Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-12-27
Gall for Special Election.

At a county court for Wayne county,
West Virginia, continued and held at
the court house thereof on Friday, Nov
ember Gath, 1905 Present: G. r. Will
son, President; NJ. ID. Ward and John
FARRELL, Commissioners.
In the matter of the petition of w. F.
Sturgill and 2,555 other citizens, resi-.
dents, tax payers and voters Of the
county of Wayne, for a relocation of
the county seat of Wayne County,
| This day came ". +. Sturgill and
2,b55 other residents, citizens and legal
voters of the county of Wayne, in the
State of West Virginia, constituting two
fifths and more of all the legal voters of
sad county when estimated by allow
ing one vote for every six persons in
such county as shown by the last census,
and rendered in open court during the
regular November session thereof, their
petition praying this court to submit the
question of the removal of the county
seat of Wayne County from its present
location and the relocation thereof Mt
Ceredo to vote of the people of said
county III accordance with the proyis-
IONS and requirements of the statutes of
the State OF West Virginia i'm such cases
made and provided. And at the same
time w. A. Ramsdell, T. I. McDougal
ana Jesse Cyrus. as principals, and Rob
ert Wright, Jr., as surety, entered into
and acknowledged bond for said petit
toners In the penalty of So 900 cOndi-
toned to pay all the legal cost of said
election, which said bond was signed.
sealed and acknowledged in the presence
OF the court land the same was rendered
TO and filed with the court in accordance
with the provisions of the statute -;
such cases made and provided.
And the court having inspected said
petition and said bond, doth hereby ap-
prove said bond and it is ordered that
said bond and petition be and the came
are hereby filed.
said petitioners have complied with the
law and are entitled to have the re .loca
cation of the county seat of WAYNE
County submitted to a vote of the people
thereof and it further appearing that
said petition has been presented and
filed in year in which no general cleo.
ton is to be held, it is therefore ordered
by the court that special election upon
the question of such relocation be held
in the said county of Wayne, and
TUESDAY, THE 9th DAY or FEBRUARY. 1906,
is hereby fixed as the day for holding
such special election.
1t is further ordered that the clerk of
this court shall, upon the adjournment
thereof, make out and certify as many
copies of this order as there are voting
places in said county, and deliver the
same to the sheriff thereof, who shall
post one of said copies, or cause it TO be
done, at each Of said places of voting in
said county, at least forty days be-
fore the day of such election and it is
ordered that a copy of this order be
likewise published at least once in
each week for four consecutive weeks
prior to the said election in the Wayne
News and CEREDo ADVANCE. newspa.
pers printed III said county.
1t further ordered that the ballots
to be used at said election in voting on
the question of such re. location. shall
have written or printed on them the
words, IRE Location of County Seat -
I For Relocation of County Seat at
/ Ceredo,' Against Relocation of
County Seat
n copy from the Record
IeSte: j. G.. LAMBERT.
I]dec4w Clerk