ance with the present Constitution of Kentucky, shall be insufficient to pay such indebtedness when due, the general council of the city may provide by ordinance for the refunding of said bonds or such part thereof as cannot be paid out of the sinking fund provided therefor by the issue of other bonds of the city, to be exchanged therefor by way of renewal or to be sold and the proceeds used exclusively for the payment of such bonded indebtedness and for no other purpose, except that any premium which may be obtained from the sale of such refunding bonds shall constitute a part of the sinking fund for their ultimate retirement. Such refunding or renewal bonds shall not be issued for any amount in excess of the principal of the bonds to be retired. They may be issued in such form and denomination, and be payable at such place and time not exceeding forty years from date of issue, and bear such rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent. per annum payable semi-annually as may be prescribed by ordinance, and shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest; they may be sold or exchanged as the general council may deem most expedient and for the best interest of the city in order to retire the bonds which it is necessary to refund. Said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city treasurer under the seal of the city, serially numbered, and have proper interest coupons attached, which may be signed with the lithographic signatures of the mayor and treasurer. Upon the issuance of said bonds it shall be the duty of the general council annually thereafter to carry to the sinking fund of the city an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds and oreate a fund for their redemption at maturity. In any city of the second class which may be governed and operated under the act of March, 21st, 1910, and its amendments, known as the Commission Form of Government Act and published as Section 3235c and 3235d of the Kentucky Statutes, the board of commissioners of such city shall have all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law for the sinking fund commissioners, and the commissioner of public finance shall perform the duties required of the treasurer and auditor with reference to the sinkink fund.” Approved March 24, 1916. CHAPTER 70. AN ACT to prevent any person interfering with the work of convicts outside of the walls of the penitentiary, and prohibiting any person from giving or furnishing to any such convict opium, cocaine, intoxicating liquors, any narcotic of any kind whatever, fire arms, weapons or explosives. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. Any person who shall interfere with or in any way interrupt the work of any convict who has been sent to any of the State penal institutions, who is employed outside the walls of such institution, or any person who gives or attempts to give to any such convict any opium, cocaine or other narcotic, or any intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever, or fire arms, weapons or explosives except explosives used in line of duty of any kind, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for a term of not less than one, nor more than five years, and shall be disqualified from holding any State office under the State government. Any officer or guard of any State prison, or any superintendent of any work being carried on by such convicts, may arrest, without a warrant, any person violating the provisions of this act. The provisions of this act, however shall not prevent any physician in the practice of his profession from prescribing and delivering to any such convict opium, cocaine or other narcotic or intoxicating liquors, when same may be deemed necessary by such physician, provided same is furnished with the consent of the person having charge of such convicts. Approved March 24, 1916. CHAPTER 71. AN ACT to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry in the State of Kentucky, to license nongraduate veterinarians, to establish a State Board of Veteri. nary Medical Examiners and to provide penalties for violating the provisions thereof. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. The Governor shall appoint a board of examiners within thirty days after the passage of this act, to be known as the State Board of Veterinary Examiners, said board to consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics, who shall be chairman, and four members, who shall be persons of recognized professional ability and honor in the veterinary profession in this State, and who shall have practiced veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry for at least five years immediately preceding such appointment. The term of office of the members shall begin on the first Monday of July in the year 1916, and they shall hold office as follows: One for one year, one for two years, one for three years and one for four years, or until their successors are appointed. The Governor shall appoint annually thereafter, before the first day of June, beginning with the year, 1917, one veterinarian qualified as aforesaid, who shall hold office for four years from the first day of July next ensuing, and the Governor shall fill any vacancies that may occur. Any member of said board may be removed from office for cause by the Governor. Each member of the board shall receive five dollars per day for each day of service actually given in carrying out his duties under this act, in addition to his necessary traveling and contingent expenses incurred in attending the meetings of the board; but if revenue received from licenses does not pay all expenses, this board shall serve without compensation. 2. The members of the board shall hold their first meeting on the first Monday in July, 1916, or as soon thereafter as possible at such hour and place as they shall determine, and they shall immediately proceed to organize by electing a president, secretary and treasurer, the last two officers, namely secretary and treasurer, to be held by one person if desirable. Said officers shall hold their respective offices until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed upon the board, and at that time the board shall hold a meeting for electing a successor. Said board shall hold a regular meeting for giving examinations under this act on the last Monday in August of each year commencing August, 1916, and such additional meetings for examinations as they may deem necessary. All meetings shall be held at such time and place as the board may see fit, and it shall give due notice thereof at such time and in such manner as it may determine. Said board shall have a common seal, and its president be empowered to issue subpoenas and administer oaths in any matter pertaining to its duties; it shall make and adopt all necessary rules, regulations and by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States, necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. $3. 3. Said board shall notify all persons practicing veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry in this Commonwealth of the provisions of this act by publishing the same in one or more newspapers in each county if there be such in this Commonwealth, and every person who is a graduate of a school of veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry recognized by said board, and also every person who has been a practitioner of veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry in this Commonwealth for a period of one year next prior to the passage of this act, shall upon the payment of a fee of seven dollars, be entitled to a license, and said board shall issue to him a certificate thereof signed by its president and secretary and attested by its seal, which certificate he shall have registered, as provided for in Section 7. Registration under the provisions of this section shall cease on the first day of January in the year 1917. All applications for license under this act shall be made upon blanks furnished by the board, and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant. $ 4. Any person not entitled to a certificate of license as aforesaid in Section 3, or any person who shall hereafter wish to practice veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry in this State, if he gives |