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... Parkersburg turnpike , south of Beverly ; thence , north 27 ° east 123 poles with the east line of the tier of lots east of Walnutstreet to a stake the south east corner of Baker's lots ; also a corner to George Buckey's lot ; thence ...
... Parkersburg turnpike , south of Beverly ; thence , north 27 ° east 123 poles with the east line of the tier of lots east of Walnutstreet to a stake the south east corner of Baker's lots ; also a corner to George Buckey's lot ; thence ...
Page 109
... Parkersburg Bridge Company , passed February 9th , 1867 . Passed February 20 , 1871 . Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : time . infractions of books . 1. That it shall be lawful to open books under the su- Opening of ...
... Parkersburg Bridge Company , passed February 9th , 1867 . Passed February 20 , 1871 . Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : time . infractions of books . 1. That it shall be lawful to open books under the su- Opening of ...
Page 110
... Parkersburg , provided the same shall be so constructed by draw or otherwise , as in no way to obstruct the navigation of said river by any class of steamboats , under a penalty of one hundred dol lars for each and every day it shall be ...
... Parkersburg , provided the same shall be so constructed by draw or otherwise , as in no way to obstruct the navigation of said river by any class of steamboats , under a penalty of one hundred dol lars for each and every day it shall be ...
Page 156
... Parkersburg . Also , a survey for a railroad from a point on the Maryland line near Piedmont , up the waters of the North Branch of the Potomac and Greenbrier rivers to intersect the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at some practicable ...
... Parkersburg . Also , a survey for a railroad from a point on the Maryland line near Piedmont , up the waters of the North Branch of the Potomac and Greenbrier rivers to intersect the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at some practicable ...
Page 208
... Parkersburg and Sandy Railroad Com- pany , passed . February 27 , 1870 . Passed February 28 , 1871 . Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : 1. Section two of the act of the Legislature of West Virginia , passed February 27 ...
... Parkersburg and Sandy Railroad Com- pany , passed . February 27 , 1870 . Passed February 28 , 1871 . Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : 1. Section two of the act of the Legislature of West Virginia , passed February 27 ...
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ACT to amend aforesaid amended and re-enacted amount Annual appointed assessed auditor board of education board of supervisors bonds booms capital stock certificate CHAPTER Charleston circuit court city of Wheeling clerk code of West commissioners common seal construct corporate limits corporators named council councilmen Creek day of January deem divided into shares duties eighteen hundred election enacted entitled five shares Greenbrier river hereby authorized hundred dollars impleaded Jefferson county Kanawha Kanawha county lands Legislature of West levy Lewis county Martinsburg mayor oath Ohio river paid pany Parkersburg Passed February 28 payment penalties persons powers prescribed president purpose qualified Railroad Company real estate recorder road school district seal sell sergeant sheriff stockholders subscription the sum taxes Taylor county term of office thence therein thereof thousand dollars timber tion tolls town township treasurer trustees turnpike vote voters West Virginia Wetzel county Wirt county Wood county
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Page 205 - ... shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
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Page 277 - That a committee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the...
Page 278 - All elections shall be by ballot; and every white* male** citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, or upwards, who has been a resident of the State for one...
Page 95 - The male citizens of the State shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside; but no person who is a minor, or of unsound mind, or a pauper, or who is under conviction of treason, felony, or bribery in an election, or who has not been a resident of the State for one year, and of the county in which he offers to vote, for sixty days next preceding such offer, shall be permitted to vote while such disability continues...
Page 68 - Any person who shall be injured in person, property, means of support, or otherwise by any intoxicated person, or by reason of the intoxication of any person, whether resulting in his death or not.
Page 175 - If a marine store dealer cuts up or unlays any cable or other article without complying with the provisions of this section he shall be liable to a fine for the first offence not exceeding twenty pounds, and for every subsequent offence not exceeding fifty pounds.
Page 141 - If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of...
Page 145 - ... 5. The former owner of any such land, shall be entitled to receive the excess of the sum for which the land may be sold over the taxes charged and chargeable thereon, or which, if the land had not been forfeited, would have been charged or chargeable thereon, since the formation of this State, with interest at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, and the costs of the proceedings, if his claim...
Page 33 - Its council, by this chapter or by any future act of the legislature of this state, the council shall have power to make and pass all needful orders, by-laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, not contrary to the constitution and laws of this state; and to prescribe, Impose and enact reasonable fines, penalties and Imprisonments...