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CHAPTER 277.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Kentucky' River Turnpike Road Company.

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

§ 1. The following shall be the rate of tolls which the Kentucky River Turnpike Road Company shall have a right to charge and collect at the gates on their road, viz : Hogs, per head, 2 cents; cattle and sheep, I cent; one horse and rider, 5 cents; one horse or jack, or jennet, 5 cents; one horse buggy, 10 cents; two-horse buggy, 15 cents two-horse carriage, 20 cents; two-horse furniture car, 35 cents; two-horse spring wagon, 35 cents; onehorse spring wagon, 20 cents; farm or market-wagon, two-horse, 30 cents; three-horse wagon, 40 cents; fourhorse wagon, 50 cents. Transit or road-wagons are as follows: Two-horse wagon, 40 cents; three horse wagon, 50 cents; four-horse wagon, 80 cents; five-horse wagon, 90 cents; six-horse wagon, 1 dollar; two-horse wagon, empty, 25 cents; three-horse wagon, empty, 30 cents; fourhorse wagon, empty, 40 cents; five-horse wagon, empty, 50 cents; six-horse wagon, empty, 60 cents; one-horse cart, 25 cents; two-horse cart, 30 cents; two-ox cart or wagon, loaded or empty, 30 cents; four-ox cart, 50 cents; six-ox cart, 60 cents; four-horse stage, 75 cents; one-horse sleigh or sled, 10 cents; two-horse sleigh or sled, 20 cents; elephant or show animals, 50 cents.

§ 2. The charges or collection of tolls heretofore made by said company, not exceeding the rates hereinbefore specified, are hereby legalized, and are to have the same effect in every respect as if this act had been previously enacted.

§ 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 14, 1872

CHAPTER 279.

AN ACT requiring the circuit and county clerks of Montgomery to index and cross-index certain records, and prescribing the manner of payment for performing such work.

WHEREAS, The court-house of Montgomery county was burned in December, 1863, and the indexes to several of the record-books, and the general cross-index to the records of the Montgomery circuit court, and the general crossindex to the deed books of the Montgomery county court, were destroyed by said burning; and it being necessary that said indexes should be made,

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

§ 1. That the clerk of the Montgomery circuit court be, and he is hereby, authorized to make and supply each record-book in his office with an index that now has none; and that he also make a complete general alphabetical cross-index to all records of said office; and that the clerk of the Montgomery county court be, and he is hereby, authorized to make a complete general alphabetical crossindex to all deed-books in his office.

§ 2. That the judge of the Montgomery circuit court is authorized to make such order of allowance to the clerk of said court, for his services for said work, as to him mây appear, on proof, just and reasonable, and certify said allowance to the court of claims of Montgomery county; and that the judge of the Montgomery county court is authorized to certify to said court of claims such sum, for the services of said county clerk for said work, as to him shall appear, on proof, to be just and reasonable; and that said court of claims shall thereupon make an order to pay said sums so certified by said circuit and county judges out of the county levy of Montgomery county. Approved February 14, 1872.

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CHAPTER 280.

AN ACT to empower the circuit judge of the thirteenth judicial district to fill by appointment the vacancy caused by the death of the late master commissioner in chancery for the Bath circuit court.

That whereas Lindsay Coleman, heretofore a master commissioner in chancery for the circuit court of Bath county, has died, and said office has thereby become vacant, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this General Assembly that the business of said court requires that another master commissioner be appointed to fill said vacancy before the next term of the Bath circuit court; therefore,

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

§1. That the circuit judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Kentucky be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to fill said vacancy out of term time as fully as if said court were sitting; said office of said master commissioner so appointed to continue for a like period of time from the next circuit court in said county after said appointment, as like master commissioners appointed by the circuit courts of this Commonwealth.

§2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved February 14, 1872.

1872.

CHAPTER 281.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Mt. Sterling and Levee Turnpike Road
Company.

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

§1. That the president and directors of the Mount Sterling and Levee Turnpike Road Company are hereby authorized and empowered to execute a mortgage on the said road to secure the payment of the money borrowed to complete the construction of said road, if, in their discretion, it is deemed proper. The mortgage shall be valid when executed and acknowledged by the president of the said company, after an order made on the record of said company by the president and directors: Provided, That the said mortgage shall not be foreclosed for at least twelve months after its execution.

