The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-06

employed shall receive such reasonable
compensation as the Board fSuprvisois
of the county in which the SUI sun IL -
brought may allow. A copy OF tne "
der making the allowance shall DO cetSr
fed to the Auditor by the Clerk Oh eno
Board of Supervisors making the sanT,
on the receipt of which the Auditor sna.i
| issue his warrant upon the treasures
| for the payment of the same &c
o The supervisors and inspectors VI
elections may present to the circuit couiI
for the county in which such suit nay
be brought, all account of all proper legai
coats incurred by them in defending Iae
same, accompanied by the proper youch1'
ers; which, if found correct, shall DC a.
lowed by the court, and copy, Oh .no
order making the allowance snail peoe,
tilted tothe auditor, who shall thereupon
issue his warrant for the amount
CHAP se-An ACT to amend the lay, law
in relation to the competency OF WI
nesses. ,,..
| Passed February a. ls66.
Pe if enacted by the Legislature of
No person shall be incompetent
&c a witness on account of race or color.
| 2. Section twenty of chapter one
hundred and seventy-six of the code Of
West Virginia, second edition, and all
acts or parts of acts conflicting with
the foregoing section, are hereby repeal
ed
CHAP. 102-An ACT concerning mar
riages between colored persons.
Passed Feb. %, 1865
Be it enacted By the Legislature OF
West Virginia
/. All marriages heretofore celebrated
between colored persons under licenses
issued by any Recorder of this State,
and all marriages between such persons,
whether under such license or not, If
the same was consummated in good
faith on the part Of the persons so mar
ried, and such persons are living to-
gether as husband and wife at the time
. of the passage of this act, shall be
deemed valid.
2 All laws now in force in this state
regulating marriages and marital rights.
and providing for the registration OF
births, marriages and deaths shall apply
l to colored persons in the same manner
as to white persons; Provided the reg
istration of births, marriages and deaths
of white and colored shall be kept sepa-
rate and distinct.
CHAP. 112-An ACT to authorize the
Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit OF
, West Virginia to fill official vacancies in
his Circuit
Passed Feb. %, 1866.
Whereas, in five counties comprising
the Ninth Judicial Circuit Of West Vir-
ginia to wit: in the counties Of Poca-
hontas, Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer,
Mcdowell, in consequence ofrebel oppo
sition and resistance to the law, the or
ganization of the government and the
establishment of civil law have been and
are still greatly INSTRUCTED and retarded,
to tie prejudice Of public Justice and
the inconvenience of the peopl5 gener-
ally
B it enacted by the Legislature Of
West Virginia.
i. That it shall be lawful for the Judge
Of the said Circuit by appointment under
his hand and seal, to FL any and all va
i, caucies now existing, or which may
hereaf occur in any Of the offices,
whe her county or township, with the
execution Of members of the Senate and
Hone of Delegates) in the said counties
of P, .rahontas, Greenbrier. Monroe, Mer-
Ger lad Mcdowell or any thereof and
the Jffcers so appointed by the said
Judge, being otherwise legally qualified,
shall continue IN office (unless sooner
removed therefrom) until their success
sors are duly elected and qualified &C
cordng to law
CHAR i24 -An Act supplemental to
the act to regulate the Registration of
Voters
Passed / cd .. 1900
Be- ii enacted by the Legislature of
West Virginia
| So much OF The Act to regulate the
/. registration of voters passed February
TWEEN ' sixth, eighteen hundred and six
ty 81, as requires the first registration
to bc completed by the fourteenth day
Of A ril next is hereby amended so rs to
requ . the same to be completed by the
tentl lay Of May next
? fvery registrar, before he returns
the registrar books. as provided in the
eighth section of said act, shall make,
sign aud attach to each of the said books
a certificate to the following effect:
Il "A. )registrar for township
District or ward, as the case may be-,
do hereby certify on my official oath
that The foregoing is correct list Of the
voters of my township district or ward
as the case may be) as required by this
| act