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When shares have not been listed since revenue law of 1892.

and taxing district in which the bank is located. § 2. For purposes of the taxation provided for by the next preceding section, it shall be the duty of the president and the cashier of the bank to list the said shares of stock with the assessing officers authorized to assess real estate for taxation, and the bank shall be and remain liable to the State, county, city, town and district for the taxes upon said shares of stock.

$3. When any of said shares of stock have not been listed for taxation for any of said purposes under levy or levies of any year or years since the. adoption of the revenue law of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, it shall be the duty of the president and cashier to list the same for taxation under said levy or levies: Provided, Where franchise That where any national bank has heretofore, for any year or years, paid taxes upon its franchise as provided in article three (3) of the revenue law of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, said bank shall be excepted from the operation of this section as to said year or years: And pro

tax has been paid.

Hewitt bill.

Where paid under Vided further, That where any national bank has heretofore, for any year or years, paid State taxes under the Hewitt bill in excess of the State taxes required by this act for the same year or years, said bank shall be entitled to credit by said excess upon its state taxes required by this

Assessments entered and reported as real estate is entered and re

ported.

act.

$ 4. All assessments of shares of stock contemplated by this act shall be entered upon the assessor's books, certified and reported by the assessing officers as assessments of real estate are

entered, certified and reported, and the same shall be certified to the proper collecting officers for collection as assessments of real estate are certified for collection of taxes thereon.

Assessments; how

§ 5. The assessments of said shares of stock and collection of taxes thereon, as contemplated enforced. by this act, may be enforced as assessments of real estate and collection of taxes thereon may be enforced.

36. The purpose of this act is to place na- Purpose of act. tional banks of this State, with respect to taxation, upon the same footing as State banks as nearly as may be consistently with said article three (3) of the revenue law and said decision of the Supreme Court.

$ 7. Whereas, it is important that State banks Emergency clause. and national banks should be taxed equally for all purposes, an emergency exists, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 21, 1900.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to provide additional dormitories and other necessary buildings and improvements for, and in connection with, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, to make appropriations therefor, and to provide for the administration and management thereof.

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

Appropriation for

the A. & M.

§ 1. That the sum of sixty thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary therefor, be and the the benefit of same is hereby appropriated for the purchase of College of Kenground and the erection thereon of a suitable building as a dormitory for young women stu

tucky.

Women's dormitory.

Residue of appropriation; how expended.

dents of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, and the equipment and furnishing thereof, which dormitory shall be capable of lodg ing and boarding comfortably one hundred and twenty-five persons; also, for the purpose of erecting and equipping a suitable building for military instruction, physical culture and rooms for Young Men's Christian Association; also, for the erection and equipment of a suitable building for the use of the normal department and for the use of the academy; also, for the erection and equipment of a dormitory for young men students of said college; also for the purpose of erecting and furnishing an annex for the use of the engineering departments of said college.

§ 2. Thirty thousand dollars of the sum appropriated under section 1 of this act is hereby set apart for the purchase of ground and erection of a dormitory for young women and for the equipment and furnishing of the same. Said building shall contain the necessary bed rooms, water closets, bath rooms, kitchen, store rooms, hall for physical culture with the necessary conveniences which should appertain thereto. Said women's dormitory shall not be situated on any part of the ground known as the College Campus. The title to said property shall be vested in the board of trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky.

§ 3. The residue of the appropriation made by his act shall be used by the board of trustees of aid college in erecting, equipping, and furnishing

the other buildings set forth in section 1 of this act, and if the residue of the appropriation be not sufficient therefor, then it shall be expended in erecting and furnishing such of said other buildings as the board of trustees may think most necessary until said appropriation be exhausted.

Board of super

§ 4. The board of trustees shall appoint three prudent, discreet, intelligent women; members ir vision or control. good standing of one of the religious organizations recognized by the laws of the United States who shall constitute a board of supervision or control to manage and superintend, under the direction of the board of trustees, the dormitory for young women. The term of service shall be for six years; but the first appointments shall be, one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years respectively, and thereafter, upon the expiration of their terms of service, one shall be appointed at the close of each biennial period to fill the vacancy. Provided, however, that the board of trustees shall have power at any time to remove any member of the board of control for reasons which they may deem sufficient and to fill the unexpired term by an ad interim appointment. Said board of supervision shall meet at convenient intervals for the transaction of business. They shall keep a record of their proceedings and submit the sam to the board of trustees at their regular meetings. Their receipts and expenditures shall be embodied in semi-annual reports to the board. They shall, when the dormitory is ready for the reception of students, submit to the board of trustees for their approval or to the executive committee, if the

Duties of

Expenses of board.

Appropriation to defray expenses of dormitory.

Rates of board.

Duties pertain only to management of dormitory.

Authority of the president.

board of trustees be not in session, a body of regulations in relation to their administration of the business of the dormitory, and in relation to the conduct and discipline of its occupants. The members of the board of supervision or control shall receive no salary; but the necessary expenses, incurred in the discharge of their duties, shall be paid out of the funds set apart for the administration of the women's dormitory.

$5. The sum of two thousands dollars annually is hereby appropriatd to defray the running expenses of said women's dormitory, including fuel, lights, servant's hire, janitor, cooks, and the necessary expenses of the board of supervision or control as hereinbefore set forth.

$ § 6. The rates of board charged young women shall be determined by the cost of provisions and their preparation and service, with no margin of profit. A small monthly fee may, however, be added to cover the wear and tear of kitchen, dining room, and bed room furniture.

§ 7. The duties of the board of supervision or control shall be concerned exclusively with the management of the women's dormitory and shall in no wise relate to the college privileges, duties and relations of the young women nor to the requirements of the faculty regarding their work or the discipline and control of the faculty over them as students.

§ 8. The president of the college shall, as the representative of the board of trustees, have the same general authority in regard to the women's dormitory which he is expected and required to

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