Chapter.

Page.

36.

45.

33. Prohibiting the issuing of non-participating policies by certain life in-

surance companies, new law

,219

34. Regulating disbursements by life insurance companies, new law

219

35. Prohibiting the drinking of liquors aboard engines and cars propelled by

steam or electricity, new law

220

Relating to toll roads and turnpikes, acts of 1903 amended.

221

37. Relating to sureties, code amended

222

38. Prescribing certain rules for the circuit courts of West Virginia, new law 223

39. Authorizing the comparison of writings as evidence, new law

224

40. Relating to the West Virginia Humane Society, acts of 1893 amended. 225

41.

Relating to and regulating passenger rates upon railroads, code amended 226

42. Concerning commissioners in chancery, code amended

227

43. Relating to construction and alteration of railroads, turnpikes, canals,

pipe lines, etc., under certain conditions, code amended

228

44. Relating to stock running at large, code amended

229

Relating to the equity suit of Virginia vs. West Virginia

230

46. Amending the charter of Storer college, acts of 1883 amended

231

47. Appropriation for the purpose of investigating certain mine disasters 232

48. Relating to the payment of taxes upon property assessed by the board of

public works, acts of 1905 amended

233

49. Appropriation to pay John C. Keister for injuries received while in the

service of the state

234

50. Authorizing county courts of the several counties to mark by suitable

monuments the sites of the frontier forts, etc., new law

235

51. Time extended in which distraint and sale may be made for taxes, code

amended

236

52. Regulating life insurance companies and prohibiting the diversion of funds

for political purposes, new law

237

53. Defining the status of persons soliciting life insurance, new law

238

54. Providing for the forfeiture of charters of cities, towns and villages, code

amended

238

55. Relating to taxes on inheritances, devises, distributive shares and legacies,

code amended

240

56. Relating to personal representatives, their

powers and duties, code

amended

241

57. Relating to the protection of birds, their nests and eggs, new law

244

58. Relating to qualification and salary of county superintendents, code

amended

246

59. Limiting the hours of service of train dispatchers, etc., in certain cases in

twenty-four consecutive hours, new law

248

60. Providing for the appointment of a state highway inspector, new law.. 249

61. Providing for the erection of a building and the display of the state of

West Virginia at the Jamestown exposition

251

62. Limiting the power of municipal corporations to impose taxes, acts of

1905 amended

254

63. Relating to county levies, code amended

256

64. Authorizing grand lodges in West Virginia to acquire and hold real estate

for certain purposes and to exempt same from taxation, new law

259

65. Relating to the West Virginia asylum, acts of extra session 1904 amended 261

66. Relating to the practice of medicine, code amended

263

67. Requiring an annual apportionment and accounting of surplus of life in-

surance companies, new law

267

68. Regulating the manufacture and sale of food, drink and drugs, new law 270

69. Relating to the practice of dentistry, code amended

273

70. Relating to education, code amended

276

71. Relating to the form of ballot to be used at any election to be held in the

state of West Virginia, code amended

278

72. Relating to the San Jose Scale and other dangerous insects, etc., to pre-

vent the introduction and spread of-acts of 1903 amended

281
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73. Relating to bridges constructed and maintained by corporations, code

amended

284

74. Relating to taking land without the owner's consent for purposes of pub-

lic utility, code amended

287

75. Relating to property exempt from taxation, code amended

290

76. Giving force and effect to title to land which has been heretofore or shall

hereafter be sold or partitioned or disposed of under judicial pro-

cedings, new law

291

77. Constituting the auditor of this state the insurance commissioner and

relating to insurance generally, code amended

293

78. Creating the department of mines, code amended

314

79. Relating to banks, trust companies, etc., code amended

334

80. Assessment of taxes, acts of 1905 amended

349

81. Relating to negotiable instruments, code amended

378

82. Relating to regulations respecting licenses, acts of 1905 amended

410

JOINT RESOLUTIONS, HOUSE

Number,

Page.

4. Authorizing the payment of members, officers, etc., of the House and

Senate, also mileage of members

427

9. Requesting our representatives, and instructing our senators to use their

influence to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the Guy-

andotte, Little Kanawha and Elk rivers

427

10. Fixing the per diem to be paid assistant janitors of the capitol building

during the session of the legislature

428

19. Appointing a commitee of the legislature to investigate mine disaster and

report to the legislature

428

20. Authorizing the sergeant-at-arms of the house and the clerk of the sen-

ate to issue warrants to certain attaches

430

21. Authorizing the appointment of a select committee to hold meetings and

make reports on all state institutions

430

24. Providing for the printing and distribution of the acts and journals of

this session

431

JOINT RESOLUTIONS, SENATE.

Number.

Page.

8. Approving the stand taken by the President of the United States against

trusts

432

13. Proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States pro-

hibiting polygamy and polygamous cohabitation within the United

States

433

22. Authorizing the special joint committee of the senate and house raised by

authority of House Joint Resolution No. 19 and House Concurrent

Resolution No. 5 to sit in vacation, etc.

434

24. Repecting the public services and death of Hon. William Dameron Tal-

bot

435

25. Authorizing the payment of per diem and mileage of special joint com-

mittee and clerks while sitting in vacation

436

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. SENATE.

Number.

Page.

3. Concerning the loaning of flags by the state archivist to the members of

the G. A. R.

436

EXTRA SESSION, 1907.

Proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra session

437

CITY CHARTERS, ETC.

Chapter

1. Chales Town, town of, charter amended

2. Chester, city of, incorporated

3. Logan, city of, incorporated

4. Parkersburg, city of, charter amended

5. Central City, city of, bonds authorized

Page.

443

445

464

480

481

SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ETC.

Chapter

6. Parkersburg, independent school district of

7. Wheeling, school district of, bonds authorized

Page.

487

495

GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.

Chapter

Page.

8. Adelphia Lodge No. 8, I. 0. 0. F., repealing act of incorporation

498

9. Constituting the auditor of this state the attorney in fact for all foreign

and non-resident domestic corporations, acts of 1905 amended.

499

10. Concerning an attorney in fact, code amended

502

11. Examination and registration of nurses, new law

503

12.
Regulating the practice of pharmacy, code amended

506

13. Relating to public uses for which private property and public highways

may be taken or damaged, code amended

516

14. Relating to the protection of sheep, etc., and making personal property of

dogs and their protection as such, code amended

518

15. Relating to the assessment of taxes, acts of 1905 amended

523

16. Regulations respecting licenses, code amended

526

APPROPRIATION ACTS.

Chapter

Page.

17. Appropriations to pay salaries of the officers of the government; also to

pay members, officers and attaches of the legislature-regular session 535

18. Appropriations to pay members of the legislature, oflicers and attaches

for the extra session

540

541

19. Appropriating money to pay general charges and sundry individual claims

JOINT RESOLUTIONS, HOUSE,

Number.

Page.

1. Respecting the payment of members, officers and attaches of the legisla-

ture for the extra session

583

2. Adopting a state flag for the state of West Virginia

583

Page.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS, SENATE.
Number.

1. Fixing the per diem to be paid assistant janitors of the capitol building

during the extra session of the legislature

584

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS, SENATE.
Number.

Page.
1. Providing for a joint committee to wait upon the governor

585
2. Adopting joint rules

585
3. Providing for a joint committee to wait upon the governor to inform
him that the legislature is ready to adjourn

585