or constitutional provision, shall be deemed a political committee within the meaning of this act.

Sec. 11. Every political committee shall appoint and constantly maintain a treasurer to receive, keep and disburse all sums of money which may be collected or received or disbursed by such committee, or by any of its members for any of the purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, for which such committee exists or acts, and unless such treasurer is first appointed and thereafter maintained, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for a political committee or any of its members to collect, receive, or disburse moneys for any such purpose. All money collected or received or disbursed by any political committee, or by any member or members thereof, for any of the purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, and for which said committee exists or acts, shall be paid over and made to pass through the hands of the treasurer of such committee and shall be disbursed by him; and it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for any political committee, or for any member or members of a political committee to disburse or expend money for any of the objects or purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, and for which such committee exists or acts, until the money so disbursed or expended shall have passed through the hands of the treasurer of said political committee.

Sec. 12. Every treasurer of a political committee and every person who shall at any time act, as such treasurer shall, whenever he receives or disburses money as such treasurer or for or on account of any of the objects or purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, immediately enter and thereafter keep in a proper book or books to be provided and preserved by him, a full, true and detailed statement and account of each and every sum of money so received or disbursed by him setting forth in such statement the sum so received or disbursed, as the case may be, and the date when and the person from whom received, or to whom paid, as the case may be, and the object and purpose for which such sum was received or disbursed.

Sec. 13. Every treasurer of a political committee as defined in this act and every person who acts as such treasurer, shall, within thirty days after each election whether state, county, or district election, in or concerning or in connection with which he shall have received or disbursed any money for any of the objects or purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, prepare and file in the office of the county clerk of the county court in which such treasurer resides

a full, true and detailed account and statement, subscribed and sworn to by him before an officer authorized to administer oaths, setting forth each and every sum of money received or disbursed by him for any of the objects or purposes mentioned in section ten of this act, within the period beginning four months before such election and ending on the day on which such statement is filed, the date of each. receipt and each disbursement, the name and address of the person from whom received or to whom paid, and the object or purpose for which the same was received and the object or purpose for which it was disbursed. Such statements shall also set forth the unpaid debts and obligations, if any, of such committee, with the nature and amount of each, and to whom owing, in detail, and if there are any unpaid debts or obligations of such committee, such statement shall state such fact.

Sec. 14. Every clerk of the county court in each of the counties of this state shall receive and file in his office and there keep as a part of the records thereof, all statements and accounts required by this act to be filed with him; and the same shall be recorded in a well bound, suitable record book to be kept in his office as a part of the records therein. Such statements and accounts and record book shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection. Copies of such statements or records certified by such clerk, of any such statement or statements or records, shall be admitted to evidence in all courts with like force and effect as the original would have if produced.

Sec. 15. Every treasurer of a political committee, as defined in this act, who shall wilfully fail, neglect or refuse to make out, verify and file with the clerk of the county court the statement required in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.

Sec. 16. Every treasurer of political committee and every person who shall receive any money to be applied to any of the purposes mentioned in section ten of this act who shall either:

First. Neglect or fail to keep a correct book or books of account, setting forth all the details required to be set forth in the account and statement contemplated by this act, (except that the book or books need not be subscribed or sworn to) with intent to conceal the receipt or disbursement of any such sum received or disbursed by him, or by any other person for the purpose or object for which

the same was received or disbursed or conceal the fact that there is any unpaid obligation of such treasurer of such committee, or the nature or amount thereof, or to whom owning in detail; or,

Second. Mutilate, deface or destroy any such book or books of account with intent to conceal any fact by such book or books, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.

Sec. 17. No life or fire insurance company, railroad, telegraph, express, telephone, coal, oil, gas company, or any other corporation or joint stock company or association, shall directly or indirectly, give or offer to give, contribute or offer to contribute, any money, or other thing of value or profit to any candidate for nomination for, or election to any office embraced within this act, and any violation hereof shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such life, or fire insurance company, railroad, telegraph, express, telephone, coal, oil or gas company or other corporation, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.

Sec. 18. Any violation of any of the provisions of this act, the penalty for which is not herein specifically provided for, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be upon conviction, punished with a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars.

Sec. 19. The judges of all circuit and criminal courts in this state shall give this act in charge to all grand juries empanelled in their respective courts.

Sec. 29. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

(Senate Bill No. 16.)

CHAPTER 23.

AN ACT to amend and reenact section eighty-eight of chapter fortyfive of the code relating to the state normal school and its branches and the value of a diploma issued therefrom.

[Passed February 11, 1908. In effect ninety days from passage. ruary 14, 1908.]

Approved Feb

ply to any branch of the state normal school; inconsistent acts repealed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section eighty-eight of chapter forty-five of the code be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 88. The said school shall be under the general supervision and control of the said regents. They shall have full power and authority to adopt and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations for its government, as they may deem necessary and proper, to effect the object of its establishment, not inconsistent with the laws of this state. They shall fix the number and compensation of the teachers, and others, to be employed therein, and appoint and remove the same, prescribe the preliminary examination of pupils, and the terms and conditions on which they shall be received and instructed in said school; prescribe the branches of learning to be taught in each department thereof; and shall determine the number of pupils to be received in the normal department of said school, from each county or judicial circuit of this state, conforming as nearly as possible to the ratio of population therein, and the mode of selecting them. The pupils admitted in the normal department of said school shall be admitted to all the privileges thereof free from all charges for tuition, or for use of books or apparatus; but every such pupil shall pay for all books lost by him or any damage done by him to such books or apparatus; and any pupil in said school may be dismissed therefrom by said regents, or by the executive committee, subject to the approval of the regents, for immoral or disorderly conduct, or for neglect or inability to perform his duties. The state superintendent of free schools shall prepare suitable diplomas to be granted to the students of the normal department of said school, who have completed the course of study prescribed by said regents, which diploma hereafter issued shall be equivalent in all respects to a first grade certificate for a period of five years.

The said regents shall also establish an academic department in said school, in which shall be taught all the branches required for admission to the state university and pupils in this department shall be admitted upon the same terms and conditions and be entitled to all the privileges of the normal pupils of said school.

They shall determine the number of pupils to be received in the academic department from each county or judicial circuit of this state, conforming as nearly as possible to the ratio of population and the mode of selecting them as hereinbefore provided for normal

pupils. The said regents may establish a pay department in said school whenever the accommodations thereof will admit, and into either the normal or academic departments so many paying students as can be accommodated therein from this or any other state, giving preference to the citizens of this state, whether they desire to become teachers of schools or not. They may also make all the necessary rules and regulations for the government of the said department, and prescribe the tuition and terms of admission therein. The said school shall continue to be called and known by the name of Marshall college. The foregoing provisions respecting Marshall college shall apply with equal force and effect to any branch of the state normal school, wherever situated, and graduates thereof shall have and enjoy the same rights and privileges as graduates of Marshall college.

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

(House Bill No. 13.)

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT. to amend and reenact section eighty-five of chapter fortyfive of the code, relating to the West Virginia university and the value of a diploma issued from said institution.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section eighty-five of chapter forty-five of the code be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 85. The president, board of regents and faculty may graduate any student of the university found (after proper examination) duly qualified, and shall certify the same by affixing the seal of the university to his diploma, which diploma hereafter issued shall be equivalent in all respects to a first grade certificate for a period of five years: provided, that the person obtaining such diploma shall have completed not fewer than six courses in the department of education of said institution.