into lots and streets, shall be vested in Caleb Wallace, Thomas Marshall, Joseph Crocket, John Fowler, junior, John Craig, Robert Johnston, and Benjamin Roberts, (of Jefferson) gentlemen, trustees, and shall be established a town by the name of Frankfort. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall within six months after passing of this act, sell at public auction, all the lots within the said town, which have not been heretofore disposed of by the said James Wilkinson, advertising the time and place of such sale at the door of the courthouse of the said county of Fayette, on two successive court days. The purchaser shall hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house, sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within two years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising therefrom to the said James Wilkinson, or his legal representatives; the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall have power to settle all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to establish such regulations for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best. In case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to supply such vacancy; and the persons so chosen, shall have the same power as the trustees appointed by this act. The purchasers of the said fots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall enjoy all the privileges which the inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or a major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. II. And be it further enacted, That a public ferry Ferry estab shall be constantly kept across the Kentucky river, lished across from the lands of the said James Wilkinson, in the Kentucky ri town of Frankfort, to the opposite shore, and the rates ver at Frankfor passing the same be as followeth: For a man, four fort. pence, and for a horse the same; and for the transporta- CHAP. C. An act for incorporating the Academy in the town of Alexandria. I. FOR incorporating the academy in the town of Academy, in Alexandria, Alexandria, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly," incorporated. That it shall be lawful for those persons, or their respective heirs, who shall or may have contributed the sum of five pounds each, to the use of the said academy, or a majority of them, to meet at the said academy on the second Monday in April annually, and then and there elect by ballot, thirteen fit and able men to serve and act as trustees of the said academy, whose authority shall continue for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead, and no longer, except such of them as shall be re-elected. The said trustees so elected, and those hereafter to be elected, and their successors for ever, are hereby made a body corporate and politick, by the name of the Trustees of the Alexandria Academy. They shall have power and capacity to purchase, receive and possess, lands and tenements, goods and chattels, either in fee, or any lesser estate therein; and the same to grant, let, sell or assign, and to plead and be impleaded, prosecute and defend all causes in law or equity. The said trustees or a majority of them, when assembled, shall have power to make such bye-laws and ordinances as they shall think best for the good government of the said acade my, and to perform and do any thing respecting the property vested therein; provided such bye-laws and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this commonwealth. They shall choose a president and secretary out of their own body; and in case of vacancy, by death or otherwise, of any one or more of the said trustees within the year, the same shall be supplied by a majority of the remaining trustees. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the first annual election of the said trustees shall not take place, or be made, until the year one thonsand seven hundred and eighty-eight; and that in the mean time, and until such election be made, George Washington, William Brown, David Stewart, John Fitzgerald, Charles Lee, William Baker, Isaac S. Keith, Samuel Hanson, James Hendricks, William Hartshorne, Josiah Watson, Benjamin Dulany, and Charles Simms, gentlemen be, and they are hereby constituted trustees of the said academy, with the same powers and authority to all intents and purposes as is given. by this act to those who shall hereafter be elected trus tees. CHAP. CI. An act for dividing the county of I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Harrison from and after the first day of May one thousand seven county divid hundred and eighty seven, the county of Harrison shall ed and Ran. be divided into two distinct counties, that is to say, so dolph formed much of the said county lying on the south-east of the Boundaries. following lines, beginning at the mouth of Sandy creek, thence up Tyger's Valley river to the mouth of Buchanan river; thence up the said river including all the waters thereof; thence down Elk river including the waters thereof to the Greenbrier line, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name of Randolph; and the residue of the said county shall retain the name of Harrison. A court for the said county VOL. XIR Z 2 Court days. of Randolph, shall be held by the justices thereof, on the fourth Monday in every month after the said division shall take place, in such manner as is provided by law for other counties, and shall be by their commissions directed. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Randolph, shall meet at the house of Benjamin Wilson, in Tyger's valley, in the said county, upon the first court day, after the said division shall take place, and having taken the oaths prescribed by law, and administered the oath of office to, and taken bond of the sheriff, according to law, proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk, and fix upon a place for holding courts in the said county, at or as near the centre thereof as the situation and convenience will admit of; and thenceforth the said court shall proceed to erect the necessary public buildings at such place, and until such buildings be completed, to appoint any place for holding courts as they may think proper. Provided always, That the appointment of a place for holding courts, and of a clerk, shall not be made unless a majorit the justices of the said county be present, where Juch n.. jority shall have been prevented from atteding by bad weather, or their being at the time out of the county, in such cases the appointment shall be postponed until some court day when a majority shall be present. The governor, with advice of the council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff of the said county, who shall continue in office during the term, and upon the same conditions, as is by law appointed for other sheriffs. It shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Harrison to collect and make distress for any public dues or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof at the time such division shall take place, and shall be accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. The court of the said county of Harrison shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits in law or equity, depending before them at the time of the said division, and shall try and determine the same, issue, process, and award execution thereon. い II. And be it further enacted, That the court of the said county of Harrison, shall account for and pay to the said county of Randolph, all such sums of money as shall or may be paid by the inhabitants of the said county of Randolph, towards defraying the expence of erecting a courthouse and other public buildings in the said county of Harrison. In all elections of a senator, the said county of Randolph, shall be of the same district with the said county of Harrison. CHAP. CII. An act directing the sale of lands in the towns of Louisville and Harrodsburg, and for other purposes. mon, and a 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Lands in LouRichard Clough Anderson, William Taylor, Robert isville & HarBrackenridge, David Meriwether, John Clarke, Alex- rodsburg in ander Scot Bullit, and James Francis Moore, gentle- Kentucky, to be sold & pro men, are hereby constituted commissioners for the fol- ceeds approlowing purposes, that is to say, they or a majority of priatedto pay them, shall have power, and are required to demand ment of mort and receive from the trustees of the town of Louisville, gage, from John Connolthe amount of the sales of lots made by them, and upon ly, to John refusal or neglect to pay the money, to institute one or Campbell, & more suits in their names, and the same to prosecute to Joseph Sirecovery. The said commissioners, or a majority of balance due them, shall sell and convey the lands in the said town to Alexander remaining unsold, by the said trustees, and apply the M.Kee. money arising therefrom, as well as the monies by them received for the former sales, after deducting the necessary charges of surveying and laying off the said lands, in the first place to the payment of what shall be due on the mortgage from John Connolly to John Campbell and Joseph Simon, and the surplus also to pay to the said Campbell and Simon, for and on account of six hundred and eight pounds three shillings and two pence half penny, together with legal interest on five hundred and seventy seven pounds three shillings, part thereof from the fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, due to the said Campbell and Simon from Alexander McKee. New trustees II. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the town of Harrodsburg, shall, and they are hereby of Louisville. |