Code of West Virginia, 1931

Code	Chapter	Article	Section Heading	Section Text Preview	Status
51-4-8	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts	Execution Book	The clerk of every circuit court shall keep an execution book, in which he shall enter, in each case wherein an execution has issued, the names of the parties, …	Proofed
51-4-9	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts	Indexes of Books; Penalty	The clerk of every court shall have an index to each book he is required to keep, making convenient reference to every order, record, or entry therein. Every ex…	Proofed
51-4-10	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts	Duplicate Certificate of Allowance; Penalty	There shall be no duplicate certificate of any allowance of a court to be paid out of the treasury, unless the court, upon proof, by the oath of the party or ot…	Proofed
51-4-11	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts	Report by Circuit Clerk to Auditor of Claims Allowed Against State; Duties of Auditor; Penalty	It shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court of each county, in addition to the reports of fines, jurors and witnesses otherwise provided for by law, …	Proofed
51-4-12	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Provisions Relating to Clerks of Courts	Examination of Clerk’s Office	The supreme court of appeals and every circuit and county court, respectively, shall annually appoint two or more persons to examine the clerk’s office of such …	Proofed
51-5-1	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Commissioners in Chancery and for Stating Accounts	Appointment, Removal and Powers of Commissioners	Each circuit court and every other court of record now existing, or which may hereafter be established, having jurisdiction to try or hear suits in chancery or …	Proofed
51-5-2	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Commissioners in Chancery and for Stating Accounts	Oath of Commissioner	Every such commissioner, before proceeding to act, shall take the oath prescribed by section five, article four of the Constitution of this State.	Proofed
51-6-1	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Appointment; Term; Duties; Authority	Each circuit court, and every other court of record having jurisdiction to try or hear suits in chancery or actions at law, may appoint a general receiver of th…	Proofed
51-6-2	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Powers and Duties as to Securities	The certificates of stock or other securities in which, under the orders of the court, such investments may be made, shall be taken in the name of the general r…	Proofed
51-6-3	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Dividends and Interest	The general receiver shall collect the dividends and interest on all certificates of stock or other securities in which investments have been or may be made und…	Proofed
51-6-4	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Interest on Money Loaned	The interest on all loans made to individuals under an order of court shall become due and payable on the first day of January in each year, until the principal…	Proofed
51-6-5	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Receiver’s Liability for Funds and Interest Thereon	He shall be liable for all moneys which may come into his hands as general receiver; and if at any time he shall fail to invest any sum of money, as required by…	Proofed
51-6-6	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Receiver’s Bond	He shall, at the time of his appointment, and at least once in every two years thereafter, give bond with good security, to be approved by the court, in such pe…	Proofed
51-6-7	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Receiver’s Compensation	He shall receive as compensation for his services such percent of the amount received and invested or paid out by him in each case as the court may direct.	Proofed
51-6-8	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Accounts and Reports	He shall keep an accurate and itemized account of all moneys received, invested and paid out by him, showing the respective amounts to the credit of each case i…	Proofed
51-6-9	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Failure to Keep Accounts or Make Statements	If he shall fail to keep the account, or to make out and return the statements required by the next preceding section of this article, he shall be subject to a …	Proofed
51-6-10	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Settlement of Accounts of General Receiver and Others Who Hold Money Subject to Order of Court; Examination of Bonds and Securities	Each circuit court, and every other court which has appointed a general receiver, shall, at its first regular term after the first day of January in each year, …	Proofed
51-6-11	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Examination of Reports; Recordation New Bond or Additional Security; Effect	The court shall examine the reports required by the preceding section, when the same are made to it, and, if satisfied of the correctness thereof, shall order t…	Proofed
51-6-12	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	“Receivers’ Book;” Recordation of Reports; Inspection	The clerk of each circuit court shall procure, at the expense of his county, a book to be called the “Receivers’ Book,” wherein he shall record such reports, wh…	Proofed
51-6-13	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	General Receivers	Charges of Clerks and Commissioners	For recording the reports required by section ten of this article the clerks may charge, in each case mentioned in such report, a fee of fifty cents, to be paid…	Proofed
51-7-1	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Appointment; Oath; Attendance at Grand Jury Sessions	The circuit courts of the several judicial circuits in this State, or the judges thereof in vacation, or the judges of any intermediate, criminal or common plea…	Proofed
51-7-2	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Shorthand Notes	It shall be the duty of such reporter to take full shorthand notes of the testimony and proceedings in which his services may be required, and such notes shall …	Proofed
51-7-3	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Compensation for Attending Court and Taking Notes	The official reporter shall receive, for his services and expenses in attending the court or judge and in taking the notes provided for in section two of this a…	Proofed
51-7-4	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Transcript of Notes; Fee; Authenticity; Transcript for Judge in Criminal Cases	The reporter shall furnish, upon request, to any party to a case, a typewritten transcript of his shorthand notes of the testimony or other proceedings, and sha…	Proofed
51-7-5	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Salary in Lieu of All Other Compensation	If neither of the methods of compensation provided for in section three of this article be adopted, a salary may be allowed in lieu of all other compensation, w…	Proofed
