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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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19-20-12 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Dogs Unlawful for Alien to Own or Harbor Dog It shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born resident of this State to own, keep or permit to remain upon any premises under his control a dog of any… Proofed
19-20-13 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Dogs Offenses; Penalties Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convi… Proofed
19-21-1 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts to Organize Drainage Districts; Definition of Terms Original jurisdiction, power and authority are hereby conferred upon all circuit courts of this State to establish and organize drainage, levee and reclamation … Proofed
19-21-2 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Precedence Over Other Cases Proceedings under the provisions of this article shall have precedence on the dockets of all circuit courts of this State over all other civil cases, except ele… Proofed
19-21-3 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Petition to Establish District Proceedings to establish and organize a drainage, levee or reclamation district shall be commenced by three or more owners of real property within the proposed … Proofed
19-21-4 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Appointment of Engineer; Duties and Compensation; Publication of Notice Immediately after such petition shall have been filed it shall be the duty of the court, or the judge thereof in vacation, to enter upon its records an order ap… Proofed
19-21-5 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Objections; Action of Court; Appeal; Filing of Decree in Office of Clerk of County Court Any owner of real estate or other property in such proposed district who may not have signed the petition and who objects to the organization and formation of t… Proofed
19-21-6 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Meaning of Owners; Election of Board of Supervisors Within thirty days after any drainage district shall have been organized and established under the provisions of this article the circuit clerk of the court org… Proofed
19-21-7 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Annual Meeting of Owners and Election of Supervisor In the same month of each year after the election of the first board of supervisors, the board of supervisors shall call a meeting of the owners of land and oth… Proofed
19-21-8 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Oath of Supervisor; Effect of Failure to Qualify Each supervisor before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, that he … Proofed
19-21-9 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Organization of Board of Supervisors; Duties and Compensation The board of supervisors immediately after their election shall choose one of their number president of the board, and elect some suitable person secretary, who… Proofed
19-21-10 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Appointment of Chief Engineer; Adoption of Plan for Reclamation Within thirty days after organizing, the board of supervisors shall appoint a competent civil and drainage engineer as chief engineer, who may be an individual,… Proofed
19-21-11 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Raising of Funds to Pay Preliminary Expense; Disposition of Funds For the purpose of paying expenses incurred or to be incurred in organizing such district, making surveys of the same, assessing benefits and damages, and to pa… Proofed
19-21-12 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Board of Appraisers After the board of supervisors has adopted the plan for reclamation the secretary of such board shall file a certified copy of same, together with a copy of the… Proofed
19-21-13 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Assessment of Benefits and Damages; Extension of District to Include Other Lands; Report of Appraisers; Compensation Within thirty days after qualifying, as provided in the previous section, the appraisers shall begin their duties; and the chief engineer or one of his assistan… Proofed
19-21-14 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Publication of Appraisers’ Report Upon the filing of the report of the appraisers, the clerk of such court shall give notice thereof by causing publication of such report to be made once a week … Proofed
19-21-15 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Exceptions to Report; Action of Court Thereon; Review of Assessments The drainage district, or any owner of land or other property in such district, may file exceptions to such report, or to any assessment for either benefits or … Proofed
19-21-16 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Assessment of Damages by Jury Any property owner may accept the assessment of damages in his favor made by the appraisers, or acquiesce in their failure to assess damages in his favor, and s… Proofed
19-21-17 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Powers of Board of Supervisors; Contracts; Persons Who May Not Contract; Payments to Contractors The board of supervisors of such district shall have full power and authority to build, construct, excavate and complete all or any works and improvements which… Proofed
19-21-18 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Levying of Tax After the lands and other property, with the assessed bene fits and the decree and judgment of court, have been filed in the office of the clerk of the county c… Proofed
19-21-19 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Subsequent Taxes; Certification to Sheriff The board of supervisors shall each year thereafter determine, order and levy the amount of the annual installment of the total taxes levied under the preceding… Proofed
19-21-20 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Collection of Taxes It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county in which lands or other property of any drainage district organized under this article are situate, to receiv… Proofed
19-21-21 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Dates When Taxes Payable; Suit to Collect Delinquent Taxes; Suit by Bondholder All taxes levied under the terms of this article shall be payable between the first day of October and the last day of December of each year; and if any taxes l… Proofed
19-21-22 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts General Conduct of Suit; Purchase by Commissioner in Name of Board of Supervisors; Redemption Such suits shall be conducted in the name of the drainage district, and in accordance with the practice and proceedings of chancery courts in this State, except… Proofed
19-21-23 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Lien of Bonds; How Collected All bonds issued by supervisors under the terms of this article shall be a lien on all lands or other property so assessed in the district, and the board of sup… Proofed
