The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-27

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Wetzel ................ l,2s6 q one tip. 1901 W
/ Harrison (estimated) 100000 Unknown.
| Doddridge .,...... l,SS9OS 3,767 81
/ Richie Iestimated). ... 10000 Unknown;
Preston ....................Zl,l9lU
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! Morgan. ...................."1lr5uzS 20 90, o.,
Jefferson ,............."ll,OVUV w ono lp IS'VO w
Ohio. 10000 Unknown.
, hampshire ............. o,o'i "
A motion was made and adopted 10
appoint a committee Of six to report a
plan for the Convention. Messrs. Camp
bell. Staley, REYNOLDS, Martin, Allen
and Wade were appointed who made a
report and after mature deliberation,
the Convention adopted the following
plan for a concert Of action on the part
of said counties for defending the said
suits and for collecting the said taxes as
follows:
lst That a committee Of three be APP
/ pointed by the Convention, whose duty
il shall be to employ two able and COM
petent attorneys, who shall attend to
the interests Of all the counties and
townships which may become parties
TO the arrangement, herein agreed upon
in all suits brought or to be brought by
said company to restrain the collection
Of taxes, involving questions common
to all the counties and townships.
! u. That said counsel shall be paid
hv the said several counties and town
ships pro rata on the amount OF taxes
assessed in the several counties and
townships against the company not eX-
ceeding one per cent. on the taxes
assessed, as a retainer, and an addition
not exceeding four per cent on the
amount of taxes recovered III the event
of succeeding in the cases.
/ Sd. That the said counties and town.
ships shall pay the said retainers as it
shall be agreed upon between the coun-
sci so to he employed and said com
mittce.
18th. That il any county or township
refuse to ratiiy the action Of this Con
vention, or of said committee, or enter
in said arrangement then said counsel
shall not attend to the interest OF such
counties or townships SO refusing, and
it shall be included in the contract with
said attorneys that they shall not APP
pear in any case for the counties and
/ townships so refusing.
! 9TH. That the Convention recon-
mend to the Board OF Supervisors Of
each county, if they deem it necessary,
to employ local counsel to each coun-
/ ty, whose duty it shall be to correspond
with the general counsel and attend to
furnishing information and any other
business that may be necessary to the
defense OF the several suits and To at
tend to the payment of the fees of the
general counsel, DC
9th. That said committee shall report
their action to each county represented
in this Convention, and also any other
county along the line not represented,
/ for their ratification or rejection, to-
gether with the terms OF employment of
said counsel, and said counties are re-
uuestcd to inform said committee of
their ratification or rejection OF this ar
rangement.
eth. That said committee shall employ
| the counsel aforesaid on the best terms
possible, and in case ofthe death of any
such counsel, may employ others; but
in no event shall the amount paid eX-
coed the limits aforesaid.
On motion of Mr.. Armstrong,
| Rcsoiccd, Sth. That the committee
be instructed to arrange, if possible, for
the decision Of all questions common To
all counties in one suit, to represented
before the Supreme Court of the United
States, and for the suspension Of pro-
ceedings in other suits brought until the
decision of said court is made.
9th. 1t being represented to the Con-
vention that one or more suits were
now pending in the Supreme Court Of
the United States against Marshall
county, and that said county had con-
tracted TO pay to certain attorneys con-
tingent fee OF ten per cent. of the
amount recovered in the event of sue
ceeding in case, with the understand
inc that an additional counsel shall bc
employed if the case went to the United
States Supreme Court.
Therefore. on motion Of Mr.. Arm
strong,
Rcsolred, That if the said committee
can arrange with the company to allow
the decision OF the cases now pending
in the Supreme Court of the United
States against Marshall county to gov
ern in the question common to all the
counties, that then said committee
shall only employ one counsel in addi-
ton to those employed by Marshall
county, aud the counties will pay their
ratable proportion Of the fee contracted
to he paid 10y said Marshall county,
provided that in no event is the amount
to be paid to the counties to exceed the
amount specified in the second rcsolu-
ton.
F. NJ. Reynolds, of Mineral county,
W. W. Miller, of Ohio, f. l.. Wade, OF
Doddridge, were selected by the Conven-
ton as the committee of three provided
for in the first resolution
On motion of Mr. Armstrong,
ResoLced, That the Secretary send to
the Board of Supervisors of the other
counties interested but not represented
in this Convention, copies of the pro-
ceedings of this Convention aud request
their concurrence therein.
On motion of Mr.. Keltz,
Resoloed, That each county pay a
pro rata share of the expenses necessa-
rily incurred by the said committee in
carrying into effect the arrangement
made by this Convention.
On motion Of Mr.. Wade,
ReSoiued, That this Convention re-
quests the several Boards of Supervi-