of said gates, or toll in proportion to the distance the said road may be traveled on. 1860. be collected. § 6. That said company may, upon the completion of When toll may any five miles of said road, erect a gate, and compel paywent of toll for travel upon the same, as if the entire road was completed. § 7. It is further enacted, that said company shall have power to prescribe, by its by-laws, the time for the annual election of its officers. § 8. This act shall take effect from the day of its pas sage. Annual elec tion. Approved February 3, 1860. CHAPTER 134. AN ACT to incorporate the Green county and Taylor county Turnpike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That a company is hereby formed, under the name and style of the "Green county and Taylor county Turnpike Road Company," for the purpose of constructing an artificial road from the present terminus of the Greensburg and Taylor county turnpike road, near Hilliard's old shop, in Green county, to the town of Campbellsville, in Taylor county. Name & style. § 2. The capital stock of said company shall be fifteen Capital stock. thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. This capital may be enlarged or diminished, according as it may require more or less to complete said road. §3. Books for the subscription of stock in said company. may be opened at any time after the passage of this act, at Greensburg and Campellsville, and at other points, under the direction of Joseph Chandler, A. F. Gowdy, Sam'l O. White, Geo. W. Montague, Alfred Hazelwood, Aaron Harding, E. H. Hobson, R. A. Taylor, sr., W. N. Vaughn, S. A. Spencer, and J. M. S. McCorkle, or some one or more of them at each place, who are appointed commissioners. They shall at each place have or procure a book or books, and the subscribers for stock in said company shall enter into an obligation in said books to pay to the president and directors of the Green county and Taylor county Turnpike Road Company the sum of twenty-five dollars for each share of stock set opposite their names, at such time and in such manner as may be required by the said president and directors; and should the subscriber wish to pay in work, he shall append to his name, "to be paid in work on the road, in such time and manner as may be required Comm'rs to open books. 1860. When meeting to be called. by the president, and at such value as may be agreed upon by the president or fixed by the superintendent or engineer of said road." § 4. That so soon as seventy-five shares of stock in said of stockholders company shall be subscribed, said commissioners, or some one or more of them, shall give ten days' previous notice, by written advertisements posted up at Greensburg and Campbellsville, and some other public place in the neighborhood, for the meeting of the stockholders at Campbellsville or at Greensburg, as may be fixed on, for the election of officers, and organizing under this charter; and when assembled, they shall, under the supervision of two or more of the commissioners who shall attend, proceed to elect a president and four directors, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be duly elected and sworn. They shall be sworn before some magistrate to discharge their duties faithfully and impartially. come body corporate. § 5. That upon the election and qualification of the presWhen to be- ident and directors aforesaid, they shall be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the " Green county and Taylor county Turnpike Road Company," and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and possess all the rights and privileges incident to corporations; and shall be capable in law of suing for and recovering and holding their capital stock subscribed, and of receiving and holding, of purchasing and selling and conveying any estate, real and personal, as may be necessary for them in the prosecution of their work on said road; to sue and be sued, defend and be defended, in all courts or places; also to have a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure. To pay $5 on fore allowed to each share be vote. Certain sec tions of another aet ma le appli cable. § 6. That at or before the meeting to elect the president and directors, each subscriber of stock for money shall pay the sum of five dollars on each share before he shall be allowed to vote at said election; and any subscriber qualified to vote, may do so by proxy. The money thus paid over shall be received for the time being by one of the commissioners, and paid over to the treasurer when that officer is appointed and qualified. §7. That so much of sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, nineteen, and twenty of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate Elizaville and Blue Lick turnpike road company," approved 9th February, 1858, (Session Acts 1857-8, page 305,) so far as they may not be provided for or changed by this act, are hereby incorporated and made part of this charter, with all the rights and privileges therein contained. § 8. That the general width of said road shall not exceed Width of road. forty nor be less than thirty feet, and the artificial part not less than eighteen feet in width, and the greatest elevation not to exceed four degrees. 1860. When gate may be erected ed. § 9. That when said road, or four continuous miles thereof, shall have been graded to the width of eighteen and toll collectfeet, and with all necessary side-drains, culverts, and bridges, and shall be made so as to present a smooth surface, slightly elevated in the center, then the said president and directors shall have the right to erect a toll-gate at such point on said road as they may deem proper, and at which gate they shall have the right to demand, collect, and receive one half the toll now allowed by law to other turnpike roads of this State; and a proportionate rate of toll may be collected in addition for every mile that may be so graded over four miles: Provided, That no part of the tolls thus arising shall be distributed amongst the stockholders, but shall be expended by the president and directors in keeping up and metalling said road, and defraying expenses incurred by the company; and when said road shall be covered with stone or gravel for four continuous miles, to the width of fifteen feet and nine inches thick, then said president and directors may demand and receive and collect full toll, and a proportionable rate of toll may be collected in addition for every mile over four miles that may be so metalled; and not until the whole road shall be