ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA CASE NO.: 25-C-79

ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MORGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA CASE NO.: 25-C-79 Town of Paw Paw, Petitioner, v. HOWARD HAMILTON, and THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF FRED W. HAMILTON, Respondent. THE OBJECT OF THIS SUIT IS TO OBTAIN A TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT EASEMENT over the former lands of Fred W. Hamilton, Potomac Street Lot, Paw Paw, West Virginia. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO FRED W. HAMILTON and the UNKNOWN HEIRS of FRED W. HAMILTON. It appearing that the Petitioner has used due diligence to ascertain the residence or whereabouts of the said Fred W. Hamilton, or his heirs at law, but have been unable to do so, and the Petitioner having represented that it has no knowledge of his last known mailing address, it is hereby ORDERED that FRED W. HAMILTON, and HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW serve upon Tammy M. McWilliams, Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is 24 Nationwide Lane, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia 25411, a response, including any related defense you may have, to the Petition filed in this action on or before the expiration of thirty (30) days after this publication. If you fail to do so, thereafter judgment, upon proper hearing and trial, may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. A copy of said Petition is filed in the Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, 77 Fairfax Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. A hearing in this matter has been set for the 27th day of October, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at the Morgan County Courthouse, 77 Fairfax Street, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Said hearing may be reset without further notice or publication. Melanie Shambaugh Clerk Stephanie Munday Deputy Clerk 9-24-1tm