year. The commissioner shall have the authority to employ one person to act as immigration agent, which agent shall reside in such city as said commissioner may designate, and he shall be provided with such literature and incidental accessories as in his judgment may be necessary.

CHAPTER 100.-Hours of labor-Street railways.

SEC. 1. No person, agent, officer, manager, or superintendent or receiver of any corporation or owner of street cars shall require his or its gripmen, motormen, drivers or conductors to work more than ten hours in any twenty-four hours.

SEC. 2. Any person, agent, officer, manager, superintendent or receiver of any corporation, or owner of street car or cars, violating any of the provisions of section one of this act shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each day in which such gripman, motorman, driver or conductor in the employ of such person, agent, officer, manager, superintendent or receiver of such corporation or owner is required to work more than ten (10) hours during each twenty-four (24) hours, as provided in section one of this act, and it is hereby made the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county of this State to institute the necessary proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act.

CHAPTER 144.-Protection of street railway employees.

SEC. 1. All corporations, companies or individuals owning, managing or operat ing any street railway or line in the State of Washington, shall provide, during the rain or winter season, all cars run or used on its or their respective roads with good, substantial and sufficient vestibules, or weather guards, for the protection of the employees of such corporation, company or individual.

SEC. 2. The vestibules or weather guards, provided for in section one hereof, shall be so constructed as to protect the employees of such company, corporation or individual from the wind, rain or snow.

SEC. 3. Any such street railway company, corporation or individual, as mentioned in the preceding sections, failing to comply with the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the State of Washington a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each and every violation of this act, and each period of ten days that any such company, corporation or individual shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, or for each car used by such corporation, company or individual not in conformity with this act, shall be taken and deemed to be a separate violation of this act, and all moneys collected under and by virtue of the provisions of this act shall be paid into the common school fund of the State of Washington.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting or county attorneys of the various counties of this State to see that the provisions of this act are complied with.

WEST VIRGINIA.

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE 6.-Exemption from execution, etc.

SECTION 48. Any husband or parent, residing in this State, or the infant children of deceased parents, may hold a homestead of the value of one thousand dollars, and personal property to the value of two hundred dollars, exempt from forced sale subject to such regulations as shall be prescribed by law. Provided, That * * * no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes due thereon, or for the payment of purchase money due upon said property, or for debts contracted for the erection of improvements thereon.

CODE-EDITION OF 1891.

CHAPTER 3.-Time to vote to be allowed employees.

SECTION 52. Every person entitled to vote at any general national, State or county election, who may be employed by another on the day on which such election shall be held in this State, shall be given some period of four hours, or more if necessary, between the opening and the closing of the polls, on said day, for the purpose of enabling such person to repair to his place of voting to cast his

vote and return; and any circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, may enforce the provisions of this section by mandate, or otherwise, upon the application of any voter. Every officer of any corporation, owner, superintendent, overseer, foreman or other person, who employs or permits to be employed any person against his will, in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars.

CHAPTER 5.-Protection of employees as voters.

SEC. 7. * **; and any corporation which shall, by its officers, agents or otherwise, prevent or attempt to prevent any voter in its employ from attending any election, or from freely exercising his right of suffrage at any election at which he is entitled to vote, by any threat direct or indirect, express or implied, to discharge, or deprive such voter from his employment, or shall discharge or deprive such voter from its employment because of any vote he may cast, or refuse to cast, at any election at which he is entitled to vote, it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars for every such offense, at the discretion of the jury.

CHAPTER 41.-Exemption from execution, etc.—Personal property.

SEC. 23. Any husband or parent residing in this State, or the widow, or the infant children of deceased parents, may set apart and hold personal property to the value of not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be exempt from execution or other process, except as hereinafter provided. And any mechanic, artisan or laborer residing in this State, whether he be a husband or parent, or not, may hold the working tools of his trade or occupation to the value of fifty dollars exempt from forced sale or execution. Provided, That in no case shall the exemption allowed any one person exceed two hundred dollars.

SEC. 27. After the death of a husband or parent residing in this State, his widow or minor children, or such of them as there may be, may select personal estate of the deceased, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value, and hold the same exempt from any debts or liabilities of the husband or parent, contracted or incurred by the deceased in his lifetime. *

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CHAPTER 41.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Homesteads.

