3 before provided, the board of public works is authorized, em4 powered and directed to lay annually a tax upon all the real and 5 personal property subject to taxation within this state, sufficient 6 to pay the interest on said bonds accruing during the current year 7 and one-twentieth of the total issue (at par value) of said bonds, for 8 such number of years, not exceeding twenty, as may be neces9 sary to pay the interest thereon and to pay off the principal sum 10 of said bonds; and said taxes, when so collected, shall not be liable 11 for or applicable to any other purpose. House Bill No. 311 (BY MR. MOORE, of Marshall.) [Introduced January 22, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 311 A BILL to amend and re-enact section eight-a of chapter one hundred and fifty of Barnes code of West Virginia, of one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, relating to physicians and surgeons, and examination and qualification of same, setting forth who are deemed practitioners. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 8-a. The public health council, consisting of the com2 missioner of health and six other members as specified in section 3 three of this act, shall, in addition to the duties herein before or 4 hereinafter specified, examine all applicants for license for the 5 practice of medicine and surgery in this state, and issue certifi6 cates of license to all applicants who are legally entitled to re7 ceive same; and said certificates of license shall be signed by the 8 president of the council and by the commissioner of health 9 secretary thereof. The examination of applicants and the issuing 10 of certificates of license thereto shall be governed by sections nine,. 11 ten and eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty of the code of 12 West Virginia, and the words "state board of health," wherever 13 used in said sections, shall mean public health council, as estab[H. B. No. 311 4 as 14 lished by this act. The term "practice of medicine and surgery" 15 as used by this act shall be construed to be treatment of any 16 human ailment or infirmity by any method. To open an office 17 for such purpose or to announce to the public in any way a readi18 ness to treat the sick or afflicted, shall be deemed to engage in the 19 practice of medicine and surgery within the meaning of this act; 20 provided, this clause shall not apply, however,, to regularly regis21 tered optometrists; and provided, further, that nothing in this act 22 shall be construed as interfering with any religious beliefs in the 23 treatment of diseases or afflictions when sanitary and quarantine 24 laws, rules and regulations are not infringed upon. House Bill No. 301 (BY MR. MCCLINTIC, of Greenbrier.) [Introduced January 21, 1921; referred to the Committee on Humane Institutions and Public Buildings.] House Bill No. 301 A BILL to dispose of the present existing county poor farms and the establishment of district infirmaries in each senatorial district. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: 3 That the county courts do and are hereby authorized to dispose 2 of the county poor farms in the state as is hereinafter provided. That there shall be maintained in each senatorial district of the 4 state one district infirmary for the poor, said district infirmary to 5 be maintained and supported by the counties in said district in 6 which said district infirmary is located. 7 That the site and location of said district infirmary shall be 8 determined by a commission, said commission to consist of the 9 presidents of the county courts of the district. 10 That each county in the district shall contribute to the purchase 11 and maintenance of a farm for said district infirmary and to the 12 building and equipping and maintenance of the necessary build13 ings thereof in proportion to the population of said counties as 14 given in the last decennial census of the United States govern 15 ment; provided, however, that in no instance shall any county [H. B. No. 301 16 contribute to the buildings and equipment an amount greater than 17 sixty per cent. of the net sum realized from the sale of its own 18 county infirmary. 19 That the erection and equipment of all buildings shall be done 20 by the commission hereinbefore designated. 21 That the rules governing the receiving of bids, on buildings, 22 materials and equipment and the hiring of superintendents, 23 nurses, teachers and other employees shall be the same as those 24 of the state board of control which are used to govern similar 25 enterprises and transactions. 26 That full provision shall be made for the segregation of all the 27 inmates by age, sex and race as is deemed advisable. 28 That commitment of persons to said district infirmary shall 29 be in accord with the provisions made by law in Barnes' code, chap30 ter forty-six of one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and any 31 other laws that may hereinafter be provided or passed. House Bill No. 395 (BY MR. WYSONG) [Introduced January 25, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 395 A BILL providing for the nomination of state, congressional, senatorial, judicial, county and district officers in the state of West Virginia. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. Each party shall hold in each voting precinct of 2 this state, at 2:30 o'clock p. m., on the second Tuesday in April 3 of each year when there is to be elected any state, county, con4 gressional, senatorial, judicial or district officers, a mass con5 vention. These precinct conventions shall nominate one delegate 6 for each fifty legal voters, or fraction thereof, determined by 7 the last general election, to a district delegate convention which 8 shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in April, at a point to be 9 designated by the county executive committee, which district del10 egate convention shall nominate all district officers and one 11 delegate from each voting precinct for each one hundred legal 12 voters, or fraction thereof, to a county convention to be held on 13 the second Tuesday in May of each general election year at the 14 county seat. Said county convention to first nominate all county 15 officers and also to nominate delegates to a senatorial, congres[H. B. No. 395 16 sional, judicial and state conventions. There shall be nominated. 17 one delegate from each magisterial district for each three hundred 18 legal voters, or fraction thereof, to any senatorial, congressional 19 or judicial convention. There shall be one delegate from each 20 magisterial district for each one thousand legal voters or frac21 tion thereof to the state convention. 4 Sec. 2. Each political party in each senatorial district, shall 2 on the third Tuesday in May in any year in which there is to 3 be a state senator elected, hold a convention at the county seat 4 of the county casting the greatest number of votes in the last 5 general election in the party holding said convention. Sec. 3. There shall be held in each congressional district of 2 this state on the fourth Tuesday in May, at the county seat of 3 the county casting the largest number of votes in the general 4 election, next preceding the convention, of the respective parties 5 desiring to nominate candidates for the general election. Sec. 4. Each political party desiring to nominate state offi2 cers for any general or special election and who held precinct 3 conventions at the time specified in section one of this act, shall 4 hold a state convention at the time and place designated by the 5 state executive committee of the respective parties, which conH. B. No. 395] 5 6 vention shall first nominate all state officers and in years when 7 there is to be a presidential election shall nominate delegates to 8 the national convention in the number as prescribed by law. Sec. 5. Each judicial district in the state shall nominate a 2 candidate for circuit judge on the fourth Tuesday in July, when 3 there is to be a circuit judge elected, by a convention held in 4 the county casting the largest number of votes in the respective 5 parties holding such conventions. Sec. 6. The presiding officer and secretary of each precinct. 2 mass convention shall certify to the district convention the names 3 and residences of the delegates elected at said convention. The 4 presiding officer and secretary of each magisterial convention shall 5 certify to the ballot commissioner the district officers nominated 6 at said convention. They shall also certify to the county con7 vention the names and residence of all the delegates elected to 8 the county convention. The presiding officer and secretary of 9 the county convention shall certify to the secretary of state the 10 names and residence of all the delegates elected to the state con11 vention. Also to the county and circuit clerks and ballot com12 missioners the names of all the county officers that have been 13 nominated. They shall also certify to the senatorial, congres[H. B. No. 395 6 14 sional and judicial conventions the names and residence of all 15 delegates elected to said conventions. Sec. 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict 2 with this act are hereby repealed. House Bill No. 127 (BY MR. OTTO.) [Introduced January 19, 1921; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.] House Bill No. 127 A BILL establishing a state athletic commission regulating boxing, sparring and wrestling in the state of West Virginia, and repealing section twenty-seven-a of chapter one hundred and fortyfour of the code of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. There is hereby created a board to be known as the 2 state athletic commission of West Virginia. Within thirty days. 3 after this act takes effect the governor shall appoint three persons 4 to be members of such commission, one of whom shall serve until 5 July first, one thousand nine hnndred and twenty-one, one until 6 July first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, one until |