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An Act to incorporate the town of New Haven. 1851 553 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0703 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 273. 1852. AN ACT to incorporate the town of New Haven. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- wealth of Kentucky, That the citizens of the town of New Haven, in Nelson county, be and are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the town of New Haven, with fall power to con- Corporate maI. tract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead fnleWf*r= and be impleaded, to answer and be answered, and to do and perform all such acts and things, either in law or equi- ty, as bodies politic and corporate, having perpetual suc- cession, may rightfully do and perform. § 2. The limits of said town shall be as follows, to-wit: Bdnarl. beginning on the bank of Rolling fork, at the mouth of a bayou; thence S. 36 W. 16 poles to astake; thence S. 471 W. 61 poles, between Blincoe and Weathers; thence S. 82 E. 43 poles to a corner between Wilkerson and Blincoe; thence N. 56J E. 92 poles; thence N. 15 E. 12 poles, between Ford and Fogle; thence N. 80, W. 100 poles, to a corner of Robert Abel and Robert Ford; thence N. 10 E. 92 poles, to a stake in William Elliott's line; thence N. .70, W. 36 poles, crossing the turnpike at 18 poles, to a stake in Wil- liam Elliott's field; thence S. 10 W. 57 poles, to a corner be- tween Dr. Wilkerson Elliott and the trustees of the Metho- dist church; thence S. 81 W. 60 poles, to Rolling fork; thence up said fork to the beginning. § 3. That on the first Saturday in March next, and on the same day in each succeeding year, an election shall Tret t.a1. be held in said town for the choice of seven trustees to serve said town for the ensuing twelve months, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and all resident white male citizens of said town, over the age of twenty-one years, shall have the right to vote in said elec- tion ; but no person shall be qualified to act as trustee, who shall not be a resident of said town, nor until he shall have taken an oath, before a justice of the peace, faithfully to perform the duties of the office of trustee of said town. he first election shall be held under the supervision of the sheriff or a justice of the peace for said county. § 4. Said trustees may make such rules, regulations, and May enact tby by-laws for the government of said town, as they may la,.&c. deem advisable, provided they are not incompatible with the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States. § 5. That said trustees shall have power to open the Strets. strects and alleys of said town, to grade, pave, and Mc- Adamize them, and to make such other improvements for the benefit of said town as they may deem proper. § 6. That the said trustees shall have power to tax the May levy uZ. real and personal property of said town, ad valorem, not exceeding twenty-five cents for each hundred dollars of

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