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supervisors COurt--so-called.


Shcphcrdstown, West Virginia, March 2sth,
1871. Board Of Supervisors met pursuant to
a call Of its President. and notice thereof duly
served upon each Of the other members Of the
Board. Present, Supervisors Staley, Roderiek
and Turner
Truman W. Potterfeld, late sheriff Of Jeher-
son County, appeared before the Board in COM
pliancc with the summons to appear before the
Board and show cause why he refused to pay
the orders Of the Board Of Supervisors.
AT the request of Mr. Potterfeld,
1t was ordered, That time be granted him
until Tuesday following the second Monday in
April, to procure legal advice regarding the
payment Of said orders
On motion the resignation Of 4. 4. Cook
Justice Of thepeace Of Shepherd township, was
accepted.
On motion, J. V Underdonk was appoint
cd Justice of the peace Of Shepherd Township
Ordered, That notices be served upon J. II.
Haiues, and J. Ransburg, requiring them to
appear before the Board Of Supervisors at its
next meeting, to show cause, if any they can,
why they should not be removed from the
Board for wilfull neglect of duty.
Three enterprising individuals calling them
selves the Board Of Supervisors-though in
reality only a very Insignificant minority Of
the Board-have assumed all the powers Of the
Executive, Legislative and Judiciary of the
State, and seem disposed to carry things with
q high hand. The foregoing orders, passed by
them at their late session are simply ridicu-
lous, and less capable Of doing harm than other
Of their proceedings which may result in dis
comfort to others, but will inevitably end in
disaster ifnot ruin to themselves Such is the
application to various judges for an injunction
20 prevent the transfer Of the records, which
was finally obtained, and has since been argued
before Judge Hall
The effect Of this dclay-forit can be nothing
more-will be to defer the holding Of Court,
occasion loss to creditors sueing for payment,
stop the payment Of salared county officials,
decrease the number Of cases in the hands of
lawyers aud besides damaging business in
general all over the county, give thieves, row.
dies and other outlaws a hope Of exemption
from punishment which will probably increase
The proportion Of crime, and enable some to es.
cape who deserve to be dealt with according
to the utmost rigour Of the law. Let these
mischief-makers beware They will find out
sooner or later that they are not the supreme
power they seem to imagine, and when the time
ofreck0uing comes their persons and proper
ty viii be held responsible, by those whom they
are iujuring.
This so-called Board Is composed Of Messrs
Roderick Staley and Turner,-the FIRST named
elected by fusion ticket the second BY the
Board-ho having been repudiatcd by the VOC
tiers of the township, but by some influence or
intimidation inducing the regularly elected
Supervisor Real to resign. The last named
Turner tied his competitor tlIarrisonl in his
township, aud was declared the Supervisor by
the old Board holding over. The two latter
townships are Chapline aud Shepherd, and
embrace Shepherdstown.
y coincidence is presented in the fact that
in the last t'ro elections for Supervisor in one
Of the Shepherdstown townships, Mr. Harrison,
the conservative candidate tied his competitor,
but by the manipulation Of the wire-pulliug
Board was defeated. Thus it will be seen that
the Rodcrick, Staley and Turner Board do not
represent the people of the county at ALL