1874. Steward, and his duties in procur ing supplies, &c. 12. It shall be the duty of the steward to purchase all needed and required supplies of every description Said supplies to be purchased where they can be bought the cheapest, and regard being had in all cases to the quality as well as the price of articles purchased. Said supplies shall be paid for by the appropriation made by the State to meet the annual expenditures of the institution, and no bill for supplies purchased shall be ordered to be paid by the board unless the seller shall make out a detailed statement of articles purchased by the steward, or his order, of the name of each article, date of purchase, and the price paid, and the claim being approved by the steward, it shall be the duty of the steward, whenever the president of the board shall issue his warrant on the treasurer for the payment of any articles purchased by him, to enter in a book kept for the purpose the number, date, and amount of said warrant, and the name of the person to whom the same was issued. He shall give due attention to the cultivation of the farm and garden, and shall be held responsible for the products of the same, and the proper care of the stock belonging to the institution, and shall furnish, from time to time, such products of the farm or garden for the use of the institution as may be required by the superintendent; and he shall keep, in a book kept for the purpose, an account of all supplies thus furnished. He shall furnish a monthly statement to the board, in writing, of his official acts to date. No sale of any of the stock or products of the farm or garden shall be made by him without the consent of the board; and any funds received by him for any sale thus ordered shall be immediately paid over to the treasurer, taking his receipt for the same, stating amount, when received, and the name of the article sold. § 13. The secretary and treasurer shall make a separate Secretary quarterly statement to the board of the financial condition of the institution, and furnish the Governor with copies of the same, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. and treasurer to make quarterly Statement. to be received. § 14. The ages of children received into the institution Ages of children shall not be less than six years nor more than eighteen, and no child shall be allowed to remain in the institution longer than ten (10) years, and may be removed at any time by order of the board, whenever the interest of the institution, in their judgment, shall require the same to be done; and whenever such removal shall be ordered by the board of any inmate, or the term which it is allowed to remain shall have expired, said inmate shall be removed by the parent or guardian sending the same to the institution without cost to the State: Provided, The parent is unable to pay the expense incurred to send the inmate home, or the guardian has no means belonging to his ward which he can lawfully use for said purpose, then, in that case, the Auditor of the State, upon the certificate of the superintendent, shall pay the expense of transportation at the rate of six cents per mile, reckoning the distance by the usual route of travel to the home of said inmate; but no traveling expenses shall be paid except on the first reception and final discharge of the child. Should it appear to the board, at any time, that any inmate now in said institution, or that may hereafter be received, is a proper subject, under the law, for a lunatic asylum, they shall, with the advice and consent of the superintendent, and the approval of the Governor, order him or her to be sent to one of the lunatic asylums of the State, and the expense of transportation shall be paid as now provided for by law for transportation of lunatics. 1874. Appropriations for support of in 15. There shall be, and is hereby. appropriated for the support, including board, instruction, &c., of each pupil, stitution. the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per an num, payable quarterly, and the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly in advance, from the time of the passage of this act, for the general support of the institution, payment of salaries, purchase of books, maps, stationery, apparatus, contingent expenses, &c. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to require of each parent or guardian, sending a child to the institution, to pay whatever sum per annum, in his judgment, after an inquiry, he or she may be able to pay towards the support of his or her child or ward in the institution. Bond, with approved security by the president of the board, shall be required, in all such cases, by the superintendent. From the indigent nothing shall be required. And whenever any child, now an inmate of the institution, or that may hereafter be received, shall, in the judgment of the board, be unimprovable, such inmate shall be removed by the parent or guardian, when the board shall order the same to be done. by the advice and consent of the superintendent; and the cost of removal for all indigent children shall be paid as provided in this act for the transportation of indigent children to the institution. § 16. The terms of all officers provided for in this act, other than the commissioners, shall be four years.. § 17. It is distinctly avowed in this act that said institution is not an asylum for the custodial care of unimprovable idiots, but a School for the Education of Feeble-minded Children. §18. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 452. AN ACT to protect citizens of this Commonwealth from empiricism. WHEREAS, The people are liable to be imposed upon by charlatans and incompetent physicians and surgeons; whereas, it is of the highest importance that none but persons with competent qualifications should be allowed to practice a pro 1874. Unlawful to pracpay without diploma or certificate from board tice medicine for of examiners. Persons prac ticing ten years not in provisions fession to whose skill and ability the life of the individual is intrusted; therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be unlaw ul for any person, for reward or compensation, within the limits of this State, to practice medicine in any of its departments, to prescribe, or attempt to prescribe, medicine for any sick person, or perform, or attempt to perform, any surgical operation upon any person within said limits, who has not graduated at some chartered school of medicine in this or some foreign country, or who cannot produce a certificate of qualification from some one of the boards of examiners provided for in this act, and is not a person of good moral character. § 2. Any person who has been regularly and honorably engaged in the practice of medicine, or any of its departments, for ten years, shall be deemed to have complied with of this act; those the provisions of this act. Any person having been so enfive given one gaged for five years, shall be allowed one year in which to year to comply comply with said provisions. practicing only with this act. Governor to examiners, & their appoint board of qualifications. hold annual sessions. 