Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-01-03
Gall for Special Election.

At county court for Wayne county,
West Virginia, continued and held at
the court house thereof on Friday, Nov
ember oath, 1905. Present: G. r. Will
son, President; M. d. Ward and John
FARRELL Commissioners.
In the matter of the petition OF w. +.
Sturgill and 2,555 other citizens, resi-
dents. tai payers and voters of the
county efsWsyne, for relocation of
the county seat of Wayne County.
This day came ". +. Sturgill and
5000 other residents, citizens and legal
voters II the county of Wayne, in the
State dxWest Virginia, constituting two
fifths4H I'D more of all the legal voters of
said bnty when estimated by allow
ing vote for every six persons in
such 06unty 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 at
Ceredo TO a vote Of the people of said
county In accordance with the provis-
ions and requirements Of the statutes of
the State of West Virginia in such cases
made and provided. And at the same
time w. A. Ramsdell L. T. McDougal
and Jesse Cyrus, as principals, and Rob
ert Wright, Jr,, as surety, entered into
and acknowledged a bond for said peti-
TONERS in the penalty of 81, 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 and the same was rendered
to and filed with the court in accordance
with the provisions OF the statute in
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 same
areshereby filed.
And 1t appearing to the court that
said petitioners have complied with the
lawand are entitled to have the re -loca
cation of the county seat Of WAYNE
County submitted TO 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, il is therefore ordered
by the court that a special election upon
the question of such relocation be held
IN the said county of Wayne, and
TUESDAY, ThI 9th DAY or FEBRUARY. 1906.
is hereby fixed as the day for holding
such special election.
Ii 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 In said county
1t is 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, Relocation of County Seat"
Ct For Re Location of County Seat at
Ceredo, Against Relocation of
County Seat
A copy from the Record.
Teste: j. G.. LAMBERT.
l3dec4w Clerk