of the first class to give advice to the Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension Fund in all matters pertaining to their duties and management of said fund whenever thereunto requested, and he shall represent and defend said Board as its attorney in all suits or actions at law or in equity that may be brought against it, and bring all suits and actions in its behalf that may be required or determined upon by said Board. Approved March 3, 1904.

CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT to enable the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition Commission to carry into effect an act, entitled "An Act to provide for the collection and exhibition of the resources of the Commonwealth of Kentucky at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, and making an appropriation therefor."

WHEREAS, It is made apparent that the commission appointed under said act is unable successfully to carry out the provisions thereof by reason of a lack of funds, as provided for in said act; therefore,

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

§ 1. That the Auditor of Public Accounts shall, upon application of said commission, through its president and secretary, and with the approval of the Governor, draw his warrants upon the Treasurer of the State, from time to time, for such sums out of said appropriation as may be necessary to inaugurate and carry out the purposes of said appropriation.

§ 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 3. WHEREAS, Only a short time is left in which

Auditor to draw warrant, when.

Acts in conflict repealed.

to complete the work of the commission, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Gov

ernor.

Approved March 3, 1904.

Appellate judges and districts.

First district.

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An Áct relating to and providing

for a court of appeals," approved June 17, 1893.

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

§ 1. That an act relating to and providing for a Court of Appeals, approved June 17, 1893, be and the same is hereby amended, so that said act as hereby amended shall read as follows:

Section one of said act is hereby re-enacted and continued in force, and reads as follows:

§ 1. On and after January one, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, the Court of Appeals shall consist of seven judges, to be elected from districts, and the State is divided into seven districts for said purpose.

§ 2. That section two of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the county of Henderson, and adding thereto the county of Muhlenberg. So that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

§ 2. The first Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, McCracken, Calloway, Marshall, Livingston, Lyon, Trigg, Caldwell, Crittenden, Union, Webster, Hopkins, Muhlenberg and Christian.

§ 3. That section three of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the counties of Muhlenberg and Cumberland, and adding thereto the county of Henderson. So that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

§ 3. The Second Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Henderson, McLean, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, Ohio, Grayson, Butler, Edmonson, Warren, Allen, Simpson, Logan, Todd, Monroe and Meade.

§ 4. That section four of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the county of Whitley, and adding thereto the county of Cumberland. So that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

§ 4. The Third Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Hardin, Bullitt, Nelson, Washington, Marion, Spencer, Larue, Hart, Green, Taylor, Adair, Metcalfe, Barren, Clinton, Wayne, Russell, Casey, Shelby, Oldham, Anderson, Pulaski and Cumberland.

§ 5. That section five of said act be and the same is hereby re-enacted and continued in force, and that section shall read as follows:

§ 5. The Fourth Appellate Court District shall consist of the county of Jefferson.

§ 6. That section six of the said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the counties of Clay, Laurel, Knox and Owsley. that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

So

§ 6. The Fifth Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Henry, Trimble, Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, Scott, Franklin, Bourbon, Fayette, Wood

Sixth district.

Seventh district.

ford, Garrard, Boyle, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Lincoln, Rockcastle and Jackson.

§ 7. That section seven of said act be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section the counties of Bath and Elliott. So that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

§ 7. The Sixth Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Boone, Campbell. Kenton, Grant, Harrison, Pendleton, Bracken, Robertson, Nicholas, Mason, Fleming, Lewis, Greenup, Carter. Rowan, Bath and Elliott.

§ S. That section eight of said act be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section the counties of Bath and Elliott, and adding thereto the counties of Owsley, Clay, Laurel, Knox and Whitley. So that said section as hereby amended shall read as follows:

§ 8. The Seventh Appellate Court District shall consist of the counties of Montgomery, Powell, Menifee, Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Lee, Breathitt, Perry, Letcher, Knott, Pike, Floyd, Magoffin, Wolfe, Morgan, Lawrence, Boyd, Johnson, Martin, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, Knox, Whitley, Clark and Estill.

§ 9. The election of judges of Court of Appeals in said districts shall be held at the regular election therein, and every eight years thereafter, as follows: In the First, Second, Fourth and Sixth Districts, in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and the judge then elected in said First District shall succeed the judge from the present Fourth Appellate District; in the Fifth District, in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, to succeed the judge elected from the present Second Appellate Court District; in the Third District, in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, to succeed the judge elected from the present Third Appel

late Court District; in the Seventh District, in one thousand nine hundred, to succeed the judge elected in November, one thousand eight hundred and ninetytwo, from the present First Appellate Court District.

§ 10. Section ten of said act is hereby re-enacted and continued in force, and reads as follows:

§ 10. If any new county or counties be made, such county or counties shall be a part of the district in which the same, or the greater part thereof, shall be situated at the time of its establishment.

§ 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 4, 1904.

CHAPTER 15.

AN ACT to appropriate funds for the improvement and enlargement of the Western Asylum for the Insane, at Hopkinsville, Ky.

WHEREAS, Owing to the increase in the number of lunatics in the State, the asylums of the State are insufficient to accommodate the number legally entitled to be admitted to said asylums, and it is necessary to enlarge some one of said asylums; and,

WHEREAS, By reason of the abundance of water at the Western Asylum of Kentucky, and its excellent sewerage system, and its large amount of land, its capacity can be increased with more benefit to the Commonwealth and with greater economy than that of any other asylum; therefore,

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

§ 1. That the sum of seventy-five

thous- $75,000 appropriated.