History of Woodford County . rd of supervisors at Meta-niora, and make an offer of $30,000 for the removal of thecounty seat to that place. The matter was submitted to thevote of the people, and the canvass indicated that 1,901 voteshad been cast for the removal and 1861 against removal. Acommittee, composed of D. P. Kenyon, chairman; AndrewCress, R. L. Sidwell, John Darst and Abraham Fulton, wasappointed by the chairman of the board of supervisors toinvestigate the matter of the removal. The committee re-ported that there had been 3,812 votes cast. Of this number,1,901 votes were for removal
History of Woodford County . rd of supervisors at Meta-niora, and make an offer of $30,000 for the removal of thecounty seat to that place. The matter was submitted to thevote of the people, and the canvass indicated that 1,901 voteshad been cast for the removal and 1861 against removal. Acommittee, composed of D. P. Kenyon, chairman; AndrewCress, R. L. Sidwell, John Darst and Abraham Fulton, wasappointed by the chairman of the board of supervisors toinvestigate the matter of the removal. The committee re-ported that there had been 3,812 votes cast. Of this number,1,901 votes were for removal to ElPaso, leaving a balanceof 1,911 against removal. They advised that the matter besubmitted to the court, and as a result the seat of justice re-mained at Metamora. 108 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COlXTY. May 3rd, 1809, Eureka and Metamora contested for thehonor, but Eureka failed to develop its expected strength,the vote standing as follows: For removal to Eureka, 904,against removal to Eureka, ).). Eureka and ElPaso, at (Mil. ?—? 00 < O < Eh H O H Eh S3 oo the time their first contests were held, each had railroads,while Metamora had none. This argument was used exten-sively but failed to bring the people to see that a changewas In 1873 a sharp contest took place between Roanoke andMetamora. The petition was circulated asking for a submis- THE COUNTY SEAT. 109 sion of the matter to a vote and the necessary number ofsignatures was obtained. The vote was taken November 11,1873, and resulted in 1,665 votes being cast for removal and1,628 against it. It will be seen that Roanoke had a clearmajority of 37 votes. Metamora at once contested. It de-volved upon attorneys for that place to prove that the num-ber of votes cast for removal was not a majority of the votesof the county. After the submission of the evidence, thecourt decided that Roanoke bad failed to get the requirednumber and the court house remained at Metamora. Underthe law as it exists the matter may not
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