street and the northern extremity of west street. The Trustees, and all the persons owning property fronting on west street, shall be made parties to said petition, and if said Trustees and owners of property fronting on west street shall file their answers, consenting to the exchange aforesaid, and if the court, after hearing the case, shall be of opinion that it will be to the permanent advantage of the town of Shepherdsville, it shall and may be lawful for said court to decree a conveyance of so much of west street as lies between the said southern line of second and northern extremity of west street, to be made by a commissioner, to be appointed by said court, to said Travis, upon said Travis's executing and acknowledging for record, before the Clerk of the Bullitt County Court, a deed conveying the herein before described strip of land to the Trustees of said town. The deed, to be made by said commissioners, shall be approved by said Court, and certified to the Clerk of the County Court of Bullitt county for record. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That an act, entitled, an act for the benefit of the Trustees of the town of Shepherdsville, in Bullitt county, approved February the 26th, 1847, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 4, 1850. 1850. CHAPTER 298. AN ACT establishing an additional precinct in the county of Trimble, and for other purposes. Precinct tablished SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an additional election precinct be Trimble. and the same is hereby established at the house of Levi H. Elliott, in the town of Palmyra, in the county of Trimble, to be governed and regulated by the existing laws. SEC. 2. That an election precinct is hereby established at the house of Susan Kirk, on Ellington and Bear creek, in Carter county, to be governed by the general laws regulating elections. Established in Carter. Place voting SEC. 3. That the place of voting at the house of George in Perry chang Isoms, in Perry county, be moved to the store house of R. ed. S. Brashears, at the mouth of leather wood, in said county. SEC. 4. That there is hereby established an additional election precinct in Greenup county, at the house of William Greenup. R. Smith, to be governed by the laws of this Commonwealth concerning elections. Established in Established in SEC. 5. That there be and is hereby established an election precinct at the house of John Knowles, in Warren Warren. county, to be regulated by the general laws concerning elections. SEC. 6. That an election precinct be and the same is hereby established at Sidney Harris's, in Madison county. Approved March 4, 1850. Established in Madison. names and pow. ers. AN ACT to incorporate Lafayette Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ComCorporators' monwealth of Kentucky, That A. L. Offutt, D. M. Runyon, D. H. Smith, W. H. Story, J. R. Morris, W. W. Wise, D. F. Graham, Charles Nichols, F. A. Lyon, George L. Vallandingham, and George W. Martin, and their successors in office, on the part of Lafayette Lodge, No. 11, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Georgetown, Scott county, are hereby made a body corporate and politic, and by that name are hereby authorized and empowered to receive, by deed, a conveyance or otherwise, lands and other estate in said county to the value of any sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and to hold the same, with its appurtenances, to and for the use and benefit of said Lodge; and in that name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, and to exercise any and all other privileges belonging to a limited corporation. be made. SEC. 2. That the trustees, or their successors in office, or By laws may a majority of the same, may pass by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, as may be necessary for the protection, management, and safe keeping of their property; and the money received for any trespass or injury done on or to the property of the Lodge, shall be applied to the use and benefit of said Lodge. SEC. 3. That the by-laws, rules, and regulations, adopted by the trustees, shall be submitted by them to the Lodge for approval, and when approved shall be obligatory, and not before. The trustees shall consist of six members of the Lodge, to be elected annually at a stated meeting of said Lodge. SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby reserved to the General Assembly. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 300. AN ACT to incorporate the Herrmann Benevolent Society of Louisville. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ComCorporate monwealth of Kentucky, That the present members of the powers & privi. German Herrmann Benevolent Society of Louisville, and leges. their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body personal property, and to sell, exchange, and convey the same, at pleasure; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in any court of law or equity in the Commonwealth; to have and use a common seal, and the same to alter and renew at pleasure; to form and adopt a constitution and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State, for the government of said Society, and for the regulation and conducting of its affairs. 1850. President and other officers to SEC. 2. The said Society may elect, on the first Friday in January and July next, and every year hereafter, as they be elected. may deem proper, a President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary, and such other officers as they may think fit to elect and appoint. SEC. 3. That the said Society may sue and be sued by its corporate name, and in all suits against the Society, service of process upon the President, and in the absence of the President, on the Vice President, and in the absence of the President and Vice President, on the Secretary, and in the absence of the President, Vice President, and Secretary, on the Treasurer, shall be sufficient. SEC. 4. That in case said Society shall ever be so reduced in number as not to contain as many as six members, then it shall, ipso facto, be dissolved; and all the property, which shall then belong to it, shall be vested in the city of Louisville, and shall