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KENTUCKY. 



both in Germany and England, and a series for 

 the plays of Shakespeare. Herr von Kaulbach 

 had been made a member of most of the art 

 and scientific academies of Europe, and had 

 received the decorations of numerous orders. 

 He was a corresponding member of the French 

 Institute, and had been a Chevalier of the Le- 

 gion of Honor since 1855, and an officer since 

 1867. 



KENTUCKY. The session of the Legisla- 

 ture of Kentucky which began on the 1st of 

 December, 1873, continued until the 23d of 

 February. Five hundred and ninety-six acts 

 and twenty-five joint resolutions were adopted, 

 nearly all of which were of a private or local 

 character and of no general interest. Provi- 

 sion was made for submitting to a vote of the 

 people at the next regular election the question 

 of holding a convention to revise and amend 

 the constitution of the State. The time for 

 the meeting of the General Assembly was 

 changed from the first Monday of December to 

 the 31st day of December, provided that if that 

 day falls on Sunday the session shall begin on 



TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, AT LEXINGTON. 



the 30th. For the first time a. general law was 

 enacted for the regulation of the sale of intox- 

 icating liquors, bnt it is far from stringent in 

 its provisions. Early in the session the Gov- 

 ernor had, by special message, submitted a me- 

 morial from the "Blue Grass Temperance 

 Convention " and the " Grand Lodge of Good 

 Templars, "bearing the signatures of over 14-7,- 



000 citizens, praying for the passage of a bill practising as a physician in violation of this law. 

 which accompanied the memorial, for " regu- An act was approved on the last day of the 

 lating the license and sale of intoxicating drinks session providing for a "uniform system of 



the county court shall direct an election to be 

 held in such district or town on the question 

 whether spirituous liquors shall be sold therein, 

 and, if a majority of the voters vote against it, 

 then " it shall be unlawful for any person to 

 sell any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, in 

 said district, town, or city, to any person," on 

 penalty of a fine of not less than $25 nor more 

 than $100. The provisions of the act do not 

 apply to the sale by wholesale or by druggists 

 for medicinal purposes on a physician's pre- , 

 scription. An act was passed establishing a 

 State Board of Pharmacy to examine and give 

 certificates to such persons as shall be qualified 

 to practise as pharmacists or assistant pharma- 

 cists, and making it unlawful for any person 

 not a " registered pharmacist, or registered 

 assistant pharmacist in the employ of a regis- 

 tered pharmacist, or acting as an aid under 

 the immediate supervision of a registered phar- 

 macist, or a registered assistant pharmacist," 

 to retail, compound, or dispense medicines or 

 poisons. 



Another act makes it " unlawful for any 

 person, for reward or com- 

 pensation, within the limits 

 of this State, to practise 

 H* medicine in any of its de- 

 partments, or prescribe or 

 attempt to prescribe med- 

 icine for any sick person, 

 or perform or attempt to 

 perform any surgical oper- 

 ation upon any person with- 

 in said limits, who has not 

 graduated at some char- 

 tered school of medicine in 

 this or some foreign coun- 

 try, or who cannot produce 

 a certificate of qualifica- 

 tion from some one of the 

 boards of examiners pro- 

 vided for in this act, and is 

 not a person of good moral 

 character." The boards of 

 examiners are to consist of 

 five persons in each ju- 

 dicial district, "practising 

 physicians of acknowledged learning and abil- 

 ity," appointed by the Governor for a term 

 of four years. The examiners are to hold an- 

 nual sessions, beginning on the first Monday in 

 June, to receive applications and examine appli- 

 cants, and grant or refuse certificates of qualifi- 

 cation to practise in medicine. Penalties by fine 

 and imprisonment are provided for any one 



and liquors." The Governor did not~recom- 

 mend the adoption of this particular measure, 



common schools for the colored children of this 

 Commonwealth." A separate school-fund for 



but urged the imp.ortance and necessity of the support of these schools is provided, con- 

 more stringent legislation on the subject. The sisting of "the present annual revenue tax of 

 act which was passed merely provides that on twenty-five cents, and twenty cents in addi- 

 petition of twenty legal voters in any civil dis- tion, on each $100 in value of the taxable 

 trict, town, or city, in any county, the'judge of property owned and held by colored persons ; " 



