Schultz, Pleasants county, West Virginia, a license to practice medicine and surgery. WHEREAS, S. J. Ross has been engaged in the practice of medicince since one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and was entitled under the act of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one to a license to practice medicine and surgery, but by an oversight failed to obtain said license; and, WHEREAS, the said S. J. Ross is prevented by a technicality from obtaining a license to practice his profession; and, Whereas, the said S. J. Ross is an ethical practitioner, and is a useful man in his community; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Legislature of West Virginia, That the state board of health be authorized and requested to issue to S. J. Ross, a license to practice medicine and surgery, in all their branches, within this state, from and after the passage of this resolution. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4. (Adopted February 1, 1915.) "Assenting to and accepting the provisions and requirements of the act of Congress known as the 'Smith-Lever Act,' approved May 8, 1914." WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has passed an act 2 approved by the President, May 8, 1914, entitled "An Act to pro3 vide for Co-operative Agricultural Extension Work between the 4 Agricultural Colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of 5 the act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supple6 mentary thereto, and the United States Department of Agricul7ture" and, WHEREAS, It is provided in section three of the act aforesaid, 2 that the grants of money authorized by this act shall be paid 3 annually "to each state which shall by action of its legislature 4 assent to the provisions of this act;" therefore, be it Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the State of West Virginia hereby assents to the provisions. 2 and requirements of said act, and that the State Board of Control 3 be and they are hereby empowered to receive the grants of money 4 appropriated under said act, the same to be expended in organiz5 ing and conducting agricultural extension work which shall be 6 carried on in connection with the College of Agriculture of the 7 West Virginia University, in accordance with the terms and con8 ditions expressed in the act of Congress aforesaid. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5. (Adopted February 28, 1915.) "Amending section one of article four of the Constitution of West Virginia, granting to women the right of suffrage." Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house agreeing thereto: That the following be and the same is hereby proposed as an 2 amendment to the Constitution of this state, to-wit: That section one of article four of said Constitution as it now 2 is, be altered and amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. The citizens of the state, both male and female, 2 shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in 3 which they respectively reside; but no person who is a minor, or 4 of unsound mind, or a pauper, or who is under conviction of 5 treason, felony, or bribery in an election, or who has not been a 6 resident of the state for one year, and of the county in which he 7 or she offers to vote, for sixty days next preceding such offer, 8 shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues; but no 9 person in the military, naval or marine service of the United 10 States shall be deemed a resident of this state by reason of being 11 stationed therein. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. (Adopted January 26, 1915.) "Authorizing the secretary of state to furnish the law library of West Virginia University with copies of the Supreme Court Reports." Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the secretary of state is hereby authorized and directed to 2 transmit to the law library of West Virginia University, eight full 3 sets of the reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals of this state in 4 addition to the two sets heretofore delivered. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7. (Adopted January 29, 1915.) Adopting joint rules for the government of the two Houses of the Legislature during the present session, or until otherwise ordered. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Delegates as they appear in the Legislative Manual of 1913, be and they are hereby adopted for the government of the two Houses during the present session, or until otherwise ordered, excepting that Rule No. 7, pertaining to the manner of electing United States Senator shall be stricken out, and Rule No. 2 be amended to read as follows: 2. After a bill has been passed by both houses, the type from 2 which it was originally printed shall be corrected as to any typo3 graphical errors that may not theretofore have been corrected, and to meet any amendments that may have been made by either 5 House since the last printing of the bill, and after the type has 6 been so corrected twenty copies of the bill shall be printed on 7 eight by ten heavy bond paper for the use of the Joint Committee 8 on Passed Bills, otherwise known as the Joint Committee on En9 rolled Bills, one of which copies, when properly authenticated, 10 shall become the enrolled bill. The Joint Committee on Passed 11 Bills, otherwise known as the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, 12 shall consist of five members of the Senate and five members of 13 the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the presiding officer of 14 each House, whose duty it shall be to compare carefully all bills 15 and joint resolutions passed by both Houses, with the enrollment 16 thereof, and to correct any errors or omissions they may discover 17 and to make report to their respective Houses each day of the cor18 rectly enrolled bills or joint resolutions. They shall be authenti19 cated by the signature of the Chairman of the House Committee 20 and the Chairman of the Senate Committee, composing such Joint 21 Committee on Passed Bills, otherwise known as the Joint Com 22 mittee on Enrolled Bills, but in the absence of such chairman 23 another member of the committee may act in his stead, and they 24 shall require all bills and joint resolutions before such authen25 tication to be free from interlineation or erasures, and destroy any 26 previous enrollment containing any interlineation or erasure. 27 After enrolled bills and joint resolutions are authenticated as 28 aforesaid, they shall be signed by the Speaker of the House and by 29 the President of the Senate. Resolved, further, that the remaining joint rules as printed 2 in the Manual of 1913 be and the same are hereby adopted as the 3 remaining joint rules governing the two Houses during the pres4 ent session. Resolved, further, that the Clerks of the two Houses are here2 by directed to make any consequential amendments in section 3 numbers of the rules that are made necessary by the adoption of 4 this resolution. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8. (Adopted February 24, 1915.) "Proposing an amendment to the constitution in relation to county courts." Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of the members elected to each House agreeing thereto: That article eight, section twenty-three of the constitution, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 23. The commissioners shall be elected by the voters 2 of the county, and hold their office for the term of six years, except 3 at the first meeting of said commissioners they shall designate by 4 lot, or otherwise in such manner as they may determine, one of 5 their number who shall hold his office for a term of two years, one 6 for four years and one for six years, so that one shall be elected 7 every two years. But no two of said commissioners shall be elected 8 from the same magisterial district. But if two or more persons 9 residing in the same district shall receive the greater number of 10 votes cast at any election, then only the one of such persons receiv11 ing the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, and the 12 person living in another district who shall receive the next highest 13 number of votes shall be declared elected. Said commissioners shall annually elect one of their number 2 as president, and each shall receive four dollars per day for his 3 services in court, to be paid out of the county treasury; provided, 4 however, that said payment of four dollars per day shall not ex5 ceed the sum of four hundred dollars per year for each commis6 sioner; and, provided, further, that such compensation may be in7creased in any county by the assent of a majority of the votes cast 8 on the question at any general or special election. HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1. (Adopted January 28, 1915.) Raising a joint committee of the House of Delegates and Senate to attend the funeral of the Hon. H. N. Ogden. Resolved by the House of Delegates of West Virginia, the Senate concurring therein: That a special committee consisting of two members of the Senate and three members of the House of Delegates be appointed by the respective presiding officers thereof, to attend the funeral of Hon. H. N. Ogden, late member of the Public Service Commission, and accompany the remains to the city of Fairmont; and the funeral arrangements be in charge of the Sereant-at-Arms of the House of Delegates, who shall accompany said Committee. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1. (Adopted January 13, 1915.) "Raising a Joint Committee to wait upon the Governor." Resolved by the Senate of West Virginia, the House concurring therein: That the two Houses concur in the appointment of a select committee of five, composed of two members of the Senate, appointed by the President, and three members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker, to jointly wait upon the Governor and inform him that the Legislature is organized, with a quorum of each House present, |