after the governor to appoint, hundred and when. ad di -vacancies. second class shall begin on the first day of June next after their appointment and continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter the term of office of each class shall be four years, the appointments thereto being made by the governor. The governor shall, on or tenth day of March, one thousand nine and one, nominate, and, by and with the vice and consent of the senate, appoint said rectors. The governor may in like manner fill any vacancy occuring in the board of directors for the un--but expired term. Not more than one director shall be ap- Cabell pointed from the county in which the said institution county. is located. The board of directors shall be a body cor- orporation. 'porate under the style of "The West Virginia Asylum for Incurables," and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have and use a common seal. The board of directors may receive donations, subscriptions and gifts for said institution, and shall have authority tions, etc. to enforce the collection of the same in any court having jurisdiction. one director from -board a -corporate name and powers. -may receive dona -term of The term of office of the directors now in office shall present direc tors, when to expire on the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred expire. and one. (House Bill No. 285.) CHAPTER 56. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter one hundred and fifty of the Code, concerning the State Board of Health. [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 20, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter one hundred and fifty Acts amended of the code be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: State Board of Health. of health, stitute. 1. There shall be a State Board of Health in this State board State, consisting of two physicians residing in each who to conof the five congressional districts thereof. Said physicians shall be graduates of of reputable medical -when how ap pointed. tion. when to be schools, and shall have practiced medicine for not less than six years continuously before their appointand ment. The governor shall in the month of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, appoint said physicians, who shall be divided in-classifica- to two classes, each class consisting of one physicion from each district. The term of office of -terms, each class shall begin on the first day of June in the gin and end. year of their appointment. The term of office of the first class shall continue for two years, and of the second class for four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter the term of office shall be for four years and until their successuccessors. sors are appointed and qualified. When the term of office of either class or of any of said physicians expires, the governor shall appoint their successors for the -vacancies. succeeding term. The governor may, in like manner, appoint physicians to fill any vacancy that may occur in the board, but any appointment to fill a vacancy shall now in office. be for the unexpired term. The term of office of the members of the state board of health now in office shall expire the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and -members one. Acts amended Miners' hos tors of how and when appointed. (House Bill No. 282.) CHAPTER 57. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section two of chapter [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section two of chapter fifty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: 2. Each of said hospitals shall be under the conpitals, direc- trol of a board of directors, as hereinafter provided. The governor shall, on the tenth day of March, 1901, or as soon thereafter, as convenient, and every four years thereafter, nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate appoint, four directors for each of said three boards, whose term of office shall begin on the first day of April next after their ap -number. -term. i pointment and continue for four years and until their -political successors are appointed are appointed and qualified. Not more cast. tions. -oath, where filed. than three of the directors of any of said boards shall belong to the same political party. No person shall qualificabe appointed a director who is not a citizen and voter of this State. Each director before entering on the discharge of the duties of his office shall take the oath prescribed by law, which oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The term of office of the directors now in office shall expire on the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and one. -directors now in office. (House Bill No. 281.) CHAPTER 58. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter thirty-three of the Acts of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, concerning the State Board of Agriculture. [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 20, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter thirty-three of the Acts Acts amended of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: of agricul ment of; when and 1. There shall be a State Board of Agriculture, to State Board consist of seven commissioners. The governor, on the ture; apointfifteenth day of March or as soon thereafter as convenient, in the year nineteen hundred and one, shall how. nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint such commissioners, whose term of office shall begin on the first day of June fol--term. lowing, and continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies in -vacancies. the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. Each commissioner shall-qualificabe a practical farmer and engaged in the business at tions. the time of his appointment, and not more than five -political of them shall belong to the same political party. The complexion. term of office of the members now in office shall expire -members on the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and now in office. one. Acts amended Board of its duties. (Senate Bill No. 106.) CHAPTER 59. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section five of chapter [Passed February 19, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section five of chapter thirty-three of the Acts of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five be amended and re-enacted as follows: 5. It shall be the duty of said board to look after agriculture; and devise means of advancing the agricultural interests of the State, to promote and encourage as far as practicable the holding of farmers' institutes, the organization of agricultural and horitcultural SOcieties and other associations in the interest of age riculture in the several counties of the State. It shall be the duty of the said board to pay out of its current what expense appropriations the traveling and other expenses of of certain the delegates of each of the following associations, associations; viz: The horticultural society, sheep breeders and -to pay of delegates limit. wool growers association, the West Virginia live stock association and the poultry association. The number of delegates from each association not to exceed three, and the number of days for each delegate -printing of not to exceed five in any one year. It shall print proceedings. the journal of proceedings of the state horticultural society, sheep breeders' and wool growers' association, West Virginia live stock association, and the poultry association, as prepared and submitted by their secand distribu- retaries; and shall have charge of the preparation in tion, of what. manuscript, the printing, publishing and distribution by mail, and otherwise, of such documents and reading matter as they may deem best for the agricultural interests of the State. -printing -what to include in publications. And said board shall include in its publications the methods of farming in use, the variety of stock and crops grown, the special capacities and aptitudes of the soils to the various products of the latitude and climate, the needs of the farmers, and such other matters as will convey a proper idea of the agricultural quire infor- resources of the State to practical men. They shall whom. have authority to request of any State official, or any may re mation, of state and officers. and when official in any county, city or town, any and all statistical and other information the board may desire. It is hereby made the duty of all state and county of-duty of ficers to assist in every way possible, and co-operate county with the board, upon its request, to the end that the welfare and interest of agriculture may be promoted. It shall hold farmers' institutes for the instruction of the farmers of the State in the various branches of agriculture. Such institutes shall be held at such institutes times and places in each year as said board may di- and where rect. The board shall make such orders and regulations as it may deem proper for the organization and powers conducting of such institutes, and may employ an stitutes. agent or agents to perform such work in connection therewith as they may deem best. The course of in- instruction. struction of such institutes shall be so arranged as to present to those in attendance the results of the most recent investigations in theoretical and practical farming. held. as to such in -course of (Senate Bill No. 52.) CHAPTER 60. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section five, chapter seventy-one of the Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended and re-enacted by chapter thirty-nine of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, and incorporated in section ninety-eight, of chapter forty-five of the Code, regulating the salary paid to the physician for the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. [Passed February 12, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 15, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section five, chapter seventy-one, of the acts of Acts eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as amended and re- amended. enacted by chapter thirty-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and incorporated in section ninety-eight, of chapter forty-five of the Code be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: fications. 5. The board of regents shall employ as visiting phy- Visiting sician of the institution, a physician of reputable stand- physician. ing in the profession, and it shall be his duty to render his quali all medical assistance necessary to its inmates, and fix his salary not to exceed five hundred dollars, to be paidin the same manner as a teacher. -compensa tion. |