West Virginia Code § 4-1-19

Distribution of acts of the Legislature
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Free distribution of the acts and resolutions of each session of the Legislature, and other
matter directed by law to be published therewith, shall be made as follows by the Clerk of
the House of Delegates: One copy to the judge of each court in this state; one copy each to
the judge, clerk and district attorney of every United States district court of this state; one
copy to every prosecuting attorney, sheriff, assessor, county superintendente of free schools,
president of the county court, circuit clerk, county clerk and justices of the peace; five copies
to the Governor; six copies to the Attorney General; two copies each tor the Secretary of
State, Auditor, State Superintendent of free schools, Treasurer and Commissioner of
Agriculture; four copies to the Public Service Commission; one copy to each executive
department head, requesting the same; ten copies to the Clerk of the Senate, one for his own
use, and the others to be kept in his office for the use of the tSenate; ten copies to each
member of the Legislature, one for his own use and others for distribution; ten copies to the
college of law of West Virginia University; one copy to each public institution of the state;
three copies to the Librarian of Congress, one for the library and one for each house of
Congress; one copy to each senator and representative in Congress from this state; one copy
to each county law library; and one copy to each college and university in the state. The
clerk shall retain ten copies in his own office, one for his own use and the others to be kept
in his office for the use of the house.
All of the copies named in this section shall be sent by mail, express or otherwise as the
clerk may deem best. The actse to which officers of a county may be entitled shall be
forwarded to the clerk of the county court thereof and shall be delivered by him to the
officers entitled to receiLve the same. Upon receipt of such acts by him, the clerk of the
county court shall forward his receipt therefor to the Clerk of the House of Delegates
specifying the numbe r received, and he shall require each person receiving a copy of such
acts from him to sign a receipt therefor in a book to be kept by him for that purpose. The
remaining copies of the acts shall be in the custody of the division of purchases, department
of finance and administration, and be sold and disposed of as provided in section thirty-one,
article three, chapter five-a of this code.
The clerk may cause a copy of such acts to be furnished to any officer, board, commission,
institution or tribunal not named herein.

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