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Treasurer of State .- Term four years; salary, $5,000 per annum; issues checks for State obligations on warrants therefor from the Auditor of State.
Attorney- General. - Term, four years; salary, $5,000 per annum; must have been a citizen of the State five years preceding his election, and be not under twenty-five years of age; is the legal adviser of the Gov- ernor and other State officials. Is ex-officio Reporter of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Commissioner of Agriculture .- Term, four years; salary, $5,000 per annum; must be a practical farmer and thus engaged for a period of at least ten years next pre- ceding his election to office; is at the head of the Depart- ment of Agriculture.
Board of Public Works .- Composed of the Gover- nor, Secretary of State, State Superintendent of Free Schools, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney- General, and Commissioner of Agriculture. Assesses value of all public utilities of the State; designates the banks in which State moneys are to be kept.
Board of School Fund .- Composed of the Governor, who is ex-officio President; the Auditor of State, who is ex-officio Secretary; the Treasurer of State; and the
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State Superintendent of Free Schools; has control of the "Permanent School Fund."
Commissioners of Public Printing .- Three in number, namely the Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and the State Superintendent of Free Schools. Let contracts every two years for the public printing of the State; all contracts must be approved by the Governor.
State Senators .- Thirty in number; two from each Senatorial District; one elected biennially for the term of four years: compensation five hundred dollars a year, and mileage of ten cents per mile to and from the seat of government; must be at least twenty-five years of age.
Members of the House of Delegates .- Ninety-four in number; term, two years; compensation, five hundred dollars a year, and mileage of ten cents per mile to and from the seat of government.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
Staff Officers .- The Governor's Staff consists of the Adjutant-General, with the rank of Brigadier-General; and in addition thereto, six aides with rank not above that of colonel, may be detailed from the National Guard. The Governor may appoint and commission an honorary staff to serve during his term of office, of such number as he may deem advisable, and with such rank as he may fix; but this is not a part of the regularly organized militia.
Adjutant-General .- Term, four years; salary, $3,600 per annum; performns, in time of peace, the duties of chief of the pay, quartermaster, and ordnance depart- ments.
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Brigadier-General of the West Virginia National Guard .- Term, four years; salary, $15.07 per day while employed in active service.
State Compensation Commissioner .- Created by act passed February 20, 1915; salary, $6,000 per annum; term, six years; administers workmen's compensation law.
Public Service Commission .- Created by act passed February 20, 1913. Three members; term, six years; salary, $6,000 each per annum. Has jurisdiction over railroads, express companies, and other common carriers; also over telegraph, telephone, pipe line, and water com- panies, and companies furnishing gas and electricity.
The State Board of Control .- Created by act passed February 22, 1909. Three members; term, six years; sal- ary, $5,000 each per annum; has control of the Hunting- ton State Hospital; the Spencer State Hospital; the Weston State Hospital; the Penitentiary; the West Virginia In- dustrial School for Boys; the West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls; Welch Hospital Number One; McKendree Hospital Number Two; Fairmont Hospital Number Three; State Tuberculosis Sanitarium; and the West Virginia Colored Orphans' Home. The appropriations are to be expended upon the approval of the Board of Control. It also has charge of the financial affairs of the institutions controlled by the State Board of Regents.
State Board of Education .- Created in 1919: Seven members, including the State Superintendent of Free Schools; term, six years, one appointed each year by the Governor; salary (except the State Superintendent, who receives only his expenses) is $1,000 per annum, and actual expenses. Has control of the educational depart- ments of the West Virginia University, the Potomac State
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School, the New River State School, West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind, the State Normal School and its branches; the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, and the Bluefield Colored Institute. Has authority to provide state courses of study and to adopt text books in the elementary grades for uniform use in the State, except in towns having a population of 3,500 or more. In adopting text books it requires five votes to make a change and no more than thirty per cent of the subjects required to be taught in the elementary schools of the State shall be changed at any five-year adoption, unless it be necessary to make more changes to protect the public against exorbitant prices. There is an "Advisory Council" to the State Board of Education, composed of two negroes appointed by the Governor for a term of four years at $1,000 per annum. Their advice is limited to the negro schools of the State.
State Tax Commissioner .- Office created by an act of August 11, 1904. Term, six years; salary $6,000 and traveling expenses, not to exceed $1,000 per annum, duties are to see that all laws concerning levies, assess- ments, and collection of taxes are faithfully enforced.
