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Supervisors Court.
SHEPHERDsTowN, W. VA,
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September Is, 1869.
The Board met pursuant TO adjournment
Present, Supervisors Shaull, Sponseller, Staley.
Turner and Woodward.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read, approved, and sigued by the President
The following resolutions were adopted, to-
wit:
Resolrei, That the assent Of this board be
given 70 the assignment to Undertake Il Co.,
for the uneXpired term Of the retail liquor Ii
ceuse heretofore granted to Albert Jones; the
board being satisfied that the persons compri-
sing the said firm are Of good moral character
and not of incorporate habits.
ReSolrei. Tbat license be granted John R.
Avis TO retail Spirituous liquors at the Spirit
Building in CharleStown. w. Va, the board
being satisfied that the said john r. Avis, is of
good moral character, aud not Of Incorporate
habits.
RssolreI, That Barney OFT be granted Ii
ceusc 10 retail spirituous liquors at his store in
Bippon. w. Va. the board being satisfied that
the said Barney OFT is Of good moral character,
and not of incorporate habits
Undertake & Co. with Thomas F.. Wood
ward as surety; John X. Avis, with John Avis
and A OBanuOn as sureticS, and Barney OFT
with Daniel HeAebOwer as surety, filed their
respective bonds conditioned according to law
as sellers Of spirtuous liquors at retail, all
which were approved by the board.
Ordered that John W. Kennedy be paid
$500 as attorneys fee for defending pauper
al the suit Of West Virginia.
I i.,.t ha h,arl fhn
22l day of March. 1869, TO view and report on
the road prayed for in the petition of Geo Il.
BcckwitL aud others, reported as follows, to-
wit:
To the Board Of Supervisors Of Jefferson
Cuun.y.-Iu obedience to your order made on
the 9TH day Of April, 1869, we the undersign-
ed viewers named in said order. to examine
and report upon the routes Of a proposed road
asked for in a petition signed by Geo. II. Beck
with and others, leading from the corner Of
Walter and John Shirley on the llarperS Fer
~ and SmithGeld Turnpike to Summit Point
by lines indicated in said petition and order.
report as follows: That we went upon said
proposed road aud examined with great care
this AMI other routes, and their relative position
90 other present existing roads. all Of which
fully appears upon the accompanying plat,
which is hereby made part of this report.
That tie route indicated in said petition and
order. is very nearly represented by the red
lines upon the plat which as is shown on the
plat. is within one mile and nearly parallel to
the present road leading from the toll gate to
Summit Point that on the west side Of pro-
posed road is another leading from Smithield
o. Summit Point.
We are therefore Of the opinion that no
County. or public road. is required between
the points specified in the order for the use Of
the public travel. notwithstanding there are
several farms along the route Of the proposed
road which at present have no outlet to a pub
lie road hat can be readily accommodated &C
coriinc TO law by short private roads 10 the
nearest county road. Respectfully submitted,
THOS II. WILLIS.
MEREDITH HELM,
JOHN s MOORE.
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