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An Act for the benefit of James Ganes, of Hopkins county. 1849 146 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0639 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1850. violation of any by-law or ordinance, shall be recovered by and assessed by warrant before some Justice of the Peace for Mason coun- five pounds. y, sued out in the name of the President and Board of Trustees: Provided, that when any fine, affixed to the vio- lation of any by-law or ordinance, shall exceed five pounds, the Justice shall cause a jury to be summoned to try the accused; and no fine for the violation of any by-law or ordinance of said Trustees shall exceed twenty five dollars. SEC. 5. That the said Trustees shall have full power to appoint an overseer of the streets and alleys, who shall cause them to be worked and kept in order. SEC. 6. That said Trustees shall have power to tax all shows, circuses, and other exhibitions, that shall show or ex- hibit in said town, or within one mile of the corporate limits thereof, in such sum as they may deem right, not exceeding ten dollars for every twenty four hours the same shall be exhibited; which taxes, so collected, shall be applied to the improvement of the streets of said town. SEC. 7. That the corporate limits of the said town shall embrace one square mile, having for its centre the store house now occupied by Daniel R. Craycraft; and it shall be the duty of the persons named as Trustees of said town, in this act, to cause an exact survey of said town to be made out, and a map thereof designating the streets and alleys therein, which they shall have recorded in the Clerk's office of the Mason County Court; and said map, or a cer- tified copy thereof, shall be evidence of the extent and lim- its of said town, and of the position of the streets, alleys! public grounds, and lots, of said town, in all suits in which the Trustees of said town are parties. SEC. 8. That before the persons named as Trustees of Trustees to said town, or those hereafter elected, shall enter upon the takean ot, office and duties of Trustees of said town, they shall go before some Justice of the Peace for Mason county, and take an oath well and truly and to the best of their knowledge perform the said office of Trustee. SEC. 9. That the Legislature reserves the right to re- Act rosy be peal, alter or modify this act at pleasure. modified, & odf pesue Approved February 14, 1850. CHAPTER 135. AN ACT for the benefit of James Ganes, of Hopkins county. Whereas, it is represented that James Ganes emigrated to this Commonwealth and settled in Hopkins county, about three years since, and that he imported and brought with him three slaves, to-wit: Lot, Amy, and Wesley, and that the said Ganes has not taken the oath, and conformed to the provisions of an act of the Legislature, passed in the

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