1 CHAPTER 510. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Stock. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the charter of the Kentucky Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Stock be, and the same is hereby, so amended that said association shall not be compelled to pay to its members any interest or dividends on their shares which may accrue after the passage of this act, except out of any surplus which may remain in the treasury of said association after the payment of its debts. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. 1872 CHAPTER 511. AN ACT for the benefit of B. L. Carr. WHEREAS, B. L. Carr was the teacher of common school district No. 15, in Hickman county, during school year ending June 30, 1872, and sixteen children of pupil age, from the county of Ballard, attended school, and were taught by said Carr; and whereas, said children's tuition has never been paid, there being no school taught in the district in which they were listed; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby authorized to draw an order on the Auditor, in favor of said B. L. Carr, for the sum of thirty-seven dollars and sixty cents, such being the amount due if said children had been regularly reported ; and said sum shall be paid out of the bond fund of Ballard county. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 513. AN ACT to amend the charter of the St. Bernard Coal Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the charter of the St. Bernard Coal Company be, and the same is hereby, so amended that said company 1872. may purchase and own ten thousand acres of land in this State. § 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 515. AN ACT for the benefit of Jas. M. Eifort. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That James M. Eifort having served as guard, by order of the Carter county court, in conveying Benjamin Davis, a lunatic, to the Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, in June (1863), eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and his fees for services and traveling expenses amounted to the sum of thirty-five dollars, and that he has never been paid for said services; the Auditor is therefore directed to draw his warrant in favor of said Eifort on the Treasurer for that sum, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 516. AN ACT for the benefit of school district No. 38, in Trigg county. WHEREAS, The commissioner of common schools for the county of Trigg, in his census report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the school year ending June 30th, 1871, made a mistake in the number of pupil children in district No. 38 of said county, reporting forty-one instead of forty children; and whereas, a three months' school has been taught in said district during said school year; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the school commissioner of Trigg county is hereby authorized to accept the report of a three months' school for said district, and to draw his draft on the Auditor for the full amount due for forty children, the correct number in said district, for school year ending June 30th, 1871, which draft, when countersigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall entitle said commissioner to a warrant on the Treasury for said amount so due, and which, when collected, he shall pay over to the trustees of said district for the purpose of paying the teacher thereof. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. 1872. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 517. AN ACT exempting the property now occupied by 7. F. Smith, in Harrison Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth §1. That the property of Z. F. Smith, in Cynthiana, Ky., now occupied and used by him for educational purposes, shall be, and the same is now, exempted from all taxation for State, county, and city purposes, so long as said property is so occupied and used: Provided, The property so exempted shall never exceed five thousand dollars. § 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 518. AN ACT for the benefit of James B. Wiley, of McCracken county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasury, in favor of James B. Wiley, of McCracken county, for eleven dollars and seventy-five cents, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. CHAPTER 519. AN ACT for the benefit of John G. Johns, of Floyd county. WHEREAS, It appears that there was issued by the clerk of the Floyd county court red fox and wild cat certificates amounting to the sum of twenty-nine dollars and twentyfive cents after the passage of the act requiring the head to be produced, in which the said clerk used the word scalp instead of the word head; and whereas, said certificates or claims were allowed by the circuit court in and for said county, and ordered to be certified to the Auditor *1872. for payment, but which he declines to pay because of the use of the word scalp as aforesaid, instead of the word head; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of John G. Johns, the owner and holder of said claims, for the sum of twenty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. § 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 13, 1872. porated. CHAPTER 520. AN ACT to organize and establish a system of public schools in the city of Hopkinsville for white children in said city. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That ail the territory embraced within the limits of District incor- the city of Hopkinsville, or which may be hereafter embraced in said city, shall be, and is hereby, incorporated as a school district, which shall be under the control and management of a board of trustees, elected by the citizens of said city as hereinafter directed. name & style. § 2. The persons so elected shall constitute and be styled Corporate the board of trustees of the Hopkinsville public schools, and by that name shall be body-politic and corporate, and may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with ; may buy and sell and convey real and personal estate; and the title of all public school property in said district shall vest in said board and their successors forever. when elected & their duties. §3. The number of trustees for said district shall be five, Trustees to be elected on the second Saturday in July biennially, and hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and in case of the death or resignation of any of said trustees, or if, from any cause, there shall be a vacancy, the other members of the board shall fill said vacancy by the appointment of some suitable and qualified person; said trustees to qual ify on the second Monday after their election. take oath. § 4. Said trustees, before entering upon the discharge of Trustees to their duties, shall take an oath to faithfully perform the duties required of them under this act before a justice of the peace or county judge. May make by-laws, &o, § 5. The said board of trustees shall have power to fix the time and place of meeting; to make all by-laws and rules for the government of themselves and appointees, and for the management, control, and government of the public schools; and shall cause to be kept a correct journal of their proceedings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of any citizen of Hopkinsville. §6. The said board shall appoint one of its members chairman, who shall preside at all meeting, and perform such other duties as may be devolved upon him; and may appoint a secretary, prescribe his duties, and fix his compensation. 7. The board of trustees shall appoint all teachers and other persons necessary to carry on said schools, and prescribe all rules for their government, and fix their compensation or salaries; and may dismiss or suspend any teacher or other person appointed by them. prescribe the branches of education to be taught in the schools, grade the schools and classes, and prescribe the necessary qualifications for, and the mode of examination of, pupils or persons applying for admission into the schools. § 8. All white children over six and under twenty years of age, within said district, shall have equal right of admission to said schools, free from all charges for admission or tuition; and it is expressly provided that only white children shall be admitted to said schools. 1872. Trustees to appoint teach er fix compenscribe studios. sation, and pre Qualification of scholars. Trustees to make annual § 9. The said board of trustees shall, at the end of each scholastic year, make out a report, in writing (and have report. the same published if they deem it necessary), showing the number of pupils in each of the schools, and the condition and amount of property and funds belonging thereto, and such other facts and information as the cause of public education requires. names. Trustees councilmen to provide funds poses. Board of for school pur Council to § 10. The following persons are hereby constituted and appointed trustees under this act, viz: Jas. A. Wallace, Wm. Skerrett, Geo. C. Long, G. A. Champlin, an R J. McDaniel, with power to fill vacancies as herein provided, and serve until their successors are elected and qualifiel. § 11. The board of councilmen of the city of Hopkinsville shall provide the funds for purchasing suitable grounds, and for building the school house or houses, and paying all the expense of said schools; and to this end it shall be the duty of said board of councilmen, and they issue bonds for are hereby authorized and empowered, to issue the bonds said purpose. of the city of Hopkinsville to such an amount as may be necessary to provide suitable grounds and school houses; but such amount shall not exceed twenty thousand dol· lars; the said bonds may be of any denomination, not exceeding one thousand dollars each, running not longer than thirty years, bearing interest at any rate not exceeding ten nor less than seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually; said bonds, in this section pro |