CHAPTER 183. AN ACT directing the purchase of Stanton's edition of the Revised Statutes, for the use of the Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1860. State to pur Stan § 1. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, Secretary of directed to purchase of Richard H. Stanton, for the use of chase 3,000 this Commonwealth, three thousand copies of the editions ton's Revised of the Revised Statutes recently prepared and published by Statutes. him, at the price of six dollars per copy of two volumes, as proposed by him in his memorial to the Legislature; and as the said books shall be delivered to the said Secretary, at his office in Frankfort, he shall examine the same, and if the said books are well bound and in good order, he shall certify to the Auditor of Public Accounts the number delivered, who is hereby required to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer for the price of the same: Provided, That nothing shall be paid until at least one thousand copies of said book are delivered. One copy to be distributed to each officer vised Statutes; entitled to Re § 2. That it shall be the duty of the said Secretary of State, when the acts of the present General Assembly shall be distributed, to cause to be delivered to each of the officers of this Commonwealth now entitled by law to receive the Revised Statutes, one copy of said work, and one copy or. to each county surveyor of the Commonwealth. also one to each county survey To be deliv ors in office. § 3. That it shall be the duty of each officer of this Commonwealth, who may receive a copy of the said edition of ered to successRevised Statutes, under this act, upon his going out of office to deliver the same to his successor in office, to be by him in like manner delivered to his successor. § 4. That the Secretary of State be directed to furnish to Mr. Stanton copies of all amendments to the Revised Statutes and general laws passed and to be passed at the present session of the General Assembly, to be incorporated into the work hereby directed to be purchased. § 5. That the remaining copies of said work, so directed to be purchased under this act, shall be deposited by the Secretary of State in the public library, to supply such officers of the Commonwealth as may not receive a copy from their predecessors as prescribed by this act, or to exchange with other States or Territories for works of like character and value, for the use of the Court of Appeals of this State. § 6. That the said work shall be received as evidence and authority in all the courts and tribunals of this State. -Approved February 9, 1860. Secretary of State to furn ish Mr. Stanal laws of presbe incorporat ton with gener ent session, to ed with the work. 1860. CHAPTER 185. AN ACT to change the time of holding the Quarterly Court of Trimble county. + Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the quarterly court of Trimble county shall hereafter be holden on the first Monday in the months of March, June, September, and December, instead of the time now fixed by law. § 2. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 9, 1860. CHAPTER 188. AN ACT to transfer the equity and criminal causes in the Graves Circuit Court to the Equity and Criminal Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the clerk of the Graves circuit court is authorized, and hereby directed, to transfer the equity and criminal causes now pending in the Graves circuit court to the equity and criminal docket of the equity and criminal court of said Graves county. § 2. That this act take effect from its passage. Approved February 10, 1860. CHAPTER 189. AN ACT to extend the February term, 1860, of the Montgomery Circuit Court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the judge of the Montgomery circuit court may extend the February term of said court till the third Monday in March, 1860, by entering an order, during the regular February term, 1860, of said court, declaring such extension of the term either to the third Monday in March, or any shorter period § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. CHAPTER 190. AN ACT to establish an Institution for the education of idiots and feebleminded children. WHEREAS, There are over five hundred idiotic or feebleminded persons supported by the State of Kentucky, at an annual expense of about thirty thousand dollars, which is yearly increasing in amount; and there are known to be many others in the State sustained by their friends: And whereas, Schools have been successfully established for the education and training of this imbecile and helpless class, both in Europe and America, by which it has been demonstrated that they are capable of comparatively very great improvement, and that their infirmity may, to a considerable degree, be relieved, and so far that, in many cases, they may become intelligent, useful, and self-sustaining; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1860. § 1. That there be, and is hereby, established an Institu- Institution tion for the education and training of the feeble-minded established. children of the Commonwealth, under the corporate name and title of "The Commissioners of the Kentucky Institution for the Education and Training of Feeble-minded Children." ed. Commission §2. The commissioners of said Institution, to be appointed as hereinafter directed, shall be, and they are here- ers incorporat by, constituted a body corporate, with all the usual powers of a corporation, necessary to carry out the objects of the establishment of said Institution, with perpetual succession; with authority to purchase and hold, or to rent or hire, or to receive by gift or bequest, property, real or personal, for the objects of said Institution; with capacity of contracting and of being contracted with, of sueing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, and of using a common seal, and of altering the same at pleasure. Eighteen commissioners be appointed. to Term of office. § 3. The commissioners of said Institution shall be eighteen in number, to be appointed by the Governor, with and by the advice and consent of the Senate; six of them to reside in the county in which the Institution shall be located, six in the counties immediately adjoining the same, and six in other parts of the