Meetings.

Principal office.

dy, in the county of Wayne, the same time that is given by the charter for completing the other portions of the work within this state.

3. That the general meetings of the said company may be held at any station upon the line of the road, and meetings of the directory at such places as the by-laws may prescribe.

4. That upon the completion of the road, if the said company shall not deem it expedient to establish its principal office within this state, its place of business at or nearest Charleston, in the county of Kanawha, shall, for all purposes required by law, be deemed to be such principal office within this state. And, until such completion, all notices and legal Service of pro- process shall be sufficiently served upon the company if delivered in person to the president, vice president, or any director of the company, whether in this state or elsewhere.

cess.

Terms of courts in

Monongalia.

Taylor.

Tucker.

Preston.

Commencement

CHAPTER 4.-An ACT changing the time of holding the courts in the Third Judicial Circuit.

Passed February 1, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

1. The terms of the circuit courts of the several counties composing the third judicial circuit shall hereafter commence as follows:

For the county of Monongalia, on the first Tuesday of March, September, and December;

For the county of Taylor, on the fourth Tuesday of March and September, and third Tuesday of December;

For the county of Tucker, on the second Tuesday of April, August, and November;

For the county of Preston, on the third Tuesday of April, August, and November.

2. This act shall not take effect, as to the county of Taylor, of act as to Tay until the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy.

lor.

CHAPTER 5.-An ACT authorizing the Adjutant General to procure cases for the preservation of the war flags of the West Virginia Regiments.

Passed February 1, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

procure cases.

1. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to procure Authority to cases, with glass fronts, for the preservation of the war flags of the West Virginia Regiments.

2. The sum of fifty dollars, or so much thereof as is neces- $50 appropriated. sary for the purpose, is hereby appropriated out of any money

in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the same, and the adjutant general is hereby authorized to issue his warrant on the auditor for the said amount.

CHAPTER 6.-An ACT fixing the times of commencement of terms of the Circuit Courts in the Eighth Judicial Circuit.

Passed February 2, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. The terms of the circuit courts of the counties compos- Terms of court in ing the eighth judicial circuit shall hereafter commence as

follows:

For the county of Lewis, on the first day of March and Lewis. May, and the third day of November;

For the county of Upshur, on the seventeenth day of March, Upshur. May, and October;

For the county of Braxton, on the first day of April, June, Braxton. and September;

For the county of Clay, on the thirteenth day of April and Clay. June, and the fifteenth day of September;

For the county of Webster, on the twenty-second day of Webster. April and June, and the twenty-fourth day of September.

Townships authorized to subscribe.

Clinton.

Morgan.
Union.

Question of subscription to be submitted to voters.

CHAPTER 7.-An ACT to authorize certain townships in the county of Monongalia to subscribe to the capital stock of the Uniontown and West Virginia Railroad Company.

Psssed February 2, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. The townships on the east side of the Monongahela river, in the county of Monongalia, are hereby empowered and authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the Uniontown and West Virginia railroad company, (duly chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania,) the following sums respectively, to-wit: the township of Clinton, twenty thousand dollars; the township of Morgan, sixty thousand dollars; and the township of Union, thirty thousand dollars; in the manner and upon the conditions hereinafter named.

2. The question of making said subscriptions shall be submitted to the legal voters of said townships, at an election to be held on the third Saturday of March, eighteen hundred and seventy, at the usual places of voting in said townships, Notice of elec and conducted in the same manner, and by the same officers, as provided by law for general elections; of which election not less than twenty days' notice shall be given in one or more newspapers published in said county.

tions.

Poll books.

Ballots.

3. Poll-books shall be provided by the election officers, in which the names of those voting shall be registered. Ballots shall be prepared, on which the wish of the voter shall be expressed by the words, "for the subscription," or "against the Majority to de- subscription," as the case may be, and a majority of the votes cast shall determine the question of subscription; which majority, with the number of votes cast for and against subCertificate and scription, shall be certified to the board of supervisors of said county, who shall cause the same to be entered of record.

termine.

record of result.

Subscription, if ordered, to be

visor and clerk.

4. If at said election a majority of the votes cast in said made by super- townships or either of them, shall be for said subscription, then the said sum or sums shall be subscribed to the capital stock of said railroad company, on behalf of said township or townships, by the supervisor and clerk thereof; provided, however, that the amount so subscribed shall be expended by said company within said county.

Proviso.

Issue of town. ship bonds.

5. To provide for the payment of any subscription made under this act, the supervisor and clerk of each of the town

ships subscribing shall issue bonds, coupon or registered, under their official signatures and the seal of their township, payable within twenty years, and bearing not more than seven Rate of interest. per centum per annum interest, and said bonds shall be exempt from taxation by townships or incorporated towns or taxation. villages.

Exemption from

collection of

bonds

6. It shall be the duty of the supervisor and clerk of each Assessment and of the townships so subscribing, from time to time, to cause taxes 10 pay to be assessed and collected as other township taxes are assessed and collected, with like compensation and power to the officer collecting the same, taxes upon all property, real and personal, within their township, subject to taxation for state purposes, to an amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds within said time.

vote township

7. The voters of each township so subscribing shall elect Commissioner to at the regular township election one commissioner, who shall stock, give bond in a penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful and honest discharge of his duties, to be approved by the supervisor and clerk of his township, and said commissioner shall represent the stock of said railroad company owned by the township, at all official meetings of the stockholders of said company.

CHAPTER 8.-An ACT to prescribe the time of holding the
Courts in the First Judicial Circuit.

Passed February 2, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

in

The terms of the circuit court for the first judicial circuit, Terms of courts instead of the times now prescribed by law, shall be as follows:

For the county of Ohio, on the first Tuesday in March, Ohio. June, and November;

For the county of Hancock, on the second Tuesday in Hancock. April, September, and December;

For the county of Brooke, on the third Tuesday in April, Brooke. September, and December;

For the county of Marshall, on the first Tuesday in May, Marshall. October, and January.

$249.60 appropriated to refund certain taxes.

Auditor author

ized to issue warrant,

CHAPTER 9.-An ACT refunding certain taxes to the estate of Eli Heaton, deceased, late sheriff of Ritchie county.

Passed February 3, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. That the sum of two hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty cents is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to refund to the estate of Eli Heaton, deceased, late sheriff of Ritchie county, one hundred and fifty dollars state taxes, and fifty dollars state school taxes, the amount assessed against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company for the year eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, and paid by the said Heaton, sheriff, into the treasury of the state, and which were afterwards paid into the treasury by said company under its compromise with the state, and to pay the interest on said sum from December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

2. The auditor is hereby directed to issue his warrant on the treasury for the said amount, to Thomas E. Davis, administrator of the said estate.

Authority to order payment of claim.

CHAPTER 10.-An ACT authorizing the Supervisors of Harrison county to order a road claim paid to George W. Teter.

Passed February 3, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

The supervisors of Harrison county are hereby authorized to order the payment of a certain road claim to George W. Teter, if they think it expedient to do so.

Authority to sell.

CHAPTER 11.-An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Carroll township, Lincoln county, to sell and convey their church property.

Passed February 3, 1870.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church in Carroll township, Lincoln county, are hereby authorized to sell and convey their church property, situated on Mud river, near the town of Hamlin, in said county.