Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-19
NEW Issue or the
STATE HAND BOOK
5 Gotten Out BY Clerk Harris
of State Senate.

4t4f2 ISSiBihLl+C ltduuDCOk anu NH
aal and Olicsal Register, complied
and edited by John r. Harris, Of
Charleston, clerk Of the state Senate,
iest of the press. Like former edi-
It IS most useful and compre.
aiYe publication concerning the
10 8oyernment and its officials.
ught up TO date, the edition con.
- many new Photographic repro
-sas and mass OF valuable and
e est.ng information about the
;tate.
1t is set forth in the introduction
9 new edition that primarily the
ect in compiling and publishing
/ was to make 1t Preferential
lume for use of members of the
.Tislature, newspapers and state and
unity officials; but wider field
IS opened and the book has been
cd in the high and common schools
f the state in connection with the
cling of civics and the past and
rrent history of West Virginia,
Edition is Larger.
The 1915 editions of the handbook
wee limited because many changes
In the personnel of public officers
we're made necessary by the June
primaries and the general election OF
!, cccu ring short time at
publications were issued.
ese editions were soon exhausted,
tie legislature Of 1917 made pro
oa for the publication of larger
d rs 81 the book and for It's dis
/ because. Of this provision,
of the fact that the 1916 editions
It cf pint the compiler deemed
= pc 40 rep oduce in this vol
o the documentary history relat
~ to the restored government of
Virginia and the formation of the
state of West Virginia.
& SO tel within this matter are ia
es showing tho vote, by counties,
qaestion of the formation Of
tie adoption of the first
On the amendment to
=, covering the slay
Il ch was requi. ed by
ess as condition to the ad
ssion of West Virginia to the
'ons and also On the vote on the
tacpti9n Of the constitution Of 1872,
The. various departments Of the
aste gcVe nment have furnished
tie coxe ing the Gu rent history
{ tie state, to which feature special
4ttention is directed.
Coal, Oil and Gas Data.
Statistics Of coal and coke produc-
is1l are cove ed at length and go
y. q to the time of the formation of
70 department of mines. DR.. /. C.
sites revised article on the early
tory OF petroleum and the develop.
t of the oil and gas industries in
ast vi GINA, with statistics of pro
et-9n brought down to the end of
6, is Of special interest and value
the student OF state history. The
igests of the school, workmen's
rrpen sstlon and public service
5mmission laws, prepared by able
wyers, are particularly valuable, as
are also the synopsis similarly ne
pared-of the laws affecting the
tate tax department. the depart
ents Of labor, and weights and me
'urcs; the banking department, the
apartment Of agriculture and the
tate road commission.
new feature is a brief charter
Nistory of the municipalities of the
IT te with lists of their principal OF.
flcerc.
War Activities.
Some space has been devoted to
West Virginia's participation in the
war. it having been deemed advIsa-
BILE to indicate in this book the war
activities Of state that has contrj-
fEted most literally to the history Of
the republic.
The work Includes an official reg
ister of all the counties, tabulated
lists of county officers and party or.
T;7niz'tions. population figures. q
csfpter pertaining to organization