distraint and sale of the property of the persons against whom such assessments for taxes were made for the years one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand eight hundred and ninetyeight, 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 which taxes have not been returned delinquent for those years; and in case any such person against whom such assessments were made for those years has removed or shall remove to another county, the said sheriff and his deputies are authorized to make distraint and sale in such county to which any such person has removed or shall remove. Such sheriff may send a statement of the taxes due from any such person who has removed into another county to the sheriff of the county to which he or she has removed, and the sheriff of that county is authorized and empowered to make levy and collection of the said taxes on assessments made in his own county.

(Senate Bill No. 223.)

CHAPTER 35.

AN ACT to provide for the preservation and maintenance of the state law library at Charles Town, in Jefferson county, West Virginia.

(Passed February 21, 1913. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 26, 1913.)

SEC.

1.

SEC.

County court of Jefferson county to 2. Shall give bond; salary. appoint librarian ; term Six

years; duty.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Sec. 1. The county court of Jefferson county is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some competent person librarian of the state law library at Charles Town, in the county of Jefferson. The person so appointed shall continue in office for and during the term of six

years from the date of such appointment, unless sooner removed by said county court for good cause, and shall perform such duties, and make and enforce such rules and regulations respecting the use of such library as may be prescribed by said county court; and such person shall be in attendance at the library on such days and during such hours as said county court may direct.

Sec. 2. Such person shall give a bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with security to be approved by said court, payable to the state of West Virginia, with condition for the faithful performance of his duties as such librarian. He shall receive an annual salary of five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the state treasury on the certificate of the county court of said county.

(House Bill No. 20.)

CHAPTER 36.

AN ACT fixing the salaries of the state superintendent of free schools and the state treasurer.

(Passed February 18, 1913. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 20, 1913.)

SEC.

1. Salary of state superintendent of free schools and state treasurer.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Sec. 1. That from and after the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the state superintendent of free schools shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars and the state treasurer shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly out of the treasury.

(Senate Bill No. 174.)

CHAPTER 37.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Odd Fellows' hall association, of the city of Wheeling. by amending and re-enacting the preamble, and sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven of an act of the general assembly of Vir

ginia, entitled, "an act to incorporate the Odd Fellows' hall association, of the city of Wheeling," passed February twenty-first one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six; and section nine of the same act, as amended and re-enacted by an act of the said general assembly passed March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, as amended and re-enacted by the legislature of West Virginia, entitled, “an act to amend the charter of the Odd Fellows' hall association," by an act of the said legislature passed January twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the preamble, and sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled, "an act to incorporate the Odd Fellows' hall association, of the city of Wheeling," passed February twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and section nine of said act as amended and re-enacted by an act of the said general assembly, passed March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, as amended and re-enacted by an act of the legislature of West Virginia passed January twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and eightyseven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

WHEREAS, it is represented to the general assembly that John Hamilton, Finley A. Burk, James M. Todd, Norman G. Marsh, Jacob Berger, Charles Ditmar, William M. Berryhill, George Mendel, Isaac Cotts, William Y. Taylor, Frederick A. Brentlinger, Henry Sharp, John Pfarr, William Klinkler, and sundry others, have, as a joint. stock association, agreed to take and pay for a large amount of stock in said association for the purpose of erecting public and other buildings in the city of Wheeling, to be used for such purposes as the said association or board of trustees may from time to time order and direct; said association to be under the management of its trustees,

to be appointed by the stockholders as is hereafter directed, and to be called the Odd Fellows' hall association; now, therefore, in order to enable the said persons and their associates to carry into effect their purposes aforesaid:

Sec. 1. Be it enacted, that the said John Hamilton, Finley A. Burk, James M. Todd, Norman G. Marsh, Jacob Berger, Charles Ditmar, William M. Berryhill, George Mendel, Isaac Cotts, William Y. Taylor, Frederick A. Brentlinger, Henry Sharp, John Pfarr, William Klinkler, and their associates, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the Odd Fellows' hall association; by which name they shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; contract and be contracted with, by simple contract or specialty; have and use a common seal; purchase, take, hold, use and grant estate, real and personal; appoint officers and agents, prescribe their powers, duties, and liabilities; take bond and security from any of them, and fix and pay their compensation; and make ordinances, by-laws and regulations for the government of its council, board, officers and agents, and the management and regulation of its property and business; provided, that the stock of the said association shall not be less than ten thousand dollars nor more than thirty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares. of forty dollars each.

Sec. 2. A general meeting of the stockholders for the adoption of by-laws for the government of the association and for the election of a board of trustees, shall be held in the city of Wheeling as soon after the passage of this act as shall be convenient, at such time and place as the said John Hamilton, Finley A. Burk, James M. Todd, Norman G. Marsh, Jacob Berger, Charles Ditmar, William M. Berryhill, George Mendel, Isaac Cotts, William Y. Taylor, Frederick A. Brentlinger, Henry Sharp, John Pfarr, William Klinkler, or a majority of them, shall appoint, and annually thereafter. The stockholders in general meeting may make any by-laws, regulations and orders respecting the affairs of the association, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States.

Sec. 3. The capital stock of the association shall be deemed personal estate to every intent, and may be transferred on the books of the association in such manner as the by-laws shall prescribe.

Sec. 4. The stockholders may, in general meeting, by a by-law, prescribe the number of which the board of trustees shall consist, but unless a different number be so prescribed there shall be five trustees,

by which board the affairs of the association shall be managed, and be elected by the stockholders, by ballot, in general meeting, annually at such time as they shall by their by-laws appoint; but should the trustees not be elected in any year on the day appointed for the purpose, this corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved; but the trustees in office shall continue in office until a new election be thereafter effected, as may be provided by the by-laws.

Sec. 5. The trustees, or a majority of them, shall choose by ballot a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers or agents as they shall deem necessary; and shall have power to make such contracts as they may consider conducive to the interests of the association, and to require the subscribers to the stock of the association to pay in the stock by them severally subscribed for, to the treasurer or such other person or persons as they shall for that purpose appoint, at such times and in such installments as they shall fix and specify.

Sec. 6. When any stockholder shall fail to pay any subscription or installment due to said association, when thereto lawfully required, it shall be lawful for said association to recover judgment for the amount so due, in any court of record within this state or any other state, on motion, on giving such stockholders ten days' notice of such motion; or in case the treasurer of said association shall fail to account for and pay over any money or other thing belonging to said association, when thereto lawfully required, it shall be lawful for said association, in like manner and on the like notice, to recover judgment against such treasurer and his securities, their executors or administrators, jointly, for such amount as the said treasurer shall be found indebted to said association.

Sec. 7. None but stockholders shall be eligible as trustees, who shall be residents of Ohio county, West Virginia. Vacancies in the board of trustees occasioned by the death, resignation, removal from the county of Ohio, or by legal disability of any trustee, may be filled. by the remaining trustees.

Sec. 8. There shall be not less than five stockholders. The presence of a majority in interest of the stockholders shall be necessary to constitute a general meeting. The presence and vote of the stockholders may be in person or by proxy, but such proxy to be legal must be in writing and in such form as the by-laws shall provide. One week's notice at least shall be given of all general or special meetings of the stockholders, by advertisement in some newspaper printed in