4 hereby authorized to lay a special levy on all the taxable property 5 within the said county for the year one thousand nine hundred and 6 twenty-one not to exceed ten cents on the one hundred dollars 7 valuation of said property as assessed for the regular state, 8 county and district taxation, said levy to be called a special jail 9 levy and the funds derived therefrom shall be used for said pur10 pose and for no other purpose.

CHAPTER 165

(Senate Bill No. 205-Mr. Staats.)

AN ACT to authorize the county court of Wood county to establish and maintain a law library.

[Passed April 28, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor.]

SEC.

1.

Wood county law library estab-
lished. location; purpose; coun-
ty court to purchase certain law

books and equipment for said library; moneys for, how raised; circuit court to have control.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the county court of Wood county provide a law library for the officials of said county as follows:

Section 1. That the county court of Wood county is author2 ized to establish and maintain a law library for the use of the 3 judge of the circuit court, the county court, the attorneys-at-law 4 practicing in said courts and all public officers of said county or 5 any sub-division thereof, or any municipality therein. Said li6 brary shall be known and designated "The Wood county law li7 brary," and shall be located in the court house of said county. The 8 said county court shall purchase the West Virginia reports, West 9 Virginia code and the acts of the West Virginia legislature and 10 equipment for said library, and for said purposes shall have au11 thority to lay levies and expend moneys; provided, however, that 12 no books shall be purchased for said library except upon the order 13 of the circuit court for the fourth judicial circuit, or the judge 14 thereof in vacation, and the said court or judge shall have power 15 to make and enforce all rules and regulations for the government 16 and use of said library.

CHAPTER 166

(House Bill No. 102-Mr. Hunter.)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact section nine of chapter twenty-nine of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia, of one thousand nine hundred and seven as amended and re-enacted by chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, concerning the salary of the judge of the criminal court of Raleigh county.

Passe April 19, 1921. In effect from passage.

SEC.
9.

30, 1921.]

Approve by the Governor April

Salary; amount and how paid;
judge disqualified from practicing
law during term.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section nine of chapter twenty-nine, of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia, of one thousand nine hundred and seven as amended by chapter one hundred and twenty-seven 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 9. The judge of the criminal court of Raleigh county 2 shall receive for his services forty-five hundred dollars per annum, 3 to be paid out of the county treasury of said county of Raleigh, in 4 the same manner and at the same time as the salaries of the other 5 county officers are paid; and he shall be disqualified from prac6 ticing law in all the courts of this state during his continuance 7 in said office.

CHAPTER 167

(House Bill No. 133-Mr. Sanders.)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-four of chapter ninety of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen relating to the common pleas court of Cabell county.

[Passe April 19, 1921. In effect ninety days from passage.

without the approval of the Governor.]

Became a law

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section twenty-four of chapter ninety of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, relating to the common pleas court of Cabell county, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Salary of Judge; How Paid.

Section 24. The said court shall have jurisdiction common 2 and concurrent with the circuit court of said county, to try and 3 determine all civil cases appealed from justices of the peace, and 4 all the powers and duties conferred by law on the circuit court 5 of said Cabell county, or the judge thereof in vacation, insofar as 6 the same relate to civil actions before such justices and appeals 7 therefrom, are hereby vested in said common pleas court or its 8 judge in vacation.

9 The judge of the common pleas court shall receive for his ser10 vices forty-two hundred dollars annually, payable in monthly instal11 ments, beginning on the first day of January, one thousand nine 12 hundred and twenty-one, which amount shall be provided for and 13 paid by the county court out of the treasury of said Cabell county.

CHAPTER 168

(House Bill No. 136-Mr. Sanders.)

AN ACT to create and establish in the county of Cabell a court to be known as the "domestic relations court" and to define its jurisdiction.

[Passed April 19. 1921. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor April 29, 1921.]

thority of judge in vacation; mode of procedure, appointment of officers, etc. and court rules. Clerk of circuit court to be clerk of domestic relations court; to sign processes, etc.

Duty and power of sheriffs as to process from domestic relations court.

Judge to appoint probation officers; salaries, expenses, duties and powers of.

County court to provide books, scal, etc., credit to be given to records and certificates of court; county court to furnish rooms and furniture.