Prohibition Commissioner .- Appointed by the Governor at a salary of $5,000. The duties of this office were formerly included with those of State Tax Com- missioner.
State Historian and Archivist .- Office created in 1905; term, four years; salary, $2,700 per annum; is custodian of the State Archives, Museum, and is Libra- rian of its Historical and Miscellaneous Library.
Chief of the Department of Mines .- Established in 1883; salary; $5,000 per annum; appoints fifteen Dep-
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uty Mine Inspectors, enforces mining laws relating to the safety of employees in the mines.
Pardon Attorney .- Term, four years; salary, $4,000 per annum; examines all applications for pardon from persons confined in the State prison, and reports the re- sult thereof to the Governor.
Game and Fish Commission .- This Commission consists of three members, who serve without pay, but who maintain an office at the Capitol and appoint a Chief Game Protector and such Deputies as may be necessary. Enforces the laws for the protection of the forests, game, and fish of the State, and prosecutes those who violate them.
Commissioner of Banking .- Term, four years; sal- ary, $5,000 per annum; duty to examine into the affairs of all the banks and other financial institutions incor- porated and doing business under the laws of the State, other than national banks.
State Hotel Inspector .- Created by act passed Feb- ruary 21, 1913. Salary, $1,500 and traveling expenses; inspects hotels and restaurants at least once annually.
Veterinary Examining Board .- Act of February 10, 1915. Three competent veterinarians. Term, six years; actual expenses allowed. Duty is to examine and regis- ter veterinarians.
State Commissioner of Labor .- Act of February 21, 1889. Term, four years; salary, $3,600 per annum and actual expenses; makes annual reports to the Gov- ernor relating to all departments of labor.
State Commissioner of Health .- Created by act passed February 21, 1915. Term, four years: salary.
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$4,800 per annum and actual expenses. He must be a physician skilled in sanitary science, experienced in pub- lic health administration. Duty, is to administer the laws and regulations of the State Department of Health; ex-officio member of the public health council.
Board of Examiners in Optometry .- Act of Feb- ruary 26, 1909. Consists of five members.
Board of Dental Examiners .- Act of February 20, 1897. Five in number; term, four years; compensation, fees. Examines and issues certificates to dentists who practice in the State.
State Board of Embalmers .- Act of February 24, 1899. Consists of one member from each Congressional District; term, four years; salary, $2 a day, and neces- saty expenses; examines and issues certificates to all qualified applicants who desire to carry on the business of embalmers or undertakers.
The Berkeley Springs Board .- Five members; can- not be appointed from any county adjoining Morgan county; holds office at the pleasure of the Governor; con- trols the Berkeley Springs property for the State.
State Road Commission .- Act of 1921. Three members; salary, $7,500. Has charge of building roads in the State, expending therefor the proceeds of the issue of $50,000,000 of bonds voted at the general election in in 1920. These roads shall connect the various county seats of the State.
West Virginia Humane Society .- Act of February 17, 1899. This Society consists of one member from each Congressional District; has branches in all the cities
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and larger towns; objects are to prevent cruelty to chil- dren, to the aged, and also to dumb animals.
Board for the Examination of Accountants .- Act of February 14, 1911. Consists of two Accountants and an Attorney-at-Law; term, three years; compensation, fees. Examines and issues certificates to persons desir- ing to act as public Accountants of the State.
Department of Public Safety (State Police) .- The superintendent of this department is appointed by the Governor, salary, $4,000.
Superintendents of State Institutions .- One each for the Weston State Hospital, Spencer State Hospital, Huntington State Hospital, Industrial Home for Girls at Salem, Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown, State Penitentiary at Moundsville.
Vaccine Agents .- Act of March 24, 1873. Three in number; term, four years; residence, one at each of the following places: Charleston, Martinsburg, and Wheeling ; compensation, $50 each per year.
Notaries Public .- Governor appoints in each of the counties of the State; term, ten years; compensation, fees; administer oaths and take depositions; take ac- knowledgments of deeds; issue warrants for persons about to engage in a prize fight; may demand payment of, and protest for nonpayment on notes, checks, bills, etc.
Board of Pharmacy .-- Act of February 21, 1881. Consists of five members, licensed pharmacists actually engaged in practice of pharmacy. Term, five years; compensation, $5 per day and actual expenses. Ex- amines and issues certificates to applicants desiring to engage in the business of druggist.
