The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-31
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

CouuIy mos on OoeuiuoJ d" eN ~
sion.
Curtis, Davis, Harrison, Miller, Roberts,
Salisbury, Waterhonse and Zoeckler.
The Board was called to order by the
President. Because Of the illness OF
John c. Porter, clerk Of the Board, 1t
became necessary to elect clerk pro
TEN.
Mr.. Roberts nominated Mr. Rodgers.
Mr.. Curtis nominated A. Caldwell.
A ballot being, ordered, Mr.. Caldwell
received four votes and Mr.. Rodgers
three votes. Mr.. Caldwell having re.
ceivsd majority of all the votes cast,
was declared clerk pro tenn.
Mr.. Caldwell took the official oath
and entered on the duties Of his office.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
The proposals to furnish medical at
tendance to prisoners were, on motion
of Mr.. Clator, opened. The bid of DR..
Reeves, to furnish medical attendance
and medicine for the ensuing year for
the'sum of so, being the lowest, the con.
tract was awarded to him.
w. G.. Dickman was released from his
bond relative to girl bound to him.
The report Of w. w Miller, Superin.
tendent of the Bethany turnpike, was
received and filed, and the following or
der adopted:
Ordered, That the superintendent of
tue first division of the Wheeling, West
Liberty and Bethany turnpike is here
by empowered to discontinue the tolls
on said road from the foot of Camp
bells hill to the village Of Clinton, for
such length of time as he may deem it
advisable.
A committee to examine the above
named road being suggested by the su-
perintendent, Messrs. Miller, Curtis,
Waterhouse, Davis and Harrison were
appointed.
Mr.. Waterhouse moved that the same
committee examine and report on the
Wheeling and Fairnont turnpike to the
county line.
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the
Board Of Supervisors that William In
glebright and Louis Inglebright have
been enormously assessed on the sum of
$4,430 on real estate, the Martinsville
ferry landing, it was therefore
Ordered, That they be and are hereby
released from the payment of tax as.
sessed upon the said sum.
A petition was received from the
West Virginia Insurance Company in
regard to reduction of taxes and re-
fcrred to committee on Finance and
Accounts.
A petition was received from j. Kull
in regard to reduction of taxes and re-.
ferred to committee on Finance and
Accounts with power TO act.
A petition was received from Thomas
Pollack and others asking that GER
tain portion Of the bank of tho Ohio
river, on Wheeling Island, be made a
lawful fence, was referred to Prosecut-
ing Attorney for his opinion.
The following report of the condition
of the Ohio county Poor House was
made by John Zoeckler and Daniel
Murry, visiting committee t, the Poor
House:
Tho east room of the Poor House, oc-
cupied by females, contains six beds: on
the same side up stairs is room occu-
pied by males, and containing seven
beds. Two rooms on the west side are
occupied by males aud together contain
fourteen beds. The rooms in the out
buildings occupied partly by males and
partly by females contain together ten
beds. One of these rooms, only ten feet
square, contains three beds.
The plastering of the ceiling Of the
kitchen is in bad condition, much of
it having fallen down. The roofs of
the wash house and kitchen are also in
o bad state and do not suffice to keep
the rain off.
The Poor House contains thirty-five
persons, thirty-two of whom are adults
and three children.
We found the house kept clean by the
steward, and 30 far as he was concerned,
in good order.
Our impression gathered from our
investigation is that tho said Poor
House is insufficient to contain properly
as great q number Of inmates as are in
it at present.
The committee reported that they
found ten patients in the hospital, six
women and four men, ono of the women
being colorsd. Their diseases consist
of paralysis, infamatory rheumatism,
tumor, sore eyes, cancer, consumption,
60. The colored woman is suffering
from compound fracture of the right
arm.
The report was received aud ordered
to be placed on file.
In the matter of the proposed river
road from Jonathan's Gut to the mouth
of Short Creek, changing the location
of said road, the following was adopted {:
Ordered, That the following notices
be served; Upon William Lippincott
and wife, Hugh X. Nichols, James O.
Nichols for himself and as guardian of
the infant heirs Of George w. Nichols
and Isaac Colts, trustee, to wit: to show
cause why that portion of the river road
leading from Jonathan's Gut to the
mouth of Short Greek should not be
changed from the present location so as
10 start at or near stake east of the
school house on the division line be-
tween the lands Of the Wheeling Iron
and Nail Company and the lands of the
heirs Of Hugh Nichols, deceased, and
through said lands to stake on or near
the division line between the lands of
Walter Marshall and the lands of the
said heirs of Hugh Nichols aforesaid,
which is more particularly described in
the plot of said proposed change of
road accompanying the report Of the
Commissioner review of the same, and
that q hearing of the above named case
will bahad at the next meeting of the
Board Of Supervisors.
The following order passed:
Ordered, That q committee of three
be appointed, first, to ascertain if the
road usually known as Cruger's lane be
county road, and if 80. then, secondly,
to enquire ints the expediency and pro-
priety of changing the location of said
road to the one running nearly parallel
with said lane, laid down on the plat
prepared by James Gilehristr Esq., and
sounding which are the several parcels
Of groand Surprising that part of the
Sheppard estate recently sold by Com
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