Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-02-08
County Court Proceedings.

1
! The Jefferson County Court, which con-
vened in regular term on Monday, began
the first session of TIE new year by elect
ing Commissioner john c. Burns as pres
ident.
Owing to disagreement in the inter-
probation of the law, the court refused to
pay County Assessor c. w. Conrad ad-
ditionai compensation for ascertaining
and reporting births and deaths in the
county during 1911. Similar disposition
was made of claim of the assessor for
gathering and reporting crop statistics to
the State Board of Agriculture for the
same period. An order was entered in
due form to enable the assessor to appeal
to the Circuit Court for its construction
of the law on the questions involved.
On behalf ofthe Jefferson County Camp
Confederate Veterans, J. M. Hendricks
donated to the county five copies of the
booklet recently published by authority
of the camp, accounting the military OPP
erations within the county during the
Civil War. The books were accepted
and it was ordered that they be filed with
the archives of the county in the vault of
the clerks office
The justices OF the peace OF the county
reported fines aggregating 1904 i'm
posed by them during the year 1911. In
this connection, the court ordered that
all reports of fines imposed should be
made out on forms furnished by the State
Tax Commissioners office, otherwise
the reports are not to be accepted,
Sheriff Wysong returned county orders
that he had paid. These aggregated S26,-
0l363. County and circuit clerks sub
mitted reports of fees in their offices for
the past year, the formers showing ST.
1855, and the latter's $93390.
An order was approved demanding
that Mrs. Lena T. Lucas have public
ferry owned by her on the Shenandoah
river opened for public travel.
The petition for an election to ascertain
the sense of the voters OF Charles Town
district in the matter Of bond issue Of
$50, 900 for bridge over the Shenandoah
at the Bloomery was not offered for the
action Of the court. Investigation showed
the promoters of the bridge that the law
under which they were proceeding pro-
vided for a bond issue for public road
improvement, and not for bridges-a de-
feet that was fatal to such project.
The court ordered that the question OF
issuing $50, 900 in bonds for the purpose
of constructing bridge across the Shen-
andoah river be submitted 10 the voters
at the next general election.
Turnpike Commissioner Mcdonald
submitted the quarterly report Of his Of
flee. 1t showed that he had expended
on the turnpike roads of the county from
October to December 81 the sum of
An offer was accepted from Charles L.
Crane 10 bear half the cost Of laying
concrete pavement in the Jail alley, be-
tween the Jail and the Sadler block, the
county to pay half.
Some diss abstraction having arisen over
the time for using the county road roller,
one road official using it while others de-
mand it, an agreement was entered into,
with the sanction OF the court, allowing
the turnpike engineer TO have the machine
during August and February; road sur
veyor of Charles Town district, during
and March; Kabletown dis
trict, April and October; Middleway,
May and November; Shepherdstown,
January and July, and Harper'S Ferry
during June and December OF each year.
Commissioner N. r. Roberts was au-
by order of court to purchase
additional metal shelving for the Supreme
Court law library in court house.
Attorney Frank Beckwlth. in behalf Of
the Law and Order League, petitioned
the court for an appropriation OF 500 to
assist the League in paying for services
Of detectives to procure evidence against |
certain alleged bootleggers. The petition
was refused.
A petition was presented asking the |
court to widen the road ten feet between
the Summit Point road and the ColSton
farm, now owned by Marshall Burns. and
in response to it the court appointed
Commissioners Heflebower, Snyder and
Roberts as viewers to report on the adj
of widening 1t at the May term.
Advocate.