15 for each county which has more than thirty thousand and less 16 than fifty thousand inhabitants, the sum of one hundred dollars 17 per month for each month of their term of service respectively, 18 and for each county that has more than twenty-five thousand and 19 less than thirty thousand inhabitants and not more than three 20 commissioners, the sum of twenty-five dollars per month for each 21 month of their term of service, respectively. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of 2 each such counties to visit and inspect monthly, and oftener if 3 needed, all road and bridge construction therein, and from time 4 to time to visit and inspect all the roads of the county and the 5 county infirmary or poor farm. Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are here2 by repealed. CHAPTER 161 (House Bill No. 533—Mr. McClintic, of Kanawha.) AN ACT to provide for the control and management of the law book library, now known as the "State Library" at Charleston, and for the appointment of such persons as may be necessary for those purposes. [Passed April 21, 1921. In effect from July 1, 1921. Approved by the Governor April 29, 1921.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ex Section 1. The law book library now in the building known as 2 the "Capitol Annex", in the city of Charleston, and usually called 3 the "State Library," shall on and after the first day of July, one 4 thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, be wholly under the con5 trol and management and in the custody of the supreme court of 6 appeals. Sec. 2. The supreme court of appeals, or the judges thereof in 2 vacation, shall appoint a competent librarian to have the imme3 diate custody and charge thereof under the direction of the court. 4 Such librarian shall give bond in the penalty fixed by the court of 5 not less than two nor more than five thousand dollars, with surety 6 thereon, to be approved by the court, and conditioned as provided 7 for official bonds in chapter ten of the code. Such bond shall be 8 deposited for safe keeping with the clerk of the court. Such li9 brarian shall be an officer of the court and shall hold his office and 10 be removable at the pleasure of the court. Vacancies in the office 11 of librarian occurring during a vacation of the court may be filled 12 by appointment in writing made by the judges of the court, or any 13 three of them. When, in the opinion of the court, other employees 11 are needed for the proper protection and use of the library, it may 15 employ such assistants as may be necessary for that purpose. The 16 salary of the librarian shall be the sum of three thousand dollars 17 per annum payable in monthly installments, and the expense of 18 such assistants shall be fixed by the court and shall be paid upon 19 order of the court. Sec. 3. The library shall be open under such rules and regu2 lations as may be, from time to time, prescribed by the court, and 3 it shall be the duty of the court to adopt and cause to be published, 4 as other rules of the court are published, such rules and regula5 tions. Sec. 4. The librarian shall keep full and complete account 2 of all money transactions in connection with such library and re3 ceipt of all books therein, and shall perform such other duties in 4 connection therewith as may be ordered by the court. The li5 brarian shall make an annual report to the court within thirty 6 days after the close of each fiscal year, in which he shall state the 7 number of copies of reports and session acts received by him, and 8 what disposition he made thereof, and also what money came into 9 his hands, and from what sources, during the preceding fiscal year. Sec. 5. The librarian shall have charge of the reports of the 2 supreme court of appeals after the same are printed and bound 3 and approved by the reporter, and he shall secure the copyright 4 of the same in the name of and for the benefit of the state. As 5 soon as practicable after any new volume of such reports has been 6 delivered to him, not including reprints of former volumes, he 7 shall dispose of the same as follows: ten copies to the college of 8 law of West Virginia University, one copy to the governor, two 9 copies to the attorney general, one copy to the judge of every court 10 of this state and one copy to the head of each of the subordinate ex11 ecutive departments at the state capital, one copy to the public ser12 vice commission, one copy to the state board of control, one copy 13 to the adjutant general, two copies to the department of archives 14 and history, and one copy to each of any other administrative 15 boards or commissions at the state capital. The librarian shall 16 place five copies in the state law library at Charleston, and send 17 five copies in the congressional law library at Washington, District 18 of Columbia. He shall also arrange as far as possible to exchange 19 four copies of each volume of said report for a like number of 20 copies of the current volumes of the report of the court of appeals 21 of each of the states, which said last reports he shall send