1850. premises had as are prescribed by the act prescribing the mode for a change of venue in criminal cases, approved 23d of February, 1846. SEC. 2. That at the next court succeeding the passage of this act, or at any subsequent term of the Nelson Circuit Court, either for the trial of common law cases or a chancery term, upon the said Robert L. Wickliffe surrendering himself into custody, or being in custody, it shall be lawful for said Robert L. Wickliffe to make his election in open court to be tried upon said indictment in the county of Washington, which election shall be entered of record, and such proceedings had in the premises as prescribed by the before recited act: Provided, the said Robert L. Wickliffe shall appear and surrender himself into custody of the officers of the Nelson Circuit Court, at or before the August term of said court in the present year; otherwise, this act is to be void. Approved January 19, 1850. CHAPTER 24. AN ACT allowing an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable to the county of Boone. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an additional Justice of the Peace and Constable be and is hereby allowed to the county of Boone, both of whom may reside in, or within one half mile of the town of Walton. Approved January 19, 1850. CHAPTER 25. AN ACT to establish an additional Election Precinct in Logan county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That an additional Election Precinct be and is hereby established at the Store House of S. H. and E. R. Gordon, in the village of Gordonsville, in Logan county. Approved January 19, 1850. CHAPTER 26. AN ACT for the benefit of Thomas Dixon, of Letcher county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it may be lawful for Thomas Dixon, of Letcher county, to erect a mill dam four feet high, across the North Fork of Kentucky river, at his mill seat on his own farm. Approved January 19, 1850. CHAPTER 27. AN ACT for the benefit of Charles M. Thrustón, Jr., and others. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful and competent for Charles M. Thruston, Jr., and Barbara Thruston, children of Charles M. Thruston, Sr., to grant, bargain, sell, release, and convey, in fee simple, either jointly or severally, by deed or deeds, signed, sealed, acknowledged, and delivered, as their act and deed, any right, title, interest, use, or benefit, which they or either of them now have or may have, in law or equity, to a certain house and lot, lying and being on the south side of Chesnut street, of Louisville, and between seventh and eighth streets thereof, fronting fifty five feet, more or less, on the south side of Chesnut street, running back the same width at right angles therefrom south two hundred and ten feet, more or less, to a twenty foot street or alley, being the same house and lot now occupied as a residence by the said Charles M. Thruston, Sr.: Provided, that such sale or sales, and conveyance or conveyances, so made, or to be made, by said Charles M. Thruston, Jr., and said Barbara shall be approved by their father, the said Charles M. Thruston, Sr.; whose approval, if made and given, shall be endorsed on the said deed or deeds, under his hand and seal; and said deed or deeds, when so made and endorsed, as aforesaid, may be acknowledged and delivered, by said Charles, Jr., and Barbara, and said approval or approvals, by said Charles M. Thruston, Sr., as their act or acts, and deed or deeds, before the Clerk of the Jefferson County Court; and when so acknowledged and delivered, the same, with said approval or approvals, and the Clerk's certificate of said acknowledgments, shall be recorded by the Jefferson County Court Clerk in the record book kept by him for such purpose; and such deed or deeds, or release or releases and approvals, as aforesaid, when so made and recorded, shall have the same force and effect, as though the same were made by persons of full age, and shall be held in all courts of law and equity to have passed all the estate, right, title, claim, and property, use, benefit and interest of said Charles M. Thruston, Jr., and said Barbara, which they purport to convey; and to do away all possible doubt, as to the power hereby vested in the said Charles M. Thruston, Jr., and said Barbara Thruston, they are hereby, for the purposes and objects of this section of this act, put and placed on the footing of persons of full age. SEC. 2. That Sidney C. Hornsby, who is a feme covert, she being also a daughter of said Charles M. Thruston, Sr., is hereby made and declared competent in law to every intent and purpose, and as fully as though she were a feme sole, by her own separate act and deed, to grant, bargain, sell, release, and convey, any and all right, title, interest, 1850. 1850. share, use, or benefit, which she has or may have in con- SEC. 3. That the said Charles M. Thruston, Jr., is hereby SEC. 4. That the share of said Barbara, or the purchase money of her share, right, or benefit in said house and lot, which may be sold by her, by and with the approval of her said father, may and shall be paid over to any guardian of said Barbara, appointed by the Jefferson County Court; and, when so paid over, shall be a full discharge to the purchaser or purchasers; aud such guardian shall hold and dispose of the same as other guardians, by law are required to do. SEC. 5. That Anna B. Johnson, wife of Wm. J. Johnson, (she being a daughter of Charles M. Thruston, Sr., and being in her twenty first year,) is hereby declared competent, in law, to unite with her said husband, said W. J. Johnson, to bargain, sell, release, and convey, in fee simple, any right, title, interest, share, use, or benefit, which she has or may have to said house and lot, and in the uses, benefits, rents, issues, and profits thereof, no matter how the same may be held for her; and such deed, when signed, sealed, acknowledged, and delivered before any competent authority, in the same manner deeds are acknowledged and certified when made by husband and wife, where the land conveyed is the property of the wife, shall be good and effectual to bind said Anna and her heirs, and all others, in re 2 gard to the right, title, interest, use, benefit, &c., by said deed, sold, released, and conveyed, any thing in any usage or law to the contrary notwithstanding; and such deed, so made, acknowledged, and certified, shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Jefferson County Court. Approved January 19, 1850. 