Boone. Wayne. Cabell. First term in Fayette. Mercer. Wyoming. McDowell. First term in Twelfth Circuit:-For the county of Boone on the sixth day of March, June and September: for the county of Wayne on the twentysecond day of March, July and November; for the county of Logan on the tenth day of April, July and October; for the county of Lincoln on the twenty-second day of April, June and October; and for the county of Cabell on the fourth day of May, August and November; provided, that the first term of said courts for each of the counties of Logan, Boone and Wayne in the present year shall be held at the times now prescribed by law, and that no court be held in the county of Logan in the month of April next. Thirteenth Circuit :-For the county of Fayette on the twentieth day of February, May and August; for the county of Mercer on the eighth day of March, June and September; for the county of Wyoming on the twenty-fifth day of March, June and September; for the county of McDowell on the second day of April, July and October; and for the county of Raleigh on the twentieth day of April, July and October; provided, that the first term of said court for the county of Fayette in the present year shall be held at the time now prescribed by law. New boundaries ty. CHAPTER 56.-An ACT amending the act establishing the county of Lincoln, passed February 23, 1867. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: 1. The first section of the act passed February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An Act establishing the county of Lincoln out of parts of the counties of Cabell, Putnam, Kanawha and Boone," is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: "1. So much of the counties of Cabell, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne of Lincoln coun- and Logan as are included within the following boundary lines, to wit: Beginning at the Putnam county line, where it crosses Harvey's creek, and running thence to the mouth of Fall creek on Guyandotte river; but so varied on reaching the top of the ridge next to said river as to include the farm on which Jerome Sheldon now resides, in Lincoln county, thence south forty degrees west to the Wayne county line on the top of the main dividing ridge between the waters of Guyandotte and Twelve Pole rivers; thence with the Wayne county line to the head of Four mile creek, above the farm of Alexander Watson; thence a straight line to the Logan county line where said line crosses the right hand fork of Twelve Pole river; thence a straight line to the top of the main dividing ridge between the waters of Guyandotte river and Big Ugly creek, above said creek; at the head of the creek next below Big creek in Logan county; thence with said ridge to the Boone county line, and with said line to the corner of Wall's farm; thence a Lincoln county. straight line to the head of Horse creek; thence along the dividing Boundaries of ridge between the right and left hand forks of Horse creek to the forks thereof, and to run so as to include the Washington Hill farm in the said county of Lincoln; thence down Horse creek to Little Coal river, but to run so as to leave the lands of Austin Griffith, William Price and Tunstil Price and the lands adjoining those of said Tunstil Price conveyed by him to his heirs, and the farm formerly owned by George Hill, now deceased, near the mouth of Big Horse creek, in the county of Boone; thence down Little Coal river to Big Coal river, but to run so as to leave the river farm of Allen M. Smith, in Kanawha county, thence down Big Coal river to the mouth of Island creek; thence due west to the Kanawha county line on the main dividing ridge between the waters of Mud river and those of Coal river, thence with said ridge to the Putnam county line, and with the same to the place of beginning, shall form one distinct and new county, which shall be called the county of Lincoln." 2. So much of the territory heretofore embraced within the said county of Lincoln, by virtue of the act creating said county recited in the preceding section, and of the act passed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An Act changing the boundary lines of the county of Lincoln," as is not contained within the boundary lines specified in the preceding section, is hereby attached to and made part of the county of Cabell. All that portion of said territory now comprised within the township of Sheridan in the county of Lincoln, shall be attached to and included in the township of McComas in the said county of Cabell; and all the residue of said territory shall be attached to and included in the township of Grant, in said county. Former territory embraced in said of Lincoln not boundaries at tached to Cabell. Territory transWayne and Logan included in ferred from Sheridan town ship. ferred from into Jefferson township. 3. All that portion of the counties of Wayne and Logan comprised within the boundary lines specified in the first section, shall be attached to and included in the township of Sheridan, in the said county of Lincoln, and Christopher Cites is hereby appointed supervisor of said township until his successor is elected and qualified according to law. All that portion of said territory now forming a part of the township Territory transof Mud in the county of Boone, shall comprise a separate township Boone formed in the county of Lincoln, to be called the township of Jefferson, and Lafayette Adkins is hereby appointed supervisor of said township until his successor is elected and qualified according to law. And all Territory transthat part of said territory taken from the county of Kanawha shall comprise a separate township in the county of Lincoln, to be called the township of Washington, and the present supervisor of the township of Washington, in the county of Kanawha, being a resident of that part of said township hereby included in the county of Lincoln, he is hereby appointed supervisor of the said township of Washington in the county of Lincoln until his successor is elected and qualified according to law. Vacancies existing or happening for any cause in any township office in the said county of Lincoln, shall be filled by ferred from Kanawha formed township. into Washington Vacancies in township offices; how filled. Collection of taxes heretofore assessed. Lincoln county divided into two assessors' districts.. Assessors appointed. Reassessment of lands of Yelverton and others, trustees. Collection of taxes on said lands. County seat, legalized and named. Act repealed. the board of supervisors of the said county and the persons appointed by them shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified according to law. 4. All state, county and township taxes heretofore assessed and made upon persons and property within any territory transferred by this act from one county to another, and now collectable by law, shall and may be collected and accounted for in the same manner and by the same officers as if this act had not been passed. 