3 ceive for their services as such. board five dollars each per day for 4 the time actually spent in the work of the board as aforesaid; pro5 vided, however, that no member shall receive pay for more than ten 6 days in any one year. The salary of the secretary thereof shall be 7 seveny-five dollars per annum. The per diem of members of said 8 board and the salary of said secretary shall be paid out of the 9 county high school maintenance building fund.

Sec. 7. Said board of education is hereby authorized, empow2 ered and directed to contract for the erection of suitable buildings 3 necessary for said school, equipping same with nec4 essary furniture, heating apparatus, lights, etc., contract for the 5 employment of teachers, janitors, etc., for said high school and 6 paying for the same out of said levies and doing whatever is nec7essary to maintain and run said school in accordance with the 8 general law.

Sec. 8 That said Wayne county high school be and the same is 2 hereby established in or near said town of Wayne, and the site 3 for which is to be selected by the board as aforesaid, shall not be 4 less than six acres of land for said site.

Sec. 9. Before said members of said board enter upon their 2 respective duties as such board of education, they shall take the 3 several oaths as prescribed by law.

Sec. 10. As soon as said Wayne county high school building 2 shall have been completed and equipped and ready for use, it shall 3 be subject to and be maintained, run and governed by the gen4 eral school laws of West Virginia so far as they do not conflict 5 with this act and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent here6 with are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 48

(Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 320.)

(By the Committee on Education.)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections one and four of chapter one hundred thirty-six of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, relating to establishing a county high school in Nicholas county.

[Passed April 19, 1921. In effect from negare, April 29, 1921.]

Approved by the Governor

Levies by board of directors; amounts and purposes of. Inconsistent acts repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That sections one and four of chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. That a high school be and the same is hereby es2 tablished in the county of Nicholas, state of West Virginia in or 3 near the town of Summersville, which shall be known as the 4 Nicholas county high school, the site of which is to be selected by 5 the board of directors of said school, which said board of direc6 tors shall consist of three members as follows: The present elec7 tive member whose term expires on the thirtieth day of June, one 8 thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and whose successor shall 9 be elected at the general election in the year one thousand nine 10 hundred and twenty-four, and every four years thereafter, and 11 whose term of office shall commence on the first day of July fol12 lowing said election and continue for four years and until his 13 successor is elected and qualified; the present appointive member 14 whose term expires on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand 15 nine hundred and twenty-four and whose successor shall be ap16 pointed by the state superintendent of free schools of this state 17 for a term of four years beginning on the first day of July, one 18 thousand nine hundred and twenty-four and every four years 19 thereafter, which said member shall be a resident taxpayer of said 20 county, and shall in the opinion of the state superintendent of 21 free schools be a person properly trained and equipped for dis22 charging the duties of such director; and the county superintend23 ent of free schools shall be ex-officio a member of said board of 24 directors, but shall not be eligible as president or secretary of 25 such board. The said board of directors shall elect one of their 26 members president of the board and shall appoint a secretary as 27 provided by law. Said board shall hold its meetings at the prin28 cipal's office in the high school building on the first Saturday of 29 each month during the school term.

Sec. 4. Said board of directors is authorized for each year 2 hereafter to lay a levy not to exceed twelve and one-half cents on 3 the one hundred dollars of taxable property in said county as 4 ascertained by the last preceding assessment for state and county 5 purposes, for the purpose of employing teachers and assistants, 6 procuring necessary furniture, equipment and supplies, and for

7any other purpose of carrying on and maintaining said high school, 8 which levy shall be known as the high school maintenance fund; 9 and said board of directors is likewise authorized to lay an ad10 ditional levy not to exceed two and one-half cents on the one 11 hundred dollars of taxable property, as aforesaid, for the pur12 pose of erecting suitable buildings to be used in connection with 13 said high school and for maintaining and equipping the same, 14 which said levy shall be known as the high school building fund, 15 but the independent district of Richwood is excepted from said 16 levy as provided in section nine of chapter one hundred and 17 thirty-six, acts of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent 2 herewith are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 49

(House Bill No. 392-Mr. Zimmerman.)

AN ACT to provide for the establishing of a county high school in the county of Hampshire.

[Passed April 19, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Governor April 29, 1921.]

