The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1892-12-29
effect ae evidence. Pay of surveyors.-The

port TO the court of each OF tile said
and also the board OF public
works, Of their proceedings, accompanied
by plat showing the courses and dis
tances, and the steams and other natural
or artificial objects or points referred 10
in the act, which report and plat shall be
recorded in the Office of each OF the said |
and shall be conclusive evidence
of the true boundary lines. Each OF the
said counties, whose surveyor may act !
shall allow him compensation therefor,
which shall he chargeablc on said county.
SEC. 1917 Entries for lands to he de-
livered to surveyor OF new county.-Wlili-
in one month after the boundary lines oil
suci, new count, have been s" ruH and :,
marked, the SURVEYORS OF he counties ont
of which The same may ne formed shall
make out atsestcd copies Of all entries tor
lands in such new county remaining to he
surveyed; aud shall, on The application o!
the surveyor Of the new county. deliver
the same, with the warrants on which The
entries were founded, TO such surveyor,
upon his paying five cents Tor every such
attestcd copy. ANY surveyor failing 10
comply with this section shall fortei! one
hundred and fifty dollars
SEC 1888 Jurisdiction OF courts anu
officers Of old countcs-The courts which,
at the time of the passage Of the act Gre
ating new county, had jurisdiction over
the counties from which it is formed, and
the sheriifs and other officers OF those
counties shall. until court - heid TOR
the new county. continue 10 f'a'1 and cx.
cr:ise all the u,-Ciciiom. p"wei, and
;:r hortv wh ic!l The, had Il! the TIME OF
HE passage. Of such act Az; person re-
siding within tI,r limits nl tic new county
WHO Was, ut The tinc ri is creation.
justice OF ANY count. ft"m wi.ci' Is was
formed, shall be Il justice for the new
county.
SEC. 79a What to he done with cases
pending in courts OF old Counties he
courts first mentioned in tire proceeding
section may. after the time OF holding
court for the new county, continue to ex-
e;cise jurisdiction over all cases depend
ing in the said courts at HAT time; Or the
court wherein any case j. so depending.
OF which court Of the new county would
have had jurisdiction if brou@ ut nftcr the
said time, may remove sucit ease tn HE
circuit court OF the new county. II the case
was depending in II circuit court, or to
the county court of the ncw county, if lie
case was depending in a county court.
Now, after considering the ncces-
sity of forming new county, then
comes the question as 10 whether on
not the necessary territory can be
legally scared from the three differ
ent counties mentioned. and at the
same time leave each OF them their
required population. As rough
sketch of the boundary lines for the
new county, the following has been
suggested:
Commencing at Camp Rock, a
point on the Wise and Scott county
line, thence a straight line to the top
of High Knob; thence 4 straight line
to the mouth of branch at Snodgrass'
mill, west Of Norton; thence, running
with the dividing waters between
Powell's and Guests rivers to the
Kentucky line; thence with the Ken
lucky line to point opposite Pen
nington's Gap; thence to Powel's
river, so az to include Pcnnington's
Gap; thence, running southeast, to
Powcll's Mountain, to Il point one
mile west of the crossing of the state
road thence to the top Of what is
known as Slippery Hill, at the head
Of Devils Race Path, SO as to include
Pattonsville; thence Il straight line to
the top of Thunderst:lck Knob, on
the south side of Powells Mountain
thence to Carter's Camp, on Little
Powel's Mountain, to the line be-
tween Wise and Scott, and with said
line to the beginning.
OF course, no Immediate action
can be taken in this matter until the
time for clecting delegates to the
General Assembly, which comes up
in September, 1898: bet, If there is
any likelihood of the formation of Il
new county, tits time the people were
discussing it, and forming their opin-
ion az to whether it should be done
or not
Write the Posi- your views on the
subject.
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