15 suit be brought on any such school order prior to the first day of 16 November of the current school year.

Sec. 193. Failure to Settle. If any sheriff fails to make the 2 settlement required by section one hundred ninety of this act 3 at the time required, without reasonable cause therefor, he shall be 4 charged in said settlement with twelve per cent interest on all 5 school money in his hands for the time he is in default in making 6 the said settlement. If the sheriff fails to make the said settlement 7 at the time required it shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney 8 to proceed by action against him and his sureties in the circuit 9 court to recover the fine and penalty imposed upon him by this 10 section and by section one hundred ninety-five of this act. 11 Every retiring sheriff shall immediately after he shall have 12 made his final settlement in the manner herein provided, pay and 13 turn over to his successor in office such balance as may be shown to 14 be due from him by said settlement.

Sec. 194. The provisions of this act shall in no manner in2 fringe upon the powers and privileges heretofore granted by any 3 special act or acts to any independent school district in the state; 4 and any independent school district may avail itself of any of 5 the provisions of this act as determined by the board of educa6 tion of said independent district.

Sec. 195. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act 2 are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 3.

(House Bill No. 16.

AN ACT to provide for a vote on the school levy in West Union district, Doddridge county, and in other districts in said county, or

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. That a special election on the question of the

2 school levy shall be held on the third Tuesday in May one thou

3 sand nine hundred and nineteen, in West Union district, Dod4 dridge county, and in other districts in said county, and in all other 5 districts of the state which failed to vote the school levy at the 6 general election in November, one thousand nine hundred and 7 eighteen. The voting at said election shall be by ballot at all the 8 regular voting places, and it shall be the duty of the board of ed9 ucation of each district to give at least ten days' notice of such 10 election by causing written or printed notice thereof to be posted 11 at each place of voting and such other places as they may deem 12 necessary. Books for said election shall be prepared by the board 13 of education of each district for the several places of voting there14 in, and delivered to the commissioners, or some of them, appointed 15 to superintend the election at each place of voting, before seven 16 o'clock a. m., of the day of which the election is held. 17 The ballots used at said election shall have written or printed 18 thereon the words "For school levy" and "Against school levy," and 19 if a majority of the ballots cast upon that question in a district 20 have written or printed thereon "For school levy," it shall be the 21 duty of the board of education to make the levies required by sec22 tion twenty-one of chapter forty-five of the code, and the levy voted 23 for at such election shall continue until the next general election 24 in which a county superintendent is elected, but if a majority of 25 the ballots cast in a district have written or printed thereon 26 "Against school levy," no levy shall be made by said board for the 27 next year succeeding. But in such case it shall be the duty of said 28 board to cause a special election to be held on the same day in the 29 following year, at which the question of levy or no levy shall in 30 like manner again be submitted to the people for their decision, 31 and if a majority of the ballots cast at such special election be "For 32 school levy," such levy shall be made as hereinbefore required. 33 The poll shall be held, the election conducted, the official rec34 ords returned and the result ascertained in accordance with the 35 provisions of section one hundred and sixty of chapter forty-five of 36 the code.

CHAPTER 4.

(House Bill No. 35.)

AN ACT authorizing the board of education of Union independent

school district, in the county of Marion, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing a high school for said district.

[Passed January 27, 1919. In effect ninety days from passage. Governor, February 6, 1919.]

Approved by the

Denomination of bonds; when payable.

Must submit question to voters; election and method of holding

same.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia.

Section 1. That the board of education of Union indepen2 dent school district in the county of Marion, West Virginia, be 3 and it is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of 4 said school district to an amount sufficient for the purpose of pro5 viding a suitable plot of land, and of erecting thereon, and fur6 nishing and equipping, a suitable high school building, within said 7 school district.

Sec. 2. Said bonds shall be of such denomination as said 2 board of education shall by order prescribe, and shall be payable 3 in not less than five years nor more than thirty-four years, at the 4 option of said board of education, and shall bear interest at the 5 rate of not to exceed six per centum per annum, payable annually; 6 provided, that the aggregate of said bonds for said purposes, in7cluding existing indebtedness of said district, shall not exceed five 8 per centum of the value of all the taxable property in said district, 9 to be ascertained by the last assessment for state and county pur10 poses next before the incurring of such indebtedness; and said 11 board of education shall provide by levy a direct annual tax suffi12 cient to pay annually the interest on such indebtedness, and the 13 principal when due.

