§ 2. It shall be the duty of said physician to attend upon and prescribe for all persons who may be confined in said jail by order of the courts of the State. § 3. That said physician shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the city of Louisville. and county of Jefferson, pro rata, as may be agreed upon by said city and county. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, with the exception of that part of section 1 fixing the date of election; and that shall take effect on and after the first Monday in March, 1890. 5. All laws and parts of laws coming in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved April 14, 1888. CHAPTER 1066. AN ACT to amend an act to amend and reduce into one all the acts relating to the town of Belle Point, in Franklin county, approved April 4, 1884. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That an act to amend and reduce into one all the acts relating to the town of Belle Point, in Franklin county, approved April 4, 1884, be, and the same. is hereby, amended as follows, to-wit: a. That the trustees of said town shall be elected on the second Tuesday in December, 1888, and each year thereafter, for the term of one year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. And no one shall be eligible to hold the office of trustee who is not a bona fide property holder of said town. b. That the police judge and marshal of said town shall be elected on the second Tuesday in December, 1888, and every two years thereafter, for the term of two years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. c. That such trustees, police judge and marshal, shall respectively take the oath required by the Constitution and laws of this State, and execute bond when so required by law, and enter upon the discharge of the duties of his said office on the first Tuesday in January next after his election. d. That the trustees, police judge and marshal, of said town, now in office, shall hold their respective offices until the first Tuesday in January, 1889, and be responsible for the proper and faithful discharge of all the duties now required by law up to that date. e. That if any such trustee, police judge or marshal, should fail to qualify on the first Tuesday in January next after his election, or resign or die, or become disqualified to hold his office, the trustees of said town shall have power to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term. § 2. That no one shall be entitled or allowed to vote for any of the officers above-named who has not, before he offers to vote, fully paid off all taxes assessed against him by the authorities of said town. § 3. That when a street is extended or opened in said town through lands not laid off into lots, the holder of such lands shall not be compelled to improve the sidewalks thereon until such abutting land is laid off into lots; but after such lands are laid off into lots, the holders of such lots may be required to improve the sidewalks, as provided for in section 7 of the act to which this is an amendment. § 4. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 14, 1888. CHAPTER 1067. AN ACT to incorporate the Spears Mill Turnpike Company, in Bourbon county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Bennett E. Bean, John W. Thomas, L. H. Incorporators. Reynolds, Douglas Thomas, J. W. Beford and Daniel Welch, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, created a body-politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Spears Mill Turnpike Company; and by said name and style shall have power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, answer and be answered, plead and be impleaded, in all courts and places in this Commonwealth; and may have and use a common seal, and may alter or change the same at pleasure. Business. § 2. The said company is hereby authorized and empowered to construct a turnpike road on the McAdams plan, from a point on the Seamond's Mill and Stony Point Turnpike, in Bourbon county, beginning at the gate of George Thomas and running on the land of said George Thomas to the gate entering the farm of E. K. Thomas; thence adjoining the fence between the lands of E. K. Thomas and George Thomas; and on the land of said E. K. Thomas to the land of Melvina Moore; thence equally on the line between Melvina Moore and E. K. Thomas, to the line between said Thomas and L. H. Reynolds; thence on the line between said Thomas and Reynolds to the land of John W. Thomas; thence on the most available route to a point on the Bourbon Mills Turnpike, near the bridge over Stony creek, on said pike. In consideration of the right of way through his farm, to be donated by said E. K. Thomas, the turnpike company shall not erect a toll-house on, or condemn for that purpose any land owned by, said E. K. Thomas. § 3. The capital stock of said company shall not Capital stock. exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Books for the subscription of stock shall be opened in the town of North Middletown, or such other place as may be deemed best, under the direction of the persons heretofore named, all of whom are hereby made commissioners for the purpose of obtaining the capital stock of said company; they shall insert an obligation in the subscription list substantially as follows: "We, whose names are hereto subscribed, severally promise to pay to the Spears Mill Turnpike Company the sum set opposite our names in such manner and proportion, and at such times as shall be required by the company." When a sufficient amount shall have been subscribed to the capital stock of said company, it shall be the duty of said commissioners named in this act to give notice, in such manner as they may think proper, of a meeting of the stockholders of the said company, at such time and place as may be specified in such notice, for the purpose of electing a president and three directors; one vote shall be allowed for each share of stock, and the president and directors shall continue in office for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The time and place of all elections, after the first election, shall be fixed by the president and directors, and a majority of the board shall be competent to transact business. § 4. So soon as said company is organized by the Elect officers.. election of a president and directors as above provided, they shall be a body-politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Spears Mill Turnpike Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation; shall be capable of holding their capital stock, and taking and holding, by purchase or gift, all such lands, tenements and hereditaments, real or personal property, as may be necessary for the prosecution of its work or the objects of this corporation. Meetings. Officers. § 5. That the president of said company may call meetings of the board of directors whenever he may think proper, and on application of any two directors to him, he shall call such meeting; the board of directors shall have power to elect a secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as they may think necessary, and to fill such vacancies as may occur in said board during their term of office. Said board may require of their treasurer, before he assumes the duties of his office, a bond for the faithful and honest discharge of his duties, and to faithfully account for all moneys that may come to his hands as such treasurer, which bond and security shall be approved by the board. Said board shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be signed by the president; and in the absence of the president, the board may elect a president pro tem. Said board shall have power to make all necessary by-laws and regulations for the government of said company, and may sue for and recover, in the name of said company, from delinquent stockholders or subscribers for stock, the amount due and unpaid upon any share or shares of stock in said company. 6. The president and directors of said company, Right of way. and their employes, are hereby authorized to take the consent, in writing, of all persons who may consent to grant the right of way for said turnpike road, and the use of materials for building and repairing said road; and when either the right of way or any of the materials necessary for the construction of said road can not be acquired by consent or purchase, said president and directors may apply to the county court of Bourbon county for a writ of ad quod damnum to assess the damages which may be sustained by the owner of said land; and the jury in assessing the damages, after giving the claimant the actual value of the land taken, shall take into consideration the advantages resulting to the party or parties claiming damages, and set the same off against any damages resulting to |