Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-07
The NEW LAWS.

PASSED are not Included:
An act amending the act of 1891, Gre
atjng the State Board of Agriculture.
n nroyides for five members OF the
board-one from each congressional dis
trict. and one at large, TO be appointed
nv the Governor; three of whom to be
Of the dominant political party. The
fiscal year begins on July LIST; 3d. is
anpropriated for the expenses OF the
hoard with 81 900 for the secretary.
The printing of the board to be done by
the State. and the board to be furnished
an Office in the Capitol building.
An act providing penalty against
trustee who may sell or in any way dis
pose of property placed in his possession
TO secure debt without the consent In
writing of the owner.
An act enabling an insolvent debtor
to prefer a creditor for the purpose of
giving security for loan made at the
time of the transaction, but not to pre-
fer a creditor on a pre-eXisting debt.
An act providing that when a vacancy
shall occur in the office of mayor, re-
corder, or in the council of any incorpo-
rated town, the vacancy may be filled
by appointment by the council until the
next succeeding election.
An act providing that two days work
shall be performed on the public roads
before the first day of June in each
| year.
An act establishing the county OF
Mingo. out of part of the county of Lo-
| gan.
An act providing penalties for the
| issue by the justice or constable OF
! fee bill of greater amount than the law
allows. A person against whom such
fraudulent fee bill is issued may recover
from the person issuing the same four.
| times the amount unlawfully charged.
| The person issuing fraudulent fee bill
| is liable to indictment and upon convic-
| tion shall be fined not less than ten dol
lars. nor more than fifty dollars, and be
imprisoned at the discretion of the court
not to exceed thirty days.
An act annexing Elk City to Charles
ton, and placing both cities under one
municipal government.
An act providing for the removal from
Office of any county or district officer
| for official misconduct, incompetency,
habitual drunkenness, neglect of duty
or gross immortality. Such removal, In
case of the clerk of the circuit court,
prosecuting attorney, sheriff, surveyor
of lands and county commissioners to be
made by the circuit court OF the county;
| and in case of the clerk of the county
court. county superintendent OF free
| schools, assessors, justice Of the peace
and constable, either by the circuit
court or the county court of the county.
An act providing that towns OF less
| than three hundred voters may hold
municipal elections under the law IN
force prior TO the adoption of the Aus
tralian ballot system,
An act amending chapter 40 OF the
Code in relation to the State University
and State normal schools, reducing the
number of regents for the State Univer-
sity from thirteen to nine, five of whom
| are to be appointed from the dominant
political party, and to be appointed by
the Governor. The regents of the State
normal schools to be equally divided
between the two political parties, also
to be appointed on or before the first
day Of June.
An act amending the divorce statute,
providing that when divorce from bed
and board has been decreed for abandon
| ment. or deSertion, or other cause, and
three wears (nstead of two) shall have
elapsed from the bringing of the suit
wherein such decree is entered INSTEAD
of the words abandonment and deser-
tion'N without reconciliation, the court
NAV decree a divorce from the bonds OF
matrimony. The effect of the new stat
ute is to enable one to get absolute de-
cree OF divorce on the ground of cruelty
or i'll treatment.
An act amending section %, chapter
80. of the Code, providing that persons
associated as partners in any trade or
business, may sue as such before jus
tice in the firm name, but the names OF
the individuals composing such firm
shall be set forth in the summons.
An act requiring railroads in West
Virginia to use for traffic the classified
ton of freight used by them for inter
State traffic and prescribing tariff OF
| charges, and to prevent discrimination.
Itincreases slightly the charges on short
hauls. and decreases the charges on long
hauls Under the former law the aver
age was 4 1-6 cents per mile. Under the
new law the average is four cents per
mile. 1t is similar to the Ohio law, eX-
cept that the Ohio law allows pay for
unloading and loading, whereas by this
plan nothing is so allowed.
An act providing that the committee
of an insane person may petition the
circuit court for authority to mortgage,
lease or sell so much of the real estate OF
such insane person, etc, instead OF the
words 1.-The court of the county in which
he was appointed.
An act making it unlawful for any
railroad company to engage in the bust
| r n lnnI
its credit or money to another engaged
in the business, for preventing discriml'
nation among shippers. Making the
violation of the act a misdemeanor, and
providing fine of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than i've hundred dol'
lars for each offense
An act amending section %, chapter
45. of the Code, providing that graduates
of the Peabody Institute at Nashville,
Tenn, and of schools of the State where
the grade of work is equal to the West
Virginia University and State normal
schools, shall be placed on the same
footing as graduates of those institu'
tionS, and receive second grade certifi'
Gates without examination.
An act authorizing the county court
of any county to issue bonds and Dor
row money lOr the purpose Vi luhulH {
its Indebtedness.
An act to prevent prosecuting attor-
neys from being present in the grand
Jury room during the interrogation of a
witness or the taking of vote.
An act providing that the boards OF
education of the magisterial or indie
pendent school districts in the State
THAT failed to vote for or against power
to levy for school purposes on the sixth
day of November, 1904 be authorized
to levy for the building fund.- also, fol
a sufficient teachers fund to run theil
respective schools the same number OF
months as shown by the last levy of 1885,
and 1894.
An act amending section >, Of chap
ter 81, of the Code, making it lawful fol
the proper authorities Gnstead of ma
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