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1862

West Viriginia General Assembly

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Title: Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861, at the City of Wheeling

Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office. These acts were passed to set up West Virginia as a state. Pages 3-91 contain the various acts with descriptive summaries printed in smaller font in the margin next to the pertinent text. Each act is marked as a chapter and the book contains 89 of them with numbered sections describing the various parts of each act. Pages 93-98 contain 13 numbered joint resolutions. Pages 99-101 consist of a table for the various times and places of the circuit courts. Pages 103-111 contain an index. Original covers.

GLC08670

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