Section 7. As soon as practicable after this act becomes a law, 2 the chief of the department of mines, by and with the approval 3 of the governor, shall divide the state into twenty-two mining dis4 tricts in such manner as to equalize as far as practicable the work 5 of each inspector. The chief of the department of mines shall ap6 point one inspector for each mining district within the state, 7 whose term of office shall expire on the thirty-first day of De8 cember, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, unless sooner 9 removed as provided by law; and he shall direct and prescribe 10 in which of said districts each of the said inspectors shall serve. 11 After December thirty-first, one thousand nine hundred and twen12 ty-one, appointments of all inspectors shall be for a term of four 13 years, except those appointments made to fill out unexpired terms. 14 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of 15 this act are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 119 (House Bill No. 87-Mr. Freed.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections eight and eleven of an act of the legislature passed February seventeen, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, regarding the public service of stallions and jacks and providing penalty for violation thereof. [Passed April 19, 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: That sections eight and eleven of an act of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 8. Any owner of any bull, ram, or boar, kept for pub2 lic service within the state of West Virginia, or any owner or 3 keeper of any bull, ram, or boar, kept for sale, exchange or trans4 fer, who represents such animal to be pure bred, may cause the 5 same to be registered in some herd, flock or record book as the 6 case may be, recognized by the United States department of agri 7 culture at Washington, D. C., for the registration of pedigrees, and 8 obtain a certificate of registration of such animal. He may then 9 forward the same to the commissioner of agriculture of the state 10 of West Virginia, whose duty it shall be to examine and pass upon 11 the correctness or genuineness of such certificate filed for en12 rollment. In making such examination said commissioner of 13 agriculture shall use as his standard the record books recognized 14 by the United States department of agriculture at Washington, 15 D. C., and shall accept and enroll as pure bred, any animal reg16 istered in such record book. If such registration is found to be 17 correct and genuine, he shall issue a certificate of enrollment under 18 the seal of the department of agriculture of the state of West Vir19 ginia, which certificate shall set forth the name, breed, age and 20 color of the animal and also the volume and name of the herd, flock 21 or swine record book in which said animal is registered. Any own22 er or keeper of any bull, ram, or boar, kept for public service with23 in the state of West Virginia, who represents or holds such animal 24 as pure bred, may place on the door or stall where the animal is 25 usually kept, a copy of the certificate of enrollment from the com26 missioner of agriculture as provided in section one of this act. 27 Provided, that it shall be unlawful on and after January 1, one 28 thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, for any person to keep 29 any breeding animal for public service for pay, which is not pure 30 bred and which has not been properly registered in accordance with 31 this act. Sec. 11. Any person who shall fraudulently represent any 2 animal, horse, cattle, sheep or swine to be pure bred, or any per3 son who shall post or publish, or cause to be posted or published 4 any false pedigree or certificate, or shall use any stallion or other 5 male breeding animal for public service, exchange or transfer any 6 such animal for service within the state of West Virginia, repre7 senting such animal to be pure bred without first having such 8 animal registered, and obtaining the certificate of commissioner of 9 agriculture as hereinbefore provided, or who shall violate any of 10 the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 11 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars 12 or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, 13 or by both fine and imprisonment, and it is hereby made the 14 duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the viola15 tion takes place to prosecute the action. CHAPTER 120 (House Bill No. 336-Mr. Hersman, of Roane.) AN ACT to revise, amend and re-enact section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-nine of the code of West Virginia, authorizing county courts to aid county farm bureaus in the employment of county agricultural agents. [Passed April 21, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor.] SEC. 28. County agricultural agents; when spent; duplicate of vouchers to be filed with agricultural extension division; duty of extension division to co-operate; joint operation of county courts. