NATIONAL MEASURING FAUCET CO., dissolved; date of certificate, September 10, 1900.

PINE TAR CHEMICAL CO., dissolved; date of certificate, September 15, 1900. JOSHUA BROWN & CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 19, 1900.

AMERICAN PROCESS CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 19, 1900.

ELLERY HOWARD CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 19, 1900.

DALZELL, GILMORE & LEIGHTON CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 27, 1900.

NATIONAL SALT CO., dissolved; date of certificate, December 10, 1900.

GOULD EQUIPMENT CO., dissolved; date of certificate, December 20, 1900.

OLD COLONY OIL CO., dissolved; date of certificate, December 24, 1900.

SOUTH ATLANTIC EXPORT CO., THE, dissolved; date of certificate, January 12, 1901.

ARIZONA LEAD COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, January 21, 1901.

KANAWHA & ELK RIVER RAILROAD CO., dissolved; date of certificate, Feb ruary 6, 1901.

BLUE JAY PLACER MINING CO., dissolved; date of certificate, March 2, 1901.

DISSOLUTIONS, (DOMESTIC).

(From March 4, 1899, to March 4, 1901.)

BLUEFIELD MERCANTILE CO., dissolved; date of certificate, April 22, 1899. DILLON WHEAT & HANCHER CO., dissolved; date of certificate, April 28, 1899.

GALLAGHER OIL WELL AGITATOR CO., dissolved; date of certificate, May 1, 1899.

JOHN M. JONES COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, May 9, 1899.
BANK OF MERCER, THE, dissolved; date of certificate, June 12, 1899.

AMERICAN BANK, THE, dissolved; date of certificate, August 18, 1899.

MECHANICS BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION, THE, dissolved; date of certificate, October 7, 1899.

PARKERSBURG COAL COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, November 4, 1899.

LINCOLN NEWS PUBLISHING CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 10, 1899.

WEST FAIRMONT WATER CO., dissolved; date of certificate, December 1, 1899. RIVERSIDE IRON WORKS, THE, dissolved; date of certificate, January 6, 1900. DAVIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, January 8, 1900. MASTERSON COAL & COKE COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, February 2, 1900.

TERRA ALTA WOOLEN MILLS CO., dissolved; date of certificate, February 21, 1900.

GLENWOOD HEIGHTS CO., dissolved; date of certificate, April 11, 1900,

POLLOCK OIL & GAS CO., dissolved; date of certificate, April 30, 1900. HUNTINGTON HERB & MEDICINE CO., dissolved; date of certificate. May 26, 1900.

NARSH HAME COMPANY, THE, dissolved; date of certificate, May 28. 1900. ALLEGHENY OIL CO., THE, dissolved; date of certificate. September 17. 1900. MANNINGTON GLASS CO., dissolved; date of certificate, November 28, 1900. OHIO VALLEY IRON COMPANY, dissolved; date of certificate, December 7, 1900. CHESTER ROLLING MILL CO., dissolved; date of certificate, February 6, 1901.

INDEX.

ABSTRACTS,

of certificates of incorporation, and other certificates relating to char-
ters issued by the Secretary of State and not before reported.
(See appendixes B and C.)

ACTION OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE IN ASSUMPSIT,

may be brought for breach of any contract, chapter 17..

Page.

68

ACTIONS, ETC., AT LAW,

expense of bond in, may be included in costs, chapter 18.....

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, NEW LAWS,

Of General Nature.

chapter 3, concerning distraint, etc., for fee bills and taxes...
chapter 4, relating to the Humane Society...

47

48

chapter 8, street car employes, protection of.
chapter 9, Congressional districts of West Virginia..
chapter 10, Legislative districts of West Virginia..
chapter 11, concerning boards of education.....
chapter 12, boards of education, duty of as to U. S. flag.
chapter 13, concerning support of wives and children...
chapter 14, concerning cruelty to children..

56

57

58

61

61

62

63

chapter 15, employment bureau...

chapter 16, the writing of insurance policies.

65

chapter 17, concerning action of trespass on the case.
chapter 18, certain allowances to fiduciaries, etc.
chapter 19, concerning employes in factories, etc.
chapter 20, weighing of coal, etc...:.

68

69

69

71

chapter 21, contagious diseases among domestic animals.
chapter 22, state service commission.....

72

75

chapter 23, mortgaged personal property, not to be removed, etc..
chapter 24, property of liverymen, in cities, etc...

77

78

chapter 25, assessors, duty as to agricultural statistics.

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, NEW LAWS-Continued.
chapter 31, concerning oils used in coal mines..

chapter 32, anatomical board, created.......
chapter 33, to prevent, etc., San Jose scale, etc..
chapter 34, re-assessment of real estate.............
chapter 97, concerning commercial fertilizers.

Of Special and Local Nature.

Page.

84

86

88

93

210

chapter 110, authorizing the union of the C. & O., Glen Jean, Lower
Loop & Deep Water railway companies..

241

chapter 111, authorizing the union of the C. & O. and Guyandot
Valley railway companies.....

