West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-05-14

AT special session OF the county court
held on Tuesday. May 18th, the following
proceedings were had:
GOOD ROADS RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Governor OF West
Virginia has designated May Twenty
eighth and Twenty-ninth as Good Roads
Days" in West Virginia, at which time
every loyal citizen of the state is requested
to contribute two days labor, with or
without team, for the betterment and
improvement of the public roads; and,
WHEREAS, the County Court of
Preston County is DESTROYS of accomplish
ing the greatest possible good Tor Preston
County, il is therefore hereby ordered
that in addition TO the regular road agents
in the County, there shall be appointed
one agent for each school sub-district,
who shall have charge OF the work on
the roads i'm his district for the two DAYS,
May Twenty-eighth and Twenty
The citizens OF each district, men, women
and children, are requested 10 cooperate
with the road agent for their particular
district during these two days, and help
make our roads better.
The County Court hereby offers prize
to that sub district in each magesterial
district which accomplishes the most
work and best results during the two. days
mentioned. That sub-district TO be de-
clared the winner whose agent shall re-
port under oath to the Court the greatest
amount of labor expended, team with
driver to be equivalent to two days labor
for one man. A boy over ten years of
age and under sixteen to be entitled to
one-half the credit of an adult. The
prize to be a good, substantial, factory
made road drag, the same TO be the
property OF the winning sub district.
The court having before it the bill of
Julius Scherr and j. T.. Mathews, audi
tors from the Office OF the State Tax Com
missioner for the auditing of the officials
of Preston county, said bill amounting TO
$565.75 for services from March 8, 1914,
to April 80, 1914, inclusive, on motion
the same is hereby ordered allowed. The
allowance Of said bill, however, is under
protest, for the reason that the court has
already secured and paid for an audit of
said county independent OF the Office of
State Tax Commissioner, said indepen-
dent audit being had because we were
unable to secure the services of the state
auditing department, having frequently
requested the department that an audit
be made, they having failed to make
said audit until after the independent
audit was made.
At the April term of court upon petit
ton OF j. Ray Smoot and others the
court appointed j. Ray Smoot, ]. c..
| Harrington and III. l.. Sidwell, viewers,
to view the ground for change of county
road leading from Newburg to the Nor
gantown pike at a point near the farm
owned and occupied by Hayes Sapp. At
this special session the above named gem
tlemen submitted the following report,
which was approved:
| We find that in making this change of
road it will be necessary to take a portion
of Mr.. Hayes Sapp's garden and orchard,
that the change will be very beneficial to
the people using this road, it will take
halt OF his garden and one corner of his
orchard, and we recommend that Mr..
Sapp be paid in damage 500. $50 should
cover the cost of building the road, which
would make the whole change cost $50,
which is small compared to the good the
change will do.
| On motion w. S. Garner is allowed the
sum OF $25 as damages for land taken for
road purposes in Pleasant district. The
clerk is authorized to issue order for said
amount when w. S. Garner signs up re-
lease for right of way, as reported by
/ viewers.
| Henry G. Hinson ct al exonerated from
the payment of taxes enormously assessed
on two tracts of timber in Lyon district.
| Geo. +. Rogers exonerated from paw
ment of S11.10, taxes enormously assessed
on one-third of lot No. 10 i'm town OF
Rowlesburg.
Upon application Theodore Batlas of
| Morgantown, was granted license to con.
duct restaurant at Oak Park