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What branch of government does the attorney general belong to?
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What publication, first published in 1916, provides a comprehensive record of all levels of government in West Virginia?
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When did voters select Charleston as the permanent state capital?
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How long does an ordinary session of the legislature last?
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In 1947, women prisoners were relocated from the state penitentiary to the West Virginia Prison for Women in what town?
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Corporations file their official paperwork with which office?
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Jacob Edgar Boyers was the first person to serve in this office.
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This was the first federal prison for women in the nation.
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In every county, who is the chief records keeper?
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The state delegates some its governing authority to certain local units of government. What is this referred to?
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