34 The ballots to be voted at said election shall be printed upon 35 plain white paper and the following form: 36 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION. 37 [Indicate how you desire to vote by a cross in the square] H. B. No. 157] 19 of South Charleston independent district. Against ratification of South Charleston independent district. House Bill No. 517 (BY MR. HEAVENER.) [Introduced January 26, 1921; referred to the Committee on Education.] House Bill No. 517 A BILL relating to a special levy for the construction of additional rooms to the Red Sulphur district high school at Peterstown, West Virginia. WHEREAS; the people of Red Sulphur district, Monroe county, West Virginia, have established at Peterstown, in said district a six room brick high school building, and have a three year high school; that said building is inadequate in size and equipment to care for the pupils enrolled and desiring to enroll, and whereas a sufficient addition is estimated to cost some five or six thousand dollars, and the maximum levy allowed by law for the building fund of said district will not raise a sufficient fund with which to erect and equip such an addition as is direly needed; therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The board of education of Red Sulphur district, of 2 Monroe county, West Virginia, is hereby empowered, in addition 3 to all the levies now authorized by law, to lay a special building 4 fund levy not to exceed eight cents on the one hundred valu5 ation of all the taxable property in the said district for the sole 6 purpose of raising funds to assist in building an addition to the 4 Red Sulphur district high school, located at Peterstown, in said [H. B. No. 517 8 district, and equipping and preparing the building sufficient that 9 the same may become a four year high school of the first class; 10 which said levy shall be laid for the three years, one thousand 11 nine hundred and twenty-one, one thousand nine hundred and 12 twenty two and one thousand nine hudred ad twenty-three, re13 spectively, only. Sec. 2. Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not be2 come operative until ratified by a three fifths vote of the registered 3 voters of said Red Sulphur district. House Bill No. 426 (BY MR. TAYLOR, by request) [Introduced January 25, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. House Bill No. 426 A BILL allowing farmers' co-operative organizations and other mutual societies, where no dividends are declared, to be chartered, issue stock, etc. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. That it shall be lawful for farmers' co-operative 2 societies, farm bureaus, market clubs, mutual telephone com3 panies, and other co-operative society, guild, or organization, for 4 the promotion of the mutual interests of its members to be or5 ganized, issue stock to its members, and otherwise conduct said 6 business the same as if it were an incorporation organized under 7 the laws of this state; provided, it does not declare dividends, 8 but conducts said business for the mutual welfare of its mem9 bers; and, provided, further, that its members are citizens of 10 this state. Sec. 2. When five or more citizens of any county or counties 2 of this state desire to organize for their mutual welfare, they 3 shall file with the county court of the county where their prin 4 cipal office will be located a declaration showing the purpose of 5 the organization proposed, its by-laws, the value of each share of [H. B. No. 426 4 6 its stock, and any other information that would be pertinent to 7 said organization. If the court finds that the purposes of said 8 society are lawful as set out in section one, then said court shall 9 enter an order granting a charter to said society, organization, 10 club, or bureau, allowing it to conduct business in this state; 11 and said declaration of purpose, together with the by-laws, and 12 the court's order, shall be entered by the clerk of said court in 13 a book to be kept for said purpose. A fee of twenty-five dollars 14 shall be paid to the state, which shall cover the recordation of 15 all papers, orders, and a certified copy of the charter creating 16 said society. Sec. 3. Said society shall have the right to sue and be sued, 2 plead and be impleaded, appoint directors, and managers, issue 3 stock to its members, the same as other incorporated companies of 4 this state under chapters fifty-two, fifty-three and fifty-four of 5 the code. The personal liability of any member of the society 6 so constituted shall be limited to the face value of the stock 7 held by the party to whom it was issued. Sec. 4. Any society duly organized under the provisions of 2 this act shall annually pay to the sheriff of the county where the 3 principal office is located, a tax of ten dollars; said tax and fees H. B. No. 426] 5 4 shall be paid into the state school fund. Said incorporation shall 5 be exempt from any other form of taxation. House Blll No. 215 (BY MR. AVIS, by request) [Introduced January 20, 1921; referred to the Committee on Game and Fish.] House Blll No. 215 A BILL to amend and re-enact section twenty-six of chapter sixty-two of Barnes' code of West Virginia, being section twenty-six of chapter fourteen of th eacts of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as amended and re-enacted by section twenty-six of chapter fourteen of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, relating to the protection and preservation of certain animals, birds and fish. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section twenty-six of chapter sixty-two of Barnes' code of West Virginia, being section twenty-six of chapter fourteen of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as amended and reenacted by section twenty-six of chapter fifty-two of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 4 Section 26. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill 2 or injure, or to pursue with the intent to catch, kill or injure, 3 any ruffed grouse, or pheasant or wild turkey between the first 4 day of December and the fifteenth day of October of the following 5 year; or any quail or Virginia partridge between the first day of [H. B. No. 215 6 December and the first day of November fallowing. Nor shall any 7 one person kill more than twelve quail or five ruffed grouse or two 8 wild turkeys in any one day, and no more than sixty quail or 9 twenty ruffed grouse, or five wild turkeys in any one open season. 10 No person shall kill any wild ducks, goose, or brant between the 11 first day of January and the first day of October; provided, that 12 the wood duck shall not be killed at any time within this state; 13 woodcock between the thirtieth day of November and the first 14 day of October following; plover, ortolan, or sandpiper between 15 the fifteenth day of December and the first day of September 16 following; or any snipe between the fifteenth day of September 17 and the fifteenth day of October following; nor any gray, black, 18 fox or red squirrel between the first day of December and the 19 fifteenth day of September of the following year. Nor shall any 20 person kill more than ten squirrels in any one day, nor more than 21 seventy in any open season. 22 It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill or injure, 23 or pursue with intent to catch, kill or injure any rabbit between 24 the first day of January and the first day of October following; 25 provided, it shall be lawful for any person or any of his children 26 or agents to catch, kill or pursue at any time any rabbit upon his H. B. No. 215] 5 27 own land or upon any land upon which he may be an actual 28 bona fide tenant or resident, and also for the bona fide agent of 29 the owner of such land to hunt and kill any rabbit thereon by the 30 direction of such owner otherwise than by the use of a ferret; but 31 for the protection of orchards, gardens and young fruit trees or 32 vines, rabbits may be lawfully hunted with ferrets by the owners 33 thereof or their agents. 34 It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill or injure by 35 means of a gun, snare, trap or poison any red fox, or skunk 36 between the first day of February and the first day of December 37 following, except in the following named counties: Pocahontas, 38 Randolph, Fayette, Pendleton, Monroe, Jefferson, Hardy, Wayne, 39 Wood, Marshall, Mason, Gilmer, Hancock, Lincoln, Hampshire, 40 Braxton, Raleigh, Webster, Putnam, Preston, Lewis, Jackson, 41 Mercer, Greenbrier, Berkeley, Tyler, Boone, Kanawha, Barbour, 42 McDowell, Tucker and Calhoun; provided, however, that it shall 43 be lawful for any person at any time or by any means to caten, 44 kill or pursue any red fox or skunk upon his own land, or on any 45 lands upon which he may be an actual bona fide tenant or resident, 46 and also for the agent of the owner or tenant of such land to so [H. B. No. 215 47 hunt and kill any red fox or skunk thereon by the direction of 48 such owner or tenant. 6 49 It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to set or main50 tain any snare upon the improved or inclosed lands of another 51 without the express permission of the owner or tenant of such 52 lands, or at any time to set or maintain any steel or spring bear 53 trap upon any lands not his own. 55 Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall 56 be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 57 fined not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than fifty 58 dollars for each offense, and in the discretion of the justice or 59 court trying the case, be imprisoned in the county jail for a 60 period not exceeding thirty days for each offense; and the unlawful 61 catching, killing or injuring of each and every wild game bird, 62 or wild game animal hereinbefore mentioned in this section, shall 63 be deemed a separate offense, and in default of the payment of 64 the fine and cost, the person convicted shall be confined in the 65 county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, unless such 66 fine and cost be sooner paid; provided, however, that the forest. |