Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-04-29
SOME OF MY WORK
AS A LEGISLATOR
BY W. A. Street

bill required all water, taken from
running streams for use in homes to
be filtered
b. B. IS, County Agricultural
Agents" These agents were to be
appointed only at the request of not
less than ''fifty dirt farmers"
H. B. No. 10, Assessors" This
Bill prohibits any assessor to sue
coed himself in office.
H. B. No. 20, "The Barbour County
Court" This bill will be before you
al the election of this year.
H. B. No.21, Operating any motor
vehicle by Drunks." This bill made
it felony for anyone to attempt to
run a motor vehicle when drunk.
H. B. No. %, Reading the Bible in
our public schools. This you know.
H. b. No SO, public Drunken
ness" This bill made it a misdemea-
nor for any person to appear in pub
lie, while drunk
H. B. No. 100, Contracts with the
County Court This bill made it
felony for any member Of the County
Court to directly or indirectly be in
terested in any County work.
H. b. No. III, "State Board of
Education" This bill provided that
one half of the members of this
Board should be engaged in rural
school work and that each Congress
ional District should be represented.
II. b. No l12, Cove District
School. . The people of Cove de-
feated this.
II. B. No. 1873, Philippi Independent
District. This bill gave the Board of
Education power to lay levy to finish
paying for their School building
H. b. No 189, Assistant Prose
cutting Attorney for Barbour county"
This bill gave the County Court au-
thority to appoint an Assistant Pro
scouting Attorney at salary of one
thousand dollars per annum.
H. B. No, "Remedy for the Di-
voree Evil" This bill required that
all applications for marriage license
must BE advertised for thirty days,
that licenses must Be issued in the
County where the female resides,
both applicants must furnish eertifi-
Gates of sound mind and body, fe-
male must be Is. and male Is years
Of age, that ages must be proven;
Americans could not marry an Alien,
license obtained by fraud were null
Divorces are a CURSE
Fl. B. No323, eWatchmen at Grade
Crossings" This bill requires all
steam and electric railroads to place
watehmen at all dangerous grade
crossings, when ordered by the
County Court.
H. b. No 3S7, Issuing Automobile
Licenses This bill required the
State Road Commission 10 provide
for issuing automobile licenses in
each County.
II. b. No. 1888, Boards of Equah-
zation" This bill abolished the pres
ent Boards and created another,
composed Of the Assessor, Prose
cutting attorney and president Of the
County Court. The President Of the
Court was to receive $500 per day
for ten days The others were to
serve without pay.
H. b. No. $50, License for appli-
cation for applications for automo-
bile operators" This bill required
that all applicants for Operators
Licenses must be pass an examina-
ton as to sight, hearing and Rules
Of the Road.
Ii. B. No. 500, Game and Fish. :"
This bill abolished the Game and Fish
Commission and placed the admins
tration Of the Game Law under local
control.
Il. b. 10. $50, ITO abolish Junior
High Schools This bill required
the eighth grade be completed in the
Elementarl school. Provided that in
all schools Of three or more rooms,
the ninth grade might be added by
the Board OF Education.
H. b. No. 55S, protecting the
Quail This bill prohibited .lhe kill
ing Of bob. White" al any time.
Ii. B. No. 500, Hunting with a
ferret This bll made it felony TO
hunt With fe4
Il. b. No. Home Guard. ,
This Bill approt ed one THOUSAND
dollars for each 4. ewing member Of
the Home Guar, tno served during
the Civil War, thai is III W. Va.
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