one of this act and of guilt under said section of this act.

§ 4. Fur-Bearing Animals.-No person shall take trap, shoot or kill any beaver, mink, raccoon, fox, otter, opossum or skunk in the State of Kentucky from the first day of January to the fourteenth day of November, both days inclusive of any year; except that the raccoon, opossum, skunk and mink may also be taken and killed by dog or gun between the first day of October and the fifteenth day of February, both days inclusive of any year; provided however, that when any of the animals mentioned in this section are found injuring, or doing damage to or destroying any property, the person whose property is being damaged, injured or destroyed, may at any time kill them on his own premises when necessary for the protection of his property. Any person violating this section or any portion thereof, shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense, to which may be added imprisonment in county jail not exceeding thirty days.

§ 5. Each Violation a Separate Offense and Punishable Joinder of Offense. The taking, trapping shooting or killing of any one of said animals contrary to the provisions of section four of this act shall be punished accordingly and two or more offenses may be joined in the same warrant or indictment therefor and the person so offending, if convicted, shall be fined and punished for each offense.

6. Possession-Prima Facia Evidence.-The having in possession of any one of the animals mentioned in section four or the freshly skinned hide or fur thereof between the first day of January and the fourteenth day of November, both days inclusive of

any year, shall be prima facia evidence of guilt under section four of this act provided further that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the having in possession of any raccoon, opossum skunk or mink or fur thereof, taken or killed in accordance with the provisions of section four of this act, between January first and the first fifteen days of February, both inclusive.

7. Official to Enforce This Act.-The county attorneys, Commonwealth's attorneys sheriff and his deputies, constables and his deputies, the Game and Fish Commission and the executive agents thereof, and all game wardens and deputies thereof and all peace officers are hereby required and empowered and it is made their duty to enforce the provisions of this act. Said officials may arrest on sight and without warrant any person detected by them in the act of violating any of the provisions of this act, and shall have the right to require aid in arresting without process, any person found by them in the act of violating any of the provisions of this act. They shall have authority to seize without process any animals mentioned in this act found in the possession of any such person together with all traps or guns with which the same were taken or killed or which were being used or held with intent to use in taking the same and forthwith convey said offender before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction of the offense and said court or magistrate upon the filing of the complaint by any of said officials or other persons shall proceed speedily to try and determine the truth of the charge and if said charge is found to be true, shall in addition to the other penalties provided in this act, enter an order declaring said animals traps, or guns so seized to be contraband and direct

ing them to be delivered to the Commission of Game and Fish to be disposed of.

$ § 8. Execution of Writs.-The executive agent of the Game and Fish Commission, all members thereof, and wardens and persons appointed by said commission and all sheriffs and their deputies, constables, and their deputies and all other peace officers shall have full power and authority to serve and execute all warrants and processes of law issued by the court for the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and they may call to their aid any peace officer, or any other person to assist them in enforcing the provisions of this act.

§ 9. Costs of Prosecution-How Taxed-When an arrest for the violation of this act is made by the Game and Fish Commission or its executive agent, or by any warden or person appointed by said commission, sheriff or his deputy, constable or his deputy, or peace officer, and the defendant is convicted, there shall be taxed as costs in favor of such commission, executive agent, warden or other persons or officers making the arrest, the same fee as a constable is entitled to in misdemeanor cases, and if collected from the defendant shall be paid over to said commisson executive agent, warden or other persons or officers and shall be their personal perquisite. No fee shall be allowed in case of acquittal.

$10. Fines and Penalties-Distribution ofAfter payment of the percentage of fines allowed. by the law to other public officers, the remainder of all fines, forfeitures and penalties collected under this act shall be paid to the executive agent, warden or other person appointed by the commission, sheriff or his deputies, constable or his deputies, or peace officer securing the apprehension and conviction.

Said money shall be paid to said officer by the court collecting the same.

11. Fee Taxed as Costs.-In all cases of conviction or on pleas of guilty of violating any of the provisions of this act, or of any law in relation to or for the protection of fur-bearing animals, there shall be taxed against each defendant, in favor of the Game and Fish Commission, a fee of five dollars as part of the costs, said fee shall be promptly paid by the officers collecting the same to the State Treasurer and shall be credited by him to the Game and Fish Protection Fund.

§ 12. Failure to Pay Fine and Court Costs-Any person having been found guilty of violating any section or any part of any section of this act and fined therefor, shall on failure to pay such fine and court costs, be confined in the county jail or workhouse, or placed at labor on any of the public works of the county in which he is convicted and fined one day for every one dollar of said fine and court costs.

13. Circuit Judges to Charge Grand Juries-It shall be the duty of the judge of all circuit courts of the respective counties of this State to give special charge of this act to each grand jury of said court. 14. Local and State Laws Repealed-All laws and parts of laws, general, special or local, in conflict with the provisions of this act are repealed in so far as they so conflict herewith.

(Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.) (Word in bracket inserted by compiler.)

CHAPTER 88.

AN ACT to give the Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics the power to properly police the Kentucky State Fair grounds.

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

§ 1. That the Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics be, and he is hereby, given the same powers of arrest and the same right to execute process as is now given by the law to the sheriffs in this Commonwealth.

He shall exercise these powers upon the Kentucky State Fair grounds only and he shall have the right to appoint as many deputies as he may deem necessary to maintain order and preserve the peace upon the said Kentucky State Fair grounds. The Commissioner or any deputy making an arrest upon the Kentucky State Fair grounds shall have the power to deliver such offender to the proper magistrate or other judicial officer having jurisdiction.

$2. The Commissioner shall execute bond to the extent of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for the faithful performance of these duties by himself and deputies.

3. This act shall take effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor.

(Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.)

CHAPTER 89.

AN ACT authorizing the Commonwealth of Kentucky to pay the indebtedness created against the property of the Western Normal School by the provisions of Section 4535c, Kentucky Statutes, and authorizing the Board of Regents of said school to pay a part of said indebtedness out of the annual appropriation made for the support of said school, and appropriating money for said purpose.

Whereas, the Legislature in 1912 enacted a law authorizing the Board of Regents of the Western Normal School, located at