mark such lines as they may designate. He shall make and return to the said commissioners two fair outline maps or plats of his county, on which the external boundaries thereof and the division lines of the townships therein, shall be plainly delineated and each township designated by a name to be chosen by a majority of the acting commissioners, together with two written descriptions of the specific boundaries of each.

4. For their services under this act, the acting commissioners shall be allowed the sum of one dollar and a half each, and the surveyor two dollars, for every day during which they are respectively engaged in the performance of the duties hereby prescribed, including the time necessarily employed by the surveyor in making the required maps or plats and descriptions. The claims of the commissioners and surveyor shall be audited by the board of supervisors of their county and paid from the county treasury.

5. The commissioners for each county shall forward a report of their proceedings under this act, including an estimate of the white population of each township according to the United States census of eighteen hundred and sixty, and a statement of the whole cost incurred, together with one of the said maps or plats and descriptions, to the secretary of the state, who shall deposit the same among the archives thereof. They shall also deposit with the recorder of their county, to be by him carefully preserved, a duplicate of their estimate and statement, and also the other map or plat and description. 6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

SCHEDULE.

COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF

Barbour-David Zinn, Henry Martin, Johnson Ward, Jesse Teter, and Enoch Sears.

Boone-Adam Toney, William Workman, Alfred A. Hagar, and Allen Vannatter.

Braxton-Charles S. Hall, James W. Morrison, James J. McCoy, Jacob Shaver, and Elmore Frame.

Brooke-Adam Kuhn, John Atkinson, George Hooker,.and Robert M. Wells.

Cabell-Morris Blake, Capt. John Smith, Greenville Harrison, Jeremiah Witcher, and Solomon Midkiff.

Calhoun-James Bar, Thomas Jarvis, Morgan Marks, and G. W. ́ Blackshire.

Clay-Samuel E. Hier, Madison Stephenson, Campbell Wood, and James Walker, Sr.

Doddridge Jacob Yeater, George W. Snider, Joseph Summers, and Noah James.

Fayette William Cassady, John Kinkaid, Joseph Kuhn, and Allen Huddleson.

Gilmer-James Cather, J. W. Stout, and Thomas M. Brannan. Greenbrier...John M. Copeland, Joel McFerson, David Creigh, Thomas Henning, Jr., George Henry, Thomas Bell, Matthew Arbuckle, and James Dolan.

Hancock James W. Brown, Joseph W. Allison, B. J. Smith, and Jonathan Allison.

Hampshire-0. D. Downey, Wright Welton, Carlton S. Jones, James H. Trout, Thomas R. Carskadon, Wm. S. Purget, Frederick Hoffman, Samuel Pancost, and Peter Arnold (of Joseph.)

Hardy-Samuel Babb, Aaron Baker, Chas. Scott, Sanford Y. Simmons, A. Dolly, and Ferdinand Lewis.

Harrison-Luther Haymond, S. M. Ogden, Sidney Haymond, John W. Boggess, and Jacob Highland.

Jackson-George L. Kennedy, John Johnson, Robert R. Riley, Abram Slaughter, and George Click.

Kanawha-George Belcher, J. T. Reynolds, John Atkinson, Hiram Holston, Andrew Cunningham, David Shirkey, and John L. Cole. Lewis-Jesse Woofter, Esais Fetty, John S. Anderson, and Mansfield McWhorter.

Logan-Thomas Buchanan, Samuel Varner, Hiram Mullins, Tolbert Godbey, and Squire Ellis.

Marion-Win. N. Hall, Samuel Higinbotham, John Meredith, Benjamin Fleming, Aaron, Youst, Wm. Fox, and David Cunningham. Marshall-John Winters, Jeremiah Jones, Wm. McFarland, Sr., Alex. Kemple, G. W. Evans, Wm. Stewart, John Burley, and John Alley.

Mason-J. P. B. R. Smith, Thos. Ball, Benj. Day, Apollo Stevens, and David George.

McDowell-James P. Mitchell, Samuel Lambert, and Jno. Charles. Mercer-George Evans, Wallace J. Comer, Hiram Sarver, Anderson Belcher, and Geo. W. Crook.

Monongalia-William Price, Reuben Finnell, James T. McClaskey, Thomas Tarleton, Philemon L. Rice, Jesse Mercer, and Jesse J. Fitch.

Monroe-Grandison D. Landcraft, F. F. Neel, Alexander Humphreys, Wm. Scott, Samuel Clark, Geo. Carpenter, and Andrew Prentice.

Morgan-Jacob Cann, Thomas Tritapoo, Christian Courtney, and Daniel Unger.

Nicholas-John R. McCutchen, Geo. A. Stephenson, Thomas Drennen, Anthony McClung, and Alex. Groves.

Ohio--Samuel Irwin, Matthew B. Reed, Joseph Waddle, Samuel McCulloch, T. J. Stewart, John D. Maxwell, George W. Sights, and James Bodley.

Pendleton-E. C. Harper, Michael Mallow, Jr., S. Day, Simeon Harmon, Jonathan Hizer, and Reuben Vance.

Pleasants-James Williamson, R. S. Triplet, and Joseph Hubbs. Pocahontas-D. M. Burgis, William R. Moore, J. N. Pray, Morgan Anderson, David M. Burgis, John Sharp, Sr., and John N. Pray. Preston-Harrison Hagans, Solomon Miller, George M. Michael, James H. Shaver, Peter M. Hartley, William H. Grimes, Joseph G. Baker, and William H. Brown.

Putnam--Irwin McCoy, John Bowyer, Joseph Hutton, A. N. Curry, and William Hanshaw.

