The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
VOTING PRECINCTS CHANGED

VOTING PRECINCTS CHANGED
Notice is hereby gwen that At I
regular session, off, the County Cour
of Mingo County, West Virginia, hslt
on MONDAY, the 18th day of March
1911. the following changes wer,
made in the voting precincts in salt
County and new precincts establish
ed, to-wit:
1t appearing to the Court that a
the last general election held in Min
go County on the 9Th day of Novem
Der, 1910, there was cast at severa
voting pi ecincts more than $50 votes
and it further appearingsto the cour
that Section OF Chapter 3 of the
Code OF West Virginia, provides tha
where there are more than $50 vote.
cast at an election precinct, it shall
be the duty of the county Court 81
its regular meeting to divide sale
precinct as equally al may be posi-
BILE, and it further appearing to the
court that the present session has
besn continued from time to time fol
the above mentioned, purpose, and II
further appearing to the Court thai
under and by virtue of Section Of
Chapter 3 OF the Code, the Court il
authorized, when the public conve-
nience demands it, to create, alter
or modify any election precinct;
NOW THEREFORE,, in pursuance
Of the statute, and the Court being Of
the opinion that the public interests
demand it, the following precincts in
the several Magislerial Districts OIL
Mingo County are hereby changed
and divided and consolidated so as
to constitute and embrace the follow
ing territory:
HARVEY DISTRICT.
Precincts Numbers l and 2, known
as Breading and Dingess Precincts
respectively, are hereby consolidated
so that all the voters in said dis
trict voting at each of the above men.
toned precincts, shall hereafter vote
at one precinct to be known as Har-
yey Precinct, and the voting place is
hereby established at what is known
as the Bailey School House.
1t is further ordered and directed
by the courtsthat Precinct Number l.
known as NBreading Precinct ~ and
Precinct Number 2, known as Dingess
Precinct, be discontinued and abolish
ed, and Precinct Number /, known as
Harvey Precinct, created in lied
thereof
WAKEFIELD DISTRICT.
Precinct Number i, known As War
field Precinct, shall remain as here
tofore established.
EARDEE DISTRICT.
Precinct Numbers / and 2, known
as Naugatuck and Dempsey Scnool
House Precincts, respectively, shall
rema.n as heretofore established.
LEE DISTRICT.
Precinct Number. 1, known as
Rockhouse Precinct shall remain as
heretofore established by the Court.
Precinct Number 2, known as Mer-
rimac Precinct, is hereby divided into
two precincts, viz, Precinct Number 2
to be known Us BurnWell Precinct.
shall embrace the following terrific
ry:a
EURNWELL PRECINCT
Beginning atthe mouth of Sprouse
Creek at the Magnolia District line,
thence with said Magnolia District
line TO the top ofsthes ridge between
SpFouse Creek and Lick Greek, and
thence with tho Lick Ridge in a
westerly direction to the top of the
ridge between the said Lick Creek
andA Richard Williamson Branch,
thence down the ridge on the lower
side1of the said Richard Williamson
Branch to Tug River, SO as to in
clude the housesof the said Richard
Williamson, thence up Tug River
with the meanders thereof to the
beginning.
And the voting place in said pre-
cinct is hereby established at the
store house Of the Burnwell Coal &
Coke Company.
The remaining territory of the
Merrimac Precinct as the same ex-
listed prior to the division hereof,
shall constitute Precinct Number 8,
to be known as Sycamore Precinct,
and shall embrace the following ter
ritory: 3.s
~ SYCAMORE PRECINCT.
8egisning at the mouth Of syca-
more Creek at the Williamson Dis
trict line and thence running with
said District line up Sycamore Creek
to tile top Of the ridge between Syc-
amorei Creek and Buffalo Creek. and
thence on out said ridge in an east
erTy direction to the head OF Syca-
more Creek to the dividing ridge be-
tween said Sycamore Greek and Pig
con Creek, and thence with said ridge
in e. southeasterly direction to the
Lick Creek ridge on to the ridge at
the head of Lick Creek, and thence
around the ridge. at the head of
Lick Creek to the top of the ridge
between said Lick Creek and the
Rlcharo Williamson Branch, thence
leaving said Lick Creek ridge down
fork ridge on the lower side Of the
Richard Williamson Branch to Tug
River, so as to exclude the house
4 Richard Williamson, thence down
Tug River to the mouth OF Sycamore
Creek to the beginning.
( And the voting place in said pre-
cinct is hereby established AT the
store house of the Sycamore Coal
Cnmnanu on Sycamore Creek