under oath by the treasurer through the board of trus tees of the financial transactions of the previous year, which shall contain a detailed statement of the moneys or other things received from every source on account of said home and an itemized account of its disbursements. Said board of trustees shall have power and authority to make all necessary rules and regulations for the control, management and maintenance of said Confederate Home, and for the admission and discharge of the inmates thereof, and shall also have full power to control and appoint and remove at will all the employes necessary in the management of the Home," is hereby amended to read as follows:

4. The said board of trustees are required to elect a president from among their own number, and may at its discretion elect a treasurer and secretary either from among the members of the board of directors, or may if they deem it necessary elect some one either secretary or treasurer who is not a member of the board of trustees, and to fix the amount of bond which the treasurer shall be required to give, which bond shall be approved by the Governor of Kentucky, and deposited with the Secretary of State. The Governor, at the time of appointing the board, shall desig nate five of its members who shall hold their office for four years, five who shall hold their office for three years, and five who shall hold their office for two years; and thereafter every two years, the Governor shall ap point five members of the said board of trustees. Vacancies occurring before the expiration of the term of any of the trustees shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The members of said board of trustees shall perform the duties imposed upon them by the provisions of this act without compensation for their ser vices. Said board of trustees shall, on the Second

Monday in January of each and every year, furnish a detailed report of all receipts and expenditures, and of all property owned by the corporation, and a financial statement shall be made under oath by the treasurer, through the board of trustees, of the financial transactions of the previous year, which shall contain a detailed statement of the moneys or other things received from every source on account of said Home, and an itemized account of its disbursements. Said board of

trustees shall have power and authority to make all necessary rules and regulations for the control, management and maintenance of said Confederate Home, and for the admission and discharge of the inmates thereof, and shall also have full power to control and appoint and remove at will all the employes necessary in the management of the Home."

$ 2. That section 6 which reads as follows:

§ 6. "For the maintenance of said home, there shall be allowed each and every year, out of the State Treasury, to be paid in quarterly installments, as is done in other charitable institutions maintained by the State of Kentucky, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars for each and every inmate of said home, and upon a certificate signed by the president of said board of trustees as to the number of inmates in said home, the auditor shall issue his warrant quarterly for such sums as may be due, as provided for in this act."

Is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 6. "For the maintenance of said home, there shall be allowed each and every year, out of the State Treasury, to be paid in quarterly installments, as is done in other charitable institutions maintained by the State of Kentucky, the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars for each and every inmate of said home, and upon a certificate signed by the president of said board of

Annual appropriation of $175 each.

Aggregate sum,

$20.000.

Admission to said

home.

trustees as to the number of inmates in said home, the auditor shall issue his warrant quarterly for such sums as may be due, as provided for in this act."

§ 3. That section 7 of said original act which reads as follows:

$ 7. "In case the per capita allowed for the maintenance of the inmates of the home shall be less than ten thousand dollars, the sum of ten thousand dollars shall be paid in quarterly installments as herein provided, for the maintenance of said home."

Is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 7. In case the per capita allowed for the maintenance of the inmates of the home shall be less than twenty thousand dollars the sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be paid in quarterly installments as herein provided for the maintenance of said home.

§ 4. That section 8 of said original, act which reads as follows:

SS. Provided, That any person availing themselves of the benefits of this home shall before being admitted as inmates, present to the trustees a certified copy of his enrollment and muster into the military service of the Confederate States of America, and of his honorable discharge or parole at the termination of the war, but should said applicant be unable to procure documentary evidence of his services in the Confederate army, oral proof satisfactory to the trustees that he served in said army as an honorable soldier, and that he was honorably acquitted of said service shall be accepted by the trustees.

Is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 8. Provided, That any persons availing themselves of the benefits of this home shall before being admitted as inmates, present to the trustees a certified copy of his enrollment and muster into the military service of the

Confederate States of America, and of his honorable discharge or parole at the termination of the war, but should said applicant be unable to procure documentary evidence of his services in the Confederate army, oral or written proof satisfactory to the trustees of the home, that he served in said army as an honorable soldier, and that he was honorably acquitted of said service or shall have rendered such service in the Confederate cause as justifies admission to said home, shall be accepted by the trustees.

And whereas, A number of Confederate soldiers, who are aged and infirm, and are married, and hitherto, under the law, could not be received into the home.

It is hereby enacted that the board of trustees may on any ground now owned in connection with said Confederate Home or which may hereafter be acquired, erect cottages, and may admit to said cottages aged and infirm Confederate soldiers who may be cared for by their wives, and so long as said Confederate soldier lives said wife may remain in said house or cottage with said soldier and the board of trustees may use the per capita allowed by the State under this act for the maintenance and care of said soldier and wife, and may provide for the maintenance of said soldier and his wife during the life of the said soldier out of said per capita.

And whereas, There is necessity for changes in the conduct and management of said Confederate home and immediate action is necessary in order to provide the comforts for its inmates, and suffering might exist without, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act should be in force and effect from and after its pass

age.

Approved February 26, 1904.

Appropriation of

$57.600.

How expended.

CHAPTER 9.

AN ACT appropriating money for the benefit of the Kentucky Confederate Home.

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

§ 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of the general revenue of the State for the benefit of the Kentucky Confederate Home, at Pewee Valley, Kentucky, to be expended by the board of trustees thereof, as hereinafter set forth, the following named sums for the specific purposes, constructions, improvements, and purchase of the same herein named, and set forth as follows, to-wit:

For water supply, an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars;

For the construction of sewers, an amount not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars;

For the protection from fire and fire escapes, an amount not to exceed thirty-two hundred dollars;

For elevators, an amount not to exceed sixteen hundred dollars;

For quarters for eighty additional men, an amount not to exceed sixteen thousand dollars;

For infirmary and library room and fixtures, an amount not to exceed twenty thousand dollars;

For the purchase of land on which to erect additional buildings, and to give an outlet to the Louisville and Nashville railroad, an amount not to exceed five thous and dollars.

§ 2. The money hereby appropriated shall be drawn on drafts by the board of trustees of said institution, signed by the president, such draft or drafts not exceeding in the aggregate the sums aforesaid, being made to