CHAP. CCXXXV. AN ACT for the benefit of the Trustees of the Simpson Approved, January 13, 1830. 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present Gen- Recita'. eral Assembly, that in consequence of the loss of a part of the record of the proceedings of the trustees of the Simpson county seminary, the regular succession of the trustees cannot be deduced from said record, it is apprehended that the legality of their official acts and their right to prosecute suits in any court of record are thereby rendered doubtful: for remedy whereof, seminary. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Names of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That James Harris, Dur- trustees of the ham Hail, Thomas Hail, William H. McGoodwin, Sebourn Shaw, Davis S. Hammond, John A. Crowdus, John Finn and Henry B. Montague, now acting trustees, be, and they are hereby declared to have been trustees of said seminary, duly appointed. done declared Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all their acts as Their acts trustees of said seminary be, and the same are here- heretofore by declared as valid and legal as if no defect in said valid. record existed. That the said James Harris, Durham Hail, Thomas Hail, William H. M'Goodwin, Sebourn Shaw, Davis S. Hammond, John A. Crowdus, John Finn and Henry B. Montague and their successors in office, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of this Commonwealth, any defect in said record notwithstanding; and that they may do and perform any and all acts which Their corpotrustees of said Seminary can lawfully do and perform. rate powers. CHAP. CCXXXVI. AN ACT to organize two fire companies in the town of Approved, January 13, 1830. two fire com SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the The citizens Commonwealth of Kentucky, That any of the citi- may organize zens of the town of Lexington not exceeding seventy- panies and efive in number for each company, shall be and they lect officers. are hereby authorized to organize two fire compa- · 1830. nies, which, as soon as twenty citizens of said town shall have joined each company, may proceed to the election of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one treasurer and clerk; the said officers The power and to appoint such other officers as may be deemed neduty of the of ficers so elect-cessary, and adopt all such regulations and by-laws as may be considered proper and useful for the good management and discipline of said companies. ed. The companies to have month ly meetings for exercising at the engines. The officers and members to attend on fire. Penalty for failing to at tend, disobedi ence of orders, and fines how Sec. 2. Each of said companies shall, at least once in each month, convene where the company engine is kept, and under the control of the officers, practice themselves in the use and working of their res pective engines, not less than one hour, and shall not be compelled to continue on duty, at each time, more than two hours. Sec. 3. It shall be the indispensable duty of each officer and member of said fire companies, when alarms of fire are given, to meet promptly with their every alarm of engines, buckets and other apparatus, to extinguish the same, and shall in all cases render obedience to the officers of their respective companies, and for any failure of duty, non-attendance, disobedience of orders, &c. shall be liable to a fine not exceeding three dollars; the fines assessed to be immediately listed with and collected by a collector elected by the company, or by the town collector or any constable selected by the officers of the campany, in case there be no company collector; who shall, without delay, proceed to collect all fines and pay over the same monthly, to the treasurer of the respective companies; retaining nine per cent. for the collections actually made; and may be proceeded against by the commanding officer of the company, for any failure of duty, in the same manner as the town collector of Lexington now is for the taxes he may collect. recovered and applied. constitute a board for the assessment of fines &c. Sec. 3. The senior officer present to take comThe officers to mand, or preside,'being ranked as named in this bill; and the captain and lieutenants, treasurer and clerk shall constitute a court of assessment, any three being a quoruin, to hear and determine all cases presented to them, under this law, and the by-laws of the company. The duty of the clerk and treasurer of the company. Sec. 4. The clerk shall keep a book, in which he shall record whatever may be done by the company and court aforesaid; and the treasurer shall keep a book to enter all monies received and paid out by him; each of these officers to receive such compen fines. 