Appeals, writs of error, etc., from domestic relations court by circuit court; when application for may be made direct to supreme court of appeals.

Inconsistent acts repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. That there is hereby created and established in and 2 for the county of Cabell, with authority and jurisdiction co-ex3 tensive with the county, a court to be known as the "domestic 4 relations court" of Cabell county, for the trial of divorce, annul5 ment of marriage and alimony causes, the care and disposition of 6 delinquent, defective, neglected and dependent children, and deser7 tion and non-support of wives and children and for the enforce8 ment of the general school laws, arising within the said county or 9 coming within the jurisdiction of the court as provided by the gen10 eral laws of this state and as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. The said domestic relations court shall have jurisdic2 tion within the said county of Cabell, concurrent with the circuit 3 court of all matters and causes arising out of or pertaining to di4 vorce, annulment of marriage, alimony, the custody and mainte5 nance of children of litigants and the adjudication of property 6 rights arising out of the same, and all other matters and causes 7 coming within the purview of chapter sixty-four of the Barnes' S code of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, 9 and of all amendments and re-enactments thereof, commonly 10 known as the divorce law; of all matters and causes coming within 11 the purview of chapter one hundred and eleven of the acts of the 12 legislature of West Virginia, session of one thousand nine hundred 13 and nineteen and of all amendments and re-enactments thereof 14 commonly known as the juvenile act, of all matters and causes 15 coming within the purview of chapter one hundred and ten of the 16 acts of the legislature of West Virginia, session of one thousand 17 nine hundred and seventeen, and of all amendments and re-enact18 ments thereof, and commonly known as the non-support act, of all 19 matters and causes coming within the purview of chapter two of 20 the acts of the legislature of West Virginia, session of one thou21 sand nine hundred and nineteen, and all amendments and re-en22 actments thereof, commonly called the general school law, and all 23 amendments and re-enactments thereof, and of all matters and 24 causes coming within the purview of chapter one hundred and 25 twenty-two of the Barnes' code of West Virginia of one thousand 26 nine hundred and eighteen, and of all amendments and re-enact27 ments thereof, commonly known as the adoption law; of all mat28 ters and causes coming within the purview of chapter one hun29 dred and ten of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia, ses

30 sion of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of all amend31 ments and re-enactments thereof, commonly known as the depend32 ent and neglected children act. And of all matters and causes 33 coming within the purview of all other or future acts of the legis34 lature touching the subject matter of any and all said laws and 35 acts and of the amendments and re-enactments thereof, and of the 36 common law of said state relating to the subject matter thereof. 37 And that the proceedings and modes of procedure and power and 38 jurisdiction conferred by law upon the circuit court or the common 39 pleas court in any and all of said matters and causes, are hereby 40 conferred upon and shall be exercised by said domestic relations 41 court.

Sec. 3. The governor of this state, on or before the first day 2 of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, shall desig3 nate, appoint and commission a judge of said court, who shall be a 4 resident member of the bar and in good standing therein, of said 5 county, who shall preside over said court and serve as such from 6 May first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, until Janu7 ary first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three. 8 That at the general elections regularly held on Tuesday after 9 the first Monday in November, one thousand nine hundred and 10 twenty-two, and thereafter at intervals of eight years, some person 11 qualified as aforesaid shall be elected in the manner provided by 12 law for the election of circuit judges, to be the judge of said court 13 for the next ensuing term of eight years, beginning on January 14 first next following such election. The judge of said court may be 15 removed from office for the same reasons and in the same manner 16 as judges of the circuit courts. And if from any cause the office 17 shall become vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner 18 as in the case of a vacancy in the office of judge of the circuit 19 court.

Sec. 4. The said judge of the domestic relations court of Cabell 2 county shall, for his services, receive the sum of three thousand 3 dollars per annum in monthly installments, to be paid out of the 4 county treasury of the said county of Cabell.

Sec. 5. It shall not be necessary in any cause or proceedings 2 in said domestic relations court that the facts authorizing it to 3 take jurisdiction of the case or proceedings should be set forth 4 upon the record; but jurisdiction shall be presumed unless the 5 contrary plainly appear by the record.