The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-04
TYLER COUNTY.
Full Text of Bill For the Proposed
New County.

is creating considerable indignation
among the citizens of the counties inter
est d Quite a spirited fight will be
made against it's passage in the egisla-
ture.
a bill to establish the county of Tyler
out of parts of Montgomery, Giles, Floyd
and Pulaski. Patron-.Mr. James (ty
request. Referred to the committee on
county, city and town organizations
l. BE it enacted by the general assem-
bly, of Virginia, That so much Of the
counties of Montgomery, Giles, Floyd
and Pulaski as is contained within the
following lines, to-wt:
Beginning at point in Sinking creek
where said creek crosses the line between
the county of Giles and the county of
Craig; thence in II straight line to the
west end of tunnel west of Eggleston sta
ton, Norfolk and Western railway; thence
to point on Little Walkers creek where
Giles and Pulaski lines crosses same;
thent e southeasterly, following Pulaski
and ..iles turnpike to its junction with
the Peppers ferry road: thence in di-
rect line 10 point On the right oi way
of TIE Norfolk and Western railway one
hundred yards east Of the present Nor
folk and Western depot at Dublin:
thence in straight line to the point
Pulaski, Carroll and Floyd is intersected
by the line between Floyd and Carroll
near top of Mack mountain; thence with
the line between the counties Of Floyd
and Carroll four miles to q point on said
liue; thence in an easter!y direction in Il
straight line to q point in the middle OF
Little river at tkagg's Ford: thence in
n straight lue to the head of ChilGress'
dam in Mill creek: thence down,Mill creek
to point where said creek emules INTO
Meadow creek: thence in straight line
to n point on the right of way of the Nor
folk and Western rail'vay tower 1T Vie
ar's; thence in a straight. line to the be-
ginning, he, and the same is hereby es.
tabl shed as u new comfy, which shall
he know hy the nane ofTyer the court
house for the said county to be located
within the present corporate limits of
the city OF Radfurd; the county seat 10 he
called Radford.
:. So II uch Of the county of Pulaski
as is embraced within the county limits
OF the said county of Tyler, AS SET forth
in section one of this act shall be known
as " Pulaski Magisteridl District" and
so much of the territory of the county
of Giles as is embraced in the bounds of
said county of Tyler shall be known as
Giles Magisterial District" and..so much
of the county OF Floyd and of the. county
of Montgomery as lies south Of the right.
of-way of the said Norfolk and Western
railway, embrao ed as aforesaid, shall be
known as 1.-The Vicar MagisteriaI Dis
trict;" aud SO r-uch of the county of Mont.
gomery AS lies north of the said right Of
way, embraced as aforesaid. shall be
known as "The Price Magisterial lis
trict."
3. Each magisterial district as described
in section two shall hear it's proportional
Part, according to pr sent assessed val
ues, Of the existing debt, bonded or float
Ing, OF that county irom which its terri
tory is taken.
4. The present territory embraced with
in the corporate limits of the city Of Red
ford shall bear and he responsible for said
city's existing debt; and nothing ia this
act shall be construed rs in any way i'm
pairing the charter of said city.
D The il dgc of the corporation court
of the city of Radford shall be the Judge of
the county court of Tyler county, with
such salary. in addition TO the salary maid
him as corporation judge of SAID city. as
the supervisors Of said county NAV de-
eide upon, but not to exceed six hundred
dollars per annum.
The following persons, namely,
Charles II. Hartman, John NJ. Smith,
Henry Barnet, ID r. Hall and McClana-
han ingles are hereby appointed com mis-
sioners 20 meet ut the courthouse in the
city of Radford on the first Monday in
April next, Or within I've days thereat