State; five of whom shall constitute a quorum Two of each class, in the order of their names as appointed, shall go out of office every two years, but may be reappointed. They shall retain their office, however, until their successors are appointed. In case of the death or resignation of a member, the board of commissioners shall have power to supply the vacancy to the end of his time. The commissioners shall previ- To take an ously take an oath, before any properly authorized officer, faithfully to perform the duties of their office, a certificate of which shall be recorded by the secretary. oath.j 1860. Board of Commissioners to hold two meet ings annually. President of the Board may call a meeting at any time. Executive committee. ent and teach ers. Salaries. § 4. The board of commissioners shall hold at least two meetings in each year, at stated periods; and the necessary traveling expenses of the commissioners living out of the county where the Institution is located, shall be paid by the board on presentation. The president of the board, who shall be one of the resident members, shall have authority to call a meeting of the board at any time. Three of the resident members shall be appointed an executive committee, during the intervals of the meetings of the board, two of whom shall form a quorum, who shall keep by the secretary of the institution a record of their acts and doings, to be presented at the next meeting of the board for their approval or disapproval. 5. The board of commissioners shall appoint the superSuperintend- intendent of the Institution. He shall appoint the teachers and other subordinate officers, by and with the approval and consent of the board. The board shall fix the salaries of all the officers. They shall regulate the character and age of the pupils to be received, and they shall divide them into classes according to intellect, and regulate the time of each class in the Institution. Classes. Treasurer. stitution. § 6. The board shall appoint a treasurer, who shall not be a member of the board, and a secretary, each of whom shall receive adequate salaries. § 7. There shall be, and is hereby, appropriated, for the Appropriations support-including board, instruction, clothing, and medifor pupils and support of in- cal attendance of each pupil, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable quarterly; and the sum of three thousand per annum, payable quarterly in advance, from the time of the passage of this act, for the general support of the Institution-payment of salaries, purchase of books, furniture, maps, apparatus, and for improvements, Parents and contingent expenses, &c. It shall be the duty of the superguardians of intendent to require each parent or guardian to pay whatever sum per annum, in his judgment, after due inquiry, he or she may be able to pay towards the support of his or her child or ward in the Institution. From the entirely indigent nothing shall be required. certain pupils to pay. purchas e s of ported and paid out of the treas § 8. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to keep, Account of or cause to be kept, a detailed account of all the supplies supplies to be purchased or expenses incurred, except salaries. He shall kept and re- render a weekly or monthly account of the same to the secretary, or to an auditor appointed for the purpose, who shall audit the same; whereupon the secretary shall draw a warrant for its payment upon the treasurer. The executive committee may advance the superintendent such weekly or monthly sums as may be necessary to meet current expenses. ury. Expenditures § 9. The superintendent shall make to the Auditor of the to be reported State a quarterly return of all the expenditures and income of the Institution of every kind, with proper vouchers, which it shall be his duty to audit, and certify a general statement thereof to the Legislature biennially. § 10. The secretary and treasurer shall keep full and independent accounts of the income and expenditures of the Institution, which they shall compare once a year. The treasurer shall lay before the board his report, audited and certified by the secretary. He shall make no disbursements, except upon the warrant of the secretary. § 11. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to make a biennial report to the Legislature, accompanied by a catalogue of the pupils, and a report from the treasurer for each year. §12. The Institution shall be located in Franklin county, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars, payable in three equal annual payments from the passage of this act, shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to enable the board of commissioners to purchase grounds and erect suitable buildings. It shall be their duty to employ a competent architect to furnish a plan and superintend their erection. Before, however, the plan obtained and agreed upon by the board shall be executed, it shall be laid before and approved by the Governor. The board of commissioners shall in the meantime make temporary provision for putting the Institution into operation. Approved February 11, 1860. CHAPTER 191. AN ACT to amend the charters of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky, and the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the amount of the capital which shall be employed at the principal bank, and the several branches of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky, shall be under the control of the president and directors of the principal bank, so as to employ the same most advantageously to the community and the stockholders, any thing in the charter of said bank to the contrary notwithstanding-subject to the following restrictions and provisions: 1. No more than one fourth of the capital stock actually paid in shall at any time be employed at the principal bank. Capital of principal bank and under control of president and directors bank subject to branches to be of principal restrictions. 2. Said bank shall pay into the treasury of the Commonwealth, for the benefit of the common school fund, a tax of fifty cents on every one hundred dollars of surplus accumulated profits, agreeably to the provisions of "An act amend- 1857-8, p. 86. ing the charters of the several banks of Kentucky," 1st Sess. Acts |