The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-24
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
"WEDNESDAY, Nov. %, 1870.

real, approFeu anu 'ishe'e
The special committee on the Edging-
ton lane road, to whom petition in re-
lation thereto was referred, reported in
favor of increasing the width Of the
same TO thirty-three feet and appropria-
ting $500 therefor, provided said petit
TONERS do the work and turn the road
over to the county in good order, which
was read. So 80
The special object ofth meeting, the
contest made by Bernard A. Galligan
against Samuel B. McColloch, contest
ing McColloch's election 10 the Office of
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ohio coun-
ty, was stated by the President. Mr..
Galligan appeared by his attorneys,
George LETTERS and George o. Daven-
port, Esqs.
Mr.. Galligan objects to the count
ing ..of the returns from Madison and
West Liberty townships, because the
polls were closed to allow the Supervis-
ors and Inspectors OF Election to 60 to
dinner, thereby depriving citizens of the
right of suffrage. To establish this, de.
positions were read from j. II. Tappen,
registrar, LOUIS Woodmansee, inspector
of elections, George Roberts, supervisor
and William H. Waddell, clerk, all of
Madison township, and w. B. Curtis,
supervisor, Daniel Maxwell, clerk, VIM.
Steel, clerk, P. Whitman, inspector,
and Byers T. Yates, inspector all of
Liberty township.
The testimony established the fact
that in Madison township the polls
were opened before s o'clock in the
morning and were closed at noon to
permit the officers of the election to 60
to dinner, and that in Liberty township
the polls were opened about 8 o'clock
and kept open until noon, when the
officers all went to dinner except Yates,
who was left in charge OF the box, and
who took it from its place near the
window to the teachers desk, in the
school house where the election was
held, and placed book over the aper-
ture through which the ballots were
thrust instead of sealing it. lie then
left the room, in which were a large
number OF persons, and went out, leav-
ing the box unmatched and unguarded,
and was gone some three or four min
utes. The polls were regularly closed
at noon and no one was permitted to
vote.
Pending the appearance OF witness
the Board adjourned until afternoon.
After dinner the Board assembled
and allowed bills Of A. 6. Davis, Sal !;
Hughes, Thompson & Hibberd, 1924. 80;
John Zoeckler, $3.50 Wheeling Om-
nibus Company, SIG; William 5. Det-
wiler, SD. 50; Beno Hammer, SAB. 10 :;
P. Smith, $3.50; Chrisman a Debold,
$l3.
The following resolution was adop-
ted:
Resolved, That the President be au-
thorized to contract for fencing material
for the Poor Farm, to be delivered from
time to time, as the agent, B. Stanley,
may order.
Bills of P. L. Kimberly for coal fur
nished the jail, SIS. l6, and bill of Kim
berly d. Co., $3402, were referred to the
committee on Finance and Accounts,
with power to act.
Bills of Maxwell & Tingle, Sl50.03,
were ordered to be paid
The bond offered by j. Brown being
without acknowledgment, it was re-
turned to him to have it prepared &C
cording to law.
Nj. Harrison offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolced, That the Justices of the
county be authorized to use the room OF
the Board of Supervisors for the pur-
pose of holding meetings.
The report Of the Committee on the
Edgington lane road was received and
filed.
Mr.. Curtis offered the following:
Resolved, That there be condemned
enough land to widen the road known
as the Edgington lane road, so as to
make said road thirty feet wide. 81
On motion the resolution was referred
back to the special committee on the
Edgington lane road for report.
The contested election case coming
mp again, the deposition Of James
Hobbs, one Of the inspectors OF the late
election, at Richie township, was read;
He denies that polls were closed from the
time deepening at s o'clock in the morn
ing until shutdown, nor was the ballot
box removed from its position during
the day. The window was closed for a
few moments at noon TO allow the
officers to get a luncheon, though all
who offered to vote could get their bal
lots in. The officers Of the election
were all in the room and in sight of the
ballot box all the time The contestant
here offered the registration lists OF
Liberty and Madison townships and
rested his case
Mr.. Caldwell moved.that the testimony
of which we have given brief abstract
above, be not considered as being ire
valent to the case. The motion was
overruled
The dispositions for >. Is. McCulloch
were then read. They were made by
NJ. V. Burrows, Inspector; Allen G.
Davis, Supervisor; and w. B. Kelley,
OF Triadelphia, in regard to the late
election in that township.
The testimony showed that the cleo
ton in Triadelphia was very loosely
conducted. W. B. Kelley says that
Allen G. Davis took tickets from the
box and scratched his own name from
the tickets and put the mback. Mr.. Davis
stated that he took out six or seven
tickets containing his name as candi-
date for constable and scratched them
off
Stephen Waterhouse, Superior, W.
H. Hail. w. C. Handlan, inspector, and
Charles Ellsworth, Of Richie township,
were read. They show that the win
dow at the polls was closed while the