19-21-24 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Treasurer of District; Salary, Bond and Duties; Audit of Books The secretary of the board of supervisors in any drainage district shall hold the office of treasurer of such district, except as otherwise provided herein. Suc… Proofed
19-21-25 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts General Powers of Board of Supervisors to Drain, Protect and Reclaim Land In order to effect the drainage, protection and reclamation of the land and other property in the district subject to tax, the board of supervisors is authorize… Proofed
19-21-26 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Employment of Attorney The board of supervisors may employ an attorney or attorneys to act for the district and to advise such board. Such employment shall be evidenced by an agreemen… Proofed
19-21-27 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Record of Board of Supervisors The board of supervisors of any district organized under this article shall cause to be kept a well bound book, entitled “Record of board of supervisors of.....… Proofed
19-21-28 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Right to Enter and Appropriate Land; Title of District; Compensation of Owner The board of supervisors shall not have the right to enter upon or appropriate any land for right of way, or other works of the districts, until the price award… Proofed
19-21-29 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Crossing of Highway by Ditches; Cost of Construction; Enlarging or Changing Bridge, Culvert or Trestle Where any public ditch or drain constructed under the provisions of this article crosses a public highway or the right of way of any railroad, tramway, or any p… Proofed
19-21-30 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Unpaid Warrants to Draw Interest In case any warrant issued under this article is not paid when presented to the treasurer of the board of supervisors of the district, because of lack of funds … Proofed
19-21-31 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Surety Bonds Made Payable to District All surety bonds required to be given by this article shall be made payable to the district in its corporate name, in which name all suits shall be instituted a… Proofed
19-21-32 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts No Action to Abate on Account of Death or Disability No action under this article shall abate by reason of the death or disability of any party to any proceeding, but upon suggestion of such death or disability th… Proofed
19-21-33 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Definition of “Owner”; Effect of Failure to Summon Owner The word “owner,” as used in this article, shall mean the owner of the freehold estate, as appears by the deed of record, and it shall not include reversioners,… Proofed
19-21-34 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Amendment of Petition; Notice; Objections to Amendment; Hearing by Court; Appointment and Duty of Appraisers The board of supervisors for and in behalf of any drainage district organized under the provisions of this article, or the owners of land adjacent to such distr… Proofed
19-21-35 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Serial Bonds; How and When Issued The board of supervisors may, if in their judgment it seems best, issue serial bonds not to exceed ninety per cent of the total amount of unpaid taxes levied un… Proofed
19-21-36 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Right of Supervisors to Formulate New Plans, Make Additional Assessments, etc Where “the plan for reclamation” of the drainage district is found insufficient to reclaim in whole or in part any or all of the land of the district, the board… Proofed
19-21-37 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Removal of Officer or Employee The board of supervisors may at any time remove any officer, attorney or other employee appointed or employed by such board. Proofed
19-21-38 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Connection of Ditches or Drains; Consent Thereto At the time of the construction in any district incorporated under this article of “the plan for reclamation” hereinbefore referred to, all ditches or systems o… Proofed
19-21-39 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Maintenance and Preservation of Ditches; Tax Therefor; Duties of Sheriff To maintain and preserve the ditches, drains, levees or other improvements made pursuant to this article and to strengthen, repair and restore the same, when ne… Proofed
19-21-40 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Consolidation of Adjacent Districts Any two or more adjacent districts, whether incorporated in the same or different counties, may be united and consolidated in one district, and such new distric… Proofed
19-21-41 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Drainage Districts Penalty for Obstructing Drain or Damaging Drainage Work Any person who shall obstruct a drain or damage drainage works constructed under the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conv… Proofed
19-22-1 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Definitions All vinegar made by fermentation without distillation must carry in solution only the extractive matter derived exclusively from the fruit, grain, sugar or syru… Proofed
19-22-2 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Adulterated Vinegar Vinegar, as defined in section one, which fails to comply with such definitions or which contains any substance or ingredient not derived exclusively from the f… Proofed
19-22-3 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Certain Products Not to be Sold as Vinegar The product made by the destructive distillation of wood known as pyroligneous acid, or acetic acid derived from other sources than hereinbefore provided, or a … Proofed
19-22-4 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Packages Must Show Acid Strength Packages containing vinegar, as defined in section one, which has been reduced with water must be plainly marked, “Reduced to................ per cent acid stre… Proofed
19-22-5 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Containers; How Marked Each cask, barrel or other container of vinegar, as defined in section one, shall be plainly marked with the name of the manufacturer and place where such vineg… Proofed
19-22-6 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars When Manufacture and Sale Prohibited No person, firm or corporation shall manufacture, sell, offer, or have in possession for sale, in this State: (a) Any vinegar defined in section one which does… Proofed
19-22-7 Ch. 19 — AGRICULTURE Vinegars Offenses; Penalties Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more t… Proofed
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