West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-01-27
THE NEW COUNTY COURT BILL.

Auc hcSle Auic, eu'iNAch n biil w
reform, alter and modify the county
court Of he county OF Prest on. under
the twenty-ninth section OF the
eighth article OF the constitution OF
this state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
Wet Virginia:
The county of Preston shall be
laid of INTO eight districts, as nearly
equal AZ may he IN territory and
population. The present DIVISIONS
OF said county into districts shall
con stlt ute such districts until chang
ed by the county court herein sitter
mentioned and ACCORDING to law.
The county court established in
SAID county OF Prestou by the sdop-
ton OF the eighth article Of he
constitution OF this state ls hereby
reformed. altered and modified, that
Is TO say: The county ccurt OF
the county OF Preston shall be com
posed OF eight comm 'ssloners. wuo
shall be elected by the vo.ers o. sud
cot nty. The TWO cuIn IN issIouers now
IA othce who are resIdruts oil the dis.
irlcrs OF Grant and Kiugwood, shsi
remain In office for the terms for
which they were respectively elect
ed, unless sooner removed In the
manner prescribed by law. or their
tn :es become vacant by The provIs-
IONS OF thus act. No two OF the com
u missIoners shall ever be r-sldenls OF
the same district and should two
or more p rsons he voted Tor who are
residents OF the same dIstrIot, the
one having the highest number OF
votes shSii b. declared elected, and
,nr voice cast for the Others shall be
vOid. Should any commIsslone re-
move from the district Of winch be
was a resident at the time OF his elec.
''ou, bis fice -hsll thsr. bY become
vacant. The office OF CON lssloner
aud OF jas ic OF the peace shall br
deemed Incompatible. Each com
mlss!Onef shall receive for hIs SER
wees TWO dollars aud fifty oenIs for
eacn day he shall attend the court,
TO Ue paid out oil The coInty tieasu-
~.
AT the school election in the year
one thOusaUd eight hundred and
eighty-three there shsli be eoLed
by the voters o said county sX cow-
mis- ioners, no one OF wnom suan be
resident OF the dis riot OF Grant Ur
tka a ~, II tn.. ,.-.-
OF uttce OF said SIX com ~ issiouers sbsll
continue until Tue first day OF Jtru.
ary, one thousand eignt buudred aud
eighty i've, and untn tneir successors
are elected and qualified.
a. tne general election IN the year
one thousand eight hundred aud
eIguty-louT s-veu com mIssIouere shall
Dr elected 10y the voters OF suid con
~, no one shall be resident Of the
district OF X ngwood. Their term
Ct ctice shall cUmmeuce on the first
day OF January, one thousand eisb
hundred ana eIghty FIVE, and be as
iollOws l.: The term oi office OF The
commissioners who are IeSIdeuls OF
be districts OF Ileasant. UDion aId
Valley shall be tour years, aud untir
heur gu, ces ora are elected and
qualified aud the term u Office o
tue cOWmIs ioners who are residents
or the disnIcts OF Graut, Portland,
Lyon and Reno shall De two years,
anh Until heir successors are elected
and goal fed.
A. Il ~. -. 4
Ous thousand eight hundred and
eighty SIX, aud AZ eacn succeeding
general election, there sboll be elect
ed by the voters OF said county tour
| com mlsslOuers, whose terms OF Office
suah commpncp on the fret day OF
January mex after their election, ,aDd
/ continue for four years, and until
tDeIr successors are elected snd quail
fled. o the commtssiobsrs elected
10 said year Que thousand eight nun
dred aud eigbty-sG 10 one shall b.
4 reindent Oi The district ol Ktng-
wood.
81 lar ss they are not inconsistent
herewith, all the provisions OF chap
tef ibirty nine OF the code OF Wesl
Virgluia. Concerning county courts.
their Juusd dtc,iOn sud covers, aud
al pfUv,sIOns OF low respecting ooun-
~ courts generally, he com.nlsslon-
ere CON pOsibg such courts, aud he
clerrs Of such courts, shsll be spplI-
O. le TO the county court herein pro-
yI1ed and tOtbs commissioners oom-
| poslng the same aud the clerk o.
tb- county court OF Pr,stoo county
nov 10 Off 2, aud His successors. snail
br ,be clerk OF the court be rem pro-
vlded. A majority OF such comms-
-ioueis susll be quorum Tor the
| trnursction oi business.
TIE 6ist meeting OF the county
couit herein provided sbsii be held
on tue twentieth day alter th.
school elecuon 10 the year
| 1888, or as soon Thereafter
- majority OF Them may assemble
! Tor he PM pose ; at which lime, and
annually thereafter at their FIRST
meeting 10 each year, or ~ soon
thereafter 30 pfsctIcsb 2, they sh,li
elect Que ol their number presldeut
ol thy court.
At the school election 10 the wear
one thousand eignt hundred apd
eigbty three, The question: Ot the ID.
opuon Of lhe sYstem ptov ded by
| the act shstt Ia suhm.t..4 90 a.