The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-12-15
COUNTY CoURr.
Railroad Tax Apportienment-County
Orders Called In and Other Inter
esting Matters.

The special session of the county
court adjourned Friday. This paper
reported the proceedings up to noon
ednesday. This session was re
cord breaker in the matter of allow
ing orders, over 800 of them being
approved This included the election
expenses and the settlements with
overseers Of the poor. Business trans
acted not reported last week was as
follows:
Zadock |. McBee appointed con
stable for Clinton district, the people
having failed to elect such officer at
the recent election.
The application for ferry of Van
voorhis d Bailey, at Vsnvoorhis, on
the Monongahela, was discontinued
and dropped from the docket. Notice
to declare Darrah's ferry same place.
at an end was Withdrawn. Darrah
having given a new bond and com
piled with the conditions required by
law.
The application of James I. Haw-
kins for ferry across the Mononga-
bella near Beeckwood was discontinue
ed and dropped from the docket,
Hawkins repeatedly having failed to
appear to give reason for establish
ing such ferry. This application
was about three years old,
The West Virginia University had
made application TO have q new road
established in place of the Stewards
town road, to run east of the expert.
ment station and cross falling run
near M. r. Chalfaut's, and this APP
plication was discontinued and drop
ped from the docket.
Christopher Jenne wine, Thomas
Hastings and John n. Dawson we're
appointed viewers to lay out route
for new road to run from William
Darnelfs to the pike near Calvary
church, Union district.
John f. Price, j. NJ. Jacobs and
l. n. Blaney were appointed to view
the ground for road from Charles
Z. Summers across land of Ellen
Devault 30 Joes run road.
The railroad road tax in Clinton
district was ordered to be divided
into parts of S5z75 to each of the
four road surveyors of the district.
to be expended in each of their re
spective precincts.
A certificate was received from the
state auditor showing that the val
uation of railroad property in this
county, as fixed by the Board of
Public Works, is $205,770 Railroad
property north of Morgantown is not
Included in this assessment, as the
extension was not in operation when
the valuation was made. The APP
portionment in the districts through
which the road passes was fixed at
$4,000 in Clinton and $45,770 in
Morgan. The extension below Nor.
gantown will not be available for
taxes to the county until after the
levy made at the June term, 1895.
! The court made an order that the
following court house orders be pre-
scented to the sheriff for payment on
or before the 10Th day of May. next,
to-wit: No. GIG, No. GIT, No. 6IS,
No. 619, No $40, No 621, No. 622,
each for the sum of 81 900: No 623,
ga, 625, No 626, each for the sum
of $500; Ne. GAG, No. $50, No. 65l. No.
652, No. 653, No 654, each for the sum
of 81 600. And unless these orders are
presented for payT NJ by or before
the time specified, the county will
no longer pay interest on orders Of
the numbers stated.
The court confirmed the following
list of
FIDUoIARY APPOINTMENTS.
George W. johnson, guardian of
Erastns A. Berry.
Silas w. Hare, administrator of the
estate of John Protzman, deceased.
Isaac G. Rich, administrator of the
estate of Martha Brand, deceased.
Winfield Blaney, administrator OF
the estate of Isaac Blaney, deceased.
Elizabeth E. Frum, guardian OF
Leonidas P. Kiger, Nellie B. Kiger
and Tillie b. Kiger.
M. A. Ammons, guardian of his
child, Ollie C. Ammous.
G w Shriver, administrator of
the estate of Francis Cross, deceas
ed
John j. Morris, administrators of
the estate Of A. z. Stewart, deceased.
E. W. Core, and J. o. Davis. ex
ecutors of the estate of John Sutton,
deceased
Mahlon B. Barker. executor Of the
will of Mahlon Riggs, deceased
Wn.. b. Nichols, administrators of
the estate of Isaac Taught, deceased.
Persillia Houston, exeeutrix of the
will of w. H. Houston, deceased.
Moses III. Kincaid, executor of the
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