Resolved, That certified copies of the foregoing preamble and resolution be forwarded by the governor of the state of West Virginia to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2.

(Adopted January 31, 1919.)

Authorizing the state board of health to issue to U. G. Morton of Lizemore, Clay county, West Virginia, a license to practice medicine and surgery.

WHEREAS, U. G. Morton has been engaged in the practice of medicine for twenty years, and is a useful man in the community in which he lives, in the care and attention of sick or injured persons; and

WHEREAS, the said U. G. Morton is a respectable, honorable and intelligent citizen of said county of Clay, and

WHEREAS, the said U. G. Morton is prevented by a technicality from obtaining a license to practice his profession; and

WHEREAS, the said U. G. Morton is an ethical practitioner, and is a useful man in his community; therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the state board of health be, and it is hereby authorized and requested to issue to the said U. G. Morton a license to practice medicine and surgery, in all their branches, within this state, from and after the passage of this resolution.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3.

(Adopted February 12, 1919.)

Proposing an amendment to sections twenty-two and thirty-three of article six of the constitution of this state.

Resolved, by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agreeing thereto :

That the following amendments to sections twenty-two and thirty

three of article six of the constitution of this state be, and the same are hereby agreed to, to-wit:

That sections twenty-two and thirty-three of article six of the constitution of the state of West Virginia be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 22. All sessions of the legislature, other than extraordinary sessions, shall continue in session for a period not exceeding fifteen days from date of convening, during which time no bills shall be passed or rejected, unless the same shall be necessary to provide for a public emergency, shall be specially recommended by the governor and passed by a vote of four-fifths of the members elected to each house; whereupon, a recess of both houses must be taken until the Wednesday after the second Monday of March following. On reassembling of the legislature, no bill shall be introduced in either house without a vote of three-fourths of all the members elected to each house taken by yeas and nays. The regular sessions shall not continue longer than forty-five days after reconvening, without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected to each house.

Sec. 33. The members of the legislature shall each receive for his services the sum of five hundred dollars per annum and ten cents for each mile traveled in going to and returning from the seat of government by the most direct route. The Speaker of the House of Delegates and the President of the Senate shall each receive an additional compensation of two dollars per day for each day they shall act as presiding officers. No other allowance or emolument than that by this section provided, shall directly or indirectly be made or paid to the members of either house for postage, stationery, newspapers, or any other purpose whatever.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6.

(Adopted January 24, 1919.)

Relating to the Virginia debt.

WHEREAS, the governor of this state in his biennial message to the West Virginia legislature of January 8, 1919, stated: "In a few days I will transmit to you a report of the Virginia debt commission, setting out the result of its correspondence and negotiations with the

Virginia commission since the last session of the legislature, together with certain recommendations for your consideration; and,

WHEREAS, on the 17th day of January, 1919, the governor, together with his special message to the legislature of West Virginia, transmitted the report of the new Virginia debt commission; and,

WHEREAS, the said report of the new Virginia debt commission merely sets forth the correspondence it has had, and the opinion of the United States supreme court, together with a few other documents which had come into its possession; but does not submit any recommendations whatsoever for the consideration of the legislature; and, WHEREAS, the governor in his said special message so transmitting the said report of said commission does not make any recommendations whatsoever for the consideration of the legislature; and,

WHEREAS, the legislature, before taking any further action concerning the Virginia debt, feels that it should have full and complete recommendations from the governor in regard thereto; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, that it is the sense of the legislature of West Virginia that the governor recommend and report to the legislature as follows:

Whether or not there were any other negotiations with the Virginia commission except those set forth and embraced in the report of the new Virginia debt commission so transmitted to the legislature on the 17th day of January, 1917, together with the special message of the governor.

2. If there were any other or further negotiations with the Virginia commission, besides those set forth in said repcrt, what were they?

3. Whether or not the Virginia debt should be paid.

4. If the Virginia debt should be paid, how and in what manner should payment thereof be made?

5. If payment of the Virginia debt should not be made, why not and how can the payment thereof be avoided?

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7.

(Adopted January 22, 1919.)

Providing for the adoption of the joint rules of the two houses. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the joint rules of the senate and house of delegates adopted January thirty-cne, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, be adopted as the joint rules of the two bodies during the present session, except that rule 2 shall provide that two hundred instead of twenty copies of enrolled bills shall be printed under the provisions contained in said rule; except that in the printing of municipal charters only twenty-five copies thereof shall be printed.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13.

(Adopted February 12, 1919.)

Providing for the appointment of a committee to wait upon the secretary of war and to point out to him the need of a sanitarium for the treatment of invalid soldiers suffering from rheumatism, diabetes and kindred diseases, and recommending Berkeley Springs, in this state, as the preeminent location for such sanitarium.

WHEREAS, the close of the world's war finds many soldiers of the armies of the United States of America incapacitated on account of rheumatism, diabetes and kindred diseases contracted in the discharge of their patriotic duty; and

WHEREAS, the cure of such soldiers would relieve the government from the payment of hundred of millions in compensations, would release thousands of men for the fields of peaceful industry and be a blessing to those, and their generation, who have suffered the horrors of warfare for their country's sake; and

WHEREAS, the water of the Berkeley Springs, in the state of West Virginia, is preeminently fitted for the cure of aforesaid diseases and admirably located for access from the Atlantic seaboard and the national capital; and

WHEREAS, the congress of the United States of America has recently appropriated the sum of fourteen millions, five hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing and equipping buildings suitable for the treatment of the physical disabilities of soldiers; therefore be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That a committee of five be appointed from the senate and house, two by the president of the senate and three by the speaker of the house, and that the governor of this state appoint a like number at

large from the citizens of this state, the governor to be ex-officio chairman thereof, to represent to the secretary of war the advantages to accrue to the nation at large and its disabled defenders by the construction and maintenance of a suitable building at Berkeley Springs, in the state of West Virginia, for the treatment of invalid soldiers for such diseases as the water of said springs is a curative agent.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15.

(Adopted February 15, 1919.)

Proposing an amendment to the constitution of this state.

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:

That the following amendment to the constitution of this state be, and the same is hereby agreed to, to-wit:

The legislature shall make provision by law for a system of state roads and highways connecting at least the various county seats of the state, and to be under the control and supervision of such state officers and agencies as may be prescribed by law. The legislature shall also provide a state revenue to build, construct, and maintain, or assist in building, constructing and maintaining the same and for that purpose shall have power to authorize the issuing and selling of state bonds, the aggregate outstanding amount of which, at any one time, shall not exceed fifty million dollars.

When a bond issue as aforesaid is authorized, the legislature shall at the same time provide for the collection of an annual state tax sufficient to pay annually the interest on such debt, and the principal thereof within, and not exceeding thirty years.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21.

(Adopted February 21, 1919.)

Providing for the appointment of a committee from the members of the next legislature.

WHEREAS, Senate Joint Resolution No. 15, Froposing an amendment to the constitution providing for a bond issue for a system