the owner of the nearest ferry the sum of sixteen dollars for Luna c asylums CHAPTER 1476. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled "An net to amend and reduce into one Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth 1. That an act, entitled "An act to amend and reduce into one the several acts organizing and regulating the lunatic asylums of this State," approved March 20, 1876, and the acts amendatory therof, be amended as follows: The president c the board of commissioners, and the superintendent of each of the lunatie asylums, shall, in addition to the facts now required by section twenty-one of said aet, approved March 20, 1876, and the acts amendatory thereto, to be certified every three months to the Auditor of Public Accounts, also in the same manner, and at the same time, certify the number of idiots, epileptic imbeciles, and harmless, incurable lunaties in their respective asylums that they have the right under the law to return to the counties of their residence or whence they came, and the Auditor shall not draw his warrant on the State Treasury in behalf of any asylums for any sums for the Pauper idiots, support of any patient. All pauper idiots, epileptics, and harmless, incurable lunatics, shall be returned by the asylums in which they may be confined, to the several counties from whence they were sent, and delivered into the custody of their friends, if any; if not, then to the county judges, who shall make suitable provision for their keeping out of the annual seventy-five dollars appropriation now allowed such &c., to be returned. person by law reported as aforesaid; and said asylums, in the way prescribed by law, shall, as soon as may be sent, each paying patient of the aforesaid class to the counties of their residence, or whence they came. The capacity of each of said institutions shall be reported by the board of commissioners to the Governor, who shall, in his discretion, order patients to be transferred from one asylum to the other to prevent any one of the asylums from becoming more crowded than another. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1481 AN ACT in relation to the Reporter of the Court of Appeals. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the salary of the Reporter of the Court of Appeals shall be eighteen hundred dollars per annum; and he shall not, directly or indirectly, receive any other or further compensation for performing any of the duties of said office. § 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shail repeal all acts and parts of acts in condict with its provisions. Salary of Report er of Court of Appeals Approved May 5, 1880. CHAPTER 1483. AN ACT to regulate the sale of poisons in this Commonwealth. of Kentucky: labeled. § 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, either by Poisas wholesale or retail, any poison without distinctly labeling the bottle, box, or paper, and wrapper or cover in which said poison is contained, with the name of the article, the word poison, and the name and place of business of the seller. § 2. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person to sell any Sale to poison without being satisfied that the buyer has attained his lawful majority, and that the poison is purchased for legimate infants forbidden use. of date of sale, name. &e, purchaser. § 3. It shall be the duty of every person selling a poison at To make entry of retail, before delivering the same to the buyer, to make, or cause to be made, an entry in a book kept for that purpose only, stating in the form set forth in schedule A, annexed to this act, the dates of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required; and such book is to be preserved for at least five years after the date of the last entry, and is to be always open to the inspection of the coroner and the officers of the different poisons. courts. §4. Be it provided, That no article shall be considered a What declared poison, within the meaning of this act, unless such article be enumerated in schedule B annexed to this act, or shall hereafter be declared a poison by law. Prescriptions Penalty $5 Be it also provided, That nothing hereintofore contained shall apply to, or in any manner whatever interfere with, the compounding and dispensing of medicines and poisons upon the prescription of medical practioners. § 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act. shall be sentenced, upon conviction, to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars for each offense. § 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. SCHEDULE A. Approved May 5, 1880 Form in which dealers in poison shall keep their poisonbook: Schedule B. SCHEDULE B. The following articles shall be considered poisons within the meaning of the Act to regulate the sale of poisons:" Aconite-root and leaves, and the following products and preparations made from them: Aconitia and its salts, extract, fluid extract, tincture. Belladonna-root and leaves, and the following products and preparations made from them: Atrophia and its salts, extract, fluid extract, tincture. Cannabis Indica, and the following preparations made from it: Extract, fluid extract, tincture. Cantharides and the tincture. Cotton root and root bark, and all of its preparations. Cyanide of potassium. Digitalis, and the following products and preparations made from it: Digitalis, extract, fluid extract, tincture. Ergot, and all of its preparations. Fish-berries, and all of its preparations. Mercuric ammonia-chloride (white precipitate). Mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate). Mercuric iodide (red iodide of mercury). Mercuric nitrate (salt and its solutions). Mercuric oxide (red and yellow precipitate). Nux vomica, and the following products and preparations made from it: Strychnia and its salts. Brucia and its salts; extract, fluid extract, tincture. Opium, and the following products and preparations made from it: Morphia and its salts; tincture (laudanum and deodorized), acetic tincture, wine, vinegar, extract, Bottly's sedative, solution of bi-meconate of morphia, solution of morphia. Savine, and the fluid extract. Veratria. Veratrum viride and veratrum album, and the following preparations made from them: Fluid extract, extract, tincture. Volatile oil of pennyroyal. Volatile oil of savine. Volatile oil of tansy. Proprietary or secret medicines recommended, sold, or advertised as emmenagogues or parturients; and all such as are known or advertised to contain a large proportion of opium or other powerful narcotic. Agricultural Bu reau. CHAPTER 1487. AN ACT for the benefit of the Agricultural Bureau of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That to enable the Commissioner of Agriculture the Appropriation to better to carry into effect the purposes and objects of the act, entitled “An act to establish a Bureau of Agriculture," and approved March 20th, 1876, an appropriation of the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, for the period of two years, is hereby made, to be paid out of the State Treasury, and the Auditor is directed, on the order of the Commissioner, to draw his warrant on the Treasury, payable to the Commissioner, in such sums as the Commissioner may require, the aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of five hundred dol lars per annum. The Treasurer is directed to pay the same out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ed. § 2. The Commissioner is authorized to expend such sums How be expend- of money out of said appropriation as may be necessary to test the virtue, by chemical analysis, of the various land fertilizers that are now, or may hereafter be, offered for sale within this State. He may also expend such sums as may be necessary for the payment of premiums offered for the best specimens of the production of the soil of the State, such as wheat, corn, hemp, tobacco; and is hereby fully empowered to expend a part of said appropriation ‘in analyzing soils when, in his opinion, it may be necessary to advance the agricultural interest of the State: Provided, That the same is not to constitute a part of, or be added to, the salary now allowed him by law. §3. He shall not be required to expend any of the approNot to expend priation made under this act, unless, in his opinion, it is necessary to do so; and, in no event, shall expend more than the sum hereby appropriated.. more. To give bond § 4. He will give bond with surety, to be approved by the Governor, for the faithful application of the moneys as required by this act, and will report to the Governor, on the first Monday in January in each year, the manner and amount of expenditures made under the provisious of this act. 5. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved May 5, 1880. |