SEC. 30. Any husband or parent residing in this State, or the infant children of deceased or insane parents, may hold a homestead of the value of one thousand dollars, subject to the provisions of section forty-eight of article six of the constitution of this State

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SEC. 34. In case of the death of a husband or parent owning such homestead, the benefit thereof shall descend to his or her minor children, and shall be held and enjoyed by them as such homestead, until all of the said infants attain the age of twenty-one years, unless they sooner die.

CHAPTER 66.-Earnings of married women.

SEC. 14 (as amended by chapter 3, acts of 1893). The earnings of a married woman, or any and all property, real and personal, purchased by her with the proceeds of such earnings, shall in all cases be her sole and separate property, and shall not be subject to the control or disposal of her husband nor liable for his debts. And the separate personal property of every married woman shall be liable to the payment of her debts contracted during coverture, as well after the coverture is terminated as during its continuance.

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CHAPTER 74.-Conditional sales.

And if any sale be made of goods, and chattels reserving the title until the same is paid for, or otherwise, and possession be delivered to the buyer, such reservation shall be void as to creditors of, and purchasers without notice from, such buyer, unless a notice of such reservation be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county where the property is, or in case said goods and chattels consist of engines, cars or other rolling stock or equipment to be used in or about the operation of any railroad, unless such notice be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, who in such case shall record the same in a book to be kept for the purpose, and be entitled to a fee of five dollars for so doing.

CHAPTER 75.-Mechanics' liens.

SEC. 2. Every mechanic, builder, artisan, workman, laborer, or other person, who shall perform any work or labor upon or furnish any material or machinery for constructing, altering, repairing or removing a house, mill, manufactory, or other building, appurtenances, fixtures bridge, or other structure, by virtue of a contract with the owner or his authorized agent, shall have a lien to secure the payment of the same, upon such house or other structure, and upon the interest of the owner in the lot of land on which the same may stand or to which it may be removed. But the aggregate amount of the liens authorized by this section shall not exceed the amount stipulated in the contract with the owner to be paid therefor, and there shall be no priority of liens as between the parties claiming under this section.

SEC. 3. Every material-man, workman, laborer, mechanic or other person, performing any labor or furnishing any material or machinery, under a contract with a principal contractor or his subcontractor, for the construction, alteration, repair or removal of any house or other structure, provided for in a contract between the owner thereof or his authorized agent and such principal contractor, shall have a lien to secure the payment of the value of the labor performed, and the material or machinery furnished (not exceeding the price for the same stipulated in the contract between such principal contractor or his contractor, and such material-man, laborer or mechanic), upon such house or other structure, and upon the interest of the owner in the lot of land on which the same may stand, or to which it may be removed. The liens authorized by this and the next preceding section shall have priority over any lien created by deed or otherwise on such house or other structure, and the lots on which the same are erected subsequently to the time when such labor shall have been performed, or material or machinery furnished. The laborer and mechanic shall have the first lien, and the liens of laborers, mechanics or persons furnishing machinery or material to a contractor, shall take precedence over any lien already taken or to be taken by the contractor indebted to them; and an assignment or transfer by such head contractor of his contract with the owner, or by a subcontractor of his contract with the head contractor, as well as all proceedings in attachment or otherwise against such head contractor, or a subcontractor, to subject or incumber his interest in such contract, shall be subject to the liens of every laborer, mechanic or material-man who has done any labor or furnished any material for constructing, altering, repairing or removing any such house or other structure under a contract with such contractor or subcontractor. It shall be the duty of such laborer, mechanic or person furnishing material, to file with the owner or his authorized agent, an itemized account of the labor done, or material or machinery furnished, verified by affidavit, within thirty-five days after the same is performed or furnished, and his neglect or failure so to do, shall release the owner from all responsibility, and his property from all lien for any item therein done or furnished prior to the said thirty-five days; and the mechanic or person furnishing the material or machinery, to file with him such itemized account, and the neglect or failure to do so within ten days after receiving such notice, shall release the owner from all responsibility and his property from all lien for all labor done or material or machinery furnished by the person so neglecting or failing prior to the giving of such notice; Provided, however, That any laborer or other person employed to do work or furnish material or machinery for the construction, alteration, repair or removal of any house or other structure, by another who may have contracted with the owner therefor, may, before doing any work or furnishing any material or machinery, give the owner of such house or other structure notice in writing, that if he is not paid therefor by the person employing him, he will look to the owner for payment, and it shall not be necessary for the person who has given such notice to file the itemized account with the owner herein before provided. unless he is required by the owner in writing so to do, nor shall his neglect or failure to file the same; unless so required, in any way affect or impair his lien on such house or other structure.

