1872. CHAPTER 303. AN ACT for the benefit of Benjamin Goodin, R. P. Gresham, and Geo. W. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That it shall and may be lawful for Benjamin Goodin, R. P. Gresham, and George W. Roberts, to construct, use, and operate railways from their coal mines, in Rockcastle county, across the Wilderness Turnpike Road, to intersect the Louisville and Nashville Railroad: Provided, however, That such railways and coil chutes shall be so constructed as not to interfere with the travel on said Wilderness Turnpike Road. That all lands over which said road shall be constructed and operated shall be condemned in the manner now provided by law. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 304. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Cornwall Candle Factory, of Louis ville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the name of F. M. Lowry be substituted for that of John Cornwall, among the corporators of said company. §2. That the title of said company shall hereafter be "The Cornwall and Brother Candle Company." §3. That said company be, and they are hereby, empowered to increase their capital stock to any sum, not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 305. AN ACT to legalize the acts of O. G. Moore, sheriff of Edmonson county, and authorize him to give bond. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that O. G. Moore, sheriff of Edmonson county, by mistake or oversight, failed to execute, on the first Monday in January, 1871, the obligation or bond as prescribed by the third section of article one, chapter ninety-one, of the Revised Statutes; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be lawful for said sheriff to execute bond with security, in the Edmonson county court, which bond, when executed, shall have the same effect, and be as binding on him and his securities for all his official acts, as if the bond hereby authorized had been executed on the ⚫first Monday in January, 1871, and that all the official acts of said sheriff, done within the scope of the authority and powers conferred on sheriff's by law, are hereby legalized and made valid. § 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. 1872. CHAPTER 307. AN ACT for the benefit of B. F. Ryal, jailer of Cumberland county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for one hundred and two dollars and seventy-five cents, in favor of B. F. Ryal, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for keeping a pauper lunatic named Martha Tobin. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 308. AN ACT for the benefit of L. H. Oakley and W. H. Litton, of Laurel county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of L. H. Oakley and W. H. Litton, of Laurel county, for the sum of thirty dollars, being the balance on expenses incurred in taking Campbell Moore to the Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, Kentucky, by order of the Laurel circuit court. The same to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. 1872. CHAPTER 309. AN ACT to repeal the charter of the town of Walton, Boone county. That an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Walton, in Boone county," approved February 18, 1870, be, and the same is now, repealed. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 310. AN ACT for the benefit of P. G. Lawson, of Warren county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That J. D. Hines, trustee of the jury fund for Warren county, be, and he is hereby, authorized to refund to P. G. Lawson the sum of thirty-six dollars and fortyfour cents, the amount paid by said Lawson on an execution against him for a fine, which fine, except costs, was remitted by the Governor of this State; and said J. D. Hines shall have a credit on his account as trustee of the jury fund for said county. § 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 311. AN ACT for the benefit of Iven W. Bowman, late deputy sheriff of Bracken county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Iven W. Bowman, late deputy sheriff of Bracken county, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, for one year from and alter the passage of this act, to distrain for unpaid fee bills, and State and county taxes, in said county, subject to all the liabilities and penalties now prescribed by law for illegal distraints and levies. § 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 21, 1872. CHAPTER 312. AN ACT to incorporate the Western Tobacco Bank and Warehouse Com pany. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1872. Corporators' names, and cop § 1. That W. V. Loving, Andrew Graham, John C. Walker, Robert Dunlop, jr., Jos. D. Allen, R. B. Caldwell, porate style. Robert L. Boyd, J. W. Edwards, Thomas B. Overton, Peter Schanzenbacher, George W. Wicks, David Musselman, and J. C. DeMoss, of the city of Louisville; James S. Coleman, James A. Thomas, W. C. Chapman, H. D. McHenry, and Isaac Mendel, of Ohio county; Willis B. Machen, of Lyon county; Lewis Potter and A. H. Smith, of Warren county; Robert Browder, of Logan county; Henry Griffith, Isaac Calhoon, and John W. Johnson, of McLean county; S. A. Jackson and John Kittinger, of Muhlenburg county; A. B. Skillman, R. R. Pierce, Alf. Allen, Nathaniel Hensley, and Dr. G. W. White, of Breckinridge county; R. D. Salmons, of Simpson county; J. R. Schooling, of Metcalfe county; T H. Mustain, J. P. Rowlett, H. C. Rawlings, and W. B. Crandock, of Hart county; J. Howard Todd, of Owen county; W. L. Conklin, Lafayette Green, and J. M. White, of Grayson county; F. H. Overton and D. Robards, of Henderson county; W. J. Pace and D. R. Haggard, of Cumberland county; A. H. Cunningham, A. M Brown, and J. R. Gaither, of Hardin county; Thomas E. Puckett, Wm. Evans, and Julian Phelps, of Butler county; John J. Gatewood, of Allen county; L. J. Bradford, of Bracken county; Harrison Taylor, of Mason county; O. C. Richardson, James Farleigh, and W. A. Allen, of Meade county; B. Mag ffin, of Mercer county; James W. Snyder and George W. McAdams, of Hancock county; W. J. Davie and Walter Evans, of Christian county; George W. Williams, Cliuton Griffith, and James Stuart, of Daviess county; John S. Barlow, of Barren county; Thomas Corbett, of Ballard county; John T. Gray, of Franklin county; and H. Rothert, of Indiana, and those that they may associate with them, and their successors and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate, by the name of the "Western Tobacco Bank and Warehouse Company," with power in that name to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and defend, in all courts and places whatsoever as a natural person; and it may have a common seal, and may change and renew the same at pleasure. § 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to purchase and hold, in fee or by lease, a lot or lots of LOC. L.-24 Corporate powers. 1872. land in the city of Louisville, upon which to erect a large and convenient tobacco warehouse, and such other lots or parcels of land as they may require for their business. § 3. It shall be lawful for said corporation to build in said city of Louisville a tobacco warehouse, and to keep and carry on the same for selling and storing tobacco, and to erect storehouses and other buildings necessary for the transaction of their business. § 4. It shall be lawful for said corporation to loan money, discount promissory notes, buy and sell exchange, stocks, bonds, and other mercantile securities; and the promissory notes made negotiable and payable at their general office, or the principal place of business of said corporation, or at the office of any of the incorporated banks or branches of this State, and inland bills which may be discounted or purchased, prior to maturity, by said corporation, shall be, and are hereby, put upon the footing of foreign bills of exchange, and like remedy may be had thereon, jointly or severally, against the makers, drawers, and indorsers thereto and thereon. 5. Said corporation shall have power to make advances on approved securities, and upon the agricul tural and other products of the country. It may receive bonds, stocks, produce, and merchandise; and may also receive on security, for money loaned or debts owing, United States bonds, vouchers, or certificates, or the bonds of the State of Kentucky, choses in action, and sell the same as provided and authorized by an act, entitled “An act for the benefit of the incorporated banks of Kentucky," approved March 16, 1871. It may receive deposits of gold, silver, bank notes, United States Treasury notes, and other currency, and pay the same in kind, or as may be agreed by general or special contract, and may allow interest on deposits at agreed rates. 6. Said corporation may issue letters of credit, payable throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and other foreign countries, for the convenience of commerce and travel. § 7. Said corporation may borrow money, and may secure the same by mortgage on its real estate, and on such time as the president and directors, or a quorum thereof, may deem expedient. 8. The capital stock of said corporation shall be one Capital stock. million dollars ($1,000,000), and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars ($100) each. The stock of this corporation shall be personal property, and transferable on the books of the corporation according to its by-laws; but no certificate of stock shall be issued except for stock actually subscribed for on the books of the com pany, and actually paid in. Each share of said capital |