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48 so issued, to select courses of reading to be pursued by the teach49 ers of the district, to select books for the school libraries, to 50 acquaint himself with the best methods in the schools of other 51 cities; and to this end the board of education of the independent 52 district may appropriate such sums out of the building fund 53 of the district as it may be necessary to pay his traveling ex54 penses, to prepare and to have printed all necessary forms to be 55 used in the district, to make such annual report to the board of 56 education as it shall require, to provide suitable certificates for 57 the graduates of the elementary schools and grammar schools of 58 the district and diplomas for the graduates of the high schools 59 and prescribe the manner and circumstances under which the 60 same may be conferred, to arrange with other schools and colleges 61 for recognition for the work done in the district.

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The salary of the superintendent of schools may be paid out 63 of either the teachers' fund or the building fund, or both.

Sec. 21. No pupil shall be entitled to enter high school, or 2 high schools, of the said district until the superintendent of the 3 said schools shall have satisfied himself that the said pupil has 4 made due proficiency in the grades of the grammar schools of 5 the said district. Pupils who are non-residents of the indepen6 dent district may be allowed to attend the schools of the said 7 independent district upon payment of such tuition as is pro8 vided by the general school law of the state or as the board of 9 education may prescribe.

Sec. 22. If any person or persons shall mar, deface, or other2 wise injure any school house, out-building, fence, furniture, or 3 other property of the district, the person or persons so offending 4 shall be liable to prosecution before any justice of the peace in 5 the district, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not 6 less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and 7 cost of prosecution; and the person convicted shall also be liable 8 for full amount of the damage.

9 If the injury be done by a minor, the parent or guardian of 10 the said minor shall be liable for the damages as aforesaid. It 11 shall be the duty of the board of education of said independent 12 district to ascertain if possible by whom such an offense was 13 committed, and when satisfied thereof to cause the party or 14 parties to be arrested, tried for the offense, in the name and 15 on the behalf of the board of education of the independent dis16 trict; and all fines and damages collected by virtue of this sec

17 tion shall be paid into the district treasury to the credit of the 18 building fund of the said district.

Sec. 23. All the provisions of the general school law of the 2 state, and all the acts heretofore existing, which are in any 3 manner inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be 4 void within the said independent district; otherwise the said 5 general school law shall remain in full force and effect in the 6 said independent district, as elsewhere in the state.

Sec. 24. This act shall not be effective unless and until the 2 same shall first be submitted to the voters of the territory in 3 the said districts of Pocatalico, Putnam county, and Union dis4 trict, Kanawha county, at a special election called for that pur5 pose and adopted by a majority of the votes cast for and against 6 the same at said election. Said election shall be called by the 7 board of education in the said district of Pocatalico, Putnam 8 county, and the board of education in the district of Union, 9 Kanawha county, and shall be held on the second Tuesday in 10 June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three; notice of 11 which election shall be published at least two weeks prior there12 to in a newspaper published in Kanawha county, West Vir13 ginia, and a newspaper published in Putnam county, West 14 Virginia. Said election shall be held and conducted in all re15 spects as general elections are now held and conducted under 16 the statutes of this state. The board of education of Poca17 talico district, Putnam county, West Virginia, and the board of 18 education of Union district, Kanawha county, West Virginia, 19 shall designate as voting places for such election, the voting 20 precincts in such respective destricts as established for and 21 where the general election was held in the year one thousand 22 nine hundred and twenty-two; and the said respective boards 23 of education shall appoint commissioners and poll clerks to 24 conduct the same and pay the expenses thereof out of the treas25 ury of said now respective existing school districts. 26 The ballot to be voted at said election shall be printed upon 27 plain white paper and in the following form:

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NITRO

School District Election.

(Indicate how you desire to vote by a cross in the square.) [ ] For ratification of new district.

[ ] Against ratification of new district.

