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18-17-4 |
Ch. 18 — EDUCATION |
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind |
Period of Attendance; Special Admissions |
The pupils of said schools may continue therein five years, and as much longer as, in the discretion of the state board of education and the principal, their co… |
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18-17-5 |
Ch. 18 — EDUCATION |
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind |
Course of Instruction |
The course of instruction in the institution shall be prescribed by the state board of education with the advice of the principal, and shall be as extensive, bo… |
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18-17-6 |
Ch. 18 — EDUCATION |
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind |
Registration of Deaf and Blind by Assessors |
In addition to their other duties the assessors of the State are hereby required to register, in a book to be furnished them by the state auditor for the purpos… |
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18-18-1 |
Ch. 18 — EDUCATION |
West Virginia School for the Colored Deaf and Blind |
Continuation; Management; Chief Executive Officer |
The West Virginia School for the colored deaf and blind, heretofore established and located at Institute, in Kanawha county, shall be continued and shall be kno… |
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18-18-2 |
Ch. 18 — EDUCATION |
West Virginia School for the Colored Deaf and Blind |
General Provisions |
All of the provisions of sections two, three, four, five and six of the next preceding article of this chapter shall apply to the West Virginia school for the c… |
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19-1-1 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Department of Agriculture |
There shall be a department of agriculture under the control and supervision of a commissioner of agriculture. |
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19-1-2 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Commissioner of Agriculture |
The commissioner of agriculture shall be elected by the qualified voters of the State at the same time and in the same manner as other state officers are electe… |
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19-1-3 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Employees; Monthly Statement and Payment of Moneys Received by Commissioner |
The commissioner shall organize his department and may employ such assistants, agents, clerks, stenographers, chemists, analysts, botanists, microscopists, inst… |
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19-1-4 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Duties of Commissioner |
The commisioner of agriculture shall perform the following duties:
(a) Devise means of advancing the agricultural interests of the State, and, in the performa… |
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19-1-5 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Cooperative Statistical Work |
The commissioner of agriculture is hereby authorized to conduct cooperative work with the United States department of agriculture in gathering and disseminating… |
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19-1-6 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Duty of Assessor to Gather Statistics |
Commencing on the first day of January of each year, the assessors shall proceed to gather such statistics as the commissioner of agriculture and the tax commis… |
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19-1-7 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Compensation to Assessor for Such Work |
The county court of each county may allow the assessor a reasonable compensation, not exceeding ten per cent of his salary, for such work as may be required of … |
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19-1-8 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Penalty for Failure of Assessor to Perform Duties |
Any assessor failing to perform any of the duties required of him in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, fined not more… |
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19-1-9 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Department of Agriculture |
Agricultural Advisory Board |
There shall be a state agriculture advisory board to consist of the governor, the commissioner of agriculture and the director of the agricultural extension div… |
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19-2-1 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Marketing; Supervision by Commissioner of Agriculture; Assistants |
The commissioner of agriculture is authorized to assist in the marketing and handling of products, and may appoint such assistants as he finds necessary to carr… |
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19-2-2 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Duties and Powers of Commissioner |
The commissioner of agriculture, cooperating with the bureau of markets of the federal department of agriculture, shall investigate the cost of food production … |
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19-2-3 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Auction Markets |
The commissioner may cause auction markets to be established at such points in this State as he may deem advisable and for such purpose may lease premises. Any … |
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19-2-4 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Auctioneers |
Upon the establishment of an auction market, the commissioner of agriculture may issue a license to such persons as qualify, as hereinafter provided, in the cit… |
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19-2-5 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Auctioneer’s Commissions |
The commissioner of agriculture shall adopt, and may from time to time amend, a schedule of commissions which a licensed auctioneer shall be authorized to charg… |
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19-2-6 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Commissions Paid to State |
Every shipper consigning farm products to a licensed auctioneer for sale at an auction market established under this article, in addition to the commission of s… |
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19-2-7 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Inspection of Farm Products; Charges |
The commissioner shall have power to inspect and determine the grade and condition of farm products at the collecting centers, receiving centers and shipping po… |
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19-2-8 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Market Zones; Care of Products; Auction Sales |
The commissioner of agriculture may, in the establishment of an auction market, also prescribe the zone from which farm products may be consigned thereto. It sh… |
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19-2-9 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Market Bulletins |
So far as may be practicable, the commissioner shall publish a daily bulletin, setting forth the quotations for which products have been sold for the preceding … |
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19-2-10 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Markets |
Misconduct of Auctioneers; Penalties |
Any licensed auctioneer doing business at an auction market established under the provisions of this article, who shall impose false charges for handling or for… |
