West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-01-14
COUNTY COURT.
January TERM IN REGULAR SEES.
SION LAST WEEK.
One or the Longest Terms I'm the His.
tory OF the Lourt Great Deal OF In.
teresting Business Transacted.


sion, on Monday, January 4. 1897,
with all members present, viz: w.
W. Graham. Il. NJ. Hartley, ID. j.
Walls, Harrison linn, julius Scherr
A. Staley Shaw, Jehu jenkins and
Z. Il. Waddell; organized bv elect
ing A. Staley Shaw, Of Portland
district, president.
The time fixed for regular sess-
ions Of this court is as follows. lst
Monday in January; lst Monday in
April; 2d Monday in July; 1st Mon
day IN October, until otherwise or
dorrd by the court.
+. NJ. Ualbritter, elected con.
stable at the November elections.
qualified and took the oath office:
bond, $4,000; sureties, NJ. e. Glib.
son, l.. W. Halbritter and Harrison
Zinn.
Il. q. Gibson of Valley district,
and Joseph NJ. Shaw Of Pleasant
district, who were elected justice of
the peace at the Novem Der elections:
qualified in the sum So 900 with
the following bondsmen: For Il.
q. Gibson-Gro. w. Rohr, Peter
Rohr, Elliott jenkins and A. X.
Jenkins; 70" Jos. NJ. Shaw-Jehu
jenkins and b. +. Wolf.
BY consent Of the court, Lloyd G.
Shaffer, sheriff, appointed the fol
lowing deputies: For Union dis
trict, VIM. E. Roth; for Lyon dis.
trict, Isaac w. Criss; for Portland
district and assistant at Kingwood
VIM. M. Sch@ffer. All these new
appointees qualified and took the
oath of office.
The proceedings of j. Ami Mar
tin, late clerk of the court, and
Geo. A. Walls, his deputy, had in
vacation, were read in open court.
and there being no exceptions or
objections thereto the same was an.
proved and confirmed.
Minor Field, elected constable at
the late election, qualified and took
the oath of office. His bondsmen
are: j. w. White, Geo. Sheets, w,
i. =. Graham, G.. A. Menear, Perry
Metheny. John r. Christopher,
VIM. M. Jenkin, and j. T.. Feather.
j. w. Flynn and Francis Her
mans were upon their applications
appointed com missioners of accounts
IN and for this county, from this
time until otherwise ordered by the
court, pursuant to see. 6 of chapter
81, Of the code of West Virginia.
A. ID. Bowman made application
for reduction in assessed value of a
"a acre tract of land, situated on
Cheat river, said Bowman claiming
that floods had materially damaged
said tract. The valuation was re-
duced from 1904 to $3.50.
Petition of Mary NJ. Riley asking
the court to make her an allowance
Tor the support of her two children:
on motion it was ordered that said
children be sent to the almshouse
of this county for support if the
said Mary 81. Riley cannot and will
not support them.
Petition of John III. Macombrr
asking for reduction in the assessed
valuation of his land in Reno dis
trict, rejected.
The following named persons
were granted license TO keep hotel
at BrandonsVllle; j. p. Barnes aud
Jno. Schrock.
Jehu Flke was appointed surveyor
of roads in Grant district. prcciue.
No. ID, in place of John Nicola, re
signed.
Court instructed to issue dupl
cate order to King Bridge Co. for
$3.50, original order having been
lost or mislaid.
On motion, and for reasons ap.
pearing to the court, it issordered
that the mode of keeping the poor
of this county be changed and that
steward be employed to take
charge Of county infirmary and that
sealed bids be considered for said
position at special term of court
to be called for that purpose on the
9Th doy of February, 1897, said
bids to be filed with the CLERK of
THIS Court not later than 5 O'Clock
p. M, on the 9th day Of February.
1897; the court reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. Said bids
10 be for the term Of one year from
April 1st, 1897.
For reasons known to the court.
it is on motion ordered that the
support now being allowed to Mary
Rankins Of Reno district, under
overseer Of poor of sa1d district, be
and the same IS hereby discontin~
ued from this date.
On motion the court allowed to
each OF the missioners and
clerks who held the election in this
county on the Sd day of Noyem Der.
1896, for two days service at said
election, at $3.50 per day, and to
the commissioners who returned
the ballot boxes, ballots, etc.. the
sum Of 500 for the day EMPLOYED
IN returning same, and &c per mile
for each mile necessarily Travelled
Coming and returaing), and to the
messenger who received from the
clerks Of the circuit and county
courts the ballot boxes, ballots. etc.