The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-11

BOARD OF 5CPRRVIRoRSs-A special
meeting of the Board Of Supervisors
was held yesterday afternoon. Pres
ent-Messrs. Miller, President. A. 81.
Jacob, S. s. Jacob, Mcdonald, Howell,
Hobbs and Salisbury.
A number of bids for the construction
Of building on the Court House lot
for sherif's Office were laid before the
Board and examined. The lowest bid
was found cousId erably larger than the
sum appropriated $4,000, and the mat
ter was ind efnitely postponed.
Mr., Salisbury moTed the appoint
| r,ent of = committee of three to confer
witb the Board Of Education Of Rich
land township, with view of deter
mining whether q vacancy exists in the
membership of that Board. Commit
tee: s. S. Jacobs, a. II. Jacobs, and
James Robinson.
A petition from a Committee of the
Y. II. C. A., on street preaching, Pris-
ons and relief was pres ented, setting
forth that they found several Iunstics
in the county jail who had been con
fined there for months, and asking to
have those "Ehose cases are truly sad
and unfortunaie'' removed to some
asylum where they may have such care
as their condition requires. Laid on
the table.
a petition of 7. B. McCord, County
Surveyor, Hsg presented, praying an
order for the books belonging to the
County Surveyor, nov in possession of
James GIc-ist, formerly City Survey
or, Mr. GiIchr;st declining TO deliver
them to the County Surveyor without
an order. Granted.
a petition of Peck d Hubbard, to be
paid $50 attorneys fees tor defending
suit OF Aaron Kelley rs. John C. HuPPY
Supervisor, and Robert Hamilton, In
spec;or OF Elections, who were sued for
refusing 10 allow said Kelley to vote
without taking the test cath, was con-
sidered and it was ordered that the
Clerk OF the Board certify the account
at SD to the State Auditor for payment,
a bill Of Alexander II. Courtney, S.,
for costs of holding an inquest on the
body OF John King, and bill Of John
". Schultz, IS, for holding an Inquest
on the body of Ludwick Fetty, were
respectively referred 10 the Finance
COMMITTEES.
The bill of J. ". Morgan, Assessor Of
Country District, for 500 salary for
1865, was presented and ordered to be
paid, with certain deductions.
a certificate Of the State Treasurer
that I. Updegrsf, County Treasurer,
had paid into the State Treasury Ss5
fines was presented and the amount
ordered TO be paid to the Treasurer.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
B. Hammer. for holding an inquest
on the body of Ann Keaths, S..
DR.. Jas. E. Reeves, for services be-
fore Justice Hammer on the body of
Ann Keaths, $.
a. II. Jacobs, for tearing up floor OF
Steenrod's bridge, $ CO.
p. B. Woods. expenses incurred for
Court House, 50 81.
S. F. Fsris, for county Jail, SlOO 81
John Ritz, for work done on county
Fte s Hsgsus d Hall, for advertis-
ing, Sl3 50.
a report Of Peter Dslaplain and Lem
uei BECK, Onni5&lOnerS apPOIuIEu Oy
the Board to view a road running from
Weidman's mill dam through the land
of Josiah Atkinson and others to West
Liberty, reported the road OF no Gener-
al benefit to the community, and re-
commended that il be vacated. Tabled.
A. NJ. Jacob offered a resolution ap-
propriatipg s625 to repair the steenrod
Bridge, provided an additional amount
equal to ope-third that sum be SUBJ
scribed by individuals TO the same OBJ
ject, the appropriation to be paid when
the private subscriptions shall be actu-
ally. paid to the person appointed to
superinteud the work. Adopted.
Mr.. Hobbs moved that commission
ers be appointed to view certain lots
belonging to ". ". Miller, with view
of purchasing them for the extension of
Coal street from Caldwell's Run to the
South Wheeling line. Adopted. Com
missioners. r. ". Hazlett, John Han
Ian and Henry HEWITT.
Adjourned.