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An Act concerning the town of Bowlinggreen. 1825 65 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0158 and id is 1 raw text is: KENTUCKY. 65 Sec. 5. That no person shall be elected a trustce 1825. of said town, who is not a citizen of the same. Sec. 6. That the board of trustees shall appoint To a!p iat a. a president and clerk to facilitate their business presideut, &. and that the duty of said clerk be, to keep a tran- script of their proceedings ; and shall receive such compensation as the b')ard may deem proper. Sec. 7. That the trustees may appoint such ofi- Omcers neces. cers as mmay he requisite to obtain a fair assessment sa.y to assok: of the value of town lots, and the collection of the property and4 taxes on the same: who shall ^be required to give coiect taxes: bond and security for the Fai thfil pelrformance of their colector to respective duties. And the said trustees may raise give bond. a tax on property and person,,, not exceeding twen- ty-five cents on each tithe, a' d twenty-il e ceiits on Subjects of each one. hundred dollars worth of' property, to le taxatkon. collected as other tax in this (, mmonwealth. Sec. 8. TLat the trdstees s!iall have power to re- Move nuisances and imledinwats ii the t.,i.vwn ; a T'iiteed my for that purpose may line any pierson woo thus imm- renove nuisan- pedcs the streets by erecting aiy ,,uisance or oh- c,:s, iiflct struction ; provided, such ine d,Cs not exceed ten fiLc. dollars, to be collected as fIes 'ur breach of their by-laws. Approved, Decenber 17, 1825. Cttlp. 65-An act concerning the town oF B wflnggrccn. WHEURAS, it is represented to the General As- sembly of the Commtonwealth of gemtucky, that the citizens of Bowlinggreen, are desirous that the trjnis- Recital. tees of'said town should be vested with authority to organize a town watch, for the purpose of patrolling said town : Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General tssembly of the Commounx'etllh of Ienttckpy That the trus- tees of the town of Bowlinggrecn be, and they are Trs-es may hereby authorized to'compel all white male cilizens c01 - e, the cit- resident in said town, and living within two hun- iz, Is to patrelt tired yards of the limits of said town, over eighteen and under fifty years of'age, in regular rotation, to watch, guard and patrol said town and the su- hur'bs thereof, v\',thin three hundred yards of the exterior boundary of the town lines, in the night time, for the purpose of guarding against fire, sup- pressing disorderly conduct, and apprehending Their powers slaves ant, persons suspected of evil designi, who and duties. I

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