The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-17
IIOllSE nILL.NO. Is.

- Hlll H'FOVlutuE lOF NNe hIOtallOtl
Of u Permanent Seat OF Govern
Inent Tor This state. and the
Erection ThcPent OF Ihe Ncccs.
GnFy Public buildings for the
Use Of the Hintes IliH A qlilgf
be ! enacted by the Legislature oil
West Virginia,
]. That In order 10 ascertain the sense
Of the people Of this State, as 10 the prop,
er locsuon Of the permanent seal Of gov
ernment for the same, an election shailhe
held at the several places Of voting in
each oil tho counties Of the State on The
Sd Tuesday Of August 1877. The vote al
said election shall 10 held by ballot, and
the qualification for voting thereat shnll
be the same as for the election Of Stale
officers. The said election shall he s,i.
perintended, conducted and returned
and the result thereof ascertaincd and
certified in all respects as 10 provided
by law ~ relation 10 the election of
State officers and al The provisions OF the
laws Of this State in relation TO elections
by the people, shall, as far as applicable,
apply TO every election held under the
provisions Of this act.
.. At the said election, the following
places for . permanent seaL Of govern
hent for thiS Stale may be voted for,
to-wit: Charleston, in the county of Ka.
nav ha:. Weston, in the county Of Lewis:
ParkerSbnrg, in the county Of Wood;
Clarksburg, in the county Of Harrison;
Wheeling, in the county Of Ohio; Graf.
ton, in the county Of Taylor, and Mar
tinsbnrg, in the county Of Berkeley; aud
il any place other than those herein
named he voted for at any election held
under the provisions Of this act, the same
shall not be cOlinted N ascertaining the
result It suchelGction. Hel
., Each voter at any election held un.
der tho prnvisions Of this act shall dc.
pOsit his ballot, with the name Of some
one OF the places named in the preceding
section, written or printed thereon, and II
more than one Of said places be written
or printed thereon, the name first 20
written or printed shall alone he counted.
4. The rcsult in each Of the counties Of
the State, OF any election held under the
provisions Of this act, shall within five
days from and after such result ia ascer.
tanned, be certified to The GOvernor,whosc
duty it shall be within twenty days from
that on which said election is held, to de-.
clare by proclamation, published in some
newspaper printed in each OF the Con-
gressional districts Of the State, the 70.
suit Of said election az the Rame slaIl
appear, from the returns somale 10 him
az aforesaid, and il majority Of all the
votes cast, under the provisions Of thi.
act, be for any OF the places hcrcinbCiolc
named, such place shall from and after
the frat day Of May, 1870, he the PER
manent seat Of government Of this State.
3. II none OF the places herein before
mentioned shall. receive majority OF the
votes east at the said election, the Gov.
ernor shall, in the same proclamation,
mentioned in the preceding section, ap-
point day, not less than twenty, nor
more than SiAty days, from the date Of
said proclamation for The holding Of
second election for the purpose mention.
ed in the first section, at which second
election only the two places receiving the
highest number Of votes cast ut said first
election, shall be voted for; which places
shall he named in said proclamation.
And II any ballot cast nj said second
election, shall have written or printed
thereon, the name Of any place other than
one Of those designated in said prucIa.
nation, TO be voted for at said second
election, such ballot shall not be counted
in ascertaininS the result Of said election.
6. Upon the RETURN Of said second
election, "a provided for in regard 10 The
said lirst election, and the result thereof
being aScertained as aforesaid, the Gov
ernor shall, within thirty days after the
day OF the said second election, by pro.
clamatiOn published as provided Tor in
regard TO said first election, declare
the result, aud the place receiving
the highest number OF votes cast
under the provisions of this acl at
said second election shall be the perma.
nent seat Of government OF this State
from and after the lSt day Of May, 1879;
and in case the votes cast al said second
election for each Of the places designated
in said proclamation TO be voted for al
said election be equal, then the Board Of
Public Works, at "a meeting called for
the purpose by the Governor, shall de:
termine which Of the said places shall bc
such permanent seat Of government, and
the place so determined shall from and
after thessid lst day of May, 1879, be
the permanent seat Of government Of this
State. Trlgr rT1EaEIFI
z. Whenever permanent seat OF Gov
ernment for this State Is fixed and de-
termined under any Of the provisions Of
this act, il shall be the duty Of the Board
Of Public Works, to select and procure
suitable site on which TO erect the neces.
sary public buildings for the use Of the
State, and for this purpose said Board
shall accept and receive such donations
In real estate, or money, or. cash, A. may
be offered TO said Board, and in order 10
further aid in carrying into effect tho
provisions OF this Section, a antn of
money not exceeding fifty thousand dol,
lars is hereby appropriated and placed
at the disposal Of said Board, payable
out Of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and the same
shall'be paid from time to time when
required for tile purposes Of this Section,
upon the orders Of said Board. All real
estate acquired under the provisions Of
this Section shall be conveyed 10 the
Board Of Public Works for the use Of the
State, and every such conveyance shall
show the real consideration thereof, and
whether the said real estate was acquired
by gift or purchase. Ifmoneys be tlona.
ted to the Stale for the purpose afore.
said, record showing the amount dona-
ted. ......
8. The permanent seat of government
Of this State, when 30 fixed and tletermin.
ed as aforesaid shall never be removed