West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-05-12
ELECTION NOTICE.
To the Voters Of Kingwood, and
Grant, Pleasant and Pc. tland
Districts.

a: regular session Of the Cohuty
Court OF Preston County, West Virginia.
held at the Court House of said county.
beginning on Monday. the third dav oc
April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighly~two present, John T.. Jones,
President, II. c. Hagans and James Al
lender, the Commissioners Of said Cour,
WHEREAS. The Counsy Court of
Preston County, West Virginia * of
opinion hat IL Is desirable for kingwosd
District. in snid county, Co appropriate
anc subscribe money To- aid in the com
structiOn of Railway by the Kingwuod
Railway Company, corporation organ
lied in pursuan Of law for the purpose
OF con ,tructing a railway from file Town
Of kingwood, in said county and dis
trict to some pO mt on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad in said county; therefore
IL Is
Ordered by He said Cont, That a vote
OF the legally qualified voters of ile said
DISTRICT shall be taken az "A special cleo.
ton hereby ordered for that purDCse. to
be held on the 20th day of Nav. 1850 at
tho usual places Of voting i'm sand dis
trict, NJ on the question of appropyiatiuy
and su describing the sum of TWENTY-FIVE
Thousand Dollars (S2J .fs90) TO the cgt,itnl
stock of the Kingwooi Railway Commas
ny. which vote shall be taken in manner
and form, and said APPROPRIATION and
subscription shall be subject to all the
Terms. limitations and conditions iuiuos-
cd by law, and 20 the following futner
terms, Ii t.ltttiOrs and conditions which
sie hereby imposed and made a part of
said appropriation and subsci iption, that
is to say:
II three -fifths or more of the voters of
said district who shall vote upon tie
question of such proposed approximation
and subscription are in favor of the
same, the said sum of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars snail re subscribed IN
the capital stock Of said Rail way Com
pany In the name of said district, by I'm
agent who shall be appointed hy said
Court. Such subscription shall be pavn
bic in coupon bonds Of said district
bearing interest at the rate or six per
centum per annum, PAYABLE annually
which bonds shall be received by said
corporation at par. Said bonds shall he
iNsu.i and signed by the President and
Clerk II the County Court aforesaid. mn
der Tho seal OF the said Cont aud shall
be delivered To the lent aforesn d. who
shall cause them II be delivered to lin.
said kingwood Railway Company or its
agents as fast and no faster than il here>
matter provided. AS fast as said bonds
are delivered To id Company an eulal
quantity at par value of tie stock OF said
Company shall be delivered Nv sud
Company TO SAID agent To be by him de-
livered To said Court. The coupon bonds
aforesaid shall be issued in denoIanin-
tionS OF one hundred dollars each. am
SHALL be numbered consecutiyelv with
twenty eight annual coupons of denomi.
nations of six dollars each attached In
each bond and hearing the number ot
the Bond and the signature of tn, CIer'l
of tho said Court. said bonds sl!al he
reUcc nable and PAYABLE ou and after the
2 Il an llppafn
before the 3lSt day OF December 1910. at
The option If the said County Court. A
direct annual tax is hereby exureSsl,
provided. which shall he ANNUALLY ascer-
taired, levied aud assessed bVsaii Corn
and collected according t0 law. ON the
taxable property of said districts tliciellt
To pay the annual interest on said bonds
I'LL the 3lst day of December 1850 md
sam clenl alter that dato TO pay annually
Ihe lterest and such part OF tho p,iuci
pal of said subscription so thai the same
may he fully paid on and eXtinruishei
on the 3lst day Of December, 1910 by
annual leVIeS and payments of Interest
ana principal IS near as practicable i'm
each of said years from 1886 to 1910 in
elusive. The bonds To be redeemed ard
paid in each year shall he aScertained by
: i'd Court impaWially and Ey Ioi. and
publication of the number of lie bc,Id.
50 TO be redeemed and paid slnlI ba
made by said Cgu"t in some ncySDaue,
published IN said county once "a week
Tor four consecutive weeks, after which
II interest on said bonds so published
shall cpa O.
The interest and principal of the bond,
aforesaid when due Shall bC paid by the
sheriff of said county upon PRESERVATION.
out of the levies and assessments herein
prov itCd.
Tho amount of the subscription afnre-
sand shall be paid and expended in the
construction OF said railway within The
said district rs fJllows: Upon ths CONS
pletion IF each milo of the road h d of
aid railway in said district, such "a pro-
portion of the above subscription Shall
be paid on the said bonds as one mile
bears 10 the whole number Of miles irsaid
district
But il - hereby expressly provided
that unless the said Railway Of the aforc-
said Company shall be located and cons
Structed from some point at or near the
Tow II OF NingN God, in said county. pass.
ing through said Klngwood District. To
or near the village of Tunnelton on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in said
county, the said subscription shall be
null and void
John j. Cooke, Leroy Shaw and Han
son y. Lamar are hereby appointed com
nissiouers 10 hold and conduct III spc-
Cial election hcreinbeiOrc named IA The
usual place Of voting at the villau. of
POwesVilic; ana John Potter. Harry H.
Potter and NJ. II. Murdoch are herebv
appointed Commissioners to hold and
conduct the said election At the CONT
House in tbe said Tow ~ ol Kingwood
and To ascertain and certify the result OF
the said election in the district.
copy from the recoIds-test:
j. AMI MA KCIN
Clerk Of said Court.