Raleigh Meredith Wells, James Webb, and A. J. Hull.

Randolph-J. K. Scott, William Bennett, W. M. Phares, Harmon Snider, Jeremiah C. Lanham, and William Piercy.

Ritchie-W. H. Douglass, A. J. Wilson, J. H. Prince, and Jacob Hatfield.

Roane-John Hively, H. D. Chapman, Matthew Geary, and Jas.

Riddle.

Taylor-Nelson Gray, John J. Allen, and John Haymond.

Tucker, David Wheeler, Enoch Minear, and Daniel Adams.

Tyler-J. M. Smith, James Covalt, William B. Kern, and David Underwood.

Upshur-James Kesling, C. S, Haynes, O. B. Loudin, and John J.

Burr.

Wayne-John Adams, Wm. Bartrum, Jesse Parsley, John Bloss, and George Atkins.

Wetzel-James G. West, Jacob Fluharty, Robert Leep, Sr., Wells Kinney, Matthew Kearney, and Josiah Boyers.

Webster-W. G. Hamrick, William Gregory, and I. H. Griffin. Wirt-Lewis Woodyard, Charles W. Fisher, Abijah Hawley, and John P. Hall.

Wood-H. P. Dils, A. L. Beckwith, G. S. Henry, John Hannaman, Sr., and Henderson Deems.

Wyoming-Mitchell Cook, Henry Ellis, and Charles Stewart.

CHAP. 28.-An ACT concerning the Bond of the Surveyor of Lands.

Passed July 31, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

1. Every surveyor of lands shall give bond, to be approved by the circuit court of the county, or the judge thereof in vacation, in such penalty, not less than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars, as the said court or judge shall deem sufficient. But all sur veyors now elected shall be allowed one hundred and twenty days after the passage of this act in which to execute such bond.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 29.-An ACT in relation to Orders of Publication.
Passed August 1, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. Section eleven of chapter one hundred and seventy of the Code of Virginia shall be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:--11. Every order of publication shall state briefly the object of the suit, and, require the defendants against whom it is entered, or the unknown parties, to appear within one month after due publication thereof and do what is necessary to protect their interests. It shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in such newspa

per as the court may prescribe, or if none be so prescribed, as the clerk may direct, and shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse of the county wherein the court is held on the first Monday after it is entered."

2. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. 30.-An ACT to authorize the Heirs of David Albright to establish a Ferry across Cheat River.

Passed August 3, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. It shall be lawful for the heirs of David Albright, deceased, their heirs and assigns, to establish and keep a ferry from their lands at or near the town of Albright, in Preston county, across Cheat River to some convenient point on the opposite shore, where a former ferry, known as "Snider's ferry," crossed said river, and immediately below the site of the recent wire suspension bridge, known as the "Cheat River Toll Bridge," until the first meeting of the board of supervisors of the said county. And said board of supervisors shall at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, (if any other person or persons shall have title to said ferry landings, or either of them,) award such damages as they may deem just to such adverse claimants, for the use and occupancy of said real estate for the period said Albright's heirs may have used the same for said ferry.

2. The rates for transportation across said river at said ferry shall be as follows, to-wit:

For every person on foot, five cents.

For every horse and rider, ten cents.

For every wagon and one horse and driver, twenty cents.

For every wagon and two horses and driver, twenty-five cents.

And for each additional horse attached thereto, five cents.

For every buggy-wagon and one horse, twenty cents.

For every buggy or pleasure carriage and two horses, twenty-five cents. For every score of sheep or hogs, ten cents.

For every head of cattle, one and a half cents.

3. This Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

CHAP. 31.-An ACT relating to the Public Printing,

Passed August 4, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. All the officers of the state at the seat of government, authorized to have printing done or blanks furnished at the expense of the state, are hereby required to have the same done or furnished by the public printer, unless the same shall have been previously authorized by the governor to be done elsewhere.~

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2. No money shall be paid out of the public treasury for printing done elsewhere than by the public printer, unless the same shali have been previously authorized by the governor as aforesaid.

3. For good cause, the governor may authorize the public printing to be done elsewhere than by the public printer, the reasons for which shall be given to the Legislature at its next session.

4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the provisions contained in the sixteenth section of chapter fifteen of the Code of Virginia, second edition.

5. The first, second and fourth sections of chapter twenty of the Code of Virgiaia, second edition, are hereby repealed.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 32.-An ACT conferring on the Governor, Auditor. Treasurer and Secretary of the State, the powers and duties of the Board of Public Works.

Passed August 3, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

1. The same powers and duties which by the laws of the state of Virginia in force on the nineteenth day of June last were vested in and required of the governor, auditor, and treasurer of that state as a board of public works, are hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the governor, auditor, treasurer, and secretary of this state.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 33.-An ACT making Appropriations.

Passed August 5, 1863.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

1. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes herein specified. the following sums, viz:

To the payment of outstanding claims for expenses in carrying into effect the ordinances of the late constitutional convention and the schedule annexed to the original constitution, including expenses of all elections held under and by virtue of the said ordinances and schedule, two thousand and twenty-eight dollars and forty-eight cents. On account of the civil contingent fund, five thousand dollars. To salaries of officers of civil government, four thousand dollars. To expenses of the judiciary, iucluding salaries of judges, mileage, &c., five thousand dollars.

To contingent expenses of the courts of the state, two thousand dollars.

To

pay of clerks in executive offices, two thousand dollars. To expenses of lunatics, three thousand dollars.

To expenses of convicts, two thousand dollars.