completed, and all liabilities of the company discharged, shall any dividends or profits be received by the stockholders. § 10. That the county courts of Green county and Tay- Green & Taylor lor county are authorized, a majority of all the justices take stock. therein concurring, to subscribe, on the part of said counties respectively, twenty shares each, or any number they may deem proper; and may levy an annual tax upon the taxable property of said counties respectively, of not exceeding two cents on the one hundred dollars' worth of property in any one year, and may continue such levy annually until the amount subscribed shall be paid; and the sheriffs of said counties respectively shall collect the same, and pay it over to the treasurer of said company, as the court may direct. § 11. That it shall be lawful, and within the discretion of the president and directors of said company, to make such arrangement or contract with any one or all those through whose land said road may run, by which said persons may be released from part or all of their tollage on said road, in consideration of the right of way being given to said company. § 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage thereof. Approved February 3, 1860. Persons may be exempt from right of way. toll for grant'g 1860. corporated. CHAPTER 135. AN ACT to incorporate the Bryantsville and Cane Run Turnpike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That persons who subscribe stock to construct a Company in- turnpike road from Bryantsville, at any point on the turnpike road from Bryantsville to Lexington, not more than three miles below Bryantsville, to Cane Run church, in Mercer county, crossing Dix river near King's mill, be a body corporate and politic, under the style of the Bryantsville and Cane Run Turnpike Road Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, and shall have perpetual succession, and the capital stock shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars. Name & style. books. § 2. The following persons shall be commissioners to obCom'rs to open tain stock in said company: J. S. Hoskins, C. E. Bowman, C. J. Spilman, H. F. Smith, and M. Robinson, or any two of them, who may, at any time they think proper, cause the books for the subscription of stock to be opened, after having given five days' notice of the place of meeting, by posting up written advertisements in three or more public places in the vicinity of the subscribers; the stockholders shall be authorized to organize, and elect a board of officers, when two thousand dollars of stock is subscribed, and five days' notice has been given of such election. §3. That said road shall be opened not less than twenty Width of road. nor more than fifty feet wide, and the artificial part thereof covered with stone, shall not be less than fifteen feet wide. The elevation of the grade of the road shall be fixed and regulated by the president and the managers of the company. be erected, and toll collected. § 4. That when said road shall be opened and graded for When gate may any distance thereof, equal to two and a half miles, and a proper and sufficient coating of macadamized stone or gravel placed thereon; it shall be lawful for said company to erect a gate, and may charge half toll on the same, and to collect for the travel on said road the same rates of toll that are charged and allowed to be collected by the provisions of an act to charter the Danville and Hustonville turnpike road company: Provided, The company be allowed to charge toll on all vehicles going to and from mill. And it shall be lawful, when said road is completed, for the company to dispense with the half toll, and in lieu thereof erect and use gates, under the rules and regulations of the Danville and Hustonville turnpike road company. road. § 5. Said road shall be under the control and manageWho to manage ment of a president and five directors, who shall, after the first election, hold their offices until the first Saturday in December following, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The first board of officers shall be elected 1860. Provisions of ble to this. at such time and place as the commissioners may direct. The stockholders shall, after the first election, elect a president and five directors, on the first Saturday in December. § 6. The provisions of an act of the General Assembly another charter of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, approved March 1st, made applica1844, entitled "An act to incorporate the Danville and Hustonville turnpike road company," so far as the same are not changed by this act, and are applicable, shall be the law governing the Bryantsville and Cane Run turnpike road company: Provided, That under this charter, all notices for calls on stock, elections, &c., may be given by posting up advertisements, (either written or printed,) and shall not be published in any newspaper. § 7. The commissioners shall have five years from the passage of this act to organize under the same. § 8. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 3, 1860. CHAPTER 136. AN ACT to incorporate the Dry Ridge Turnpike Road Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That persons who subscribe stock to construct a turnpike road in Garrard county, from some convenient point on the Lancaster and Buckeye turnpike, near Hugh Logan's residence, to any point on Sugar creek, or the Kentucky river, near the mouth of said creek, be a body politic and corporate, under the style of the Dry Ridge Turnpike Road Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, and shall have perpetual succession; the capital stock of which shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. § 2. The following persons are appointed commissioners. to open books and obtain stock in said company: Walter Adams, Daniel Ray, John W. Letcher, William Collier, Tyre West, and John T. Leavel, any two of whom may act. They may, at any time they think proper, cause books for the subscription of stock to be opened, after giving ten days' notice of the place of meeting, by posting up advertisements in five or more public places in the vicinity of the subscribers. The stockholders shall be authorized to organize and elect a board of officers, whenever three thousand dollars of stock is subscribed, and ten days' notice is given of the time and place of such election. §3. The management of said company shall be under a president and four directors, who shall, after the first election, hold their offices for one year, and until their success |