(H. J. R. No. 2.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1. [Adopted February 13, 1901.] Proposing an amendment to article seven of the constitution tion relating to the salaries of officers. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house agreeing thereto: That the following amendment to article seven of the constitution of this State be and is hereby proposed, to-wit: That section nineteen of article seven be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 19. The officers named in this article shall receive for their services a salary to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms, and they shall not, after the expiration of the terms of those in office at the adoption of this amendment, receive to their own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation, and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law, for any service performed by any officer provided for in this article of the constitution, shall be paid in advance into the State treasury. (H. J. R. No. 5.) JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2. [Adopted February 15, 1901.} Proposing amendments to Article VII, sections two, three, four and seventeen, of the constitution of West Virginia. Resolved, by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house agreeing thereto: 1. That the following amendments to Article VII of the constitution of this State, be and are hereby proposed, to-wit: 2. That the second, third, fourth and seventeenth sections be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 2. An election for governor, secretary of state, state superintendent of free schools, auditor, treasurer and attorney general, shall be held at such times and places as may be prescribed by law. Sec. 3. The returns of every election for the above named officers shall be so sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the secretary of state, directed to the speaker of the house of delegates, who shall immediately after the organization of the house, and before proceeding to business, open and publish the same, in the presence of a majority of each house of the legislature, which shall for that purpose assemble in the hall of the house of delegates. The person having the highest number of votes for either of said officers, shall be declared duly elected thereto; but if two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the legislature shall, by joint vote, choose one of such persons for said office. Contested elections for the office of governor shall be determined by both houses of the legislature by joint vote, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. Sec. 4. None of the executive officers mentioned in this article shall hold any other office during the term of his service. The governor shall not be eligible to said office for the four years next succeeding the term for which he was elected. Sec. 17. If the office of secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, state superintendent of free schools, or attorney general, shall become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be elected and qualified in such manner as may be prescribed by law. The subordinate officers of the executive department and the officers of all public institutions of the State shall keep an account of all moneys received or disbursed by them, respectively, from all sources, and for every service performed, and make a semi-annual report thereof to the Governor under oath or affirmation; and any officer who shall wilfully make a false report shall be deemed guilty of perjury. (H. J. R. No. 8) JOINT RESOLUTION No. 3. [Adopted January 22, 1901.] To provide for the appointment of a joint special committee of the Legislature to inquire into and report upon matters relating to the calling of a constitutional convention to frame a new constitution or of amendments to the present constitution of this State. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the speaker of the house of delegates appoint a committee of nine members of the house and that the president of the senate appoint a committee of six members of the senate, which two committees together shall constitute a joint special committee of both houses, and who shall meet in joint session and organize by electing one of their number as chairman and shall hold meetings at such times and places in the capitol building, as the chairman or a majority of the joint committee shall determine and appoint. It shall be the duty of said committee to inquire into and report by bill or otherwise to each house upon such matters relating to the calling of a constitutional convention to form a new constitution as said committee may deem expedient. All bills, petitions or resolutions hereafter offered in either house relating to said matters shall be referred, without debate, to said joint committee. (H. J. R. No. 11.) JOINT RESOLUTION No. 4. [Adopted January 18, 1901.] Raising a special joint committee of three members of the house of delegates and two members of the senate to visit and inspect the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, at Romney, West Virginia. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That a joint committee of five members be appointed by this legislature, three from the house, to be appointed by the speaker of the house, and two from the senate, which committee shall examine into the comfort of the inmates and condition of affairs at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind at Romney, and make their report to this legislature as soon as practicable. (H. J. R. No. 12.) JOINT RESOLUTION No. 5. [Adopted January 21, 1901.] Raising a special joint committee of three members of the house of delegates and two members of the senate to visit and inspect the West Virginia Penitentiary and to report upon the advisability of the purchase by the State of the Mammoth Mound at Moundsville. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That a special joint committee, consisting of three members of the house, to be appointed by the speaker thereof, and two members of the senate, to be appointed by the president thereof, shall visit the West Virginia Penitentiary, at Moundsville, and make a thorough examination of said institution and report to this legislature upon the condition of its affairs; and also to report as soon as practicable upon the advisability of the purchase by the State of the Mammoth Mound at Moundsville, for preservation as a relic of prehistoric times. (H. J. R. No. 15.) JOINT RESOLUTION No. 6. [Adopted February 20, 1901.] Proposing an amendment to the constitution of West Virginia. Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of the members elected to each house thereof agreeing thereto: 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of this State: 2. The supreme court of appeals shall consist of five judges. Those judges in office when this amendment takes effect shall continue in office until their terms shall expire, and the legis lature shall provide for the election of an additional judge of said court at the next general election, whose term shall begin on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, and the governor shall, as for a vacancy, appoint a judge of said court to hold office until the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five. The judges of the supreme court of appeals and of the circuit courts shall receive such salaries as shall be fixed by law, for those now in or those hereafter to come into office. (H. J. R. No. 18.) JOINT RESOLUTION No. 7. [Adopted January 22, 1901.] Complimentary to Andrew S. Rowan, of the United States Army. WHEREAS, In the month of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, a short time before war was declared between Spain and the United States, his excellency, the President of the United States, found it very important to communicate with General Garcia, the commander of the Cuban forces at that time in revolt against the oppression of the Spanish government in Cuba; and WHEREAS, It was important that the authorities of the United States should secure all possible available information relative to existing conditions at that time in Cuba, and to secure such information was accompanied with great dangers and required unusual courage and caution. In this emergency Andrew S. Rowan, of the Nineteenth Regiment, United States Army, volunteered his services to the President, and entered upon the important mission. Lieutenant Rowan was given full instructions, and, without hesitation, entered upon the mission, within three hours after he received his instructions. He was furnished an open boat from Kingston, and landed on the Cuban shore; walked one hundred and fifty miles into the interior; found General Garcia; fixed upon a place to land the United States Army upon the island, and in other particulars carried out the orders of the President. Within five hours thereafter he started upon his return; took a rickety fishing boat, and after four days over a rough sea, reached Key West, wired the President the information he desired, and reported to the War Department for duty. He was immediately promoted to the position of a lieutenant-colonel of volunteers, and remained in the volunteer service until the close of the war with Spain. He then returned to his former regiment (the Nineteenth United States Regulars), and was soon thereafter promoted to the captaincy of Company I, which regiment is now in the Philippine Islands; therefore be it, |