1850. Moscow Semi nary. his official capacity, in manner aforesaid, shall be as valid and effectual, in law, as if the corporation had a common seal, and the same was affixed in due form to said contract, writing, deed, or conveyance. The Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this charter. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That S. B. Sutton, A. B. Trustees of Hayes, John S. Hall, A. G. Merriwether, William Davis, and George W. Humphries, and their successors, be appointed Trustees of the Moscow Seminary, who shall have the sole management of said Seminary, and shall be governed in all respects by the provisions of an act, entitled, "an act to incorporate the Trustees of the Moscow Seminary, and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1842. And all acts, or parts of acts, coming within the purview of this section of this act is hereby repealed. Court may ap point agent to sell land dona. ted to county. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the County Court of Hickman City Hickman county shall, at their April or May term, appoint an Agent, whose duty it shall be to make sale of and convey all the lands remaining unsold, which were donated to said county by the provisions of an act, entitled, an act appropriating a portion of the vacant lands in the district of country west of the Tennessee river, for the purposes of education, approved January 13, 1834, consisting of twenty quarter sections, or thereabouts; and such agent shall in making sale. sell said lands either at private or public sale, for cash or credit, as the said Court may order and direct; and when sold, he shall transfer an amount of the proceeds thereof, equal to twelve times the average value of said quarter sections, to the Trustees of the Moscow Seminary, and the residue to the Trustees of the Clinton Female Seminary, to be used agreeably to the provisions of each of their respective charters. Duty of agent Approved March 6, 1850. President and upold claims and re council may take new certificates. May lay out CHAPTER 486. AN ACT to amend the laws in relation to the city of Newport. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That, the President and Common Council of the city of Newport be authorized to take up all existing claims against said city, whether due or not, and issue instead thereof, to the holder or holders, new certificates to discharge said claims, or any of them, bearing an interest from date, not to exceed the rate of eight per cent. per annum, to be paid yearly, and the principal to be discharged in not less than five nor more than twenty years after the period of issuing any such certificates. SEC. 2. That the President and Common Council of said Buena Vista ad city shall have power to lay out the Buena Vista addition to said city, into ward or wards, and order elections to be dition wards, &c. into held therein for councilmen and other officers, at the same time and in the same manner as in the other wards of said city; or the President and Common Council may extend the third ward, so as to embrace all that part of said addition lying east of York street, and the fourth ward so as to include all of said addition lying west of said street. 1850. May license & tax all taverns. SEC. 3. The President and Common Council shall have the exclusive right to license and tax all taverns, groceries, &c. coffee houses, and houses of public resort, (except gaming houses and houses of ill fame,) within said city; but tavern keepers, retailers, and ten pin or bowling alleys, shall be liable to the revenue tax; they shall have the right to license, regulate, and tax all carts, wagons, drays, hackney coaches, and porters, which may be plying in said city for hire. May purchase grouad for an Appoint over. seers of the poor. SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of said President and Common Council, and they shall have power, to purchase or Asylum, &c. - lease grounds in or near said city, and if the same should be unimproved, it shall be their duty to erect suitable buildings thereon for an asylum, in which the indigent poor of said city shall be provided for, at the expense of said city; said asylum shall be managed by a suitable person, to be appointed by the President and Common Council; they shall, also, appoint a committee of themselves, or others, as special overseers of the poor, who shall place poor persons in said asylum, at their discretion; but the whole establishment shall be under the control and care of the President and Common Council, who may, from time to time, make such appropriations out of the general revenue of said city for the purchase of ground, erection of buildings, or support of said asylum, as they may deem expedient; and may levy an additional poll tax, not to exceed one dollar in any one year, upon the white male inhabitants of and said city over the age of twenty one years; which tax, when levied, shall be collected in the same manner that other poll taxes are now collected in said city; and when collected, said tax shall be appropriated to the use and benefit of said asylum. May make ap. propriations. May levy tax, how col. lected. Campbell City Court not to SEC. 5. That, hereafter, the Campbell County Court shall not levy or collect any poll or capitation tax within the levy tax, &c. corporate limits of the city of Newport; and said County Court shall not allow, or the county be chargeable with, any claim or claims for the benefit of the poor of said city; or for any jail fees for persons confined, under the order of any Justice of the Peace, in the work house of said city; or any other claims originating in said city, which, by law, are now chargeable to said county; but said claims shall be hereafter chargeable to and paid by said city. Approved March 6, 1850. names. powers. AN ACT to incorporate the Kentucky Fire Company, No. 2, of Covington. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ComCorporators' monwealth of Kentucky, That Daniel Senour, Robert Dunlap, S. H. Cambron, L. D. Cronniger, Franklin Riggs, John O'Donnell, John White, A. R. Hughes, and their associates, Name & style, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Kentucky Fire Company, No. 2, of Covington; and, as such, shall have perpetual succession, and may be capable, in law, of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in any action or suit in any court whatever; and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure. May purchase &c. SEC. 2. They shall have the right to purchase, take, and a Fire Engine, hold, a fire engine, hose, and the necessary apparatus and tools for the use and repair of the same; to sell and convey and purchase other engines, &c. They may purchase and hold in the city of Covington as much ground as will be required for a convenient engine house and place to transact their business; and it shall be their duty to or ganize themselves as a fire company, and keep an engine, hose, and necessary dependent apparatus for extinguishing fire, at all times in good order and repair; and on an alarm of fire, to repair to the same with their engine, &c., and use due diligence for the extinguishment of the same; and they shall transact no other business than what belongs to a fire engine and hose company. rules and by. laws. SEC. 3. That it shall be lawful for said company to make May make all needful rules and by-laws, with adequate penalties, for the government of the company, and the preservation of the property of the same, that they may deem proper, not contrary to the laws of this State, or the United States. Officers. exempt from SEC. 4. The management of the property of said company, and its government, shall be under the direction of a President, Vice President, and four Directors, chosen at such time and place, and by such persons, as the by-laws of the company shall direct; and they may have a Secretary and Treasurer, and keep a record of their proceedings. SEC. 5. The members of this company, not to exceed Members not three hundred, shall be exempt from militia duty, except in exceeding 300, time of war, and from service on all juries and venires. duty, The Secretary of said company, on or before the first of February in each year, shall furnish the Sheriff and Circuit Court Clerk with a list of the members of said company. Approved March 6, 1850. militia &c. CHAPTER 488. AN ACT for the benefit of the widow and heirs of Washington Wines, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Approved March 6, 1850. 1850. CHAPTER 489. AN ACT to incorporate the Trustees of Canton Academy, in Trigg county. SEC. 2. That upon the death, resignation, or removal of SEC. 3. That said Trustees, and their successors, shall have power to acquire, by purchase, donation, bequest, or in any other way, and to hold lands, moneys, or any other property, they may think proper, for the use and benefit of said Institution: Provided, the value of the same shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of said Trustees to assemble as often as they may think proper, and make such examination into the progress of the students, and management of the general concerns of the Institution, as they may deem necessary. SEC. 5. That a majority of said Trustees shall form a quorum to do business; that they shall have power, from 1850. time to time, to select a teacher or teachers, and to make and enact such rules and by-laws for the government of said Institution as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. SEC. 6. That said Trustees shall, at their first or any subsequent meeting, elect a Chairman, and such other officers as they may deem necessary. SEC. 7. That the Legislature reserves the power to alter, amend, or repeal this act at pleasure. Approved March 6, 1850. Shelby Circuit Court may de cree sale land of R. Glass. CHAPTER 490. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of George Render, deceased, and for other purposes. Whereas, it is represented that the heirs of George Render, deceased, are the owners of a tract of land in Ohio county, purchased by said Render in his life time from Thomas M. Berryman, and that some of said heirs are infants, and that it would be to the interest of said heirs that said tract of land be sold and the proceeds divided among said heirs. Therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the executor of said George Render, deceased, and the heirs, or their guardian, or either of them, to file a petition in the Ohio Circuit Court; and upon proof made, sufficient to satisfy the Judge of said court, that it would be to the interest of all parties interested, he may render a decree authorizing the sale of said tract of land, upon such terms as he may deem just and right, and to distribute the proceeds among the heirs, or those entitled to the same, taking bond, with sufficient security, payable to the Commonwealth, from the guardian or guardians of such infant heirs as may be entitled to a distributive share of said proceeds, conditioned for the rightful holding and disposition thereof. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Judge of the Shelby Circuit Court be and he is hereby authorized to decree a sale of a tract of about one hundred and nineteen acres of land, in Shelby county, of which Robert Glass died seized and possessed, or so much thereof as will pay the debts of the estate of said Glass, deceased, in lieu of the slaves belonging to said estate, upon such terms as he may think proper, upon the petition of the administrator of said estate, setting forth that it would be to the interest of said estate to make sale of said tract of land in lieu of said slaves: Provided, That said administrator shall enter into bond, in the Clerk's office of said court, in a penalty to be fixed, and security to be approved by said court, conditioned to appropriate the proceeds of said sale to the payment |