CHAPTER 110 (Senate Bill No. 201-Mr. White of Lewis) AN ACT authorizing the laying of a special road levy by the county court of Lewis county in Hacker's Creek district for the permanent improvement of certain specified roads in said district and prescribing the manner of expending the funds raised by said levy. [Passed April 17, 1923. In effect ninety days from passage. Became a law without approval of the Governor] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. The county court of Lewis county is hereby 2 authorized, beginning with the year one thousand nine 3 hundred and twenty-three, to lay annually a special road levy 4 of not to exceed fifty cents on each one hundred dollars' valua5 tion of the taxable property of Hacker's Creek district, in said 6 county, the proceeds of which shall be known as the "Hacker's 7 Creek Road Extension Fund". And shall be in addition to all 8 other levies allowed by law. Sec. 2. Such fund shall be devoted exclusively to the con2 struction and completion on and over the routes and for the 3 distances designated in section three of this act of a perma4 nent or hard-surfaced county-district road conforming in type, 5 structure and width to the recently authorized Hacker's Creek 6 district improved road being built with the proceeds of a dis7 trict road bond issue. Sec. 3. The county-district road contemplated by this act 2 shall consist of two sections, one extending for about two miles 3 from the improved road in the village of Berlin to the terminus 4 on main Hacker's creek, of the Hacker's Creek district improved 5 road from Jane Lew, and the other extending from the bridge 6 at the J. G. Swisher place above Berlin to the improved road in 7 the village of Berlin. In constructing the two sections afore8 said of county-district road the existing route of the main Hack9 er's creek road shall be followed so far as may be found prac10 ticable. Sec. 4. The fund which shall be created under and by virtue 2 of this act may be permitted to accumulate until the amount 3 thereof, as derived from the several different years' levies, shall 4 be sufficient to carry out the projects contemplated herein as 5 above specified, as a single undertaking or the county court of 6 said county may have the work done progressively employing 7 the fund from any one or more years' levies in doing such 8 parts of the work as the court may from time to time determine 9 upon until the projects are completed. Provided, however, that 10 if the funds are not used from year to year they shall be placed 11 in some bank in said county where they will draw interest. Sec. 5. When the projects authorized by this act shall have 2 been completed and paid for, the power hereby granted to lay 3 said annual levy shall ipso facto terminate, and any balance that 4 shall remain in said fund shall be transferred by said county 5 court to the district road fund of said district. 6 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent and in conflict here7 with are, to the extent that such conflict occurs, hereby re8 pealed. CHAPTER 111 (Senate Bill No. 267-Mr. White of Lewis) AN ACT to authorize the county court of Lewis county to lay a levy for the liquidation and discharge of the indebtedness created in the purchase of a portion of the site of the 4-H camp at Jackson's Mill, in said county. [Passed April 17, 1923. In effect from passage. April 24, 1923] SEC. SEC. Approved by the Governor Use of fund. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: of: Section 1. That the county court of Lewis county is hereby 2 authorized to lay a levy for the year one thousand nine hundred 3 and twenty-three of not to exceed five cents on each one hun4 dred dollars' valuation of the taxable property of said county, 5 the proceeds of which shall be known as the "4-H camp fund." Sec. 2. Such fund shall be used in the liquidation and dis2 charge, both as to principal and interest, of the indebtedness 3 created and outstanding in the purchase and transfer to the 4 state board of control of that part of the present site of the 5 state 4-1 camp, at Jackson's Mill, in said county, conveyed to 6 said state board of control under decree of the circuit court of 7 said county in the chancery cause therein pending of Byron S. 8 Jackson vs. Edward B. Jackson, et al. Sec. 3. Any balance that may remain in said fund after the 2 object of this act shall have been accomplished, shall be trans3 ferred by said county court to the general county fund of said 4 county and used as a part thereof. 