-delivered with ballots to whom; by whom

and when.

-laid before

whom, when and where.

one of them, (or the case may be), Sunday, after that

tions. The said commissioners, or
said canvassers or one of them, as
shall within four days, excluding
on which said election
certificates to the
with the ballots, and the other to the clerk of the
circuit court of the county.

was held, deliver one of said clerk of the county court together

The said certificates together with the ballots cast shall on the question of said proposed amendments, be laid before the commissioners of the county court at the court house at the same time the ballots, poll books and the certificates of the election for the members of the legislature are laid before them; and as soon as the result of said election in the county ficates of re- upon the question of such ratification or rejection is. ascertained, two certificates of such result shall be made out and signed by said commissioners, as a board of canvassers, in the form or to the following

-two certi

sult in each

county mate and signed.

-form of such certificates.

effect:

"We, the board of canvassers of the county of having carefully and impartially examined the returns of the election held in said county, in each District thereof, on the

day of

one thousand nine hundred and two, do certify that the result of the election in said county on the question of the ratification or rejection of the proposed amendments to sections two, three, four and seventeen of article seven; section nineteen of article seven; sections two and sixteen of article eight; and section four of article twelve of the constitution of

this State is as follows:

Amending sections two, three, four and

of article seven,

and seventeen

the office -how disposed of. other forwho shall

One of said certificates shall be filed in of the clerk of the county court, and the warded by mail to the secretary of state, file and preserve the same until the day on result of said election in the State is to be ascer- secretary tained, as hereinafter stated.

which the -duty of

of state.

when.

5. On the twenty-fifth day after the election is Certificates held, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the said laid before certificates shall be laid before the governor, whose governor, duty it shall be to ascertain therefrom the result of -his duty. said election in the State, and declare the same by proclamation, published in some one or more newspapers printed at the seat of government. If a majority of the votes cast at the said election upon said question be for ratification of said amendments, or vote ratiany of them, the proposed amendments SO ratified fies.

-majority

force.

shall be of force and effect from the time of such —when in ratification and be parts of the constitution of the State.

of amend

as to.

6. The governor shall cause the said proposed Publication amendments with the proper designations for the ments duty same as hereinbefore adopted to be published at least of governor three months before such election in some, newspaper in every county in which a newspaper is printed, at a price to be agreed upon, in advance, in writing, and the cost of such advertising shall in the first instance if found necessary by him be paid out of the gov--cost, how ernor's contingent fund, and be afterwards repaid to raid. such fund by appropriation of the legislature.

-price.

(Substitute for House Bill No. 333.)

CHAPTER 154.

AN ACT providing for the submission of a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, and supplementary to a former act passed at this session of the Legislature, submitting four other proposed amendments to said Constitution.

[Passed February 22, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 22, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. That the question of ratification or rejection of Amendment a certain amendment to the constitution of West tution, sec. 1

to the consti

of art. IV,

submitted to vote of the

people; when.

-mendment proposed.

Provisions of

acts 1901, submitting four other proposed amendments made applicable fully to proposed amendment

Virginia, proposed in accordance with the provisions of section two of Article XIV of said constitution, shall be submitted to the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in the year onethousand nine hundred and two, which proposed amendment is hereby designated as the "Registration Amendment," and is an amendment of section twelve of article IV, so that the same shall read as follows:

"Section 12. The legislature shall enact proper laws for the registration of all qualified voters in the State."

2. That all the provisions of said former act subchapter 153, mitting four other proposed amendments to the constitution, be and they are hereby made applicable in the same manner to said proposed amendment to section 12 of article IV, as fully and to the same extent as if said proposed amendment had been included. therein with said other four proposed amendments in said former act, and the necessary changes made therein, and in the preparation of the form of ballot provided therein, there shall be added thereon, in its proper place, the following:

to section 12 of article IV.

(5.) Registration Amendment.

Amending Section 12 of Article 4.

For Ratification.
For Rejection.

(H. J. R. No. 2.)

JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1.

[Adopted February 13, 1901.]

Proposing an amendment to article seven of the constitution tion relating to the salaries of officers.

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds.

the members elected to each house agreeing thereto :

of all

That the following amendment to article seven of the con. stitution of this State be and is hereby proposed, to-wit:

That section nineteen of article seven be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 19. The officers named in this article shall receive for their services a salary to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms, and they shall not, after the expiration of the terms of those in office at the adoption of this amendment, receive to their own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation, and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law, for any vice performed by any officer provided for in this article of the constitution, shall be paid in advance into the State treasury..

ser

(H. J .R. No. 5.)

JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2.

[Adopted February 15, 1901.]

Proposing amendments to Article VII, sections two, three, four and seventeen, of the constitution of West Virginia.

Resolved, by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house agreeing thereto :

1. That the following amendments to Article VII of the constitution of this State, be and are hereby proposed, to-wit:

2. That the second, third, fourth and seventeenth sections be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2. An election for governor, secretary of state, state superintendent of free schools, auditor, treasurer and attorney general, shall be held at such times and places as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 3.. The returns of every election for the above named officers shall be sealed up and transmited by the returning officers to the secretary of state, directed to the speaker of the house of delegates, who shall immediately after the organization of the house, and before proceeding to business, open and publish the same, in the presence of a majority of each house of the legislature, which shall for that purpose assemble in the hall of the house of delegates. The person having the highest number of votes for either of said officers, shall be declared duly elected thereto; but if two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the legislature shall, by joint vote, choose one of such persons for said office. Contested elections for the office of governor shall be determined by both houses of the legislature by joint vote, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

Sec. 4. None of the executive officers mentioned in this article shall hold any other office during the term of his service. The governor shall not be eligible to said office for the four years next succeeding the term for which he was elected.

Sec. 17. If the office of secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, state superintendent of free schools, or attorney general, shall become vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall ..be elected and qualified in such manner as may be prescribed by law. The subordinate officers of the executive department and the officers of all public institutions of the State shall keep an account of all moneys received or disbursed by them, respectively, from all sources, and for every service performed, and make a semi-annual report thereof to the Governor under oath or affirmation; and any officer who shall wilfully make a false report shall be deemed guilty of perjury.

Ils to abrilt-out JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3.

de for the appointment of a joint special committee

To provide

of the Legislature to inquire into and report upon matters