Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-06-28

Beg COUNTY COURT-lhc County
Court of Jefferson, fiscal term, President
w. II. Kable presiding, all the Justices
present, convened in Charlestown on
Monday of last week, and continued in
session until Wednesday afternoon, when
the Court adjourned over until Satur
day. The following are the leading
items of the business transacted:
Licenses to retail liquors,on condition
that they comply with the law, were
granted to the following persons, viz
W. A. Adams, Jno. w. Grant, Jr.,
and Edwin Bowen, Shepherdstown;
Thomas Ii. Trail and James McGraw,
IIarper's Ferry Jacob B. Brown,
Charlestown.
The sum of 500 was ordered to be
entered on the county levy for work Oh
the Court House.
Ordered that Geo. w. Chase, late
Sheriff of this county, pay to the COM
mittee for building the Courthouse at
Charlestown, $4,000 out of the county
treasury, to be expended by the said
committee to finish the Courthouse
and yard belonging thereto.
Ordered that John f. Erwin, Assess
or of this county, shall be paid out OF
the county treasury the sum of 5000
for his services, and for extending in
the several copies Of his land and prop
erty book which may be due from each
person by virtue of the county levy.
Ordered that Geo. w. Chase, late
Sheriff of this county, pay to the COM
mittee to superintend the building of
the jail of this county, $4,000, out of
the county treasury.
Ordered that no further work, beyond
the amount appropriated up to this time
for the public buildings, Courthouse
and Jail, of this county, be contracted
for without the consent Of this Court,
at one of the fiscal terms thereof.
Ordered that the sum of $4,000 be,
and the same is hereby appropriated,fo for
the purpose of purchasing the necessary
Law Library for the use Of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals of this State, the same
to be the property, when purchased, of
the county of Jefferson, and subject to
such rules and regulations as may be
adopted by this Court from time to
time for It's government, and that the
President of this Court, and Justices
Washington and OBannon, be appoint
ed Committee in conjunction with the
President and Directors of the Law Ii
brary Association of Jefferson County,
to make purchase for the books for the
said Library. There shall be incorpo-
rated in the said rules and regulations,
the provision that the said Law Library
Association of Jefferson County shall,
on or before the lst day Of August,
1874, and annually thereafter, pay into
the treasury of the county the sum of
s24O, as a condition to the use of the
said Library by the said Association.
James d. Butt was sworn as Attorney
and counsellor at law of this Court
The court re-assembled on Saturday,
all the Justices present
sl2,250 to pay the interest on the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad bonds, and
$4,000 to redeem outstanding turnpike
bonds, was placed on the levy for this
year.
A tax of one dollar OH male, land three
dollars on female dogs, was levied, and
the Assessor ordered to make out list
of owners and numbers of dogs in the
county.
The following Justices were appoint
ed Committee to prepare and submit
to the Court at future term plan for
re-districting the county, viz: John +.
Smith, Chairman: B. G. Washington,
inc. r. Henkle, Basil Avis, K. G. w.
Herr, William Il. Daniels aud S. l..
Rissler.
The Court assembled again on Mon
day last and fixed the County Levy for
taxes at 60 cents-last year it was 81.
The salary for the County Assessor
was fixed at $1,000 per year.
The Court adjourned.