Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-08-16
COUNTY COURT ENTERS ORDER
CHANGING DISTRICT LINES
Boundary Lines of Martinsburg Magisterial Dis
trict Changed Today by Action of the County
Court Connected Map or Plot Showing
the Lines Has Been Filed

At Saturdays session of the county
court the following order. relative tC
tho changing OF the boundary lines q
Martinsburg magisterial district, was
entered:
In the matter Of the motion to
change the lines Of the magistcrial
districts Of Arden, opequon, Hedges
vile and Martinsburg districts.
G. NJ. seibert, Attorney for the City
Of Martinsbargss having appeared on
the 2Srd day Of June 1913, and NOV
ed the court to change the magisteria
district lines Of Arden. Opequon. He'd
gesyille and MartinsDurg TO conform
to the lines adopted by the Legisla-
ture of West Virginia in 1909. and
as amended In 1911 and 1913, as and
for the municipal line of the City OF
Martinsbnrg as shown by a plat filed
with said motion and notice having
heretofore been published and post
cd, according to law, and a hearing
had, the court took the matter under
adyisement and after considering the
same is of the opinion that said lines
should be changed SO as to make
Martinsburg Magisterial district con
form with the following metes and
bounds
Beginning at a point on the north
side of the Berkeley and Hampshire
grade road, lis feet west of the
southwest corner of the toll gate
house and IA feet TO the south Of the
G. ]. Faulkner fence line (A) thence
52 degrees Is &c. 3,5I5 feet to the
south side Of the city right-orway
for main supply pipe to water station
thence along south side of said right
of.way, parallel and at a distance OF
II feet from the north side OF same,
north 81 degrees. so W. $40 feet;
north "a degrees w 900 feet north
40 degrees AS w. 500 feet north sc
degrees so w. 500 feet north Sc de-
grees 30 w. 500 feet; north SO de-
grees w. $50 feet; south IA degrees
so w. 40 feet; south Sc degrees Is
AZ feet, to the east die OF the Dry
Run pike; thence leaving the pipe
line right-of-way and running along
the east side of Dry Run pike, south
/ degree e. 81 feet to a point at the
north side of the bridge over Tusca-
rora creek; thence crossing the pike
and running in lines of what is
known as "Kilmer's Groce" or which
Land the corporation of Martinsburs
purchased Of John ID. Kilmer. south
81 degrees w. 27x17S2 feet to stake
in Tuscarora creek: north 50 degrees
w. 1892 feet to a stake in the mouth
OF the mill race waste; north SO de
grees so w. 1872 feet; north II de
grees w. SO feet; west 1912 feet to
a large sycamore on the west side Of
the spring drain from b. S. Kilmer's
spring: north II degrees 30 west
passing over a corner stone OF G. j
Faulkner and b. SryKilmer farm at
1892 feet and containing in all 47O.z
feet. to a large sycamore tree; north
"a degrees w. 21.4 feet to a locust
stump. and original beginning corner
to lot No. 4, of the Kilmer mill prop
erty. north 80 degrees 80 w. 1866
feet to stone at a white mulberry
bush on the southeast side of the old
mill race, now the main Tuscarora
creek; thence crossing the creek
north % degrees l5' w. 80 feet to a
stake, corner OF the Harrison Thorn
as and to John Kilmer lot, and also
corner to o. NJ Thomss; thence
with o. NJ Thomas line north "A de
grees e. ALP feet North 10 degrees
E. 41.2 feet; north AS degrees Il. 1884
feet to a stake on the north side of q
bridge and east side of Bender mil
road, corner to the preparation Of
Martinsburg, purchased of O. M
Thomas; thence along the road so as
to include the Thomas purchase by
corporation, rs feet; thence east II
feet to gate post; thence south q
degrees AS E. 80 feet to a stone ~
the original Kilmer Grove lot; thence
with the same south 62 degrees Is
f. 1878 feet to a pear tree; thence
south 50 degrees As E. 1919 feet;
south GA degrees AS E. 1872 feet to
stake at stone; south IS degrees
A. p ss feet to a post in the picket