Nineteenth Circuit. Sec. 1-8. For the county of Barbour on the second Monday in 2 January, the second Monday in April, and the first Monday in 3 October. 4 For the county of Taylor, on the third Monday in February, the 5 third Monday in May, and the second Monday in November. Twentieth Circuit. Sec. 1-t. For the county of Randolph, on the third Tuesday 2 in February, the third Tuesday in May, and the first Tuesday in 3 October. 4 For the county of Upshur, on the second Monday in January, 5 the second Monday in April, and the first Monday in September. Sec. 1-u. Twenty-first Circuit. For the county of Tucker, the third Monday in Jan2 uary, the third Monday in April, the fourth Monday in July, and 3 the third Monday in October. 4 For the county of Mineral, the second Tuesday in March, the 5 first Tuesday in June, the first Tuesday in September, and the 6 first Tuesday in December. 7 For the county of Grant, the first Tuesday in April, the second 8 Tuesday in July, and the third Tuesday in November. Twenty-second Circuit. Sec. 1-. For the county of Hampshire, on the first Tuesday 2 in January, the first Tuesday in March, the first Tuesday in July, 3 and the third Tuesday in September. 4 For the county of Hardy, on the third Tuesday in February, 5 the third Tuesday in June, and the third Tuesday in October. 6 For the county of Pendleton, on the third Tuesday in March. 7 the fourth Tuesday in July, and the first Tuesday in December. Twenty-third Circuil. Sec. 1-w. For the county of Morgan, the first Tuesday in 2 January, the first Tuesday in April, and the first Tuesday in 3 September. 4 For the county of Jefferson, the third Tuesday in January, the 5 third Tuesday in April, and the third Tuesday in September. 6 For the county of Berkeley, the third Tuesday in February, 7 the third Tuesday in May, and the third Tuesday in October. 8 All acts and parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent herewith are 9 hereby repealed. CHAPTER 85 (Senate Bill No. 83-Mr. Bloch.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one-a of chapter one hundred thirty-two of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (regular session). [Passed January 24, 1921. In effect March 1, 1921. Approved by the Governor SEC. 1-a. Terms of court first judicial cir- Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one-a of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the 2 acts of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (regular session), 3 be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: First Circuit. Section 1-a. For the county of of Ohio, on the second 2 Monday in January, the second Monday in April, and the second 3 Monday in September. 4 For the county of Brooke, on the first Monday in March, the 5 first Monday in June, and the first Monday in November. 6 For the county of Hancock, on the second Monday in March, the second Monday in June, and the second Monday in November. CHAPTER 86 (Senate Bill No. 160-Mr. Shaffer.) AN ACT providing for the payment of office rent for the judges of the circuit courts of the several judicial circuits of this state, and providing an allowance for such judges for sufficient stenographic services and for office lights and fuel, stationery and postage. 1 Passed April 25, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. Each of the judges of the circuit courts in the sev2 eral judicial circuits in this state, where the county court of the 3 county in which such judge resides provides no suitable office room 4 for such judge, is hereby allowed a reasonable sum, not to exceed 5 forty dollars per month, as rent for an office room for 6 the use of such judge for the conduct of his official business, the 7 same to be payable at the times and in the manner provided for 8 the payment of the salary of such judge. Sec. 2. Each of the judges of the circuit court of the several 2 judicial circuits of this state is hereby allowed such reasonable 3 amounts not to exceed fifty dollars per month, for the pay4 ment of necessary stenographic fees incurred by such judge in his 5 official duty as such, which sum shall likewise be paid at the same 6 time and in the same manner as provided for the salary of such 7 judge. Sec. 3. Each of the judges of the circuit court of the several 2 judicial circuits of this state is hereby allowed his actual expenses 3 incurred for lighting and heating his official office, for official 4 stationery and postage used in his official business; provided, that 5 the allowance in this section shall not exceed the sum of twenty6 five dollars per month; which sum shall likewise be paid at the 7 time and in the same manner as provided for the salary of such 8 judge; provided, that no allowances shall be made under this 9 section until the judge submits an itemized statement covering the 10 same. CHAPTER 87 (Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 356.) (By the Committee on the Judiciary.