The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-03

| BOARD OF SUPERNlSOhS.-ln DOaru
of Supervisors of Ohio county met yes
terday in stated meeting.
Present-Messrs. Booking, Davis, Hol-
liday, Mcdonald, Porter, Roberts, Sails
bury, Wilson and Hobbs.
The Board proceeded to examine the
election returns. As We have already
published them it is deemed unnecessary
to reproduce them. A resolution de-
claring the persons receiving the high
est number of votes elected was adopt
cd.
A tie occurring in the Office of treas
urer of Clay township, between. Messrs.
Gibson Lamb and c. H. Berry, the Board
proceeded to ballot with the following
ing result On the first ballot Mr.. Lamb
received four votes and Mr.. Berry four
votes. No election. On the second
ballot Mr.. Lamb received four votes
and Mr.. Berry four votes. On the third
ballot Mr.. Lamb received five votes and
Mr.. Berry three votes.
Mr.. Lamb was thereupon declared
elected treasurer of Clay township.
The following bills were ordered paid:
E. Booking, Supervisor of Union town.
ship, S2l.60; J. L. Porter, Supervisor Of
Liberty township, $3.50; S. Mcdonald,
Supervisor of Washington township,
s1325; Allen Davis, $3.50; A. j. Will
son, S17.75; ]. Salisbury, $3.50; j. H.
Hobbs, SIS I; J. A. Holiday, Sl3 s.; Geo.
Roberts, $3.50; DR.. B. w. Allen, SLY;
Armstrong, Holiday & Co., S27.35.
The bill of Z. II. Burt was referred to
committee on Finance and Accounts.
This action was afterwards, on motion
Of Mr.. Hobbs, reconsidered, and the bill
ordered to be paid.
The bill of S. F. Faris, for boarding
prisoners, &C., was ordered to be paid.
The bill of Jas. Whitehair, for 20
days service as surveyor of roads, was
ordered to be paid.
The bill of Lewis Baker & Co., 1895,
was ordered to be paid.
On motion of Mr.. Mcdonald it was
Ordered, That when pauper is dis
charged from the poor house by an Over
seer. Supervisor or agent, the keeper of
the poor house shall not allow said
pauper to return without an order from
the person who discharged him, or the
President of the Board of Supervisors.
G. D. Bonar, Surveyor of Roads in
District No. II, Richland township, re-
ported that there had been thirty days
labor performed on the roads in his dis
trict during the year 1868, and that the
roads are in good order.
A petition was received from Bette
Clemens and others, asking for an alter
alton in the county road from the mon
ument up Big Wheeling Creek, and
viewers appointed,
A certificate of good character was
ordered tie be granted to Philip Kappa
port.
On motion it was
Ordered, That William North, William
Atkinson and G. d. Bonar be ap-
pointed to review that portion of the
Short Creek road heading from point
at its intersection of the Wheeling and
Bethany turnpike road, at Clinton, to
the forks of Short Creek, near Waddell's |
mill dam, and also that portion of said
road following the north branch of
said creek from said mill dam to
itr intersection with the said Wheel
ing and Bathany turnpike road at a
point near Weidman's mill, and also to |
review the main Short creek road lead
ing from said mill dam to the mouth of
said Short creek and report what alter
ations, if any, are necessary in the loca-
tiOn of said road, especially in regard to
the crossings OF SAID creek, and report
to this Board at its next meeting ac-
cording to law.
4 report was received from Daniel
Murray, in regard to discharges from
the Poor House, and ordered to be
placed on file.
c. Hauser, Oversecr of the Poor for
Clay township, reported the e1pendi-
ture of S23 for the quarter ending Octo-
Der 3lst.
Joseph Long, Overseer of the Poor for
Centre township, reported the expendi-
ture of $64.5O for the quarter ending
October 3lst.
The bills of William Clohan, Justice
of the Peace, for sl1.7O, were ordered to
be paid.
The bill of William Clohan, Justice
of the Peace, for $3.50, was referred to
the committee on Finance.
On motion, the Board adjourned.