KRS 98.010: Department of public welfare -- Powers -- Duties.

The department of public welfare of cities of the first class shall be under the supervision

and direction of a director to be designated director of welfare, and shall, except as

otherwise provided by law, have exclusive control, under the acts of the Gen eral

Assembly and the ordinances of the legislative body of said cities, of all matters relating

to the provision for and the supervision of the care of dependents and persons mentally

deficient; the investigation of conditions that develop dependency, del inquency and

mental deficiency; the education of the public regarding such conditions and the adoption

of remedial measures; the supervision of public baths, comfort stations and cemeteries,

the home for the aged and infirm, and the city workhouse; and may prescribe rules and

regulations for the government and discipline of the inmates of the city's charitable and

penal institutions; and the supervision of the maintenance at the University of Louisville

of classes in social welfare in order to provide train ed workers for service in said

department; and such other matters as may by ordinance be placed under the control of

the said department not in conflict with any act of the General Assembly. The director of

welfare shall have the power to organize the said department for administrative purposes

into such divisions as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of said

department, and to appoint heads or chiefs of such divisions, who, under the supervision

and control of said director, shall have the direction of such divisions.