The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-01
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SATURDAY,

II SATURDAY,
! December 80, 1871.
The Board met pursuant to the cal
tof the President.
Prrsent-Messrs. Clark, Curtis, Har,
rison, Jeffers, Kelly. Salisbury, Water
Ihouse and Zoeckler.
The reading of the minutes were dis
Ipensed with.
| President Salisbury stated that he
had called the Board together to submit
Ito them letter and contract he had
received from the President Of the Bal
Itimore and Ohio railroad. He had re-
fused to sign the contract, deeming it to
be adverse to the interests OF the
county as it stands.
| The clerk read the letter and contract
as follows:
| BALTIMORE & OHIo RAILROAD, J
VICE PRESIDENTS OPFIoR, :
/ BALTIMORE, Dec. %, 1871. J
j. Salisbury Esq, President Board Of
Supervisors Ohio County, W. Va:
DEAR SIR: received your dispatch
and telegraphed you that agreement
would be forwarded by to-day's train. l
enclose the same, and trust that it will
prove to be entirely satisfactory, and
that the result will prove, as I know it
will, Of mutual advantage. l am very
respectfully yours, WV. KEYsBR,
Second Vice Pres't.
The articles of agreement are as fol-
lows:
Articles of agreement made and en-
tered into this - day of - in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, by and be-
tween the Supervisors Of the county of
Ohio and State of West Virginia, and
a corporation created and existing by
and under the laws of said State on the
one part, and the Baltimore d Ohio
Railroad company,a corporation created
by act of the General Assembly OF the
State of Maryland, and having the right
to exercise its corporate functions
within the State of West Virginia, un-
der and by authority Of the laws thereof,
of the other part, wltnesse,h: That In
consideration Of the many and great
mutual benefits and advantages to ac-
crue to the parties respectively for the
making and keeping Of the several
covenants, agreements apd stipulations
hereinwitn contained, the said parties
do each with the other covenant agree
and stipulate as follows, that is to say
The said Supervisors do hereby cove
nant and agree to and with the said
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
that they will release to the said COM
pany, and to the company known as
the Wheeling, Pittsburgh and Balti.
more, all taxes, levies and sums OF
money heretofore assessed and charged
against said companies, or either OF
them, for county, township and school
district purposes, under the laws OF the
State of West Virginia, and that the
said Supervisors Of the county Of Ohio
do accordingly, by these presents, re-
lease, quit claim and discharge to
the said companies, and to each OF
them, all snch taxes. levies and sums OF
money heretofore assessed and charged
against said companies, or either Of
them, and claimed to have accrued
and be due to said county of Ohio
aforesaid, from said companies, or either
of them, for such county, township or
school district purposes, as aforesaid,
together with all suits, actions, causes
of suit or action and all remedies
whatsoever for the recovery Of the
same, and all or any Of them, hereby
holding and declaring said companies,
and each of them, to be free acquitted
and discharged from all such taxes,
levies and sums of money claimed to
have accrued and to be due from said
companies, or either of them, to said
county or to said Supervisors thereof, |
to any township or school district in the
same, for such county, township and
school district purposes, as fully and to
all intents and purposes as il the same
had never been assessed or charged
against said companies, or either OF
them, by or on hehalf Of said county |
or any township or school district
thereof.
And the said Supervisors Of Ohio
county do further covenant and agree
that they will not at any time hereafter
assess or charge against the said COM
panies, or either Of them, or cause to
be assessed or charged against them,
or either Of them, on said prop
erty, any taxes, levies or sums
of money whatever for such
county, township, or school district
purposes, as aforesaid, and that they
will not collect or cause to be collected
from said companies or either Of them,
any such county, township or school
district taxes, levies or sums Of money,
whatever, as may be at any time here
after assessed or charged against said
company or either Of them, on the
property of either of them, contrary 10
the tenor and effect, true intent and
meaning of these presents; and that the
Supervisors of the county Of Ohio do
further covenant to and with the said
Baltimore & Ohio railroad company
that, if at any time hereafter, under the
operation Of the laws Of West Virginia
any such taxes, levies or sums Of money
shall be assessed or charged against
said companies or either Of them, on
their property, or the property Of
either of them, for the purpose Of the
said county of Ohio, or any township or
school district thereof, independently |
of the action Of said Board Of
Supervisors, and by any other
authority, and if the said taxes
levies and sums Of money so assessed
shall be collected from said companies
or either of them, BY any other author
thority than that of said Supervisors,