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An Act to incorporate the town of Foster, in Bracken county. 1849 99 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0632 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. to the said land, in the tract of land on which said Sabrit 1850. Doty now lives in Garrard county; and the said Doty shall execute a deed, with general warranty, to the said children for the land so laid off and valued in his said home place; which deed shall be received by the Judge of said Court, and shall be by him certified to the County Court Clerk for record, as deeds are now requircd by law to be. The said deed, by said Sabrit Doty so made, shall reserve to him his estate as tenant by the curtesy in the land so conveyed: And, provided further, that the said Court shall be of opin- ion that the exchange herein authorized will be to the in- terest of the said infants. Approved January 30, 1850. CHAPTER 52. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Foster, in Bracken county. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentuc/q, That the inhabitants of the town of Foster, in Bracken county, be and the same is hereby in- corporated and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the town of Foster, with full power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered; and to do and perform all such other acts and things, either in law or equity, as bodies politic and corporate, having perpetual succession, may rightfully and lawfully do and perform. SEc. 2. That on the first Monday of March next, and on the first Monday of March in each year thereafter, an elec- tion shall be held in said town for the choice of seven Trus- tees for said town, to serve for the ensuing twelve months, and until their successors are duly elected; and all resident white male citizens in said town, over the age of twenty one years, shall have the right to vote in said election; but no person shall be qualified to act as Trustee who shall not be a resident of said town, nor until he or they shall have taken an oath, before a Justice of the Peace, faithfully to perform the duties of the office of Trustee of said town. The first election shall be held at the house of Samuel Mc- Gill, and under the supervision of the Sheriff, or his deputy, of said county. SEC. 3. That said Trustees may make such rules, by- laws, and regulations, for the government of said town, as they may deem advisable, provided they are not incompat- ible with the Constitutions of the United States or of this State, or the laws thereof. SEC. 4. That the said Trustees shall have power to open the streets and alleys of said town; to grade, pave, and MeAdamize them; to make wharves and landings on the

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