The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-07-14
Tor Election.

At regular session Of the County Court
oi Calhoun county held at thc CourI house
thereof on the l3ti, day ri July, 1896.
The County Court al the county Of Cal
! houn in the State oil West Virginia being
! pctitioncd by sundry citizens and tax-pzy-
crS Of the district Of Center in said c-rniy
that it should appropriate by subscription
To the capital stock Of the Little Kanawha
Railroad Company the sum Of s., 400 to aid
in the construction Of the said Company's
Railroad 20 Ice constructed from ParkcrS-
burg, in the county IF Wood, through the
counties Of Wood, Writ, Calhoun and Gil
mer, up the Little kanawha River To
| huntsville, in the county of BlaXtOn, IA Il
through the said district uf Center, doth ,I.
rect and order that vote be taken in ~ d
district IN the question of a subscription
by said district Ia the capital stock Of SAID
Railroad Company in the sum of ~ 400 I"
| he paid in the coupon bonds Oi said district
| containing ON their face the conditions pre-
cedcnt To the payment and delivery here
under written part OF this order, which
bonds shall bear interest at rate not OK
cceding per ccntmn, per annum. redeem
able as follows, viz: st 30 years. bit at
the pleasure at said district III any time nj
ter 20 wears.
Said votes shall be taken on the qrIcs lion
aforesaid nj the cvcral voting places in
said district Of Center al a special election
for the purpose, which election is now call
ed and directed to bc held on Tuesday. the
| 18th day OF August, 1896 Aud the Court
doth hereby appoint the following named
commissioners Of election 10 take the poll
and ascertain the result of such election
and certify the same according to the rcgu-
| latiOns prescribed bv law for ascCrtainiu.
and certifying tho election oi school officers
As provided by section ~, of chapter go, OF
the Code Of West Virginia:
At Precinct No. |, Alfred Stump, \. G..
! Mathews and VIM. Gates.
At Precinct No.2, H. Means, Warren
Johnson and T.. X. Fuharty
Said commissioners holding said special
elections al the several voting places afurc-
said shall cause To ne taken and ascertain
the result Of said election at said voting
places for which they are respectively APP
pointed and said vote and poll Shall lac
taken and the rcsult asscrtaincd and ccrti-
fed according 10 tie regulations prescIib-
cd by law Tor aSccrtainiug the election al
school officer. a. aforesaid, and the ballots
used at such election shall haze written or
printed on them the word transcription
or the words "N0 Subscription" 1t Is
further ordered that the Clerk oi this Court
shall cause copies Of this order to he writ
and forthwith post one of them I'm con
spicuous place in his Office, and one at the
front door uf the court house al Calhoun
county and deliver the others to the Shcr-
1T OF sail county, who shall forthwith post
at least on" OF said copies in com picuous
place ~ every place of voting in said dis
trict aud the Court doth further order aud
direct that copy Of this order be- publish
ed for, at least, 80 days before said election
III the Calhoun tHRoNIcLB, q newspaper
published in said county. It Is further
ordered that the Clerk ri this Court DO
forthwith prepare poll books for the pur-
pose Of said election.
But any suhscrip,io to the stock Of said
Railroad Company, il made, shall be Upon
the condition that no money shall be- paid
said Railroad Company by said district nor
shall an bonds be issued or delivered to it
by the said district until the said Railroad
Company shall have mplctcd it, railroad
To the town Of Grantsvillr, ~ said district,
aud lain thereon its cross ties and rails and
shall have said railroad fully equipped aud
E.lIr freight aud passenger trains ran
ming thereon from ParkcrSburg to Grants
vile. The engineer Of said Railroad Com
pany shall report to tho Court the tact Of
the completion Of said railroad lu GRAMS
vile, ut which time upon satisfactory ty-
ldehcr thereof ard upon the report Ut m
/ agcl duly appointed by this Court 60 i'm
spcct the said railroad and upon pIoul
TO the said Court that the same has been
constructed as standard guagc railroad
and completed on all RESPECTS z, such. 70.
her"lnIriorc specified aud with regular
! trai ; thereon as aforesaid the said bui,I,
Nhall be delivered 10 SID comp4ry. -ia.
| the Issuing ard delivering JOS sal. umul
/ ny tO this Court on brI,Hli uf -gi,I Jistri.f
certificates ~ stock iu sail l;ai'rula Corn
| pmy TO the amount Ui The bond, ~, q. ...
cred 80 their par value,
/ IL 1, further provided and ordered rai
! II the sid Railroad Company ,htll ( 20 ru.
have said railroad completed rs tiur. .a..I
/ within three vcsi, from llrc Ga.o Of .aiI
| election then this onlcr aud Al Itc pru.
/ cccdngs had hereunder shall Doc ru.i .u.I
/ imperative. a Copy Tc,tc
/ o'2-JOd J.. II. TmFrrtr, Clerk
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