The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-01

LOCAL. HHRTOR ".


An ACT for aseertaining the Boun-
Diary between the county of Al
GUsTA and the district of WEST AU-
GusTA, and for dividing the dis
trict into three distinct counties.
Whereas it is expedient to ascer-
tain the boundary between the coun-
ty of Augusta and the district o.
West Augusta, be it therefore enact
ed by the General Assembly of the
commonwealth of Virginia, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of
the same, that the boundary between
the said district and county shall be
as follows, to-wit: Beginning on the
Allegheny mountain between the
heads of Potowmack, Cheat, and
Green Brier rivers, thence along the
ridge of mountains which divides
the waters Of Cheat river from those
of Green Brier, and that branch of
the Monongahela river called Tigers
Valley river to the Monongahela riv-
Ell, thence up the said river and the
west fork thereof, to Bingerman's
creek, on the north west side of said
west fork, thence up said creek to the
head thereof, thence in a direct
course to the head of Middle Island
creek, a branch of the Ohio, and
thence to the Ohio, including all the
waters Of the said creek in the afore-
said district of West Augusta, all
that territory lying to the northward
of the aforesaid boundary, and to the
westward Of the states Of Pennsylva-
and Maryland, shall be deemed, and
is hereby declared, to be within the
district of West Augusta.
And to render the benefits of gov
eminent, and administration of JUS
tice, more easy and convenient to the
people within said district: Be it
therefore enacted, by the authority
aforesaid, that from and after the
eighth day of November next ensuing
all that part of the said district ly-
ing within the following lines, to-
wit: Beginning at the mouth Of
Cross creek, thence up the same to
the head thereof, thence southeast
wardly to the nearest part of the
ridge which divides the waters of the
Ohio from those of Monongahela,
thence along the said ridge to the
line which divides the county of Au-
gusta from the said district, thence
with the said boundary to the Ohio,
thence up the same to the beginning,
shall be one distinct county, and be
called and known by the name of
Ohio county; and all that part ofthe
said district lying to the northward
of the following lines, viz: beginning
at the mouth of Cross creek, and
running up it's several courses to the
head thereof, thence enthusiastically
to the nearest part Of the aforesaid
dividing ridge between the waters of
the Monongahela and Ohio, thence
along the said ridge to the head of
Ten Mile creek, thence east TO the
road leading from Catfish camp to
Redstone old fort, thence along the
said road to the Monongahela river,
thence crossing the river to the said
fort, thence along Dunlap's old road
to Braddock's road, and with the
same to the meridian of the head
fountain of Potowmack, shall be one
other distinct county, and be called
and known by the name of Yohoga-
MIA county; and all that part Of the
said district lying to the northward
Of the county Of Augusta, to the west
ward Of the meridian Of the head
fountain Of Potowmack, to the south
ward of the county Of Yohogania,
and to the eastward Of the county Of
Ohio, shall be one other distinct