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An Act to amend the charter of the town of Benton, in Marshall county. 1859 vol. II 317 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0781 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY, Welborn's, on the road leading from Tompkinsville to Glas- 1860. gow; thence southeast, including Wm. Welborn, Frances Uptergrove, A. J. and J. W. Howard, and Ben. N. McPher- son; thence north to the Barren county line, including Allen Hays, James Hays, Ben. Bartley, Thos. Bartley, sr., W i. Bartley, jr., Jas. Miller, and Jas. Gentry, including the George B. Harlan's farm, intersecting the Barren county line, near the Huffman camp ground; thence with the Barren county line to the beginning. § 2. The place of voting in said district shall be at Sul- phur Lick post-office; and the sheriff of said county is directed and required to open a poll at said voting place, as at other voting places in said county. All laws in force regulating elections, so far as the same are applicable, are hereby made applicable to the district hereby created; the legally qualified voters of said district shall be entitled to elect two justices of the peace and one constable at the same time and in the same manner as other districts. § 3. The first election for officers of the district created by this act shall be held on the first Saturday in May, 1860, who shall hold their offices until the next general election for justices of the peace and constables, and until their successors are qualified. § 4. That immediately after the election under this act, the Secretary of State shall furnish said justices of the peace the books now allowed them by law. § 5. This act to take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 27, 1860. CHAPTER 665. AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of Benton, in Marshall county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky : § 1. That the trustees of the town of Benton, in Mar- May grant shall county, be, and they are hereby, authorized to grant eofFee-house li- one coffee-house license and no more, to any person apply- cense. ing therefor, upon the applicant paying to said trustees a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars, which license shall continue in force for one year: Provided, Before such license shall be granted, such applicant therefor shall go before the county court of said county, with at least two solvent freeholders as security, and execute a covenant to the Commonwealth of Ken- tucky to the effect that he will not suffer any gaming in his house or on his premises, and will not suffer any scanda- lous or disorderly behavior in his house or on his premises, and that he will not sell or give any spirituous liquors to any slave, or suffer or permit the same to be done: Pro-

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