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thereof unknown, and the nearest newspaper to said jailer is of limited circulation; therefore,

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

§ 1. That it shall and may be lawful for the jailer of Adair county to publish and advertise said runaway slave in the Louisville Democrat and Louisville Journal until the expiration of six months from the time said slave was put in said jail, and that the owner of said slave pay for said advertisement; or if said slave is sold, that said jailer be allowed the amount that he may pay for said advertisement out of the proceeds of said sale of said slave. § 2. This act to be in force from its

passage.

Approved January 16, 1860.

CHAPTER 71.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Paris.

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

That the charter of the town of Paris be so amended that it shall be lawful for the town marshal of the town of Paris, by authority of the chairman of the board of trustees of said town, to confine and imprison in the lock-up or town jail of said town, now constructed in the markethouse in Paris, all parties who are liable to confinement or imprisonment in the county jail of said county for violations of law or the town ordinances made by said trustees; and the said marshal shall have such fees for apprehending and keeping prisoners confined therein as is allowed the jailer for his services.

Approved January 17, 1960.

names.

CHAPTER 73.

AN ACT to incorporate the Hospital Company for the relief of persons deprived

of reason,

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

§ 1. That A. D. Hunt, W. F. Bullock, John Milton, Corporators' Edwin Bryant, J. H. Heywood, Isaac Everett, John Cornwall, James Speed, W. B. Belknap, R. J. Breckinridge, B. J. Adams, Henry Pirtle, T. H. Hunt, Henry C. Pindell, T. T. Shreve, T. S. Bell, Thos. Coleman, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, made and Name and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and porate powers. style of the Hospital Company for the relief of persons

style, and cor

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deprived of reason, by which name they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in any court in this Commonwealth having jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the suit. § 2. That it shall be lawful for said company to receive To receive and and detain such persons as may be committed to their committed to. charge for treatment, in the same manner, and by the same authority, that lunatics are received in the lunatic asylums of this State.

hold persons

their charge.

agers.

§ 3. That the affairs of said company shall be conducted Board of manby a board of five managers, to be elected by the members of said company, at such times, places, and for such periods, as may be deemed advisable.

laws.

§ 4. That said board of managers shall have power and May make byauthority to enact such by-laws, rules, and regulations as may be deemed requisite for the conduct of the business of said company, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, and in conformity to the constitution and laws of this State.

May appoint

§ 5. Said managers shall also have power to appoint officers, de such clerks, agents, and servants as may be necessary for the conduct of their said business.

per

§ 6. That said company shall have the right to purchase and hold, or to receive by gift or devise, such real or sonal property as may be necessary for the business aforesaid.

§ 7. Said hospital shall be located at any point within the State of Kentucky deemed most advisable by said board of managers.

May acquire and hold real estate.

Approved January 17, 1860.

CHAPTER 74.

AN ACT to incorporate the Navigating and Mining Company of Pond River. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

Corporators' rate powers.

§ 1. That John B. Frost, George Eves, John Eves, jr., John Eves, sr., and David Clarke, be, and they are hereby, names, & corpoconstituted and created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Navigating and Mining Company of Pond River; and by that name to have perpetual [powers] for all purposes of mining all kinds of coal, ores, and minerals, and for manufacturing all kinds of iron, metallic articles, machinery, lumber, breadstuffs, cotton and woolen goods, and for doing and transacting all and every thing connected with such business; and of transporting and selling, in any market said corporators or a majority thereof may see proper, all coal and iron ores and other mineral substances, lumber and other products of the soil,

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and manufactures of said company. And said corporation, by the name aforesaid, may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts in this Commonwealth or elsewhere; to have a common seal, and the same to change or alter, as they may think proper; to make all needful rules and by-laws for the regulation and management of said company, and generally to do all and every other act or thing the said directors may think proper for the well-being and advantage of said company, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this State.

§ 2. That said company shall have the right to hold, by May purchase purchase or lease, such lands, tenements, coal rights, mining and hold lands, rights, and rights of way, buildings and machinery, and

Pond river.

also to construct any plank-road or roads, railroad or roads. May slackwater They shall likewise have the right to slackwater Pond river, so as to make the same navigable at all seasons of the year from its mouth to McKensay's mill, where the Greenville and Hopkinsville road now crosses said river, by erecting locks and dams and depots, as they may deem necessary for the good and well-being of said company; and may charge and collect such toll for the use of said company, and for the successful navigation of said river, as the directors may see proper: Provided, however, That the tolls at each lock thereon shall at no time exceed the present rate of charges at each lock on Green river: And provided further, That said directors shall use at no time more of the water for manufacturing purposes than would otherwise be wasted by passing over the dams.

managers,

and how subscribed.

