Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-03-25
Notice of Election.

by virtue OF an act passed by the
Legislature of the State of West Vir-
ginia on day of January 1901, entitled
Bill to create the municipal corpo-
ration OF The City Of Morgantownn
In the county of Monengalia TO grant
charters thereto, and TO annual the
charter OF the town of Morgantown,
the town Of GFeenmont, the town
of Seneca and the town of South
Morgantown.
The following publication is hereby
made:
Sec. Il First Election OF Officers.
The first election in said city under
this act shall be held on the tirst
Thursday in April. in the year one
Thousand nine hundred and one, at
the regular voting place or places in
each ward under the supervision of
the Common Council OF the town in
which each voting place is situated,
and shall be conducted, certified, re-
turned, and finally determined, as
near as may be, In accordance with
the law in force in this State govern
ing municipal elections on the first
day of January, one Thousand nine
hundred and one. At this election
there shall be elected by the voters
within the corporate limits OF the
said city, mayor, and recorder,
and by the voters within each of the
wards designated in section three Of
this act, the following number of
councilmen, that is to say:
BY the voters of the tirst ward, two
couneilmen.
BY the voters of the second ward,
one councilman.
BY the voters OF the third ward,
four councilmen.
! BY the voters of the fourth ward,
two couneilmen.
| Notice Of such election shall be
given by joint proelamatinn Of the
mayors Of the towns Of Morgantown,
South Morgantown, Greenmont and
Seneca, or by publication Of this
section by the recorder of the town OF
Morgantown, published in some daily
newspaper published in said city, for
period of ten days Sundays except
ed) next preceding such election.
The Common Council OF each Of
the towns OF Morgantown, South
Morgantown, Seneca and Greenmont
or majority thereof, shall as soon as
/ the results of the said election are as
certained in their town, make and
sign certificate containing a state
ment of the results of said election at
each voting place under the supervis-
! ion OF such common council, as TO
each officer voted for under the pro-
/ visions of this act, which shall con-
/ form Ia all essential respects to the
certificates required by law to be made
out and signed by the board Of can
yassers in each county for State Off
Gers. Ihe.said certificates shall be
enclosed In an envelope, together with
the ballots and the certificates Of the
commissioners holding such elections,
which shall be sealed up and endorsed
by the members OF the common coun-
Gil OF such town, or majority Of
them, and shall be delivered by the
recorder Of such town to the recorder
Of the town of Morgantown. within
two days after the results of the said
election shall have been ascertained
as herein prescribed. The recorder Of
the town Of Morgantown shall pre-
sent such certificates of the councils
OF the town of Morgantown who shall
examine the same and shall ascertain
the true aggregate result Of such cleo
tion in the said city, and shall deliver
TO each person, appearing by said GER
tificates to be elected, certificate
signed by the mayor and recorder Of
the town of Morgantown, ia the form
prescribed by law for district officers.
The aggregate results Of such election
shall be entered upon the coanc ii
journal Of the town Of Morgantown.
Given under my hand this the 10Th
day of March, 1901.
w. e. ARNETT,
Recorder OF the Town
of Morgantown.