The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
Robinson District.

AAV1Ah6OA NAHNElCN
At n Special Session Of the County
Court held for the County Of Mason at
the Court lonse thereof on Monday,
October 10Th, 1885, for the transaction Of
business pursuant to notice. Present:
james Capphart, President; A. ]. Shir.
ley and W. II. Hayman, Commissioners.
The County Court Of Mason county,
West Virginia, deeming it desirable that
the District OF Robinson in said county
Of Mason shall appropriate by subscrip-
ton to the capital stock OF the Ohio Riv.
or Railroad Company the sum Of Forty
five hundred dollars to aid in the con
struction Of said c0mpRny's railroad to
be built through said district, therefore,
the Court doth order that a vote to be
taken in said district upon the question
OF u subscription by said district Of Rob.
insOn to the capital stock Of said com.
pany the sum Of Forty.iive hundred dol.
lars in coupon bonds Of said district, CON
tanning on their face the condition un.
derwritten as conditions precedent to
the payment thereof, bearing interest at
the rate Of five per cent. per annum and
payable twenty years from the date
thereof and redeemable at the pleasure
Of said district any time after three years
from said date.
But any such subscription to the cap.
it'll stock Of said company, il made,
shall be upon condition that no money
shall be paid said nilruad company BY
said district until the said company shall
have completed its contemplated rail.
road from the town Of Point Pleasant, in
said Mason county, via the Ohio river
route through said district to the county
line between the counties Of Mason and
Jackson in said State OF West Virginia,
and shall have fully equipped the said
railroad with the necessary rolling stock
for general freight and passenger bust
ness, and shall have been assessed and
paid taxes.
And II the Company neglect or fail IL
have said railroad built, completed and
equipped as Aforesaid, within three years
from this date, then this order and all
proceedings had Hereunder shall be
void and imperative.
The said vote shall be taken upon the
said question Of subscription aforesaid III
q special election to beheld for that pur,
pose on the 2Sth day Of November, 1855
at the usual places Of holding elections
In said district; and for the purpose o.
holding said special election the follow,
ing special commissioners are hereby mp
pointed, viz At NanAlatre's SChOO
House, o. II. P. YanAIatre, Ambrose
Ieager aud G, p. Gardner.
The said special commissioners iol
holding said special election, shall at the
said usual places Of holding elections Ii
said district take or cause to DO taker
the legal vote or poll Of said district Of
iered at said election; and the said pol
shall be taken and the result thereof a.
Certained, certified and returned accord
ing to the regulations prescribed by Law
for ascertaining and certifying the elect
ton oftchOOl officers.
Poll books for the purpose of said elec
uOn shal D0 forthwith prepared by the
Clerk Of this Court and placed in III,
hands Of said Special Commissioners
The ballots used ut said election shall
have written or printed thereon tit
words Subscription" or mo Subscrip
ton" 1t is further ordered that thu
Clerk Of this Court shall cause copies o.
this order to be printed or written Will
his name signed thereto, and forthwith
post one Of said copies in q consplcuoui
plpcc in his office, and deliver tho othen
70 tho Sheriff Of Mason county, who shaI
forthwith post one at the places OF yotinG
In said district. And the Court doth fur
! ther direct that a copy OF this order BIZ
published in "Thc Weekly Gaaette" ani
"ThC Weekly Register, newspapers pub
lished In Point Pleasant, In safd county
OF Mason, once In each week until thC
day 0f said election.
A Copy-Teste:
J.P. r. B, SMITH, Clerk,
! October 81 lSS5-id.