The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-27
CRY COUNCIL.


Mayor NeCIellan-
Ths 6uoWtng communicated trUn The
NSyor Was rad:
NAYOn's ogEICE, WUELuO,
January q, 1870.
N. Heusy dDaght, ON Ss1VaoS':
You ~ hereby required % nOtily theI
EolIoWfn0 psFNouS Who GppeAF 70 me tOI
nave besn elected % the 44th Inst, city
oBseEI- member q Council, DC, toC this
CIV "a rneet d The Council chamber q 2
oiciock. ?. n, On WedDeSd6y The SetA
- "a the purpose d organizing ne
Council. DC, and make dne return q THIS
summons
You viii RlBo summon memoeSS q ule
First Branch who hold over !oE The same
Tins and q the same place. (HsFe touCW
thg names Of the city o1ceES elected, me
member Of Flint and Second Branches Of
g iBiSB:Sdl slStrrf 'foct1t5.n,,
AZ the names Of tho member elect Of
he Second Branch WeEe called, they pre-
Sented themselves and took the oath pre-
Scfibcd, (MeBEt. Caldwell Of t6e an
Ward, 3. Hammer Of the 9Th, and Porter
Smith Of tho 6tkI, RGE0 not present
Nh. Simpson Nominated IT. Ttngle q
temnorarv chairman. He was chosen
Snd took tha chair. The President
announced that the next btslness In order
would 10 the election Of permanent PFesi'
ae ~. s,mD.,n p6,utsatrtSD t. GeotEe
Bald, and Mr.. J. G. Smith, A. J. Sweeney
A ballot was taken and resulted: Baird,
II; SWceney,7 q; Tlngls, !.
Mr.. Baird having received majority o.
votes present was declared elected Presi'
dent Tor the ensuing year.
Tho oath Of office was administered 70
the PreSIdCmt by Hb Honor, hd Mey9ra
Whereupon the latter In company With the
members Of the FiFst Branch, repaired TO
their chamber.
The following certificate Of election was
WHEREAs, II appears from certificates
Of election f6f city Officers and member
Of Council, held On the Path Jan. 1870,
the following gentlemen were elected
For Mayor, Samuel Mcclellan; City
Clerk, II. F. Feeny; City Sergeant,
Henry Conapt Treasurer, + payi su.
perintendent Of Water Works, John ".
Cummings Street Commissioner, Conrad
LeonhArI; Wharf Master, Joseph For
syth, therefore
IItA0lUed, That the foregoing city officers
are hereby declared: duly eIectod.tO Tie
respective offices for the present YeaF;d
The resolution WIS adopted. ~ -
The following was offered and adopted.
WHEREAS, Il appea9 from certificates
of election for members q the Second
Branch Of Council, held In this city, on
Monday Jan 24V1S70, the following mem
bGB OF aid Branch were elected 4: Y
Hint RdTt-A. ]. Sweeney, William +.
Connolly, John Scott and G. W. BAIL
son.
Third Warl-Gc George Baird, Mortimer
Pollock, l.. 8, Dclsplain and Samuel
F5HrtI KantZJohn W. Boring, Robert
Simpson, George r. Tingle, b 2. Cald-
well and James MCAdamS.
FTIh WGrl-JOseph Salisbury, James
Maxwell, BennO Hammer and Joseph
TOlivAr.
Sud- WGM-Bernard Stanley. Porter
Smith and W. D. English.
Seventh IHdnt-J. 3, Sheppard,
REsIped, That the foregoing gentlemen
are hereby declared duly elected members
Of the Second Branch Of the City Council
for the ensuing year
On motion the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. ShanIcy offered the following: Re-
SoIrei, That there he special committee
of three from the Second Branch and
two from the First Branch appointed 70
assist the Mayor and President Of the
Second Branch in appointing the Stand
ing Committees for tho current year.
NIeasrs. ]. @. Smith, Tinglc and Shop.
pard were appointed on behalf Of tho
Second Branch
The official bond Of Samuel Mcclellan,
Mayor elect, with NIessrS. A. J. Sweeney,
and W. E. Connolly, suretles, was pre-.
sented, and beingin dNe form, sWas APP
proved.
Sixth Ward appeared and took the pre-
sCribed oath
The official bond Of Joseph Forsyth,
Wharf Master elect, with John A. Arm
strong and Nicholas Crawley, suretlcs, was
presented, and being in due form was APP
The oath of Office was thcrcupof ad.
minislered to Mr.. Forsyth.
The official bond Of Henry COnant
CITY Sergeant elect, with MesSrS Z. D.
Knox and Samuel McCl cIlan sureties, was
presented, and being in due form, was RT''
proved
Mr.. Conaut presented himslf before the
President and took the prescribed oath.
The official bond Of Conrad LeOnhart,
Street Commissioner elect, with John,
Reid ST., surety, was presented and being
in due form was approved
The oath Of office was lhereupon I'D.
ministcred to Mr.. Leonhart,
Nj. Caldwell, member elect from the
Fourth Ward, appeared and took the pre-
scribcd oath,
The Clerk was authorized to supply
each OCthe new members with u copy Of
the Ordinances, they giving receipts there
for. !. IA al
The minutes of tue last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
The resolution authorizing special
committee to be appointed TO assist in
making up the Standing Committees, was
returned from the FirSt Branch amended
by adding no b approved b, Council"
and the amendment eonClIrred In.
Mr.. Maxwell offered the following
REsolrtd, the First Branch concurring,
that when Council adjourn this evening Il |
be to meet next Tuesday evening, and
that tho special order be the election Of
officers. Adopted.
Mr.. Maxwell offered the following
Rtalnad, the First Branch coucurring, that
committee Of three from the Second
Branch and two from the First Branch be
appointed 70 report what legislation, II
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