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within said town and town district of civil causes to the same extent that justices of the peace now have or may hereafter have within this State; and shall have the same jurisdiction of crimes and misdemeanors committed within said town and the county of Washington as two justices of the peace now have; and shall have full jurisdiction within said town of all offenses against the bylaws and ordinances of said town. He shall have power to issue all necessary process and precepts, enter judgments, and issue execution for all tines and penalties for such offenses, in such a manner as justices of the peace may do now by law. He shall have power to grant attachments and injunctions to the same extent that the presiding judge of the county court now has. It shall be the duty of said police judge to keep a record of his proceedings, copies of which shall be evidence to the same extent, and for the same purpose, that copies of the records of the justice of the peace now are. He shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses and other process for witnesses before him, and to punish all contempts against his authority by fine, not exceeding five dollars in each case. He shall have power to take and certify depositions as examiners now under existing laws, and shall be allowed for his services similar fees as are now allowed to justices of the peace and examiners. For the trial of civil cases, he shall hold regular terms in March, June, September, and December in each year; and for causes may hold his court at any time that an offender may be brought before him or process returned regularly executed.

§ 4. Appeals from all judgment rendered by said police judge to be taken in the same manner as appeals are now allowed from judgments of the justices of the peace.

§ 5. The marshal of said town, in addition to the powers heretofore granted, shall have the same power, perform the same duties, and be liable to the same penalties, that constables of this Commonwealth now by law are. Before he enters on the duties of his office, he shall take an oath, and execute a bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, before the county court of Washington county, with good security, to be approved by the said court, faithfully to perform his duties, with conditions similar to a constable's covenant, upon which suit or motion may be instituted, according to the rules and regulations of law in regard to constables. He shall collect all town taxes and other demands in any other part of the county, and shall be responsible as a sheriff or constable is now in said cases, and shall be entitled to such fees for collecting tax as the trustees shall allow him: Provided, That said police judge shell have power and authority to direct his

process to be executed by the marshal or any sheriff or constable of said county.

§ 6. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

§ 7. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 273.

AN ACT to incorporate the Butchers' Union, of Louisville.

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

§ 1. That John M. Letterle, Jacob Hartmann, John Ehrmann, Frank Humbert, Wm. Fretten, and Fred. J. Krauth, and their associates and successors, shall be known as a corporate body, by the name and style of "The Butchers' Union, of Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky."

§ 2. Their officers shall consist of president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, and

treasurer.

§3. They may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts in this Commonwealth, by the name of the Butchers' Union; and service of process on the president or treasurer shall be legal notice of such suit.

§ 4. They shall assist each other in case of sickness or death, according to their by-laws.

§ 5. They may hold property; buy and sell to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in value; and in order to govern their members, regulate their proceedings, expenditures, and incomes, may make a code of by-laws, provided that they be not inconsistent with the laws of this Commonwealth or of the United States.

6. That they may make and use a common seal, to amend or alter at pleasure. The Legislature reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this charter at any time. §7. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 274.

AN ACT for the benefit of the Baptist Church in Shelbyville. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the trustees for the Baptist Church in the town of Shelbyville, Kentucky, shall have power to sell and convey to the purchasers the parcel of ground in said town, situated between Main street and First South street, and

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fronting on the latter ninety-nine and one half feet east and west, which is the entire width of lot No. 100 in said town, and running back from said front one hundred feet, towards Main street, the entire width of lot No. 100, and running a straight line one hundred feet from said front, so as to include one hundred feet in depth from the front across the entire width of said lot No. 100, being the same lot conveyed by Isaac Watkins and wife to James Bristow and Samuel Dupuy, trustees for the Baptist Church in the town of Shelbyville, and which is no longer used by the said Baptist Church, which has built its house of worship on another lot in said town; and when such conveyance is made, the title of said Baptist Church to said parcel of ground shall be vested in the grantees.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from the date of its pas

sage.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 275.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to repeal the Charter and reincorporate the Town of Elizabethtown, in Hardin County," approved February 26, 1868.

