in said courts, shall be directed to any constable of Wash- 1873. Washington county constables to execute final process in certain cases under usual liabilities of sheriffs. Approved April 16, 1873. CHAPTER 785. AN ACT to incorporate Clay Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Corporators' names. Corporate pow § 1. That J. W. P. Russell, A. W. Randolph, W. H. Sanders, J. A. Fisher, R. Lambert, D. W. German, and Fred. Baker, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body-corporate and politic, by the name Name and style. and style of Clay Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of Louisville, Kentucky; and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall thereby be capable of contracting and being contracted with, to sue and be ers. sued, to plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity in this Commonwealth; to acquire and hold such real and personal property as may be necessary to carry out the objects of their association, and to sell, convey, and dispose of any real or personal property of which they are now, or of which they may hereafter become possessed, at pleasure: Provided, however, That the real estate so held by them shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars in value. agement of affairs § 2. The management of affairs of said corporation is In whom manhereby vested in J. W. P. Russell, A. W. Randolph, W. to be placed. H. Sanders, J. A. Fisher, R. Lambert, D. W. German, and Fred. Baker, and their successors in office, as trustees thereof, who, or a majority of whom, shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the real or personal estate of said association. ers. §3. Said association shall have power to make such Additional by-laws, rules and regulations, for their government as they, from time to time, deem necessary and expedient, pow 1873. and secure same by mortgage. not inconsistent with the laws of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Kentucky, or of the laws of the State; they may have a common seal, and may change or alter the same at pleasure. A majority of the board of trustees shall subscribe to all conveyances of real estate; and service of process on any one of said trustees shall be sufficient notice to said association. § 4. The private property of the members of said association shall not be subjected for any indebtedness of said association. § 5. They may borrow money and issue bonds therefor, May issue bonds at a rate of interest not to exceed ten per cent. per annum, and secure said bonds by mortgage on their real estate; but the amount of bonds so issued shall be subject to the same limitation imposed on amount of real estate owned and held by said Lodge in section one of this act. § 6. This act shall take effect from its passage, Approved April 16, 1873. tax on taverns, CHAPTER 786. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend and make into one the several acts relating to the charter and amendments thereto of the town of Mt. Sterling," approved March 18, 1871, and to repeal chapter 262. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section six, fourteenth paragraph of said act, Council may fix be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to authorize said board of council to fix the tax for license of taverns and retailers of spirituous liquors at a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum. &c. quarterly. § 2. That section eleven of said act be, and the same is Marshal to settle hereby, amended so as to authorize the board of council of said town to require the marshal of said town to settle and account for the taxes and revenue of said town colCompensation lected by him, once every three months. That said Marshal may be allowed for his ex-officio services a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid as allowed by the charter to which this is an amendment. for ex-officio services. voters. § 3. That section twenty-seventh of said act be so Qualifications of amended as to read as follows, to wit: That at all elections held for the election of officers for the town of Mt. Sterling, the voters of said town shall consist of male citizens of said town over the age of twenty-one years, and who have been bona fide citizens thereof twelve months preceding the election, and have paid their capitation tax for the year preceding, and shall exhibit the receipt of the collector of said town for the same, or satisfactorily account to the officers of the election for the loss of the same; and also of male citizens of the age of twenty-one years, who may reside without the limits of said town but within the limits of the voting precinct in which the town of Mt. Sterling is situated, and who shall be the owners of real estate within the limits of said town subject to taxation under the general law: Provided, however, That such persons shall have resided in said precinct for twelve months next preceding the election, and shall have owned said property for the period of sixty days next preceding the election. 1873. bid erection of § 4. That the board of council shall have power to for- Council may forbid the erection of frame houses within the limits of said frame buildings town, unless a permit shall be obtained from said board in said town. of council; and this subject said board shall have power to regulate by ordinance. § 5. That chapter 262, entitled "An act for the benefit of the marshal of Mt. Sterling," approved February 26, 1873, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. § 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved April 16, 1873. CHAPTER 787. AN ACT to incorporate the American Industrial College. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Corporaters' Corporate § 1. That Prof. Jos. B. Walker as president, and with him Rev. E. T. Perkins, Andrew Graham, Wm. Cornwall, name.. L. D. Reed, H. Beckhurts, M. Muldoon, A. V. Dupont as trustees, be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate, under the name and style of the American Name and style. Industrial College for the Education of Young Men, with perpetual succession; and in that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and powers, being answered, defending and being defended, in all courts of law and equity; may have a common seal, which they may break, alter, or renew at pleasure; shall have power to adopt, change, and alter such by-laws, rules and regulations, for their government, and for the management and superintendence of said college, as they may, from time to time, deem expedient: Provided, The same be not repugnant to the laws and Constitution of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: And provided also, That the control, government, and discipline shall not be withdrawn from the said Walker as president under twenty years from the pasVOL. II-LOC. L.-20 1873. Name and character of schools in said college. ers. sage of this act, except by vote of two thirds of the trus tees and directors of said college. § 2. This college shall be located at such point as may be deemed expedient by the board of directors elected as hereafter provided. §3. The college shall consist of six distinct schools, viz: a school of chemical technology; a school of design; a school of finance; a school of commerce; a school of mechanical engineering; and a school of mines. In the school of chemical technology shall be taught the various processes for the manufacture of chemical products which are used in the arts, and which have become articles of commerce by reason of a consumptive demand. In the school of design shall be taught the principles of design, as applied in the arts, such as architecture, ornamentation, &c. In the school of finance shall be taught the statistics and customs of business in regard to the arts, manufactures, and trade, including also the elements of political economy, and methods of preserving statistics and accounts. In the school of commerce shall be taught the history of the chief articles of commerce, with the statistics of the supply and demand in all parts of the world available for commerce. To facilitate instruction in this department, a cabinet of the various articles of merchandise shall be collected and classified for exhibition during the school term. In the school of mechanical engineering shall be taught the principles of mechanics, as applied to the construction of machines, motive powers, &c., including the strength of materials for beams and girders as applied to bridge-building, architecture, and the various forms of machinery. To facilitate instruction in this school, a cabinet of suitable models shall be collected. In the school of mines shall be taught geology as applied to mining, mineralogy, chemical analysis of minerals and metalurgy. To facilitate instruction in this school, a cabinet of fossils and a cabinet of minerals shall be collected, together with suitable chemical apparatus for the analysis of various minerals and working models of the principal furnaces and forges for smelting and forging the various metals used in the arts. § 4. Said corporation may at all times hereafter be Additional pow capable in law to have, receive, and retain, to them and their successors, property, real and personal; also devises and bequests of any person or persons, bodies-corporate or politic, capable of making the same, and the same at their pleasure to transfer or dispose of in such manner as they may think proper: Provided, That the said corporation shall not hold or possess property, real or personal, exceeding in value the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. Said corporation may also issue and sell scholar ship bonds, with coupons attached, bearing a definite rate of interest, not exceeding ten per cent., payable in currency or in tuition. 1873. § 5. The said corporation is hereby vested with power May grant diploand authority to grant certificates, diplomas, medals, and mas, &c. degrees, in conformity with the provisions of its constitution and by-laws, and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges conferred upon other colleges and universities. § 6. Should any of the persons herein named fail to qualify as trustees, then said president of the college, together with the remaining trustees, may elect others to the number of twenty-four, who may then elect a board of directors, to consist of not less than three nor more than nine trustees, including the said president, who shall be a director by virtue of his office. Upon failure of any corporator to cancies may be qualify, how va filled. Directors to make by-laws, &c. officers, &c. § 7. The directors are hereby authorized to enact and put in force such rules, by-laws and regulations, for the management of the college, not heretofore provided, as they may consider most expedient, and may repeal the same at will. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless said board shall agree upon a different number. § 8. The directors are hereby authorized and empow- Directors to elect ered to appoint or elect such officers, professors, teachers, agents, or servants, as may be necessary for the institution, and prescribe their duties, qualifications, and powers. They may take from any person so elected or appointed bonds, in such penalties as may be deemed reasonable and expedient, to secure their respective trusts, and the performance of their respective duties. They are also authorized to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which pupils or students may be admitted into said college; and may remove or expel any pupil or student therefrom for the breach of any of the terms and conditions upon which he was admitted, or for a violation of any of the rules or regulations prescribed by the directors, president, professors, or teachers for maintaining good order, morality, and discipline in said college. Buildings, &c., taxation. § 9. The lands, buildings, and property of the American Industrial College shall be free and exempt from the exempt from taxation, either State, city, corporation, or county, as long as the same are used for the purposes set out in this charter. § 10. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved April 16, 1873. |