The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-09-07
synopsis OF Proceedings Of the
Board supervisors

! JrescuE MCssI5' Dtd'O' iV'i'N"p S"f0
hart, Downing, Kelly, knopp, LOOMS,
Smith and Warteubrg.
W. Riggs vas allowed sG525 for
services and laboron road inpreeiocl no.
/, Graham township.
c. McWiIliams was allowed S29'G3
f.r labor on road material furnished
road precinct No. l., Graham township
II. A. Bcrnc was allowed S4l.5O for
binding records in Recorders Office.
c. 7. B. Moore was allowed 800 for
services as County Superintendent of
Free Schools.
Josiah Arlington was allowed $4,000
for repairing Salt Creek and Two Mile
bridges.
Jonathan Hill, r. NJ. Hill, Clinton
pOaenberger, Jno, NJ. Brown and Geo.
Rowlcy were appointed viewers to view
a road in Arbuckle township, from OPP.
posite the mouth Of - mile creek TO
GilfliOn's mill.
The road through Leon vas changed
agreeable to report of viewers, on the
application of Jno. NJ. Brown.
0. G. LOOMS was appointed as special
commissioner to contract for building a
bridge in Union township near NlcDer-
mjtt's mill.
Two voting places were established
in Cologne. 0ne at the School House
in Leon, the other al the School House
in district No. 4, and the voting place
at Woods school house was discontin,
ucd.
$1,000 was appropriated towards re-
pairing roads in precinct No. 8, Cologne
township.
Jackson Yauger was allowed $3.50
for services as Road Surveyor.
n. Stansberry & Co, was allowed
s55 .43 for lumber and use of oxen in
building nine mile road in Arbucklc
township,
D. Polslcy was allowed 500 for legal
services in the case of W. Y. Minturn
vs. the Board of Supervisors of Mason
coun ty.
The following ordinance was passed:
Be il ordained by tie Supervisors Of
The Co0ng Of Mason, That on the 4th
Thursday of October, 1871, at the sew
cral places voting in the county, a vote
shall be token upon the question of au,
thorizing the Board of Supervisors of
the said county, in their corporate name,
to subscribe thesum of two hundred thou
sand (S20O,OOW to the capital stock of
the Washington and Ohio Railroau
Company, a joint stock company, incor-
poratcd by the States Of Virginia and
West Virginia, to construct a railroad
from Washington City to the Ohio Riv-
or, passing through the said county of
Mason; bonds to be issued for the
amount thereof, payable within or be-
fore twenty. five years, bearing six per
ccntum interest per annum, payable an,
nually, which subscription is intended
to aid in the construction of the said
railroad in the county of Mason. But
no bonds shall be issued unless said
road be located through this county, to
or near Point Pleasant,
On the ballots Or tickets used in said
election shall be written or printed the
words; afor subscribing 100000 to the
capital stock of the Washington and
Ohio Railroad Company" or, against
subscribing 100000 to the capital stock
of the Washington and Ohio Railroad
Company"
Be Il fNrther ordained, That this Or
dinance shall be published for at least
thirty days before the said election, in
the Weekly Register and Mason CouN-
TY JOURNAL; and that certified copies
shall be posted in accordance with Sec
ton IS, chapter 80, Of the code of West
Virginia.
The Board prescribed the number
and kind of boats to be used at the fer.
ros Of 5. II. Burnap and D. 0. Hop,
kins.
Sally Ann Coleman was allowed $4,000
for the support OF Sukey Thouton (colored)
pauper in Arbucklc Township,
Smith u Martin were allowed $4,000
for goods furnished poor house and
farm.
J. II. johnson was allowed $6GS1l Of
salary in full as Superintendent of poor
house and farm and for money exncndcd