The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-06
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The bills of E. G. LETTERS, amounting
to S5957, and William Hamilton,
amounting to s1lO.15, for groceries fur
nished to the Pest House, were ordered
to be paid.
Two bills of DR.. B. W. Allen, one for
s72.50 and the. other 1929, for attending
to patients Suffering from smallpox,
were ordered to be paid.
The official bond of Albert II. Lady,
late constable of Webster tewnehip,
was laid on the table.
The petition of Rachael Shaw, pray
ing that she be paid for the use of her
property as pest house, at the rental
value of S22 per month; that being the
amount she received before it was used
for such purpose. The prayer of the
petitioner was granted. r.
The report of the Board of Appeals,
appointed at the last meeting, to inves-
tigate the applications for reduction OF
assessments on property, was received
and their recommendati-n for the re-
ductiOn of assessments on property IN
different parts of the city adopted.
The Board were unable to come to
any definite conclusion on the valuation
of the Mcclure House. Mr.. Mcclure be-
ing present, he was called upon to make
statement, which he did {; after max
ing the statement, the Board reduced
the valuation from S47 900 to $4,000.
The report of the committee on FL
nance was read, with the following
statement, they having examined the
accounts of the County Treasurer and
found them correct:
The school fund.- showing
the amount received by
the Treasurer Slgl ~
Amount paid in orders. s55 so
Amount deposited with the
State Treasurer. LOG 90
sl9l so
Amount of county money received. .s64,241 4s
Amount paid in orders. 64,Ss9 50
Balance due the Treasurer. s445 IL
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The petition of N. Wilkinson, for cor
rection of erroneous assessment was
granted.
The petition of N. Richardson, Esq,
asking that land holders on the Haney-
town road be summoned before this
Board, was granted.
William Nicol, asking that correction
be made in case of double assessment
on him. The necessary correction was
ordered to be made.
The bills of James H. Saddler, for $41,
and Joseph King, for 500, for acting as
guard around the Pest House, were or
+dered to be paid.
Bill of Henry Ramp, for coal, amount
ing to Sl3.75, was ordered to be paid.
The Board ordered the clerk to fill an
order to the amount of 5000, for the
county's part of the contract for the
completion of the bridge at Roney's
Point, Hempfeld railroad.
G. w. Roberts, asking correction for
erroneous assessment. Ordered the ne
cessary correction be made.
The Board took a recess until two
o'clock p NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board was called to order by the
President, Mr.. Salisbury, and the fol-
lowing gentlemen answered to their
names: Messrs. Salisbury, President,
Holiday, Roberts, Simpson, Davis, Will
son, Mcdonald and Booking.
The petition of Lewis Lunsford was
presented, asking that he be refunded
taxes to the amount of $50 90, which
has been enormously assessed upon his
stock in the Merchants National Bank
and the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge
Company,
On motion of Mr. Booking, the petit
ton was referred to the committee on
Finance.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolred, That there be paid to Israel
Updegratf S973,20 on account of his
commission as Treasurer on S64 ,SS0.l0
expended at II per cent, to January /,
1869.
Bill of George Roberts for painting,
&c, amounting to $40, was ordered to
be paid.
The petition of J. NJ. Ball, asking to
transfer his coffee house license to Ed
Christmar, was granted.
Bill of S. S. Faris, amounting to
1862. 40, for jailor's fees, was ordered to
be paid.
Bill of Alex. Poole, for guarding the
Pest House, amounting to $40, was laid
over.
The petition of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank was referred to committee
on Finance.
Mr.. Salisbury offered his resignation
as Supervisor of Centre township, which
was accepted.
Mr.. Mcdonald offered his resignation
as Supervisor of Washington township,
which was, on motion of Mr.. Booking,
laid on the table.
III the case of Robert Trimble, ask
ing that the costs in the case of estab-
fishing a road from Middle Wheeling
Creek to Haneytown be issued against
the Commissioners of said road instead
of him, was argued by Mr.. Richardson,
advocating Mr., Trimble's claim, and
opposed by Mr.. Clark for the Commits
sioners. On motion the subject was