The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-01

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penalty sots ten per- cent II; to tbe added
ITO an tax bills mot paid BY. Maly,1 4; Il
;iS$ Senate Bill No. IS clarifies The Law
i pertaining to purchases of real estate
from estates in Swhlca minors have an
!; interest a h I.
4 8sS}553 4. Fire Insurance Law.
e Senate bill No. l6o-A Law. wanted
BY the fire insurance companies: It
! creates the office Of state fire mar.
| shall. an officer whose duty It shall be
to Investigate all fires and TO require
prosecutions for arson. The fire mar,
shals salary is fixed at $1,000 and his
deputy at $1,000. The expense Of the
Office is met by special tax upon the
insurance companies.
Senate bill No. iG3--ln mnnlcipali,
ties where the cost Of street paving is
met by charging the same to the prop.
,erty owners, this law requires That
due notice shall be published In news
papers and also In the case Of cor
poration a written notice shall be
served upon, the proper officer.
Senate bill No. 5s-A traction law.
It provides the same penalties for
stealing rides on trolley cars and tres
passing upon the property OF sucn
companies that are now applied to
similar offenses against steam railroad
companies. -g5ia
Senate bill No. 162-The biennial
Charleston charter. Charleston. be 1t
known changes its clothes every two
years with ain extra change thrown IN
when extra sessions are neld. The
latest style Is one Of those new'fan'
gled bipartisan commission schemes
Il la Huntington. 4, IN
Good Roads.
Senate, bill No. l43 - One OF the
seven Sutherland guod roads meas.
ures. This law compels the lmposl'
| ton of direct state tax Of one cent
on the 500 valuation for the good
1oads fund. 1t will cost Ohio county
counties roads and Is probably an
about $4,000 for the benefit Of other
opener for a larger tax.
Senate bill No. 12S-A new charter
for the "city'' Of Logan.
Senate bill No. l19-Amending the
school district law Of Huntington to
make It conform with the new char
ter, which takes IN nearly the whole
river front Of Cabell county.
Senate bill No. 51-The principal
revenue measure. It Increases the re-
tail state liquor license TO $1,000; re-
quires agents for Wholesale liquor
houses 10 pay 5000 for each county in
which they do business. said license
| to be obtained from the county court;
and raises resident corporation char,
ter tax $40. The bill has the further
effect OF enabling dry counties to pre-
vent the soliciting Of sales Of liquor
within their limits. q
Senate bill No. 1i2-Another Suth'
erland road bill. This one establishes
a department Of the State government
to be known as tie office OF public
roads and creating the Office OF state
commissioner Of public roads. The
salary Of the later Is fixed at $4,000.
| Senate bill No. 40 - Good roads
again. This reyiscs and codifes all
the road laws. 1t abollshes the mum.
erous Offices of district road super
visor and creates that Of road engineer
for each county who must be skilled
and competent. II also contains strict
regulations for the collection and ex.
penditure Of road taxes. e
Senate bill No. 1i3-Part Of the
good roads propaganda. 1t creates
state road fund which must be
paid the one cent direct state tax, the
automobile tax and net revenues Of
the penitentiary over and above $780,.
900. The fund is to be parceled out
among the counties In proportion to
the amount OF thel. own money they
spend for roads. Such roads shall be
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