Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-10
BLANK FORM OF CONTRACT

PROPOSED to he Entered Into Between
Ronrd of Commissioners and Mount
Vernon, Coshoclon and Wheeling Rail-
road Company.
The Board of Commissioners OF the
county of Ohio and Stale Of West Virginia,
in pursuance of the authority given by a
vote of the qualified electors Of the said
county had on the 18th day of October,
1884, hereby subscribe for 5000 shares of
he CAPITAL stock of the Mt. Vernon, Co.
.tocton and Wheeling Railroad Company,
Il the par value of $50 each upon the fol
owing condition:
lst. That the Mt. Vernon, Coshocton and
Wheeling Railroad Company, or its success
.Crs shall before the first day Of January
!Sg0,or such laterday as the said Board may
hereafter agree. Construct and complete a
line Of railroad on, or as near as practica-
Die to the route heretofore surveyed in Wash
;ugton and Madison districts, Ohio county,
Vest Virginia.
md. That the said Mt. Vernon, Coshoc-
on and Wheeling Railroad Company, or its
successors shall before the first said day Of
January, lS90,or such later day as the Board
uayh GREATER agree. run q train OF their cars
from some point in the Valley of Big
Short Greek. or any Of It's branches in Har-
rison or Jefferson county, Ohio. on the line
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Company as now located to a point in the
city Of Wheeling, east of the east channel
of the Ohio river, either over the railroad Of
the said Mt. Vernon, Coshocton and Wheel
ing Railroad Company, or over a railroad to
rs built by the Wheeling and Lake Erie
Railroad Company, or over some other rail-
road cot o in existence.
I'd. That the said Mt. Vernon, Coshocton
and Wheeling Railroad Company shall to
! he satisfaction of the said Board Of Com
m~issioners indemnify and guarantee the
| said Board and the county of Ohio against
any statutory or other liability by reason Of
such subscription except the liability to pay
| he Sl50,00O-in satisfaction OF the sub
scription hereby made.
Upon the compliance OF the said Mt.
Vernon, Coshocton and Wheeling Rail-
road Company with each and all
Of the conditions hereinbefore expressed
| tie said Board of Commissioners Of Ohio
county agree to pay Tor the stock so SUB
scribed for By it the sum of $4,000, and
tie said Mt. Vernon, Coshocton and Wheel
ing railroad company BY accepting this sub.
scripticn agrees to deliver to the said Board
of Commissioners three thousand shares Of
lie capital stock of said railroad company
at the psr value of $50 each, but upon the
fsilure Of the said railroad company to
comply with each and every Of conditions
aforesaid this subscription shall be null and
void.
1t is sgrecd between the said railroad
company and the said Board Of Commis'
siontrs that this contract of subscription
! shall now be placed in the hands Of -
-,w who as trastee, shall hold the
same until each of all the conditions afore,
said are complied with ond fA6lled to the
satisfaction of said Board of Commissioners
and upoa the certificate of the said Board
under its seal and attested by its Clerk. be-
ing delivered 10 the said ----,
expressing It's satisfaction as aforesaid, he
shall thereupon dsliver this contract Of sub,
scription 10 the said railroad company.
In testimony whereof the signatures Of
he President and Clerk Of the said Board
| Of Commissioners Of Ohio county, West
Virginia and It's corporate seal, are here
unto set this - Of November, 1884,