Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-30
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.

court HOUSE thereof on Saturday,
the 2Sth cas- OF July. 1906.
In the matter OF establishing new
voting precincts In Rock District:
This day w. G. Hedrick, Edward
Cooper and A. h. Calfee who were
heretofore appointed a committee to
lay n anC define new voting pre-
cine I'm Rock district made their
rep Il ina writing, which is I'm words
au figures following. to-wit: To
an Worshipful the County Court OF
VI cor County" &c. which report
D. ne Inspected by tho court Is in all
q ars confirmed and adopted: It
rther considered by the Court
the old Giatto precinct be and
ereby revised In conformance with
following boundary. Begi4ping at
II. Harman's ut BLUM and running
with state road In direction OF Span
ishburg TO ap ONT on the Lashmeet
road where these roads intersect,
leaving said Harman's i'm the Spring
Precinct; thence with said Lash
meet road by way OF Deaf and
Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill to
Rich creek; thence down Rich creek
TO forks of same at Foley place:
thence a straight line to Lashmeet
and Spanishburg road at the forks
leading to a. j. Hunman's; thence
with Lashmeet and Spanlshburg road
To Lasimeet; thence a straight line
to lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence a straight line
To G.. c.. Anderson's. intersecting the
old line; thence with the road to C
+. Klnzer's to forks OF road leading
To mouth OF Widemouth Creek:
thence with the Clark's Gap road to
W. NJ Smiths store, leaving Joe
Thorn To Rock precinct and w. Nj.
Smith TO Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek; thence leaving Clarks Gap
road, and running with the old Gil
alto road to Widemouth Creek to
bridge below S. p. Lambert's;
thence up Widemouth to mouth of
branch between Betsy's Flat and w.
5. Cook, and running up said branch
10 Low Gap near Lewis Aker's;
thence with top OF Mountain to Rich
Flat, to county line; thence with
county line to place OF beginning.
II is further considered by the
court that the foregoing revised Gil
alto precinct be divided into two vo-
ting precincts 20 be known as Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively.
IL is further considered by the court
that there be and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public school
house at Springton whose precinct
lines are as follows.
The revised Giatto District is di-
vlded into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tricts as follows: Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers' and running
with the Giatto road to S. p. Lam
berts, thence leaving said road and
running straight line to Big Branch
Junction; thence TO top Of steep on
Harris Ridge so as to leave Lon
Clark TO Mataoka thence straight
line TO T. J. Hurst farm. leaving the
Hurst farm 10 Mataoka. and r. b.
McComas. w. r. McComas and Reu-
ben Farmer TO Spring. thence with
the road by l.. NJ. Repass to Deaf
and Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill.
the end of division line.
IL is further considered by the
court that there be and is hereby
established at Mataoka a voting
place in the publics chool house
whose boundary lines shall include
all the territory Of the revised Giatto
precinct not included In the boundary
OF the spring precinct. II is further
considered by the court that there
be and Is hereby established at PIN
nncle school house voting place 10
be known as Thomas precinct. whose
precinct lines are as follows: DivIs-
ion OF the Godfrey district is as fol-
lows Beginning at a point In the
County line near G. w. ]. Walkers.
so as TO leave said Walker and John
FLETCHER 20 Thomas precinct: thence
down dividing ridge between Thomas
and Crane Creeks Works to Mora
leaving Sycamore to Thornhnl pre-
oinct; thence 70 top OF Web Ridge
near w. Walkers and up said
idge to county road near Taylor's
20 the former Godfrey district line TO
Gap near Lewis Aker's and with
spring precinct lire to county line al
Rich Flat and with the county line
10 g w Walkers. place OF be
ginning
70 is further considered by the
court that there be established at
Thornhin in the store building OF
o w Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include an terri
tory Of the old Godfrey precinct not
included ln the foregoing boundary OF
The Thomas precinct
10 Is further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered az fol
lows Matoaka. 80. 2 Thornhnl. No
Thomas 80 10. Spring, No. IL.
10 is further ordered that all elect
tors az ensuing elections shall vote
in their respective precincts al the
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