fifteen minutes west, and the same course continued for a total distance of one thousand one hundred and thirteen feet to the corporation line of West Fairmont; and thence with the lines of said West Fairmont corporation south forty-nine degrees west, three hundred and thirteen feet; thence north seventynine degrees fifty minutes west, two hundred and sixty-five feet to a corner of lands formerly owned by W. R. White; thence north forty-two degrees forty minutes west, one thousand one hundred and five a hickory on a ridge south of the pike and above Locust avenue school-house; thence north seven degrees fifteen minutes west, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five feet to a stake on a point in the field; thence north eighty-one degrees ten minutes east, two thousand five hundred and eighty-five feet to a large white oak on a ridge in William Ridgely's field; thence leaving the lines of the West Fairmont corporation and running north fifty-three degrees east, two thousand four hundred and thirteen feet to a stake, corner to the lands of C. B. Carney and F. C. Fisher; thence north eighty-five degrees thirty minutes east, one thousand three hundred feet to a post, corner to the Arnett addition to the town of Fairmont; thence north sixty-six degrees east, one thousand three hundred and forty-one feet to a stake in William Gaskill's field; thence south twenty-six degrees thirty-five minutes east, running with the eastern line of Woodlawn cemetery and the same course continued for a total distance of three thousand three hundred and seventy-five feet to the said Monongahela river; thence the same course (south twenty-six degrees thirty-five minutes east.) continued, crossing the river to the east side thereof; thence the same course (south twenty-six degrees thirty-five minutes east,) continued (from said point on the east side of said river) one thousand six hundred feet to a stake in Mary Morrow's field and north of the Morgantown and Bridgeport turnpike road; thence south thirty-three degrees west, crossing said turnpike road and to drain in lands of R. E. Harr; thence south with the meanders of said drain to Havmond street; thence with said street to Walnut street; thence with and including said street to Clav street; thence with and including said street to Strodes coal mine; thence with the meanders of the Wards. -first ward. -second ward. drain of said mine to the Monongahela river; thence 2. The territory of said city shall consist of five wards, and such division shall be as follows: The First ward shall include all the territory lying within said corporate limits on the east side of the said Monongahela river. The Second ward shall include all that territory within the said city, beginning at the suspension bridge crossing the Monongahela river, and ing north with the middle of Madison street to Jackson street, west with the middle of Jackson street to Jefferson street, north with the middle of Jefferson street to the corporation line, thence in an easterly direction with said corporation line to the Monongahela river, thence up the same to the place of beginning. The Third ward shall include all that territory -third ward. within said city lying north of the Monongahela river and between Second ward on the east and the Fifth ward on the west. -fourth ward. -fifth ward. -power to change and how. The Fourth ward shall include all that territory lying west of Coal run, and south of Tom Black's run, and heretofore known as the South Side or new addition to the town of Fairmont. And the Fifth ward shall include all that territory lving within said city heretofore known as the the town of West Fairmont. But the city council may during the year next succeeding any census that may be taken by order of wards when the city council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, so change the boundaries of said wards as to make the population of said wards more nearly equal; and may in the same manner increase the number of wards in said city: provided, the number of wards shall not at any time exceed nine. -proviso. Who entitled to vote. -who not to vote. 7. Every male person residing in said city shall be entitled to vote for all officers elected under this act; but no person who is a minor or of unsound mind, or pauper, or is under conviction of treason, felony or bribery in an election or has not been a resident of this State for one year, and the city of Fairmont for six months and of the ward in which he offers to vote for thirty days, next preceding such order, shall be permitted to vote at any election under this act while such disability continues. what. -liquor 24. Whenever anything for which a State license Licenses; for is required is to be done within said city, the council may require a city license therefor, and may impose a tax thereon for the use of the city; and whenever said city license is granted by the council for the license. sale of brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, wines, porter, ale or beer, or any other spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or drinks of like nature, the county court shall grant a State license for the sale thereof within the corporate limits of said city. The council shall require from every person so licensed, a bond with good security, to be approved by the council, in penalty of at least three thousand five hundred dollars, payable to said city, by its corporate name, conditioned as prescribed in section twenty-two of chapter thirty-two of the code of West Virginia, and may revoke such license at any time the condition of said of license. bond be broken, upon ten days' previous notice to the person holding the same. -bond. -revocation -suits on And suits may be prosecuted and maintained on such bonds as prescribed in said section of said chap- bonds. ter, by the same person in the same manner and to the same extent as upon the bonds mentioned in said section, and all the provisions of said sections in relation to the bonds therein mentioned shall be applicable to the bonds required by section thirty-three of chapter forty-seven of the code of West Virginia. -license The council may require from any person so licens- bonds, gened a bond bond with approved security, payable to said erally. city in such penalty and with such conditions as it may think proper, and may revoke such license at any time, if the conditions of the bond be broken; and the council shall have the authority to subject any person or persons, who, without having paid the taxes imposed by the said council for the privilege, shall doing busishall—doing do any act or follow any employment or business in paying license said city upon which the council are or shall be then. authorized to impose a tax, to any fine or imprisonment which they are or may be authorized to impose or inflict for the enforcement of their ordinances. ness without tax; what gantown powers. (House Bill No. 5.) CHAPTER 144. AN ACT to create the municipal corporatiion of "The City of Morgantown" in the county of Monongalia, to grant a charter thereto, and to annul the charter of the town of Morgantown, the town of South Morgantown, the town of Greenmont, and the town of Seneca. [Passed January 24, 1901. In effect from passage. Approved January 30, 1901.] Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia : The City of Morgantown, 1. That the inhabitants of that portion of MononCity of Mor- galia county in the State of West Virginia, included. incorporated; in the boundary described in section two of this act corporate be and they are hereby made a municipal corporation by the name of "The City of Morgantown," by which name they shall have perpetual sucession and a common seal, and by which name they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and purchase, otherwise purchase, otherwise acquire, and hold real estate and personal property needed in the discharge of the functions of government conferred by this charter. New cor Boundaries. 2. The corporate boundaries of the said city shall porate lines. be as follows, that is to say: Beginning at Target Rock, a large rock in the Monongahela river below Morgantown, said Target Rock being nearest the right bank of said river, thence north fifty-six degrees east, two hundred and three and eight-tenth poles to a locust on the northeast side of the Collins' ferry road, opposite to the entrance to a lane leading to Oliver H. Dille's farm house; thence south sixty-one degrees and fifteen minutes east, two hundred, fifty-three and seven-tenth poles to a post on the southeast side of the Stewartstown road, opposite the intersection of a lane leading to the Hoffman farm house, and the intersection of the old and thence south new Stewartstown roads; thence south fifty-eight de- Wards. and on Wards, how 3. The territory included in the said city shall, from time to time, be divided into wards by the com- created. mon council thereof. The wards shall be as nearly equal as may be in area and population, and when the wards and the boundaries thereof shall shall have been once established by an ordinance of the common council, the wards shall thereafter be entitled to elect an equal number of councilmen; but until such estab- -wards lishment of wards by an ordinance of the common established. council, the wards shall be as follows, and shall be entitled to elect the number of councilmen provided for in the twelfth section of this act: The first ward shall include the territory within the corporate limits of the town of South Morgantown, together with all additional territory included in the city limits under this act lying south of the Kingwood pike. The second ward shall include all the territory with-. -first ward. -second ward. |