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  2. List of U.S. state statutory codes - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky Revised Statutes: Kentucky Revised Statutes Louisiana: Louisiana Revised Statutes: Louisiana Revised Statutes Maine: Maine Revised Statutes: Maine Revised Statutes Maryland: Maryland Code: In stages from 1973 to 2016: Gradually replaced the 1957 code: Maryland Code Massachusetts: General Laws of Massachusetts: 1920

  3. West Virginia Municipal League - Wikipedia

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    The West Virginia Municipal League (WVML) is a voluntary, nonprofit, nonpartisan group that works to support and unite all 230 municipal governments in the state of West Virginia. WVML was founded in 1968 and is located in Charleston, West Virginia .

  4. State law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.

  5. Revised Statutes of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Revised Statutes of the United States (in citations, Rev. Stat.) was the first official codification of the Acts of Congress. It was enacted into law in 1874. The purpose of the Revised Statutes was to make it easier to research federal law without needing to consult the individual Acts of Congress published in the United States Statutes at Large.

  6. Revised Statutes - Wikipedia

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    Revised Statutes is a term used in some common law jurisdictions for a collection of statutes that have been revised to incorporate amendments, repeals and consolidations. It is not a change to the law, but designed to make the body of statutes more accessible.

  7. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    1901: Miscegenation [Statute] Revision of the 1864 statute which added the word "descendants" to the list of minority groups. The revised statutes also stated that marriages would be valid, if legal, where they were contracted; but noted that Arizona residents could not evade the law by going to another state to perform the ceremony.

  8. West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. [5] The capital and most populous city is Charleston with a population of 49,055. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War.

  9. Business and occupation tax - Wikipedia

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    The business and occupation tax (often abbreviated as B&O tax or B/O tax) is a type of tax levied by the U.S. states of Washington, West Virginia, and, as of 2010, Ohio, [1] and by municipal governments in West Virginia and Kentucky. [2] It is a type of gross receipts tax because it is levied on gross income, rather than net income.