CHAPTER 560. AN ACT to incorporate the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of the WHEREAS, Various persons of the county of Bourbon, in this Commonwealth, have organized an agricultural association under the name and style of the "Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Colored People," of Bourbon county, for the purpose of promoting agriculture, mechanics, and horticulture, and the breeds of domestic animals, and for that purpose have adopted a constitution and by-laws, and have chosen a president and five directors to control and manage the affairs thereof, and have applied to the General Assembly for an act of incorporation; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1873. Corporators names. Corporate pow § 1. That said association, consisting of Wm. Stubans, Thomas Kelly, A. H. Smoot, Jacob Porter, and their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, created a bodypolitic and incorporate, under the name and style of the Name and style. Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Colored People, of Bourbon county, at Paris; and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and defend and be defended, in all courts of law or equity; and shall be apable of acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, any quantity of land not exceeding twenty-five acres, and may improve, sell, and convey the same, or any part thereof, at pleasure; and may acquire, hold, and dispose of such personal estate as may be necessary for the legitimate purpose of said association; the association may adopt and use a corporate seal, or may use the seal of its president for the time being. § 2. That the president and directors already chosen as aforesaid shall continue in office until the second Saturday in May, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. An election, however, of president and directors shall be had on the second Saturday in May, 1873, by the qualified members of the said association, and annually thereafter, unless the members of said association, at said annual election, shall, by resolution, fix upon a different day. § 3. The prudential, fiscal, and other concerns of said association, together with its estate of every kind, shall be under the control and management of the president and directors aforesaid; and they shall have power to appoint a treasurer and secretary, and such other inferior officers as they may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of said association; and they may require VOL. II-LOC. L.-8 ers. When elections of officers to be Board of directors to control af fairs, appoint of ficers, and require bonds. 1873. Quorum. to sell liquors on fair grounds. of such inferior officers, or either of them, so elected, a bond, with good security, for the faithful discharge of his or their duties. Said president and directors shall have power to make such regulations and by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, as, in their opinion, may contribute to the good order and management of said association; and may, from time to time, modify and repeal the same at pleasure; they shall have power to contract and be contracted with in their corporate name; and to do any and every other act, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, which, in their opinion, will contribute to advance the objects of said association. § 4. Any four members of the directors, together with the president, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, unless the association shall fix and require a different number. § 5. That said association shall, in its corporate capacity, with all the estate belonging thereto, be liable for any debts heretofore contracted by it, or by its authority, as fully as though the same had been contracted since the passage of this act. § 6. That no spirituous liquors shall, directly or indiMade unlawful rectly, during the continuance of any fair of said association, be sold on the premises used for such fair, nor shall any such liquor, during any such time, be sold, either directly or indirectly, upon any lot or lane, road or street, adjoining the same, under the penalty of ($20) twenty dollars for each and every offense, to be recovered, together with the cost, by warrant in the Paris city court, or before any justice of the peace in the county of Bourbon; and each separate act of selling shall be a separate offense. § 7. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved March 25, 1873. names. CHAPTER 561. AN ACT to incorporate the St. Joseph's Catholic Benevolent Society of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That A. Kahr, president, James D. Flynn, vice presCorporators' ident, Dennis J. Haly, secretary, Pat. Newman, treasurer, Rev. Lambert Young, chaplain, and John Breslan, Daniel Lynch, James O'Donnell, Lucas Rhien, Henry Gober, Louis Weitzel, Daniel Callahan, their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, created a body-corporate and politic, under the name and style of the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Benevolent Society of Frankfort, Kentucky; and as such shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and have, and at pleasure break and alter, a common seal. 1873. Name and style. ers of association. § 2. The object and purpose of said society shall be the Object and powintellectual, moral, and social improvement of its members, and works of benevolence and charity; and for those purposes, shall have power to adopt a constitution and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Kentucky, and alter and amend the same at pleasure; and may acquire, by purchase, gift, or otherwise, real or leasehold estate, books, money, or other property, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in value, and the same may sell and dispose of at pleasure; and may do such other acts, not inconsistent with law, necessary to carry out the objects of the society. §3. This society shall have the power to levy and collect such fees for membership, and such stated dues thereafter to be paid by its members, and at such times of payment, as may be fixed by its constitution or by-laws; and shall also have the right to prescribe its own mode of paying out, or