improving the four public roads or turnpikes leading out of the city of Weston, in said county, providing for such permanent improvement and the receipt and expenditure of all moneys raised by such levy. [Passed February 17, 1915. In effect from passage. Became a law without the Governor's approval.] SEC. 1. County court of Lewis county authorized to levy each year, in addition to all other levies, twentyfive cents, to be called special road levy; purposes; to improve four public roads named. SEC. 3. Said roads to be permanently improved under authority of county court, and moneys realized to be placed in separate fund and separate account kept. Fund so arising for purposes of this act and no other. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The county court of Lewis county is hereby 2 authorized and empowered to lay a levy each year, in addition to 3 all other levies allowed by law, not exceeding twenty-five cents 4 on each one hundred dollars of valuation on the taxable property 5 of the county for the year the levy is laid, to be called a special 6 road levy, for the purpose of permanently improving the four 7 public roads or turnpikes leading out of the city of Weston, and 8 within the said county, being the Staunton and Parkersburg turn9 pike, sometimes called the Weston and Glenville turnpike; the 10 Weston and Beverly turnpike, sometimes called the Weston and 11 Buckhannon turnpike; the Weston and Gauley-Bridge turnpike, 12 sometimes called the Weston and Sutton turnpike; and the Wes13 ton and Clarksburg turnpike. Sec. 2. Said roads or turnpikes shall be perma2 nently improved by said county court of Lewis county, in such 3 manner as it shall decide and shall be so permanently improved 4 under the direction, authority and supervision of said county 5 court; and all moneys realized from such special levy shall be placed 6 in a separate fund, apart from all other funds, and a separate 7 account shall be kept by said court of the receipt and expenditure 8 of the same, setting forth clearly the sum received by reason of 9 said levy and the manner in which the same has been expended. Sec. 3. The fund arising from such road levy shall be used 2 for the purpose herein designated and no other. CHAPTER 114. (House Bill No. 281.) AN ACT to empower the judge of the circuit court of the nineteenth judicial circuit, to employ a competent stenographer, defining his duties, the uses to which the records made by him may be put, and providing for the manner of his payment. [Passed February 20, 1915. In effect from passage. Became a law without the Governor's approval.] SEC. 1. Circuit court of the 19th circuit 2. Duty of reporter as to shorthand 3. SEC. 4. 5. 6. record. Such compensation to be paid re- Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The circuit court of the nineteenth judicial cir2 cuit, or the judge thereof in vacation, is hereby empowered and 3 authorized to employ and appoint a competent stenographer to 4 take and report the proceedings had and the testimony given in 5 any case, either civil or criminal, or in any other proceeding had 6 in said court, including the taking of testimony before the grand jury of said court for the use of the prosecuting attorney of 7-a said court, and in proceedings before the judge of said 8 court in vacation, and otherwise to aid said judge in the perform9 ance of his official duties. Said stenographer shall be authorized 10 to attend the sessions of said grand jury but shall retire from said 11 session when directed by the foreman or a majority of the grand 12 jury or ordered to do so by the court, and when the grand jury de13 sire to consult or vote upon any matters before them. Said ap14 pointment and employment of such stenographer may be made by 15 the judge of said court by an order entered of record in said court, 16 and the stenographer so appointed shall be designated as, "the of 17 ficial reporter of the nineteenth judicial circuit." He shall be 18 duly qualified under oath. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of such reporter to take full 2 shorthand notes of the testimony and proceedings in which his 3 services may be required, and such notes shall be deemed and 4 held to be official, and the best authority in any matter in dispute, 5 and a copy of the same written out in longhand or in typewriting, 6 made as herein provided, shall be used by the parties to the cause, 7 and in any further proceeding therein, wherein the use of the 8 same may be required. It shall be the duty of said official re9 porter to furnish a copy of his notes written out in longhand or 10 typewriting of the testimony and proceedings in any cause, upon 11 the request of the judge, and without extra charge in criminal. 