West Virginia Code § 18-17-6

Registration of deaf and blind by assessors
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In addition to their other duties the county assessors of the state are hereby required to
register the names of all deaf persons and blind persons under eighteen years of age in their
respective counties, with the degree and cause of deafness and blindness in each case, as far
as can be ascertained from the heads of the families or from other persons whom the county
assessors may conveniently consult, their ages, the names of their parents oer guardians,
their post-office addresses, and such other facts as may be useful in making the institution
efficient in the education of the deaf and of the blind. They shall complerte the registration on
or before June one of each year and forward their report to the State Superintendent of
Schools and to the superintendent of the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind on
or before July one of each year. The superintendent shall immediately communicate with the
parents or guardians of all the deaf persons and the blind petrsons mentioned in the
assessor's report, with a view of their admission as pupils into said schools.

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