The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-09-22
n. IN. ORDINANCE.

President, and G. w. Strickler and
@. W. Turner, Associate Justices,
tho following order was adopted:
WHEREAS. The people Of Lows county
have given their sanction 10 subscription
~ slS5, 900 10 the capital stock Of the Nor
them 4 Southern Vest Virginia RailfaNd
company, 10 Which subscription q prol'at
has BEEN filed resisting lis legality. And
while the court does not now decide upon
The legality Of the subscription heretofore
authorized, nor the reference TO tho people,
nor what Ii proper 10 be dOncin reference TO
Inc protest Aforesaid, yet the court Is will
Inc 10 allow n full expression OF the people
on the subject, and ifthcy decide for o sab
scription 10 tho Weston and 0larKsbnrg
Railroad company, tho same shall b. taken
And held as q Judgment Of The people against
INC legality Of the subscription 10 the Nor
thern 4 Southern West Virginia Railroad
company, and the full and complete author.
ity for the subscription TO the Weston and
CIarksburg Railroad company. And the
nct ofsubsrribisg 10 the Weston & Clarss-
burg Railroad company shall be held as the
legal inyalidlty 10 the subscription 10 tho
Northern md Southern Hest Virginia Rail-
road Company aud tho vote now ordered
shall have the elect Of a popular decision Of
the legal inyalidity Of the vote heretofore or
dcred and taken In respect TO said Northern
& Southern West Virginia Railroad. And
iftho vote now ordered shall be In favor Of
the subscription to the Weston 4 Clarksburg
Railroad Company to tho extent Of SIPS, 900,
the same shall be taken and held as dls-al-
lowing, and holding aS void the subscription
TO the Northern & Southern West Va Rail-
road Company, heretofore ordered by the
Supervisors OF Lewis county, and taken aud
certified on that subject. lis therefore
ORDERED, That the proposiionto subscribe
for and own Sl25,e 200 by the county ofLew-
s. Of the capital stock Of the Weston and
Ciarksburg Railroad company, DO snbmltt-
cd 10 the voters Of Lewis county Of an cleo
tion which Is hereby appointed TO DO hold
en- according to law on the Second Tues
day in october, 1873, at tho several pla-
CeS ofyoting in said colntyi to test tho
sense of said voters whether the county de-
sires to make sud subscription or not. And
1t Is further
ORpEnEp, That as condition to said sub
scription, and at All times to le taken and
held as authority 10 make the same, that
the bonds of tho county, bearing six per
Centum interest, payable annually, shall bo
accepted by said company at par, rs pay
ment Of the subscription hereby authorized,
with tho principal payable in Twenty-Five
years or sooner, at the option Of the county
Of Lewis. And II II DO ascertained and de-
Clarcd that thrcO-hnhs Of the votes cast at
such election are In favor Of such subserip-
ton, then the county court shall have
power, in lie discretion, ifit think tho In
lcrcats OF the county will DO promoted
thereby, to subscribe said sum Of Sl25,O 900
10 tic capital stock Of said Weston and
Clnrksburg Railroad company, or such
portion OF said sun as II may IlCem neccs-
sary for the building Of hlid railroad, upon
such terms, conditions and limitations as
the said court may deem cxpCdicnJ, 10 tie
ED Ofpromoting said work, and at tho
SHINE time Of projecting the Interests Of tho
county. The bonds 10 be iSglctl us herein
before provided in payment Of such sull-
may be Issued in such install
ments rs tic work Of construction Of
said railroad progresses, as the eour
may hereafter prescribe; and said court
may, fit see proper, before directing said
instruments Of bonds 10 Issue, order such
portion Of such bonds as II deems proper TO
be withheld from delivery to the said rail-
road company until compliance with such
relative 10 the work Of constTue-
ton said railroad as II may prescribe. 1t
Is further provided as part OF this order,
that II no subscription DO made nnder this
order, orifmadc, be not accepted by said
company, against the LIST day Of April, 1876,
then :his order, and all proceedings under
It, shall stand for nought, ard have no fur
thcr force or effect. And II Is further
ORpERED, That the poll-books shall 10
By tic clerk Of this court, and
Thai proper printed ballots shall also be pre-
pared by him, aud said pqll.boOks and bal
lots shall be sent by said clerk TO the diIlcr-
pnt places Of voting In the county, so as 10
facilitate afull, free and fair election upon
the questions hereby propounded by this
Court; and TINT tile result Of said election
he certified, Rftel the came be asceriained, In
the mode similar 10 certificates Of election
ofpublic officers Of this State. And the
said ballots shall have written or printed
upon them the words ''For the Sibscrip-
liOn," or "Against tho Subscription" In
such form rs ;lcsaid clerk may designate
or prescribe. And II Is further
0RDRRED, that Henry Jones, W. v. Child
ester, and I'm. G. Linger, Of Skin Creek
District P. a. LorniE, George /. Davis.
son and Watson Bnnton, Of lialkersrillc, in
Collins Settlement District, and Wm. A.
Watson, s. B. Smith and George o. Con-
rad, ST., at Union School House; Michael
Collins, James Mulladay and George W.
Turner at Sand Fork, and John HuSsey, +.
N. ChAl FAINT and James WhalCn, Sr., at the
Court House, in tho Court House Dis
trict; John kCc, Howard Medley and Rich
ard Fretwell, OF Jane Lew, and VIM. Me-
bride, VIM. l.. Huntington and Per y T.
Smith at McLauEhlin's Store, in the Hack
er's Greek District George Ross, William
u, Lively and JeSs9 Butcher at the Bailey
House, and VIM. J. Bailey, Perry White
aud J. T. LoYett, at Freemansburg, and
lemuel Bailey, VIM. Woofter and Bernard
Kraus, at Leading Greek, in the Freeman's
Greek District, are hereby appointed for the
purpose Of seeing that proper poll-books,
ballots, and all other facilities be furnished
TO the people for q full and fair expression
upon tho questions aforesaid and also to
act as commissioners, Rt the places afore-
said, to superintend the election on the
questions aforesaid, and shall do and perform
all md everything requisite and necessary
for conducting, and aseertainlng and GER
tifying the result Of the election hereby or
lered, and they shall be governed IN oil
respects Us provided by law. And tits fur
thCr
0DDrREp, Andis hereby directed, that The
Sheriff Of LOWS county shall post o copy Of
this order at each Of the several places Of
voting III this county, ct least thirty days
prior to the day hereby fixed for said cleo
ion and that the said Sheriff moke return
of the time and manner Of said piSting.-
And tits further
0RpEREp, That tho preamble, and this
,idcr, he published in TiR DEaoCRAr, a
new spaper published in the town Of YES