West Virginia Legislature
Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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47-7-18 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Licensed Loans of Small Amounts Defense of Usury Any defendant may plead in general terms that the contract or assurance on which the action is brought was for the payment of interest at a rate which is prohib… Proofed
47-7-19 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Licensed Loans of Small Amounts Action or Suit to Recover Back Principal and Interest If any person pay any sum or thing as principal or interest under any contract or assurance which under the provisions of this article is void, he may recover t… Proofed
47-7-20 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Licensed Loans of Small Amounts Offenses; Penalties Any person, firm or corporation and the several officers and employees thereof who shall violate any of the provisions of sections one, seven, eleven, twelve or… Proofed
47-7-21 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Licensed Loans of Small Amounts Banks, Trust Companies, Building and Loan Associations and Licensed Pawnbrokers Excepted This article shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation doing business under any law of this State or of the United States relating to banks, trust comp… Proofed
47-8-1 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade Names Goods of Principal Liable for Debts of Agent Unless Principal Disclosed If any person shall transact business as a trader, with the addition of the words “factor,” “agent,” “and company,” or “and co.” and fail to disclose the name o… Proofed
47-8-2 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade Names Business Under Assumed Name; Certificate of True Name No person or persons shall carry on, conduct or transact any mercantile business in this State under any assumed name, or under any designation, name or style, … Proofed
47-8-3 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade Names Indexing of Certificates Filed; Use as Evidence The several county clerks of this State shall keep an alphabetical index of all persons filing certificates provided for in this article. Unreviewed
47-8-4 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade Names Sections 2, 3 and 5 not Applicable to Corporation or Partnership Sections two, three and five of this article shall in no way affect or apply to any corporation, partnership, association, limited or special partnership duly o… Proofed
47-8-5 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Trade Names Penalty for Violation of Section Two Any person or persons owning, carrying on, conducting or transacting business as aforesaid who shall fail to comply with the provisions of section two of this a… Proofed
47-9-1 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Limited Partnerships; Purposes Limited partnerships for the transaction of mercantile, mechanical, or manufacturing business within this State, and not for the purpose of banking, brokerage, … Proofed
47-9-2 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Members; Extent of Liability Any such partnership may consist of one or more persons as general partners, who shall be responsible as general partners now are, and of one or more persons as… Proofed
47-9-3 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Data as to Partnership; Oath as to Cash Contributed The persons forming any such partnership shall make and severally sign a paper, which shall state the name and place of residence of each partner, the name or f… Proofed
47-9-4 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Recordation of Paper and Certificate of Oath; Publication; False Statements No such partnership shall be deemed to be formed until such paper and a certificate of such oath, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admitted to record, as t… Proofed
47-9-5 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Dissolution of Partnership for Certain Alterations; Effect The partnership shall be deemed to be dissolved when there is an alteration in the name of the partners, in the nature of the business, in the capital thereof b… Proofed
47-9-6 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Renewal of Partnership On every renewal of a limited partnership, whether because of such alteration, or to continue the partner ship beyond the time originally fixed for its duration… Proofed
47-9-7 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Partnership Name to Include Only Names of General Partners; Conduct of Business The business of the partnership shall be conducted under a firm name in which the names of the general partners shall be inserted, without the names of the spec… Proofed
47-9-8 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Withdrawal of Partnership Capital; Division of Interest or Profits During the continuance of the partnership, no part of any sum which any special partner may have contributed to the stock shall be withdrawn, nor shall any divi… Proofed
47-9-9 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Insolvency of Partnership In case of the insolvency of the partnership, no special partner shall be paid as a creditor of the firm until all its other creditors are satisfied. Proofed
47-9-10 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Transactions Preferring Creditors During Insolvency No sale, assignment, or transfer of the property or effects of any such partnership, or of any interest therein, or any lien or encumbrance thereon, by judgment… Proofed
47-9-11 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Dissolution of Partnership; Recordation and Publication of Notice No dissolution of a limited partnership shall take place, except by operation of law, before the time specified in the paper before mentioned, unless a notice o… Proofed
47-9-12 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Limited Partnership Suits All suits respecting the business of any partnership formed or renewed as hereinbefore prescribed shall be prosecuted by and against the general partners only, … Proofed
47-9-13 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Partnerships Suit for Accounting Not to Work Dissolution of Mining Partnership; Sale of Interest Any member or members of a mining partnership may institute and prosecute to final decree a suit in equity for an accounting among the members of the partnershi… Proofed
47-10-1 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Fraudulent Sale of Liquid Fuels, Lubricating Oils, Etc It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store, expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other simila… Proofed
47-10-2 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Unlawful to Sell From Distributing Equipment Any Liquid Fuels, Etc., Other Than Those Named Thereon It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store, expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, from any tank or container, or from any pump, or ot… Proofed
