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roads constructed under the provisions of this act shall be paid as follows:

In counties having an assessed valuation of less than $5,000,000, seventy-five per cent. shall be paid out of the State road fund and the remainder shall be paid by the county;

In counties having an assessed valuation of $5,000,000, and less than $6,000,000, seventy per cent. shall be paid out of the State road fund and the remainder shall be paid by the county;

In counties having an assessed valuation of $6,000,000, and less than $8,000,000, sixty-five per cent. shall be paid out of the State road fund and the remainder shall be paid by the county;

In counties having an assessed valuation of $8,000,000, and less than $12,000,000, sixty per cent. shall be paid out of the State road fund and the remainder shall be paid by the county;

In counties having an assessed valuation of $12,000,000, and less than $16,000,000, fifty-five per cent. shall be paid out the State road fund and the remainder shall be paid by the county;

In all counties having an assessed valuation of as much as $16,000,000, or more and all counties constructing any other road or roads under the provisions of this act, fifty per cent. shall be paid out of the State road fund and the remainder by the county.

The assessed valuation of the various counties shall be ascertained from reports made to the State Tax Commission of the property listed for taxation as of the first day of September next preceding the year in which the State aid fund is to be expended. But no portion of the cost of acquiring any necessary land or right of way nor any part of any damage

incurred, awarded or paid shall be paid out of the money contributed by the State.

8. That subsection 25, of Section 4356x, Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition, 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following is hereby enacted: The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress, approved July eleven, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," thirty-ninth U. S. Statutes at large, page three hundred and fifty-five. The Commissioner of Public Roads is hereby authorized to enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States Government relating to the survey, construction and maintenance of roads under the provisions of the said act of Congress, to submit such scheme or program of construction and maintenance as may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture and do all other things necessary fully to carry out the co-operation contemplated and provided for by the said act.

To pay the State's portion for the construction and maintenance of rural post roads, as provided for in the Federal Aid Act there is appropriated from the fund provided by this act amounts equal to those that have been or may be allotted to the Commonwealth of Kentucky by the United States Government or as much thereof as may be necessary. The Commissioner of Public Roads is directed and authorized to prepare necessary plans and specifications, to enter into contract for and to supervise the construction of Federal aid roads in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized

to receive such money as may be due the State under the provisions of the Federal Aid Act and to pay out same upon warrant of the auditor which shall be issued in payment of claim certified by the Commissioner of Public Roads.

$ 9. Whereas, a number of the counties in this State are in the immediate need of the relief contained herein, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 26, 1918.

CHAPTER 24.

"AN ACT to create a State Board of Control for the management and supervision of the penal and eleemosynary institutions of this State; to vest in said board all the powers, duties and privileges now vested by law in the Board of Control and the Board of Penitentiary Commissioners of the State of Kentucky, fixing the salaries of the members and terminating the terms of the office of the members of said existing boards.

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

§ 1. There is hereby created a commission to be composed of five members, all of them shall be residents of the State of Kentucky, and not less than thirty years of age. They shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, for a period of two years, and at the end of said two years there shall be appointed two members for a period of two years, one member for three years and two members for four years, and thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of four years from the date of their appointment, unless sooner removed for any cause. Said members shall not di

rectly or indirectly participate in politics during their term of office.

Said board shall be styled "The State Board of Control." The members of said board during their term of office shall devote their time exclusively to the duties of their office, and the chairman shall reside in the county of Franklin and keep and maintain an office in the State Capitol Building.

§ 2. That the board named in Section 1 hereof is hereby invested with the authority to and it shall discharge all its powers, duties and privileges of the Board of Penitentiary Commissioners and the State Board of Control for Charitable Institutions which are hereby abolished and the terms of office of the present members of same are hereby terminated.

§ 3. The chairman of said board shall receive for his services an annual salary of thirty-six hundred dollars and each of the other members of said board shall receive for his services an annual salary of three thousand dollars, to be paid monthly out of the State Treasury upon a warrant issued by the auditor, and their necessary traveling and other expenses while away from their legal residences in the discharge of their official duties.

§ 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved March 26, 1918.

CHAPTER 25.

AN ACT relating to mines and mining; to further regulate the operation of coal mines; to provide a more efficient supervision and regulation of such mines; to provide for the ap pointment and to fix the salaries of the chief inspector and the assistant inspectors of mines; and to otherwise provide for the greater protection to the lives and health of persons em

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ployed in and about the coal mines of this State; to provide for partitioning the coal fields of the State into rescue station divisions and for the training of rescue crews by the chief inspector and the assistant inspectors of mines.

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

§ 1. The office of Inspector of Mines, which has for its purpose the supervision and enforcement of laws pertaining to the inspection of mines and the protection of mine property and other property used in connection therewith, is hereby designated as the 'Department of Mines' and the title of the official having charge of said department shall be 'Chief Inspector of Mines,' and the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a Chief Inspector of Mines, who shall hold the office for four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified.

Said Chief Inspector of Mines shall have a practical knowledge of the different systems of working and ventilating coal mines and of the nature, chemistry, and properties of noxious and poisonous gases of the mines, especially of explosive gases; also of the dangers due to such gases and their prevention, and of the dangers incident to blasting and their prevention; also of methods for the prevention of explosions in mines due to gas or dust; also of methods for the management and extinguishing of mine fires, and of methods of rescue and relief work in coal mine disasters; also of the application of electricity in mining operations; and he shall also have a practical knowledge of mining engineering.

Said Chief Inspector of Mines shall, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, be sworn to discharge said duties faithfully and impartially, which oath shall be certified by the officer administering it, and said certificate shall be filed with

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