levy for school purposes of such cities not less than one ($1.00) dollar nor more than three ($3.00) dollars per day during such period of time as he may be employed by the school board. "In cities of the first class the board of education may appoint a chief truant officer in addition to the truant officer or officers herein provided for, or may designate one of the truant officers as provided for, as chief truant officer. Such chief truant officer shall be called the director of attendance, and his salary shall be fixed by the board of education. It shall be the duty of the director of attendance, under the general direction of the superintendent of city schools, to supervise, control and direct the work of all truant officers appointed in such city, to supervise, control and direct the taking of the school census when directed by the board of education, and to cause to be made and fully kept, reports from all truant officers, principals and teachers, of the workings of this act, and he shall be directly charged with the duty of seeing that the provisions of this act are complied with. "In cities of the second class the board of education may appoint a chief truant officer in addition to the truant officer or officers herein provided for, or may designate one of the truant officers as provided for, as chief truant officer, and shall be authorized to pay such chief truant officer a salary of not exceeding twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year to be fixed by said board. It shall be the duty of the chief truant officer, under the general direction of the superintendent of city schools, to supervise, control and direct the work of all truant officers appointed in such city. Such chief truant officer shall cause to be made and fully kept, reports from all truant officers, principals and teachers, of the work ings of this act, and shall be directly charged with the duty of seeing that the provisions of this act are complied with." (Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.) CHAPTER 122. AN ACT to provide for the necessary clerical service for the State Library. Whereas, the growth of the work in the State Library and increased duties incident thereto, and the accounting system requiring detailed reports monthly, necessitates the employment of a book-keeper, the work now being performed taking the time of the force which should be given to the Library service proper; and Whereas, no provision has been made for this work; there fore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the Librarian is hereby authorized to employ a bookkeeper at not exceeding seventy-five ($75.00) dollars per month payable monthly out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as the salary of the Governor. The Auditor of Public Accounts is directed to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer on the last day of each month in favor of such clerk for the aggregate sum of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars. $ 2. The work herein provided for being immediately necessary an emergency is declared and this act shall become in force on its adoption or approval by the Governor. (Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.) CHAPTER 123. AN ACT repealing section 4385 Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition of 1915, and re-enacting same, so as to give the State Superintendent of Public Instruction authority to appoint additional clerks and stenographers for the State Department of Education, and providing for the payment of said appointees out of the State School Fund. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That Section 4385, Chapter 113, Article 4 of Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and the additional amount he receives as Chief Inspector and Examiner of Schools, per annum; besides which he shall be entitled to all office fixtures, stationery, books, postage, fuel and light needed to carry on the work of his office. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the power to appoint for his department clerks and stenographers hereinafter enumerated, who shall serve for the term for which he is elected, unless sooner removed by him. They shall perform such duities, not otherwise provided by law, as may be assigned them by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the furtherance of the discharge of his duties. There shall be a chief clerk, who in case of the absence or sickness of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall perform the duties of the latter, and said clerk's salary shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, out of the school fund, by the State Treasurer. There shall be a first clerk and a second clerk, each of whom shall be paid a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the school fund by the State Treasurer. There shall be a third clerk, who shall be paid a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the school fund by the State Treas urer. There shall be a fourth clerk, who shall be paid a salary of eight hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the school fund by the State Treasurer. There may be two stenographers who shall receive and be paid one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum, and two stenographers who shall receive and be paid one thousand dollars each per annum, and one stenographer who shall receive nine hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly out of the school fund by the State Treasurer. § 2. It is not the intention of this act to repeal any act or part of an act heretofore enacted, except section 4385, Chapter 113, Article 4 of the Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's Edition, 1915. $ 3. As there is now no warrant of law for the employment and payment of stenographers and typewriters in the Department of Education and as there is an enormous amount of mail and letters to be answered and bulletins, such as the school law and biennial reports, to be edited and as it is impossible for said Education Department to be efficiently maintained without said clerks, stenographers and typewriters, an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval by the Governor. (Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.) CHAPTER 124. AN ACT to convey to Hart County the interest of the State of Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the § 1. The right, title and interest of the State of Kentucky in the Rio Bridge Company, a corporation, owning and operating a bridge across Green river in Hart county, Kentucky, is hereby granted and conveyed to the fiscal court of Hart county, Kentucky, and their successors, for the use and benefit of Hart county, Kentucky. (Neither approved nor disapproved by the Governor.) CHAPTER 125. AN ACT to amend Section two hundred and one of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That upon the concurrence of three-fifths of all the members elected to each House, the yeas and nays being taken thereon and entered in full in their respective journals, section two hundred and one of the Constitution of this State be amended so that it shall read as follows: Section 201. No railroad, telegraph, telephone, bridge, or common carrier company shall consolidate its capital stock, franchises, or property, or pool its earnings, in whole or in part, with any other railroad, telegraph, telephone, bridge or common carrier company, owning a parallel or competing line or structure, or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, any parallel or competing line or structure, or operate |