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 appro priated. and dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury collected, or to be collected, and not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of building an extension to said asylum, consisting of two wings, or extensions, one on the east side, and the other on the west side of the present building. § 2. The work referred to in section one of this act to be done under the supervision of the superintendent and Board of Commissioners of said asylum, or any commissioners hereafter appointed; said work to be paid for according to contract made by said Superintendent and commissioners by warrant of the Auditor of State upon the Treasurer of the State; said warrant to be drawn whenever an itemized statement of character of work done, and amount due for same, and signed by the superintendent and chairman of the Board of Commissioners of said asylum is filed with the Auditor. Approved March 4, 1904. $50 exemption repealed. CHAPTER 16. AN ACT in regard to the exemption law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section five, article fifteen, of an act entitled, "An act relating to executions," approved June 10, 1893, be, and the same is hereby repeaied. Said section so repealed reads as follows: "The wages, not to exceed fifty dollars, of all persons who work for wages, shall be exempt from execution, attachment, distress for rent, garnishment of fee bills: ན. Provided, That the exemption of fifty dollars shall not apply to debts contracted for food, raiment, or house rent for the family." Approved March 4, 1904. CHAPTER 17. AN ACT to amend section 2, article 1, of an act, entitled "An Act to provide for an efficient system of common schools throughout the State," approved July 6, 1893. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section two, article one, of an act entitled "An act to provide for an efficient system of common schools throughout the State," approved July 6, 1893, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking from said section the words, "three months in districts having thirty-five pupils or less; for four months in districts having more than thirty-five and less than fortyfive pupils, and for five," and also strike out the words, "having forty-five or more pupils." Also strike out, "But after June 30, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, no school shall be deemed a a 'common school,' or be entitled to any contribution out of the school fund, unless the same has been, pursuant hereto, actually kept, or is under contract to be kept, by a qualified teacher, for not less than five months during the same school year, free of expense to every pupilchild, as described above," and insert in lieu of the word "five," the word "six," so that when said section Is amended it shall read as follows: Amends and re enacts. § 2. No school shall be deemed a "common school," six months' term. within the meaning of this chapter, or be entitled to school fund. Apportionment of . any contribution out of the school fund, unless the same has been, pursuant hereto, actually kept, or is under contract to be kept, by a qualified teacher for six or more months in all districts during the same school year, and at which every child residing in the district, between the ages of six and twenty years, has had the privilege of attending, whether contributing towards defraying the expenses or not: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any person from attending the common school who will obtain the consent of the trustees and the teachers and pay the required tuition fees. In order that each child of the Commonwealth may enjoy the benefits of a six months' school, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall for each school year apportion the fund for each county having one or more districts of less than forty-five pupil-children as follows: He shall apportion to each district, without regard to school population; the per capita of forty-five pupil-children, both from the fund derived from the tSate and the interest on the county bond, if any, and pro rate the remainder of the fund among the districts having more than forty-five such children: Provided, That any fractional balance shall be omitted in computing the said per capita, and that the aggregate of fractional balances shall be credited to the respective counties, and be taken into account the following year. § 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Approved March 4, 190. CHAPTER 18. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, article 1, of an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act, and re-enact an act, entitled An Act relating to revenue and taxation," which became a law November 11, 1892, the Governor not having signed or returned same to the House in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and as amended by an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act, entitled An act relating to revenue and taxation. which became a law without the approval of the Governor November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," which was approved June 9, 1893, and as amended by an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act entitled An act relating to revenue and taxation, approved November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," which was approved March 7, 1894, and as amended by an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act, entitled An Act relating to revenue and taxation, which became a law without the approval of the Governor, November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," which was approved March 15, 1894, and as amended by an act, entitled "An act to amend section one, article six of chapter one hundred and three of Session Acts of one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, entitled "An Act relating to revenue and taxation, which became a law November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,' which was approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and as amended by an act, entitled 'An Act to amend section seven, article six, of an act relating to revenue and taxation, which was approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.' And as amended by an act, entitled 'An Act to amend an act, entitled, An Act to amend an act, entitled An Act relating to revenue and taxation, Session Acts, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, which became a law November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, approved June ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which was approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. And as amended by an act, entitled 'An Act to amend an act approved November eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, relating to revenue and taxation and to amend an amendment to said Act of June ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to peddlers," which was approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety |