Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-05-03
CORPORATION ELECTION.

At a meeting of the Council Of the Co ag9
ratso, ar Charles Town held May q iszi'
tn, soIi9v IDS call for an eiscliol was eSoS ~
ed rs of the fact that the sslns
~ os7;.. Of mr. members OF the Coanci are
ay,nt I. cs-,.e. it becomes the duty OF tne
,-oancil 10 o.ier an election; II = slGre1oIe
ordered that an election be neid On 49, .ss
day. the 18th day Of May, 1871, tosl 49,
sse time 6.ed therefor by the amenaeu
sha- fer said town and that at such eiec-
t;on there sgall be elected one Goune'i lia.
each frosr the First Second, Iniro anu
Fourth V ards
According to an act of TIE West os, ne
5.egislsture. regular session OF 1871, 'ls
yssrrs !. il act on the proposed change ,. %
800 T., charles Town to Charles City'
which a. is as follows: Wa.
BE ii esactci by the Legislature Oh
That e.t.,ns one, three and sixteen OF
.h.nter sixteen of tie actes of the iegisia-
tn,e Of one thousand nine hundred anu II
teen. regular session, relating 70 Ine W.
Of Charles Town. Jefferson county, "a
VIRGINIA. be amended and re-enaeteu any
that sections forty-seven, forty -eisnt anu
forty-nine be added thereto so as to read as
follows +Las A.
sact the incorporated town of Charles ioWh'
jefferson County, West Virginia, snaH DC
Known and designated as the incorporated
town of Charles City. Jefferson county; .hs
corporate limits of which shall De as ioho"s'
to-wit: x.,.r. III
Repinning at the corner of William II.
Travers and Andrew Hunter, on the nortn
side of Smithfeld. Charles Town ana nar
pers Ferry turnike, being All pores iry 3at
the east side to town alley Figure IN plat
of s. Howell Browns survey OF January
eighteenth. one thousand eight hundred anu
seventy-two) !; running thence Win ING i iine
of said Travers and Hunter, and also the inc
of Richard Hessey and the said Hunter. N.
20 degrees 20 minutes, w. to the Winches-
ter and Potomac railroad, and extending tne
same course in all 1913 poles to STAKE ~
James M Ransom's field; thence parahei 10
Washington street S. 50 degrees, 40 minutes,
w. 290 poles to stake at the prolongation
Of the line Of Mrs. Buskirk and Henry q;
Davenport; thence in the direction Oh saio
line S. 20 D., 20 M, E. lo-S poles to stake
same intersects the 'old mill road" thence
with the west side of new road S. 20 degrees
10 minutes, w. 52.9 poles crossing inc
aforesaid turnpike to a stake IN the line OF
said Davenport (5): and thence with the said
line S. II degrees. so minutes, E. 800 poles
to the south line of the "old Winchester
road thence with it N. So degrees, 40 MIN
utes K. 3605 poles to a point at the pro-
longation of the aforesaid line of Buskirk
and Davenport; thence extending said course
s. 20 degrees, 20 minutes, Z. 147.l2 poles
to a stake in William Drews field; thence
parallel to Was hington street N. 90 degrees
40 minutes r. 1872 poles to a stake. thence
S. 20 degrees, 20 minutes E. 45.45 poles to
a stake; thence N. So degrees, 40 minutes,
E. 1925 poles to a stake; thence N ~ de-
grees 20 minutes, w. 45.45 poles to stake !;
thence NJ 60 degrees, 40 minutes, E. 52.75
poles to a stake in George II. Tates field
I3) thence N. 20 degrees, 20 minutes, w.
1913 poles to beginning; containing 400
acres.
Sec g. The mayors and councilmen as
soon as they shall be elected and qualified,
as herein provided. shall be body polite
and corporate by the name of The corpora
ton of Charles City" and shall have perpet-
ual succession and a common seal; ana Dy
that name may and be sued, plead and
be implicated, contract and be contracted
with, and may purchase and hold real estate
and other property necessary or proper 70
enable it to discharge its duties, and need
| full for the good order. government and well
fare of said corporation.
! Sec Al. The said town of Charles City
shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities
of the town of Charles Town. and it shall
! be liable for all the debts and obligations
of the said town of Charles Town. the same
as if such Indebtedness were created by the
sad town of Charles City.
Sec. AZ. The ordinances in force in the
said town of Charles Town at the time this
act goes into eIIect, so far as they are not
inconsistent tn this act, shall continue in
/ force ordinances of the said town OF
Charles City, until amended or repealed by
the council of said Charles City, and the
mayor and oc.ncilmen now in office in the
| town of Cha es Town, shall continue in
office MAJ o. and councilmen of Charles
City, until tie end of their present term
and until their successors shall have been
elected or apl ointed and qualified unless
sooner removed from Office in manner pro.
vided by law.
| Sec. 49,, After this act becomes effective
wherever the name Charles Town is used in
the charter of said town amended and re.
enacted by chapter sixteen of the acts o.
the acts of the legislature thousand
nine hundred and fifteen, regular session, il
shall be taken and held to mean Charles
! City.
Provided however. that the portion o
this act which changes the name of the cor
poration of Charles Town to the corporation
of Charles City. shall not be in effect unless
and until the is ratified by a majorit,
vote of the qualified voters of the said cor
poration of Charles Town, which shall b,
submitted at the regular municipal election
to be held in said town the fourth Thurs
day in May, thousand nine hundred an,
twenty zone. the ballot for which vote shall
be in form as follows:
For changing name of Charles Town t
Charles City
Against changing name of Charles Tow
to Charles City"
That said election shall be held under tn
following rules:
% The qualified male and female voter
of the town regardless of their RESPECTIVE
res Idence in the wards shall be entitled t
vote for councilmen to be elected: and ais
on the question of the change of the nam
of Charles Town to Charles City.
ton shall be in form or substance a
follows:
THE CORPORA ATOM s,E cHApI