Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. There is hereby established for the care, treat2 ment and education of the deaf and blind persons of the Negro 3 race a state institution to be known as the colored deaf and blind 4 school. It shall belong to that class of institutions mentioned in 5 section three of chapter fifty-eight of the acts of one thousand nine 6 hundred and nine, and shall be managed and controlled as provided 7 in said act, all the provisions whereof shall be as applicable to said 8 school as if the same were named in said section three of said act. 9 The chief executive officer thereof shall be the principal, and shall 10 be a graduate of some reputable college and shall have had at least 11 six years experience as a teacher and shall be a person of good exe12 cutive ability, and shall be appointed by the governor with the ad13. vice and consent of the senate. Sec. 2. The state board of control and a committee of three 2 colored persons, citizens of West Virginia, appointed by the gover3 nor, shall jointly select a suitable site for such school and provide 4 plans for the necessary buildings as soon after July first, one thous5 and nine hundred and nineteen, as practicable; and thereafter all 6 the provisions of said chapter fifty-eight of the acts of one thous7 and nine hundred and nine and chapter forty-five of Barnes' 8 nineteen hundred and sixteen West Virginia code shall govern 9 herein as far as applicable. Sec. 3. All such deaf and blind youths of the Negro race, 2 residents of the state, between the ages of eight and twenty-five 3 years, shall be admitted to the institution on application to the 4 principal, until the institution is filled. Applicants shall be ad5 mitted in the order of their application, and it shall be the duty of 6 the principal to keep a careful record of the names of all applicants, 7 with the dates of the admission and discharge, their age, post of8 fice address, the name of their parents or guardians and the degree, 9 cause and circumstances of their deafness and blindness. CHAPTER 12. (House Bill No. 75.) AN ACT to amend and to re-enact section four of chapter twentyseven of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nine. [Passed February 5, 1919. SEC. 4. In effect from passage. Became a law without the Salary of judge of the criminal Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section four, of chapter twenty-seven, of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nine be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 4. The judge of the said criminal court shall receive 2 for his services a salary of four thousand dollars per year; said 3 amount to be fixed and paid from year to year by the county court 4 of said county out of the funds of said county as provided by 5 statute. CHAPTER 13. (House Bill No. 19.) AN ACT to establish a state institution for the care and treatment of insane persons and other incurable mental defectives of the Negro race, and to provide for the management of such institution. [Passed February 8, 1919. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 12, 1919.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. There is hereby established for the care and treat2 ment of insane persons, or persons who are mentally afflicted and 3 such other incurable mental defectives of the Negro race as the 4 state board of control shall deem eligible, a state institution to be 5 known as the state colored hospital for the insane. It shall belong 6 to that class of institutions mentioned in section three of chapter 7 fifty-eight of the acts of one thousand nine hundred and nine, and 8 shall be managed and controlled as provided in said act, all the pro9 visions whereof shall be as applicable to said hospital as if the same 10 were named in said section three of said act. The chief executive 11 officer thereof shall be the superintendent, who shall be a legally 12 qualified physician of at least six years experience in the practice 13 of his profession, and shall be a person of good executive ability, 14 and shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent 15 of the senate. Sec. 2. The state board of control and a committee of three 2 colored persons, citizens of West Virginia, appointed by the gov3 ernor, shall jointly select a suitable site for such hospital and pro4 vide plans for the necessary buildings as soon after July first, one 5 thousand nine hundred and nineteen, as practicable; and there6 after all the provisions of said chapter fifty-eight of the acts of one 7 thousand nine hundred and nine and of chapter fifty-one of the 8 acts of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen shall govern herein 9 as far as applicable. Sec. 3. There shall be admitted to said hospital persons of 2 the Negro race, residents of this state, who may be insane or 3 mentally afflicted and such other incurable mental defectives as the 4 state board of control shall deem eligible; all like persons of said 5 race now confined in any other state institution shall be trans6 ferred by the state board of control to said hospital as soon after its 7 completion as practicable. CHAPTER 14. (House Bill No. 116.) AN ACT relating to claims against the state, county courts, boards of education and municipalities, and the allowance and payment thereof. [Passed February 8, 1919. In effect ninety days from passage. Approved by the Governor February 12, 1919.