247 The city council shall re-district and re-subdivide each of 248 the said wards into voting precincts. 249 In the event of annexation each of the new wards shall be 250 entitled to representation on the council of the city of Charles251 ton by one councilman, and the number of councilmen at large 252 shall be increased so that there shall be seven, so that the total 253 number of councilmen shall be thirty. In the event that the 254 majority of votes cast shall be in favor of annexation, the 255 council of the city of Charleston shall provide for a special 256 election to provide representation for the territory annexed 257 and to provide for the election of two additional councilmen 258 at large; provided, that such election shall be held not later 259 than November first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty260 five. 261 In the event a majority of the votes cast in the election here262 tofore provided for shall be in favor of annexation, all acts 263 or parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be and are hereby 264 repealed. 265 This act shall take effect on the first day of April, one 266 thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. CHAPTER 83 (House Bill No. 643-Mr. Davisson) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-six of chapter fourteen of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and five, at the regular session, as amended by chapter twenty-two of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the regular session, relating to the incorporating of the town of Salem, and defining the powers of the city council thereof. [Passed April 13, 1923. SEC. 26. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor Powers of council. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section twenty-six of chapter fourteen of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and five, at the regular session, as amended by chapter twenty-two of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at the regular session, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 26. The council of said city shall have power to lay 2 off, vacate, close, open, alter, grade and keep in good repair 3 the roads, streets, alleys, pavements, sidewalks, crosswalks, 4 drains and gutters therein for the use of the citizens and the 5 public, and to improve and light the same, and to keep them 6 free from obstructions of every kind; to regulate the width 7 of the pavements, sidewalks, footways, drains and gutters to 8 be kept in good order, free and clean by the owners or oc9 cupants of the real property next adjacent thereto; to estab10 lish and regulate markets, prescribe the time of holding the 11 same, provide suitable and convenient buildings therefor, and 12 prevent the forestalling of such markets; to prevent injury or 13 annoyance of the public or to individuals from anything 14 dangerous, offensive or unwholesome; to prohibit or regulate 15 slaughter houses, tan houses and factories within the cor16 porate limits; and to prohibit the exercise of any offensive 17 business, trade or employment, to abate all nuisances within 18 the corporate limits, and to require or compel the abatement 19 or removal thereof at the expense of the person causing same, 20 or by or at the expense of the owner of the ground at the 21 place they are found; to be caused to be filled up, raised or 22 drained by or at the expense of the owner, any city lot or 23 tract of land covered or subjected to be covered by stagnant 24 water; to prevent horses, hogs, cattle, sheep and other animals 25 and fowls of all kinds from going or being at large in said 26 town, and as a means of prevention, said council may pro27 vide for the impounding and confining of said animals and 28 fowls; and upon the failure to reclaim, for the sale thereof; 29 to protect places of divine worship, and preserve order in 30 and about the premises where and when such worship is held; 31 to protect places of public instruction and schools, and to pre32 serve order in and about all the school buildings; to regu33 late the keeping of gunpowder and other dangerous explo34 sives and substances; to regulate the building of houses and 35 other structures; for the maintaining and making of division 36 fences by the owners of adjacent premises; and for the proper 37 drainage of town lots and other parcels of land by or at the 38 expense of the owner or occupant thereof, when such drain 39 age shall be deemed necessary for the protection of public 40 health; to provide against danger or damage by fire; to pun41 ish assault and batteries; to prohibit the keeping of or loiter42 ing in or visiting houses of ill-fame, or congregating or loiter43 ing in saloons or upon streets of said city; to prevent lewd or 44 lascivious conduct, the sale or exhibition of indecent pictures or 45 other representations; the desecration of the Sabbath day; to 46 prevent swearing, the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, mix47 tures and other preparations, porter, beer, ale, wine or other 48 drinks of like nature; to protect the persons of those residing or 49 being within said town; to purchase, contract for and take care 50 of, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of at public or private sale, 51 all public buildings, structures and real estate, including 52 libraries and hospitals deemed proper for the use of said town, 53 to build or purchase or lease and use a suitable place of imprison54 ment within said city for the safe-keeping and punishment of 55 persons