CHAPTER 70. AN ACT relating to the destroying of election ballot stubs. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: The Clerk of the County Court shall destroy all election ballot stubs after four years from the date. of the election at which said ballots were used. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 71. AN ACT to amend Section 3490, Kentucky Statutes, Carroll's edition, 1915, being an act entitled An Act to amend an act entitled an act for the government of cities of the fourth class, approved March 19, 1912, and being a part of charters of cities of the fourth class be and the same is amended by adding Sub-section 36 as follows Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That Section 3490, Kentucky Statutes, Carroll Edition, 1915, being an act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled, an act for the government of cities of the fourth class," approved March 19, 1912, and being a part of charters of cities of the fourth class be, and the same is amended by adding Sub-section 36, as follows: 36. To provide the city and the inhabitants thereof with water, light, power, heat and telephone service by contract, or by works of its own, located either within or beyond the boundaries of the city. To make regulations for the management thereof, and to fix and regulate the prices to consumers and customers. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 72. AN ACT relating to the payment of poll tax where the taxpayer assesses no property subject to taxation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. § 1. When the assessor has completed his books and turned them over to the county clerk, as provided by law, and the county clerk has made a recapitulation thereof and forwarded same to the State Tax Commission, he shall immediately make out the tax bills of all taxpayers in his county who are liable for a poll tax and who assess no property for taxation. When the bills are made out, as required by law, he shall immediately turn same over to the sheriff of the county and the sheriff may proceed to the collection of said poll tax in the manner now provided by law, and to that end he may proceed by attachment or garnishment in the manner that he is now permitted to so proceed in the collection of other taxes. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 73. AN ACT relating to election returns of districts composed of more than one county. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That in all elections, both primary and general, for district officers in which the district includes more than one county, the votes in the different pre cincts in each county of such district shall be counted and tabulated by the county election commissioners, as required by law, and they shall make out duplicate certificates of the total number of votes. received by each of the candidates for such district office or offices in their county, and not later than five days after such count and tabulation forward one such certificate to the secretary of state, who shall deliver same to the State Election Commissioners, and they shall keep one for a record in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county. It shall be the duty of the State Election Commissioners, to count and tabulate the votes received by the different candidates for such district office or offices as certified to the Secretary of State by the County Election Commissioners in the counties composing such districts and issue certificates of nomination or election to the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in his district for such nomination or election. §2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Neither approved nor disapproved. CHAPTER 74. AN ACT to regulate the weighing and sampling of milk and cream and to provide for the examination of the glassware used for testing milk and cream for butter fat with the Babcock test; to prohibit the use of inaccurate testing glassware, weights and measures and glassware not conforming with the specifications of standard Babcock glassware; to define the term standard Babcock glassware, to prohibit the fraudulent manipulation of the Babcock test and the falsifying of the records thereof; to require the testing of milk and cream to be done or supervised by a licensed tester, to provide for the collection of license fees for operators or supervisors of the Babcock test, and from creameries and other milk factories, and of fees for inspecting Babcock testing glassware from individuals and firms buying and paying for milk and cream on the butter fat basis; to fix penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and to authorize the expenditure of the funds received from the license fees and of additional funds provided for the execution of the provisions of this act. WEIGHTS AND SAMPLES OF MILK AND CREAM. Section 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That it shall be unlawful for any hauler of milk or cream or other person, or creamery, or other milk plant or agent, receiving milk or cream by weight or test or by weight and test, to fraudulently manipulate the weights of milk or cream of any patron or to take unfair samples thereof, or to fraudulently manipulate such samples. The hauler shall weigh the milk or cream of each patron accurately and correctly and shall report such weights accurately and correctly to the factory. He shall thoroughly mix the milk or cream of each patron by pouring and stirring until such milk or cream is uniform and homogeneous in richness, before the sample is taken from such milk or cream. When the weighing or sampling of the milk or cream of each patron is done at the creamery, shipping station or other factory, firm, corporation or individual buying and paying for milk or cream on the basis of the butter fat contained therein, the same rule shall apply. GLASSWARE FOR TESTING MILK AND CREAM FOR BUTTER FAT. § 2. Every person, firm, company, association, corporation or agent thereof, buying and paying for milk or cream on the basis of amount of butter fat contained therein as determined by the Babcock test, shall use standard Babcock test bottles, pipettes, and weights and accurate scales, as defined in Section 13 of this act, and all Babcock test bottles, pipettes and weights shall have been inspected for accuracy by the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, or its deputy, and shall be legibly and indelibly marked by the said Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station or its deputy with the letters "S. G. K." (Standard Glassware, Kentucky). No bottle, pipette or weight shall be used for such test unless so examined and marked by said Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, association, corporation, or any of their agents to use any other than standard test bottles, pipettes, and weights which have been examined and marked as provided in this section, to determine the amount of fat in the milk or cream bought and paid for on the butter fat basis. UNLAWFUL TESTS. § 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, by himself or as the officer, servant, agent or employee of any person, firm or corporation, buying and paying for milk or cream on the basis of the amount of fat contained therein to under-read, over-read or otherwise fraudulently manipulate the Babcock test used for determining the per cent. of fat in milk or cream, or to falsify the record thereof or to read the test at any temperature except the correct temperature which is 135 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, or to pay on the basis of any measurement or weight except the true measurement or weight which is seventeen and six |