1872. Taxes hereto fore voted not to be levied on property in new boundary. have lands laid tax to pay for same. laid off into town or building lots, or shall be improved with buildings thereon; but the residences, yard and garden attached thereto, of all persons included in said boundary, shall be subject to taxation. § 3. No tax heretofore voted on said town of Carlisle shall be collectable off of any persons, or levied upon any of the lands and buildings included in the extension of the corporate limits of said town, as herein provided. §4. The trustees of said town may cause the aforesaid Trustees to boundary to be surveyed and marked; and they may off into lots & cause to be built, if the owners refuse to do so themstreets, & levy selves, a good, substantial brick pavement in front of the residences and lots of all persons living on any street within said town corporation; and may levy a tax on the lots and houses in front of which said pavements shall be built and made, as herein provided for, to pay the expenses of the same; and may cause said property to be sold, unless said expenses are paid, or caused to be paid, by the owners of the same. Persons failing to pay fines same out. shall work the stock from run taxes to quali said town. § 5. That whenever any person shall be fined for any oflense committed within the corporation of said town, before the presiding judge of the Nicholas county court, or before any justice of the peace of the Carlisle district, or by the police court of said town, and the person so fined shall fail or refuse to pay said fine, and in consequence thereof is sent to jail, it shall be lawful to compel such person to work upon the streets and public grounds, within said corporation, at the rate of two dollars per day, until the amount of such fine is extinguished; but this shall not exempt his property from the payment of the same: Provided, however, That said corporation of Carlisle shall, first, by entry upon their records, by the trustees thereof, agree to pay all the fees of the jailer for his services in such cases. § 6. The trustees of said town of Carlisle shall make May prevent orders against stock running at large upon the streets ning at large. of said town, and compel the owners of such stock to keep up the same, by fine or otherwise, in their discretion. 7. Said corporation may, at any time, on submission May submit all to the qualified white voters of said corporation by the fied voters of trustees thereof, vote a school tax, for the purpose of building school-houses or paying teachers, not to exceed one dollar on the hundred dollars' worth of taxable property within said corporation, except the property of negroes, who shall not be taxed therefor. The trustees may submit at such times, and in such manner as they may deem proper, any proposition herein allowed; and they may regulate how, where, and by whom such elections shall be held; and whenever a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the tax, said trustees shall levy and col lect the same, and apply it to the purposes herein designated. 1872. May tax all taverns, coffee erect school § 8. The trustees of said town shall tax all persons owning or keeping bars or shops where whisky, wine, houses, &o., & gin, brandy, or any spirituous liquors, or ale, cider, or use funds to lager beer is sold by the small or drink, within the limits houses. of said town, not less than thirty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars per year for each of such bars or shops; and a tax of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars shall be levied by them on all persons who sell or vend any spirituous liquors, ale, or lager beer by the quart, or a greater quantity, within the limits of said. town. Said taxes, when levied under this act, shall be collected in a manner directed by said trustees, who may order the levy and sale of the contents of any such bars or shops, and the spirituous liquors found in the possession of vendors by the quart, and over that quantity, if the owners thereof refuse to pay said taxes, which, when collected, shall be applied by said trustees to the purpose of erecting school-houses, and paying for those already erected, and paying teachers, within said corporation, and the same shall not be applied to any other purpose. § 9. The trustees of said town shall have full power to carry out all the provisions of this act. § 10. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 30, 1872, CHAPTER 129. AN ACT for the benefit of the Mulberry and Consolation Turnpike Road WHEREAS, It appears that a president and directors of the Mulberry and Consolation Turnpike Road Company have been annually elected, but not at the time fixed by law; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the president and directors of said company, now acting as such, shall have all the power as if regularly elected, and shall hold their office until the first Saturday in August, 1872, at which time an election shall be held by the stockholders of said company for a president and directors, and annually thereafter on said day. § 2. That all the acts of the president and directors heretofore elected, for the purpose of carrying out the objects of said organization, are hereby legalized and held to be valid as if an election for president and directors, LOC. L.