Act authorizing the incorporation of companies to establish lumber businesses with booms and dams on rivers

The West Virginia Legislature passed an act authorizing the incorporation of companies to establish lumber businesses with booms and dams on rivers or creeks in the following counties: Gilmer County; Greenbrier County; Summers County; Raleigh County; Fayette County; Mineral County; Pocahontas County; Pleasants County; Nicholas County; Webster County; Lewis County; Wetzel County; Jackson County; Wyoming County; Tucker County; Preston County; McDowell County; Randolph County; Barbour County; Mercer County; Logan County; Calhoun County; Braxton County; Cabell Counby; Boone County; Upshur County; Monroe County; Wood County; Ritchie County; and Kanawha County, except the Elk River and its tributaries in the county. Both houses passed the act over the veto of the governor.

Preston County

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