phone lines. CHAPTER 25. AN ACT making it a misdemeanor to injure or damage in any way telephone lines in this Commonwealth, and to fix the penalty therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That whoever shall willfully break, cut, injure Damage to tele- or damage in any way whatever, any telephone wire, post or the materials or property belonging to any telephone line in this Commonwealth, either public or Misdemeanor. private, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, recoverable by warrant prosecuted before any judge, justice of the peace, or other court or tribunal having jurisdiction thereof in the county where the offense was committed. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 17, 1890. Preamble. CHAPTER 35. AN ACT to repeal section eleven of an act, entitled "An act to establish the county of Carlisle," approved April three, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. WHEREAS, Each and every county in the State of Kentucky, except the county of Carlisle, is supplied with record books and law libraries at the expense of this Commonwealth, the said exception being unfair to the tax-payers of said county; now, in order to place the people of said county on an equal footing with the people of all other counties of the State, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section eleven (11) of an act, entitled "An pealed. act to establish the county of Carlisle," approved Section II re April three, one thousand eight hundred and eightysix, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. 2. This act to take effect from and after its pas sage. Approved January 18, 1890. CHAPTER 44. AN ACT to fix the time of holding the quarterly courts in Whitley county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the county judge of Whitley county Terms of. shall hold the quarterly court in said county on the first Monday in each month, except the months that circuit court convenes in said county. § 2. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 22, 1890. CHAPTER 66. AN ACT to amend subsection one of section four, article twelve, chapter thirty-eight of the General Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: amended. 1. That subsection one of section four, article Chapter 38 twelve, chapter thirty-eight of the General Statutes of Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following words: "Which receipt shall be recorded by the clerk with the execution." § 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 25, 1890. tion 3 amended. CHAPTER 83. AN ACT to amend section three of chapter ninety-seven of the Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section three, of chapter ninety-seven, of Chapter 97, sec- the General Statutes be amended by adding at the end thereof the words "But the seal of the Commonwealth may also be used by the Secretary of State to attest any certificate by either himself or the Governor, in cases where it may be shown to him that such attestation by said seal is required to entitle such certificate or any facts or documents thereby certified, to be admitted to record, or used as evidence or otherwise, in any other State or country: Provided, The use of the seal of the Commonwealth shall not dispense with the necessity for the use of the seal of the Secretary of State, or deprive the Assistant Secretary of State of the right to demand and receive the present fee or tax for such use. § 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 28, 1890. ary of. CHAPTER 98. AN ACT to fix the salary of the State Treasurer. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That the State Treasurer shall hereafter reTreasurer, sal-ceive an annual salary as such Treasurer of three thousand dollars, payable monthly out of the State Treasury. § 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 31, 1890. CHAPTER 101. AN ACT to declare navigable Big Laurel creek, in Johnson and Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That Big Laurel creek, in Johnson and Lawrence counties, a tributary of Big Blaine, be, and the same is hereby, declared navigable for the purpose of floating staves and saw-logs down said stream. §2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved January 31, 1890. CHAPTER 119. AN ACT to change the time of holding the criminal court in the counties of Pike, Floyd, Johnson and Lawrence, in the Sixteenth Judicial District. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That hereafter the criminal court for Pike Terms of county shall begin on the first Monday in March and September, and continue twelve juridical days if the business require it. That the Floyd court shall begin on the third Monday in March and September, and continue eighteen juridical days if the business require it, and that the Johnson criminal court shall begin on the Monday after the Floyd court, and continue six juridical days if the business require it. And the Lawrence criminal court shall begin on the first Monday in January and July (provided those days do not come on the first day of January or the fourth day of July, if they do, then to begin the next day thereafter), and continue twenty-four juridical days if the business shall require. § 2. That all acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 5, 1890. Chapter 1534 amended. CHAPTER 128, AN ACT to amend section nine, article eight, chapter one thousand five hundred and thirty-four, common school law of this Commonwealth. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That section nine, article eight, chapter one thousand five hundred and thirty-four, be amended by striking out the following words, namely: "The trustees shall not permit any person to teach any private or other school in any district school-house, unless the said person shall first have obtained a certificate to teach from the county board of examiners," and insert in lieu thereof the following, namely: "No person shall be allowed to teach a private or other school in any district school-house, unless he be of a good moral character, and have the consent of not less than two of the trustees of the district in which said school is to be taught." 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 5, 1890. CHAPTER 141. AN ACT to declare navigable the Middle Fork of Rockcastle creek, in Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Middle Fork of Rockcastle creek, in Martin county, be, and the same is hereby, declared |