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CHAPTER 56.

AN ACT to repeal the charter of the town of Shady Grove, in Crittenden county.

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

of Shady Grove,

§ 1. That the act, entitled "An act to incorporate Repeals the charter the town of Shady Grove, in Crittenden county," ap- Crittenden county. proved April 22, 1884, and all such acts amendatory thereof, be and the same are hereby repealed, and said corporation is hereby dissolved.

§ 2. That any public money remaining in the treasury of said town, when this goes into effect, shall be turned over to the treasury of Crittenden county and applied by the Fiscal Court of the county the repairs of the public roads now within the boundary of said town.

§ 3. This act shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

Public money in

the treasury turned

over to treasury of

Crittenden county.

Approved March 21, 1904.

CHAPTER 57.

AN ACT to provide for oil warehouses.

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

Cotton seed oil Warehouse receipts therefor.

$ 1. That cotton seed oil may be received and stored by the owner of any oil warehouse, and ware- stored in warehouses. house receipts may be issued therefor, as herein provided; the owners of such warehouse shall, before transacting any business, obtain a license and give bond as provided for by sections 4782 and 4783 of the Ken

Duty of warehouse

· man.

What receipts

must show.

All receipts numbered, and no two same number.

When warehouseman to cancel receipts.

tucky statutes in the case of grain warehouses, such bond to be in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars.

§ 2. The warehouseman shall provide tanks for the storage of such oil, and may store in the same tanks various lots of oil of the same grade and quality, and issue warehouse receipts therefor, but oils of different grade or quality shall not be mixed together, nor shall the warehouseman attempt to deliver oil of one grade or quality for another.

§ 3. On application of the owner or consignee of oil stored in any licensed warehouse hereby authorized, the warehouseman shall issue to the persons entitled thereto a warehouse receipt therefor, subject to the order of the owner or consignee, which receipt shall bear date corresponding with the receipt of the oil into store, and shall state upon its face the quantity and inspected grade of the oil, and that the oil mentioned has been received in store, to be received and stored with other oil of like kind and grade and that it is deliverable upon the return of the receipt, properly endorsed by the person or corporation to whose order it was issued and the payment of the proper charge for storage.

4. All warehouse receipts for oil issued from the same warehouse shall be consecutively numbered and no two receipts shall bear the same number, except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt, in which case the new receipt shall bear the same date and number as the original receipt, and shall be plainly marked on its face "duplicate."

$ 5. On delivery of oil from store against receipts, such receipt shall be plainly marked by the warehouseman, across its face, with the word "Cancelled," and

the same shall thereafter be void and shall not again be put in circulation.

§ 6. No warehouse receipt shall issue, except on the actual delivery of oil into store in the warehouse from which it purports to be issued, and which is to be represented by the receipt, not for a greater quantity of oil than was received. Where a part of the oil represented by the receipt is delivered out of store, a new receipt may be issued for the remainder, but it shall bear the same date as the original and show on its face that it is the balance of the original number, and the receipt on which part has been delivered shall be cancelled. When it is desired to divide one receipt or to consolidate two or more into one, this may be done with the warehouseman's consent, and the original receipts may be cancelled; but the new ones must show on their face that they have proceeded from such division, or consolidation, together with the numbers and dates of the old receipts.

§ 7. Every warehouseman doing business under this act shall at all times have in store in his tanks an amount of merchantable oil equal in quality, quantity and grade to the amounts called for by its outstanding receipts, and every warehouseman wilfully failing so to do shall be liable on his bond to any person or pèrsons, corporation or corporations, for all damage sustained by such failure.

38.

Receipts issued on delivery of oil.

Duty to keep as

much oil in store

and tanks as repre

sented in receipts.

keep a register

grade and quality of

The warehouseman shall, in a book provided Warehouseman to for that purpose, show the amount, grade and quality showing amount, of oil on hand, and the amount of receipts outstanding, oil. which book shall be open at all times to the inspection of any holder of such receipt.

§ 9. Any warehouseman wilfully failing or refusing Kentucky Statutes to comply with section seven of this act shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be confined in the

4768 to 4780, inclusive, are made a part of this act.

penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

10. The provisions of section 4768, to and including section 4780 of chapter 133 of the Kentucky Statutes, are hereby made applicable to oil warehouses, and oil warehousemen shall perform the duties and be subject, as other warehousemen, to the penalties in said sections provided.

§ 11. WHEREAS, No law now exists in this State authorizing the storage of cotton seed oil and the issuing of warehouse receipts therefor, where various lots of oil are stored in the same tank, and the business of many citizens is thereby, in a great measure, restricted and hampered, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved March 21, 1904.

Penalty for unlaw

fully entering or re

AN ACT for the protection of Chautauquas.

CHAPTER 58.

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

§ 1. That any person who, during the holding of maining on grounds. any assembly of any Chautauqua Association, or company incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky, shall, with intent to defraud any such association or company, enter, or attempt to enter, or go upon or within, or remain within the enclosed grounds or buildings of such association or company, without permission from the proper authorities thereof so to do, or without having purchased and surrendered a proper ticket of admission which entitles such person so to enter or remain, or who shall fail to comply with the published

rules of such company or association in regard to en-
trance to its grounds or buildings, or in regard to
remaining thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, on conviction thereof before any court of
competent jurisdiction shall be fined not less than two
dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each offense.
to act in the capacity of special policemen, as may by
qua Association or company to select at or before the

appoint special

§ 2. That is shall be lawful for any such Chautau- County judge to time of holding its annual assembly as many persons policemen-when. said association or company be deemed requisite to insure peace and good order and to prevent trespass upon, within or about the enclosed grounds, buildings and places of holding such assembly, for and during the holding of the same. Persons so appointed shall, by such association or company, be suggested to the Judge of the County Court in which such association is being, or is to be held, whereupon it shall be the duty of such judge to make an order in the county court, appointing such policemen, and he shall administer to each of them an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and the Clerk of the Court shall furnish to him a certified copy of such order of appointment, which shall be deemed a sufficient commission. The said policemen when so appointed and qualified shall wear an appropriate badge of office and shall be clothed with all the power and authority of peace officers in this Commonwealth.

with or without a

§ 3. Any special policemen appointed and quali- Power to arrest fied pursuant to this act, and any sheriff, coroner or warrant. constable, or other peace officer authorized to make arrests, shall have the power upon view with warrant, or without warrant, to arrest any person or persons guilty of the violation of any of the provisions of this

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