1830. sation for these duties, as may be fixed by their respective companies, and keep their books open to the inspection of any member of the company at all times; the residue of the fines collected shall be ap- Mode of appropriated by the officers in building or repairing propriating their engine houses and engines, purchasing hose, ladders, buckets and other necessary instruments and apparatus used by fire companies; all orders for money to be drawn by the commandant of the company on the treasurer and countersigned by the clerk. Sec. 5. The officers and members of said compa- The officers nies, so long as they continue such, shall be exempt and members of the comfrom militia duty in time of peace, and from serving pany exempton grand and petit juries: Provided, that any mem- ed from militia ber may be expelled by a vote of the company, for duty in time bad character, repeated neglect of duty, or refusal of peace and and failure to pay the fines assessed against him. serving as ju rois. town. Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to divest the trustees of Lexington of The property in the engines any property they may now hold, in the said engines, &c. to continhose, ladders, buckets and apparatus, but the said ue in the trustrustees shall have power to resume the possession tees of the and control of the same, when by them deemed proper. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That such of the provisions of this act as are not embraced in the act "to organize a fire company in the town of Russellville" shall apply also to that act, and be enforced in the regulations and management of said company in the town of Russellville. The provisions of this act to apply to the fire companies in Russelville. CHAP. CCXXXVII. AN ACT for the benefit of Anner Taylor. Approved, January 14, 1830. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- Land given. ·wealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the landoffice shall, and he is hereby authorized to receive and register a survey of twenty-six acres of land, in Adair county, on the waters of Glenn's fork of Russell's creek, in the name of Anner Taylor, without fee, to be laid off so as to include the improvements 1830. now occupied by Anner Taylor, and issue a patent as in other cases now allowed by law, without the State price being paid thereon. CHAP. CCXXXVIII. AN ACT for the benefit of Mary Cale. Approved, January 14, 1830. WHEREAS, it is represented to the present General Assembly, that Ann Foster, a widow lady of Gallatin county, is aged sixty-nine years, is very poor, and has no means of a support except by her own industry; and further, that she has a sister, Mary Cale, aged about sixty-seven years, who is and has been from her early youth, a person of unsound mind, and who is wholly unable to provide any means of support, and indeed is unable even to feed herself when the food is provided, and that the said Ann Foster has supported her said sister since the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, without any aid from the public treasury, and yet continues to support her, which is grievously oppressive: Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the said Mary Cale shall be taken and considered by the Gallatin circuit court, as a poor idiot, dependent upon the State for a support; and upon such court certifying, simi-annually, that the said Mary Cale is yet living, and that she remains without any property competent for her support, the Auditor shall draw his warrant upon the treasury, in favor of the said Ann Foster, or such other person as the court may appoint a committee for that purpose, for a sum at the rate of fifty dollars per year, for the support of the said Mary Cale; and it shall be the duty of the Auditor, upon the application of the said Ann Foster, or her agent, to draw his warrant upon the treasury for the sum of twenty-five dollars, as a support for the said Mary Cale, for the six months next preceeding the setting of the next terin of the Gallatin circuit court, without the certificate of the court. CHAP. CCXXXIX. AN ACT to declare the Bayou de Chien, Obion and Approved, January 14, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Bayou de Chien, in the county of Hickman, from the bridge at the town of Moscow; the Little Obion from where the road crosses the same, from Columbus on the direction to Moscow; and Mayfield's creek, from the mouth of the west fork, shall be, and the same are hereby declared navigable streams, from the points aforesaid, to the junction with the Mississippi, and shall be kept open and free for the passage of boats and other crafts, up and down the same; and if any person or persons shall fell any timber, or put any other obstructions in said streams, thereby to obstruct or impede the free navigation thereof, such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay three dollars for every twenty-four hours such obstructions shall be permitted to remain in said stream, which may be recovered before a justice of the peace, by any person suing for the same, the one half said sum to be appropriated towards lessening the county levy, and the other for the use of the person who sues. 1830. CHAP. CCXL. AN ACT for the benefit of John Cottrel and others. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That John Cottrel, Thomas Wyatt, and Thomas Arthur, have the further time of two years and nine months from the passage this act, to pay into the treasury, the state price on a salt water claim, on Poplar creek in Knox county. of CHAP. CCXLI. AN ACT for the benefit of Henry Waddle. Approved, January 14, 1830. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Land granted. Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the Register of the |