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County Court.
Civie Lsaaus Aud Horse Show Present
p~f1sfons

Civic League And Horse show Present
Petitions.
The Jefferson County Commission.
ers convened the regular May term
of the County Court on May 4. .
the members being present except
MIR. Miles of Harpers Ferry District
A petition from the Charles Town
Horse Show Association was present.
ed, asking the court to reopen an %
county road between the lands OF the
late William Hopkins, and ]. Shirley
Smith, the said road extending from
the Harpers Ferry pike to the land
recently purchased by the Association
for show purposes. The road has
been fenced in a field that has been
cultivated for years. The petition
was referred to Prosecuting Attorney
Moore with Instructions to take the
proper legal action to recover the
roadway for the petitioners.
The Charles Town General Hospital
was exonerated from the payment of
taxes on personal property assessed
at $500 for the year 1913.
A committee of ladies representing
Charles Town Civic League appeared
in Court on Wednesday, and petition
ed for some very desirable improve
ments about the Court House. First
they ask that some disposition be
made of the old, cannon that has dis
figured the court yard for two years.
Either mounted or buried the old gun
would please the ladies more than to
have it where it is on heavy b ocks
of unsightly timber. The petitioners
also want the court yard cleared of
rubbish; the board fence between
the front and back yards removed
and wire fence substituted for. 1t,
with vines planted by the side Of I'll
All of these perplexing demands were
given in the hands of the president
of the court who is given authority
to do the best he can with them.
Upon the application of Clarence
G. Griffith for appointment as Notary
Public, certificate of moral charac-
ter was given him together with
recommendation that the appointment
be made.
Cancelled warrants to the value of
$16,535.53 were credited to the ac-
count of Sheriff ]. w. Gardner.
The poles of the Cumberland Valley
Telephone Co.. on the Berryville pike
declared dangerous. and the County Pike
Commissioner was ordered to remove
the same at once.
A reward of $500 was offered for the
arrest and conviction of William Jack
son and an unknown companion, charged
with shoating policeman Charles Felix
ner at Wheatland April 30.
1t appearing to the court that the horse
which is alleged to have caused the In
jury to w. E. McSherry on the Middle.
way and Charles Town turnpike during
the month of November. 1913, was owned
by Miss Lutte Watson; and that the rock
pile on the side of said road over which
the horse and buggy of the said McSfer-
ry is said to have gone and upset. there
by causing the alleged injuries. for which
the said w. E. McSherry has brought
suit against Jefferson county. was owned
by W. T. Elliott. it is ordered by the
Court that the Prosecuting Attorney pre-
pare aud haye served upon said parties
the proper notices to come in and defend
is required by law to pay the said Nc.
Sherry any damages, the County Court
may recover from the said Watson and
Elliott all and any damages and costs it
may be required to settle on account Of
said injuries alleged to have been sus.
tanned by said McSherry.
It appearing to thecourt from evidence
presented before it that the ferry boat at
Manning's Ferry is in a dangerous. de-
cayed and unsafe condition, it is ordered
by the Court that the owners Of the fran
shise be notified to appear before the
Court in special session on the 18th day
of May, 1914, at 10 o'clock 4. M. to show
cause why they should not build new
one. or less THAR franchise be revoked.