WHEREAS, Doubts exist whether, under the charter of Elizabethtown, railroad stocks and property within said town, owned by railroad companies and express companies, are subject to taxation for town purposes; for remedy whereof,

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

§ 1. That the nineteenth section of the act to which this is an amendinent shall be construed to include in the property thereby made taxable all railroad stocks, and other stocks owned by residents of said town, and all property owned by railroad or express companies, located in or usually kept in said town, except railroad track, freight, and passenger cars, depots and enginehouses within said town.

§ 2. That every male person, upon conviction of the court, who shall be fined for breaches of the charter or by-laws of said town, and who shall fail to pay or replevy said fine and costs, may, in the discretion of the court, be ordered to work on the streets, alleys, and other public work or works in said town, under the supervision of the town marshal, until said fine and costs shall be paid or replevied, or the fine discharged by work at two dollars per day. Such persons shall be confined in jail at nights, and the jailer's fees shall be paid by the town: Provided, That the jailer shall only charge for

one commitment and release for any judgment rendered
under this section.

3. That the board of trustees may, if they deem it
proper, authorize the payers of taxes of said town to
pay the taxes to the treasurer of the board, and his re-
ceipt shall stand in every respect to such as so pay as
the receipt of the marshal; and they may allow persons
so paying a discount not exceeding what the marshal
would be allowed for collecting the same had it been
collected by him. They may also appoint a collector to
collect the taxes levied by the board, who shall give bond,
with sufficient security, to be approved of by the board
of trustees, and have the same power, and be subject to
the same responsibilities, as the marshal is or would be
in collecting said taxes.

§ 4. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved February 7, 1870.

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CHAPTER 277.

AN ACT to legalize the proceedings of the Boone County Court at its Octo-
ber Term, 1869.

WHEREAS, The Boone county court, sitting as a court of
claims, at its October term, 1869, found it necessary, in
order to pay the indebtedness of said county, to fix the
county levy for the year 1870 at two dollars and fifty
cents per tithe; and whereas, it being believed that said
court had not the legal authority to fix said levy at said
sum, now, for remedy whereof,

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

1. That the proceedings and orders of the Boone county court, at its October term, 1869, fixing the county levy at two dollars and filty cents per tithe, be, and the same is hereby, legalized.

§2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 278.

AN ACT to authorize the Harlan County Court to levy tax to pay off County

debts.

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

1. That the county court for Harlan county, a majority
of the justices concurring, shall have power to levy, at the
regular court of claims, a tax of not exceeding thirty cents
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said county, to aid in the payment of the debt due from said county for the building of the court-house and jail in said county. They shall have the further power to levy an additional poll-tax of not exceeding one dollar for the purposes aforesaid, and for the payment of other county debts.

2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and shall be in force for the years 1871 and 1872, and no longer.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 279.

AN ACT to extend the provisions of certain Local Acts to Shelby

County.

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

§ 1. That an act, entitled "An act to punish certain trespasses in Jefferson, Scott, Mason, Kenton, Campbell, and Woodford counties," approved December 23, 1861, and the act, entitled "An act to amend an act to punish certain trespasses in Jefferson and other counties," approved March 8th, 1862, be so amended as to include in their provisions the county of Shelby.

§ 2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 280.

AN ACT to repeal Section Fourteen, Chapter Sixty-seven, Revised Statutes,
so far as the same applies to Mount Pleasant, in Harlan County.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky:

That section fourteen of chapter sixty-seven, title, Mills," of Revised Statutes, be repealed, so far as the same applies to the town of Mount Pleasant, in Harlan county.

Approved February 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 281.

AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas M. Dickey, late Public Guardian of Barren County.

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

§ 1. That it shall be lawful for Thomas M. Dickey, late public guardian of Barren county, to settle his accounts as