47-10-3 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Unlawful to Imitate Designs or Trade Names of Recognized Brands of Liquid Fuels, Etc It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to disguise or camouflage his or their own equipment, by imitating the design, symbol or trade name und… Proofed
47-10-4 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Unlawful to Sell Under Established Trade Name Any Substituted, Mixed, Adulterated or Other Liquid Fuels, Etc., Than Those Manufactured or Distributed Under Such Trade Name It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, under any trade-mark or trade name in general use, any li… Proofed
47-10-5 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Unlawful to Deliver Into Distributing Device Any Other Liquid Fuels, Etc., Than own Those Indicated by Trade Name Thereon It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to aid or assist any other person, firm or incorporation in the violation of the provisions of this art… Proofed
47-10-6 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Trade Name of Lubricating Oil to be Shown There shall be firmly attached to or painted at or near the point of outlet from which lubricating oil is drawn or poured out for sale or delivery, a sign or la… Proofed
47-10-7 Ch. 47 — REGULATION OF TRADE Liquid Fuels and Lubricating Oils Offenses; Penalties; Revocation of Distributor’s License Any person, firm or cor poration, or any officer, agent, or employee there of, who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,… Proofed
48-1-1 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Age of Consent For marriage the age of consent of the male shall be eighteen years, and of the female sixteen years. Proofed
48-1-2 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage What Relatives a Man May Not Marry; Validation of Certain Marriages No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, stepmother, sister, daughter, granddaughter, half sister, aunt, son’s wife, wife’s daughter, or her granddaughter or… Proofed
48-1-3 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage What Relatives a Woman May Not Marry No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, stepfather, brother, son, grandson, half brother, uncle, daughter’s husband, husband’s son, or his grandson or ste… Proofed
48-1-4 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Prohibition Continued Notwithstanding Dissolution of Marriage Creating Relationship In the cases mentioned in the two preceding sections, in which the relationship is founded on a marriage, the prohibition shall continue in force, notwithstandi… Unreviewed
48-1-5 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Necessity of License Every marriage in this State shall be under a license and solemnized as provided in this article. Proofed
48-1-6 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage By Whom License Issued Every license for a marriage shall be issued by the clerk of the county court of the county in which the female to be married usually resides. Proofed
48-1-7 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Facts Required to be Ascertained by Clerk It shall be the duty of every clerk of every county court issuing a marriage license to ascertain from the party obtaining the same, and to make a record thereo… Proofed
48-1-8 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Consent of Parents, Parent or Guardian If any person intending to marry be under twenty-one years of age, and has not been previously married, the consent of the parents of such person, or of the par… Proofed
48-1-9 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Form of Marriage License The marriage license shall be in form substantially as follows: Marriage License. State of West, County of..........................., to-wit: To any pers… Proofed
48-1-10 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Endorsement and Return of License by Person Solemnizing Marriage Every person solemnizing a marriage shall take up the license authorizing such marriage, and on or before the fifth day of each month shall forward to the count… Proofed
48-1-11 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Register of Marriages The county court of each county shall furnish to the clerk of such county court a suitable book to be used as a register of marriages, which such clerk shall ke… Proofed
48-1-12 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Persons Authorized to Celebrate Marriages When any minister of the Gospel shall, before the circuit or county court of any county in this State, or the clerk of any county court therein when neither of … Proofed
48-1-13 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Fee for Marriage Any person authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage shall be paid by the husband a fee of at least one dollar in each case. Proofed
48-1-14 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Record of Marriage Out of State If at the time of celebrating any marriage out of this State, either or both of the parties thereto be a resident or residents of this State, a certificate or s… Proofed
48-1-15 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Validity of Marriage Not Affected by Certain Irregularities No marriage solemnized by any person professing to be authorized to solemnize the same shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity thereof be… Proofed
48-1-16 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Marriage of Colored Persons All marriages heretofore celebrated between colored persons under license issued by any recorder or clerk of a county court in this State, and all marriages bet… Proofed
48-1-17 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Marriage Out of State to Evade Law If any person resident in this State shall, in order to evade the law, and with an intention of returning to reside in this State, go into another state or coun… Proofed
48-1-18 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Penalties for Consanguineous Marriage If any person marry in violation of the second or third sections of this article, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fi… Proofed
48-1-19 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Miscegenation; Penalties Any white person who shall intermarry with a negro shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred doll… Proofed
48-1-20 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Issuing Marriage License Contrary to Law; Penalties If any clerk of the county court shall knowingly issue a marriage license contrary to law, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, sh… Proofed
48-1-21 Ch. 48 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS Marriage Performing Marriage Ceremony Without License or Authority; Penalties If any person knowingly perform the ceremony of marriage without lawful license, of officiate in celebrating the rites of marriage without being authorized by l… Proofed
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