Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-04-06

Notice Of Special Election.
County Court of Tyler County. west virginia.
/ February special session 1895, February 25th.
| WHEREAS, The Sistersville and Salem Rail-
| road company, a corporation doing business in
this state, have by their petition presented the
court this day, requested vote to be ordered and
money to be appropriated in aid of the construc-
| ton OF a railroad of narrow guage from some
point at or near the Town OF Sistersville on the
Ohio River in the county of Tyler, State of West
/ Virginia, and thence by the most practicable
| route by the way of Elk Fork Middlebourne
and the mouth OF McElroy creek to intersect the
| Doddridge county line at near the mouth of
Big Flint Run; said vote to be taken upon the
question of subscription of $4,000 by the Dis
trict of Centreville; upon the question of the sub
scription OF S2S,ooo.oo by the District OF Els
| worth; upon the question of the subscription of
SIo 10000 by the District of Lincoln, and upon
the question OF the subscription of SIS 10000 by
the District of McElroy, toward the said work,
and
WHEREAS, The County Court of the County
ofTyler deem it desirable for the saidDistrictsto
appropriate money. to aid in the construction of
such railroad in said districts of Ellsworth Lin
coin, and McElroy and said District of Centre
willie, in said county, said appropriations to be
made by subscriptions as stock to the capitak
stock of the said railroad company, or any other
railroad company doing business in this State
undertaking the said work, Therefore, 1t Is
hereby
ORDERED, BY the said County, Court, 'of the
county of Tyler, that vote be taken upon the
gu sstion of the appropriation by such subscrip-
ton by said district Of Ceutreville of the sum
of $4,000; by said district of Ellsworth OF the
sum of S2S 10000; by said district of Lincoln Of
the sum OF $40, 100000 and by said district OF Nc
Elroy of thesum of S2S ooo. oo, to the work above
specified to be expended in the construction OF
said railroad, from, by way of and to the points
aforesaid.
Said vote shall be taken at the several places
of voting in said districts OF Centreville, Els
worth, Lincoln, and McElroy at a Special Elec-
ton, which shall be held therein, on Saturday,
the 9th day of April, 1895.
If such vote shall be in favor of such appro-
priations, or either of them, any subscription
thereof by this Court or its Agents shall be upon
the following terms and conditions. to-wit:
The said subscriptions shall be paini in coupon
bonds of said districts respectively, in the de-
nomination of $4,000 payable at or before the
expiration of thirty years from the date thereof,
with interest at the rate of six per centum per
annum. And 1t is further
ORDERED, BY the Court. that in the event
that the aforesaid subscription should be au-
thorized by the votes of the said district of Lin
coin, at the election hereby directed to be held,
the bonds so authorized shall be delivered when
said railroad is constructed through Lincoln
district to the Ellsworth district line, and not
before. That in the event that the ofaresaid
subscription should be authorized by the voters
of the said district of Ellsworth, at the election
hereby directed to be held, onehalf of the bonds
so authorized shall be delivered when said rail-
road shall be con .tructed to the Town of Mid.
dlebourne, and the other half shall be delivered
I when the said railroad shall be con-
l structed to the McElroy district line,
. and not before: That in the event that the
aforesaid subscription should be authorized by
the voters of said district of Centreviie at the
election hereby directed TO be held the bonds so
authorized shall be delivered when said railroad
2 shall be constructed TO the mouth of McElroy
creek and not before: That in the event that
! the aforesaid subscription should be authorized
by the voters of said district of McElroy at the
election hereby directed to be held, the bonds so
authorized shall be delivered when said railroad
shall be constructed 10 the village OF Shirley, In
! said district Of McEiroy. and not before. Fro
vided, however, that said railroad shall be con-
structed from the town OF Sistersville TO the
2 town of Middlebourne, on or before the hrst day
of May 1892 and TO the village of Shirley on or
before the frSt day of May, 1900.
The said special election shall be held by the
D following named commissioners, who are hereby
appointed for that purpose, that Is 70 say
! IN THE DISTRICT OF cRNrREvrrLE.
Precinct MOL at centreville, JIG. Warner, A. ].
Moore and A. l.. Corbly.
Precinct No. ?, at Deep Valley, Joshua WaQ-
ner, ID. w. Hess and Geo. w. Davis.
: IN THE DISTRICT OF ELLSWORTH.
Precinct No I, at Court House, T. J. Sellers
4 John shepherd and ). Ankrom.
Precinct No. 2, at Laurel Run, w. Il. Mayheld,
Joseph A. Twyman and B. l.. Clark.
s Precinct No 3, at ID. J. Vancamps', I. b. Wat
kins, ID. b. Leap and Omar Christian.
Precinct No. 4, at Moreys Hall, VIM. J. Hill,
W. A. WOODBURY. and ID. NJ. Smith.
IN THE DISTRICT OF LINCOLN
Precinct No. l, at Citizens Hose House: A. b.
Wilson, p. b. Lowry and +. ID. Mccoy.
Precinct No 2, at j. T. Jones Hose House; O..
L. Lowther, W. L. Armstrong and J. II. Mccoy.
Precinct No. 3, at Bucks School House; U. @.
: Heslep, ]. w. Meredith and Uriah Ice.
Precinct No. 4, at School House, Wells Lane,
George W. Sine, J. II. Black and II. w. Mccoy.
IN THE DISTRICT OF McELRoY,
Precinct No I, at Shirley; G. D. Underwood
Lloyd Furbee and F. NJ. Allen.
Precinct No. 2, at Moores; Lot Mccormick, r.
T. Parks and Albert Lemasters.
Precinct No. ), at Elders School House; VIM.
W. Myer, James Tustin and Valentine Allen
And the poll shall, in other respects, be taken
and the result shall be ascertained and certified
as directed by sections a, etc, OF chapter 49, Of
the Code of West Virginia of 1891.
The ballots used In taking the said poll shall
have written or printed thsTeoS the s, words
or any other words that will show how the voter
intended to vote on the question proposed And
II is further
ORDERED BY the Court that, In the event
that the aforesaid subscription should be author
lied by the voters Of said Districts of Ellsworth,
Lincoln and McElroy, at the election hereby d.
rected to be held, then the subscriptions voted
by the said districts on the 18th day of August,
1906 shall be held TO be imperative, null and
void, otherwise the said subscriptions heretofore
voted TO be made, shall remain In full force and
effect. The said THE SISTERSvfLLE AND
SALEM RAILROAD COMPANY have given the
Court good and sufficient guarantee that II will
defray all OF the expenses OF the said election in
case said company fails TO build and complete
the said railroad in this county under the provi-
sions of this order
rhis order shall be published as required by
law, and shall also be published in the following
newspapers printed in this county. viz. the West
Virginia oil Review the Tyler Gazette and the
Tyler County Star
The foregoing is a true copy taken from pages
37S 40 etc, "ORDER BOOK NO. 4-ISq4-
TYLER COUNTY COURT of the proceedings
Of said Court. Attest
ID. HICKMAN,
. Clerk.
County Court of TYLER County West Virginia.