5. The said county of Lincoln is divided into two assessors' districts, as follows: The townships of Sheridan, Union and Jefferson shall constitute the first, and the townships of Carroll, Duval and Washington shall constitute the second district. Robertson Spurlock is hereby appointed assessor of the first district, and Jacob W. May is appointed assessor of the second district, and each of said assessors shall remain in office until his successor is elected and qualified according to law. 6. It shall be the duty of each of the said assessors to re-assess any lands conveyed by deed to one Yelverton and others, trustees, heretofore assessed and charged with taxes upon the land books of the said county of Lincoln, in any township within his assessment district, and to charge the same with the proper amount of state, county and township taxes and levies for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, upon the assessment so made by by him, and the said taxes and levies for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, so far as they have not been paid, shall be collected and accounted for at the same time and in the same manner as the taxes and levies of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 7. The county seat of the said county of Lincoln, as established by the board of supervisors of the said county, on the lands conveyed to said county for that purpose by Charles Lattin and others, is hereby legalized and made the permanent county seat of the said county, and shall so remain, and the same shall be called and known by the name of "Hamlin." 8. The act passed July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, entitled "An act providing for a change of the boundary lines of certain counties," is hereby repealed. CHAPTER 57.-An ACT relating to the settlement of Fiduciary Accounts. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : Any fiduciary who, since the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, has omitted to exhibit his accounts before a Jowed fiducieries tled within one commissioner for settlement, and who shall do so within one year Compensation alafter the passage of this act, and cause such accounts to be settled if accounts setaccording to law, may be allowed the compensation for his services prescribed by law. year after pas sage of this act. CHAPTER 58.-An ACT to legalize the sale of certain church property in the town of Shepherdstown. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: The sale and conveyance made in eighteen hundred and sixty- Sale and conveyance legalized. seven by the trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Shep⚫herdstown, in the county of Jefferson, of their parsonage property, is hereby legalized and made valid. CHAPTER 59.-An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, in Clay township, Ritchie county, to sell and convey their church property. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ance authorized. The trustees of the Presbyterian Church, in Clay township, Ritchie Sale and conveycounty, are hereby authorized to sell and convey their church property, situated on the lands of William McGregor, in said county. CHAPTER 60.—An ACT changing the time of holding the Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: The terms of the circuit courts of the several counties composing Terms of courts the seventh judicial circuit shall hereafter commence as follows: in For the county of Pocahontas, on the first day of April, June and Pocahontas. October; For the county of Greenbrier, on the twelfth day of April, June Greenbrier. and October; For the county of Nicholas, on the first day of May, July and Nicholas. November; and For the county of Monroe, on the fifteenth day of May, September Monroe. and November. Part of Buckeye fork declared CHAPTER 61.-An ACT declaring a portion of Middle Island creek, in Doddridge county, a public highway. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That so much of Buckeye fork of Middle Island creek, in Doddpublic highway. ridge county, as lies between the mouth of Long run and the mouth of Indian fork, be and the same is hereby declared a public highway. Part between clared public highway, but CHAPTER 62.-An ACT declaring Meat House fork of Middle Island creek, in Doddridge county, a public highway. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: The Meat House fork of Middle Island creek, in Doddridge county, Big Dry fork de- is hereby declared a public highway between the mouth of Lick run and the mouth of Big Dry fork; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed so as to authorize or permit the injury or destruction of any mill-dam or water-gap now built on said stream. dams not to be injured. Board authorized to levy tax to repay bounty taxes to Nuzum. Town licenses. Tax thereon. CHAPTER 63.-An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Harrison county to refund certain taxes to Abraham D. Nuzum. Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: The board of supervisors of Harrison county are hereby authorized, in the manner prescribed by law, to levy and collect a tax on the property of said county sufficient to refund to Abraham D. Nuzum, of said county, the taxes collected from him in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, for bounty purposes. CHAPTER 64.-An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Passed February 26, 1869. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: 1. That the charter of the town of Weston, in Lewis county, is so amended as to read as follows: "1. Whenever any business or occupation is conducted in said town, for which a state license is required, the council of said town may require a town license to be had for doing the same thing; and may impose a tax thereon for the use of the said town, but not of greater amount than is imposed by the state for like purpose. And the council may in any case require from the person or persons so licensed, |