thereafter, in the month of each succeeding year corresponding to the month in which the first appointments are made, in the same manner nominate three trustees for a term of four years. No person shall be eligible to the office of trustee who is not, at the time of his selection, a taxpayer and qualified voter in the city and has not resided therein for two years prior to his selection, and no salary or other compensation shall ever be paid to or received by such trustee for the performance of the duties of his office. The said twelve trustees, together with the mayor of said city, who shall be a trustee by virtue of his office, shall constitute and be styled the Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library, and by said title shall be a corporation with power to make such rules and regulations to to govern itself, and for the control, management and use of the property entrusted to its care as it may be deemed proper, not, however, in conflict with this Act, or with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States, with power to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, to defend and be defended in all courts, to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and to hold real and personal property to the use of the public library, for the purpose and intent for which the same may be granted or dedicated; to use, manage and improve, sell and convey, rent or lease property; to erect suitable building or buildings; to have a common seal and change it at pleasure, and to act with or without a seal. Vacancies in the office of trustee shall be reported by the board to the mayor, and shall be filled in like manner as the original appointments. The said trustees shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, make oath or affirmation before some

judicial officer of this Commonwealth to discharge the duties enjoined on them.

The Board of Trustees of the Free Public Library of any City of the First Class is hereby given authority to mortgage any or all real property or personal property owned by such library to secure any indebtedness due from the said Corporation.

The said mortgage not to exceed the sum of three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($325,000.00)."

And that said Act be further amended by adding thereto the following sections:

Section 11. The said Board of Trustees may in their discretion, and if they deem it necessary issue bonds in the sum of not exceeding three hundred and twenty-five thousand ($325,000.00) for the purpose of paying off any indebtedness that the corporation may owe. The said bonds may be secured by any or all real property or personal property owned by said corporation. The bonds so issued shall be designated as "Library Bonds" and the Board of Trustees shall by an appropriate resolution fix the date and maturity of such bonds the rate of interest they shall bear, and the form they shall bear, where they shall be payable. The said Board shall determine when and at what price and how they shall be sold. Provided, that any premium which may be obtained from the sale of said bonds, shall constitute a sinking fund for their ultimate retirement. As the bonds are sold, their proceeds. shall be placed to the credit of the said corporation in some bank, or banking institution or Trust Company, but shall be kept in a separate account, and shall be used only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued. The interest on the bonds shall be paid by the said corporation from the rent or

income it may receive from any real property belonging to it.

Section 12. Any City of the First Class, having a Free Public Library, organized according to the provisions of the said Chapter Seventy-one (71) of the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, of 1902 (which is now Section 2801b of the Kentucky Statutes) may by an ordinance provide that the said bonds principal or interest or both may be guaranteed by the city.

When the said ordinance is enacted by the said city the said bonds shall be endorsed "Guaranteed" and the name of the city guaranteeing attached, and said guarantee shall be signed by the mayor of the city and attested by the Comptroller of the city and stamped with the proper seal of the said city of the first class.

Section 13. Because it is important that the Board of Trustees of Free Public Libraries of cities of the first class, shall have authority to borrow money secured by mortgage or mortgages or to issue bonds for the purpose of paying any indebtedness the corporation may owe, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act shall become a law when approved by the Governor.

Section 14. All acts in conflict with act are hereby repealed.

Section 15. This act is intended to be perfectly distinct and separable. If any part of the same is declared unconstitutional, the remaining portion or portions of the same shall be complete in itself or themselves, and executed in accordance with the remaining part or parts, wholly independent of that portion or portions rejected as being unconstitutional.

Neither approved nor disapproved.

CHAPTER 80.

AN ACT to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate and establish a public school for colored people in the town of Hawesville, and within a radius of two miles of the court house in said town," approved March 19, 1888, and all amendments thereto.

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

§ 1. That an Act entitled, "An Act to incorporate and establish a public school for colored people in the town of Hawesville, and within a radius of two miles of the court house in said town," approved March 19, 1888, and all amendments thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed.

Neither approved nor disapproved.

CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend Sub-section 4, of Chapter 13, of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916, relating to corrupt practices, by inserting after the word "on" at the end of line four of said sub-section, the words "or before," and by inserting after the word "on" in line six of said sub-section, the words "or before," so that said sub-section, when amended, shall read as follows:

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

Sec. 4. Any person who shall be a candidate before any caucus or convention, or at any primary election, before any final election for any state, city, county, town, municipal or district office shall between the tenth and the fifteenth day before the date for making such nomination, and also between the tenth and fifteenth day before the final election, file with the officer with whom his nomination papers must be filed in case of a primary, and with the chairman of the board authorized to issue the cer

tificate of election after a final election, or with the Secretary of State when nomination is made by caucus or convention for officers of the State at large, and in all other cases with the county clerk of the county wherein the candidate resides, a statement in writing, which statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by such candidate and which shall set forth in detail all sums of money, or other things of value, contributed, disbursed, expended or promised by him, and to the best of his knowledge and belief, by any person in his behalf, wholly or in part, endeavoring to secure his nomination or election to such office or place; and also sums of money contributed, disbursed, expended or promised by him. in support, and in connection with the nomination or election of any other person at such election, primary or nominating convention, and showing the dates when, the persons to whom, and the purpose for which, all such sums were paid, expended or promised. Said statement shall set forth in detail each item of contribution or expenditure, and he shall before some officer qualified to administer oaths subscribe and file with said statement the following oath:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the statement herewith filed embraces all money spent by me, or in my behalf with my knowledge; by any person for me; that I have neither directly nor indirectly, arranged for or encouraged the spending of any money other than as shown in my said statement; that I have not repaid any money so spent or claimed to have been spent, and that I will not do so, and that I have not violated any of the provisions of this act in letter or in spirit."

Neither approved nor disapproved.