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An Act to amend the charter of the town of Concord, in Lewis county. 1857 vol. I 332 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0771 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1858. CHAPTER 285. AN ACT to incorporate the Pocahontas Tribe, No. 3, of the Improved Orderof Red Men, at Newport. Whereas, it is laudable to associate together for such humane and benevolent purposes as to attend upon and provide for the indigent sick and afflicted, to bury the dead, protect and provide for the widow, and educate the orphans. Therefore, to carry out the aforesaid purposes, and none other, in the city of Newport, Be it enacted by the IGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky : § 1. That John Butcher, Henry Ritte, Louis Faass, Corporatename and their associates, be and they are hereby created a and powers, body corporate, by the name and style.-of Pocahontas Tribe, No. 3, of the Improved Order of Red Men; and they and their associates and successors shall so continue and have perpetual succession, and by that name are made capable in law, as natural persons, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and be answered, in all courts of law and equity in this Commonwealth; to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or amend at pleasure. They may make and ordain regulations and by-laws for their government, and those now in force in said Tribe to alter when deemed proper, and may change and re- new the same at pleasure: Provided, They be not in con- travention of the constitution and laws of the United States or of this State. .§ 2. The said corporation shall have power and au- May hold real thority to acquire and hold real and personal estate, not tate 0- exceeding five thousand dollars in value, and from time to time, if deemed expedient, sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, and to reinvest or dispose of the proceeds. § 3. The right. to alter, amend or repeal this act is hereby reserved to the General Assembly. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 9, 1858. CHAPTER 286. AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Concord, in Lewis county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That on the first Monday in August, 1858, -and on May elect Po- that day of the month every fourth year thereafter, the lice Judge. qualified voters of the town of Concord, in the county of Lewis, shall elect a Police Judge for said town, who shall hold his office for the same time that County Judges are allowed by law to hold theirs.

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