South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-11
Hampshire County oodrt.

Inc June term OF the County Court be.
gan on the LIST AID adjourned ON the 4th.
"A. Z. 10y was appointed administrator
OF the estate OF Margaret NJ .Stump. decd.
License was granted VIM. II. Sale TO
sell liquors, wines. &c, at the Mountain
House ~ Capon Springs.
The bond Of G. N. Hiett. az n Notarv
l'nbie, was presented to, examined and
approved, by the Court.
DAVID Sheeta was released from road
mes assessed against him i'm Springfield
District, it appearing that he had prom
cry worked on a roai in Gore District.
VIM. IL. Michael was appointed Jus.
tice OF the Peace in Bloomery District 10
hii the vacancy caused by the resignation
Of j. ID. McCuolc.
Wa. Miller was appointed Justice of
The Peace IN Gore District tp ill tho VA.
cancy caused by the resignation OF Ben
jam;n 10y.
Rev. Samuel II. Shell was authorized
10 celebrate the rites of marriage in this
State.
For good reasons shown TO the Count.
the valuations on the assessors books of
the tracts of land named below, were TO
be altered as follows, viz
John III. Sanders tract of 1874 acres.
to lie charged ct Sc 90 per acre. making
its total value 1851 90; james Peppe,'s
Grassy Lick farm. the 5l4 acre tract to
be charged ut So 90 per acre. making its
total value $3.50 go, tho Az acre tract
70 he charged at 81 30 per acre. making
its total value $3.50 co; james Melon.
AIDS 400 acre tract to be charged at 50
% per acre, making its total value 5000.
Leave WAS granted w. Ii. c. Mellow.
ell To obtain license to carry OH the bu.
siness OF druggist at his store.room in
RonInev.
The road from the Capon Bridge and
Springfield road ut A. G. Slonaker's mill
to the North Western Turnpike near A.
.. Lovctts, WAS constituted a separate
road precinct. Evan +. lliett was sp.
pointed Surveyor of il, and the hands on
the farms OF a. j. Payne, Daniel Oats,
S. 5. ilie't B. +. Mcdonald, John Niles
and A. G.. Slonaker, ordered to work
thereon under him.
Addison Whitaker was appointed Sur.
veyor of the Beck gap road.
! The Road precinct in Romney District
! OF which VIM. Haines was Surveyor. was
divided into two precincts, one of them
TO embrace the road from VIM. IIaines'
house 10 the North Western TURNPIKE
and the country nearest thereto and VIM
| llaines was continued as Surveyor of It /,
tho other 20 embrace the road from VIM.
linines' house to the road from Pan
cakes gate to Little Capon drains, and
ths hands and country nearest thereto
anu jacob barney MAS appointed Sur.
yeyor Of it.
VIM. Parker, of John. was appointed
Totlgather ~ the gate and bridge near
konlney, to iatc his position when Reu-
ben Oiiner shall vacato the same.
doo sions. Superintendent of roads.
vas directed 10 examine tho bridge over
Great Capon, and report its condition
and bis opinion rs to its safety and need
OF repai to the Court, and to confe,
with John 4. Smith, Superintendent of
roads. so that sa Saith may take meas.
ures eoT It's safety and repair.
John 4. Smith, Superintendent of
&C. : made u settlement of his accounts
fer the year ending Dec 3lst, 1879, with
Tire Court, hy which it appears that there
was due t. :hc County on sal, day. from
the Green Spring Road SIC o., aud from
The North Wes ern Rold Slsa "a. ma
| king 1928 "a in all The Sheriff. pre-.
| SSb'Sh Vic .4SIo VI uSilut iuCIiI taxes, ana
lands improperly Gsscsscd, Which were
examined by the Court. approved and or.
derer; 10 be &C: fed.
IN the case of the Oyersccrs of the
| Poor ~. a. Carmel plea of not gully
was fled, anl the plaintiff suffered non.
suit 60 tc entered.
| Arpra;scmcn's and sac bills ef the
estI' os Of Sarah Oats, Michaci Brill, John
w. !innnas, Stephen Queen. anil John
Snapp, deceased, and of he personal es-
tate Of the lite firm of Cain & Curlctt.
Lists of property taken by the widow
! of Michael }riii anA John w. Ianuas
and ; Bill Of Sale Of property by 70. f.
Swishcr, trustee, were pro'cntcd to the
/ Court and ordered go IT, recorded.
Settlements OF the estate accounts If
/. bert c. Grace. d,c'd Samuel look,
deed, Jacob Ullery. decd, Rebcce..
Yonley, decd. and Solomon Groves,
decd, were presented to the Court, and
there being no exception to any of them.
were examined, confirmed aud ordered
20 be recorded.
Five common-law and five chanccrv
causes were ended and retired fiom the
! Docket.
Seven other chsncery dccroos were On.
/ tered and some common law orders, not
Of general interest.
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