be applied under the direction of the then Mayor and Council of Louisville to the support of Public Schools. SEC. 5. The Legislature reserves the power to alter, change, amend, or repeal this act. May sue and be sued-service of process. What shall cause a dissolu tion, and how property vest. shall Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 301. AN ACT for the benefit of Sarah Knott, of Washington county. Whereas, it is now represented to this General Assembly that George McKay did, by his last will, devise some negroes, together with about forty acres of land, to John Hughes, Jr., and John Calhoun, in trust for his daughter Sarah Knott and her children, charged with the support of said Sarah Knott and the support and education of her said children; and, whereas, it is further represented, that the said Trustees died some years since, and no other Trustees have been appointed in their stead; and, whereas, it is further represented, that since the death of the said Trustees the said Sarah has become involved in debt, on account of necessaries purchased for her support, and the support and education of her said children, and that it would be to the interest of the said Sarah Knott, and her children, to sell the said land in the place of the negroes 1850. New Trustee may be appoint. ed, & sale trust estate decreed. and that some of her said children are under age. Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Sarah Knott to file her bill in chancery, in the Washington Circuit Court, making those (both infants and adults,) interested in said land, under the said will of George McKay, parties to said proceeding; that if the Judge of the said Court shall be of opinion that it will be more to the interest of the parties interested to sell the land, in the preamble mentioned, than to sell the negroes, to pay off the debts of said Sarah Knott, incurred in supporting herself and in supporting and educating her said children, then he shall decree the sale of the said land; and shall appoint a Commissioner to so apply the product of said sale, and to make said sale, and to convey the title of the land to the purchaser. SEC. 2. That if, at the next term of the Washington Circuit Court, a Trustee shall be appointed for said Sarah Knott, in the place of the Trustees of said Sarah appointed by the will of George McKay, then it shall be lawful for the said Trustee to file his bill, as directed in the first section of this act that said Sarah Knott shall, and the said Court shall, upon his bill so filed, have full power to decree the sale of the said land, to direct its proceeds to be applied as directed in the first section of this act, and to order the conveyance of the title of the said land to the purchaser; and the proceedings under either section of this act shall fully vest the purchaser of the said land, with a full and perfect title to the same. Approved March 4, 1850. Court may con Church CHAPTER 302. AN ACT authorizing the County Court of Lawrence to convey a portion of the public square in the town of Louisa to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ComLawrence C'ty monwealth of Kentucky, That the County Court of Lawrence vey part public may, by order entered on their order book in open court, square to M. direct a certain portion of the public square in the town of Louisa to be allotted to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, designating the number of feet in said order, which is given to said Church for a meeting house; or should a majority of the Justices in commission in said county choose to convey, by deed, for the purposes aforesaid, a portion of the public square, it shall be lawful for them to do so, designating in said deed the number of feet and what part of the square is conveyed; and that if the court shall enter on their order book, as in the first section mentioned, or the Justices in commission shall, by deed, convey, as pro . vided for in this act, then the title to said portion of the public square shall be vested in said Church, for the purposes in this act mentioned: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize a sale of said ground; nor shall any building be erected thereon except for religious worship, and other benevolent purposes. 1850. Carter County Court may sell square. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the County Court of Carter county be and they are hereby empowered to sell part of public so much of the public square in the town of Grayson, in said county, as they may think right and proper-the proceeds to be applied to the fencing and improvement of the balance of said square: Provided, that a majority of the Justices of said County Court shall agree to such sale, and appoint, by order of said County Court, a Commissioner to make the sale; whose deed shall convey the legal title to the purchaser or purchasers of the part of said square so sold by order of said court. Approved March 4, 1850 CHAPTER 303. AN ACT for the benefit of Samuel Shoemaker, of Washington county. Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Samuel Shoemaker did keep and maintain John Daily, Sr., deceased, who died worth some four hundred dollars, and without heirs, and that the estate of said Daily escheated to the Commonwealth; and whereas, it appears that said Shoemaker has received no compensation for the keeping and maintaining said Daily. Wherefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the sum of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby allowed to Samuel Shoemaker, of Washington county, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury unappropriated: Provided, that the estate of said Daily has been paid into the Treasury: Provided further, that the Treasurer may pay the said sum whenever the said estate is paid into the Treasury, if the sum paid into the Treasury is equal to the said sum of fifty dollars. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 304. AN ACT for the benefit of George W. King. Whereas, George W. King, of Henderson county, has conclusively shown that he has been largely injured by slackwater on Green river, by the loss of his grist and saw mill on Sputman's creek, in Henderson county. Therefore, |