CHAPTER 138. AN ACT for the benefit of Hardin county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1876. given. Notice to be 1. That it shall be the duty of the Hardin county court, Order of election. at any regular term thereof, upon the written request of the commissioners of the sinking fund of said county, to make an order submitting to the qualified voters of said county at a general election, or at a special election to be held on a day to be designated in the order, at the several voting places in said county, the question whether the stock in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company owned by said county shall be sold; but said order shall be made at least sixty days before the day on which the election is ordered to be held. It shall be the duty of said court to give notice by advertisement in any newspaper published in said county, and by printed handbills posted up at each voting place in said county, for at least thirty days before the day of the election, of the object of said election and the time of holding it. Said election shall be held by the officers whose duty it is to hold general elections in said county, and the returns shall be made in the same manner and within the same time. It shall be the duty of the county judge, sheriff, and county court clerk of the county to count the votes for and against the proposition submitted, and to certify the result to the county court, and the court shall cause the certificate to be spread upon its order-book. How election held. Duty of judge, sheriff, clerk. Commissioners of Sinking Fund stock. Treasurer of board to execute 2. If a majority of these voting upon the question of selling the stock shall vote in favor of selling it, the court shall to make sale of make an order directing the commissioners of the sinking fund to make sale thereof in such amounts and at such price as shall seem to the commissioners to be for the best interest of the county; but before they shall have power to make sale of any part of said stock, the treasurer of the board of com- bond. missioners shall execute bond, with suretics to be approved by the county court, conditioned that he will account according to law for all the money which shall come to his hands from sales of stock. The execution of the bond shall be noted upon the record, and it shall then be delivered to and preserved by the clerk of said court. Any two of the commissioners, or any one with the written authority of either of the Bond to be noted of record. 1876. others, may make contracts for sales of stock; but the treas Commissioners urer shall alone be authorized to receive the price or to make may make con tracts for sale of transfers thereof on the books of the railroad company. stock. -how used. § 3. The proceeds of sales shall not be used for any purProceeds of sale pose except upon the order of the commissioners to buy in or pay off the bonds of the county now outstanding; but if bonds cannot be purchased at or under par, the treasurer may Interest on loan the money upon sufficient surety, at any rate of interest not greater than ten per cent. nor less than seven per cent.; and may sue for, collect, and reloan the same as the interest of the county may demand; but interest collected on loans may be used to pay interest on the bonds of the county. loans-how used. shali make re port. Court may require new bond of treasurer. § 4. The commissioners shall, within thirty days after Commissioners making a sale, report the same to the county court, and their report shall be recorded, and they shall in like manner report any purchase or payment of bonds or loans made. by them; and the court shall have power at all times to require the treasurer to give additional security or to execute a new bond; and upon his failure to do so when ordered, may remove him and appoint another, and compel, by process as for a contempt, the surrender of any money, bonds, or securities belonging to the county to the new treasurer as Penalty for fail- soon as he has given bond, and may, whenever such a course may seem proper, direct suit to be instituted for the protection of the interest of the county. ure to give new bond. against sale of stock. § 5. If at the first election ordered under this act the When vote is vote shall be against authorizing a sale of the stock of the county, the county court may, from time to time, upon like application of the commissioners of the sinking fund, order other elections to be held in the same manner and with like effect as provided in this act: Provided, however, That not more than one vote on the question of selling said stock shall be taken in any one year. New election may be ordered. Proviso. § 6. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 9, 1876. CHAPTER 139. AN ACT for the benefit of Farish Arnett, late sheriff of Magoffin county. WHEREAS, In consequence of the great destitution existing in the county of Magoffin, the sheriff of said county, to-wit Farish Arnett, was unable to collect the revenue due from the people for the year 1874, consequently judgment has been taken against said Arnett and his sureties for the sum of two thousand and eighty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents ($2,088 57), with ten per cent. interest thereon from the 1st day of June, 1874; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That whenever Farish Arnett, or any one for him, shall pay into the Treasury the full amount of said sum of two thousand and eighty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents ($2,088 58), and the cost of the judgment rendered thereon, the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby directed to give said Farish Arnett a receipt in full for the revenue due from Magoffin county for the year 1874: Provided, Said payment is made on or before the 1st day of October, 1876; and that the sureties of said Arnett enter their consent in writing in the Magoffin county court for this indulgence, and that the same be approved by the county court as good and sufficient. § 2. That this act be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 11, 1876. 1876. Further time for payment of revenue. CHAPTER 140. AN ACT for the benefit of F. M. Hunt, of Laurel county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts draw his warrant upon the Treasurer of this State in favor of F. M. Hunt, committee of Rachel Hicks, an idiot of Laurel county, for the sum of seventy-five dollars, for the maintenance of said idiot from August, 1874, to August, 1875. § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 11, 1876. $75. Appropriating VOL. I-LOC. L.-18 1876. CHAPTER 141. AN ACT to empower W. J. Salyer, collector of railroad tax in Montgomery county, to proceed to the collection of said tax by himself or deputy. WHEREAS, At the May election, 1875, W. J. Salyer, collector of the railroad tax due from the citizens of Montgomery county to the Elizbethtown, Lexington, and Big Sandy Railroad Company, was elected justice of the peace, for said county, and has been commissioned and qualified; and whereas, doubts exist as to the authority of said Salyer to finish the collection of said tax by levy and distraint; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That W. J. Salyer, collector of the railroad tax due Collection of from the citizens of Montgomery county to the Elizabethtax legalized. town, Lexington, and Big Sandy Railroad Company for the year 1873, be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered, by himself or any deputy he may appoint, to finish the collection of said railroad tax, by levy, distraint, or otherwise. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 11, 1876. CHAPTER 142. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Henderson Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That said act be so amended as to make the funds of Shares $100 each said association, represented by shares of stock, one hundred dollars; and the issual of said stock in the sum of one hundred dollars by said association. § 2. That section eight (8) of said act be amended so that Directors the officers elected by the stockholders shall be nine directtheir power and duties. ors, who shall appoint one of their number as president and one as vice president; they shall appoint some suitable person or persons as treasurer or secretary, who may or may not be members of said board of directors. § 3. That the members of said association may so change Monthly pay the payment of their dues as to pay one dollar per month on their shares of stock instead of twenty-five cents per week as now provided. ments. § 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved February 11, 1876. 1876. CHAPTER 143. AN ACT for the school district No. 12, in Warren county. WHEREAS, There was no school taught in district No. 12, Warren county, for the school year ending June 30th, 1875, in consequence of having no school-house; and whereas, the patrons have interested themselves and built a commodious and comfortable house; and whereas, said surplus not yet been placed in the county bond; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Superintendent of Public Instruction withhold from the county bond of Warren the unexpended surplus of district No. 12, and upon the draft of the county commissioner, countersigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Auditor be authorized to issue his warrant on the Treasurer for the sum of one hundred and ninety-six dollars and ninety-five cents now to the credit of said district; and upon the receipt of the money, the commissioner be authorized to pay it such teacher to whom it may become due, upon the order of the trustee of said district. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved February 11, 1876. Appropriating. $196 95. CHAPTER 145. AN ACT for the benefit of Madison Thomas, committee of Harry P. Thomas, of Lewis county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be, and is hereby, directed to draw his warrant on the Treasury in favor of Madison Thomas, committee of Harry P. Thomas, for the sum of three hundred dollars, being in full of amount due said Madison Thomas for keeping Harry P. Thomas, a pauper lunatic of Lewis county, from the 28th day of March, 1872, until |