12 be interchangeable as in case of dealer's tags for other motor ve13 hicles. House Bill No. 299 (BY MR. TAYLOR.) [Introduced January 21, 1921; referred to the Committee on Immigration and Agriculture.] House Bill No. 299 A BILL amending section three of chapter sixty of the code of West Virginia as amended by chapter thirty-one of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, regular session, and as further amended by the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, regular session, relating to stock running at large. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section three of the code of West Virginia be amended and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 3. If any horse, mule, ass, jennet, or cattle, sheep, 2 hogs, goats, shall enter into any grounds enclosed by a lawful 3 fence, the owner or manager of such animals shall be liable to the 4 owner of such grounds for any damage he may sustain thereby. 5 And the party so injured, may, if he finds such stock on his 6 premises, retain them, or a sufficient number thereof, until said damages and costs of keeping be paid. 8 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re9 pealed. Houe Bill No. 366 (BY MR. LANTZ) [Introduced January 24, 1921; referred to the Committee on Roads and Internal Navigation.] Houe Bill No. 366 A BILL to provide for a system of state roads and highways and to provide revenue to build, construct and maintain the same. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. That a system of state roads and highways be con2 structed, as soon as practicable, upon public highways of the state 3 along the routes hereinafter described, as near as may be, and that 4 the state (acting through its officers) be, and is hereby authorized 5 and empowered to issue and sell, and provide for the retirement 6 of, bonds of the state of West Virginia to the amount of fifty mil7 lion dollars for the purpose of providing means for the payment 8 of the cost, or to aid in paying the cost of the construction of said 9 system of roads and highways. Sec. 2. The construction of said system of state roads and 2 highways and all work incident thereto, shall be under the general 3 supervision and control of the state road commission of West Vir4 ginia, subject to the approval of the governor, and to such regula5 tions and restrictions as may be prescribed by law; and said state 6 road commission is hereby authorized, empowered and directed 7 to take whatever steps may be necessary to cause said system of [H. B. No. 366 8 roads and highways to be constructed at the earliest possible time, 9 consistent with good business management, after this act becomes 10 fully operative. 4 Sec. 3. All roads and highways shall be built by contract, and 2 all contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, 3 by the state road commission, on such terms and conditions, and on 4 open competitive bidding, after public advertisement, in such man5 ner and for such time as may be prescribed by said state road com6 mission, subject to the approval of the governor. Successful bid7 ders for the construction of work on said roads and highways shall 8 enter into contracts prescribed and furnished by the state road 9 commission and approved by the attorney general of the state, 10 and shall give good and sufficient bonds to insure the prompt and 11 proper completion of said work in strict accordance with the pro12 visions of said contracts. 13 The state road commission shall have power to make, and shall 14 make, all final decisions affecting the work provided for in this 15 section, all the rules and regulations it may deem necessary for 16 the proper management and conduct of said work, and for the 17 carrying out of this act, not herein otherwise provided, for, in such 18 manner as shall be to the best interest and advantage of the peo19 ple of the state. Sec. 4. The general location of the routes upon and along 2 which said roads and highways are to be constructed shall be sub3 stantially as described in this section; the state road commission 4 having the right to make such minor changes in the location of 5 the roads and highways as may become necessary in order to carry 6 out the provisions of this act. 7 8 Route Number One. Beginning at Bluefield, in Mercer county, and running in a 9 northerly direction so as to connect Princeton, Beckley, Fayette10 ville, Summerville, Sutton, Weston, Clarksburg, Wallace, Pine 11 Grove, New Martinsville, Moundsville, and Wheeling and to be 12 named and known as "The north and south high-way." 13 14 Route Number Two. Beginning at Parkersburg in Wood county and running in an 15 easterly direction by the shortest practical route, so as to connect 16 Elizabeth, Grantsville, Glenville, Weston, Buckhannon and Elkins 17 and via Huttonsville, Durbin and Bartow to the Virginia state line 18 on the route to Monterey; to be named and known as "The Park19 ersburg-Staunton highway." 