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An Act for the benefit of the town of Greenville, in Muhlenburg county. 1848 139 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0595 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY.

SEC. 8. That there shall be erected two gates on said   1849.
road, one between the North Bend road and Taylorport,
and the other between Taylorport and Dry creek.
SEC. 9. That all acts or parts of acts coming within the  Acts in con.
purview of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. flict repealed.
Approved February 12, 1849.
CHAPTER 200.
AN ACT for the benefit of the town of Greenville, in Muhlenburg
county.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assenbly of the Com-
monwealth of Kentucky, That the boundary of the town of  Boundary ex-
Greenville be so extended on the east, as to include the res-
idence of Joseph Rickets; on the north, to include Win. L.
Green and Henry Ward; and on the west, to include John
A. Slembridge, John Walker and John L. Williams.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the prudential, fiscal  Truitees to
and municipal concerns of said town, as now laid out and have control.
defined, shall be vested in five Trustees, who shall be elect- awhen elected,
and by whom.
ed annually on the 1st Monday in April, or in default there-
of, on the 1st Monday in June, by the free white male in-
habitants over the age of twenty one years, who shall have
been, bona fide, in said town six months next preceding said
election. Said Trustees, when elected, shall hold their of-  Termorofice.
fice for the term of one year, or until their successors are
elected and duly qualified. The said Trustees, before they  To takeoath.
enter upon the duties of their office, shall take an oath be-
fore some Justice of the Peace that they will, to the best of
their ability, without partiality or affection to any one, dis-
charge the duties of Trustees 'of said town during their con-
tinuance in office.
SEC. 3. The said Trustees shall proceed, after their qual-  Trustees. after
ification, to elect one of their number Chairman,      elected, to elect
 who shal Chairman- his
preside at their meeting, and have power to convene the duty, &c.
Board, when, in his opinion, the interest of the town de-
mands it. It shall be his duty to see that all the ordinan-
ces and by-laws of said town are duly executed and put in
force.
SEC. 4. That said Trustees, and their successors in office,  Trustees body
shall be a body politic and corporate, and shall be known corporate.
by the name and style of The Board of Trustees of Green-  Name& style.
ville ; and, by that name shall be capable, in law, of con-
tracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, Powers, &c.
of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being
answered, of defending and being defended, in all Courts and
places, and do all acts, matters and things, which a body
politic or corporate, having perpetual succession, may law-
fully do.

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