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

Approved February 14, 1872.

CHAPTER 282.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Winchester and Red River Iron Works Turnpike Road Company, and the Schollsville Branch of same Road.

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

§ 1. That hereafter the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Winchester and Red River Iron Works Turnpike Road Company shall be held at ten o'clock in the morning, on the Saturday before the first Monday in May of each year; and the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Schollsville Branch of same road shall be held at ten o'clock in the morning, on the Saturday before the first Monday in August of each year. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved February 14, 1872.

CHAPTER 283.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Red River
Iron Manufacturing Company."

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

§ 1. That an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Company may Red River Iron Manufacturing Company," approved Febtal stock. ruary 13th, 1866, is so amended as to authorize said company to increase its capital stock to an amount sufficient

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§ 2. That said company shall have power to create a special stock, not to exceed five millions of dollars, with build railroads. which to build and construct any railroad authorized by said charter, and for that purpose may borrow money and secure the payment thereof by bonds and mortgages on such railroad as may be constructed by said company, or on its other property now owned or which it may hereafter acquire.

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3. That whenever said company shall, in writing, request the county court of any county, or the city council of any city, through or adjacent to which it is proposed to construct said railroad, such court or council may submit to the qualified voters of such county or city the question whether said court or council shall subscribe to the capital stock of said company, for and in behalf of said county or city, the amount of stock specified in the request of said company. The election shall be held on a day to be fixed by the court, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the order is made, of which public notice must be given at the time such order is made, and shall be held and conducted in the manner now provided by law in regard to general elections; and if it shall appear that a majority of the legal votes cast at said election shall be in favor of such subscription, it shall be the duty of the shall be made. judge of said county, or the council of said city, to enter said vote upon their records, and the subscription shall be made on the terms specified in the order submitting the question to a vote, in the mode and manner prescribed for such subscriptions in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and its branches; and also any citizen of this Common- Private citizens wealth may subscribe to the capital stock of any railroad may subscribe built, or to be built, under the provisions of this act and the act to which this is an amendment.

§ 4. That said company shall first construct a railroad from Richmond, by way of Irvine and Scott's Landing, to Proctor, and they may also construct a railroad from Paris to the Red River Iron Works, in Estill county, and from said iron works to any point in Clark county.

§ 5. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 13, 1872.

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CHAPTER 284.

AN ACT to incorporate the Grand Central Industrial Exposition. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That John R. Throckmorton, James M. Bryant, Corporators' James C. Johnston, George P. Doern, John B. McFerran, Chas. H. Clifton, Robert Atwood, Chas. U. Shreve, L. L. Dorsey, Clarence Bate, Wm. Johnston, John S. Cain, Chas. M. Thruston, J. Richard Barret, C. Bullitt, W. R. Ray, Jilson P. Johnson, James S. Barret, James W. Bowles, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a Corporate style body-corporate, by the name and style of the “Grand Central Industrial Exposition;" and by that name may sue and be sued, have a common seal, and alter it at pleasure; and may appoint marshals for the preservation of order, who shall have the powers, and be responsible in like manner as policemen of the city of Louisville; and said company shall have all necessary power and authority to carry out the objects of this act.

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§2. The capital stock of the company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, which may be increased from time to time by the board of directors, but not to exceed fifteen hundred thousand dollars; it may be divided into shares of twenty-five, fifty, or one hundred dollars each, as the directors shall elect, and may be paid for in real estate, in lumber, or by services rendered in the erection of buildings, or in making other improvements for said company.

3. The directors may make all by-laws considered necessary for the government of the company, which shall not be inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State, nor with the Constitution of the United States; they may fix the number necessary to constitute a quorum of their body, and fill any vacancies that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise; they shall receive no pay for their services, but may fix the salaries and prescribe the duties of the president, and of all other othicers and employees of the company.

§ 4. The individuals above named shall constitute the first board of directors, and hold their office for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified; and may organize the company as soon as one hundred thousand dollars of the capital stock is subscribed for.

§ 5. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to Additional make such roads, highways, or drives, to and through their grounds, as may be necessary to make them most accessible from all points, and best contribute to the convenience, comfort, and pleasure of the citizens of Louisville and of Jefferson county, and the same may be paved with wood or stone, or what is known as the "asphalte composite;" and