The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-11-04
Title OF the Act.

Title of the Act
An act to amend an Act entitled al
Act for the government of cities o
the second class in the Commonweltl
of Kentucky which was approved
March the 18th, 1894, and thereafter
In due course became a law, and as
same has since been amended, all OF
which act and amendments now ap
pear as Article of Chapter SO of the
Kentucky Statutes, John d. Carrolfs
edition thereof, in 1909
Be 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the Commonwealth of Ken
lucky:
Cities May Organize.
Section l. That an Act entitled, An
Act for the government of cities OF
the second class in the Commonwealth
of Kentucky" which was approved
March the 18th, 1894, and thereafter
became a law, and the amendments
thereto, which Act and which amend
nlents do now appear as Article 3, OF
Chapter SO of the Kentucky Statutes,
IN John d. Carroll's edition thereof in
1909, be amended by adding thereto,
at the end thereof, the following pro-
visions:
Any city Of the second class under
the laws OF the Commonwealth of
Kentucky may become organized and
be governed under the provisions of
this Act by proceeding as hereinafter
provided. Organizing under this Act
shall not change the corporate entity
of any city, but the bodypolitic and
corporate shall remain the same body
that it now is.
Repeats Inconsistent Acts.
= Sec. 2. All laws applicable to and
governing cities of the second class
and OF inconsistent with the provis-
ions this Act, shall continue to ap-
ply and to govern each city that
may Sanize under this act. And all
by-ls : ordinances and resolutions in
fore. any such city and not incon-
sistel 7 with the provisions of this act
shall continue to be in force until al
tened or repealed in manner provided
for in this Act.
How to Take Vote of People.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the
County Judge in the county in which
is located city proposing to take the
sense of its voters, as herein provided,
upon the question of organizing and
being governed under this Act, upon
the application by written petition
signed by number of the legal voters
of said city equal to twenty-five per
centum of the votes cast in said city
at the last preceding general election,
to receive said petition, and at the
next regular term thereafter, to make
an order on his order book directing
an election to be held in said city at
the next regular election and not ear
Her than sixty days after said appli-
cation is lodged with said judge, which
order shall direct the sheriff! or other
officer of said county who may be ap-
peinted to mold said said eeleetiitea Is.
the po11s at each and all of the voting
places in said city, for the purpose of
taking the sense of the qualified
voters of the said city upon the dues-
ton as to whether or not the citizens
in said city are in favor of the organi-
cation and government of said city I'M
der the provisions of this Act. The
question to be submitted to the voters
shall be:
"Are you in favor of the organiza-
ton and government of the city of
(naming the city in which
said vote is to be taken) under the
provisions of An Act to amend An Act
entitled, can Act for the government
of cities of the second-class in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky which
was approved March 10, 1894, and
thereafter in due course became a law
and as same has since been amended,
all of which said Act and amendments
now appear as Article 3, of Chapter
SO, of the Kentucky Statutes, in John
D. CarrolI's edition thereof, in 1909,
adopted by the General Assembly of
Kentucky of the 1910 session thereof"
II shall be the duty of the County
Clerk to give to the Sheriff of the!
county, or to such officer as may be
appointed to hold said election, GER
titled copy of the order of the County
Court, as it appears on the order book,
within five days after such order is
made; and it shall be the duty of said
Sheriff, or other such officer, to have
said order published IN some weekly
or daily newspaper published and cir
culated in said county for at least two
weeks before the election, and also
to advertise the same by printed or
written hand bills posted in conspicu- /
Gus places in said city, for the same
length of time If there Is no weekly
or daily newspapers published in said
city, or the proprietor Of said paper
refuses to publish such notice, the
printed or written handbi1ls provided
for shall be sufficient notice The
Sheriff or other such officer shall have
the advertisement and notice herein
provided for posted as herein required,
within seven days after he receives
the order Of the County Court All
elections provided for in this Act, ex-
cept the primary elections, shall be
held on the regular election day, by
the regular election officers
II it shall be found that majority
Of the legal votes cast at the election
herein above provided for were given
for or against said proposition SUBJ
mitted, it shall be the duty of the Can
vassing BOARD to certify that fact,
TO the Clerk of the County Court and
Of the city, and at the next regular
term of said court the County Judge
shall cause the same to be spread on
The order book of said court, and the
entry of said certificate in the order
book, or copy thereof, shall be prima
'aeie evidence of the facts therein
contained.
When a majority of the votes cast
shall be in favor of organizing and
governing the city under the proYfs-
ons of this Act, and said fact shall /
,e certified. as hereinbefore provided,
" the said Canvassing Board to the (
County Clerk, copy Of which shall
,e certified to the City Clerk and said
,opy of said certificates shall be-
spread upon the records of said coun-
= as herein provided, and upon the
ecords of said city, at the next regu-
ar meeting of the City Council, there
lpon said city shall be organized and
governed by the provisions of this (
Act
Offices Abolished.