Sec. 25. If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall

2 not be for ratification, the boards of education of such respec

3 tive districts shall call and hold a second election for such pur4 pose in the manner herein provided, within thirty days after 5 the filing with such boards of a petition of two hundred quali6 fied voters residing within the territory herein described, but 7 said second election shall not be held later than the first day of 8 July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

9 If a majority of the votes cast in one of said Pocatalico dis10 tricts, Putnam county, and Union district, Kanawha county, 11 shall not be for ratification, and a majority cast in the other 12 shall be for ratification, the portion of the territory within the 13 boundaries of said respective districts voting for ratification, as 14 herein described, shall be known as "The independent school 15 district of Nitro," and entitled to all the rights, authority, 16 powers and privileges as herein provided.

17 And the board of education in the said district which shall 18 at such election vote against ratification shall within thirty days 19 after the filing with said board of a petition of one hundred 20 qualified voters residing in said district, call and hold a second 21 election for the purposes specified in this act, but said second 22 election shall not be held later than the first of July, one thou23 sand nine hundred and twenty-four. And if said district shall 24 vote for ratification at such second election, the portion thereof 25 as herein described shall thereupon become annexed to and a 26 part of the independent district of Nitro, and which said in27 dependent district shall include such additional territory.

CHAPTER 102

(House Bill No. 324-Mr. Wilson of Upshur)

AN ACT to authorize the board of education of the independent school district of Buckhannon to convey a right-of-way over the land owned by said independent school district to the said municipality of Buckhannon for the designation and construction of a public street.

[Passed April 11, 1923.

SEC.
1.

In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor
May 1, 1923]

Board of education in district of

Buckhannon authorized to con-
vey right of way.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. The board of education of the independent 2 school district of Buckhannon shall have authority to convey by

3 proper and apt deed a right-of-way over the land owned by 4 said independent school district, to the municipality of Buck5 hannon for the designation and construction of a public street 6 in said municipality.

CHAPTER 103

(House Bill No. 467-Mr. Hopkins)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact section four of chapter one hundred and eleven of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as amended and re-enacted by chapter twenty-four of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, relating to establishing a high school in Calhoun county.

[Passed April 12, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without the approval of the Governor]

SEC.

4. County High School established in Calhoun County; board on cor

poration; levies; salaries; conflicting acts repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section four of chapter one hundred and eleven of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, as amended and re-enacted by chapter twenty-four of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. Said board of directors shall be a corporation and 2 as such may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, 3 and shall have power to lay a levy annually of not more than 4 fifteen cents, and for the years one thousand nine hundred and 5 twenty-three and one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, 6 power to lay a special levy in addition to the regular annual 7 fifteen cents levy not to exceed twenty cents on every one 8 hundred dollars assessed valuation of property in said county 9 for the purpose of purchasing said site and erecting, equip10 ping and furnishing suitable buildings thereon for said county 11 high school; and said board shall also have power to levy 12 annually not more than twenty cents on every one hundred 13 dollars assessed valuation of property in said county for the 14 support and operation of said county high school; and said 15 board shall have full power to employ teachers and other

16 necessary employees for said school, fix their compensation 17 and prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for the con18 trol and operation of said school.

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For their services each of the members of said board of 20 directors shall be paid out of the money raised for the use of 21 said school the sum of five dollars per day for the time actually 22 and necessarily spent by them in the discharge of their duties 23 as such board of directors. But they shall not receive pay 24 for more than ten days for any one year.

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All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are 26 hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 104

(House Bill No. 527-Mr. Daniell)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections one and eight of chapter fifty of the acts of the legislature of West Virginia of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, regular session, relating to a high school in Wirt county.

[Passed April 16, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage.

SEC.

Governor May 1st, 1923]

SEC.

Approved by the

1. Wirt County High School estab- 8. Act effective when ratified by lished; Board of Education, voters of County. powers and duties.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That sections one and eight of chapter fifty of the acts of the legislature for the year one thousand nine hundred and twentyone, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 1. That a high school be and the same is hereby 2 established in the county of Wirt, state of West Virginia, in 3 or near the town of Elizabeth, which shall be known as the 4 Wirt county high school, the site for which shall be selected 5 by the board of directors of said school, which said board of 6 directors shall consist of three members, composed of the county 7 superintendent of schools of said county of Wirt, who shall 8 be ex officio a member and president thereof; two members 9 who shall be elected at a general or special election provided. 10 for therein and, if elected at a special election, serve until 11 their successors are elected and qualified. Their successors 12 shall be elected at the next general election and serve four

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