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(House Bill No. 205.)

CHAPTER 11.

AN ACT to empower Boards of Education to hold special elections.

[Passed February 11, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 18, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

pro-education

Boards of

the empowered edu- special

to hold

for school

1. That, for the purpose of carrying out the visions of section two of chapter forty-five of Code providing for school levy, the board of cation of Union district, Marshall county, and the elections boards of education of any other school districts or levy: when. independent school districts in this State that failed to authorize a school levy, by a popular vote at the general election held in one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight or in one thousand nine hundred, shall, if twenty or more voters of the district ask it in writing, submit the question of laying a school levy to the voters of the district at a special election to be held in such district at such time as the board of duty of education of the district may designate. The secretary of to such the board of education shall post notices of such special election at all the voting places in the district at least ten days before the day on which the election is to be -to lay held. If a majority of the votes cast are "For School levy, Levy" the board of education shall lay the levies in the and how. manner provided by sections thirty-five and forty of chapter forty-five of the Code.

secretary

elections.

when

as

(House Bill No. 169.)

CHAPTER 12.

AN ACT to permit Boards of Education and School Trustees to display the United States flag over every school house in the State.

[Passed February 21, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 22, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the boards of education throughout the State, Boards of edu

cation; may provide U. S. flags, and

require same displayed.

Trustees; their duties

as

out of the building funds of their districts, may provide for the purchase of a United States flag four by six feet of regulation bunting, for each school house in their districts and require the same to be displayed over the school house during the time the school is in session.

2. That the trustees of each school district shall, in to flags. accordance with the direction of the board of education, place such flag over the school house in their school district at at the beginning of the school term therein, and said trustees shall cause the teachers to keep said flag so displayed during the time the school is in session, except that on stormy or inclement days said flag shall not be so displayed if in the judgment of said teacher such inclement weather would be destructive of said flag.

Unlawful

to neglect

dren.

make com

plaint.

-penalty

(Senate Bill No. 39.)

CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT to provide for the support of Wives and
Children.

[Passed February 19, 1901. In effect ninety days from passage.
proved February 20, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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1. It shall be unlawful for any man in this State wife or mi- to wilfully neglect, fail or refuse, to provide reasonnor chil- able support and maintenance for his wife or minor children who may need such support; and any person guilty of such neglect, failure or refusal, upon the -who may complaint of the wife or any agent of the West Virginia Humane Society and upon due conviction thereof, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be committed to the county jail for the period therefor. of not more than sixty (60) days, unless it shall appear that owing to physical incapacity or other good justifica- cause he shall be unable to furnish such support: provided, that in case of conviction for the offence -justice aforesaid, the justice of the peace before whom such bond in licu conviction is had, may in lieu of the penalty herein payable to provided, accept from the person convicted a bond payable to the State, with good and sufficient sure

-physical

incapacity

a

tion.

may take

of penalty

state.

tion of

ty, conditioned for the support of the wife, child, condior children, as the case may be, for the term of six bond. months after the date of said conviction; and the justice may accept such bond at any time after such con--bond cepted any viction and order the release of the person so con-time after

victed.

conviction.

ac

which Duty of juscom- of violaoath, act.

tice in case

tion of this

2. Any justice of the peace of the county in the offence mentioned in the preceding section is mitted may, upon complaint being made under issue a warrant for the arrest of any person charged with such offence, and the justice of the peace before whom such person is brought under such warrant shall hear and determine the cause, subject to the right of appeal, as provided in section two hundred and -appeal thirty of chapter fifty of the Code of West Virginia in allowed. cases of persons sentenced to imprisonment by the judgment of a justice.

(Senate Bill No. 34.)

CHAPTER 14.

AN ACT to prevent and punish cruelty to children.

[Passed February 13, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 13, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

to ill-treat or abandon or

minor

chil

1. That any person, whatsoever, who shall cruelly Unlawful ill-treat, abuse or inflict unnecessarily cruel punish-t ment upon any infant or minor child, and any person infant having the care, custody or control of any minor child, dren. who shall wilfully abandon or neglect the same, shall -penalty. be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offence.

