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An Act to incorporate the town of Marion, in Crittenden county. 1851 462 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0699 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS 07 KENTUCKY. 1851. § 3. That in the event that any of said judges or parties, Furtherprovi. for or against the removal of said county seat, shall refuse $tone to hold said election, as required by this act, then the op- posing party shall proceed to open a poll, as herein direct- ed, at the place they may be in favor of; and a majority of the votes cast at said place shall govern, settle, and change the county seat, as if polls had been opened at both places. § 4. That in case the county seat of Owsley county be if county seat removed to the town of Proctor, the trustees of said town be removed, trusteesofProc- shall have power to dispose of the public square, remove tof pbi dspose the court house, clerk's office, and jail to the town of Proc- and buildings. tor, or dispose of them as they may think best; and when disposed of, the proceeds thereof shall he applied to the erection of public buildings, as aforesaid. And should the county seat be removed, then the citizens of said county Citizens ef shall not be taxed for the erection of public buildings; but Ow $1ey not to be taxed for the citizens of Proctor, or those voting for the removal, shall public buildings build the same at their own expense; that is to say, the road and bridge fund is hereby set apart to be held for the purpose of erecting said buildings. And in case the coun- ty seat of said county be removed to Proctor, then the county court are hereby directed not to appropriate any of said fund, from and after the passage of this act; and all moneys loaned out, and all that the county court has as- sumed to pay, shall also be applied to the erection of said public buildings, until they are completed. § 5. That any person voting twice, or being guilty of Penlty for i. false voting at said election, shall be subject to all the pen- legal voting. alties now in force under the laws regulating elections. Approved December 20, 1851. CHAPTER 141. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Marion, in Crittenden county. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- toundaries e wealth of Kentucky, That the boundaries of the town of Ma- tended. rion, in Crittenden county, are hereby extended so as to make said town one half mile square, the court house being the centre; and the town within said limits shall be and is Town incor- hereby declared to be the town of Marion ; and as such, by porated. with that name, shall be capable, in law, of contracting and be- corporate pow- eri. ing contracted with, of sueing and being sued, of answer- ing and. being answered, in all matters whatsoever, and in all courts and places. § 2. That on'the second Monday in March, 1852, and in When trustees each year thereafter, the free white male citizens in said may be elected, town, of the age of twenty-one years and over, who shall have resided therein thirty days next preceding the time of the election, may vote for four persons as trustees for said

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