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An Act to amend the several acts concerning the towns of Paris and Elizabethtown. 1838 243 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0330 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. QtAp. 1279,-AN ACT to amend the severti acts concerning the towns of karls and Elizabethtown. 1839 Smc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com. BoUntday &( Innuealth of Kentucky, That so much of the county of Bour. of Pas. bon as is contained within the present bounds of the town of lCorporate Paris, as defined in the plan of said town, recorded in the powers, &e. Clerk's office of the County Court of said county, shall be, and is hereby, declared to be the town of Paris; and the Board of Trustees thereof, as hereinafter constituted as such, and by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contract- ed with, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being im- pleaded, of answering and being answered, in all matters what- ever, and in all courts and places. Stc. t. That the fiscal, prudential and municipal concerns Name and of said town, with the Government and control thereof, shall style. When be vested in seven Trustees, who shall be styled the Board of trustees are to be elected- Trustees for the town of Paris, all of whom shall be elected term of ofie- on the first Monday of March in every year, and shall hold their qualifica- their offices for one year, and until their successors shall be ton, d.c. dely elected. The said Trustees shall be freeholders in said town, and shall have lived therein one year at least next pre- ceding their election. The said Trustees shall, after their elec- tion, choose a Chairman from among themselves, who shall preside at their meetings, and sign their orders; and, in case of his absence at any meeting, a chairman, for the time being, shael be chosen. Sitc. 3. That every free white male inhabitant, over twenty Who may ow years of age, and who shall have resided in said town for v., for trustees one year next preceding the election, shall have a right to vote and how elec. for Trustees of said town. The Sheriff of Bourbon county tios are to be shall attend at and conduct the election of said Trustees; and od.cted and the seven having the highest number of legal votes shall be tihe Trustees for said town, who shall be informed of their elec- tiow by said Sheriff. It shall also be the duty of the Sheriff to return the names of the Trusteess elected to the Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said town, within ten days after said eletion, who shall enter their names on the record book of said Board. On the death, removal, resignation, or refu- How vacas- sal to act, by any Trustee, the said Board may appoint a day, cies may be and hold an election for a Trustee to fill such vacancy. Three filled. n otths' absence from the town, or refusal to act, shall vacate thv office of a Trustee; and the Board may enter a resolution to that effect, and order an election to fill such vacancy, as awate provided for. The said Trustees shall appoint a Clerk, and shaft keep a book in which all their orders shall be recor- Clerk to be ded: i copy of any order from the record, attested by the appointed, and Ct rk, shall be evidence of such order. And the said Clerk his duties. shell preserVe the books and papers of the Trustees deposited wi* him dad deliver the.* over to his sucesbor. 116 shll 242

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