(Senate Bill No. 36.) CHAPTER 32. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section forty-nine, serial section one thousand two hundred and sixty-three of chapter thirty-nine of the code of West Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by chapter thirty-two of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nine. (Passed February 21, 1913. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 25, 1913.) SEC. 49. Allowance to county officers; duty of prosecuting attorney. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section forty-nine, serial section one thousand two hundred and sixty-three of chapter thirty-nine of the code of West Virginia, as published in the year one thousand nine hundred and six, as amended and re-enacted by chapter thirty-two of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and nine, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Sec. 49. The county court of every county shall allow annually to the county officers, hereinafter mentioned, for their public services, for which no other fee or reward is allowed by law, that is to say: To the sheriff not to exceed two hundred dollars, except that the sheriff of Doddridge, Grant, Mineral, Hardy, Pendleton, Jackson, Logan, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Putnam, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Raleigh, Summers, Taylor, Tyler, Tucker, Upshur and Webster counties shall be allowed a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars; Greenbrier, Hampshire, Wyoming, Lewis, Marshall, Mercer and Wetzel not less than three hundred dollars nor more than six hundred dollars; and Pleasants and Mingo not to exceed four hundred and fifty dollars; and to the sheriffs of Harrison, Cabell, Lincoln, Marion, McDowell, Fayette, Braxton, Ohio, Kanawha and Wood counties a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars. To the clerk of the circuit court not to exceed two hundred dollars, except that the clerk of the circuit court of Ohio, Kanawha, McDowell, Fayette, Harrison, Marion and Mingo counties shall be allowed annually not less than two thousand nor more than three thousand dollars; to the clerk of the circuit court of Wood, Wetzel, Mercer and Cabell counties, shall be allowed annually not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars; and of Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, Pendleton and Pleasants counties, shall be allowed a sum not to exceed four hundred dollars; and the circuit clerk of Mineral, Monongalia, Preston, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Nicholas and Webster counties, not less than four hundred nor more than six hundred dollars; and the county of Roane not less than three nor more than six hundred dollars; and the counties of Summers, Calhoun, Gilmer, Logan and Wirt not less than five hundred nor more than six hundred dollars; and the counties of Berkeley, Greenbrier, Jackson, Lincoln, Marshall, Mason, Putnam, Randolph, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur and Wayne not less than four hundred dollars each and not to exceed eight hundred dollars; and in the counties of Taylor and Jefferson not less than five hundred nor more than eight hundred dollars; and in the counties of Barbour, Lewis, Braxton and Clay not less than six hundred nor more than eight hundred dollars; and in the county of Ritchie not less than seven hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; and in the county of Wyoming not less than three hundred nor more than six hundred dollars; and in the county of Doddridge not less than six nor more than twelve hundred dollars. To the clerk of the county court a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, except that the clerk of the county court of Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Pendleton, Logan, Mineral, Monroe, Pleasants, Putnam, Upshur, Pocahontas and Wayne counties shall be allowed a sum not less than three hundred dollars nor more than six hundred dollars; and in the counties of Ritchie, Lewis and Fayette a sum not less than six hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and in the counties of Tyler, Greenbrier and Taylor not less than three nor more than eight hundred dollars; and in the counties of Summers, Harrison, Wirt, Calhoun, Gilmer, Mercer and Wyoming not less than three hundred nor more than six hundred dollars; and to the clerk of the county courts of Berkeley, Braxton and Hampshire a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars; and to the clerk of the county courts of Cabell, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Monongalia, Roane, Kanawha, Preston, Wetzel, Jackson and Wood counties, a sum not to exceed six hundred dollars each; and to the clerk of the county courts of Lincoln, Tucker, Clay, Nicholas, Raleigh, Randolph and Doddridge counties, a sum not less than four hundred nor more than six hundred dollars each, and to the clerk of the county court of Ohio county a sum not in excess of five hundred dollars. To the prosecuting attorney not less than two hundred nor more than four hundred dollars, except as follows: In the counties of Brooke, Ritchie, Hancock, Monroe and Upshur not less than three hundred nor more than six hundred dollars; and in the counties of Mercer, Gilmer, Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Greenbrier, Doddridge, Wayne, Calhoun and Jefferson not less than six nor more than twelve hundred dollars; and in the county of Hampshire not less than four hundred nor more than eight hundred dollars; and in the counties of Clay, Raleigh and Lewis not less than eight hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; and