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section seven of chapter one hundred and twenty of the code of West Virginia, as amended and reenacted by chapter one hundred and seven of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section seven of chapter one hundred and twenty of the code, as amended and re-enacted by chapter one hundred and seven of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 7. Any prosecuting attorney may, with the assent of 2 the county court of his county, entered of record, appoint one 3 practicing attorney to assist him in the discharge of his official 4 duties for and during his term of office, and such assistant shall 5 take the same oath of office and may perform the same duties of 6 his principal; and he may be removed from office as such assistant 7 at any time by his principal; and, further, he may be removed 8 from his office as such assistant by the circuit court of the county. 9 in which he is appointed, for any cause for which his principal 10 might be so removed. The compensation of such assistant shall 11 be paid by the principal from the income of the office; except in 12 the counties of Cabell, Boone, Brooke, Fayette, Hancock, Kan13 awha, Marion, Marshall, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monongalia, 14 Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Wyoming, Randolph, Webster, Sum15 mers, Wood, Ohio, Logan, Wayne, Berkeley and Harrison and in 16 said counties the county court thereof shall allow annually to such 17 assistant such compensation, to be paid out of the county treas18 ury as is deemed reasonable by the court; in the counties of 19 Fayette, Marion, Cabell, Summers, Wyoming, Wood and Logan,not 20 less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars an21 nually; in the counties of Harrison, Monongalia, Mingo, McDow22 ell, Mercer and Raleigh not less than fifteen hundred nor more 23 than three thousand annually; and in the county of Kanawha 24 not less than three thousand nor more than four thousand dollars 25 per annum, and in the county of Ohio, three thousand dollars. 26 per annum, and in the counties of Berkeley and Wayne not 27 to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually, and in the 28 counties of Boone, Marshall, Nicholas, Lincoln, Mineral and Ran29 dolph not to exceed the sum of nine hundred dollars an30 nually; in the counties of Tucker and Webster not to exceed six 31 hundred dollars annually, and in the county of Putnam, the sum 32 of three hundred dollars annually; and in each of the counties ex33 pressly named herein, the prosecuting attorney may employ a sten34 ographer for his office at a salary of not less than nine hundred 35 nor more than eighteen hundred dollars; except in Putnam and 36 Ritchie counties, which counties shall pay seven hundred dollars. 37 for such stenographer per annum, to be paid out of the county 38 treasury. In the counties of Barbour, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, 39 Clay and Taylor, the prosecuting attorney may employ a sten40 ographer for his office at a salary not to exceed twelve hundred 41 dollars per annum and in the county of Upshur the prosecuting 42 attorney may employ a stenographer for his office at a salary not 43 to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum to be paid out of the 44 county treasury. Provided, however, that in the counties of Berke45 ley and Webster, no stenographer shall be employed. The prosecu46 ting attorney and his assistant (if he has one) shall manage and 47 control all prosecutions for crimes and misdemeanors tried in 48 the circuit court, or in any other court, having concurrent juris49 diction with the circuit court, for the trial of crimes and misde50 meanors, of any county, for which such prosecuting attorney was 51 elected or appointed. 52 Provided, that in any case in which it would, in the opinion of 53 the court, be improper for the prosecuting attorney and his as54 sistant (if he has one) to act; or if the prosecuting attorney and 55 his assistant be unable to act, such court shall appoint some com56 petent practicing attorney to prosecute such case, and upon the 57 performance of the service for which he was appointed, said court 58 shall certify that fact, with its opinion of what would be a rea59 sonable allowance to such attorney for the service rendered, to 60 the county court of the county, and such sum, or a different sum, 61 when allowed by the county court, shall be paid out of the county 62 treasury; provided, further, that nothing in this section shall be 63 construed to prohibit the employment by any person, of competent 64 attorneys to assist in the prosecution of any person or corporation 65 charged with crime. 66 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re67 pealed. CHAPTER 88 (House Bill No. 134-Mr. Sanders.) AN ACT to amend chapter sixty-four of the code by adding an additional section thereto to be known as section twenty. [Passed April 15, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. SEC. Divorce commissioner; notice by of Approved by the |