CHAPTER 265. AN ACT to incorporate the Green and Adair county Turnpike Road SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company shall be formed under the name and style of the Green and Adair county Turnpike Road Company, for the purpose of forming an artificial road from Greensburg to Columbia, in Adair county, with stone, gravel, and plank, by the nearest and most practicable route. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each. 1850. Name & style, &c. Capital stock. Books to be opened for the stock. Com'rs. Obligation of SEC. 3. That books for the subscription of stock in said company shall be opened at such times and places as may subscription of be agreed upon by the commissioners hereinafter named, viz: at Columbia, Junius Caldwell, Josiah Hunter, Thomas R. Dohoney, Josiah Harris, Milton P. Wheat; at Haskinsville, George W. Cole, Robert Haskins, James Cowherd, and John Irvin; at Greensburg, William B. Fairman, Charles Patterson, Richard A. Taylor, J. M. S. McCorkle, William Holson, John J. Roach, and Amasa DeLong, or some one or more of them, who are appointed Commissioners. The said Commissioners shall procure one or more books, and the subscribers to the stock of said company shall sign the following obligation in such book or books, viz: "We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the President, Directors, and Compa- subscribers. ny, of the Green and Adair County Turnpike Road Company, the sum of fifty dollars for each and every share of stock in said company set opposite our respective names, in such manner and proportion, and at such times, as shall be required by the President and Directors of said company, and agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of Kentucky incorporating said company. Witness our hands day of 18 " The said Commissioners shall give notice of the time and place of opening the books for the subscription of stock, by written advertisement posted at Columbia, Haskinsville, and Greensburg, and such other public places in Green and Adair counties as deemed advisable; the books may continue open until the amount of capital stock be subscribed. Com'rs to give notice of time of opening the books. May erect gate are finished. SEC. 4. Whenever five continuous miles of said road shall be completed, the company may erect a toll gate and when five miles charge toll; neither gate to be nearer than one mile of Columbia and one mile of Greensburg. Road to be commenced in SEC. 5. That if the construction of the road, provided for by this act, shall not be commenced within ten years from ten years, or act the passage hereof, the rights, privileges, and immunities, void. hereby granted, shall be void to all intents and purposes. SEC. 6. That so soon as said company is organized, by 1850. are elected, the lected, &c. the election of officers, the President and Directors shall When officers possess all the powers, rights, and privileges, and shall and route to be the may do all acts and things necessary for laying out and causing a survey of the most practicable route for said road, and for carrying on and completing the same; and Corporate may have and enjoy all the rights and privileges, and subpowers & priv- ject to all the duties, qualifications, and restrictions, as are given and granted to the Lebanon, New Market, and Springfield Turnpike Road Company, by an act, approved February 18, 1848, except as herein provided; and all the provisions of said act (except so far as they may be local in their application, or conflict with this charter,) are hereby enacted as part of this act. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 267. AN ACT to authorize the proprietor of the town of Monterey to convey title to the lots in said town. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for George C. Branham, proprietor of the town of Monterey, in Owen county, to make deeds of conveyance to the purchasers of lots in said town, and said deeds shall be as effectual to pass title as if the same were made by the Trustees of said town. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 268. AN ACT to define the civil jurisdiction of the Police Judge of the town of Owenton. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the jurisdiction of the Police Judge of the town of Owenton, in civil cases, shall be equal to that of a Justice of the Peace for the county of Owen within said county, and he shall be entitled to receive the same fees for his services therein that Justices of the Peace are now entitled to receive for like services; and it shall be lawful for any Constable, or other officer, who may be by law authorized to execute process issued by a Justice of the Peace, under like regulations and restrictions, to execute the process issued by the said Police Judge. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in case of the absence of the Police Judge of the town of Owenton, or his refusal or inability to act, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, for the county of Owen, to issue his warrant for, and adjudicate upon, any violation of the by-laws or ordinances of said town. Approved March 4, 1850 CHAPTER 269. AN ACT for the benefit of John and Martha Fitzpatrick. Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Jefferson Gilmore and wife, David Lee and wife, John Fitzpatrick and wife, and Henry D. Gilmore and Keziah Gilmore, heirs at law and legal representatives of James Gilmore, deceased, have sold and conveyed to Cyrenius W. Gilmore, of Pulaski county, Kentucky, all their interests in a tract of land on Locust creek, in Carroll county, Kentucky, containing five hundred acres; which sale, so far as Henry D. and Keziah Gilmore are concerned, (they being infants,) is authorized by an act, approved February 12th, 1849, and it now being represented that Martha J. Fitzpatrick is also an infant under twenty one years of age, and is desirous, with the other parties to said deed of conveyance, that the same be confirmed. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That said sale and conveyance, as to the said Martha Fitzpatrick, be and is hereby confirmed and made binding on her, the same as if she had been of the full age of twenty one years when said sale and conveyance was made. