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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, con-
tract and be contracted with, answer and be answered in
all the 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 lodge to alter when deemed
proper, and may change and renew the same at pleasure:
Provided, They be not in contravention of the constitution,
laws, and regulations of the Grand Lodge of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, incorporated by an act
approved February 16th, 1838, nor in contravention of the
constitution and laws of the United States or of this State.
The said corporation shall have power and authority to
acquire and hold real and personal estate not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars in value, and, from time to time, if
deemed expedient, sell and convey the same, or any part
thereof, and to re-invest and dispose of the proceeds.

§ 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is here-
by reserved to the General Assembly.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 1002.

AN ACT for the benefit of Wm. H. Hamilton, late sheriff of Larue

county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That William H. Hamilton, late sheriff of Larue county, be and he is allowed the further time of one year to collect his old taxes and fee bills that he may have on hand.

§ 2. And he shall have power to distrain for the collec tion of the taxes and fee bills aforesaid: Provided, He shall first execute bond with security, in the county court of the county aforesaid, indemnifying all persons that may be damaged or injured by the wrongful distraint or collection of any taxes or fee bills aforesaid.

3. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1003.

AN ACT for the benefit of Mrs. Martha W. Snead,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That Mrs. Martha W. Snead, wife of Chas. Snead, of the city of Louisville, is hereby permitted to trade and transact any business as a single woman; and she is hereby-enabled to use any property she now owns, as though she was a single woman. Neither the property she now owns, nor what she may acquire, shall be subject to the liabilities of her husband, and shall not be subject to his control. She may sue and be sued in her own name. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 1005.

AN ACT providing for the use of the Rockcastle county jail for
Whitley county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

1. That the jailer of Whitley county is hereby authorized to transfer, for safe keeping, criminals and others confined in the jail of said county, to the jail of Rockcastle county, and deliver such to the jailer of Rockcastle county, whose duty it shall be to take charge of such criminals, or others so delivered, and in all respects to be governed by laws in force as in case of regular commitments; he shall, however, deliver the same, if not liberated, to the sheriff of Whitley county, upon presentation of an order to that effect from the Whitley county court.

§ 2. The jail of Rockcastle county shall and may be used for the purposes indicated in the first section of this

act.

§ 3. The provisions of this act shall only apply so long as it may be unsafe to retain prisoners in the Whitley county jail, and shall take effect upon its passage. Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1007.

AN ACT for the benefit of the city of Louisville.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§1. That the general council of the city of Louisville be and they are hereby empowered and authorized to have constructed a railroad or railroads, with single or double

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tracks, in such streets of said city as they may by resolution designate: Provided, That steam power shall not be used in the propulsion of cars.

§ 2. That, to carry out the powers granted in section first of this act, the general council may, by contract, sale, or bargain, empower any corporation or corporations, parties or company, to construct said street railroads, the general council reserving all rights to regulate and control the

same.

§3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1008.

AN ACT for the benefit of Barbetta Dinkelspiel.

Whereas, it appears to this General Assembly that Jacob Dinkelspiel has been unfortunate in business, to such an extent as to endanger the prospects and prosperity of his family-therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Barbetta Dinkelspiel, the wife of Jacob Dinkelspiel, be and she is hereby authorized and empowered to act, trade, contract, and carry on business generally in her own name, and for her own use and behoof, and that of her family, in the same manner and to the same extent in all respects as if she were a feme sole.

§2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863

CHAPTER 1009.

AN ACT for the benefit of Emily P. Grainger.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Emily P. Grainger, wife of Wm. H. Grainger, of the city of Louisville, is hereby declared and made capable, in law, to transact business of every kind; to take, hold, and convey any estate she may now have or hereaf ter acquire as a single woman, having all the rights and privileges of a single woman; she may sue and be sued. § 2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1010.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate the Bell
Insurance Company of Louisville," approved October 3, 1861.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§1. That an act, entitled, "an act to incorporate the Bell Insurance Company of Louisville," approved October 3, 1861, is hereby re-enacted, with the privilege that the corporators named therein, or any three of them, may, within four years from the passage of this act, organize said corporation.

§ 2. This act to take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER 1011.

AN ACT changing the boundary lines and voting place in Flat Woods district, in Owsley county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Flat Woods magistrates' district and election precinct, in Owsley county, be so changed as to include the following boundary: beginning at the mouth of the Kentucky river, thence up said Middle Fork to the mouth of Long Shoal branch; thence up said branch, so as to include all citizens on said branch; thence to the head waters of Linum's creek; and thence to the Middle Fork, so as to include all citizens on Linum's creek, and all on Middle Fork above the mouth of Linum's creek; thence down the Middle Fork to the place where the county line crosses said fork; thence with the county line to the North Fork of Kentucky river, and down the North Fork to the beginning.

§ 2. The voting place shall be at the house of William S. Thompson.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1013.

AN ACT for the benefit of the sureties of C. A. Duncan, late sheriff' of Calloway county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts be and he is hereby directed, upon his settlement with the sureties of

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C. A. Duncan, late sheriff of Calloway county, to allow said sureties a credit for the amount of interest charged to them upon the revenue due from said county for the year 1861.

§ 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 2, 1863,

CHAPTER 1014.

AN ACT for the benefit of Martha J. Mansfield.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That Martha J. Mansfield, wife of A. D. Mansfield, of the city of Louisville, be and she is hereby authorized to engage in trade and transact business of every description whatsoever, in the same manner and to the same extent as if she were an unmarried woman; to acquire and convey property of all kinds, and to sue and be sued in her own name, and that any property, so acquired by her, shall be free from the debts or control of her said husband or his creditors.

§2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER 1015.

AN ACT to revive and amend the charter of the town of Mortinsville, in Woodford county.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

§ 1. That the charter of the town of Mortinsville, in Woodford county, Kentucky, approved 28th February, 1835, be and the same is hereby revived, and, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, is hereby declar ed to be in full force and virtue.

2. D. D. Carpenter, J. G. Mannel, Wm. R. Dean, F. A. Davis, and J. H. Rumsey are hereby appointed trustees of said town, to act until the regular election, as prescrib ed by said charter.

§ 3. The boundary of said town shall be the same as fixed in an act amending the charter of said town, passed 18th February, 1848. The trustees of said town are hereby empowered to assess and collect, annually, taxes for the purposes of said town, not exceeding twenty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in said town, and a tax not exceeding fifty cents on each tithe in said

town.

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