Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-22
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.


vstins precincts In Rock District:
This day w. c. Hedrick, Edward
Cooper and A. b. Calfee who were
hsrstofore appointed a committee to
lay on and define new voting pre-
cincts In Rock district made their
report I'm writing. which is in words
aud ngures following. to-wit: To
the Worshipful the County Court OF
Mercer County" &c. which report
being inspected by the court is i'm all
matters confirmed and adopted: It
10 further considered by the Court
that the old Giatto precinct be and
10 hereby revised In conformance with
the following boundary. Beginning at
j. II. Harman's at Blum and running
with state road In direction OF Span
fshburg to ap ONT on the Lashmeet
road where these roads intersect,
leaving said Harman's In 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 q straight line 10 Lashmeet
and Spanishburg road at the forks
leading to A. J. Huffman's; thence
with Lashmeet and spanlshburg road
to Lashmeet; thence a straight line
10 lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence a straight line
TO q. c. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line: thence with the road to
4. Kinzer's to forks OF road leading
10 mouth of Widemouth Creek;
thence with the Clark's Gap road to
w. M. Smiths store, leaving Joe
Thorn to Rock precinct and w. M
Smith to Thomas precinct on Crane
Greek; thence leaving Clark's Gap
road. and running with the old Gil
alto road to Widemouth Creek to
bridge below 8. p. Lambert's;
thence up Widemouth to mouth of
branch between Betsy's Flat and w
3. Cook, and running up said branch
TO Low Gap near Lewis Aker's:
thence with top OF Mountain to Rich
'e~t W NOHhNy Will
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 to be known as Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively
IL 10 further considered by the court
that there be and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public school
house at Springton whose precinci
lines are as follows.
The revised Giatto District is d.
vidsd into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tTicts as follows Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers and running
with the Giatto road to S. p. Lam
bsrt's. thence leaving said road and
running a straight line to Big Branch
junction; thence to top OF steep on
Harris Ridge so as to leave Lon
Clark TO Mstaoka thence a straight
line to T. j. Hurst farm. leaving the
Hurst farm TO Mataoka, and II. 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.
II IL further considered by the
court that there be aud Is hereby
established at Mataoka a voting
place In the publlcs chool house
whose boundary lines shall include
eli 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 IL hereby established at PIN
nscls school house voting place to
be known as Thomas precinct, whose
precinct lines are as follows: Dlvis-
ION Of the Godfrey district is as fol
lows: Beginning at a point In the
County line near c. w. ]. Walkers,
go as TO leave said Walker and John
ElstcheT to Thomas preclRct; thence
down dividing ridge between Thomas
and Crane Creeks Works to Mora.
leaving Sycamore to Thornhill pre-
einet; thence TO top OF Web Ridge
GEAR b. W. Walkers and up said
ridge to county road near Taylor's
u the former Godfrey district line TO
Gap near Lewis Aker's and with
Spring precinct line to county line at
Rich Flat and with the county line
TO Q. w. ]. Walkers, place OF be
ginning.
II Is further considered by the
court that there be established at
Thornhill 10 the store building OF
O. W. Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include all terri
tory OF the old Godfrey precinct not
Included in the foregoing boundary OF
the Thomas precinct.
II 10 further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered az fol
lows AatOaka. No. 2; Thornhill, No
8 Thomas. No. 10; Spring, No. II.
II 10 further ordered that all elect
tors at ensuing elections shall vote
In their respective precincts at the
places within each respective pre-
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