5 All other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, to 6 the extent only that such conflict occurs, are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 112 (Senate Bill No. 375-Mr. Johnson) AN ACT authorizing the county court of Kanawha county, to lay a special levy in the year one thousand nine hundred and twentythree and for five succeeding years, to raise funds with which to purchase or erect two bridges crossing the Kanawha river, at or near Charleston, and authorizing a vote of the people on a bond issue for bridges. [Passed April 24, 1923. In effect from passage. approval of the Governor] Became a law without the Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. That the county court of Kanawha county, West 2 Virginia, be authorized to lay a special levy on all of the taxable 3 property within said county in the year one thousand nine hun4 dred and twenty-three and for each of the five succeeding years, 5 ending with the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty6 eight, for the purpose of raising funds with which to purchase 7 all or a part of a bridge crossing the Kanawha river from 8 Charleston to Kanawha City, and to purchase all or a part of a 9 bridge crossing the Kanawha river on the west side of Elk 10 river, from Charleston to South Charleston, or to erect bridges 11 at or near the same points, said special levy not to exceed five 12 cents on each one hundred dollars' assessed valuation on taxa13 ble property in said county; and if the amount raised by such 14 special levy in the specified time is not sufficient for the pur15 poses herein, and it is necessary to raise sufficient funds for said 16 purpose, the county court of said county is authorized to lay 17 such levy in the year succeeding one thousand nine hundred 18 and twenty-eight. Such levy shall be called a "Special Bridge 19 Levy", and funds derived therefrom shall be used for the pur20 poses herein specified and no other, and a separate account 21 shall be kept of all receipts and disbursements in said funds. Sec. 2. The county court of said Kanawha county is hereby 2 also specifically authorized to submit to the voters of said 3 county at an election or elections called for the purpose an 4 ordinance of said court providing for the issue of bonds of the 5 county of Kanawha to an amount not exceeding one million 6 five hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing or 7 constructing, in whole or in part, as said court shall determine, a 8 bridge across the Great Kanawha river at or near the east and of 9 the present limits of the city of Charleston, another bridge across 10 the Great Kanawha river at or near the present western limits of 11 said city of Charleston, and of constructing a bridge across the 12 said Great Kanawha river connecting the magisterial districts of 13 Jefferson and Union in said county at such point as said court 14 shall determine, of constructing another bridge across said 15 Great Kanawha river within the district of Cabin creek in said 16 county at such point as said court shall determine, and of re17 constructing or repairing the bridge across Elk river at the city 18 of Clendenin in the magisterial district of Big Sandy. 19 Said bonds, if authorized at any election by three-fifths of 20 the voters voting thereon, shall be issued in all respects in ac21 cordance with the laws of the state of West Virginia governing 22 the issue of bonds, except that they shall be serial bonds, the 23 last thereof.maturing not to exceed thirty years from the date 24 of issue, and bearing interest at not to exceed six per centum 25 per annum. If said county court shall elect to submit to the 26 voters of said county, the question of the issue of the bridge 27 bonds aforesaid all expense of advertisement and of holding 28 said election or elections shall be paid out of the county treas29 ury, and the proceeds of such bonds when sold shall be used 30 for no other purpose, except the purposes set out in this act. Sec. 3. From and after the time that the bridge bonds of 2 the county of Kanawha provided for in the preceding section 3 shall be authorized by the people and issued, the county court 4 of Kanawha county shall have no further power to lay the 5 bridge levy authorized by section one of this act. Sec. 4. No purchase or construction of either or any of the 2 bridges mentioned in this act shall be made or undertaken 3 without the approval of and without being done under the su4 pervision of the state road commission of West Virginia. CHAPTER 113 (House Bill No. 35-Mr. Harvey) AN ACT relating to special debt levies in the town of Gassaway, a municipal corporation. [Passed April 12, 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: Section 1. For the purpose of paying any outstanding town 2 orders or judgments dated, rendered or issued prior to the 3 first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty4 three, against the general fund of said town, the common 5 council of the town of Gassaway, is hereby authorized to con6 tinue to lay each year on the assessed valuation of all tax7 able property of said town, a "special debt levy" not to ex8 ceed twenty cents in any one year until the first day of Janu9 ary, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. Such levy 10 shall be assessed and collected as otherwise provided by law, 11 and the proceeds thereof shall be used for the purpose of pay12 ing such judgments and orders and none other. |