Approved by the

5. Same to lay levies for building and teachers, fund; amounts of levies.

6.

7.

Same; compensation of; salary of
secretary.
Referendum on act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

Section 1. The presidents of the boards of education of the 2 several districts of Hampshire county, together with the county 3 superintendent of schools, shall constitute the Hampshire county 4 high school board. The county superintendent of schools shall 5 be ex-officio president of this board and a secretary shall be 6 appointed by the board at its first regular meeting in each year. Sec. 2. The Hampshire county high school board shall be a 2 body corporate and as such shall have and exercise all the rights 3 and powers now conferred by law upon district boards of education. Sec. 3. Said board shall as soon as practicable after the pas2sage and ratification of this act, purchase a site in a convenient 3 and suitable location and shall erect thereon a suitable building

4 or suitable buildings and shall establish therein a high school 5 to be open without cost for tuition to all pupils of high school 6 grade in Hampshire county and to be known as the Hampshire 7 county high school.

Sec. 4. For the purpose of purchasing a site and of erecting 2 and equipping a building or buildings for said county high school, 3 the county high school board is hereby empowered to lay a levy 4 of not more than thirty cents on each one hundred dollars valua5 tion of taxable property in the county, for three successive years 6 beginning with the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty7 one.

Sec. 5. Beginning with the year in which said county high 2 school is ready to open and annually thereafter, the county high 3 school board shall have authority to lay for the support of said. 4 school a levy not to exceed ten cents on each one hundred dollars 5 valuation of taxable property for a maintenance building fund and 6 a levy not to exceed twenty cents, for a teachers' fund. Said 7 levies shall be laid at the time and in the manner that school 8 levies are laid by district boards of education.

Sec. 6. The members of the county high school board, except 2 the county superintendent of schools, shall receive for their services. 3 five dollars each per day for the time actually spent in the work 4 of the board; provided, however, that no member shall receive pay 5 for more than ten days in any year. The salary of the secretary 6 shall be seventy-five dollars per annum. The per diem of mem7 bers of the board and the salary of the secretary shall be paid 8 out of the county high school maintenance building fund.

Sec. 7. Before this act shall be in effect it shall be submitted 2 to a vote of the people of the county for ratification or rejection. 3 All necessary expenses of holding the aforesaid election shall be 4 borne equally by the boards of education of the county and shall 5 be paid out of the maintenance building fund of the several 6 districts.

CHAPTER 50

(House Bill No. 31-Mr. Daugherty, of Wirt.)

AN ACT to establish a county high school in the county of Wirt, upon a site to be selected by the board of directors, and to provide for the laying of levies for the erection of a building for said high school, and for the maintenance thereof.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. That a high school be and the same is hereby estab2 lished in the county of Wirt, state of West Virginia, in or near the 3 town of Elizabeth, which shall be known as the Wirt county high 4 school, the site for which shall be selected by the board of 5 directors of said school, which said board of directors shall con6 sist of three members, composed of the county superintendent of 7 schools of said county of Wirt, who shall be ex-officio a member 8 and president thereof; two members who shall be elected at the 9 special election provided for therein and serve until his successor is 10 elected and qualified. Their successors shall be elected at the 11 next general election and serve four years, or until their successors 12 are elected and qualified. After the first election provided for the 13 term of office shall begin the first day of July following the elec14 tion of said member. No two members of the board shall be 15 residents of the same magisterial district.

Sec. 2. The said board of directors, as heretofore constituted, 2 shall have full power and authority to make such rules and regu3 lations as it may deem proper and necessary for the management 4 and control of said high school; employ necessary teachers and 5 fix the salaries of the same; establish a graded course of study 6 and grant diplomas upon graduation of pupils, and perform such 7 other duties as are necessary and essential to the welfare and main8 tenance of said high school; and shall elect a secretary and pre9 scribe the duties and compensation of the same.

Sec. 3. Said board of directors shall be a body corporate and 2 as such may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, 3 and shall receive, hold and dispose of, according to the usual form 4 of law and the instrument conferring titles, all gifts, grants or 5 devises made for the use of such high school, and shall be deemed 6 the owner of all property belonging to said high school, and shall 7 be liable for all claims which may legally exist against it.