3. The Governor shall, within sixty days from the passage of this act, appoint five citizens in each and every judicial district in this State-said citizens shall be practicing physicians of acknowledged learning and ability, and regular graduates of some chartered medical college-who shall constitute and be styled "The Board of Medical Examiners" for said district, three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Their term of office shall be four years, beginning the first day of April, 1874; and it shall be the duty of the Governor each four years thereafter, and prior to the first day of April, to appoint their successors, who shall have the qualifications herein required. § 4. It shall be the duty of each of said boards to meet and State board to hold annual sessions in their respective districts, at some central convenient place easy of access, to be by them selected, commencing on the first Monday in June of each year, for the purpose of examining all applicants who desire to practice medicine in any of its departments. The examination shall be conducted in such manner and to such extent as the examiners may deem most conducive to the interests and wants of the people and the advancement of learning in the medical profession, and to embrace the following branches of medical science, viz: Chemistry, anatomy, physiology, obstetrics, surgery, and so much of practical medicine as relates to the nomenclature, history, and symptoms of disease. The several boards may hold extra sessions (if they deem it necessary) at any time and place in their respective districts they may think proper. Applicants to produce evidence of moral charac ter. 5. The examiners shall require all applicants to produce satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and to pay an examination fee of not more than twenty dollars. The sessions of the several boards shall continue long enough to give all who desire it an opportunity to undergo a fair and impartial examination. 1874. When examiners 6. The examiners shall grant all applicants who shall be found, upon examination, to possess a fair practical knowledge of the branches named in section four of this act a certificate of qualification, signed by at least three members are to grant cerof said board, which shall entitle the holder thereof, for the time specified, to practice any or all of the branches named in said certificate anywhere in said district or adjoining district. 7. The members of the several boards shall receive, as a compensation for their services, all of the fees paid by appli cants for examination before said board. Certificates shall designate the time and the branches the holder thereof shall be entitled to practice, and shall not be granted for a longer period than five years nor a less period than one year. tificate. Fees of board of examiners. § 8. Any person living in this State, or any person coming Penalty. into this State, who shall practice medicine, or attempt to practice medicine, in any of its departments, or who shall perform, or attempt to perform, any surgical operation for or upon any person within the limits of this State for reward or compensation, in violation of the provisions of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined fifty dollars, and upon each and every subsequent conviction be fined one hundred dollars and imprisoned thirty days, or either or both, in the discretion of the jury; and in no case where the provision of this act has been violated shall the person so violating be entitled to receive compensation for services rendered. § 9. Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to apply to persons practicing dentistry. § 10. This act shall be in force from its passage. Approved February 23, 1874. CHAPTER 474. AN ACT to secure the payment into the Treasury of all fines, taxes, and license fees collected by trustees of the jury fund, clerks, and other officers. WHEREAS, It is made the duty of the trustee of the jury fund in the county for which he is appointed to collect all the fines which may accrue and be assessed by the judgment of the circuit or county courts, justices of the peace, or police judges of the several cities or towns, also all jury fees; and whereas, it is made the duty of the circuit court clerk in each county in this Commonwealth to collect a tax of fifty cents on each suit, appeal, or traverse filed in the court of which he is clerk; and on the granting of a certificate, under the seal of his office, a fee of fifty cents; and whereas, it is made the duty of the clerk of the county court in each county in this Commonwealth to collect a tax of fifty cents on each suit filed in court of which he is clerk; and on each certificate, to which he attaches the seal of his court, a tax of fifty cents; and on each deed, mortgage, or power of attorney, for the sale of real estate filed in his office for record, a tax of 1874. Auditor to have certain blanks prepared for trustees of jury fund, &c. To distribute said copies. fifty cents; also to collect from each person licensed to keep a tavern, ten dollars, and if licensed to sell spirituous liquors in connection therewith, fifty dollars; from each person licensed to keep a coffee-house, fifty dollars; from each merchant licensed to sell spirituous liquors, or if a firm, for each member thereof, twenty-five dollars; from each person licensed to sell playing-cards, twenty-five cents for each pack sold; from each person licensed to keep billiard-tables, thirty dollars for the first table kept by such person, and twenty dollars on each additional table; from each person licensed to keep a nine or ten-pin alley or bowling saloon, the tax imposed by section six, article two, of chapter ninety-two, of the General Statutes; to collect, upon granting of a license to the keeper or owner of any itinerant or other menagerie, circus, or theatrical performance, the tax imposed by section seven of the article and chapter last above named; to collect, upon granting a license to the owner or keeper of any stud horse, jack, or bull, the tax imposed by section eight of the article and chapter above named; to collect, upon granting a license to a broker or exchange dealer, the tax imposed by section two of article three of the chapter above named; from each person licensed to peddle, the tax imposed by section five of chapter eighty-four of the General Statutes; to collect from each person who may sell drugs, medicines, or nostrums, not made in or owned by persons of this State, five per cent. on the gross sales made; and whereas, it appears from the Auditor's reports that these .special taxes have not been paid in many instances;, now, remedy thereof, for Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts, so soon as this act is approved by the Governor, to make out, in good and convenient form, a blank to meet the requirements of this act, which blank shall show the several items of revenue referred to in the preamble of this act, or any other sources of revenue, except that for which the sheriff's of this Commonwealth are directly responsible; and the taxes payable by corporations directly into the Treasury under the head of each officer charged by law with the collection thereof. He shall cause three thousand copies thereof, and three thousand copies of this act, to be printed, and a like number each year thereafter. § 2. That it shall be the duty of the Auditor, so soon as this act takes effect, and on the same day of each succeeding year thereafter, to send by mail to each trustee of the jury fund, clerk of the circuit and county courts, county judge, and county attorney, three copies of said circular and Duty of cir- act, and to each circuit judge in this Commonwealth one copy cuit judge to have for each county in his district. items of tax all read over before grand jury and answered under oath by trustee of jury fund & other officers whose duty it is to collect tax. § 3. It shall be the duty of each circuit judge in this Commonwealth, immediately after the grand jury is empanneled and instructed, and before they are sent to their rooms, to call Over each item in the account made out and referred to in the first section of this act, and to have the officer, whose duty it |