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Court house and jail built

In 1919, the local Protestant Episcopal Church was formed, led by M. W. G. Muhlenburg, rector; James Dwala, senior warden; E. Z. B. Jones, junior warden; W. A. Williams, treasurer; W. B. Gray, secretary; and E. D. W. Shannon, vestryman.

In 1920, the legislature allocated $200 for the local Court House and Jail House. It also granted to the Compagnie des Cables Sud Americains, the rights to construct and operate an aerial line of telegraphic communication between Grand Cape Mount and Blieron in the French Ivory Coast to be completed by July 31, 1921 and operated for 35 years.

The legislature set the penalty for violating the city charter at between $50 and $500.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1919, p. 9; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1920, pp. 6-7; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1920, pp. 23-24; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1924-25, p. 5.