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any county court, board 2 of education or the council of a municipal corporation, or other 3 body charged with the administration of the fiscal affairs of any 4 county, school district or independent district or a municipality, 5 to pay any claim for services rendered or materials furnished 6 unless an itemized account therefor is filed by the claimant, covering the claim; said account shall be itemized in detail, and shall 8 show, among other things, the following: If the claim is for serv9 ices, it shall show the kind of service and dates when same were 10 performed and the name of the person performing the service; 11 if the claim is for material or supplies furnished the claim shall 12 show in detail the kind of material or supplies, the quantity, dates 13 of delivery and to whom delivered; if the claim is for road or 14 bridge work or for road or bridge material, the amount of which 15 claim is for material in excess of five dollars and for labor in ex15-a cess of twenty-five dollars, the claim shall be verified by the 16 affidavit of the person making the claim, and in such affidavit the 17 person making the claim shall be required to state that the serv18 ices performed or materials furnished, as set forth in said claim, 19 were actually performed or actually furnished, and that the claim 20 as stated is true and correct and that there is justly due to the 21 claimant the sum set forth in the account. If any person shall 22 swear falsely in the making of such affidavit, he shall be deemed 23 guilty of false swearing. The president or presiding officer of the 24 fiscal body allowing claims shall endorse on all accounts allowed 25 the words "allowed and payment authorized," 'together with the 26 date of allowance and signature of the president or other presiding 27 officer. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any state officer to issue his 2 requisition on the state auditor in payment of any claim unless an 3 itemized account is filed in the office of the officer issuing the 4 requisition. If the account is for services it shall show kind of 5 service, dates when performed and name of persons performing 6 the service; if the account is for materials or supplies it shall show 7 in detail the kind of material or supplies, the quantity, dates of 8 delivery and to whom delivered; if the account is for automobile 9 hire or other transportation it shall show date, from where, to 10 where, and the purpose of the expenditure. No account shall con11 tain an item designated "sundry," "miscellaneous," or terms of like 12 general nature. Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act 2 are hereby repealed. CHAPTER 15. (House Bill No. 166.) AN ACT authorizing the county court of Wirt county, West Virginia, to lay a special levy for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and if necessary for the purpose for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one on all taxable property of said county for the purpose of erecting a public bridge across the Little Kanawha river at the county-seat thereof, and providing for the receipt and disbursement of all moneys raised by said levy. [Passed February 7, 1919. In effect ninety days from passage. Governor February 12, 1919.] Approved by the which levy may be laid; limit of levy. 2. Plans and specifications for construction of such bridge. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a public bridge across 2 the Little Kanawha river, at the county seat of the county of 3 Wirt, the county court of said county is hereby authorized to lay 4 a special levy on all taxable property within the said county for 5 the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty and if necessary 6 for the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, not to 7 exceed in either year ten cents on the one hundred dollar valua8 tion of said property, as assessed for regular state, county and 9 district taxation. Said levy shall be called a "special bridge 10 levy" and the funds derived therefrom shall be used for said pur11 pose and for no other. Sec. 2. Said bridge shall be constructed according to such 2 plans and specifications as said county court may decide upon 3 and all moneys realized from said special levy shall be kept in a 4 separate fund and a separate account kept of the receipts and 5 disbursements of the same. CHAPTER 16. (House Bill No. 61.) AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter seventy of the acts of the legislature of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, (now serial section three hundred and thirty-five and also section one of chapter fifteen-a of the code of one thousand nine hundred and six) in reference to the office of state librarian. [Passed February 11, 1919. In effect ninety days from passage. Governor February 13, 1919.] Approved by the with surety; term of present librarian to continue to July 1, 1921. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter seventy of the acts of the legislature of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: |