in the counties of Berkeley, Jackson, Marshall, Mineral, Preston, Summers, Braxton, Monongalia, Putnam, Lincoln Tucker, Wyoming, Randolph and Logan, not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars; in the county of Barbour not less than nine hundred dollars nor more than twelve hundred dollars; in the counties of Taylor and Pocahontas not less than five hundred nor more than twelve hundred dollars; in the county of Roane not less than twelve hundred dollars nor more than eighteen hundred dollars; and in the counties of Cabell, Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Marion, Mason, McDowell, Mingo and Wood not less than two thousand nor more than three thousand dollars; and in the county of Ohio not less than twenty-five hundred nor more than thirty-five hundred dollars; and in the counties of Nicholas and Webster not less than one thousand nor more than fifteen hundred dollars; and in the county of Morgan not less than six hundred nor more than eight hundred dollars. But no extra compensation shall be allowed any public officer, agent, servant or contractor, after the service shall have been rendered or the contract made; nor shall any public officer have his salary increased or diminished during his term of office. And it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to attend to, bring or prosecute, or defend, as the case may be, all actions, suits and proceedings in which his county or any district board of education is interested, without additional compensation. (Senate Bill No. 89.) CHAPTER 33. AN ACT to provide for the distribution of the journals and bills of the legislature to the people of the state. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state as soon as possible after the printed journal is delivered each day, to mail or cause to be mailed to each newspaper regularly published in this state, and to each person whose name and address shall be given him by the clerk of either the senate or house of delegates, a copy of each day's journal of each house and a copy of every bill which may be ordered printed by either house or any committee thereof. Sec. 2. Every member of the house of delegates or senate may file with the clerk of the house of which he is a member, a list of names of such of his constituents, not exceeding fifteen, as may in his opinion be interested in the proceedings of the legislature, or in any bill therein pending, together with the post office address of such persons, and the clerk of each house shall compile a list of such persons and deliver it to the secretary of state, and said clerk shall each day file with the said secretary of state a supplemental list giving the names and addresses of any persons added to or to be added to such list at the request of any member of their respective bodies. Sec. 3. The secretary of state shall prepay the postage upon all of such journals and bills, and he shall render to the legislature on the second day before the adjournment thereof, a statement of the amount of postage expended out of his contingent fund for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, and an estimate of the amount necessary to send said journals and bills for the remainder of the session, and it shall be the duty of the legislature to make provision for the payment of the same by adding the amount thereof to the appropriation for contingent expenses of the office of secretary of state. 180 EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COLLECTION OF TAXES. [CH. 34 (Substitute for Senate Bill No. 126.) CHAPTER 34. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section fourteen-a-one of chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by chapter fifty-six of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eleven, relative to the extension of time given sheriffs for collecting taxes. (Passed February 19, 1913. SEC. In effect ninety days from passage. 14-a-1. Extension of time given sheriffs for collection of taxes. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Approved by the That section fourteen-a-one of chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, as amended by chapter fifty-six of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and eleven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Sec. 14-a-1. The sheriffs of the several counties of the state of West Virginia whose term of office expired on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred, and those whose term of office expired on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and those whose term of office expired on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and those whose term of office expired on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, shall be allowed until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen within which to make distraint and sale for the collection of taxes, with interest thereon, and costs of collection, not returned delinquent for the years one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand nine hundred, one thousand nine hundred and one, one thousand nine hundred and two. one thousand nine hundred and three, one thousand nine hundred and four, one thousand nine hundred and five, one thousand nine hundred and six, one thousand nine hundred and seven, one thousand nine hundred and eight, one thousand nine hundred and nine, one thousand nine hundred and ten, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and one thousand nine hundred and twelve; and the said sheriffs and their deputies and constables of their respective counties are empowered to collect the said taxes, either by suit or by making. |