loaning out, its surplus funds, or to invest the same in such other manner as it may deem profitable; but not to exercise banking privileges. Society to fix fees and dues. dues, &c. May borrow money on bonds and secure same by mortgage. § 4. The members of this society shall pay such admis- Members to pay sion fees, dues, fines, &c., as shall be necessary to create a fund for the support of sick and unfortunate members of the society, and, in case of death, to help their widows and children, according to the constitution of the society. § 5. That it shall be lawful for said society, in its corporate capacity, from time to time, and at all times, to borrow or obtain upon loan or upon bonds, which may be issued by them, bearing a rate of interest not to exceed ten per cent per annum, such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the use of said society, not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and to pledge or mortgage all or any part of the estate, improvements, effects, or assets of said society, for the repayment of said sum or sums of money as may be obtained, whether by loans or upon bonds sold, at such times as may be agreed upon. § 6. This act shall take effect from and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 25, 1873. 1873. May consolidate or may wind and dissolve corpora with other bank, tion. and retire stock. CHAPTER 562. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Manufacturers' Bank. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the board of directors of the Manufacturers' Bank at Louisville, Kentucky, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, by and with the consent, sanction, and approval of the stockholders of said bank, to consolidate the capital and business of said bank with the capital and business of any other bank or banks, incorporated by or under the laws of this State, in the city of Louisville, upon such terms and conditions as they may agree; and power and authority is hereby given to any bank or banks in said city to consolidate their capital and business with that of the Manufacturers' Bank, by and with the sanction, consent, and approval of a majority in interest of the stockholders of any such bank or banks ; and the board of directors of said Manufacturers' Bank be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered, by and with the consent of a majority in interest of the stockholders, to liquidate and wind up the business of said bank, and dissolve said corporation. § 2. That the board of directors of said Manufacturers' May purchase Bank be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to retire by purchase, or for the payment of money or debts due the bank, such amount of the stock of said bank as they may deem to the interest of said bank, at such times and on such terms as they may think proper. § 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 25, 1873. to levy tax to pay debt. CHAPTER 563. AN ACT authorizing the Lewis county court to levy an additional tax to pay off the debt of said county, and to aid in the building of turnpike roads iu said county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Lewis county court, at its court of claims, County court are authorized to levy an additional ad valorem tax of not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars' worth of taxable property in said county, liable to taxation for State revenne, and which tax shall be levied for the year 1873, and each year till said debt and interest Sheriff to collect is paid off, and which tax shall be collected by the sheriff of the county, and accounted for in the same manner, as other county taxes. tax. § 2. The clerk of the county court shall procure a book, and make an entry therein of all bonds issued by the county, the date and amount, and the road issued to, and when due; and for furnishing the book, and making the entries, the clerk shall be paid by the Lewis county court. The clerk shall furnish the sheriff each year the bonds due in that year, and the sheriff shall pay the bonds as they fall due, and in the order they fall due. How funds so raised to be dis § 3. The additional taxation authorized by this act shall be first used in paying bonds hereafter issued, and the posed of. said taxes so collected shall be pledged to redeem the bonds of Lewis county hereafter issued, and said bonds. so issued shall be paid in the order that they are issued, and shall draw ten per cent. interest from date, payable annually. The bonds hereafter to be issued shall be used in aiding in the building turnpike roads in said county, and in the subscription to the stock of said roads to aid in building bridges on said roads, as authorized by acts of the General Assembly In issuing bonds to aid in building bridges on the turnpike roads as authorized, the same shall be paid in the order issued, and the additional taxes authorized to be collected shall be pledged to redeem said bonds, and this shall be entered on said bonds. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 25, 1873. CHAPTER 564. AN ACT for the benefit of common school district No. 24, in Larue county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Upon petition, question of school mitted to people. tax to be sub § 1. That, on the petition in writing of ten landholders in common school district number twenty-four, in Larue county, the trusteess of said district shall appoint a time and place for opening a poll for the purpose of submitting the question whether or not a tax shall be imposed and collected from the taxable property owned by white persons of said district, for the purpose of building or erecting a school-house in said district; and if a majority of the qualified white voters voting shall favor such tax, not to exceed twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars of taxable property owned by white persons of said district, the said trustees shall order and direct the collection of the same as similar State taxes are collected; and collected. and shall disburse the revenues thereof only for the objects for which it was assessed: Provided, That previous to the taking of such vote, notices, signed by the trustees, If tax is voted, it shall be levied |