The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-04-14
WEST VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA:
A 7 meeting Of tho Council Of the
| IL Town Of Point Pheasant, ia Mason
/ County, held on the I'D day Of Mnrch,
1856, at the Mayors 0thce in said town;
Change If Corporate Limits.
This day l.. sclion. john g. Stortz,
j. w. Bryan, Baptistc Gilmore, A. +.
aicCown and Striblihg, six freehold,
ORR residing in this town, fled their pc.
Itition with the Council praying for a
change in the corporate limits OF said
town by including additional territory
within said limits, accompanied with 4
survey aud plat Of the proposed change,
Showing the tnetes and bounds theFegt
las follows; Beginning at q point on the
Kanawlla river where u stake is called
! for corner to the lands VI Z, O.. Miller
land Samuel Thomas, thence with diyis.
I ion line OF said Miller and Thomas, n.
29' ~ east 20i poles ~ links To stake,
Thence by same course Is poles 4 links
4 10 slnko corner 10 lands oil G. q. Miller,
Samuel Thomas and T. D. McCullOclt,
thence N. 5S9 W. 9g7 poles 70 stake on
lSepth side Of Ulatksbufg road, thence
cfpssing landa Ot n, ]. Fisher, N. TO- w.
/, 10 poles II Links 10 stake on south side
I Of road thence N 80 3O' 81. 81 poles to
large cedar Lrec on hill side, tb0nec N.
20e l5' y. l2l poles Ia Chestnut oak an
Hill side, themes N. 2S' s0' +. 1874 poles
/ Al links to small black 0aR OH top Of
fridge on lands OF nc. Eastman, thence
| N. 13o S0' W. passing top OF river hank
! at 1853 poles, ii all $40 poles to Ohio and
West Virginia State line, thence with
said Stale line by meandcring Of Ohio
river 40 poles to a point opposite the
center OF KnnRwha river, thence cross.
| ing the Ohio river and up the center Of
Kahawhe river passing the West Vir.
GINA shore Of the Ohio river Ut 400 feet,
thence by same course, Via center OF
KahawhN river SOB poles To point oppos.
itedivision line Of 9. q. MiIleE and Sam.
uel 'rhomOs, thence n. co. l5i f. S9i feet
to place OF beginning.
Therefore, on motion Of D. w. PolSley,
| II il ordered TINT a vote Of the qualified
voters residing in the corporate limits 81
the town Of Point Pleasant, in Mason
county, DO taken upon said proposed
change, ut the Court House Of Mason
county, in said town, on Saturday,
TIE ISth Day oil April, 1855, and
that n yote Of al the qualified voters re-
siding on said proposed additional terri.
tory, and Of all such voters owning any
part OF such territory, whether they re-.
| side thereon or NOT, BE taken upon said
! proposed change, ut EliinipSico School
House, suh.District MOI, Of Lewis Dis
trict, on said proposed additional terri.
tory, on the same DAY. to.wit; SRtNt.
the 18th Day Of April, 1855.
The ballots Crst on said question shall
have written or printed on them the
words "FOr change Of corporate limits
or "AgNinat change OF corporate limits"
as the voter may choose.
II Is further ordered that NJ. NJ Laid.
10y, ]. W. Bryan aud ] II, Stone, be
and they arc here appointed Commits.
sloners 10 hold and superihtend said
election ut said Court House In said
town, and that G. G Bowyer, ], M Ad.
kins and Rankin Wiley, IT,, ba andthey
are hereby appointed Commissioners To-
iiold and suncrintend said election at
ElllnipsicO School House, Suh.Disttict,
NJ. Z, II Lewis District, OH said prOpos.
ed additional territory, and III case they
or any Gt them refuse or fail tOL net "a
suciI commissioners, then the qualified
voters present at either VI said places
shall Ch0ose other commissioners 10 aCt
in tho room and stead 0i such as refuse
or faiIto at.
Its further ordered that this order be
published for four successive weeks in
Tie WEEKLY RgGR1ER and Wfeslg Ga.
ietie, newspapers published IN saidtown,
Copy Tesle;
JOHN i. BELLER,
march g4.4w. Recorder,