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SEC. 4. Every lien provided for in the second and third sections shall be discharged unless the person desiring to avail himself thereof shall, within sixty days after he ceases to labor on, or furnish material or machinery for such building or other structure, file with the clerk of the county court of the county, in which the same is situated, a just and true account of the amount due him, after allowing all credits, together with a description of the property intended to be covered by the lien, sufficiently accurate for identification, with the name of the owner or owners of the property, if known, which account shall be sworn to by the person claiming the lien, or some person in his behalf.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty af [of] the clerk of the county court of the county

to enter every such account in a book by him kept for the purpose, to be called, The mechanics' lien record," which shall be properly indexed, and in which he shall state the names of the parties, the amount and character of the claim, and when filed, and the description of the property to be charged by said lien, for which service he shall receive a fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the person claiming the lien. No payment by the owner or his agent, to a contractor, shall affect or impair the lien of a laborer, or material-man, provided for in section three of this chapter. But such owner may limit his liabilities so that the amounts to be paid by him shall not exceed in the aggregate, the price stipulated in the said contracts between himself and the contractor, by having the said contract, or so much thereof, as shows the contract price, and the times of its payment, recorded in the office of the clerk of the county court of the county, where such house or other structure is situated, prior to the performance of the labor and the furnishing of the material, or the machinery for the same. But, if such owner fails to have said contract so recorded, the contractor shall be held to be his agent; and the house or other structure, and the lots on which it is situated, then be held liable for the true value of all labor done, and material and machinery furnished therefor, prior to such recording, although the same may exceed, in the aggregate, the price stipulated in the contract between the owner and the contractor.

SEC. 6. When the owner fails to perform his part of the contract, and by reason thereof the other party, without his own default, is prevented from completely performing his part, he shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation for as much as he has performed, in proportion to the price stipulated for the whole.

SEC. 7. Every workman, laborer, or other person who shall do or perform any work or labor, by virtue of any contract for any incorporated company doing business in this State, shall have a lien for the value of such work, or labor upon all the real estate and personal property of said company, and such lien shall have priority over any lien created by deed or otherwise on such real estate or personal property, subsequent to the time when the said labor was performed, but there shall be no priority of lien as between the parties claiming under the provisions of this section. Provided, That no lien shall be created under this section for labor performed more than nine months before such lien was recorded.

SEC. 8. Such lien shall be discharged unless the person desiring to avail himself thereof, within sixty days from the time he ceases to work or labor for such incorporated company, shall file with the clerk of the county court of the county in which such work or labor was performed, or in which the principal office, works, real estate or personal property of such incorporated company is situated, a just and true account of the amount due him after allowing all credits; which accounts shall be sworn to by the person claiming them, or by some one in his behalf.

SEC. 9. The clerk of the county court, to whom such account is presented, shall record the same in the mechanic's lien record, for which service he shall receive fifty cents, to be paid by the person claiming the lien.

SEC. 10. Any person having a lien under or by virtue of this chapter, may enforce the same by filing a bill in chancery in the circuit court of the county in which his account is filed as aforesaid, in which he shall make all other persons having liens thereon under this chapter parties, and any other person acquiring such lien before a decree shall be pronounced in said suit may, at his request, be made a defendant therein and recover his claim in the same manner as if he had been made a defendant at the commencement of the suit. Should the party bringing the suit from any cause fail to establish his claim, the suit shall not for that cause be dismissed, but it may be prosecuted by any other party thereto having such lien, in the same manner as if it had been commenced by him.