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19-3-1 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Sale of Farm Products by Commission Merchants |
Bond of Commission Merchant |
Every person who does the business of a commission merchant in this State, and as such handles on commission the products of farms committed to him for sale upo… |
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19-3-2 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Sale of Farm Products by Commission Merchants |
Suit on Bond |
Any person injured by failure of any such commission merchant to pay over to him the full amount of any sale of such products so committed to such commission me… |
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19-3-3 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Sale of Farm Products by Commission Merchants |
Failure to Give Bond; Penalty |
Any person who does any business herein named, without giving such bond as herein provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, … |
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19-4-1 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Definitions |
The following words as used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically prescribed, shall have the following m… |
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19-4-2 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Who May Organize |
Five or more persons, a majority of whom are citizens of this State, engaged in the production of agricultural products, may form a nonprofit, cooperative assoc… |
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19-4-3 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Purposes |
Any association may be organized to engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members or those purc… |
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19-4-4 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Powers |
Each association incorporated under this article shall have the following powers:
(a) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, pre… |
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19-4-5 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Members |
Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the by-laws adopted by it, an association may admit as members, or issue common stock to, only persons engaged in t… |
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19-4-6 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Articles of Incorporation |
Each association formed under this article must prepare and file articles of incorporation, setting forth:
(a) The name of the association;
(b) The purposes … |
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19-4-7 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation |
The articles of incorporation may be altered or amended at any regular meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose. An amendment must first be approv… |
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19-4-8 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
By-Laws |
Each association incorporated under this article must, within thirty days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management a code of by-laws, no… |
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19-4-9 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
General and Special Meetings |
In its by-laws, each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting … |
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19-4-10 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Directors |
The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or stockholders from their own number. The by… |
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19-4-11 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Officers |
The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be dire… |
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19-4-12 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Officers, Employees and Agents to be Bonded |
Every officer, employee and agent handling funds or negotiable instruments or property of or for any association created here under shall be required to execute… |
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19-4-13 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Stock; Membership Certificate; Voting; Liability; Limitations on Transfer and Ownership |
When a member of an association established without capital stock has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership.
No associ… |
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19-4-14 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Removal of Officer or Director |
Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by … |
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19-4-15 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Referendum |
Upon demand of one-third of the entire board of directors, made immediately and so recorded, at the same meeting at which the original motion was passed, any ma… |
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19-4-16 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Marketing Contract |
The association and its members may take and execute marketing contracts, requiring the members to sell, for any period of time, not over twenty years, all or a… |
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19-4-17 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Remedies for Breach of Contract |
The by-laws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the member or stockholder to the association upon the breach b… |
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19-4-18 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Purchasing Business of Other Associations, Persons, Firms or Corporations |
Whenever an association, organized under this article with preferred capital stock, shall purchase the stock or any property, or any interest in any property, o… |
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19-4-19 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Annual Reports |
Each association formed under this article shall prepare an annual report on forms to be furnished by the dean of the college of agriculture at Morgantown, cont… |
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19-4-20 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Conflicting Laws Not to Apply; Exemptions |
Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this article shall be construed as not applying to the association herein provided for.
Any exemptions whatsoe… |
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19-4-21 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Limitation of the Use of Term “Cooperative” |
No person, firm, corporation or association, hereafter organized or hereafter applying to do business in this State as a farmers’ marketing association for the … |
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19-4-22 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Interest in Other Corporations or Associations |
An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation or corporations, with or wi… |
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19-4-23 |
Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE |
Cooperative Associations |
Contracts and Agreements With Other Associations |
Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and … |
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