-14 1872. had been duly held according to an act, approved January 15th, 1868, entitled "An act for the benefit of the Mulberry and Consolation Turnpike Road Company, in Shelby county." § 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 30, 1872. CHAPTER 130. AN ACT for the benefit of the common school districts in Cumberland county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the court of claims for Cumberland county be, and is hereby, authorized to convene, on the first Monday in May, 1872, and levy a poll-tax, not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents on each male white citizen over twentyone years of age, in each school district in said county not having a comfortable school-house, for the purpose of building a school-house in the same, or for repairing the old one; but the citizens of one district are not to be taxed for the benefit of another district. § 2. That the sheriff of said county shall collect the taxes levied under this act, and be accountable for the same on his county levy bond, and he will pay the amount due each district to the common school trustees thereof. §3. That such levy may be made annually until a sufficient sum of money is raised to build a comfortable schoolhouse, or repair the old one to that extent in each district. §4. That it is made the duty of the school commissioner of said county to report to said court the condition of the school-houses in said county. § 5. That this act take effect from its passage. Approved January 30, 1872. CHAPTER 131. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors in the town of Campbellsville," approved March 21, 1871. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That so much of sections first and second of an act, entitled "An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors in the town of Campbellsville, Kentucky," approved March 21st, 1871, as prohibits the presiding judge of the Taylor county court granting license to hotel-keepers in the town of Campbellsville for vending ardent spirituous liquors, or that prohibits bona fide hotelkeepers, with license, vending by retail, or otherwise, spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors within the corporate, or within one mile of the corporate limits of said town, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 30, 1872. 1872. CHAPTER 132. AN ACT to prevent the destruction of fish in the stream of Bank Lick, in Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to drag, or use a seine, net, or trap in the waters of Bank Lick, in Kenton county, for the purpose of catching fish; and any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, for each offense, be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, one half to go to the informer. §2. Persons violating this act may be proceeded against by warrant of arrest or by summons, and any justice of the peace may try such persons. 3. Nothing in the first section of this act shall be so construed as to prevent the use of "minnow nets" in said stream of Bank Lick. § 4. This act shall take effect after February 1st, 1872. Approved January 30, 1872. CHAPTER 133. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Harrison County Agricultural So ciety. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Said society money, and ex to secure the § 1. That the president and directors of the Harrison County Agricultural and Mechanical Association be, and may they are hereby, authorized and empowered to borrow ecute mortgage money to pay any indebtedness incurred in carrying out same. 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. 1872. May sell all foreclosure is § 2. That should a foreclosure of any mortgages, executed under the preceding section, become necessary to property if pay any debt, requiring a sale of only a part of the real made for any 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. debt. erty, if deemed pay debts. 3. That whether any mortgage be executed as hereinMay sell prop: before provided or not, that the board of directors, with advisable, and 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 30, 1872. CHAPTER 134. AN ACT in relation to the Bardstown and Green River Turnpike Road WHEREAS, It appears that all that part of the Bardstown and Green River Turnpike Road Company lying between the summit of Muldrough's hill and the Hart county line, in Larue county, is not kept in repair by the president and managers of said road; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the president and managers of the Bardstown and Green River Turnpike Road Company are hereby authorized to repair all that part of said road lying between the summit of Muldrough's hill and the Hart county line, in Larue county; and when so repaired, they shall be authorized to erect gates and charge tolls, as authorized by the charter incorporating said company. § 2. That if the said president and managers of said road shall fail to repair said road, as authorized in the first section of this act, on or before the first day of October, 1872, then, and in that event, it shall be the duty of the county court of Larue county to take charge of all that part of said road lying between the two points mentioned in the first section of this act, and require it to be kept up as a county road: Provided, however, That said president and managers, after said road is taken in charge by the county court of Larue, shall not, from and after that time, be authorized to erect gates or collect any tolls on any part of the road lying between the points above designated. |