Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-06-28

Ordered that TINS court Oe now ad-
iourned until tomorrow at tea o'clock,
A. NJ. ROBT. w. BAYLOR
President County Court.
At a term of the County Court OF
Jefferson county, w. Va, confined aud
held Friday, May 23d, 1879.
Present, Il. w. Baylor, president OF
the court aud all the Justices of the
county.
Miscellaneous orders on the County
Treasury, continued.
Amount brought forward SlO,2sO.3S
To David Billmy-r, ,one Of Com'rs
10 issue :. V. II. II. bonds,
days at 50 l1.OO
V. R.R. bonds 100000
To pay interest on county bonds
for court house and Jail l2O0.Co
Amt. of Aims house order at this
term ls7i.Gl
S2s37i.si
A deposit in the Sheriff. hands 59o5.2G
s3l977.3O
Cr. by. Scots on 81. 237. 40 amt. of
real and personal property as
sessed for this year and s. cap
itation tax on 5000 taxable per-
sons $3l,277.2o
Ordered, that the sheriff of this coun
ty collect one dollar from each taxable
person and fifty cents for each one hun
dred dollars OF Real and Personal prop
erty, as q county levy for the present
year.
1t is ordered that Daniel Geizendan
uer be and is hereby appointed Supcrin
tendent of the Turnpike road from ker.
neysville to Smi,hfeld, and to appoint
Gate keepers on the same, and charge
the regular rates Of toll on the same, at
a salary of. twenty-five dollars per an
mum, payable out of tho tolls Of said
road: the balance of tolls he applied TO
keeping said road iu repair, and make
an annual report 20 the court.
1t is ordered that i. j. Marshall be,
and is hereby appointed Superintendent
of the Turnpike road from KesrDeys-
vile, to Shepherdstown, and to appoint
q Gate-keeper for the same, and charge
the regular rates of toll; tho salary of
said superintendent shall be twenty Gvo
dollars per annum, payable out Of tho
tolls collected from said road; the bal
ance of tells TO be applied to keeping
said road in repair, and payment of
gate-keeper, and make annual report to
the court.
The following is the levy on each dis.
t,;.t Cor rnal nnr,nano for tho ,.ras.pt
year, viz:-Shepherd district, 8 cents on
the one hundred dollars; Bolivar district,
cents on the oue hundred dollars; Po.
tomac district cents ON the one hun
dred dollars; Harper's Ferry district,
none; Middleway district, cents on the
one hundred dollars; Charlestown dis-
trict, cents on the one hundred dol
lars; Osburn distrist, cents or the ono
hundred dollars.
Jacob Maiheny is relieved from road
fine against him, aud is exempt from
working on county roads.
We the commissioners appointed by
the county conrt OF Jefferson county TO
issue to the Shenandoah Valley Rail
Road Company, the County Bonds sub
scribed by said county for the construc-
ton of said road, beg leave TO report, that
prior TO the present contract with the
Shenandoah Valley Rail Road Compa-
ny, there had been issued sixty.one
thousand FIVE hundred dollars Of said
Bonds, and since the resumption Of tho
work by Satterlee 81 Co., there has been
issued one hundred and seventy-thrce
thousand seven hundred dollars, making
the total issued TO the present time two
hundred and thirty-fve thousand two
hundred dollars; leaving balance OF
Bonds in the hands Of your commisson-
ers of fourteen thousand eight hundred
dollars-eighteen hundred dollars Of
which have been attached, and are snb-
ject to the order of the Circuit Court.
Under the order of your court your
commissioners were ordered 10 detach
and cancel all the coupons on said
bonds which your commissioners did,
with the exception 0f coupons amount.
ing to seventeen hundred and twenty
six dollars, which at the request Of Sat
terlec &Co., the contractors, were not
detached, they having deposited 10 the
hands Of your commissioners, the
amount in cash TO meet the same when
due, which sum Of seventeen hundred
and tweenty-six dollars, has been ap-
piled to the payment of that amount of
coupons falling due April lst, 1879, and
the coupons for the same herewith re-
turned all cancelled.
LOGAN OSBURN,
GEO. w. EICHELBERGETs,
ROBERT w. BAYLOR.
Report Of DIR. J. s. Tanner, Saperin-
tendent of the Sbepherdstown and Hall
town Turnpike road this day returned,
and ordered To be filed. and he is contiu.
ned superintendent of said road the en-
suing year.
Ordered by the court, that DR.. !. s.
Tanner, Superintendent of the Shep-
berdstown and Halltown Turnpike be
instructed to place all accounts due for
toll in the hands of an officer for collee.
tioR. ft
Report Of Solomon Fleming .Supcrin.