ד section 1 of said section the words, "Provided that 1. "A representative, legatee, distributee or 2. "The representatives of the decedent and all persons having a lien upon or an interest in the property left by the decedent, or any part thereof, and the creditors of the decedent, so far as known to the plaintiff, must be parties to the action as plaintiffs or defendants." Neither approved nor disapproved. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An Act to amend and re- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the § 1. Any number of persons not less than seven ($15,000.00) dollars in counties having a population of over twenty-five thousand and less than forty thousand, and not less than one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars in counties having a population of over forty thousand and less than one hundred thousand and not less than two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars in counties having a population of over one hundred thousand, Provided, That where in any county having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, there is a city of the fourth, fifth or sixth class, a trust company may be organized in either of such cities, in said county with a capital stock of not less than twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars, and a statement of any increase or reduction in the capital stock shall be signed and acknowledged by the president and a majority of the directors, and filed and recorded in the same manner as articles of incorporation. Any bank now doing business in a county having a population less than one hundred thousand which has been heretofore organized in a city of the third or fourth class at the time of its organization, and which city since organization of said bank has been incorporated into a city of the second class, may, with the consent in writing of a majority in number and interest of its stockholders, organize, by amending its article of incorporation, as a bank and trust company with a capital stock of not less than fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars which shall be fully paid in before doing business as a bank and trust company; and its stock, if unimpaired, may be converted into stock in the new corporation. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 157. AN ACT to provide an automobile for the use of Commonwealth's Attorneys of Districts containing cities of the First Class, and authorizing the Fiscal Court of counties containing such districts, to furnish and to provide for the same and for the upkeep of same. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That in all counties in this Commonwealth containing cities of the first class, the Fiscal Court shall provide for the use of the Commonwealth's Attorney of said District, to assist him in his official duties, an automobile, which shall be paid for out of the County Levy of said county; and all necessary expenses incurred in running and conducting, keeping and repairing said automobile for official work, shall be paid out of the County Levy upon requisition for such expenses of said Commonwealth's Attorney of the Fiscal Court of said county. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 158. AN ACT to amend Section 2751, Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition of 1915, providing for the publication of general ordinances of cities of the first class, being a part of an Act entitled "An Act for the government of cities of the first class," approved July 1, 1893. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Section 2751 of the Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition of 1915, providing for the publication of general ordinances of cities of the first class, being a part of an Act entitled "An Act for the government of cities of the first class," ap proved July 1, 1893, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to-wit: That the following words be stricken from said section: "After which time there shall be a biennial publication of the general ordinances of the city, and no general ordinance shall be operative unless included and published in said biennial compilations, or unless passed subsequent to the last biennial publication," and in lieu thereof the following words be inserted: "Hereafter there shall be published for the year 1919, and every four years thereafter, a compilation or codification of the general ordinances of the city, and hereafter there shall also be published for the year 1917, and every four years thereafter a supplemental compilation or codification, which shall contain all the general ordinances which have been passed since the previous compilation. No general ordinance shall be operative unless included or published in said compilation or supplemental compilation, or unless passed subsequent to the last compilation or supplemental compilation," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: "Section 2751. All general ordinances of the city now in force and not in conflict with this act, shall continue in force until repealed by the general council, but not longer than two years from the first election of the general council under this Act. Hereafter there shall be published for the year 1919, and every four years thereafter, a compilation or codification of the general ordinances of the city, and hereafter there shall also be published for the year 1917, and every four years thereafter a supplemental compilation or codification, which shall contain all the general ordinances which have been passed since the previous compilation. No general ordinance shall be operative unless included or pub lished in said compilation or supplemental compilation, or unless passed subsequent to the last compilation or supplemental compilation. Immediately after the passage of this act, the city attorney shall codify the general ordinances of the city, and add thereto such provisions as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. The code so prepared shall be promptly transmitted to the mayor and general council." § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 159. AN ACT providing for the formation and carrying on of cooperative associations and providing for the rights, powers, liabilities and duties of the same, and making it unlawful for anyone to use the title "Co-operative" as part of its or his or their business name or title unless such person or corporation or company has complied with the provisions of this Act. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. Any person or persons not less than three, who are residents of the State of Kentucky, may associate themselves together as a co-operative corporation for the purpose of conducting any agricultural, dairy, mercantile, mining, manufacturing, or mechanical business on the co-operative plan. For the purpose of this Act the "co-operative plan" shall be construed to mean a business concern that distributes the net profit of its business by: First, the payment of a fixed dividend upon its stock; second, the remainder of its profits are pro rated to its several stockholders or customers, or both, as pro |