one each 22 to the state law library at Charleston, to the college of law of West 23 Virginia University, to the association at Charles Town, and to the 24 Ohio county library at Wheeling. The remaining copies of said 25 reports of the supreme court of appeals the librarian shall deliver 26 to the secretary of state, to be disposed of by said secretary as pro27 vided by law; provided, that the governor may, in writing, cause 23 additional copies of said reports to be furnished to any officer, 29 court, institution or board now entitled to one or more copies; and 30 he may also cause one or more copies of said reports to be fur31 nished to any officer, board, commission, institution or tribunal not 32 named herein. The copies of said reports furnished to any officer 33 or judge, or library, or board shall remain the property of the 34 state of West Virginia, and as to any such judge or officer the copy 35 received by him shall be turned over to his successor in office. The 36 copies furnished to any library, board or commission shall be 37 safely kept therein. Sec. 6. The supreme court of appeals shall have the power and 2 duty of purchasing such new and additional books for the library 3 as in its opinion shall be proper and right and shall cause such ex4 changes or sales of books to be made as may be for the benefit of 5 the library, and, in general, the court shall cause to be done and 6 performed all things necessary and proper to keep the books of 7 such library in good condition, and for that purpose may cause 8 such catalogs to be made as may be proper, and all expenses nec9 essarily incurred under the order of the court for the purposes of 10 this act, including postage, freight and express charges, shall be 11 paid out of appropriations for that purpose under the order of the 12 court. Sec. 7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are here2 by repealed. CHAPTER 162 (House Bill No. 538—Mr. McClintic, of Kanawha.) AN ACT allowing counties of more than one hundred thousand population to lay a special levy to purchase land and erect a jail and jairer's residence thereon and put any additions or repairs to the court house thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. That in counties having more than one hundred 2 thousand population, as shown by the last preceding census taken 3 by the United States government, the county court may for any 4 two consecutive years hereafter, for the sole purpose of purchasing 5 land by condemnation or otherwise, and erecting a jail and 6 jailer's residence thereon, and making additions to the court house 7 or repairing the same, lay a special levy not exceeding ten cents 8 in any one year on the one hundred dollars valuation on the 9 taxable property in such county, under the provisions of the con10 stitution and laws of this state. CHAPTER 163 (Senate Bill No. 128-Mr. Stewart.) AN ACT authorizing the county court of Taylor county to lay a special levy in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and if necessary for the two years following, for building a jail and jailer's residence and repairing and improving the court house in Taylor county. [Passed April 13, 1921. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor SEC. Special levy for jail and jailer's Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The county court of Taylor county, West Virginia, 2 is hereby authorized to lay a special levy on all the taxable prop3 erty within said county in the year one thousand nine hundred 4 and twenty-one for the purpose of building a jail and jailer's 5 residence in said county and for the repair and improvement of 6 the court house in said county, not to exceed twenty cents on each 7 one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in said county; 8 and, if the amount raised by such special levy laid in the year one 9 thousand nine hundred and twenty-one is not sufficient for the 10 purposes herein specified and it is necessary to raise sufficient 11 funds for such purposes, the county court of said county is 12 authorized to lay such levy in the two succeeding years of one 13 thousand nine hundred and twenty-two and one thousand nine 14 hundred and twenty-three. Such levy shall be called a special 15 jail and repair levy and the funds derived therefrom shall be 16 used for the purposes herein specified and no other, and a separ17 ate account shall be kept of all receipts and disbursements in said 18 funds. CHAPTER 164 (Senate Bill No. 361-Mr. Shaffer.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one, chapter seventy-nine of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, authorizing a special levy for the completion and the payment in full of a new jail in the county of Logan. [Passed April 12, 1921. SEC. 1. In effect from passage. April 19, 1921.] Approved by the Governor Special jail levy; amount; how Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. For the purpose of completing or paying in full 2 for the new jail for the county of Logan, West Virginia, at the 3 county seat of said county, the county court of said county is |