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supervisors Court.

Supervisors Court.
The Board met on Tuesday. 9Th instant-ar The
. members present After reading and approving
. the minutes Of the previous meeting, the Bond Of
e. g. Littet1n, as Road Surveyor, was approved.
j. j. NausGut was appointed Road Surveyor oi
. Potomac Township, and Bond approved. w. b.
Daniels was appointed Road Surveyor Of Shep-
herd Township.
ordered That all late Road Surveyors. appear
before the Board az its next meeting ana settle /;
IF any fail ODD settle, salt % be instituted.
The subject ot Increasing capital stock OF the
County in EabletoVn Is Bloomery Turnpike was
laid over until next meeting oithe Board.
The report 0f the Treasurer OF the Smth'eld,
CharIes-ovu and Harpcr's Ferry Turnpike Com
psnv was approved.
Arou was ordered 90 be opened at the next
general election. 70 take the sense Of the people Of
the county rog and against county subscriptions TO
the following proposed improvements
$4,000 ur Turnpike FROM s., c. * H. +. Turn
pike to Olj Furnace;
$4,000 fr Shenandoah River Navigation;
/ $1,000 f1r Clay'estowu and Leet0wn Turnpike
The following order was passed:
/ Whereas Shepherd Brooks of the first part by
Deed bearing date June 10Th, 1861, and on record
in the Recorder, Office % jefferson County, w est
Virginia. iu Deed Book No., Page, devised
and leased unto the Board Of Supervisors Of the
County and State aforesaid OF the second part, GER
tain property and buildings situated in Shepherds
town. and iH said lease more fully described so
long as said town of Shepherdstown continues 90
be the CouEty-scat OF said Jefferson County, and
the said premises continue 90 Be used Cor the pur-
pose rt said county and ULercas lv act 0t the
Legislature Ut West Virginia, passed on The Zdrd
day OF February. ISL the county OF said JET
feIsou Cagutv was removed from Shcphcrd,toWn
90 Char.estovr. and the property and buildings
SD leased as Aforesaid then ceased 90 be used for the
purpose ir said lease expressed, therefore be IL
Ordered. bv the Board of Supervisors Of Jetcr-
son County. that said lease be aud the same is
hereby terminated and cauceled0y virtue and by
any right whatsoever.
And DE- 70 further Ordered. That this release
Pc spread upon the minutes. recorded, &c
Ordered. That tbe town authorities of Charles
town oe permitted -o tt mp aud use tne room 10
the basement OF the Jail u CLarlestown for tenn
porlrv Uss as q town prison.
oUitea number ~ bills were passed tor payment,
and tLe Board adjourned
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We received a few
days ago a package from New Market Shen-
audoab County, Virginia, containing samples
oi tcclu.cs. products, manufactured by stu
d,uts in .ae laboratory Of the New Market
Pdy.echu.. Institute, OF which Rev. Benz
Hyde Benton is President Mr Beutoa has
tLe reputation Cbcing a very learned Chemist
and S.-o-.actorer OF Chemical AID other
Scsail, 'pPa51.Na-sIo]e''i ""i'n nave o'-
curicd s attention for quite a number Of
years. Tie youth OF Shenandoah ana the
counties contiguous aye very highly favored
by The proximity Of Prof Benton, and the
specimens upon our table, 50 far as We are ao.e
.ojulge sfea5 t@voraJ.y Of their progress III
the important branch OF education which Troll
TfE D'flY NAEpEN. -Iae Dolly Var
den calico sultan institution which Don
Iiat w.ele-.y says was gotten up to quicken
the pace ofsup-yauuuated ho-ses-has been in
r.da,el into our quiet yiciuage. We rather
UAc there's nothing lrish;iol about 1t, on
| the contrary, the specimen we saw Cnc.udinG
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