whenever it may be deemed necessary by the Directors may board of directors of said company to elect a vice presielect a vice president. dent to serve in the absence of the president, or his inability to act, it shall be lawful for them to choose a member of the board to serve as vice president, who shall, in his absence, or during the inability of the president, perform all the duties of the president; and for such services he may so perform the directors may make him reasonable and just compensation, to be deducted from, and paid out of, the salary of the president.

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of Mason to

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scribed in said County at all elections.

§3. That it shall be lawful for the county judge of Mason county, at all future elections for directors of said company, to vote all the stock subscribed by said county in said railroad for which no certificates of stock, at the time of said elections, shall have been claimed by the taxpayers, or issued to them by the company; and all stock in said railroad subscribed for by said county of Mason, for which certificates shall not have been claimed or issued as aforesaid, after three years from the 1st day of January, 1872, shall be issued by the railroad company to the county court of Mason county, to be held in trust by said county court for the use of the tax-payers entitled thereto, or their heits, and delivered up on proper claim; and this act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved January 19, 1872.

CHAPTER 82.

AN ACT to authorize the county court of Meade county to make a levy, and pay debts already contracted by said court.

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

§ 1. That the county court of Meade county be, and it is hereby, authorized, for the year 1872, and each succeeding year, to levy, in addition to the levy now authorized by law, a tax of not exceeding three dollars upon each tithe in said county, and not exceeding thirty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable estate subject to assessment for revenue purposes in said county, until a sum sufficient to pay the debt already contracted by said court, and the costs of collecting the same, shall be raised. § 2. That this act shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 19, 1872.

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CHAPTER 83.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Harrison County Agricultural Society. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

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1. That the president and directors of the Harrison County Agricultural and Mechanical Association be, and cure the loan they are hereby, authorized and empowered to borrow by mortgage. money to pay any indebtedness incurred in carrying out the objects and purposes of said association under and in accordance with the provisions of its charter; and said president and directors may execute a mortgage or mortgages upon the real estate belonging to said association to secure the payment of the money so borrowed.

§ 2. That should a foreclosure of any mortgage executed under the preceding section become necessary to pay any debt requiring a sale of only a part of the real estate of said association, the president and directors thereof may direct the whole of it to be sold, and proceeds held subject to division among the stockholders of the association, or to be reinvested at their option.

3. That whether any mortgage be executed as hereinbefore provided or not, that the board of directors, with the consent of a majority of the stockholders, may sell and convey the real estate of said corporation, and out of the proceeds pay the liabilities and reinvest the remainder in other property, to be held and used for like purposes and objects as those contemplated in the original act of incorporation.

§4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 19, 1872.

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CHAPTER 85.

AN ACT for the benefit of Crittenden county.

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

§ 1. That the county court of Crittenden county be empowered to sell and convey the county poor-house farm of said county, and reinvest the proceeds of said sale in a poor-house farm in a more suitable situation in said county, if said county court should deem it expedient so to do.

§2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 19, 1872.

CHAPTER 86.

AN ACT to authorize the Hancock county court to increase the county levy. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the county court of Hancock county, at its next March, April, or May term, a majority of the justices of the peace being present and concurring, may, and is hereby authorized, to increase the county levy of said county twenty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county; and the said additional levy of twenty cents on the one hundred dollars shall be laid, collected, and disbursed in the same manner, under same penalties and responsibilities, and for the same purposes, as other county levy; and that such increase tax is authorized for the year 1872, and such other years as the court may see proper to levy for. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 19, 1872.

CHAPTER 87.

AN ACT for the benefit of Warren county.

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

§ 1. That the county court of Warren county, a majority of the justices of said county being present and concurring, may sell the property now occupied and used for poor-house purposes, and reinvest the proceeds of such sale in other property, to be used for the benefit of all the poor of said county.

§ 2. That the said county court may, in addition to the proceeds of the sale of said poor-house property, appro

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