banking privation, cease or refuse to redeem its notes by the ileges tocease payment of specie, or notes on the Bank of Kentucky or its branches, or notes on the Bank of the United States or its branches, to the holder or holders thereof, all the banking powers and privileges granted by said recited act shall thereaf ter cease and be considered as repealed and annulled. The share 2. Be it further enacted, That the shareholdholders in vot ers in said corporation shall, in choosing direcing to be gov tors, note according to the rules and regulations sames rules as prescribed by an act entitled "an act to establish the indepen- independent banks in this commonwealth," and dent banks. not otherwise. erned by the subscribe for 3. Be it further enacted, That no person shall No person to be at liberty to subscribe for more than onemore than an eighth of the banking part of the capital stock of eighth. said corporation; and that said corporation shall Notes to be at no time be at liberty to issue bank notes to more than three times the amount of that part of the times the cap banking capital thereof which shall have been acital paid in. tually subscribed and paid in, issued not to exceed three J CHAP. CCLXXV. An ACT to authorise the Trustees of Maysville, in APPROVED February 3, 1818. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for the next succeeding board of trustees for the town of Maysville, in Mason county, and every succeeding board thereafter elected, to levy a tax not exceeding twenty cents on each hundred dollars worth of property in said town, taxable by the revenue laws of this commonwealth, to be collected and accounted for according to an act to amend the law respecting the town of Maysyille. CHAP. CCLXXVI. An ACT to authorise the County Courts of Nelson and Shelby to build a permanent Bridge across Salt River. APPROVED February 3, 1818. across Salt 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Countycourts the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the county authorised to courts of Nelson and Shelby counties, shall be, build a bridge and they are hereby authorised to build a per- river. manent bridge, at their joint expence, over Salt river, at or near the mouth of Brashears' creek, if the banks on each side of the river will justify, or at such other place over said river as the joint commissioners appointed by cach county court shall think most eligible for the general good. the comm'rs. to §2. Be it further enacted, That whenever either When either of the county courts of Nelson or Shelby, a ma- of the courts jority of all the justices concurring, shall agree agree to build to build said bridge, they shall appoint three com- bridge, missioners on their part, and notify the county be appointed court of the other county of such order and ap- and the other pointment, who shall thereupon, if they should al- court to be so agree to build said bridge, and a majority of all its justices concurring, proceed to make a similar order and appointment of commissioners. notified. erect the §3. Be it further enacted, That the joint commis- Joint commis sioners appointed by each county court, shall there- sioners to fix upon, at a time mutually agreed upon, proceed to on place to view and examine the different roads now cross- bridge. ing Salt river, leading from Bardstown to Shelbyville, and fix upon the most suitable place for said bridge, taking into view the nearest and best road; and if said commissioners shall be of opin tion in the ion that a better road and site for said bridge can Comm'rs. to be had over Salt river at a place where no road view and re crosses, they shall proceed to lay down the route port a proof said road, and mark the same, provided the posed alteradistance of such new route shall not exceed five road. miles from Salt river, on either side, before it intersects some one of the present roads. They, the said commissioners, shall thereupon report such proposed alteration in the road as aforesaid to their respective county courts, who shall pro-ceed to have opened and established said road. sioners to let 4. Be it further enacted, The joint commisJoint commissioners, a majority of whom shall at all times act, the building [shall] proceed to fix on a place to erect said of the bridge. bridge, and to let the building thereof to the lowest bidder, on such terms of payment as they shall be authorised by their respective county courts, taking bond and security for the performance of their contract. 5. Be it further enacted, That the expence of Expence to building said bridge shall be equally defrayed by be equallyde- each county, and they shall for that purpose profrayed. çeed to make their levy for the same as in other Bridge to be constructed cases. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said bridge shall be so constructed as not to injure the naviso as not to gation of said river, and shall be free for all perinjure the nav sons whatsoever to pass and re-pass without toll, igation, and and be kept in good order at the joint expence of the two counties. to be free of toll. Preamble. CHAP. CCLXXVII. An ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Richard APPROVED February 3, 1818. WHEREAS it is represented to the legislature of Kentucky that a survey upon a military warrant, No. 925, was made on the 13th of May 1785, for two hundred acres of land, by John O'Bannon, on the north fork of Trade-Water, for and in the name of Richard Blanton; that a plat and certificate of the said survey was returned to and recorded in the proper office; that the said plat and certificate of survey was taken out of the office and has been lost; that the said Richard Blanton hath departed this life leaving children: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Register to receive & re- Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the register of gister plat & the land-office be, and he is hereby authorised and certificate of directed to receive a certified copy of the plat and survey, and certificate of survey aforesaid, to register the same, Blanton's h're and to issue a patent thereon in the name and for issue grant to the benefit of Harrison Blanton, Betsey Combs, Cynthia Vaughn, Lucy Blanton, Kitty Blanton and Nancy Blanton, the children and heirs of the said Richard Blanton, deceased; but nothing Construction in this act shall be so construed as to impair the of the act right of any other person to the said land; nor of the creditor or creditors of any person or persons to have execution of any right derived under said plat and certificate by virtue of any transfer or assignment thereof immediately or mediately from said Richard Blanton; all which rights shall be and remain unimpaired, and said land be subject to execution as though the said plat and certificate had been registered in due time, and the patent directed by this act had not issued; and the patent hereby authorised shall be held by the heirs of said Richard Blanton in trust for any person who may have a better right in law or equity to the same. CHAP. CCLXXVIII. An ACT to repeal the act entitled "an act for the more speedy recovery of the custody of children or wards. APPROVED February 3, 1818. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the act entitled "an act to provide for the more speedy recovery of the custody of children or wards," be, and the same is hereby repealed. CHAP. CCLXXIX. An ACT to amend and reduce into one the several acts concerning the town of Shelbyville. APPROVED February 3, 1818. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly of Five trustees the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That there shall to be elected, be elected annually on the first Saturday in Au- and when. gust five trustees for the town of Shelbyville. treasurer, & one month before the election comes on for trus- Fine failure. surveyor Trustees veyors. for to § 10. The power of the county court of ShelPower of by to appoint surveyors of the streets of said county court town, is hereby repealed; and it shall be the duto appoint of ty of the trustees to appoint one or more persons streets, re- as surveyors of the streets, whose duty it shall pealed. be to work on said streets and alleys whenever the trustees shall direct, and on such places and appoint sur parts of the streets, as they by their order shall direct, within the limits of said town, and east as far as the bridge over Clear creek. In all, settlements made by the trustees with the surveyors of the streets for work done, lie shall exhibit his accounts upon oath, that the actual numSurveyor to ber of days' work charged was done by him; exhibit his ́and in no case shall an account be allowed where accounts, &c. a particular sum is charged for doing certain work, unless a special contract shall first be entered into by the trustees for such work. They may allow to the surveyor such a reasonable sun for his personal attentions as they may think proper. Market house Proviso. 11. The trustees shall have jurisdiction over the market-house now built on the public squaré in said town, and over that part of the ground enclosed around it by a post-and-rail fence, so long as the market-house shall remain on it, and may increase the size of the market-house whenever the interest of the town may require it: Provided, they shall not extend it further on the |