Sec. 3. But no such bonds shall be issued under this act, 2 unless the question of issuing the same shall have first been sub3 mitted to the voters of said school district, at an election to be 4 held for that purpose, and shall have received three-fifths of all the 5 votes cast for and against the same. Such bond election shall be 6 held and conducted under the supervision of said board of educa7tion, and the result thereof shall be ascertained and certified by 8 said board, which shall appoint at least three qualified voters to 9 hold said election at each of the following named precincts, to-wit, 10 at the Central school building, and at the East Park school build11 ing, one of which said persons so appointed shall act as clerk, and 12 the other two shall act as commissioners of the election. A no13 tice of said election, duly published in two newspapers of gen14 eral circulation in said district, once a week for two weeks prior 15 to said election, shall be sufficient notice and publication thereof.

CHAPTER 5.

(House Bill No. 38.)

AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections nine and eleven of chapter twenty-eight, of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seven, as amended and re-enacted by chapter one hundred and twelve, of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, relating to the criminal court of McDowell county.

[Passed January 20, 1919. In effect from passage. February 6, 1919.]

Approved by the Governor

11. Terms and dates of holding court.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section nine of chapter twenty-eight, of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seven and section eleven of chapter twenty-eight, of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and seven, as amended by chapter one hundred and twelve, of the acts of the legislature of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, relating to the criminal court of McDowell county, be amended and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

Sec. 9. The judge shall receive for his services, $4,800.00

2 per annum, to be paid out of the county treasury.

Sec. 11. There shall be four terms of said court held in 2 each year, commencing on the second Monday in January, the 3 second Monday in April, the second Monday in July, the first 4 Monday in October. Adjourned and special terms of said court 5 may be called and held as provided for special terms of the circuit 6 court.

CHAPTER 6.

House Bill No. 45.)

AN ACT to authorize the county court of McDowell county to establish and maintain a dental clinic, for all resident children in said county, under the age of sixteen years, to lay the necessary levies, to employ dentists and other help, to purchase equipment and supplies, and to prescribe rules and regulations for the government of said clinic.

[Passed January 24, 1919. In effect from passage. Approved by the Governor, February 6, 1919.]

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Section 1. The county court of McDowell county, is hereby 2 authorized and empowered to establish and maintain, in said 3 county, as herein provided, a dental clinic, for the benefit of all 4 resident children in said county, under the age of sixteen years, 5 and to prescribe rules and regulations for the government of said 6 clinic.

Sec. 2. Said county court is authorized to appoint for a term 2 of four years, from the first day of July after this act shall take 3 effect, and every four years thereafter, a competent dentist, licensed 4 to practice dentistry in the state of West Virginia, who shall have 5 had at least five years of experience and who is a member in good 6 standing of the West Virginia Dental Society, who shall be 7 known as county director of dental clinic, and fix his salary, and 8 said county director may be removed as provided by section seven 9 of chapter seven of the code of West Virginia.

Sec. 3. Said county court is authorized to purchase and fur2 nish all equipment, supplies and materials that may be necessary 3 to establish and maintain said dental clinic, and pay for the same 4 out of the funds hereinafter provided, and to prescribe rules and 5 regulations for the government and management of said dental 6 clinic.

Sec. 4. Said county court is authorized to lay a levy not to 2 exceed ten cents on every one hundred dollars of valuation of the 3 taxable property in the county, according to the last assessment 4 thereof, for the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen; to 5 lay a levy not to exceed seven and one-half cents on every one 6 hundred dollars of valuation of the taxable property in the county, 7 according to the last assessment thereof, for the year one thousand 8 nine hundred and twenty; and to lay a levy not to exceed five 9 cents on every one hundred dollars of valuation of the taxable 10 property in the county, according to the last assessment thereof, 11 for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and 12 each succeeding year thereafter, to pay the expenses and cost of