Amendment

to deadly weap

ons.

CHAPTER 57.

AN ACT to amend Section 1308 of the Kentucky Statutes.

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

§ 1. That section 1308 of the Kentucky Statutes be amended by striking therefrom the words "at random" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "except in self-defense or in defense of property" and by inserting the words "whether said weapon be loaded or unloaded" after the word "flourish" and by striking out said words in the latter part of said section so that said section as amended will read as follows:

"If any person shall draw a deadly weapon upon to law relating another, or shall point a deadly weapon at another, or shall hold or flourish, whether said weapon shall be loaded or unloaded, or use in a threatening or boisterous manner, or shall on a public highway or at any school assembly, place of public worship or business, or in going to or from any place of public worship, fire or discharge, except in self-defense, or defense of property, a deadly weapon, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than fifty days or both."

Approved March 19, 1908.

CHAPTER 58.

AN ACT enabling the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to exchange certificates of registration with other states allowing Pharmacists registered in a foreign state to practice pharmacy in the State of Kentucky.

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

Certificates of Registered Pharmacists may be ex

other states.

§ 1. The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy is hereby changed with authorized to exchange certificates of registration with other States allowing registered pharmacists of foreign States to practice pharmacy in this State under such rules and regulations as the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy shall determine.

§ 2. Registered pharmacists of foreign States desiring to exchange certificates of registration and to practice pharmacy in this State must be graduates of a reputable college of pharmacy and have all the essential qualifications required of a registered pharmacist in this State.

Approved March 19, 1908.

CHAPTER 59.

AN ACT to provide for the appointment of two additional inspectors of coal mines; and to provide for the examination of applicants for certificates of qualification to serve as foremen in coal mines and require that only persons possessing such certificates of qualification or possessing service certificates shall be employed as such foremen; and to require the employment of special shot-firers in coal mines wherein explosive gasses or coal dust generate or exist in dangerous quantities, and to otherwise provide for greater protection to the lives and health of persons employed in the coal mines of this State.

WHEREAS, the number of coal mines in Kentucky has within recent years increased largely and will continue to increase rapidly, rendering it physically impossible for the present inspection force of

Preamble.

Governer

the office of Inspector of Mines to inspect all the coal
mines as often as proper care for the safety and
health of persons employed in such mines would
require, and,

WHEREAS, experience has shown the necessity
of improving the grade of qualifications of persons
employed as foremen in coal mines, and has also
shown the dangers of blasting in the presence of
explosive gas and fine coal dust, therefore,

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

§ 1. The Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby Assistant Mine authorized and directed to appoint two additional

may appoint

Inspectors.
Qualifications.

Bond required.

Duties of Assistant Inspectors.

assistant inspectors of mines, who shall hold the office
for four years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified. Said assistants shall have
a thorough knowledge of the different systems of
working and ventilating coal mines and of the nature
and properties of mine gases, especially explosive
gases and dust, and shall have a thorough and prac-
tical knowledge of mining gained by at least five
years experience at and in coal mines. Said assist-
ant inspectors, before entering upon the discharge
of their official duties, shall be sworn to discharge
those duties faithfully and impartially and to the
best of their skill and ability, which oath shall be
certified by the officer administering it, and said
certificate shall be filed with the Secretary of State
in his office, and each of said assistants shall give
bond in the sum of two thousand dollars, with
surety to be approved by the Governor, for the faith-
ful discharge of his official duties. Each of said
assistants shall give his entire time and attention to
the duties of his office, which shall consist of aiding,
under the direction of the Chief Inspector of Mines,
in carrying out and enforcing the provisions of the
laws relating to the inspection of mines. He shall

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keep a record of all inspections made by him and
shall make monthly reports of the same to the Chief
Inspector and he shall at all times in all things per-
taining to the duties of his office be subject to the
orders of the Chief Inspector. No assistant inspec-
tor shall be interested in operating any mine in this
State and each shall be liable to dismissal for willful
neglect of duty, for misconduct, or malfeasance in
office. Each assistant inspector shall receive an
annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, payable Salary.
monthly, and shall likewise be allowed and paid
his necessary traveling and other expenses incurred
on account of and when engaged in the discharge of
his official duties.

Examination

But before any person or persons shall be appoint- required." ed as such assistant mine inspector he shall be required to pass a satisfactory examination before the Board of Examiners hereinafter named and shall be required to obtain from such Board of Examiners a certificate duly signed by the members thereof certifying to the Governor that said applicant possesses all of the qualifications hereinbefore mentioned.

Examiners to

men.

$ 2. The Chief Inspector of Mines and any two Board of of his assistants shall constitute a Board of Exam- examine foreiners for the examination of applicants for certificates of qualification to serve as foreman in coal mines, said two assistants to be designated and called into service at any time by the said Chief Inspector; and said Chief Inspector may on any occasion call any two assistant inspectors he may choose to act upon said Board for such purpose, and at any time when his duty as Chief Inspector of Mines necessitates his absence from the examination of applicants, such applicants may be examined by any two assistant inspectors which the Chief Inspector may designate, provided he shall be careful to designate only such assistants as examiners in his absence as he shall know to be thoroughly equipped and qualified

Time of meeting.

Foreman must have certificate.

Qualifica

tions.

to act as such examiners. Said Board shall meet at such times and places as the Chief Inspector of Mines shall from time to time order, and for their services as examiners they shall receive no extra compensation, but only the salary and traveling expenses as now provided by law, that is, their services as examiners shall be reckoned and in fact shall be considered and treated as part of the duties of their office.

§ 3. Six months after this Act goes into effect, no owner, lessee, or operator of a coal mine in which as many as ten persons are employed at one time shall employ as mine foreman any person who has not been granted a certificate of qualification to the effect that he has been examined by the Board of Examiners provided for in the preceding section of this Act and has been found fit and competent as herein required; and said Board of Examiners shall in no event grant any certificate to any person who does not satisfy said Board that he is a person of good moral character and of his sobriety, and that he possesses a thorough knowledge of the different systems of working and ventilating coal mines and of the nature and properties of mine gases, dust an firedamp, and shall have a thorough and practical knowledge of mining gained by at least five years experience in and at mines; except and provided, that any person who for four years prior to the passage of this Act has served as mine foreman or assistant mine foreman in coal mines may upon application therefor and upon satisfactory evidence presented to said Board of Examiners as to his term of service and as to his character for morality and sobriety, be granted a certificate of qualification without such examination, which certificate shall be known as a "service certificate" and shall be so designated Fee of $2.50 on its face. Each applicant for examination shall, before he is examined, pay a fee of two dollars and fifty cents to the Auditor of Public Accounts,

for examina

tion.