West Virginia Code § 16-13-6

Publication and hearing upon ordinance
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After such ordinance shall have been adopted, an abstract of the ordinance, determined by
the governing body to contain sufficient information as to give notice of the contents of such
ordinance, together with the following described notice, shall be published as a Class II legal
advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this
code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the municipalitye. The notice shall
state that said ordinance has been adopted, and that the municipality contemplates the
issuance of the bonds described in the ordinance, and that any person irnterested may appear
before the governing body upon a certain date, which shall not be less than ten days
subsequent to the first date of publication of such abstract and notice which shall not be
prior to the last date of publication of such abstract and notice, and present protests. At such
hearing all objections and suggestions shall be heard and thte governing body shall take such
action as it shall deem proper in the premises: Provided, however, That if at such a hearing
written protest is filed by thirty percent or more of the owners of real estate situate in said
municipality, then the governing body of said municipality shall not take further action
unless four fifths of the qualified members of the said governing body assent thereto.

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