Sharp County record., 1891-01-08
Legal Advertisements
Ell Election Order
David r. King and eight
hundred ana forty-nine
others, Petitioners.
Against
Wm. T. Stokes and others.
Rekpondents.
Appeal
from conn
ty Court.

Vim. T. Stokes and others.
Respondents.
Now on this day came the petitioners
and respondents by their respective at
torneys and this cause came Oh for hnal
hearing on the petition of the peti ton
ers and the response of the respondents,
and after the argument of counsel and
the court being fully advised in the
premises, the court is of opinion that
said response is Insufficient, 1t is there
fore considered and sdjudged by the
court that said response be and the same
is dismissed and overruled.
And 1t further appearing to the salts
faction of the court from the petition
abstract of title, and the evidence ad-
duced that the qualified voters OF Sharp
county to the number of one third there
of, have Joined in the petition to the
county court of said county for the
chang or removal of the county seat
of said Sharp county to the town OF
Center in said couotv, and that they
had embodied in said petition propos
ed donation Of one acre of land adjoln~
ing the said town OF Center IN Sharp
county by Harmus King and also the
conditions of said donation and an alb
strsct of the title to the same, and ais,
setting up in said petition that David
4. King proposed to furnish to the
county Of Sharp house in the sald
town of Center in which the courts OF
said county can be- he'd and the records
of the county can be kept for period
Of two years. aud the court being salts
fled frun said abstract of title taat said
donor Harmus King can aud Will make
good aud sufficient title to, the propo'
ed one acre of ground described in said
petition in case sand county sest shall
be- by a majority of the voter, of Sharp
county located at said town of Cente'
aud all and singular the premises being
seen and by the court fully understood
it is ordered that an election TO be held
ard conducted in accordance with chspt
SO. Mansiield's Digest. } shall be held ID
accordance with the prayer OF said Pc
tition at the several voting precincts III
the county of Sharp on Saturday, the
oath day of January, 1891 at which
said elpotion shall be submitted to the
qnsl fed voters of Sharp county the
proposition OF said petition for the
change or removal Of the county seat of
Sharp county from its present location
at Evening Shade in sad county'to the
town of Center in said county. And it
is further ordered by the court that
public notice shall b" givrn of the cleo,
tion for such proposed change or remov
al by publishing the order in the SHARP
COUNTY RlCoRD, n weekly newspape'
printed and published at Evening Shade
in said county and having general
bona fide circulation therein, for period
of not less than thirty days before said
24th day Of January. 1891, and it is fur
ther directed and ordered by the court
that the Sheriff Of Sharp county post
up in hand bill form printed copies
this order in not less than three Of the
most public places in each township Of
Sharp County not ls.s than thirty d VS.
before the said Gath of January, 1891
the day of said election And this
cause having been appalled, from the
county court of Sharp county it is order
ed by this court that this order be Ger
tilted down to the said county court.
State of Arssnses,
County of Sharp,
Id. L. King, clerk of the cironit
conrt in and sor The county aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the above and fore.
going inst uneut Of writing is a true
perfect aE1 correct copy Of sn order
made by the circuit court Of Sharp
county at it's December term 1890, viz;
on the 18th day Of December, 1890, as
the sama now appears OF record in my
office on Circuit Court Record "D pag-
es 500 and 4N0
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