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APPOINTED BY THE AUDITOR OF STATE
The Fire Marshal .- Created by act of February 23, 1909. Holds office at the pleasure of the Auditor; salary, $4,000 per annum; duty is to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire occuring in the State when the damage exceeds fifty dollars.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT
Commission of the State Geological and Eco- nomic Survey .- Composed of the Governor, Treasurer of State, President of the West Virginia University, President of the State Board of Agriculture, and the Director of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; serves without pay, reimbursed for actual ex- penses incurred in the performance of duties; has general charge of the Geological and Economic Survey of the State; appoints a geologist as Superintendent of the same, and such assistants and employees as may be deemed necessary. Makes examination of the geological formation of the State; examination and classification of the soils and their adaptability to particular crops; ex- amination of the forest and timber lands of the State; and examination of the physical features of the State.
Anatomical Board of West Virginia .- Created by an act passed February 16, 1901. Consists of the pro- fessor of Human Anatomy, the professor of Comparative Anatomy, and the professor of Pathology in the College of Medicine at the West Virginia University. Receives bodies of those who die unclaimed in any almshouse, prison, morgue, hospital, or asylum in West Virginia, for scientific uses and purposes of the College.
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There was created at the last Legislature a "Bureau of Negro Welfare," the head of which gets $3,600 salary; an Industrial School for colored boys; an In- dustrial School for colored girls; State Board of Children's Guardians; a Commission on Uniform State Laws; a Capitol Building Commission, to erect a new Capitol; a Child Welfare Commission; and a Parole Board, ap- pointed by the Governor, to serve during his pleasure.
JUDICIAL OFFICERS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals .- Five in number; term, twelve years; salary, $8,000 each per annum; constitute the Court of Last Resort; hold two terms of court annually at Charleston, begining in Jan- uary and September; have both original and appellate jurisdiction. Extra terms may be held at such other place or places within the state as the court may designate.
Judges of the Circuit Court .- Twenty-four in number, that is, one in each of the twenty-three Judicial Circuits, except in Ohio county, where there are two; term, eight years; salary, $5,000 each per annum in Circuits having a population of less than sixty thousand, and $5,500 in Circuits having a population of more than sixty thousand.
Judges of the Criminal Court .- One each in the counties of Cabell, Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Marion, Mercer, McDowell, Ohio, Wood, and Raleigh; term, six years, except in Fayette, where it is four years; salaries $4,500 per annum.
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STATE, COUNTY AND DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE SUPREME COURT
State Law Librarian .- Office established in 1868; formerly appointed by the Governor, now by the State Supreme Court; salary, $3,000 per annum; is custodian of the State Law Library.
COUNTY OFFICIALS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
County Officers' Salaries .- Act of February 20, 1915, fixes the salaries of sheriffs, clerks of county courts, clerks of the circuit courts, and prosecuting attorneys in each county, and requiries the payment of all fees into the county treasury. The act takes effect for the compen- sation of sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys in 1917, and of the clerks of the county and circuit courts in 1921.
Sheriff .- Term, four years. Collects State tax and license fees and pays same to the Auditor of State; col- lects the county revenues and disburses the same on the order of the County Court.
Prosecuting Attorney .- Term, four years; is attor- ney for the State in actions at law.
Commissioners of the County Court .- Three in number; compose the County Court; term, six years; compensation, as stated on page 326; have custody, through the Clerk, of all deeds and other papers pre- sented for record in the County; establish and regulate all roads, ways, bridges, public landings, and ferries; lay and disburse all county levies; have jurisdiction in all matters of probate and the appointment and qualification of personal representatives, guardians, committees, cura- tors, and the settlement of their accounts.
Clerk of the County Court .- Term, six years; is custodian of the seal of the County Court, and of all
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deeds and other papers which are made matters of record in his office.
Clerk of the Circuit Court .- Term, six years; is custodian of the seal of the Circuit Court, and of all books, documents and papers pertaining to said Court.
Assessor .- Term, four years; annual compensation varies in the several counties from $1,000 to $2,100; col- lects poll tax, and values for purposes of taxation all real and personal property.
County Superintendent of Free Schools .- Term, four years; salary, based on the number of schools in the several counties, varies from $1,250 to $2, 700 per annum; must be a person of successful experience in teaching or supervising schools, and hold a first-grade certificate or its equivalent.
Surveyor of Lands .- Term, four years; compensa- tion, fees only; executes all orders of any Court for the survey of any lands in his county; and all surveys must be made by horizontal measurements.
