Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-09-09
S. H. HILB
Ia CouSc11 FOR THE Town OF STANTON

a August 10. 1870. &
The following Ordinance was submitted, CON
sidered and passed, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE to take the sense of the qualified
voters of the Town Of Staunton on the question
of further subscription to the Stock of the Val
ley Railroad Company upon certain terms and
conditions.
1st Be it Ordained by the Council of the Town
of Staunton. that on Saturday, the 18th day of
September 1870 an Election shall be held, and
polls be opened at the various places Of voting
in the Town of Staunton, under the supervision
of the officers appointed to conduct the last gen
eral election in said Town, to take the sense of
the qualified voters of said Town upon the ques-
ton, whether the Council of the Town of Staun-
ton shall subscribe to the Stock CT the Valley
Railroad Company, in addition to the amount
heretofore authorized to be subscribed, the sum
of Fifty thousand dollars, upon the terms and
conditions prescribed by law, and upon the fur
ther fundamental conditions following-that is
to say-Fsrst, that said Council shall not make
such subscription, unless and until, in addition to
the sum so authorized to be subscribed, valid sub
scriptioLs shall have been made by other corpo-
rations and persons, solvent and able to pay, to
an amount sufficient to make up the sum of three
millions one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
so as, with said sum of Fifty thousand dollars, to
make up the entire sum Of Three millions Two
hundred thousand dollars, necessary to complete
the Stock Su description of said Company, in pur-
suance of the Ordinance Of the City of Baltimore
upon the provision, however, that the said
Council in order to raise the means to pay such
subscription, shall have authority to issue the
Bonds Of the Town, to run thirty years, bearing
interest at the rate Of six per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually, with the privilege of re-
demption after twenty years. but shall not dis
pose of said Bonds at a greater discount than ten
per centum; -Second that the town of Staunton
shall be a point in the main line of the Valley
Railroad.
End. Be it further Ordained that said Election
shall be held, and the returns made, and the re-
suit declared, in the manner prescribed by the
Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, ap-
proved June 9th 1870, entitled An act to au-
thorize subscriptions to the Stock of Incorpora-
ted Companies by the Counties of Rockingham,
Augusta Rockbridge, Botetourt, Craig and Ro-
a1iosa, as.a tlae towns Of Harrisonburg, Staun-
ton, Lexington and Salem
3rd All Ordinances inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed
4th This Ordinance shall be in force from its
passage.
A Copy-Teste,
aug19-5t JAMES F PATTERSON, elk.
sEIRGINIA To WIT At a special Term OF
" the Circuit Court of Augusta held on the
B. Cunningham, J. F. Snyder, George Baylor,
Joseph G. Steele, Receiver Of the Circuit Court OF
Rockbrdge County for themselves and other
Judgment creditors of J. Marshall McCue and Mar
tina J. McCue, who may unite in this suit on the
usual terms-Plaintiffs.
against
]. Marshall McCue and Martha J. A1cCue-
Defendants. ~ @
EXTRACT FROM THE DECREE IN THE ABOVE CAUSE.
ssThat this cause be referred to one ofthe Master
Commissioners of this Court, with instructions to
take, state and settle thefollowing accounts.
LIST. An account Of all judgments and other
liens binding the real estate of the Defendant
Marshall McCue duly recorded on the Judgment
lien docket of Augusta County, before four-and-
a-half O. clock P. NJ the 9th day Of May, 1867,
OF which by operation of law although subsequent
ly recorded took effect as liens prior to the time
aforesaid, at which the Deed exhibited and mark
ed ''E was delivered to the Clerk of the County
Court of Augusta for recordation, and. the orde!
of prorities Of such judgments and other liens
End An account Of all judgments and DEGREES
recovered against the Defendant Martha J. Nc
Cue and the order of their priorities 3rd. An
account of the estate of said J. Marshall McCue
bound by the judgment and otherliens first afore
said, and the annual rental value of the same
and re- -t..a $50 z5
4th. An account of the separate estate of thu
DEPENDENT Martha Jane McCue, and the annua
rental value thereof far as it consists of real es
tate and the character of SO much thereof as con
sists of personal Estate"
COMMISSIONER OFFICE
Stauntou, September 26 1870
| Notices hereby given to all persons concerned
in taking the accounts required by the foregoing
decree, that shall proceed, at my Office in Staun
ton, on Saturday the oath day Of September, 1870
TO execute the provisions of said decree.
| JOHN N. HENDREN,
aug26-4t Commissioner.