Unlawful

of child unof

or receive

rope

2. Any person having the care, custody, or control to dispose of any minor child under the age of fifteen years, who der age shall in any manner sell, apprentice, give away, or fifteen, etc., otherwise dispose of such child, or any person who same. shall take, receive or employ such child for the voca--for tion or occupation of rope or wire walking or as an or wire acrobat, gymnast, contortionist or rider, and any per- acrobat, son who, having the care, custody, or control of any c minor child whatsoever, shall sell, apprentice, give away or otherwise dispose of such child, or who shall

walking,

gymnast,

or

scene, inde-
cent or
legal exhibi-
tion, etc.

-for ob- take, receive or employ such child for any obscene, - indecent or illegal exhibition or vocation, or any vocation injurious to the health, or dangerous to the life or limb, of such child engaged therein, or for the purpose of prostitution, and any person who shall retain, harbor, or employ any minor child in or about any assignation house or brothel, or any place where any obscene, indecent or illegal, exhibition takes place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, for each offence.

-penalty.

Unlawful

to cause

to sing or

3. Any person having the care, custody, or control, child under lawful or unlawful, of any minor child under the age eighteen of eighteen years, who shall use such minor, or applay on the prentice, give away, let out, hire or otherwise dispose pursue busi- of, such minor child to any person, for the purpose of ness of men- singing, playing on musical instruments, begging dicant; for any mendicant business whatsoever in the streets,

street, or

-to receive,

nors for

such purposes.

or

roads, or other highways of this State, and whosoever shall take, receive, hire, employ, use or have in custody, or hire mi- any minor for the vocation, occupation, calling, service or purpose of singing, playing upon musical instruments or begging upon the streets, roads or other highways of this State, or for any mendicant business whatever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

-penalty.

Unlawful

to permit

fifteen to

act or sing
in saloon
or dance

house, etc.

4. Any person having the care, custody, or control child under of any minor child under the age of fifteen years, who shall in any manner sell, apprentice, give away or permit such child to sing, dance, act, or in any manner exhibit it in any dance house, concert saloon, theater or place of entertainment where wines or spirituous or malt liquors are sold or given away, or with which any place for the sale of wines or spirituous or malt liquor is directly or indirectly connected by any pasSage way or entrance, and any proprietor of any dance house whatever, or any such concert saloon, theater, or place of entertainment, so employing any such child, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence.

-penalty.

Proprietor

charge,

or person in 5. Any proprietor or any person in charge of a held guilty dance house, concert saloon theater, museum, or simfor Permit ilar place of amusement, or other place, where wines under eigh- or spirituous or malt liquors are sold or given away, or any place of entertainment injurious to health

ting child

teen to enter.

morals, who admits or permits to remain therein any minor under the age of eighteen years, unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof -penalty. shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

(House Bill No. 25.)

CHAPTER 15.

AN ACT to create and establish a free public employment bureau.

[Passed February 13, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 15, 1901.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ment bu

1. The commissioner of labor is hereby author- Employized to organize and establish, in connection with the reau; combureau of labor, a Free Public Employment Bureau, for missioner of the purpose of receiving applications from persons seek- thorized ing employment and applications from persons seeking to employ labor.

labor auto

establish.

sation, etc.

No compensation or fee shall be charged or re- No compenceived directly or indirectly from persons applying for work, information or help through said department. The commissioner of labor is hereby authorized to employ such assistance, and incur such ex-assistpense as may be necessary to carry into effect the pur- pense, pose of this act. But such assistance and expense shall not exceed five hundred dollars per an

num.

3.

ance and exlimit.

how paid.

The expenses of the employment bureau shall Expenses. be paid in the same manner and way as other expenses of the bureau of labor, and there is hereby appropriated five hundred dollars to carry out the provisions appropri

ation.

of this act.

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