Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-30

i February special session, 1875, FebEuary 18th.
/ WHEREAS, The Sistersville and Salem Rail-
| road company, corporation doing business in
this state have by their petition presented to the
court this day requested vote to be ordered and
money to be appropriated in aid of the construc-
ton of 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 or 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 Centrevile upon the question of the sub
scription of S25ooo.oo by the District of Els
worth; upon the question of the subscription of
100000 by the District of Lincoln, and upon
the question of the subscription of $25.ooooo by
the District of McElroy, toward the said work,
and
WHEREAS, The County Court Of the County
ofTyler deem ii desirable for the saidDstricts to
| appropriate money to aid in the construction OF
such railroad in said districts of Ellsworth, Lin
coin, and McElroy and said District of Centre
vile, in said county, said appropriations to be
made by subscriptions as stock TO the capital
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 Countyl 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 Centreville of the sum
of s. $1,000; by said district of Ellsworth of the
the sum of Sloooo.oo, and by said district of Nc
Elroy of thesum of $4,000 90 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, 1898.
| If such vote shall be in favor of such appro-
priations. or either of them, any subscription
| thereof nv this Court its AGENTS shall he
the following terms and conditions. to-wit:
The said subscriptions shall be paini in coupon
bonds of said districts, respectively, In the de-
expiration of thirty years from the date thereof,
with interest at the rate of six per centum per
annunl. And it 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, one-half 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
when the said railroad shall be con-
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 Centreville at the
election hereby directed to he held the bonds so
authorized shall be delivered when said railroad
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
authorized shall be delivered when said railroad
shall be constructed TO the village of Shirley in
said district OF McElroy, and not before. Pro-
vided, however that said railroad shall be con-
structed from the town OF Sistersville to the
town of Middlebourne, OH or before the tirst day
of May 1892 and to the village of Shirley on or
before the first day of May 1900
The said special election shall be held by the
following named commissioners, who are hereby
appointed for that purpose that is to say
IN THE DISTRICT OF CENTREvILLE.
Precinct No at Centreville, J. c. Warner, A. ].
Moore and A. L. Corby
Precinct Nc. 2 at Deep Valley, Joshua wag-
ner, d. w. Hess and Geo. w. Davis
IN THE DISTRICT OF ELLSWORTH.
Precinct No. l, at Court House, I. J. Sellers.
| John Shepherd and :. Ankrom.
| Precinct No. p at Laurel Rum w. T.. Mayheld,
! Joseph A. Twyman and b. l.. Clark.
Precinct No. s. at ID. ]. Vancamps' I. b. Wat,
kins, ID. B. Leap and Omar Christian ,,,
| Precinct No. 4, at Morey's Hall, VIM. j. Hill,
w. A. WOODBURY. and ID. NJ. Smith.
IN THE DISTRICT OF LINCOLN. Q
Precinct No. I, at Citizens Hose House: A. B.
Wilson, p. b. Lowry and F. d. Mccoy.
Precinct No: 2, at J. T. Jones Hose House; @.
| L.. IL. j.
Precinct No. g. at Bucks School House; U. @.
Heslep ]. w. Meredith and Uriah Ice.
Precinct No. D. at School House Wells Lane,
George w. Sine, ]. II. Black and II. w. Mccoy
IN THE DISTRICT OF McELRoY.
Precinct No. l. at Shirley; G. d. Underwood,
LLOYD Furbee and +. NJ. Allen.
Precinct No. 2 at Moores; Lot Mccormick, r.
T. Parks and Albert Lemasters.
Precinct No. g. 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 50, OF
the Code of West virginia Of 1891.
The ballots used in taking the said poll shall
have written or printed thereon, the words
| SUBSCRIPTION" or mo SUBSCRIPTION"
or any other words that will show how the voter
intended to vote on the question proposed. And
Il 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 al.
| rected to be held then the subscriptions voted
| by the said districts on the 2Sth 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 SISTERSVILLE AND
| SALEM RAILROAD COMPANY have given the
Court good and sufficient guarantee that II viii
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.
| This 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 true copy taken from pages
a7s, 40 etc. "ORDER BOOK NO. 4-ISq4-
| TYLER COUNTY COURT OF the proceedings
of said Court Attest
''''N > D. HICKMAN.
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