12 cases, the copy to be filed in the clerk's office. Sec. 3. Said official reporter shall furnish, upon re2 quest, to any party to a case, a copy of the testimony or other pro3 ceedings written out in longhand or typewriting, and shall certify 4 the same as being correct, and shall be paid therefor at the rate. 5 of ten cents for each one hundred words so transcribed and cer6 tified. A copy of such testimony or proceedings, when certified 7 by the official reporter and by the judge of said court, shall be 8 authentic for all purposes, and may be used in making up the 9 record on appeal and in all cases of appeal, said reporter shall also 10 make a carbon copy of the testimony and proceedings required 11 of him, which copy he shall file in the circuit clerk's office of the 12 county in which the case is pending, to be used, if necessary, in 13 making up the record on appeal, but without cost for such copy, 14 and the said clerk shall not be entitled to any fee for that part of 15 the record in any case wherein the testimony or proceedings so 16 transcribed and certified by said official reporter shall be used in 17 said record. Sec. 4. Said official reporter shall receive such compen2 sation for his services as the judge of said court shall in his dis3 cretion determine and allow, for taking the shorthand notes in 4 any cause or proceeding. Such compensation and expenses in all 5 misdemeanor cases shall be certified by said circuit court to the 6 county court of the county in which such services are rendered, 7 and the same shall be paid by said county court out of the county 8 treasury; and in all felony cases such compensation and expenses 9 shall be certified to the auditor of the state, and be paid out of 10 the state treasury. All such criminal charges shall be taxed as 11 costs in the case by the clerk, to be collected by the sheriff and 12 by him accounted for to the county treasurer in misdemeanor 13 cases and to the state treasurer in felony cases. The expense of 14 reporting and transcribing any civil case shall be paid equally by 15 the parties to the cause, plaintiff and defendant, but the expenses 16 so paid by the prevailing party shall be taxed as a part of the 17 costs recovered. Sec. 5. Said official reporter is hereby authorized to take 2 and certify depositions in the same manner and with the same 3 force and effect, within the counties embraced in the nineteenth 4 judicial circuit, as a notary public, and to administer all oaths 5 necessary in the taking of such depositions, and he shall be en6 titled to the same fees as a notary public within the counties em7 bracing said judicial circuit, except when taking depositions to be 8 used in any cause or matter pending in said court, he may, by or9 der of the court, be allowed compensation in full as hereinbe10 fore provided in lieu of all other fees. Sec. 6. So far as any act or part of any act of the legis2 lature is inconsistent with this act or any of its provisions, they 3 shall not be applicable to the judge of the circuit court of the 4 nineteenth judicial circuit, nor to said official reporter. CHAPTER 115. (House Bill No. 288.) AN ACT authorizing the county court of Wayne county to lay a special levy of fifteen cents for general road purposes for the fiscal year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. [Passed February 18, 1915. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the Governor's approval.] SEC. 1. County court of Wayne county au thorized to lay levy of fifteen SEC. levy term, known as "special county road levy;" how pended by county court. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ex Section 1. That the county court of Wayne county be and is 2 hereby authorized to lay a levy of fifteen cents on each one hundred 3 dollars property valuation in said county, at its levy term, for the 4 fiscal year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, to be known 5 as "special county road levy," the same to be collected as other 6 taxes and expended under the direction of said county court for 7 road purposes only. CHAPTER 116. (House Bill No. 292.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter two hundred and sixteen of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia for one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act relating to the school district of Martinsburg, West Virginia," as amended and re-enacted by section one of chapter nineteen of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia for one thousand nine hundred and seven, as further amended and re-enacted by section one of chapter eighteen of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia for one thousand nine hundred and nine, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act. [Passed February 20, 1915. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 26, 1915.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter two hundred and sixteen of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia for one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act relating to the school district of Martinsburg, West Virginia," as amended and re-enacted by section one of chapter nineteen of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia for one thousand nine hundred and seven, and as further amended and re-enacted by section one of chapter eighteen of the acts of the legislature of West |