CHAPTER 1168. AN ACT to incorporate the Protective Brick-layers' Union, No. 1, City of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Josiah Bradley, John T. Lloyd, Lewis Carpenter (president), John Hener, Peter Haupt (vice), James Stinson, A. Hefner (secretary), James Shirmen, W. M. Edwards (finance), Lawrence Gutermuth, Robert L. Milton, Charles Gorman, and their associates and successors, be, and are hereby, constituted a body-corporate, under the name and style of the Protective Brick-layers' Union, No. 1, City of Louisville, State of Kentucky. § 2. That said union shall afford relief and assistance to its members in case of sickness, death, or disability, preventing them from work; and also, in case of the death of any of its members in good standing, shall assist in providing for the support of the widows and orphans of such members who have not left sufficient estate for that purpose. §3. That said union shall, by the name and style set forth above, have perpetual succession; and be capable of suing and being sued, of defending and being defended, of pleading and being impleaded; of having a coinion seal, and the same to make, break, or alter at pleasure; to acquire and hold estate, real and personal, or mixed, and the same to buy, sell, exchange, mortgage, transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber or alienate, as the union may deem expedient; and the said union shall be capable in law of receiving, holding, selling, and transferring all manner of property, whether by donation, bequest, conveyance, or devise: Provided, however, The saine does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in value; and can be used and enjoyed for the purpose mentioned in the second section of this act. 4. That the officers of this union shall be a president, vice president, recording secretary, financial secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, three trustees, conductor, and sergeant-at-arms, to be elected semi-annually, on the last meeting night of June and December of each year; and the said officers to continue in office until their successors are elected and installed. 5. That the said union shall conduct and regulate its affairs by its members, when in session at their regular meetings-seven of which members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the discharge of all obligations of the union. § 6. That the said union, by its members, shall have power to make such laws for the government of said union as shall seem best calculated to promote the ends 1868. 1868. and objects of the union. They shall have power to make such laws, from time to time, for the admission of members, for the imposing of fines and otherwise, or for any other purpose connected with the government of the association with reference to the members thereof, or the duties of said union: Provided, however, That such laws shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Kentucky or of the United States. §7. That this charter shall expire at the end of ninetynine years from the passage of this act; and at the expiration of the said time, all property and funds in possession of the said Union shall revert and belong to the State of Kentucky, unless this act of corporation shall have been renewed. § 8. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 9, 1868. CHAPTER 1169. AN ACT to incorporate the Louisville Club of the City of Louisville. WHEREAS, A. D. Hunt, T. J. Martin, I. Churchill, G. Spratt, and their associates, have formed an association in the city of Louisville, for the purpose of refined social enjoyment and a generous hospitality to strangers visiting the city, under the name of the Louisville Club, and said association desires corporate powers, that it may carry on its business as a body and own and hold property for its uses as a club, and for no other purposes; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the above named parties and their associates be, and are hereby, created and made a body politic and corporate, under and by the name of the Louisville Club. 2. That the said corporation by said name may sue and be sued in any of the courts of the Commonwealth. It may contract and be contracted with in all matters concerning its business as a club; it may have and use a private seal, and break or alter the same at will; it may adopt such constitution and by-laws as may be necessary for its organization under this charter and for its government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State; and it shall have all the general rights, privileges, and liabilities of incorporated bodies. §3. The said corporation may take and hold by purchase, gift, grant, devise or bequest, personal and real property to the value of seventy-five thousand dollars; but the said property shall be used as a club-house and its appendages and appurtenances, and for the purpose of supporting and carrying on the said corporation alone; and the said corporation shall not engage in any other business save that of conducting and controlling its club and club-house. This clause, however, shall not be construed into a prohibition of said corporation connecting with and having in its club-house a library, reading rooms, and billiard tables, for the use and amusements of its members and guests: Provided, The said library, reading-rooms, and tables shall not be thrown open to the public for gain or profit: And provided further, The same tax is paid to the State that is assessed on other private illiard tables. § 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1868. 1868. CHAPTER 1170. AN ACT to incorporate the Kentucky Vinegar Company. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. James C. Ford, R. T. Durrett, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby, created a body-corporate, by the name of the "Kentucky Vinegar Company," with power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and defend, in all courts and places whatsoever, as a natural person; to adopt and use a seal, and the same to alter; to rent a lot or lots and buildings on and in which to carry its manufacturing business, and to rent a lot or lots and buildings in which to store and sell their manufactured articles, or to carry on any other business connected with said corporation, or to buy a lot or lots, and erect thereon suitable buildings for any of the purposes atoresaid; and may purchase or receive mortgages or pledges of any property, real or personal, in collection of or as security for debts. § 2. It shall be lawful for said corporation to purchase or have constructed all machinery, appliances, matters, and things necessary to establish and carry on their busi ness. §3 The persons named in the first section shall be the first board of directors, and shall choose one of their number president, and appoint such officers and agents as they deem necessary. § 4. The board of directors may fill vacancies in their own body; may prescribe the oath and bond of office; may make and alter or amend any by-laws, rules and regulations, for the government and control of the corporation, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this LOC. L., VOL. II-39 1868. State and the United States; a quorum of the board shall suffice to transact business; and the business of the corporation shall be transacted by said board and its authorized agents. 5. After the first board the board of directors shall consist of five, and shall be elected by the stockholders in the month of January in each year, and enter on duty within fitteen days after such election. They shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. § 6. The powers of said corporation shall cease after twenty five years after the passage of this act, which shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1868, CHAPTER 1171. AN ACT to incorporate Carrsville Lodge, No. 387, of Ancient York Masons, of Livingston. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That C. W. Threlkeld, Robert H. May, and Isaac Trimble, master and wardens of Carrsville Ancient York Masons, of Livingston county, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate, under the name and style of Carrsville Lodge, No. 387; and that the said officers and members of said lodge, and their successors, shall so continue and have perpetual succession; and by the name and style aforesaid they are hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to contract and be contracted with, and to answer and be answered, in all the courts of law and equity of this State and elsewhere; to make, have, and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or change at their pleasure. §2. The said corporation shall have the right to take and hold, by purchase, gift, or devise, real and personal estate not exceeding the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; to dispose of and convey the same at their pleasure. §3. The business and affairs of said corporation shall be under the control and management of the three principal officers, as aforesaid, to be annually elected by the members of said lodge, and whose duties shall be such as shall be prescribed by a majority thereof. §4. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 9, 1868. CHAPTER 1172. AN ACT to incorporate the T. C. Cecil Lodge, No. 375, Ancient York Masons. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the worshipful master, wardens, and members of the T. C. Cecil Lodge, No. 375, of A. Y. Masons, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of T. C. Cecil Lodge, No. 375, “Ancient York Masons;" and by that name and style shall be known and called; and shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded; of purchasing and holding, and receiving by gift or otherwise, all such real and personal estate as may be required for the use of said lodge; to receive all necessary deeds and conveyances; to sell, convey, and dispose of all such real and personal estate as they may now hold or may hereafter acquire: Provided, The amount invested in real estate, exclusive of building thereon, shall at no time exceed five thousand dollars. § 2. That the management of the concerns of said corporation shall be, and is hereby, confided to John M. Fiddler, worshipful master; R. T. Burns, senior warden; and L. C. Dills, junior warden, and their successors in office, as trustees thereof, who shall have power to make all contracts pertaining to the real or personal estate of said lodge; and service of notice or process on any two of said officers shall be sufficient notice to said corporation. § 3. The said trustees named in the second section of this act shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected and installed in office: that any real or personal estate now owned by said lodge shall vest in said trustees, in the same way, and to the like extent, as if acquired after this act takes effect. They may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; but, in conveying real estate, it shall not pass the title, unless agreed to by a majority of said lodge, entered upon their secretary's book. §4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 9, 1868. 1868. CHAPTER 1173. AN ACT, entitled "An act for the benefit of the Christian Church at WHEREAS, The congregation known as the Christian Church, worshiping at, and organized in, the town of New Castle, Kentucky, have title, in their trustees, and their successors in office, to one acre, more or less, of ground in said town, upon which ground they are build |