charged with or convicted of the violation of ordinances; 56 to erect, or authorize or prohibit the erection of gas or water 57 works within the corporate limits; to prevent injury of such 58 works, or the pollution of any gas or water used or intended to 59 be used by the people or by individuals; to borrow money on the 60 faith and credit of the city by the issue and sale of bonds in the 61 manner prescribed by law in an amount not to exceed five per 62 centum of the taxable value of the property in the city for the 63 purpose of raising funds to erect, construct, extend, add to or 64 replace the water works system or plant or any part thereof (in65 cluding the purchasing, leasing, selling and disposing of real 66 estate), either within or without the corporate limits of said city, 67 or to refund any bonds of the city, the proceeds of which were 68 expended in the erecting, constructing, extending, repairing or 69 maintaining the water works system or plant, or any part there70 of, or to refund any bonds of the city, the proceeds of which 71 were expended in paving or sewering the streets and alleys of 72 the city; to provide for and regulate the measuring and weighing 73 of hay, coal, lumber or other articles sold or kept or offered for 74 sale within said town; to create by ordinance such committee 75 and boards, and delegate such authority thereto as may be 76 deemed necessary or advisable; to establish rates and charges for 77 weighing and measuring of hay, coal, lumber or other articles; 77a to regulate the running speed of engines and cars within said 78 town; to provide for the annual assessment of taxable property 79 therein, including dogs kept in said city, and to regulate their 80 running at large; to provide a revenue for the city for municipal 81 purposes and to appropriate such revenue to its expenses, and to 82 take such measures as may be deemed necessary or advisable to 83 protect the property, public or private, within said city; to pre84 serve and maintain peace, quiet and good order therein, and to 85 preserve and promote the health, safety and well being of the 86 inhabitants thereof. CHAPTER 84 (Senate Bill No. 11-Mr. Hill) AN ACT to amend and re-enact chapter thirty of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and five of the legislature of West Virginia, creating the independent school district of Sistersville, West Virginia. [Passed April 17, 1923. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor April 25, 1923] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That chapter thirty of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and five, creating the "Independent school dis trict of Sistersville" in Tyler county, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 1. The independent school district of Sistersville 2 shall include the city of Sistersville and the territory contained 3 within the following described boundaries and being the same 4 territory included in what was school sub-district number six 5 of Lincoln district, Tyler county, West Virginia, and which is 6 particularly described as follows: 7 Beginning at a stake and stone pile on the bank of the Ohio 8 river, five hundred and twenty-five feet down said river from 9 a common corner of lands of T. N. Wells and Eph. Wells on 10 said river bank, said beginning corner being in line with and 11 opposite the entrance to the lane commonly known as the Eph. 12 Wells' lane; thence in a straight line and parallel with the 13 division line between lands of said Eph. and T. N. Wells, S. 14 50 E. four thousand feet to a stake and stone pile in the back 15 line of lands of said Eph. Wells, being an old patent line, and 16 being the division line between the lands of said Eph. Wells 17 and Nathan Salisbury; thence up and with said old patent line 18 N. 36 E. eight thousand four hundred and sixty feet, to a large 19 white oak in the south line of land of J. T. Jones; said white 20 oak being the original northeast corner of what is commonly 21 known as the Samuel Corbitt or Raleigh Moore tract, now a 22 corner between Lazear and the McCoach and West tracts; 23 thence continuing the same straight line and crossing the J. 24 T. Jones, Eveline Russell and Henry W. McCoy tracts of land 25 to a black oak, being the southeast corner of Joshua Russell 26 farm, and also an established corner to said Joshua Russell 27 farm and land now owned by said Henry W. McCoy; thence 28 with the division line between the said Joshua Russell farm 29 and said land of Henry W. McCoy, N. 32 W. two thousand 30 five hundred and seventy-four feet to a white hickory (now 31 gone), being an old original patent corner on the bank of the 32 said Ohio river; thence down the said river with the meanders 33 thereof and binding thereon eleven thousand three hundred 34 and fifty feet to the stone pile, the place of beginning. The 35 territory described above is identical with what was sub-school 36 district number six of Lincoln district, Tyler county, West Vir37 ginia, and now constitutes and is known as the "Independent 38 school district of Sistersville." Sec. 2. There shall be a board of education of the inde2 pendent school district of Sistersville consisting of three com3 missioners, residents thereof, to be elected by the qualified 4 voters of said district, the term of office of each of whom shall 5 be four years. The present members of the board of educa6 tion of said district shall hold office until the expiration of 7 their respective terms, or until their successors have been 8 chosen. |