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Co That section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-nine of the code of West Virginia be revised, amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 28. Whenever a number of farmers, not fewer 2 than one hundred and fifty, file with the county court of 3 the county a memorandum of understanding with the agricultural 4 extension division of the college of agriculture, West Virginia 5 University, whereby the extension division of the college of agri6 culture agrees to provide part of the salary of county agent or 7 agents to the end of the next succeeding fiscal year, then the 8 county court of such county is hereby authorized to, and it shall 9 levy for or appropriate from the general fund an amount not to 10 exceed one and one-half cents on the one hundred dollars assessed 11 valuation. The money so appropriated shall be used for the pay12 ment of part of the salary and expenses of person or persons to 13 encourage demonstrations of improved methods on the farm and 14 in the home and to give free advice and practical instruction in 15 agriculture and home economics in such county, in co-operation 16 with and under the supervision of the said agricultural extension 17 division. Such person or persons as employed shall be nominated 18 by the agricultural extension division of the West Vir19 ginia University. All moneys so appropriated shall be ex20 pended upon orders of the county court as other county funds 21 are expended, and a duplicate of all salary vouchers and expense 22 accounts shall be filed with the said agricultural extension divi23 sion in such form as will comply with the provisions of the act 24 of Congress approved May eighth, one thousand nine hundred and 25 fourteen, known as the "Smith-Lever act"; but no part of any 26 money so appropriated shall be used to compensate any representa27 tive of the West Virginia University or any other person except 28 the persons who may be employed under this act. It shall be the 29 duty of the agricultural extension division to co-operate with 30 each county court appropriating money under this act. Any 31 county count may co-operate with the county court of one or more 32 adjoining counties in carrying out the purposes of this act. CHAPTER 121' (House Bill No. 346-Mr. Downs.) AN ACT to provide for the formation of co-operative agricultural or horticultural associations, instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, and for other purposes. [Passed April 28, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor.] That there be established and formed, co-operative agricultural and horticultural associations for the purpose of mutual help and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, in the manner hereinafter set forth: Section 1. In this act, unless the context otherwise require, 2 "association" means an association formed under this act; "mem3 ber" means a member of an association; "person" includes a cor 4 poration or partnership or two or more persons having joint or 5 common interest; words used import the singular or the plural as 6 the case may demand. Sec. 2. Co-operative agricultural or horticultural associations, 2 instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not having capi3 tal stock or conducted for profit, may be formed, under the 4 provisions of this act, by any number of persons, not less than 5 five, engaged in agriculture or horticulture. Sec. 3. An association may, as agent for its members or any 2 of them, perform for them, services connected with the production, 3 preservation, drying, canning, storing, handling, utilization, 4 marketing or sale of agricultural and horticultural products pro5 duced by them, and for the agricultural or horticultural purposes 6 of such members, may perform for them services connected with 7 the purchase or hiring for, or use by, them, of supplies, including 8 live stock, machinery and equipment, and the hiring of labor, 9 or any one or more of the kinds of service specified in this sec10 tion. 3 Sec. 4. The persons uniting to form an association shall en2 ter into articles of association in writing, which shall state(a) The name of the association, which shall include the 4 word "co-operative," which name shall not be the same as that 5 of any other association or corporation formed or doing business 6 in this state or so similar to such name as to be likely to be 7 confused therewith; 8 (b) The class of service to be performed for its members by 9 the association, which services shall be among those mentioned 10 in section three of this act; 11 (c) The place where its principal operations are to be carried 12 on, which shall be a place within this state; 13 14 (d) The term for which such association is to exist; (e) Any other provisions, not inconsistent with law, which 15 the association may see fit to adopt, governing the regulation and 16 conduct of its affairs. 17 The articles of association shall bear the signatures and post 18 office addresses of the persons uniting to form the association, 19 and shall be acknowledged by not less than five of such persons, 20 before an officer duly authorized to administer oaths in this 21 state, which acknowledgment shall be authenticated by the seal of 22 such officer. The articles of association, so acknowledged and 23 authenticated, together with a true copy thereof, shall be trans |