1872. Commonwealth, shall be required to work said streets; and the names of such persons shall be entered upon the list of hands furnished said survey or by the officer appointing him; and such persons shall be subject to the same penalties for failing or refusing to work the streets when required as is imposed by law upon other persons subject to road duty, provided at least one day's notice be given. § 4. That all fines, except Commonwealth's Attorney's Fines-how fees, under this act, be, and the same are hereby, approdisposed of. priated to the said corporation of the town of Mayfield. 5. This act shall not be construed as to deprive the trustees of said town of the power to levy and collect taxes for the purpose of constructing and keeping in repair the sidewalks. § 6. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 11, 1872. CHAPTER 44. AN ACT to better define the duties of overseers of public highways in Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the overseers of the public highways of the county of Cumberland be required to remove the brush and bushes overhanging said roads, the entire width of each road-bed to the height of fourteen feet above said road-bed. § 2. That any overseer of a public highway, in Cumberland county, failing to comply with the first section of this act, shall be fined, upon each failure, the sum of five dollars, recoverable as other road fines are now collected. §3. This law shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 11, 1872. CHAPTER 45. AN ACT for the benefit of W. J. Lisle, administrator of Thos. W. Lisle. WHEREAS, An act was passed by the General Assembly, at its last session, chapter 1646, approved March 17, 1871, for the benefit of W. J. Lisle, authorizing him, as the administrator of Tho. White, to make his official settlements before the presiding judge of the Marion county court; and whereas, said act was intended to be for the benefit of said Lisle as administrator of Tho. W. Lisle, and by mistake the said bill was enrolled and printed Tho. White, when it should have been Tho. W. Lisle; therefore, for remedy, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the presiding judge of the Marion county court be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to make settlements with William J. Lisle, as administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, of Thomas W. Lisle, deceased; and said settlement shall, for all purposes, be as legal and binding as if made before the judge of the Green county court. §2. That the settlement made by said administrator of said Lisle, before the judge of the Marion county court, since the approval of the act referred to in the preamble of this act, is declared legal and valid. §3. This act to take effect from its passage. Approved January 11, 1872. 1872. CHAPTER 46. AN ACT for the benefit of the common school district No. 8, in Lewis county. WHEREAS, The late Superintendent of Public Instruction of this State decided that there were no legally elected trustees of the common school district No. 8 in Lewis county, and decided that W. C. Halbert, as president of the Vanceburg Male and Female Academy, could take charge of the common school for said district, have it taught for five months, report said school to the Superintendent, and draw the public school money due said district for 1871-'72; and whereas, said Halbert employed two competent teachers to teach the free school in said district, and that said school commenced the latter part of August, 1871, and has been continued ever since, and has now been taught over three and a half months, at which every child of the ages authorized to attend the free schools, living in said district, were invited to attend said school free of charge; and whereas, there has also been taught in said district another school, at which, and to which, all the said children were invited to attend, free of charge; the last named school was taught at the Methodist Church, and the first named school was taught at the school house in Vanceburg; and whereas, it is represented that a large majority of the children living in said district, of the proper ages to attend the free schools, have attended said two schools, and have been taught free of charge, and are still attending said schools, and that said schools are to be taught the remainder of the terin of five months; and whereas, the present Superintendent has received 1872. report of the number of children in said district of the proper ages at one hundred and ninety-one; but said Superintendent is of opinion that neither of said schools can draw the money due said district without further legislation; for remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That each of said schools taught, and now being taught, in Vanceburg, shall be entitled to one half of the money due, and to become due, said common school district No. 8 for five months' school for one hundred and ninety-one children, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the State Treasury for one half of said sums of money when due and ready to be distributed, in favor of Joseph A. Sparks, school commissioner of Lewis county, to be paid to the teachers who have taught, and are teaching, the school in Vanceburg, at the Methodist Church; and said Superintendent shall draw his warrant for the other half of the money due said district from the school fund for 1871-72, in favor of W. C. Halbert, to pay the teachers who have taught, and are teaching, the common school in said district at the school-house in Vanceburg. The money shall not be paid, or the warrant drawn, until the time of payment to other school districts which have been regularly taught and regularly reported. §2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 10, 1872. CHAPTER 47. AN ACT to regulate sales made under decrees of the Barren circuit court. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That all sales hereafter made under decrees hereafter rendered in the Barren circuit court, shall be made by the sheriff of Barren county, in the manner now provided by law that such sales shall be made, except when he may be a party to the suit in which the decree is rendered, or have some interest therein, then the court shall appoint a special commissioner to make such sale; said sheriff or commissioner shall be allowed by the court a reasonable compensation for his services; but in no case, where the sale is made in Barren county, shall he be allowed more than twenty-five dollars. § 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved January 13, 1872. CHAPTER 48. AN ACT authorizing Mrs. Sally M. E. Pope to qualify as guardian for the children of Mary Lloyd Hartman. WHEREAS, It is represented that the estates of Sally M. E. Pope and Henry L. Pope are, by previous contract, entirely separate, and that Sally M. E. Pope desires to become the guardian of the two children of her deceased sister, Mrs. Mary Lloyd Hartman, which cannot be done under existing laws; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Sally M. E. Pope, wife of Henry L. Pope, by and with the consent of her said husband, given in open court, she is hereby authorized and empowered to become the guardian of the children of Mary Lloyd Hartman, deceased, and for that purpose to execute the necessary bonds, make all contracts, and sue and be sued as a feme sole, as guardian as aforesaid; and all of her estate, of every kind whatever, shall be liable for her acts as guardian for said children. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 12, 1872. 1872. CHAPTER 49. AN ACT to authorize the county court of Butler county to increase the county levy for county purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the county court of Butler county, a majority of the justices being present and concurring therein, be, and said court is hereby, authorized to increase the polltax heretofore levied by said court for the years 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876, to the sum of five dollars and fifty cents on each person in said county subject by law to pay a poll-tax. §2. The levy hereby authorized to be increased may be made by said court at the regular meeting thereof in the year 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. LOC. L.-11 Approved January 13, 1872. 1872. President & directors - when ed. and their and how elect duties. soll stock. CHAPTER 50. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Paducah Gas-light Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the president and directors of said company now in office shall continue to hold their respective positions until the third Monday in January, 1872, when an election shall be held for directors of said company, and annually thereafter, and the directors so elected, at any election so held, on the third Monday in January, in any succeeding year, shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and all the acts of the present directors, within the scope of the original charter, until said election, are hereby declared as binding and effective, as if they had been elected according to the provisions of the original charter. § 2. That said company, for the purpose of extending May issue and their works, street mains and pipes, may issue stock, and sell the same at private or public sale, to raise funds to defray the expenses of such extensions; and the money so raised shall not be used for any other purpose. transferable. 3. That the stock in said company is hereby declared Stock made to be personal property, and may be passed as such; and shall be transferable on the books of said company as the president and directors of said company may prescribe by by-law. § 4. That this amendment shall become a part of the charter of said company, if a majority of stockholders in interest shall vote to accept the same at said meeting on the third Monday in January, 1872, and shall take eflect from that time; and notice of time of election to accept the amendments, and for the election of directors of said company, shall be given by advertising the same in one of the newspapers published in the city of Paducah prior to said election. § 5. This act shall take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved January 13, 1872. CHAPTER 51. AN ACT to authorize the county court of Menifee county to issue bonds to assist in building court-house in said county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; § 1. That the county court of Menifee county, a majority County court of the magistrates being present and concurring therein, to issue bonds. be, and they are hereby, authorized to issue county bonds |