Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-01-15
Extra Session OF the L6OlSIdtur6,
Governor Dawson Requests that Body to
Convene at Charleston on Tuesday,
January 2Sth--Full Text of
the Proclamation.

article six and section seven of
article seven OF the Constitution OF
the State Of West Virginia confer
upon the Governor authority to con-
vene the Legislature in extra session,
whenever, In his opinion, the public
safety or welfare requires it, aud
hat when convened 1t shall enter
upon no business except that stated
In the proclamation by which it was
called together;
Therefore, l, WILLIAM M. O.
DAWSON, Governor of the said
Stlte, deeming that the public wei
tare requires that the Legislature
should meet in extra session, do
herHty convene the Legislature to
meet IN its chambers in the Capitol
in he City OF Charleston, the sea,
OF government, on Tuesday, the
twenty-eighth day of January, A.
ID. 1908, at ii o'clock in the fore.
uoon, TO enter and &C: upon the
following subjects of legislative
| business, namely:
/. To limit the amount or rate
of levies for taxation by county
courts, all boards of education, and
the authorities of cities, towns and
villages; and to regulate the laying
of such levies, and the collection
and disbursement of the taxes aris-
ing from such levies and other
funds.
III. Q To prescribe the duties of
county officers; to provide that all
such officers be paid an annual
salary for their services, and to fix
the amount of such salaries and pre-
scribe the manner OF payment there
of.
(2) To provide for supplying as.
sistants TO county officers aud fix
their compensation, and provide for
the payment of the same.
(3) To prescribe the fees that
shall be charged by county officers,
the time and manner of their colIec-
ton, and the method of accounting
and paying the same into the treas.
ury.
III. To fix the commission al.
lowed to sheriffs and others for the
collection and disbursement OF taxes
and other public revenues.
Nv. To prescribe the purpose
for which and the manner in which
Indebtedness may be incurred by
counties, districts, boards Of edu-
cation, and municipalities; how
bonds may be issued for such in
debtedness, and how such bonds
and Indebtedness shall be paid.
V. To provide for the care, safe
guarding and investment of sinking
funds or other funds Get apart for
the payment Of the Indebtedness of
counties, districts, boards of edu.
cation and municipalities.
vi. To provide for the super.
vision Of public offices and institu-
tlons, and to establish a uniform
system Of public accounting, audit.
ing and reporting of all public
m )Beys.
VII. To limit the number of
the officers, clerks, attaches and
other employees of the Legislature;
to fix their compensation and man
ner of payment; to prescribe how
payments shall be authorized and
made out Of the funds for contin.
gent or other expenses Of the Legis-
lature.
VIII. To amend sections "a to
lO7a Of chapter 20 Of the code, con-
cerning the assessment of property
for taxation by the board of public |
works.
TX. To amend chapter 80 of the
code, concerning licenses and IL
cense-taxes, in the following par
ticulars:
O) To amend or repeal section
l20a concerning the sale or keeping
for sale Of Intoxicating liquors by
social clubs.
~ To prescribe penalties other
than criminal for failure to procure
any license required by law, and to
provide for the enforcement of such
penalties.
(3) To make more effectual the
prohibition against selling intoxIoat-
ing liquors on Sunday.
(D To repeal section l2l of said
chapter, the ssme being obsolete.
(5) To reqaire license for solicit
ing OF recei,Mg orders for iutox' !