Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-02
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Intending and fesenHetigq 7,l f,cf ,,1See,I
March 3lst Is53. eafiklsI, c,4,, 81, ~.
Morizing celdiitiongk s,tbser;iDt;;oa 10 com
piete a road fran Rlson,s Crsek 81
Wayne county, 70 The Kdna,r6o fa,n.
PIKE, and to construct BRIDGE ope,. Cooj
1irer, aud amended 6y an att ns.ss5
Morch 4. 1886, e,stitled. 'l4n act proud.
ing Jor he appointment Of comm na;ssiion,
ers to contr0cf fo,. and satperiints,td he
construction oytke Gal s,spe, 5y.iidos.,,
Whereas the General Assembly ON
the 3Ist day of March. 1853, passed an
act appropfisting three thousand dollars
upon condition that persoHs able TO pag
should subscribe sH thousand dollars
for the purpose OF eompieting the con
structi"n of the turnpike road, from Will
sons Creek in Wayne county. to the Ka-
nawha turnpike, and for the purpose of
building a bridge over Coal river And
whereas 1t is represented to the General
Assembly. that the county of Kapawha
and others. have subscribed and actually
paid the sum of two thousand dollars to-
wards the construction of the said bridge,
and that the same has been actually ex-
pended in the partial construction thereof.
And whereas, the Board of Public
Works constituting the act passed March
9TH. 1856. as repeating the act passed
March 3lst, 1853, have refused to pay any
part of the three thousand dollars appro-
priated as aforesaid
Be 1t enacted By tie General Assembly.
That the act. entitled, An act authori,
sing an additional subscription to com.
pletea road from Wilson's Greek in Wayne
county, TO the Kanawha turnpike, and
to construct bridge over Coal river,
passed March the 3lst, 1852, and amend
ed by an act, entitled, AN act providing
for the appointment of commissioners to
contract for and superintend the construc-
tion of the Coal river bridge" passed
March the 4:h, 1856, shall be, and the
same is hereby amended and re-enacted
so that it shall read as follows
Whenever individuals solvent and able
to pay shall subscribe the additional sum
of two thousand dollars. to complete the
construction of road from Wilson's
Creek in Wayne county. 10 the Kauawha
turnpike, and build bridge over Coal
river. it shall be lawful for, and the Board
ofPublIc Works is hereby directed to sub
scribe on behalf of the State, the addition.
al sum of three thousand dollars. The
money 10 pay the State subscription here
by authorized, shall be borrowed accord
ing to the provisions of la~ now in force
in relation to borrowing money, and the
State subscription shall be paid pari pos
SU, with individual subscrip ptions. And
any mouey heretofore subscribed bv the
county of Kanawha and others, and actu
Ially expended towards the construction
Iof the said bridge over Coal river. shall
be constructed TO have been subscribed
by virtue of this act, and the State sub
scription. hereby authorized, shall be
paid pori passu, with such subscriptions.
That William Wood, Benjamin S.
Thompson, Jesse Hudson. John NJ. Field
and Henry w Goodwin. be and are hero
by constituted Board of Commissioners.
To contract for and superintend the CON
stluction Of bridge over Coal river at
its upper falls on the line OF Wilson Creek
and Kanawha turnpike road, in Kanawha
county Said Commissioners or majori-
tv of them, shall elect a President and
Treasurer. and shall have full power and
authority to do all necdful acts in the
erection of said bridge. And all acts
done or contracts made, heretofore, by
the said Commissioners or a majority Of
them, towards the construction of the
said bridge. shall be constructed to have
been done and made by virtue OF this act
This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.