1850. CHAPTER 28. AN ACT to incorporate the North Middletown and Levy Turnpike Road SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That a company is hereby formed for the purpose of making a Turnpike road, on the McAdams plan, from the town of North Middletown to the Levy, under the name and style of the North Middletown and Levy Turnpike Road Company, and by that name and style shall be a body politic and corporate. Name & style. Capital stock and books to be SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be ten thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars opened. each. Subscriptions for stock in said company shall be opened in North Middletown and at the Levy, on or before the first Monday in March next, or in reasonable time thereafter, and continue open, from time to time, under the direction of the Commissioners hereinafter named. Commission. ers, and form of SEC. 3. That the following persons are hereby appointed Commissioners to perform the duties required by this obligation. act: at North Middletown, James Horton, John Talbott and William Collins; at the Levy, Duncan O. Richart, Newton Congleton and E. W. Horton; and that they procure books; and the subscribers for stock shall subscribe in said books an obligation to the following effect, viz: We whose names are hereunto subscribed do respectively promise to pay, to the North Middletown and Levy Turnpike Road Company, the sum of one hundred dollars for each share. of stock set opposite to our names, in such proportion and at such times, as shall be determined by said corporation. Stoekholders to meet and SEC. 4. When eighty shares are subscribed, said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall notify the stock- elect officers. holders, in the most public places along the road, and in North Middletown and at the Levy, for three weeks in succession, of the fact, and call a meeting of the stockholders, at such time and place as they may designate in such notice, for the purpose of choosing officers; and in the election of officers each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share, and may vote in person or by proxy in writing. SEC. 5. The width of said road shall not be more than Width of road fifty feet, and the part covered with metal not less than sixteen feet wide. 1850. Officers. County Court stock, and how may subscribe collected. Certain sec tions of Mays. ville and Lex Company incor. ington Turnpike porated. SEC. 6. The officers of said company shall consist of a President, and four Directors, and a Treasurer; and the President and Directors shall keep a record of their proceedings in a well bound book, which shall at all times be accessible to each and every one of the stockholders. SEC. 7. The Bourbon County Court may subscribe stock in said company, (a majority of its Justices being present and concurring,) by an order directing its Clerk to make such subscription, and when made shall be obligatory on said County Court; and to enable said Court to pay such subscription when made, it is hereby empowered to levy a tax on the lands and other estate of the citizens of said county subject to State revenue, not to exceed six cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property in any one year; and said tax when levied shall be collected by the Sheriff of said county, and by him paid over to the county Treasurer, on or before the first day of January next succeeding the year in which the same is levied and to be paid. And the county Treasurer shall pay the same at such time and places, and in such manner and amounts, as shall be required of him by the President and Directors of said company. SEC. 8. So soon as said company is organized, the President and Directors shall possess all the powers, authority, rights and privileges, and may do all acts and things neCessary for carrying on and completing said road, and shall be subject to all the duties, qualifications, restrictions, penalties, fines and forfeitures, (if any,) and be entitled to like tolls and profits, as are given and granted to the Maysville and Lexington Turnpike Road Company; and all the acts, approved January 22, 1827, incorporating the Maysville and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, are hereby enacted as part hereof, except so far as provided by this act, and as may come in collision with the provisions of the same, and except, also, so much of the provisions of the 14th section thereof, as requires notice to the Governor, when five miles of said road shall be completed, and a license from him to erect gates, &c., (the President and Directors being authorized to perform that duty,) and also excepting the whole of the 27th, 28th and 29th sections of said act. SEC. 9. The President and Directors of said company Road how lo shall locate the same upon the most practicable route, and they shall fix the elevation of the grade. cated. SEC. 10. The President and Directors, as soon as Tolls when to miles is completed, may erect a toll gate thereon, at which they may collect tolls. such as are contemplated by the 8th be collected. section of this act. SEC. 11. That the stock subscribed by the Bourbon County Court, shall be expended in making the road lying and being in the county of Bourbon only, and the dividends arising from the stock so subscribed shall, when collected, be appropriated to lessening the county levy. |