The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-04

the said county of Tyler on the fourth
Thursday of May next.
IL shall be the duty OF all persons
res dug within the limits CT said county
of T,ler who ARE at the time qualified to
and entitled to vote for members of the
general ASSEMBLY to attend ut the respec-
tive election precincts, 40 elected NV
the commissioners aforesaid, on tie
fourth Thursday in May next, and elpc,
a sheriff, clerk of the county court. who
shall he eX.oflicio clerk of the circuit
court, commissioner of the revenue, treas
urer. and u Commonwealth attorney for
the county OF Tyler; and the voters resid.
ing in each magis:erial district shall
elect for thaC district thee justices of
the peace, one oversepr of the moor, one
constable and one supervisor. The cleo
tion of justices afor esaid shall be certified
to the judge of said county by the several
judges conducting said election. who
shalt be com Diss!oned as provided by
law.
s. The several judges of election shall
certify ~ the said judge designated to
bold the county court of said county of
Tyler ut the first or some subsequent
term of said county court "a soon as
practi able, the election of said clark Of
the county courts. sheriff, cumnon-
wealth X attorney, commissioner OF the
revenue, treasurer, supervisors aud con
stables, who shall. after giving bonds
and security, and being qualified accord.
ing to law, enter upon discharge of
their respective duties as now provided
by law.
8. 1t shall he the duty of the second
auditor TO reapporsion tho surplus and
free school quotas OF :he counties If
Giles, Pulaski, Floyd and Mont gome,y
for the next fiscal year between said
i,-ulx lao,
of Tyler, agreeable to the number of per.
so:.- between the age of five and tweaty-
one years which may have heen found 10
have been therein by the last scht oil cen.
sus returned for the year eighteen hun
dred and eighty. seven.
10 IT. shall be tie duty of the sherlrs
resp ctively of the counties of Giles. Pu-
laski, Floyd and Montgomery to collect
and make distress for any public dues,
fees or officers fees which may remain
unpaid by the inhabitants of the portion
of said Tyler county, taken from the
aforesaid counties respectively, at the
time when this act shall commence and
he in force, and they shall each be nc
countahle for the same in like manner as
ii this act had never been passed.
II. The counties of Giles. Pulaski,
Floyd aud Montgomery shall, respec-
lively, retain jurisdiction of all actions
and suits, civil and criminal, before them
OF the fourth Of july next. and shall try
aud determine the same and award ex
ecution thereon, except in civil cnses
where both parties reside in the new
county, which shall after that day be re-
moved to the county of Tyler and there
he tried and determined.
12.,,Tbe county of Tyler shall be in and
attached to the Fourteenth Judicial Cir
cult, and the circuit court thereof shall
he holden at the courthouse thereof at
least twice year. at such times as ma;
he designated by the judge OF said circuit,
the first circuit court for said county to
be held on the first Monday IN - next.
H. The county court of said county
shall he holden on the third Monday in
each month. aud the first court shall be
held on the thiid Monday in June next.
II The said comfy of Tyler shall vote
with the county of Montgo merry for men,
hers of the house OF delegates, and shall
he in and attached to the Sixth Congress
sional district. and vote in said district
for members Of Congress. The said coun
~ of Tyler shall he in and attached TO the
Fourth Senatorial district, and vote in
said district for the election of State sen.
atorS.
II On the twenty second day of
March. eighteen hundred and ninety
eight, there shall be held an election, held
AZ the usual voting precincts, at which
the persons residing within the limits
mentioned in section one may he regis
tered, which election shall be held by the
indges of election Of said precincts &C
cording to law. All persons within the
limits aforesaid who are qualified to vote
for members of the general assembly
shall he qualiled to v tie in this election.
Notice CT the tine and place of holding
the said election shall 70 posted ut the
courthouse of SAID counties at least
tweuty days pricr to March twenty sec.
ond. ami shall also be published for two
successive weeks in the several news pa
pers published in said counties. The
vote shall be taken by ballots, which bal
lots shall he headed, respectively: "For
new County" and against new county,"
and the said polls and ballots shall be
certified and the result ascertained and
determined by the following commission
ers and in the following manner, to-wit:
The persons conducting the said election
shall certify the same and make return
thereof upon the second day after the
election is held to the following commits
sioners, at the clerks office of the hust-
ings court of the city of Radford, to-wit
Honorable Walter NJ. Pierce. judge OF the
county court of Montgomery county:
Honorable Selden I.on0ley, judge Of the
county court of Pulaski county: Honora-
BILE Bernard Mason, Judge of the county
court Of Giles county; Honorable w. M.
Howard, judge Of the county court of
Floyd county; and Honorable G. T.. Cas-
sci. judge of the husti ngs court Of Rad
ford city, which commissioners, any three
of whom may act, shall sit at the court.
house in the city of Radford on the sec.
ono day after the said election shall have