69 persons at the time of death, the payment shall be fifty per 70 centum of the average monthly support actually received from 71 employe during the preceding twelve months, and to continue 72 for such portion of the period of six years after the date of 73 death as the commissioner in the case may determine, and not 74 to amount to more than a maximum of twenty dollars per 75 month.

76 Compensation under sub-sections (e) and (f) hereof shall 77 cease upon the death of the dependent, and the right thereto 78 shall not vest in his or her estate.

79 (g) Dependent, as used in this act, means a widow, invalid 80 widower, child under sixteen years of age, invalid child over 81 such age, or a posthumous child, who, at the time of the injury 82 causing death, is dependent in whole or part for his or her 83 support upon the earnings of the employee; also, the following 84 persons who are and continue to be residents of the United 85 States or its territorial possessions: step-child under sixteen 86 years of age, child under sixteen years of age legally adopted 87 prior to the injury causing death; father, mother, grandfather 88 or grandmother, who, at the time of the injury causing death, 89 is dependent in whole or in part for his or her support upon 90 the earnings of the employee; an invalid brother or sister wholly 91 dependent for his or her support upon the earnings of the 92 employe at the time of the injury causing death.

Sec. 38. The commissioner shall have authority in certain 2 cases where an employee has sustained a permanent disability, 3 and such fact having been so determined by the commissioner, 4 and in his opinion the per centum of said permanent disability 5 can be materially reduced or made negligible by medical, sur6 gical or hospital treatment, expend an amount not to exceed 7 the sum of six hundred dollars for such medical, surgical or 8 hospital treatment, regardless of any other provision in this 9 act providing for the payment of medical, surgical or hospital 10 treatment. No payment shall be made for such medical, hos11 pital or surgical treatment provided for in this section unless. 12 such treatment has been duly authorized by the commissioner 13 prior to the rendering of such treatment.

14 All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby 15 repealed.

Sec. 56. This act shall be in effect from and after the first 2 day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, 3 and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act 4 are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 59

(House Bill No. 376—Mr. Aleshire)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact chapter sixteen of Barnes' code of one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and to repeal certain sections thereof, relating to public printing, binding, paper and stationery.

[Passed April 25, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That chapter sixteen of the code of West Virginia be amended. and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. The state board of control shall be ex officio super

2 intendent of public printing.

Sec. 2. The superintendent of public printing shall enter into 2 contracts for the execution of the state printing and binding and 3 for supplying the state with printing, paper and stationery. 4 All contracts for printing and binding and for printing paper 5 and stationery as needed shall be let on competitive bids from 6 two or more printing establishments or printing paper and sta7 tionery supply houses, and shall be awarded to the lowest re8 sponsible bidder who shall be required to give bond in the full 9 sum of the contract, and in no case shall a general contract be 10 let except after notice of such letting of contract has been given

11 by publication in four newspapers of general circulation pub12 lished within this state and specifications have been mailed to all 13 printing establishments and contractors whose names have been 14 filed with said superintendent of public printing requesting the 15 right to bid upon any printing, binding and printing paper and 16 stationery.

Sec. 3. In order to conserve the printing fund and eliminate 2 the unnecessary publication of biennial reports, bulletins and 3 other publications, the superintendent of public printing is 4 hereby given authority to limit the number of copies of such 5 reports, bulletins and other publications ordered to be printed by 6 each department, subject, however, to the final approval of the 7 governor. Provided, that no report of the proceedings of any 8 private organization or association shall be paid for out of the 9 appropriation for printing, binding and stationery.

Sec. 4. All printing paper and stationery must be delivered 2 to the superintendent of public printing, who shall have charge 3 of the same, and issue it as needed.

