Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-17

Evans, That sum OF money be refunded,
lso three petitions OF citizens of August,
or an increase o. the capital stuck of tn,
Smnntcn " Jmcs River Turnpike 10 en-
he them TO Macadam re their road. b,
Nr. Poulson Of Thomas Unlcrhill Tor
,,ervl es rendered during the late war
w Mr. Marshall, Of the President an
Directors of the Fauluiar and A exam.
IRA Turnpike Company, asking n SUI
pension of The act OF 1884, with regard to
domestic lotteries So far as they are con
ccrncd-By Mr.. Boiling. of Us G Swan
and eighty other citizens OF Petersburg.
Tor an appropriation for the erection of a
Public Deposi DRY for Arms in said town,
ny MIR Ramey. Of citizens OF Loud ,un, for
law to take the sense of the people on the
call Ola conver,ion-By Mr. Mnseley, u
rem"ustrance of citizens Of Buckingham
aga MT the removal Of the precinct cleo
ton from GDodw yp's Church i'm said conp
iy-By MIR. Van Buren,, of the Court and
bar OF Bath, for change Of time of holding
quarterly terms in said county.
Bath Contested Election.
The report in this case was again taken
up.
MIR. S,ovall moved TO reverse the 10Th
Resolution OF the committee, which de-
c!ares tho vote Of Jas, n. McCufln to be
illegal.
McGuflin claimed to vote on land. A
title bond had been executed to him by his
brother, on the 22I of October, 1873, for
18Th part OF tract Of land " ing in Bath
Co., containing 400 acres, the purchase
money Tor which he paid on the day the
title bond was executed. BY the terms of
the bond, deed for the land was 10 be
made by the lst of January, 1914, or at
any time he should call for it, according
Ia The best recollection. TIE title bond
was not produced, and the voter, .ho' he
lived only 3 mi'es oil, would not promise
TO produce It The next day. Mr.. Cameron
(he con'estanD admitted that he afier
wards saw the bond and that by its terms
Samuel McGufiin was bound To make
deed To The SAID james N. McGufllu on or
before the 1t OF January. 1914.
McGuilin also claimed to vote as a
housekeeper;- but no weigh, was given
10 this claim by the committee or the
Speakers.
MIR. St1val and Mr. Banks supported
The Legality Of the vote -con,endinI that
there was eqilable title for SIX months.
MIR S'rOihcr justified the decision of the
committee, coniending that McGuffin had
only future right in the land, and could
not demand the execution of the deed be-
lore the LIST January lS4l-too late day
10 ocstow voie at the succeeding April.
MIR Witcher admitted that this is one
Ut those case, abou, viii h mems minds
may differ. lie did no: duubl but ,hs; nm
& qI'lable title for six months gives the
RI hi to vote; but in this case, the question
Is whether McGuiiin had any title before
The LIST OF JAnury 1914. From the tesli-
nony, Mr. w did not believe he had any
MI" before that time, aud consequently,
he was not a legal voter.
MIR. Leake and Mr. Bowden defended
the legality Of the vote.
Nr Fulton, of W., Mr. Leo =naintained
lis iIIegtliiy. :
The meaion to reverse was decided in
he negashs; ayes 81, noes CT as fol
ows:
AYEs-Messrs. Poulson, Layne, Har
we Powell, Thompson of B,ihlourt, HAYS.
Miller, Ii Ick, Marshall of Charlotte, Win
rec, Marshall of FanqIier, Street, Car
son, Loveit, Leake, Parks, Stovdll, Blue.
Ward, B,ssell, Goodwin, Bowden, Davis OF
x ~ q ilawes FIanary, Gordon, Black.
well, b 'nks. kidwcll, Pool, Wade, Ham
lion Of Monroe, Middleton, Oliver, Davis
oi 0 g. g., M'Pherson Of Page, liner,
Jay, Hamilton, Anderson, Daniel OF
Prince George, Alacrac Of Prince William,
SIurm, Coo:es, hlartz, |owan, Kane Den
son, SlckIey, Tate, Sebrell, IIedgman,
billiard, Freeman, Newton, Pccry, Fun.
'ten-57.
NoEs-Nessrs. Sonthall, (Soeaker1
Pitts, Brown, Fulton Of Augusta, Frazier,
campbell, Scruggs, Pendleton, Myers,
Flood, Moseley, Beuhring, Fox, Toler,
Bropddus Of Caroline, Lacy, Broadus Of
;nlpeper, Ilobson, of DinwidJie, Wood,
jarrett, Grigsby, E1mnnds Of Fanauar,
ryree, Payne, b. ooks, French, McPher,
son Of Grecnbricr, Edmunds Of Halifax.
Winston, Lee, McRae Of IIenrco, Woo..
on, Turner Of jefferson, Smith, Mayo,
W ~ % 'N"''IN, NfIuDb, dO lot OIL Lou
ioun, Parrlou, Billups, Hall, Baskerville,
Preston, OferraII, KiIby Cabell, Taylor
IF Norfolk Borough, Watts, Happier,
Verify, Ellington, Turner Of Patrick,
Boiling, Wilcher. Lanier, Cockc, Dcv,
Srother, Moore, White, Minor, Stephen.
son, Rice, Jackson, Fulton OF w. &P.-
81
The 10Th Resolution was then agreed
10.
Mr.. Banks moved to reverse the lllb
Resolution, declaring the VOC of Thomas
Smith illegal.
The contestant objected that said Smith
was not II years ofage; and no testimony
vas adduccd to remove tie oil lection, and
prove that The voter was Of legal age.
IL was contendcd by Messrs. Banks. Da
rs orc and G aud others that it was
on The contestant to make good
us OF lection and nu ON the sittip,t moo,