51-7-6	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	Official Reporters	Reporter’s Fee; How Taxed, Paid and Accounted For	The clerk of the court in which such reporter is employed shall tax as a part of the costs a reporter’s fee of not less than five dollars, to be fixed by the co…	Proofed
51-8-1	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	West Virginia Law Libraries; Control and Management	The state law library now in the city of Charleston shall be known as the “West Virginia Law Library,” and shall be wholly under the control and management and …	Proofed
51-8-2	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Librarian; Bond; Assistants; Compensation	The supreme court of appeals, or the judges thereof in vacation, shall appoint a competent librarian to have immediate custody and charge of the West Virginia l…	Proofed
51-8-3	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Rules and Regulations Governing Use of Library	The library shall be open under such rules and regulations as the court may prescribe from time to time, and it shall be the duty of the court to adopt such rul…	Proofed
51-8-4	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Control of Library by Court; Expenses	The supreme court of appeals shall have the power and it shall be its duty, to purchase such new and additional books for the library as in its opinion shall be…	Proofed
51-8-5	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Distribution of West Virginia Reports	The librarian shall have charge of the distribution of the West Virginia reports after the same are printed and bound and approved by the reporter. As soon as p…	Proofed
51-8-6	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Distribution of Acts of Legislature	Free distribution of the acts and resolutions of each session of the legislature, and other matter directed by law to be published therewith, shall be made as f…	Proofed
51-8-7	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Accounts and Reports of Librarian	The librarian shall keep full and complete account of all money transactions in connection with such library and of the receipt of all books therein, and shall …	Proofed
51-8-8	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Law Librarian at Charles Town	The county court of Jefferson county shall appoint some competent person librarian of the state law library at Charles Town, in the county of Jefferson. The per…	Proofed
51-8-9	Ch. 51 — COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS	State Law Libraries	Same; Bond and Salary	Such person shall give a bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with security to be approved by said county court, payable to the State of West Virginia, …	Proofed
52-1-1	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Persons Liable to Service	All male persons who are twenty-one years of age, and not over sixty-five, and who are citizens of this State, shall be liable to serve as jurors, except as her…	Proofed
52-1-2	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Exemptions	The following persons shall be exempt from serving on juries: Licensed practicing attorneys, licensed practicing physicians and dentists, registered practicing …	Proofed
52-1-3	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Appointment and Qualification of Jury Commissioners	There shall be two jury commissioners of the circuit court of each county. They shall be of opposite politics, citizens of good standing, residents in the count…	Proofed
52-1-4	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Record of Proceedings; Preparation of Jury List	The jury commissioners shall keep in a well-bound book a record of the proceedings to be preserved by the clerk of the circuit court in his office. The jury com…	Proofed
52-1-5	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Custody of List of Jurors; Striking off Names	The list so prepared shall be delivered to the clerk of the circuit court, and by him be safely kept. It shall be subject to inspection only by the circuit cour…	Proofed
52-1-6	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Preparation of Ballots; Custody There of	At the time such list is made out, the jury commissioners shall also cause all the names upon the same to be fairly written, each on a separate paper or ballot,…	Proofed
52-1-7	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Selection of Trial Jurors	All jurors required for the trial of cases in any circuit court, including cases of felony, shall be selected by drawing ballots from the jury box in the manner…	Proofed
52-1-8	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Dispensing With Jury for Term; Issuance of Venire Facias; Number of Jurors Summoned	The circuit court of any county, by order entered of record, or the judge thereof in vacation, by written order to the clerk of such court, at least twenty days…	Proofed
52-1-9	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Issuance of Summons to Jury Commissioners	At the same time the clerk shall issue a summons in the name of the State requiring the jury commissioners to attend at the office of the clerk of the circuit c…	Proofed
52-1-10	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Service of Summons; Drawing of Jurors; Preparation of List	The writ of venire facias and summons shall be delivered to the sheriff or other officer acting in lieu of the sheriff, who shall serve the summons on the jury …	Proofed
52-1-11	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Special Jury Commissioners; Delivery of List; Summoning the Jurors	If either, or both, of the jury commissioners fail to attend as required by such summons, the clerk of the circuit court shall appoint a special jury commis sio…	Proofed
52-1-12	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Mode of Drawing Ballots From Box; Destruction of Ballots	When jurors are to be drawn as aforesaid, the ballots in the jury box shall be shaken and mixed together by one of the jury commissioners, and the other jury co…	Proofed
52-1-13	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Indorsement on Ballots Drawn; Custody of Ballots Drawn; Notation of Jurors Drawn on Jury List	When any person is drawn and returned to serve as aforesaid, the jury commissioners shall cause to be indorsed on the ballot containing his name the word “drawn…	Proofed
52-1-14	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	When Ballots to be Returned to Jury Box	When all the ballots in the jury box have been destroyed or placed in the box for the ballots marked “drawn,” except such as contain the names of those who, for…	Proofed
52-1-15	Ch. 52 — JURIES	Petit Juries	Summoning Jurors During Term	Nothing contained in the preceding sections shall prevent any court, in term time, from requiring other jurors to be drawn by the clerk, in the presence of the …	Proofed