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 270. AN ACT for the benefit of Jinny Raney. Whereas, Michael, alias Michael Raney, a free man of color, late of Simpson county, purchased his wife Jinny, alias Jinny Raney, for the purpose of setting her free, but died without doing so, and without issue, and she has for many years been hired out by the administrator of said Michael; and, whereas, it is represented that the amount for which she has hired and the proceeds of the sale of the goods and chattels of said Michael are more than sufficient to pay all his debts, and doubts exist whether said woman Jinny and the proceeds of her hire do or not vest in or escheat to the Commonwealth. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the said Jinny, alias Jinny Raney, be and she is hereby declared a free woman, so far as any claim to her exists in this Commonwealth by escheat or otherwise, and that she is hereby, so far as this Commonwealth is concerned, entitled to all moneys arising from her hire, except so much as may be necessary, after exhausting the goods and chattels of said Michael, for the payment of his debts, saving to the just creditors of said Michael all claims they may have upon said Jinny and her hire for the payment of their debts. Approved March 4, 1850. 1850. 1850. Trustees of Seminary vest ad with univer sity powers, &c. May receive & hold property by gift, devise, &c. President and Trustees may confer degrees. No party, reli cal tenets to be gious or politi. taught. May confer degree of Magister Docendi. CHAPTER 271. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, an act to incorporate Funk Seminary. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the charter of Funk Seminary, situated at Lagrange, in Oldham county, be so amended as to vest in the Trustees of said institution all the powers which, by law, pertain to a University, and that said institution be entitled, in addition to its present name, to that of the Masonic University of Kentucky; and said Trustees, by that name, be created a body politic and corporate, with such successions as provided for in the existing charter, and with power to hold necessary real and personal estate, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, both at law and in equity, in the courts of this Commonwealth. SEC. 2. That said Trustees, and their successors, shall and may at all times hereafter be capable in law to have, hold, receive, take, and retain, to them and their successors forever, for the use and benefit of said University, any property, real, personal, or mixed, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, in trust or in fee simple, from any person or persons, bodies corporate and politic: Provided always, that the amount shall be so limited as that the annual income thereof to the said University shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 3. That the President and Trustees of said University shall have power to confer degrees in any and all the faculties, arts, sciences, and liberal professions, and, also, the honorary degrees usually conferred in any of the Colleges and Universities in the United States. SEC. 4. That the said University, recognizing the being and government of Almighty God, shall be founded and continued on the plan of the great social and political institutions of the United States, having respect to the liberal and enlightening principles on which they are founded, and that no laws, rules, or regulations, of a sectarian or party character, either in religion or politics, shall ever be adopted or imposed by which any student shall be subjected or made liable to any disabilities or disadvantages whatever on account of his political or religious opinions. SEC. 5. That the President, with the consent and approbation of said Trustees, shall have power to confer the title of Magister Docendi upon such students as, upon examination in the presence of the Trustees, or a committee by them appointed, shall be found qualified to act as teachers, and shall be found worthy of the honor. That all diplomas shall be signed by the President and Trustees, or a committee of such Trustees, under the corporate seal of said University. SEC. 6. That instruction, both theoretical and practical, shall be furnished at the said University in the art of school keeping, and a register of the names of persons desiring to become teachers in the State of Kentucky, shall be kept in the Library of the said University; and all who may wish to employ teachers shall have access to the said register, together with all the particulars pertaining to the qualifications of the candidate for teaching. President and point professors. SEC. 7. That the President of the said University shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Trustees to apBoard of Trustees, shall appoint as many Professors and Teachers as the Trustees may deem necessary to advance the cause of education and the welfare of the University. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 272. AN ACT to amend the charter of Williamstown, in Grant county. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the inhabitants of the town. of Williamstown, the county seat of Grant, be and the same are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "the town of Williamstown," with full power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, and to do and perform all such other acts and things, either in law or equity, as bodies politic and corporate, having perpetual succession, may rightfully and lawfully do and perform. SEC. 2. That on the first Monday in April next, and on the first Monday in April annually, thereafter, an election shall be held in said town for the choice of Chairman and six Trustees for said town, to serve for the ensuing twelve months, and until their successors are duly elected; and at said elections, all free white male residents of said town, of the age of twenty one years and upwards, and all free white persons, holding real estate, either by a legal or equitable title within the limits of said town, shall be entitled to vote; and said elections shall be held at the Court House in said town, until otherwise ordered by said Board of Trustees of said town; and at the first election, the officers thereof shall be appointed by such voters as may be present at the time of opening the polls, and annually thereafter by the Board of Trustees: Provided, that should any officer appointed fail or refuse to act at an election, the others may fill the vacancy. SEC. 3. The Chairman and Board of Trustees shall be chosen from among the free white male voters of said town; and, before entering on the performance of the duties of their stations, shall exhibit a certificate of their election from the judges holding the election, and each take an oath honestly and faithfully to perform their duties |