shall be paid, until the same are audited and allowed by the board. In all cases the payment shall be upon an order drawn by the clerk upon the treasurer for the amount appearing to be due the claimant, for which order he shall execute a receipt to the clerk. When the treasurer has been appointed, and the funds paid over to him, the chairman shall indorse such order in his official capacity on the application of the holder, and the treasurer shall pay the same on presentation; such order in the hands of the treasurer, together with the receipt taken by the clerk, shall be evidence of its payment. Like bond shall be required from the treasurer, and like remedies are hereby given, as in case of the collector of taxes. 1872. May borrow money and issue bonds to § 26 The board shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the corporation, and issue the bonds of the town therefor, bearing interest payable annually, redeem- pay same. able at periods not exceeding twenty years from their date: Provided, That the interest paid shall in no case exceed eight per centum per annum, and that the amount of said bonds outstanding at any time shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars; said bonds shall be signed by the chairman and countersigned by the clerk of the board, and, shall be the bonds of the corporation. § 27. They shall annually publish an account of all the moneys received, and of all the payments made, during the year they are in office, together with a statement of the town debt at the expiration of their term. To make annual report. May purchase § 28. The board shall have, for cemetery purposes, not exceeding twenty acres of land, either within or outside ground for oemthe limits of said town. etery. May pass by-laws, ordi § 29. They shall have full power to pass all needful ordinances and by-laws for carrying into effect the pow-nances, &c., & may fix penalty ers herein granted, and executing all the provisions of the For Violating charter, with suitable penalties for the infraction of the same. same, not exceeding fifty dollars, except in cases of disturbance of religious worship, riots, breaches of the peace, and tippling-houses, where the penalty may be one hunddred dollars. They shall also have power to appoint all subordinate officers necessary to carry the provisions of this act into eílect, such as police officers, overseers of the work-house, market-master, weighers, and any other that may be required, and to require bond and security of them for the faithful discharge of their duties. § 30. The board shall cause all the by-laws and ordinances to be fairly recorded in the journal of their proceedings, and cause public advertisement of the same to be posted in two or more public places in said town. By-laws, &o.. to be recorded. Police judge and his power and jurisdio 31. There shall be established in said town a court, to be styled the "Smith's Grove police court," which shall be tion. 1872. held by one judge, elected as provided for in the thirtyfifth section of this act; said court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of said town, and civil, penal, and criminal jurisdiction in all cases where, by the laws of this State, justices of the peace within the county of Warren are or shall be authorized to hear, determine, or in any manner to act; and the laws of this State directing and regulating the dispositions of the fines assessed in justices' courts shall be applicable to this court; and as to committing criminal offenses, and sending them on for trial, and admitting them to bail, said court shall have the power of two justices of the peace; and for contempts to his court, said judge shall have the same power and authority to punish, by fine and imprisonment, that county courts have. §32. Said police judge shall be entitled to charge and Fee of police receive the same fees as those allowed by law to ju-tices judge. of the peace for similar services, to be collected in the same way. Persons vio be confined in lating laws to county jail. work on roads. 33. All persons convicted of violating the ordinances or by-laws of said town, and failing to pay the fines assessed against them, may be confined in the jail of Warren county until the fines are discharged, at the rate of two dollars per day. 31. That the citizens of said town shall be bound, Citizens to as heretofore, to work upon the roads and streets in said town, and keep the same in good repair, and shall be exempt from working upon roads outside the limits of said town. § 35. The police judge and marshal of said town shall have the same qualifications, and shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town, at the same time, and in the same manner, and hold their offices for the same term, as county judges and sheriffs respectively, and shall be fiable to removal in the same manner. An election for police judge and marshal of said town shall be held on the first Saturday in April, 1872, by the qualified voters of said town, to hold their offices respectively until the regular time now prescribed by law for the election of county judges and sheriffs respectively. § 36. Said town shall have the right to assess, levy, and collect taxes for the year 1872. § 37. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 496. AN ACT to amend an act, entitle "An act to reduce into one the several acts regulating the Butler Seminary." Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1872. settlements to § 1. That hereafter settlements with the trustees of the Trustees Butler Seminary may be made with the judge of the But- be made with ler county court, or such commissioner as said county court county judge. judge shall designate and appoint for that purpose; which appointment shall be made in open court and entered of record. § 2. That all settlements made after the passage of this act with the Butler Seminary trustees shall be reported to and filed in the Butler county court, and shall be by said court disposed of and be recorded in the clerk's office thereof as settlements with personal representatives are required by law to be disposed of and recorded. Settlements to be filed with county court. ally. § 3. That the trustees of said seminary shall, within Settlements to sixty days next succeeding the passage of this act, and made annuonce every twelve months thereafter, settle their accounts as herein provided; and that, from and after the date of their first settlement made after the passage of this act, the treasurer of said board of trustees shall account for, and be charged with, interest on the said seminary funds shown to be in his hands, at the rate of ten (10) per cent. per annum. 4. That a majority of said trustees concurring may, at any time, by an with the advice and consent of the Butler county judge, cause to be erected on the seminary grounds, in Morgantown, a teacher's resilence and the necessary out-buildings, or cause an addition attached to the present seminary to be built, as in their judgment will most tend to facilitate the educational interests of their county; and may cause such bulling or buildings to be paid for out of the seminary fund on hand, and may draw on the treasurer of said trustees for the funds necessary therefor. 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. Trustees may erot buildings. and pay for same out of inary funds CHAPTER 497. AN ACT for the benefit of E. G. Davidson. WHEREAS, It appears that Louisa Eldridge, a citizen of Clinton county, was declared to be a person of unsound mind and a pauper lunatic on the first day of March, 1871, by the Clinton circuit court, and ordered to be con 1872. fined in the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, and 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of one hundred and fifty five dollars and fifty cents ($155 50), in favor of the said E. G. Davidson, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 499. AN ACT for the benefit of Jas. Vinson and others, in Hardin county. WHEREAS, In the month of June, 1867, John A. Raine, R. L. Raine, Samuel Sullivan, Thos. Brunk, Wm. Stuart, Wm. Williams, John S. Cash, J. S. Newman, Edgar Dyer, Anderson Dorsey, C. W. Matthis, and E. Shelburn, did, under an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved March 9th, 1854, and the various amendments thereto, organize themselves into a voluntary association, be designated the Sonora Institute; and whereas, the property and stock in said Institute was sold and transferred, so that on the 25th day of February, 1871, the entire stock and property was owned by J. Toll Miller, B. F. Collins, W. L. Williams, S. H. Sullivan, Wm. Stuart, T. J. Brunk, C. W Matthis, J. A. Raine, E. F. Dyer, John S. Cash, Josiah Phillips, E. Shelburn, A. J. Dorsey, R. L. Raine, and John H. Bland, who did, on the 25th day of February, 1871, convey, by deed of general warranty, to Jas. Vinson, the lands, house, all the stock and property of the original Sonora Institute; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the sale and transfer of the above named property to James Vinson be, and the same is hereby, ap proved. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 500. AN ACT for the benefit of C. G. Beard, of Clinton county. WHEREAS, It appears that Maranda Evans, a citizen of Clinton county, was declared to be a person of unsound mind, and a pauper lunatic, on the first day of February, 1871, by the Clinton county court, and ordered to be carried to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, and L. W. Beard was appointed by said court a committee to said pauper lunatic; and said asylum having more than its complement of patients at that time and ever since, and the superintendent in consequence refusing to receive said pauper lunatic; and it further appearing that C. G. Beard has, since the judgment of said court, taken care of the said pauper lunatic, and that he has faithfully performed the duty as committee to said pauper lunatic from the said 1st day of February, 1871, until the 1st day of January, 1872, inclusive; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor be, and he is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasury for the sum of one hundred and eighty-three dollars, in favor of the said C. G. Beard, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 501. AN ACT for the benefit of A. H. Calvin, of Fayette county. WHEREAS, It appears that Daniel Webster, a person of unsound mind, was, on the 8th day of April, 1871, by order of the county court of Fayette, directed to be confined in the Eastern Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, and said asylum having already more than its complement of patients at that time, and the superintendent, in consequence, refusing to receive him; and it further appearing that the judge of the county court did direct A. H. Calvin, of the county of Fayette, to take, confine, and properly 1872. |