Claybrook v. . Commissioners

The provisions of the act to incorporate the Roanoke and Southern Railway Company (Laws 1887, ch. 87) which are applicable to our present inquiry are substantially as follows: Any town through or near which the said road may run may subscribe for and hold stock in said company, when authorized so to do by a majority of all the qualified voters of such town, under the provisions of the said act. Upon presentation of a petition, signed by at least twenty resident taxpayers of any town, to the board of commissioners (456) of any county in which said town is situated, requesting said…