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all other, except life, insurance companies. It re- 

 quires all agents of companies doing business in the 

 State to pay an annual license. 



For the benefit of the Branch Penitentiary at Eddy- 

 ville. It appropriates $122,000 for its completion. 



To amend the act for the relief of the Penitentiary, 

 so as to prohibit the working of convicts in the mines 

 aftsr the expiration of the present contracts. 



To extend the time of the existence of the Superior 

 Court four years longer, and providing that appeals 

 may be taken from that court to the Court of Appeals 

 only in cases where the amount involved is $2,000 or 

 more. 



To provide for the monthly payment of teachers in 

 the common schools. 



To amend the act establishing a State Board of 

 Health. It requires all incorporated cities, towns, 

 and villages to establish local boards of health and 

 make quarterly reports to the State Board. 



To amend the act concerning the tax upon distilled 

 spirits. It provides for one assessment only each 

 year and the quarterly payment of taxes. 



To make gambling a felony. It provides that any 

 person who sets up or conducts or aids in setting up 

 or conducting any game of cards, dice, etc., shall be 

 guilty of a felony. 



To define a lawful fence, and to secure owners of 



Eroperty for damages to the same by trespass by the 

 .vc-stock of others. 



To regulate the sale of lightning-rods. It provides 

 that a license-fee of $250 a year shall be paid by light- 

 ning-rod agents. 



In relation to infectious and contagious diseases of 

 cattle. It requires the State Board of Health to sup- 

 press any such disease that may appear ; requires the 

 seclusion of all affected or exposed cattle by the own- 

 ers ; permits the quarantine of infected premises, the 

 destruction of affected animals, and the employment 

 of a veterinarian, who is to be paid by the county 

 where the disease exists. 



To make a wire fence a lawful fence. 



To amend the General Statutes in relation to bribery 

 at elections. It provides that the jury ehall never 

 convict under the provisions of this act on u the tes- 

 timony of a single witness, unless sustained by strong 

 corroborating circumstances." 



To amend the General Statutes so as to make it law- 

 ful for the agents of express companies to carry con- 

 cealed deadly weapons while in the discharge of their 

 official duties. 



For the benefit of the Kentucky Institution for the 

 Blind. It appropriates |5,000 for a building for col- 

 ored children and $3,000 annually for expenses. 



To amend the act for the regulation of fire, marine, 

 health, accident, live-stock, and all other, except life, 

 insurance companies, so that no ad valorem tax shall 

 be imposed on the shares of capital stock or the in- 

 vested funds of any company organized under the laws 

 of this State. 



For the benefit of the branch penitentiary at Eddy- 

 vine. It authorizes the Building Commissioners to 

 borrow money to carry on the work when it is not to 

 be had from the treasury, and to sell surplus stone, 

 brick, and cement to pay interest on the same. 



To increase the penalty for incest (now two to six) 

 to two to twenty-one years. 



To make seduction a felony, punishable by confine- 

 ment in the Penitentiary for not less than one nor 

 more than five years. 



For the benefit of public schools in cities having a 

 population of 20,000 and over. It permits persons 

 over the school age and under the ago of forty to at- 

 tend the night-schools. 



To amend the General Statutes in regard to liens in 

 favor of mechanics, laborers, pncl material-men, in- 

 creasing the time in which steps may be taken to pre- 

 serve the same from sixty days to six months. 



To repeal an act entitled " An act prescribing the 

 manner of selling the sulphate and other preparations 

 of morphine and opium in this State and for other 



purposes." approved Feb. 19, 1886, and to prescribe 

 the manner of selling the sulphate and other prepara- 

 tions of morphine in this State. It provides that such 

 poisons in future must be sold in scarlet wrappers. 



To allow defendants to testify in criminal and penal 

 cases. It allows defendants to testify ; but their re- 

 fusal to do so is not to be construed as evidence of 

 their guilt. 



To continue the geological survey and to fix the 

 salary of the director. It appropriates $10,000, out of 

 which is to be paid the printing of the survey. The 

 salary of the geologist is reduced from $3,000 to $2,000. 



To amend the revenue laws. The most important 

 provisions are those fixing the general tax at forty- 

 seven cents on $100 ; fixing the pay of assessors at 

 four cents on each $100 of the first $1,000,000, and H 

 cents on each additional $100 ; requiring sheriffs to 

 bid in property sold for taxes for the State ; and fix- 

 ing the rate of taxation on bank-stock at seventy-five 

 cents on the $100, and exempting 10 per cent, of their 

 surplus. 



To prevent the sale of liquors within one mile of 

 any lock or dam, or site of the same, on the rivers of 

 Kentucky. The bill does not apply to the sale in any 

 incorporated town or city. 



To provide against dangers from carbon and petro- 

 leum oils, and to provide for gauging of oils, naphtha, 

 and turpentine. It provides for an inspector in each 

 county, to be paid by the owner of the oils inspected. 



To repeal so much of the Civil Code of Practice as 

 provides for a separate general or special verdict, pro- 

 vided that the court in its discretion may direct the 

 jury to find a separate general verdict. 



To regulate the partition of land. It provides that 

 where land is held under deed or will, vesting a life- 

 estate in two or more persons, or in trust for their ben- 

 efit, with remainder as to the share of each to his or 

 her children, it shall be lawful for a court of equity on 

 the petition of one of such life-tenants and his or her 

 children and descendants who would then be entitled 

 to such remainder, all persons having interests in such 

 .lands being made parties to partition such land, as to 

 set apart to such life-tenants and children or descend- 

 ants so much of said land to which they shall be en- 

 titled in severalty. 



To provide that the law in regard to peddlers shall 

 not be construed so as to apply to farmers or their 

 agents who sell products of their own farm. 



To provide that any passenger on any street-car 

 who uses obscene language or is otherwise disorderly, 

 or who refuses to pay his fare, shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor and fined from $5 to $10, with, costs, or 

 be imprisoned. 



To provide for erecting at the graves of certain de- 

 ceased persons memorial tablets. It provides that it 

 shall be lawful for the personal representative or heirs 

 at law of a decedent to cause to be erected at the grave 

 of the deceased . an appropriate memorial tablet, the 

 cost of which shall be allowed as funeral expenses on 

 the settlement of the estate. 



To regulate the exemption of personal property 

 from execution, attachments, distress for rent and fee 

 bills in this State. It revives the old law in relation 

 to exemptions. 



To define the responsibility of insurance compa- 

 nies for the acts of their agents. It provides that 

 when any solicitor solicits policies for any insurance 

 company he shall receive his compensation from poli- 

 cies secured from the company or its accredited 

 agents, and not from the person taking out the policy. 



To amend the General Statutes in relation to di- 

 vision fences. It requires that fences must be erected 

 and maintained upon both sides of all railroads. 



To establish a State Normal School tor colored 

 persons. It appropriates $7,000 for a building, and 

 $3,000 per annum for expenses. 



To amend the law regarding libel suits against 

 newspapers. It requires that suits for libel be brought 

 in the court where the paper is published or in which 

 the plaintiff is a resident. 



