CHAPTER 65. AN ACT to amend Section 14 of an Act entitled, "An Act creating fiscal courts in the several counties in this Commonwealth," approved October 17, 1892, Chapter 101 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of 1892, and said Section 14 being Section 1847 of the Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's edition. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That Section 14 of an act entitled, "An Act creating fiscal courts in the several counties in this Commonwealth,” approved October 17, 1892, Chapter 101 of the Acts of 1892, and being Section 1847, Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition, be and the same is hereby amended so that when amended said Section shall read as follows: "But any county in the Commonwealth of Kentucky so desiring it may have three commissioners, to be elected from the county at large, who, together with the judge of the county court, shall constitute the fiscal court of said county. To ascertain whether a county desires a fiscal court composed of three commissioners and a county judge, the county judge of said county (upon application by written petition signed by three hundred and fifty of the legal voters of said county) is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to submit to the qualified voters of the county, at the next general election thereafter to be held, the question, 'Whether the fiscal court of the county shall be composed of three commissioners, to be elected from the county at large, and the judge of the county court.' It is hereby made the duty of the county judge, after receiving said petition, to make an order on his order book, directing the officers of the election in all the voting precincts in the Acts 19 county to open a poll to take the sense of the legal voters in the county upon the question above set forth, and to see that the officers of the election at the respective voting precincts in the county are furnished with poll book at said election for the purposes thereof. The clerk of the county court shall furnish the sheriff of said county with a copy of the order made by the judge of said county court on the order book, and the sheriff shall cause the same to be published in all the county papers not less than four weeks previous to the election, and also to advertise the same by printed hand bills posted not less than two weeks before said election in a conspicuous place in each of the voting precincts in said county. In counties wherein no newspapers are published the hand bills shall be sufficient notice of the election; the voting to be by ballot, each ballot to have printed thereon the question, 'Are you in favor of the fiscal court of the county being composed of three commissioners to be elected from the county at large and the judge of the county court?' Said election shall be conducted, the returns thereof made, and the results thereof ascertained and determined in accordance with the provisions of the law governing general elections. The county judge shall determine the sufficiency of the petition presented from the poll book of the last previous general election. If a majority of the legal votes cast at said election. are in favor of the fiscal court of said county being composed of three commissioners to be elected from the county at large and the judge of the county court, it shall be the duty of the county judge, before the next general election for county officers, to divide the county into three districts as nearly equal in population as possible; and at said election there shall be elected in said county by the qualified voters thereof, and every four years thereafter, three commissioners, one from each district, who, with the judge of the county court, shall constitute the fiscal court of the county until otherwise changed by law. The election provided for herein shall not be held in any county in this Commonwealth oftener than once every two years. Subsection Two.-The said commissioners shall each be paid out of the county levy, in lieu of fees and in full compensation for his services, as follows: In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand and less than fifty thousand inhabitants, six hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly; in counties having a population of fifty thousand or more and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly; in all other counties such compensation as may be provided by law. Approved March 24, 1916. CHAPTER 66. AN ACT to provide for the payment of taxes covering the compromise in full of bonds issued for the building or aiding in the building of steam railroads, fixing property upon which it may be levied, providing for a collector to receive said taxes and give a receipt therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: If the voters of any county, at an election held for such purpose, have voted the issuance and sale of bonds for the purpose of building or aiding in the building of any steam railroad (such bonds to be redeemed by the levying and collecting and ad valorem tax by the fiscal court of such county) and such bonds have been sold, and a compromise of the redemption of the whole or a part of such bonds has been agreed upon by the fiscal court, and the bond holders or their attorneys or agents, or of any judgment enforcing the collection of said bonds, and the levy covering the compromise in full has been made by the fiscal court, any tax payer may pay the tax levied against him to the collector appointed by the fiscal court or the one agreed upon by the bond holders or their agents or attorneys, and the fiscal court or to the duly appointed agents or attorneys of the bond holders who shall give him receipt for same, which receipt shall be final and no further taxes shall be levied against him or against the property on which said tax is paid for the redemption of such bond issue or judgment; Provided, however, that this shall not apply to any property thereafter acquired by him on which such tax has not been paid. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 24, 1916. CHAPTER 67. AN ACT to amend and re-enact and Act entitled, "An Act relating to Fiscal Courts," approved March 13, 1912, being Chapter 74 of the Acts of 1912, and being also Section 1840a of the Kentucky Statutes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 1. That section one of an act entitled, "An Act relating to fiscal courts," which was approved March 13th, 1912, being chapter 74 of the Acts of 1912, and being identical with and fully embraced in Section 1840a, of the Kentucky Statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "any" in the third line thereof, and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "the," and by adding at the end of said section the following words: "Provided, however, that the fiscal court of any county of this Commonwealth may anticipate the revenue for the current year and borrow money upon the faith thereof, at a lower rate of interest," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: "That all warrants which the fiscal court of any county of this Commonwealth may direct to be issued shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum on the amount of the face of said warrant. Provided, that said warrant shall be presented for payment to the county treasurer not more than thirty days after the date of the allowance of said claim by said county court and that if payment shall be refused it shall draw interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from that date until paid or until called in for payment by the treasurer of the county by which same are issued; provided, however, that the fiscal court of any county of this Commonwealth may anticipate the revenue for the current year and borrow money upon the faith thereof, at a lower rate of interest. Approved March 24, 1916. CHAPTER 68. AN ACT to amend and re-enact sub-sections 2, 4, 5, 8 and 10 of section 3727a, Kentucky Statutes, 1915 edition. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: |