The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-26

Adjourned until two o'clock T. NJ.
/ 1t was ordered that an order be issued
to the Treasurer of the county, amount
ing to $3.50, being the amount paid
by him to the State Treasury, for school
! fund.
The petition of H. Hervey, for ale and
beer license, was granted.
The bill of Patton g. English, for
lightning rods on the Court House and
Jail, amounting to $3.50, was ordered
to be paid.
The bill of T. B. McCord, County Sur
yeyor, amounting to sl5, was ordered to
be paid.
The bill of E. A. Hildreth, amounting
to SIS, was ordered TO be paid.
The bill Of John Ritz, amounting 10
sl5.25, was ordered to be paid.
The bill of J. ". Morgan, Assessor of
County District No. 2, amounting to
$500, was ordered to be paid.
The bills of the Franklin Fire In
surance Company and the National In
surance Company, amounting 10 81
each, were ordered to be paid.
| The bill of Smith Mcdonald, amount
ing to 50, was ordered TO be paid.
The bill of John Dolan, amounting
TO $50, was ordered to be paid.
The bill Of W. B. Simpson, for cleo
ton expenses, amounting TO $50, was
ordered to be paid.
The bill of a. +. Garden, amounting
to 1905, was ordered to be paid.
The report of A. T. Garden, Surveyor
of Roads, was accepted and filed: and
Mr.. Garden was requested to collect
moneys in his district for road tax
Abatement from A. Shamrock: of ex-
penditures on the Wheeling an Fair
mont turnpike, amounting TO S632.S7,
from April % to July 25, was read and,
on melton, a special committee was APP
pointed and examined the statement of
Mr.. Shamrock, and report the correct
ness of his statement. The Chair APP
pointed Messrs. Mcdonald, Jacobs. and
Hobbs on said committee.
Ii was ordered that H. S. Thornberg
be paid 81 for services as Surveyor OF
Roads.
Mr.. Hobbs offered the following reso-
luton: . i-
Resolred, That a committee be APP
pointed TO confer with like commit
tee of the Board of Supervisors of Mar
shall county on the subject OF perma-
nently repairing the Wheeling and
Fairmont turnpike road, and recon-
mend a suitable person for General Su-
perintendent of the Road.
On motion of Mr.. Alex. Jacobs, it was
ordered that the committee on Roads be
required to have printed schedule of
the legal rates of toll posted at the toll
house of the Wheeling. Bethany and
West Liberty Turnpike Company.
1t was ordered that all persons passing
through the toll gate on said road be
compelled to pay toll according TO such
rates, and that no exemptions from pay
ing toll on said road will hereafter be
allowed, under any pretext whatever,
1t was ordered that Mr.. l. B. Kelly,
Superintendent of said road, make out
and present his report in reference to
the condition and FRANCES of said road,
without fail, at the next meeting
of the Board of Supervisors, and that a
copy of this order be served npon the
said Kelly.
1t was ordered that all persons who
are indebted to the Wheeling, West
Liberty and Bethany Turnpike Com
pany, for toll, be notified Immediately
by the Superintendent of their indebt-
ness, and if the same is not paid within
ten days after said notification, suit
will be entered against them, aud that
COPY of this order be served on L. b..
Kelly.
On motion of Mr.. A. NJ. Jacob it was
ordered that the Committee on Roads
view that part of the lands of A. }. Will
son, and report at the next meeting OF
the Board.
1t was ordered that the Committee on
Roads meet similar committee on the
part of the Board of Supervisors of
Brooke county, to view the bridge at
the mouth of Short creek, and report.
Mr.. Hobbs offered the following res.
olutions, which were adopted:
Resolred, That the Treasurer of this
county be required 10 open and keep q
book of record of all levies made by
this Board. aud the moneys so collected
shall be used especially for the liquida
ton of said claims. ...
ResoIred, That the Surveyors of Roads
be and are hereby required TO keep all
bridges in good order, protected, as lar
as practicable, by the use of paint, &c,
from the action of the weather, to pre-
vent them from decay.
On motion of Mr.. S. S. Jacob, the
the vote by which the resolution of the
last meeting relating to the appropria-
ton of money for the Wheeling, Beth
any and West Liberty turnpike, was re-
considered.
Mr.. S. S. Jacob then offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolred, That two thousand dollars
be appropriated to put in good condi.
ton that portion Of the Wheeling and
West Liberty pike, from Clinton TO the
Brooke county line, and that toll-gste
be established IT Clinton or Weidman's
mill; provided, the citizens or stock
holders raise $500 in addition 10 this
amount between Clinton and the
Brooke county line.
The special committee on the Fulton
street road (Mr. A. n. Jacob, Chair
man } reported the said road across the
Peninsula to be practicable and desirs-
BILE, but recommend that no action be
taken in the matter at present.
On motion of Mr.. A. NJ. Jacob, ii was