COUNTY OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Board of Equalization and Review .- One in each county, consisting of three members; term, four years; compensation, $4 per day for not exceeding twenty-five days in any one year. Reviews and equalizes the assess- ment of property as returned by the Assessor.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE CIRCUIT COURT
Commissioner of School Lands .-- Term, at the pleasure of the Court; compensation, fees and commis-
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sions; reports to the Auditor and makes sale of school lands, that is, of lands for which no title exists, or that have been sold for taxes and purchased by the State.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COURT
County Road Engineer .- Appointment is optional with the Court; term, two years; compensation varies in the several counties from $300 to $3,000 per annum; must be a practical roadmaker or civil engineer, who shall be competent to establish grades and keep the roads in order as provided by law.
Coroners .- Term, at the pleasure of the Court; com- pensation, $2 per day while employed in official capacity; examine into the cause of death of persons found dead, if there is reason to believe that the death was caused by unlawful means.
Commissioners of Accounts .- Not more than four in number; compensation, fee only; have general super- vision over all fiduciaries qualified in their county, and are required to make settlement therewith and report same to the County Court.
Road Supervisors .- One for each Magisterial Dis- trict in counties where there is no County Road Engi- neer; compensation, not to exceed $2.50 per day while actually engaged in the official capacity.
Overseers of the Poor .-- One for each Magisterial District in the county; term, two years; compensation, not to exceed $1.50 per day while necessarily employed in the duties of their offices.
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MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OFFICERS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
Justices of the Peace .- One in each Magisterial District having a population less than twelve hundred, and two may be elected when the population exceeds that number; term, four years; compensation, fees.
Constables .- One for each Magisterial District hav- ing a population less than twelve hundred, and two may be elected if the population exceeds that number; term, four years; compensation, fees.
Board of Education .- Consists of a President and two School Commissioners; term of President, four years, of the Commissioners, two years; compensation, $3 per day, not to exceed fifteen days for the President, nor ten days for each Commissioner in any one year. Has supervision of schools and power to levy a school tax.
OFFICIALS APPOINTED BY THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
Secretary of the Board of Education .- Term, one year; salary varies with the number of schools, from $40 to $385 per annum, and $410 additional for making report to the County Superintendent; records the official proceedings of the Board and keeps its accounts.
School Trustees .- Three in each subdistrict; term, three years; serve without compensation; appoint teach- ers; purchase supplies for school and have general con- trol of the schoolhouse and other school property.
Truant Officer .- Term, one year; compensation, such amount as the Board of Education may determine; en- forces the law requiring pupils to attend school.
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TABLE-Showing Population of West Virginia, by Counties, from 1790 to 192).
COUNTIES
1920
1910
1900
1890
1880
1870
1860
1850
1840
1830
1820
1810
1800
1790
Barbour ...
18,028
15,-58
14,198
12,702
11,870
10,312
8,958
9,005
Berkeley ..
21,554
21,999
19, 169
18,702
17,380
14,900
12,525
11,771
10,972
10,518
11,211
11,479|
22,006
19,713
Boone . .
15,319
10,331
8,194
6,885
5,824
4,553
4,810
3,237
Braxton ...
23,973
23.023
18,901
13,928
9,787
6,480
4,992
4,212
2,575
Brooke ...
16,527
11,098
7,219
6,600
6,013
5,4C4
5,494
5,054
7,981
7,041
6,631
5,843
4.706
Cabell ....
65.716
46,080
29,252
23,595
13,744
6,429
8,020
6,299
8,163
6.881
4,789
2,717
Calhoun . .
10,268
11,258 :
10,233
8,248
4,659
3,460
2,1961
1,787
I'ddridge
11,976
12,572
13,689
12,183
10,552
7,076
5,203
2,750
l'avette ..
60,377
51,903
31,957
20,512
11,560
6,647
5,997
3,955
3,924
Gilmer ....
10,668
11,379
11,762
9,746
7,108
4,338
3,759
3,475
Grant ...
.5,993
7,858
7,275
6,802
5,542!
4, 16g
Greenbrier
26,212
24,-33
20,683
18,034
15,060
11,417
12.211
10,022
8,695
9,006 11,279
7,011 10,889
5,914
4,345
6,015
Hampshire
11,713
11.691
11,806
11,419
10,366
7,643
13,913
11,036
12,295
Hancock ..
14.975
10,465
6,693
6,414
4,882
4,363)
4,445
4,050
Hardy .
9,163
8,11!