SEC. 11. Unless a suit to enforce a lien is commenced within six months after the person desiring to avail himself thereof, shall have filed his account in the clerk's office, as herein before provided, such lien shall be discharged; but a suit commenced by any person having such lien, shall for the purpose of preserving the same, inure to the benefit of all other persons having a lien under this chapter on the same property.

SEC. 14. The citizens of this State shall have a lien upon all domestic steamboats, steamers and vessels, propelled wholly or in part by steam, which ply upon the navigable waters of this State, and which are registered in this State, for all work and labor done upon said vessels, and for all materials, goods, wares and merchandise furnished said vessels; said lien to be enforced by appropriate remedy in courts having jurisdiction of the subject matter.

CHAPTER 138.-Suing as poor persons.

SEC. 1. A poor person may be allowed by a court to sue or defend a suit therein without paying fees or costs, whereupon he shall have, from any counsel which

the court may assign him, and from all officers, all needful service and process, and also the attendance of witnesses, without any fees to them therefor, except what may be included in the costs recoverable from the opposite party.

CHAPTER 145.-Railroads-Obstructing, injuring property of, etc.

SEC. 26. If a person maliciously obstruct, remove or injure any part of a railroad or canal, or any bridge or fixture thereof, or obstruct any machinery, work, or engine thereof, whereby the life of any traveler on such road is put in peril, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than five years.

SEC. 26a. That any person who shall willfully or maliciously destroy or injure any of the wires, poles, insulators or other property or material belonging to any telegraph or railroad company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve months, and by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court. Such person shall also be liable in a civil action for all damages to such property caused by such destruction or injury.

SEC. 31. Any person who shall willfully and unlawfully injure, impair, weaken, destroy or misplace any building, bridge, track, side track, switch, spur track, work, engine, machine, locomotive, hand car, depot, car, trestle, telegraph line, telegraph pole, telegraph wire, telegraph instrument, or any other instrument, machine, invention or mechanical appliance whatever, which may be or is now. used by any company operating or using any railroad, or other line or work of internal improvement in this State, or obstruct any corporation which is the owner or lessee of any railroad, or other work of internal improvement in this State, in the use of any such property, the person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding six months; and if the death of any person occur in consequence of any such unlawful act, the person, or persons, committing the same, shall be guilty of murder, and punished accordingly.

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CHAPTER 145.-Intoxication of railroad employees.

SEC. 30. If any person while in charge of a locomotive engine, running upon the railroad of any corporation, or while acting as the conductor or brakeman of any car or train of cars, on any such railroad, be intoxicated, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hun dred dollars.

CHAPTER 148.—Riots, unlawful assemblies, etc.

SEC. 1. All judges and justices may suppress riots, routs and unlawful assemblies within their jurisdiction. And it shall be the duty of each of them to go among or as near as may be with safety, to persons riotously, tumultuously, or unlawfully assembled, and in the name of the law command them to disperse; and if they shall not thereupon immediately and peaceably disperse, such judge or justice giving the command and any other present, shall command the assistance of all persons present, and of the sheriff of the county, with his posse if need be, in arresting and securing those so assembled. If any person present, on being required to give his assistance, or depart, or fail to obey, he shall be deemed a rioter.

SEC. 2. If a person be arrested for a riot, rout or unlawful assembly, the judge or justice ordering the arrest, or any other justice, shall commit him to jail, unless he shall enter into recognizance, with sufficient security, to appear before the circuit court having jurisdiction of the offense, at its then next term, to answer therefor, and in the meantime to be of good behavior and keep the peace.

SEC. 3. If any judge or justice have notice of a riotous, tumultuous, or unlawful assembly in the county in which he resides, and fail to proceed immediately to the place of such assembly, or as near as he may safely, or fail to exercise his authority for suppressing it and arresting the offenders, he shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. If any person engaged in such assembly, being commanded as aforesaid to disperse, fail to do so without delay, any such judge or justice may require the aid of a sufficient number of persons, in arms or otherwise, and proceed, in such manner as he may deem expedient, to disperse and suppress such assembly, and arrest and secure those engaged in it.

SEC. 5. If by any means, taken under authority of this chapter, to disperse any such assembly, or arrest and secure those engaged in it, any person present, as spectator or otherwise, be killed or wounded, any judge or justice exercising such