-recess appointments, one; and the term of office of the first class shall continue for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the term of the second class shall continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified; and, thereafter, the term of office of each class shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any person appointed a director during the recess of; the senate shall serve as such until the next meeting of the senate. Vacancies in the office of director shall -vancancies. be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. Not more than six directors in each -political of said boards shall belong to the same political cast party, and not more than one director in each board shall be appointed from the same county. Unless residence otherwise provided by law, a majority of each board unless, etc.. shall constitute a quorum, but either board may, in -quorum. its discretion, designate business of a nature to be -when less specified by it, which may be transacted by a stated than quorum number of directors less than a quorum. The term of office of the directors now in office shall expire on -term of dithe thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and one. in office. restricted. may act. rectors now AN ACT to amend and re-enact section six of chapter seven of the acts of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, concerning "The West Vir ginia Asylum for Incurables." [Passed February 22, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 23, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section six of chapter seven of the acts of one Acts amended thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 6. The classes of persons who shall be admitted Asylum for as patients in said asylum are: incurables: classes of mitted as First-Epileptics, idiots and incurable defectives persons adneeding special care. The latter class is taken to patients. mean such persons as the directors may deem eligible, but does not include consumptives or cancerous per sons. -who not excluded. Superintendents of the insane asylums, their duties. Second-All such persons so afflicted who are not charges upon the county nor likely to become such, but who may desire to be admitted to such asylum and can pay the actual cost of their maintenance and treatment therein; but persons of this class shall not be admitted to the exclusion of the charity patients whose cases are pending at the time of the application. Nothing in this act is to be construed as excluding from the asylum those who are inmates thereof at the time of the passage of this act. The superintendents of the two hospitals for the insane shall select at once from the better class of epileptics, at present in their institutions, a number, to be ascertained from the president of the institution, equal to the capacity of the new building, just completed at the West Virginia asylum for incurables. Said epileptics to be provided for therein until adequate and proper buildings can be erected for -transporta- this class of patients. The expense of transferring these patients to the asylum for incurables, shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the two insane asylums. tion expense. Acts amended Asylum for incurables: board of directors of, how consti (Bouse Bill No. 289.) CHAPTER 55. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section two of chapter seven of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, concerning The West Virginia Asylumi for Incurables. [Passed February 20, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Became a Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section two of chapter seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 2. The board of directors shall be composed of six persons, two of whom may be women, who shall be divided into two classes of three persons each. tuted; num- The term of office of the first class shall begin on the ber of classes first day of June next after their appointment and of each class. continue for two years and until their successors are and the terms appointed and qualified, and the term of office of the appoint, and Cabell county. second class shall begin on the first day of June next after their appointment and continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter the term of office of each class shall be four years, the appointments thereto being made by the governor. The governor shall, on or after the governor to tenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred when. and one, nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint said directors. The governor may in like manner fill any vacancies. vacancy occurring in the board of directors for the unexpired term. Not more than one director shall director from be appointed from the county in which the said institution is located. The board of directors shall be poration. a body corporate under the style of "The West Vir- -corporate ginia Asylum for Incurables," and as such may sue name and and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and have and use a common seal. The board of directors may re- donations, ceive donations, subscriptions and gifts for said insti- etc. tution, and shall have authority to enforce the collection of the same in any court having jurisdiction. -term of The term of office of the directors now in office tors, when to shall expire on the thirtieth day of April, nineteen expire. hundred and one. -board a cor powers. -may receive present direc (House Bill No. 285.) CHAPTER 56. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter one hundred and fifty of the Code, concerning the State Board of Health. [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 20, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter one hundred and fifty Acts amended of the code be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: State Board of Health. of health, 1. There shall be a State Board of Health in this State board State, consisting of two physicians residing in each who to conof the five congressional districts thereof. Said physicians shall be graduates of reputable medical stitute. -when and how appointed. -classification. to begin and end. schools, and shall have practiced medicine for not less than six years continuously before their appointment. The governor shall in the month of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, appoint said physicians, who shall be divided into two classes, each class consisting of One physician from each district. The term of office of -terms, when each class shall begin on the first day of June in the year of their appointment. The term of office of the first class shall continue for two years, and of the second class for four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter the term of office shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. When the term of office of either class or of any of said physicians expires, the governor shall appoint their successors for the succeeding term. The governor may, in like manner, appoint physicians to fill any vacancy that may occur in the board, but any appointment to fill a vacnow in office, ancy shall be for the unexpired term. The term of office of the members of the state board of health now in office shall expire the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and one. -successors. -vacancies, -members Acts amended Miners' hospitals, directors of; how and when appointed. -number. -term. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section two of chapter fifty-seven of the Acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, concerning the Miners' Hospitals. [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 20, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section two of chapter fifty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: 2. Each of said hospitals shall be under the control of a board of directors, as hereinafter provided. The governor shall, on the tenth day of March, 1901, or as soon thereafter, as convenient, and every four years thereafter, nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate appoint, four directors for each of said three boards, whose term of office shall begin on the first day of April next after their ap cast. pointment and continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Not more -political than three of the directors of any of said boards shall belong to the same political party. No person shall -qualificabe appointed a director who is not a citizen and voter tions. of this State. Each director before entering on the discharge of the duties of his office shall take the filed. oath prescribed by law, which oath shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The term of of--directors fice of the directors now in office shall expire on the now in office. thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and one. -oath, where (House Bill No. 281.) CHAPTER 58. AN ACT to amend and re-enact section one of chapter thirty-three of the Acts of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, concerning the State Board of Agriculture. [Passed February 18, 1901. In effect 90 days from passage. Approved February 20, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That section one of chapter thirty-three of the Acts Acts amended of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: appointment how. -term. 1. There shall be a State Board of Agriculture, to State Board consist of seven commissioners. The governor, on the of agriculture; fifteenth day of March or as soon thereafter as con- of: when and venient, in the year nineteen hundred and one, shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint such commissioners, whose term of office shall begin on the first day of June fol--t lowing, and continue for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies in -vacancies. the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. Each commissioner shall -qualificabe a practical farmer and engaged in the business at tions. the time of his appointment, and not more than five -political of them shall belong to the same political party. The complexion. term of office of the members now in office shall expire -members on the thirty-first day of May, nineteen hundred and now in office. one. |