Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-17
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w-,.,,nIesDAY MORNING. MAY il. lss4.
City Council.
~ meeting a Council was held d
LAST NIGHTS PROCEEDINGS.

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Mar meeting Ct Council was held last night
ans calling Of the roll, his Honor, the Mayor,
A i,.s. following members Were presents: Messrs
$50 p,dey, coen, Echols, Rotbs. Goodrich, Hui
Baf, ,'.. Knox, Morrison, Tanner, Eilson. Whar.
,o.,nd Young. -. i ~ .s,.. =. =, +
-. ordinance afixing taxes on oltlnanries, wa.
:, approved AMI signed.
rev, 49,. ~. Thsrp aud Sweeney hpneafeJl. III
a. Honor, the Mayor, nnnounced5his appoint.
AMI. ~ GA several committees. which were dpproy,
rbs role taken on last Thursday in relation Ia
..s.eup,ion to the capital stockof the Hemniield
o.ilm,i Company votes for. a nd IS agaiiiist
=. s,bsctptiOn--was reported, received anaiilea.
Mr. Fitzhugh was heard in relation to the glad
;,,ofthe alley between The First Presbyterian
rnte6 AMI. the Linsley Institute, and, ON motion
IMr. For! es. ordered that the City Surveyor re-
3, uniform grade for said alley-aftom. Market
s,et TO Fourth street. e..a
saadry petitions for ordinaries were presented.
The Attorney for the city was heard in relation
.lbs decision of the Judge of the circuit Court
.the mandamus case. He made review of the
<siOu and considered that in some points f5the
i Immediately in question, The decision might
4tlly be contested, but concluded by saying that.
an The whole, the views which he had present
Jus former meeting of Council in relation 10
sRlegal proceedings were fully sustained blythe
,sse's decision. The Council had The nndo1bt
to refuse license, not TO prohibit ord,naries
edher places at which liquor is sold, bnt in re-
sing license the instructions of the law must be
,.apled with, and when. The applicants comply
Iih the requisitions of the law. Council cannot
aally refuse 10 grant license. -as,1 fssi=-
Mr. Echols moved that the Attorney for,the CITY
l. instructed 10 take an appeal from the decision
81 lie Circuit Court-carried. s,lss
On notion, The last ordinance fixing the taxes on,
|Olinsries was reconsilered. and the rate fixed as
follows: On all ordinaries whose rental value is
es,lLan 5000. tax of 800; on al othels, l24ptr
cent increase on each additional 5000.
All the applications presented for ordinaties
wete rejected. They were from the following
Campbell, Peter HUH, Geo
busch, c. Weltey, Charles Hflderbrand, Jacob
Herkel, VIM. F. Clark, F. Morandl, Valentine
SrObel, Thos. Dolon, Vincent yesce, Leitner &
DeCA' oeO' y" EzSA"1at' AAoDShl IIOHSnelu, JOS.
Wm. Klinkler, Fred Mast, Ridei
l,jOr, Joseph Steck. Jacob Kallenberger, John
3l,ck, TN. Pemberton. SLouis Abling. Patrick
Kelly Stamm & RoGb, DR.. w. Carr, Louis Franz.
elm, John Fitzgerald. James Matters, A. Nj. |
IOrnish.
The committee on Landings recommeniedsthel
rlding Of The lOwerpaft of the wharf. and thar
IL deposits there in future. conform 10 the grade.
I'D that the paving of the wharf be repaired
liOpted. ~ fr.5
An ordinance amending the ordinance in rela-
ion 10 tie duties of the City surveyor, Tread and
used. .a.ilf3 rs sSSI
7. NJ. Pemberton was .granred license for.
tOuse of private entertainment. :
Report of the Committee on Fire Department.
accepted.
Report of The Street Commissioner accepted and
200 appropriated for his use.s. fslo lgsg
Accounts ordered 10 be paid: of James Triisier.
Joseph Greer, John Bennett lin part) watSrworks,
los. PellIty, Hugh q. TempIeton, sdadry clean
erol streets. Jos. Lazy, John Il. downs,
PErriOxs.-of Isaac sopenheinl granted; Mr..
Ensinger granted, L. Huesman refused; S. c. Ba-
lei L Co.. laid on the liable; p. Beck and others
Istelred; Geo. Bulger. laid on the table; L.. D.
Watand others referred; C.zP. Brown, granted;
Young Ladies of The Seminary Cor improvement
of The sheet leading TO the Seminary referred.
Auelioueer license granted VIM. Hall and G. E.
( C. L. Wickham. eat
Adjourned.