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all such cases to the notice of the County Attorney of the County where such person is doing business, and it shall be the duty of such County Attorney to diligently prosecute to effect any such violations. All penalties collected under the provisions of this Act, after payment of all costs, including the commission allowed by law to the various officers, shall inure one how to inure. half to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy, and one half to the school fund of the school district in which the offense was committed.

Penalties-

Repealing clause.

§ 18. All Acts or portions of acts regulating the practice of pharmacy, and the sale of poisons, within the Commonwealth, enacted prior to the passage of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Received by the Governor March 15, 1898.

Became a law at the expiration of ten days, without the approval of the Governor.

CHAPTER 66.

AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections four, six and eight of an act entitled "An Act relating to and providing for a court of Appeals Approved June seventeenth eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

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

§ 1. That section four, six and eight of an act entitled "An Act relating to and providing for a Court of Appeals," approved June seventeenth eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be and the same are amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows,-Section Four. "Third District-Hardin, Bullitt,Nelson, Washington, Marion, Spencer, Larue, Hart, Green, Taylor, Adair, Metcalfe, Barren, Clinton, Wayne, Russell, Casey, Shelby, Oldham, Anderson

and Pulaski." Section Six. Fifth District: Henry, Trimble, Carroll, Gallatin, Owen, Scott, Franklin, Bourbon, Fayette, Woodford, Garrard, Boyle, Jessa mine, Madison, Mercer, Lincoln, Rockcastle, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Knox, Owsley, Whitley, Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Perry, and Letcher. Section Eight. Seventh District-Clark, Montgomery, Bath, Estill, Powell, Menefee, Lee, Breathitt, Knott, Pike, Floyȧ, Magoffin, Wolfe, Morgan, Elliott, Laurence, Boyd, Johnson, Martin."

Vetoed by the Governor, March 14, 1898.

Passed the Senate March 14, 1898, the objections of the Governor to the contrary, notwithstanding.

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 1898, the objections of the Governor to the contrary, notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 67.

AN ACT changing the boundaries of the Third and Eleventh Congressional Districts:

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

§ 1. That the counties of Cumberland and Monroe be and they are hereby taken from the Third Con gressional District and added to, included in, and made a part of the Eleventh Congressional District, and that the county of Metcalfe be and is hereby taken from the Eleventh Congressional District and added to, included in and made a part of the Third Congressional District, and all laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Vetoed by the Governor, March 12, 1898.

Passed the Senate, March 12, 1898, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 12, 1898, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding.

CHAPTER 68.

AN ACT to fix the conditions upon which foreign corporations formed for the purpose of or engaged in the business of buying, gathering or accumulating information or news or vending supplying distributing or publishing the same may carry on or transact such or any part thereof in this State and fixing penalties for violation thereof.

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

§ 1. That all foreign corporations formed for the News to be purpose or engaged in the business of buying, gathdesiring same. ering or accumulating information or news or

vended to all

newspapers

Upon refusal

vending, supplying, distributing, or publishing the same shall as a condition of carrying on any part of said business in this State; at all times, vend, supply, distribute and publish the news and information bought, gathered or accumulated by such foreign al persons, firms and corporations organized under the laws of this State, or carrying on in this State the business of conducting or publishing a newspaper, when such person firm or corporation desires to buy or be supplied with such news and information so bought, gathered or accumulated by such foreign corporation, and in vending, supplying, distributing and publishing the news and information so bought, gathered or accumulated by such foreign corporation, no discrimination in charges or prices shall be made by such foreign corporation between any of the persons, firms or corporations doing bus iness in this State and desiring to purchase or be supplied with such information and news.

§ 2. It shall not be lawful for any foreign corporof corporation ation or any agent or employee of such corporation penalties. formed for the purpose or engaged in the business of

to vend news

buying, gathering or accumulating information or news, or vending, supplying, distributing or pub. lishing the same, to transact any of the business of such corporation shall have refused to vend, supply, distribute or publish the information or news bought, gathered or accumulated by it to any person, firm or corporation engaged in this State in carrying on the business of conducting or publishing a newspaper, when such person, firm or corporation has notified such foreign such foreign corporation or any agent upon whom process can be served under the laws of this State of his, their or its desire to purchase or to be supplied with said news or information so bought gathered or accumulated by such foreign corporation and upon his their or its offer to pay same charges or prices therefor which are exacted by said foreign corpora tion against other persons, firms or corporations engaged in this State in the business of conducting or publishing a newspaper, and any such foreign coration, and any agent or employee of such foreign corporation, or any other person who shall carry on, transact, or cause to be conducted any business in this State for such foreign corporation after it shall have failed or refused to comply with any of the requirements of this act shall be severally guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for such offense, and each day's continuance of any part of the business of such foreign corporation in this State after it shall have failed to comply with any of the provisions of this act shall constitute a separate offense.

Forfeitur charter.

Duties of telephone and tel

panies.

of § 3. A violation of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, operate to forfeit the charter of the corporation, or proceedings may be instituted by the attorney for the Commonwealth in any district within the State to forfeit the charter of any corporation violating the provisions of this act and to subject the party charged if found guilty to the penalty imposed in Section Two of this act. 4. Every telegraph company, every telephone egraph com-company, or every association, or company engaged in the buying, gathering, or transmitting of dispatches shall afford the same and equal facilities to all publishers of newspapers and furnish to all parties collected by them for publication, in any county or locality, to all newspapers there published on the same condition as to terms, payment, and delivery and for a violation of any of the provisions of this section, shall for such violation be guilty of a ty therefor, misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and if a corporation or association shail upon conviction forfeit its charter.

Non-perfor

mance--penal

Emergency clause.

§ 5. Inasmuch as grievious discrimination are now made by foreign corporations regulated by this act; and inasmuch as monopolies have been created by such corporations, there is an emergency that this act take immediate effect, and this act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor or passage.

Vetoed by the Governor March 10. 1898.

Passed the House of Representatives March 10, 1898, the obJections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed the Senate March 10, 1898, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding.

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