20 21 Route Number Three. 6 Beginning at Clarksburg in Harrison county and running by [H. B. No. 366 22 the shortest prdactical route so as to connect Fairmont, Morgan23 town and Kingwood. 24 25 Route Number Four. Beginning at Charles Town in Jefferson county and 26 running in a westerly direction, by the shortest practical route, so 27 as to connect Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, Romney and Keyser, 28 and via Gormania to the Maryland state line. 29 30 Route Number Five. Beginning at Romney in Hampshire county and running by the 31 shortest practical route so as to connect Moorefield, Petersburg and 32 Franklin and to Bartow, Pocahontas county, on the Parkersburg33 Staunton highway. 35 Beginning at Huttonsville in Randolph county and running by 36 the shortest practical route so as to connect Marlinton, Lewisburg, 37 Union and Hinton. 38 39 Route Number Seven. Beginning at Valley Head in route number six and running by 40 the shortest practical route via Webster Springs to connect with 41 the north and south highway (route number one). H. B. No. 366] 42 7 Route Number Eight. 43 Beginning at Beckley in Raleigh county and running by the 44 shortest practical route so as to connect Pineville and Welch. Route Number Nine. 45 46 Beginning at or near Kanawha Falls on the north and south 47 highway and running by the shotest practical route so as to con48 nect Charleston, Hamlin, Huntington and Wayne. 50 Beginning at Charleston in Kanawha county and running by the 51 shortest practical route so as to connect Madison, Logan, and 52 Williamson. 53 Route Number Eleven. 54 Beginning at Charleston in Kanawha county and running by the 55 shortest practical route via Winfield to Point Pleasant in Mason 56 county. 57 58 Route Number Twelve. Beginning at Grantsville in Calhoun county and running by the 59 shortest practical route via Arnoldsburg and Clay to a point in 60 the north and south highway (route number one near Belva.) 61 Route Number Thirteen. 62 Beginning at Ravenswood in Jackson county and running by the 8 [H. B. No. 366 63 shortest practical route so as to connect Ripley and Spencer to Ar64 noldsburg in route number twelve. 65 66 Route Number Fourteen. Beginning at Parkersburg in Wood county and running by the 67 shortest practical route so as to connect Harrisville, West Union, 68 Clarksburg and Grafton, and via Macomber to the Maryland state 169 line. 70 71 Route Number Fifteen. Beginning at St. Marys in Pleasants county and running by the 72 shortest practical route to Ellenboro in route number fourteen. Route Number Sixteen. 73 74 Beginning at New Martinsville in Wetzel county and running 75 by the shortest practical route via Sistersville and Middlebourne 76 to West Union, in route number fourteen. 77 78 Route Number Seventeen. Beginnning at Fairmont in Marion county and running by the 79 shortest practical route so as to connect Grafton and Philippi, to 80 Parsons in Tucker county. 81 82 Route Number Eighteen. Beginning at Wheeling, in Ohio county and running by the H. B. No. 366] 9 83 shortest practical route so as to connect Wellsburg and New Cum84 berland, to Chester in Hancock county. Sec. 5. The system of state roads and highways shall be con2 structed in strict accordance with the plans, specifications, esti3 mates of cost and contracts of the state road commission. Before 4 entering into contracts for the construction of said roads and 5 highways, and immediately after this act becomes effective, the 6 state road commission shall cause to be made reconnoissance sur7 veys and maps, plans and specifications of said roads and high8 ways, together with approximate estimates of the cost of con9 structing same. The said "north and south highway" (route num10 ber one) shall be not less than eighteen feet in width and shall be 10-a constructed of reinforced concrete or brick laid on con11 crete base, and all other roads and highways shall be 12 not less than ten nor more than eighteen feet wide and 13 built of brick, concrete or other material prescribed 14 and approved by the state road commission and to meet the ap15 proval and requirements of the federal bureau of roads. When 16 practical, none of said roads and highways shall have a grade ex17 ceeding five feet rise in each one hundred feet, unless it shall be 18 found necessary to have a steeper grade, and in no case shall the 10 [H. B. No. 366 19 grade exceed nine feet in the one hundred feet. The right of way 20 for such roads and highways shall be not less than forty feet wide, |