2 the acts of the legislature of the year one thousand nine hundred 3 and seventeen, be and the same are herbey repealed. Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act and 2 to be read in connection herewith are likewise hereby repealed. House Bill No. 381 (BY MR. GRISINGER.) [Introduced January 25, 1921; referred to the Committee on Counties and Municipal Corporations.] House Bill No. 381 A BILL to amend and re-enact section two of an act of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, creating the municipal corporation of the city of Montgomery in the county of Fayette, and to change and enlarge the boundary limits of said city so as to include additional territory, The said act being known as "House Bill No. 94" and which act was approved by the governor on the ....day of... thousand nine hundred and nineteen. ARTICLE II-CORPORATE LIMITS. one Section 2. The corporate limits of the city of Montgomery shall 2 be as follows: 3 Beginning at the point "A" shown on the map entitled 4 "map showin original and enlarged corporate limits of Mont5 gomery, West Virginia." This point being a stone planted on a 6 hillside on accepted corner to the original corporate limits thence 7 with a line of the original limits N 46° 29′ E 595 feet to a stake 8 on Kanawha river thence with and down same N 24° 01′ W 425 9 feet to a stake in the mouth of Elwood branch at the low water 10 mark N 43° 46′ W 225 feet to a point in low water mark, N 50° [H. B. No. 381 4 11 44′ W 456.2 feet to a point in low water mark, N 56° 50′ W 615 12 feet to a point in low water mark N 63° 11′ W 529 feet to a point 13 in low water mark. N 51° 48′ W 690 feet to a point in low water 14 mark, N 53° 03′ W 377 feet to a point near the bridge, N. 61° 59' 15 W 296 feet to a point in low water mark, N 74° 07′ W 200 feet to 16 a point in low water mark, N 85° 44′ W 338.5 feet to a point in 17 low water mark S 82° 57' W 807 feet to a point in low water 18 mark S 81° 36′ W 487 feet to a point in low water mark, S 72° 19 00' W 636 feet to a point by a large sycamore stump in low water 20 mark S 76° 20′ W 720 feet to a monument on the Riggs and 21 Montgomery property line thence S 2° 33′ E 1128.6 feet to a 22 planted stone on the south or upper edge of the Giles, Fayette and 23 Kanawha turnpike an accepted corner to said Riggs and Mont24 gomery line thence S 22° 00′ E 500 feet to a stone planted on a 25 steep hillside, south of and above said turnpike. Thence S 83° 26 03′ E 5261.8 feet to the beginning. House Bill No. 275 (BY MR. DAUGHERTY, of Wirt.) [Introduced January 21, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 275 A BILL authorizing the county court of Wirt county, West Virginia, to lay a special levy for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and if necessary for the purpose for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three on all taxable property of said county for the purpose of erecting a public bridge across the Little Kanawha river at the county seat thereof, and providing for the receipt and disbursement of all moneys raised by said levy. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a public bridge 2 across the Little Kanawha river, at the county seat of the county 3 of Wirt, and the county court of said county is hereby authorized 4 to lay a special levy on all taxable property within the said 5 county for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two 6 and if necessary for the year one thousand nine hundred and 7 twenty-three, not to exceed in either year ten cents on the one 8 hundred dollar valuation of said property, as assessed for regular 9 state, county and district taxation. Said levy shall be called a 4 10 "special bridge levy" and the funds derived 11 used for said purpose and for no other. [H. B. No. 275 therefrom shall be Sec. 2. Said bridge shall be constructed according to such 2 plans and specifications as said county court may decide upon 3 and all moneys realized from said special levy shall be kept in a 4 separate fund and a separate account kept of the receipts and 5 disbursements of the same. House Bill No. 201 (BY MR. MILLER.) [Introduced January 20, 1921; referred to the Committee on Education.] House Bill No. 201 A BILL to amend and re-enact section fifty-four of chapter two of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, regular session, relating to the extension of the school term. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section fifty-four of chapter two of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, regular session, relating to extension of the school term be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 54. The board of education of every district and in2 dependent district shall provide in the schools of its district a mini3 mum school term in each years as follows: In the year one thou4 sand nine hundred and nineteen and one thousand nine hundred 5 and twenty, one hundred and twenty days; in the year one thou6 sand nine hundred and twenty and one thousand nine hundred 7 and twenty-one, one hundred and thirty days; in the twenty-one, 8 year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and 9 one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, one hundred 10 and forty days; in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty[H. B. No. 201 4 11 two and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, one hundred 12 and fifty days; in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty13 three and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and there14 after, one hundred and sixty days. It is provided, however, that the 15 board of education of any district or independent school district 16 shall have authority to extend such minimum school term in any 17 year for as many days in addition thereto as the board may de18 termine. It is provided further, that if the proceeds of the regular 19 levies authorized by law are insufficient to enable the board of edu20 cation of any district to extend the term of school for a longer 21 term than the minimum herein provided, such board may at a 22 general election or at a special election submit to the qualified 23 voters of the district the question of such extension of the school 24 term, and if petitioned so to do by at least fifty taxpayers in any 25 district the board of education shall submit the question of such 26 extension of the school term. If at any such election a majority 27 of the votes cast on the question are in favor of such extension, 28 it shall be the duty of the board of education to make such ex29 tension and to lay sufficient levy to conduct the schools as pro30 vided by law. The term of school fixed by such election shall conH. B. No. 201] 5 31 tinue from year to year until the terms so fixed shall be changed by 32 a majority vote of the people in such district. House Bill No. 330 (BY MR. HEROLD.) [Introduced January 24, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 330 A BILL to amend and re-enact section fourteen of chapter sixtyfour of Barnes' code of West Virginia, edition one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section fourteen of chapter sixty-four of Barnes' code of West Virginia, edition one thousand nine hundred and eighteen be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 14. Neither party to a divorce suit shall again marry 2 within five years from the date of a decree of divorce; but this 3 provision shall not apply to, or prohibit the divorced parties from 4 being re-married to each other at any time. The court may further 5 prohibit the guilty party from marrying within a certain time, to 6 be fixed in the decree, not to exceed ten years from the date of 7 the decree; and any marriage contracted by the parties, or either 8 of them, except a re-marriage by the divorced parties to each other, 9 within the prohibited period, shall be void, and the party shall be 10 criminally liable the same as if no divorce had been granted. The 11 court may, at any time after the expiration of five years, modify the 4 [H. B. No. 330 12 restraint imposed upon the guilty party, upon it being shown that 13 such person, by reason of his or her life and conduct, since the date 14 of the decree, is entitled to such relief. House Bill No. 186 (BY MR. DAVIS, of Taylor) [Introduced January 20, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 186 A BILL to amend section twenty-three of chapter forty-one of the code of West Virginia and to provide that a portion of the wages of a husband or father shall be subject to execution or other process. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section twenty-three of chapter forty-one of the code of West Virginia shall be amended by adding thereto the following: Sec. 23. Provided, further, that, when any husband sets apart 2 and holds personal property to be exempt from execution or other 3 process, as herein provided, he shall only be entitled to set apart as 4 exempt two-thirds of his wages then due if he have no children, 5 under the age of fourteen years, and if he have children under the 6 age of fourteen years, then, in addition, he may set aside as ex7 empt ten per centum of the remaining one-third of his wages then 8 due for each child dependent upon him for support he may 9 have under the age of fourteen years; and, provided, further, that, 10-11 when any parent who is a widower, sets apart and holds personal 12 property to be exempt from execution or other process as herein |