§ 3. That said company shall have power to appoint any May appoint one or more of its members, or other person or persons, to manage and control the business of said company, according to the rules and by-laws thereof; and the acts of such persons thus appointed shall be binding on said company. § 4. That the capital stock of said company shall at no Capital stock, time exceed two and a half millions of dollars, which shall be subscribed for, divided into shares of not less than fifty dollars each, and paid in such manner as said company may prescribe by their by-laws; and certificates of stock shall be issued, as the directors may direct in said by-laws, and the stock shall be regarded as personal property, and shall be transferred on the books of said company in person or by attorney; but the company shall have a lien on said stock of all the stockholders for any debt he may owe said company: Provided, This section shall not be so construed as to affect any bona fide creditor or purchaser, without notice, for a valuable consideration.

Books contain

§ 5. That said company shall cause a book to be opened ing names of and kept, subject to the inspection of any member of said (kept. company, which shall contain the names of all the mem

subscribers to

bers and the shares or amount of stock each may own, and shall bear the profits and losses of said company, in proportion to the stock he may own, as aforesaid.

§ 6. Said directors may, at such time and place as they may designate, elect one of their number president, which shall be done by ballot, and such other officers as they may deem necessary: Provided, That before said election shall take place, each member of said company shall have received reasonable notice, in writing, of the time and place of said election.

§ 7. That it shall be lawful for the president and directors of said company, when deemed by them expedient, to obtain on loan such sums of money, on such terms and at such interest, not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, as they or a majority of them may deem expedient for the use of said company, and to execute the note or notes of said company therefor; and by and with the consent of the stockholders, or so many as may represent two thirds of the capital stock thereof, pledge and mortgage any or all of the estate, improvements, privileges, and effects of said company whatsoever for the security or repayment of said money, and may issue bonds, with or without coupons, and convertible in whole or any part thereof into stock of said company, at any time within five years thereafter, and the capital stock shall be increased accordingly.

§ 8. The Legislature reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this charter at pleasure.

$9. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 17, 1860.

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president.

May borrow

money.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Centerville and Jacksonville Turnpike

Road Company.

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

§ 1. That the company heretofore incorporated by orders of the county court of Bourbon county, in pursuance of the Revised Statutes, chapter 103, under the name of the Centerville and Jacksonville Turnpike Road Company, shall have all the powers, immunities, and franchises conferred upon it by the orders of said county court; and in addition thereto, shall have power in its discretion to extend its macadamized road from the point where it terminates, by said orders of incorporation, at the Harrison line, till it intersects the turnpike from Cynthiana to Leesburg, at or near Broadwell, in Harrison county; such extension to be made upon or in the general direction of the old road.

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§ 2. If in the extension hereby authorized said company should locate the route of their road so as to vary at any point from the route of the old road, they shall have authority to procure the right of way to the extent of such variations from the owners of the land over which it shall pass, either by contract or writ of ad quod damnum, under the general law.

§3. That with a view to such extension, said company may reopen its books for the subscription of stock at such times and places as the board of managers or directors may appoint, and may increase its capital stock to an amount sufficient to construct the road as thus extended; and the subscribers to said stock shall be bound to the company for the payment of such subscriptions; and upon the payment of the same, shall be admitted into the company upon the same footing as the original stockholders.

§ 4. That the county courts of Bourbon and Harrison counties shall each have power, at any regular term of said courts, a majority of the justices of said counties respectively being present and concurring therein, to make subscriptions to the stock of said company, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars per mile, to the extent that said road shall be located within said counties respectively, and to levy a tax sufficient to pay the same, which tax shall be collected by the same officers, and under the same responsibilities, as the revenue of the State is collected.

§ 5. That if the extension herein authorized shall be made, said company shall have authority to erect a tollgate at or near the intersection of their road with the road from Leesburg to Cynthiana, and also a toll-gate between Jacksonville and Centerville, as allowed in their original incorporation, the latter of said gates to be established when five miles of their road shall be completed, and the former upon the full completion of their road as it authorized to be extended; and that at each of said gates they may charge and receive toll as regulated in chapter 103 of the Revised Statutes.

§ 6. Said company may procure, either by contract or writ of ad quod damnum, suitable lots of ground for the residence of toll-gate keepers at the points indicated; and also quarries at convenient distances sufficient to construct and keep said road in repair.

$7. The regular annual election for officers shall be held on the first Friday in April of each year, at Jacksonville; and at that time the stockholders shall elect a president and four directors, who shall supersede and be invested with all the powers of the chairman and board of managers under the general law; and said president and directors shall choose a treasurer. Said officers shall continue in office one year, and till their successors are elected.