Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-01-31
THE HopklnsvlLLE WARD BILL
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CHAPTER 40.
An act to amend an act entitled
"An Act to amend and reduce into one
the several acts concerning the town
of Hopkinsville," approved April fifth
One Thousand Eight Hundred ano
Seventy; and to divide the city o.
Hopkinsville into wards, and to pro
vide for councilmen.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth Of Ken
, lucky.
SECTION oNE:-That the city of Hop
kinsvifle shall be and is hereby divided
r into seven distinct and separate
wards, which shall be known as the
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth
Sixth and Seventh wards respectively
The said wards shall DO included
within the following boundaries, name
ly.
FIRsT:-All that portion OF the said
city of Hopkinsyille included within
the following boundary shall be called
and known as the First Ward :
Beginning ON the river at the foot of
Second street, thence eastward with
Second to Clay street, thence south
ward with Clay to Seventh street,
thence westward with Seventh street to
the river, thence up the river to the
beginning.
SEcoND-All that portion OF the
said city of Hopkinsville included
within the following boundary shall
be called and known as the Second
Ward: Beginning on the river at
the foot of Seventh street, thence
eastward with Seventh to Railroad
street, thence southwark with Rail
road to Fourteenth street, thence
westward with Fourteenth Street to
Clay street, thence southwark with
Clay street to Fifteenth street, thence
westward with the line of Fifteenth
street and with Fifteenth street and
the Canton road to the city limits,
thence with the city limits northward
to the river and up the river to the
beginning.
THIRD:+All that portion Of said city |
of Hopkinsville included in the fol-
lowing boundary shall be called and
known as the Third Ward": Begin
ming at the intersection OF Ninth and
Railroad streets, thence with Rail
road street southwark to the city lin
its, thence with the city limits east
ward to Ninth street, thence with
Ninth street westward to the begin
ming.
FoURTH:-All that portion of said
city Hopkinsville included within the
following boundary shall be called
and known as the Fourth Ward:
Beginning at the intersection OF
Fourth and Clay streets, thence with
Fourth street eastward to its intersec-
ton with Seventh street, thence east
wardly with Seventh street to the city
limits, thence in a southerly direction
with the eastern boundary OF said city
to Ninth street, thence with Ninth |
street westwardly to Railroad street,
thence northwardly with Railroad
street and the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad to Seventh street, thence
westwardly with Seventh street to
Clay street, thence northward with
Clay street to the beginning.
FIFTH:-All that portion Of said city
of Hopkinsville included within the
following boundary shall be called
and known as the Fifth Ward" Be-
ginning at the foot of Second street |
on the river, thence eastward with
Second street to Clay street, thence
southwark with Clay to Fourth street,
thence eastward with Fourth street to
the intersection of Seventh street,
thence eastward with Seventh street to
the city boundary, thence westward
with the city boundary to the river,
thence down the river with its mean
ders TO the beginning.
SIxTH:-All that portion of the city
of Hopkinsyille included in the follow
ing boundary shall be called and
known as the "Sixth Ward;' Begin
ming at the intersection of Railroad
and Fourteenth streets, thence with
Fourteenth street westward to Clay
street, thence southwark with Clay
street to the line of Fifteenth street,
thence westward in line with Fiji
teenth street and with Fifteenth street
and the Canton Road to the city
boundary, thence southwark and east
ward with the city boundary to the
track of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad, thence with said railroad
to the beginning.
SEvENTH:-Al that portion of said
city of Hopkinsville included within
the following boundary shall be called
and known as the Seventh Ward:'
Beginning at the intersection of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad with
the northern boundary of the city of
Hopkinsville at the railroad bridge,
thence with the line Of the city boun
Diary northwest, southwest and south
ward to the river, thence up the river
with its meanders to the beginning.
SECTION Two:-The legislative pow
ers Of the said city shall be vested in
Seven Councilmen, whose qualifica-
tions shall be the same as now provid-
ed by law, and each of the said wards
shall be entitled to one and only one