The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-09


on Water Works, and the Street Com
missioner to the committee on Streets
and Alleys, was adopted.
A resolution directing the City Ser
geant to have the north wall of the
City Building repaired at cost not ex-
cceding $40 was adopted.
On motion the Council adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
The regular monthly meeting of this
Branch Of Council was held at their
chamber last night. His Honor Mayor
Mcclellan being absent, en- motion Mr..
Blair took the chair. The Chair an
nounced tho death of John c. Porter,
Clerk of this Branch, and on motion of
Mr.. Simpson, Alfred Caldwell was APP
pointed temporarily.
Present-Messrs. Blair, Baer, gilbert
son, Hall, Harrison, Launder, Quarter,
Rinehart, Schambra, Simpson, Stone,
Sweeney.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed.
Mr.. Sweeney offered the following res
olutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased an all wise
Providence to remove by death John G.
Porter, Clerk of First Branch of Council
since its organization; therefore,
Resolred, That in the loss Of Mr.. Por-
ter we are deprived of the services Of
an efficient and worthy officer, with
whom our intercourse has at all times
been pleasant, and whose discharge of
his duties has always been done in q
courteous and satisfactory manner.
ReSolred, That we deeply sympathize
with his relatives and friends in their
irreparable loss.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this Branch
and o copy be furnished to his family.
Resolred, That the Council, as mark
of respect to the late John G. Porter,
shall assemble at the City Building at
100 o'clock p. M. on Thursday, the l0th
inst, and proceed in body to his
funeral.
Mr.. Stone offered the following reso-
luton:
RESOLVED, That SO much of the report
of the committee on Salaries as refers
to the commissions to be paid for col
Letting assessments and water rents be
referred to q special committee of five,
two from the First Branch and three
from she Second, said committee to be
selected from the committees on Salaries
and Finance.
After some debate the resolution was
withdrawn.
Mr. Sweeney, chairman of committee
on Salaries, recommended the following
amounts be paid the city officers for the
ensuing year:
City Treasurer, $500; Clerk Second
Ward market, $500; Street Commission.
er, $1,000; City Clerk, $500; Sexton of
city cemeteries, $500; City Sergeant,
$500; Superintendent of Water Works,
$4,000; Assessor of water rents, $50;
Overseer of chain gang, 81 so per day
when actually employees; Assessor of
real and personal property, $500; Keep
er of lookup, sos per menth; Health
Officer, $500; Collector of water rents, 4
per cent; Collector of assessments, A
per cent.
Mr.. Quarter offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on Or
dnances be authorized to prepare an
ordinance consolidating the clerk and
curator of the Market House, and the
collector of water rents and assess
ments, in conformity with the recon-
incubation of the committee on Salaries,
and report at next meeting of Council.
Mr.. Blair offered the followiug:
WHEREAS, The Council of last year
had under consideration the subject of
extending the water from the water
works of the city to the Seventh Ward,
and
WHEREAS, The committee on Water
Works was directed by Council to en-
ploy competent engineer to make a
survey of the different routes proposed,
which was made and placed in the hands
of said committee short time before
the expiration of the old Council, there.
fore be it
ReSolred, That the committee on
Water Works be directed to report said
survey to Council, with o recommends
ton as to the best route to carry tie
water pipe across the river, size of pipe,
to what point in the Seventh Ward, and
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extension. Adopted.
Mr.. Sweeney offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the Legislature of
West Virginia be memerialized by the
Mayor and President of the Second
Branch to pass such act or acts amend.
ing the charter of the city of Wheeling,
whereby the city shall have the power
to enforce its lien upon real estate re-
turned delinquent for the non-psyment
of taxes assessed thereon by the sale
thereof. Adopted.
The report of the special committee
appointed to see what legislation was
required, if any, to amend the charter of
the city of Wheeling was received from
the Second Branch, with their amend
ments on the committees report.
Mr.. Stone moved to amend the second
section by striking out the words zone
thousand dollars" and inserting "four
hundred dollars worth of real or taxa
BILE personal property"
Mr.. Baer moved to lay the resolution
OIL the table, and called for the yeas
and nays, which resulted as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Harrison, Baer, Laun-
der and Rinehart.
Nays essrs. Culbertsos, Hall,
Quarter, Simpson, Schambra, Sweeney,
Stone and Blair.
The motion to lay on the table was
rejected.
The ayes and nays were then called
on the adoption. as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Blair, Culbertson, Hall
Simpson, Schambra, Sweeney and Stone,