242

chapter 112, authorizing the union of the C. & O. and Greenbrier
railway companies

243

chapter 114, concerning records of Mingo county.

246

chapter 115, concerning waters of the New and Great Kanawha
rivers

249

chapter 116, authorizing the town of Buckhannon to issue bonds...
chapter 117, Point Pleasant authorized to issue bonds.
chapter 118, Shepherdstown authorized to issue bonds.
chapter 119, Grafton authorized to issue bonds.....
chapter 120, Braxton county authorized to issue bonds.
chapter 123, Martinsburg authorized to issue bonds...

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251

252

253

254

259

chapter 124, Martinsburg authorized to issue bonds for water
works

260-

chapter 125, establishing county court and board of commissioners
for Pendleton county

262

chapter 126, monument for Levi Morgan...
chapter 127, state for Francis H. Pierpoint.

264

266

chapter 129, providing for re-assessment of real estate in Mercer
and Tyler counties.....

chapter 131, independent school district of Central city, established
chapter 134, Flatwoods independent school district established............
chapter 136, concerning education in Brooke and Hancock counties
chapter 138, authorizing Greenbrier school district, in Summers
county, to issue bonds....

270

282

294

297

300

chapter 140, establishing preparatory branch of the University at
Keyser, etc.....

chapter 141, making Davies' "Facts in Civil Government" an op-
tional text book....

309

chapter 142, authorizing county court of Kanawha county to take
up certain orders, etc.....

309

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, AMENDING CODE,
chapter 3, section 18, concerning political conventions.

146

chapter 6, section 3, appeals from county court in contested elections
chapter 7, section 7, concerning removal of county and district
officers

166

219

chapter 17, section 5, concerning payment of claims against the state
chapter 18, sections 50, 51 and 100, concerning the military.
chapter 29, section 1, concerning assessment of taxes....
chapter 29, section 89, compensation of assessors..
chapter 31, section 4, sale of delinquent lands for taxes.

209

194

122

220

222

coapter 32, sections 2 and 79, concerning "regulations respecting
licenses"

149-

ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, AMENDING CODE-Continued.
chapter 32, sections 1 and 66, concerning state licenses....
chapter 32, section 30, regulating licenses at theaters, watering
places, etc......

chapter 32, section 22, concerning bonds required in certain cases..
chapter 32, sections 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91 and 92, concerning license

taxes of corporations, etc..

chapter 32, section 66, in relation to licenses (repealed)................
chapter 34, sections 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13, concerning insurance,
telegraph, telephone and express companies..

chapter 39, section 15, relocation of county seats....

chapter 39, section 49, concerning allowances to county officers...
chapter 42, section 14, condemnation of land.

chapter 42, section 2a, relating to public burying grounds....
chapter 43, paragraphs 7, 13, 16 and 17 of section 56a, concerning
the alternate road law...

chapter 43, section 20, in relation to roads.

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150

151
152

110 to 118

123

234

206

119

168

148

125

198

chapter 45, section 98, concerning physician for schools for the deaf
and the blind......

145

chapter 45, sub-section V, section 98e, concerning the Industrial
Home for Girls.

131

chapter 45, section 87, concerning normal schools.

135

chapter 45, section 78, concerning West Virginia University...
chapter 45, sections 53 and 54, concerning county superintendents..
chapter 45, section 6, relating to salary of teachers...
chapter 45, section 13, concerning trustees, etc......
chapter 45, section 40, concerning levies for school purposes..
chapter 45, section 17, concerning education of colored children..
chapter 46, section 7, relating to the poor................

137

153

155

156

158

159

163

chapter 46, section 9, concerning vaccination of poor persons......
chapter 46, by adding section 33, concerning the burial of deceased
soldiers and sailors

164

148

chapter 47, sections 2, 9 and 49, of cities, towns, etc., incorporation
of, etc.....

123

chapter 50, section 170, appeals from justices..

165.

chapter 52, sections 3 and 4, concerning incorporation of corpora-
tions, etc......

chapter 53, sections 6, 12, 16, 18, 21, 24, 35, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50,
51, 52, 53 and 62, concerning corporations, etc.

chapter 54, sections 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 80 and 81,
concerning corporations, etc......

94 to 101.

101 to 110.

94-

chapter 54, section 53, relating to incorporation of joint stock com-

panies and consolidation of railroads, etc..

236

chapter 54, section 48, condemnation of land.

169

chapter 54, sections 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 and 81b, concerning banks
and banking institutions..

170

chapter 56, section 12, concerning toll roads and turnpikes.
chapter 58, section 2, relating to insane persons....

199

138

chapter 62, section 19a, concerning the game and fish warden.
chapter 62, section 6, concerning the protection of fish.

200

203

chapter 62, sections 2 and 13, concerning unlawful hunting, etc.....
chapter 62, by adding section 20, concerning the skunk or polecat..
chapter 66, section 9, concerning property rights, etc., of married

women

chapter 82, section 12, concerning investments by guardians.

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197

101

221