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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0714 and id is 1 raw text is: LAN-WS OF KENTUCKY.
CHAPTER 1M2l. 1854.
AN ACT to reduce into oue he several acts relating to the towii of Leb.
1. Be it cn,rtcI by the Gi iir'? Ass.'mb C o thc Conion- Corporate lim-
its extended.
trt'1th of 1 ] tr,,,f, 'u,, 'i']hat tilt, prcsent cutporatc litnits of
t.i: towva of, L1etn-,, as shown npon tihe map of the
t,'-tocs of saihl tov,'n, and v!:-o all grounds within one
quarter ( a 1,ite Of tle court hone in said town, shall
constitute. the corporate limits of the to'an ci' Lebanon;
and it sliali haw hc duLy c' the trmstces of snid town, on
or belbre the 1,;d 1-; cl JtiTy, 1tS54, to cause a map or plat
ol the several lots of said town, as the same now appears
on their joo;s, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of
the Uarion county CuI't.
. :2. That hereafter the fiscal, municipal. and pruden- Trustees to be
tial concerns of said town shall be vested in five trustees, lectd.
who shf.ll be elected annually, on the first Saturday in
April, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, by the free
white mnale citizens of said town, over the age of twenty-
one years, and who shall have resided within the limits of
said town for six months next preceding such election.
They hall have power to fill any vacancy that may occur
in tleir board. It shall be their duty, at their first meet- Their duties.
ing after election, to appoint one of' their own body to pre-
side at their meetings, to be styled the president of the
board of' trustees, to whose management and control the
executive affairs of said tov'ii shall be entrusted. A ma-
jority ol the board shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of busincs, and in tile absence of the president,
they may elect a prasident pro tempore : Provided, that
the present trustees shall continue in office until ther suc-
cessors shall be elected and qualified.
§ 3. That said trustees shall be a body politic and cor-
porate, and shall be known by the name and style of the
Board of Trustees of Lebanon; and in that name may Corporate name
sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with in all
courts and places, and may use either a common or pri-
vate seal, and do all other acts which a body politic and
corporate, having perpetual succession, may lawfully and
rightfully do.
§ ,1. They shall have power to make and receive all Generalpowers.
necessary conveyances in relation to said town. They
shall have power to make all necessary by-laws for the reg-
ulation and good government of said town, not inconsis-
tent with the laws and constitution of this commonwealth.
They shall have power to assess and collect annually an
ad vulorer tax not exceeding twenty-five cents on each
one hundred dollars worth of real and personal estate
within the town, (except cash and cash notes on men who
live without the limits of said town,) by law taxable, and
a poll tax not exceeding one dollar on each tithe; and
upon the refusal of any person so assessed to pay said
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