7,567
6,794
5,518
9,864
9,543
7,692
6,798
5,700
5,525
6,627
7,336
Harrison
71.793
45,381
27.690
21.919
20,181
16,714
13,790
11,728
17,669
14,722
10,932
9,958
4,848
2,080
Jackson .
18,655
20,956
15,889
15,935
15,553
15,005
13,219
14,535
15,357!
14,082
12.927
13,087
11,851
Kanawha
110,650
81,457
51,696
42.756
32.466|
22,349
16,150
15,353|
13,567
9,326
6,399
3,866
3,239
J.#wis ..
20, 155
18,281
11:,980
15,895
13,269|
10.175
7,999
10,031
8,151
6,211
4,2-17
Lincoln
19,278
20,491
15.434
11,246
8,739
5,053
Logan.
41,006
14,476
6,955
11,101
7,329
5,124
4,938
3,620
4,309
3,680
Mebowell.
68.571
47.8 6
18,747
7,300
3,074
1,952
1,535
64.57]
42,791
82,130
20,721
17,198
12,107
12.692
10,552
Marshall .
32.38*
23,111
20.755
18,840
14,941
12,992
10,13×
6,937
Mer.er.
35.371
23.023
16,002
7,-167
7,064
6,819
4,223
2,233
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16.671
12,8531
13,065
8,630;
6.332
9,173|
7,539
6,777
6,531
4,808
1,991
23,019
21,1121
22.863
22,293|
15,978
8.306
6,514
4.890
9,784
8,348
7,346
Jefferson .
1.700
19.02]
16,312
10,300
6,072
2,939|
2,502
11,156
10,266
8,155
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TABLE-Showing Population of West Virginia, Etc .- Continued.
COUNTIES
1920
1910
1900
1890
1880
1870
1860
1860
1840
1830
1820
1810
1800
1790
Mingo.
26,364
19,431
11,359
15,705
14,985
13,547
13.048
12,387
17,368
14,056
11,060
12,903
8,540
4,768
Monroe ..
13,141
13,055
13,130
12,429
11,501
11,124
10,757
10,204
8,420
7.798
6,580
5,4 14
4,188
Morgan .
8.357
7,518
7.291
6,744
5,777
4,315
3,739
3,557
4,253
2 694
2,500
Nicholas . . .
20,717
17,699
11,403
9,309
7,223
4,458
4,627
3,963
2,515
3,346
1,853
8,175
4,740
5,212
Pendleton ..
9.652
9,919
9,187
8,711
8,0:22
6,455
6.164
5,795
6,940
6,271
4,845
4,239
3,962
2,452
Pleasants ..
7,379
8,071
9,345
7,539
6,956
3,012
2,945
Pocahontas
15,002
14,740
8,572
6,814
5,591
4,0.69
3,958
3,598
2,999
2,542
Preston ...
27,996
26,341
22,727
20,355)
19,091
14,565
13,312
11,708
6,866
5,144
3,422
Putnam .
17,531
18,587
17,330
14,342
11,375
7,791
6,301
5,335
Raleigh
42,482
25,633
12,436
9,597
7,367
3,673
3,367
1,765
Randolph ..
26,801
26,028
17,670
11,633
8,102
5,563
4,990
5,243
6,208
5,000
3,357
2,851
1,826
951
Ritchie ..
16,506
17,875
18,901
16,621
13,474
9,055
8,847
3,902
Roane
20,129
21,542
19,5521
15,303
12.184
7,239
5,381
Summers ..
19,092
18.1201
16,265
13,117
9,033
12,147
11,455
9,367
7,463|
5,367
Tucker ...
16,791
18,675
13,433
6,459
3,151
1,907
1,425
Tyler
14,186
16,211
18,252
11,962
11,073
7,832
6,516
5,498
6,954
4,104
2,314
l'pshur .
17.851
16,629
11,690.
12,711
10.249
8,423
7,092
Wayne ..
26,012
24,0-1
23,619
18,659
14.739
7,852
6,747
4,760
Webster.
11,562
9,680
8,862
4,783
3,207
1,730
1.555
Wetzel ..
23,069
23,555
22,850
16,841
13,896
8,595
6,703
4,284
Wirt ...
7,536
9,047
10,284
9.411
7.104
4,801
3,751
3,353
Wood .
12,306
33,001
31,452
28,612
25,006
19,000
11,046
9,450
7,923
6.429
5,860
3,036
1,217
Wyoming ..
15,180
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