Sec. 5. All printing, binding, printing paper and stationery 2 for the state superintendent of free schools shall be paid for 3 out of the general school fund. No printing, binding, or print4 ing paper or stationery for the following named boards, officers 5 or institutions shall be paid for out of the appropriation for 6 public printing, public binding, or for supplying paper or sta7 tionery, but shall be paid for out of the appropriations therefor, 8 or out of the expense fund or current general expense fund 9 thereof, namely: the public service commission, the state road 10 commission, the workmen's compensation department, the game 11 and fish commission, the board of dental examiners, state vac12 cine agents, commissioners of pharmacy, state board of examin13 ers, state board of embalmers, Welch Hospital No. 1, McKendree 14 Hospital No. 2, Fairmont Hospital No. 3, state fire marshal, 15 normal schools, schools for the deaf and blind, the university 16 and all its branches, including the experiment station, Hunt17 ington, Weston and Spencer state hospitals, industrial school 18 for boys, West Virginia Collegiate institute, industrial home 19 for girls, the geological survey, Berkeley Springs board, state 20 colored hospital for insane, state tuberculosis sanitarium, state 21 colored tuberculosis sanitarium, children's homes, the Potomac 22 state school, the New River state school, Bluefield colored insti23 tute, and all private schools and hospitals receiving state ap24 propriations and such other boards, commissions, bureaus and

25 departments that may be created by this or succeeding legisla26 tures whose printing, binding and stationery supplies is ex27 pressly provided for in the act creating it.

Sec. 6. The superintendent of public printing shall be cus2 todian of the printed reports of the supreme court of West Vir3 ginia and of such session laws remaining after the distribution 4 provided by law is made, and shall sell such reports and session 5 laws at a price to be fixed by the superintendent of public print6 ing, with the approval of the governor, but in no case shall the 7 price so fixed be less than the actual cost of the publication to 8 the state.

Sec. 7. Any person, firm or corporation who shall falsely 2 swear to the correctness of any bill or account shall be guilty of 3 perjury and punished accordingly. Any officer who shall wil4 fully or fraudulently falsely certify any such bill or account 5 for payment, or wilfully make any other false certificate in re6 lation thereto, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be punished 7 accordingly, and shall moreover be fined not exceeding five hun8 dred dollars for each offense. Any officer failing to perform 9 any duty required by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 10 and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty 11 nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

Sec. 8. All appropriations made for printing, binding and 2 stationery shall be disbursed on requisition drawn on the auditor 3 by the superintendent of public printing. Forms for disburse4 ments and records of account shall be such as are prescribed by 5 the state tax commissioner.

Sec. 9. Sections nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, 2 fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty3 one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty4 six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight of chapter sixteen of . 5 Barnes' code of one thousand nine hundred and eighteen and 6 all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of 7 this act are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 60

House Bill No. 428-Mr. Read)

AN ACT to create county child welfare boards at the option of the

counties.

[Passed April 13, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Governor May 1, 1923]

Approved by the

2.

8.

3.

Board appointed under order of
Court.

Who shall report to County Welfare Board.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. There is hereby created for each of the counties 2 of the state a county child welfare board which shall be a body 3 corporate and as such may contract and be contracted with, sue 4 and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have a common seal. 5 The board shall consist of three members, of whom the presi6 dent of the county court shall be ex officio member, and the 7 other two members shall be residents of the county and shall 8 be appointed by the judge of the court having juvenile juris9 diction in the county, and all members shall serve without pay. 10 At least one member of said board shall be a woman. 11 The members first appointed shall hold office for one and two 12 years, the term of each being designated at the time of his or 13 her appointment. All subsequent appointments shall be for 14 the term of two years. The board shall meet as soon as con15 venient to organize. Subsequent regular meetings of the board 16 shall be held monthly at such time and place as the board may 17 designate. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by the 18 judge of the juvenile court presiding in the county where such 19 vacancy occurs.

Sec. 2. The duties of the board shall be to advise and co2 operate with and assist the state board of children's guardians 3 in its work in the county and to make such visitations and re4 ports as the state board of children's guardians may request; 5 to act in a general advisory capacity to the county and munic6 ipal authorities in dealing with questions of dependency and 7 delinquency, distribution of poor funds and social conditions 8 generally. The county board may appoint a secretary sub9 ject to the approval of the state board of children's guardians 10 which welfare secretary shall be secretary of the board and 11 receive such salary as the board shall determine with the ap12 proval of the county court. The salary of the secretary shall 13 be paid not more than one half by the state board of children's