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The corporate limits and boundaries of the Town of Winfield , Putnam County, West Virginia, shall be as follows: beginning at the mouth of Ferry Branch, thence up said branch to a point at present, the upper back corner of the late Judge J.W. Hoge's garden; thence along the back line of said garden as now located, and leaving the same in a direct line to a point where said line would be intersected by a continuance of the lower boundary line of the property of J. T. Bowyer; thence in a direct line and with Bowyer's said boundary line to the Kanawha River, and thence up said river to the place of its beginning.
The Mayor, Recorder, and Councilmen of said Town and their successors in office shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of the Town of Winfield, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, purchase and hold real estate necessary to enable them the better to discharge their duties, and needful for the good order, government, and welfare of said Town. All the corporate powers of said corporation shall be exercised by said Council or under their authority, except where otherwise provided.
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