|
|
|
|
|
FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
|
787
|
|
|
the name of the Commissioners of Clarksburg, and by that
|
|
|
|
name may sue and be sued, and have and use a common
|
|
|
|
seal.
|
|
|
|
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the corporate limits of
|
|
|
|
Clarksburg shall be as follows : Beginning at the mouth of
|
Limits.
|
|
|
the road leading from Clarksburg to Damascus, running
|
|
|
|
with said road one hundred and sixty paces ; to a corner
|
|
|
|
then through the lands of C. R. Murphy and J. H. Gibson,
|
|
|
|
to the northern corner of the M. E. Cemetery ; then between
|
|
|
|
the cemetery and J. H. Gibson to the Browningsville road,
|
|
|
|
crossing said road to the land of the heirs of W. G. Dronen-
|
|
|
|
berg in a straight line through said land to the northeast
|
|
|
|
corner of the property of W. W. Lewis ; then on the divid-
|
|
|
|
ing line between W. W. Lewis and the heirs of the late W.
|
|
|
|
L. Hurley to the national road ; then diagonally across said
|
|
|
|
road to the land of M. T. Lewis ; from thence in a straight
|
|
|
|
line to the southwest corner between M. T. Lewis and
|
|
|
|
Leonidas Wilson ; then on the line between M. T. Lewis
|
|
|
|
and Leouidas Wilson ; then on the line between Hilton and
|
|
|
|
Kemp and Leonidas Wilson to the land of J. H. Gibson to
|
|
|
|
the land of Leonidas Wilson in a straight line to the Clarks-
|
|
|
|
burg and Boyd's station road across said road into the land
|
|
|
|
of Mrs. Mary A. Miles to the southwest corner of Rachel
|
|
|
|
Snowden's lot; then in the line between Mrs. Mary A.
|
|
|
|
Miles and Rachel Snowden's to the land of J. E. Deets ;
|
|
|
|
then across the land of J. E. Deets in a parallel line with the
|
|
|
|
national road to the dividing line between J. E. Deets and
|
|
|
|
G. W. Hilton, then thirty paces into the fields of G. W.
|
|
|
|
Hilton to a corner, then in a straight line in a northeast
|
|
|
|
direction across the national road to the beginning.
|
|
|
|
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the male citizens of
|
|
|
|
Clarksburg of the age of twenty -one years and upwards,
|
Commis-
sioners.
|
|
|
who have resided in said town for six months next preced-
|
|
|
|
ing the election shall on the first Monday in May annu-
|
|
|
|
ally, elect three freeholders, who have resided in said town
|
|
|
|
for six months next preceding said election, as Commis-
|
|
|
|
sioners of Clarksburg to serve for one year, or uutil their
|
|
|
|
successors shall be elected and qualified. They shall receive
|
|
|
|
no pay for their services.
|
|
|
|
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the three commissioners
|
|
|
|
shall at their first meeting after an election elect one of
|
President.
|
|
|
their number to be president of the board, and all vacancies
|
|
|
|
in the board of commissioners shall be filled by election
|
|
|
|
held after ten days' notice given by the remaining commis-
|
|
|
|
sioners.
|
|
|
|
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That they shall meet in said
|
|
|
|
town on or before the first Monday in June succeeding their
|
Meetings.
|
|
|
election, and from time no time as occasion may require.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|