hundred and seven, and for the payment of clerical and stenographic assistants there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be needed, the same to be expended under the direction and subject to the approval of the board of public works. Miscellaneous expenses. The following appropriations are made to be paid upon the order or requisition of the person or persons to whom they are allowed: To pay the Charleston Home Telephone Company, for rental on telephone in office of the clerk of the house of delegates, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. To pay C. L. Topping, for work as clerk of the house of delegates after the close of the regular session of one thousand nine hundred and seven, ninety dollars. To pay Elvin Whittington, for thirty days' work as extra janitor after the close of the regular session of one thousand nine hundred and seven, ninety dollars. To pay W. F. Carter, for aligning and cleaning five typewriting machines and furnishing ribbons for the same, forty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. To pay David Dick, for window sash and ventilators, sixty-two dollars and eighty cents. To pay P. A. Donovan, amount due on account overlooked by the house finance committee of the session of one thousand nine hundred and seven, one hundred and forty-one dollars. To pay Rudesill & Mead, for supplies, seventeen dollars and eleven cents. To pay the West Publishing Company, for codes and supplements, four hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty cents. To pay the American Steam Laundry, for washing roller towels, ninety-one cents. To pay Noyes, Thomas & Company, for roller towels, twenty dollars and fifty cents. To pay G. M. Clinedinst, for washing windows, forty-five dollars. To pay Sterrett Brothers, for oil cloth, two dollars and ten cents. To pay Shelton Drug Company, for supplies, twenty-four dollars and fifteen cents. To pay Coffey Plumbing Company, for repairs, fifteen dollars and eighty-five cents. To pay N. S. Burlew, for two locks, eighty-two cents. To pay Lewis, Hubbard & Company, for brooms, three dollars and seventy-five cents. To pay Jennie Cantrell, for washing towels, twenty-five dollars. To pay P. A. Donovan, for burners, globes, mantels and supplies, one hundred and one dollars and ten cents. To pay Mead Bros., for carpet sweepers, eleven dollars. To pay adjutant general's office, for flags, thirty-nine dollars and eighty cents. To pay the Coffey Plumbing Co., for repairing leaks in the house of delegates, seventy-five cents. To pay David Dick, for repairing desks and chairs, for labor of carpenters, two iron plate screens and commissions, six dollars and fifty-one cents. To pay J. A. deGruyter, for use of typewriter in speaker's room, five dollars. To pay Nella Lorburg, for use of typewriter, session of one thousand nine hundred and seven, ten dollars. To pay Nella Lorburg, use of typewriter for special session, one thousand nine hundred and eight, five dollars. To pay the expenses and per diem of the members of the committee to locate a site for a state institution for the care, instruction and cure of persons suffering with tuberculosis, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To pay John T. Harris, for services rendered legislature of nineteen hundred and seven, ninety dollars. To pay the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, for expenses incurred in connection with the care of the Syrian leper, two hundred and nine dollars and fifteen cents. To pay J. H. Hudson, for making keys, fifteen dollars and sixty cents. To pay Southern Bell Telephone Company for senate telephone service, fifty dollars. To pay Banner Agency for rent of one typewriter for judiciary committee, four dollars. To pay John T. Harris, balance on supplies for senate, twenty-four dollars and sixty-five cents. Sec. 2. From the fund heretofore appropriated for the representation of the state of West Virginia at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial exposition and apportioned by the legislature in the act authorizing such representation for the historical exhibit, the sum of one thousand and fifty dollars is hereby transferred and added to the fund apportioned for the coal exhibit; and the West Virginia commission for the Jamestown exposition is hereby authorized to use this additional amount in discharging its obligations for the coal exhibit. (Senate Bill No. 51.) CHAPTER 36. AN ACT making appropriations of public money to pay members of the legislature, in pursuance to the forty-second section of the sixth article of the constitution of West Virginia. [Passed March 3, 1908. In effect from passage. SEC. Approved March 3, 1908.] 1. Appropriation to pay members and officers, etc., of the legislature for the extraordinary session, 1908; directing the auditor as to payment. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: Sec. 1. There shall be and are hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending September thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the following sums of money for the payment of the members and the officers of the legislature, for the extraordinary session for the year one thousand nine hundred and eight. Legislative department-Senate. Per diem of members, four thousand one hundred and seventysix dollars. Per diem of president of senate, two hundred and sixteen dollars. Per diem of clerk, three hundred and sixty dollars. Per diem of officers and attaches, twelve thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. Mileage of members, one thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty cents. Legislative department-House of delegates. To pay the mileage of eighty-six members of the house of delegates, three thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty cents. To pay the per diem compensation of eighty-six members of the house of delegates, twelve thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars. To pay the clerk of the house of delegates, three hundred and sixty dollars. To pay ten assistant clerks, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. To pay the engrossing clerks, four hundred and thirty-two dollars. To pay one assistant door-keeper, one hundred and forty-four dollars. To pay one gallery door-keeper, one hundred and forty-four dollars. To pay the stenographer to the speaker, two hundred and sixteen dollars. To pay two stenographers to the house, four hundred and thirtytwo dollars. To pay the librarian, one hundred and forty-four dollars. To pay the assistant sergeant-at-arms, one hundred and eighty -dollars. To pay two cloak room keepers, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars. To pay one mailing and banking page, one hundred and eight dollars. To pay three journal pages, three hundred and twenty-four dollars. To pay six floor pages, four hundred and thirty-two dollars. To pay J. M. Lynn, janitor, for services during the present session, one hundred and eight dollars. To pay one night watchman, one hundred and forty-four dollars. The auditor is hereby authorized to issue his warrants upon the treasury for such amounts as are or may become due to the several members, officers and attaches of the senate and house of delegates upon the proper requisition of the clerk of the senate and the sergeantat-arms of the house of delegates, respectively. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8. (Adopted February 18, 1908.) Resolved by the legislature of West Virginia, two-thirds of all the members elected to each house thereof agreeing thereto : That the following amendment to section twenty-three of article eight of the constitution of this state be and the same is hereby agreed to, to-wit: That section twenty-three of article eight of the constitution of the state of West Virginia be amended so that the same shall read as follows: Sec. 23. The commissioners shall be elected by the voters of the county, and hold their office for the term of six years, except that at the first meeting of said commissioners they shall designate by lot, or otherwise, in such manner as they may determine, one of their number, who shall hold his office for a term of two years, one for four years and one for six years, so that one shall be elected every two years. But no two of said commissioners shall be elected from the same magisterial district. And if two or more persons residing in the same district shall receive the greater number of votes cast at any election, then only the one of such persons receiving the hightst number shall be declared elected, and the person living in another district, who shall receive the next highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. Said commissioners shall annually elect one of their number as president, and each shall receive four dollars per day for his services in court, to be paid out of the county treasury: provided, that such compensation may be increased in any county by the assent of a majority of the votes cast on the question at any general or special election. HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10. (Adopted February 17, 1908.) Appointing a committee to locate a site for a state institution for the care, instruction, and cure of persons suffering with tuberculosis. WHEREAS, The legislature of West Virginia recognizes the fact that the strength of the state is in direct ratio to the mental and physical |