possession of the same, on the execution by him of a bond in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, to be approved by the committee this day appointed by the meeting of depositors. 2nd – That we accept all the recommendations made by said meeting of depositors, and in pursuance of their recommendation hereby appoint A. Moore, Jr. as the receiver named in the first resolution, and accept the committee of conference appointed by the meeting of depositors. 3rd – That the President of the Bank of Berryville be and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver to said A. Moore, Jr., receiver, a deed transferring all the books, papers, property, chores and assets of said Bank to said A. Moore, Jr., receiver; and in the event of the said president refusing to execute and deliver said deed to said receiver upon the execution by him of said bond, then J. T. Griffith is authorized and empowered on the part of the stockholders to execute and deliver said deed. There was no other business transacted that day. Mr. Moore, the duly recognized receiver, had received the deed by January 24, 1878 conveying to him the assets of the bank, together with the unexpired lease on the building. Mr. Moore called on the president of the bank for the purpose of obtaining the keys to the bank. Major Moore refused to surrender the keys, which forced Mr. Moore to take possession of the bank by entering through a window. Mr. Moore explained to the Clarke Courier that his drastic actions were prompted by his responsibility to the shareholders to act more promptly than he would have done had he awaited the result of a legal proceeding to obtain possession of the keys. He stated that he was the only person entitled to occupy the building and that it was his privilege to do so in any manner he desired. While it would have been more convenient for him to have entered by the door had he had the keys, as they were withheld from him he adopted the next easiest mode for him to affect an entrance. A motion to dissolve the injunction against Mr. Moore, granted by Clarke County Judge Page, was argued once again by Judge Turner, Circuit Court Judge, in Front Royal, Virginia. At the conclusion of the argument, Judge Turner granted the petition for dissolution. Mr. Moore, as he was working in the bank building, was stopped from further progress by another injunction, this one granted by Judge Sherrard of Winchester, Virginia. This newest case was scheduled for argument on January 31, 1878. The legal wrangling eventually subsided and Mr. Moore informed those holding claims against the Bank of Berryville (through a notice in the local paper) to call on him at his office and they would be paid the amount due them on the first dividend made. A dividend of 6¢ on the dollar was paid to the depositors by order of the advisory committee of the receiver. Finally, on May 9, 1878, the financial position of the Bank of Berryville was publicly disclosed in the Clarke Courier: