The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-08

amendment Dy nahihS =.
President of the Second Brancn a COM
mittee to select the committees. Losl,
Mr.. Simpson withdrew his amend
ment. .La ro,ol,,;on
| it was adopted. .,,-,1 Sho,,.,,
were appointed committee % INFORM
the First Branch that TINS branen Is
ready r to go into an election Tor city
oiH III resolution authorizing the City
Clerk to supply the new members OF
the CITY Council with copy OF tue
charter and ordinances was received
frnm the First Branch amended 6v
striking out the word "new, and the
amendment concurred in. a reg. =
Cant Conant reported the names OF
1ooenb Chaplin, First Ward; Robert
,Junkins, Second Ward; Charles ExIey'
Third Ward; James Henry, Fourth
Ward. John Campbell, Fifth Ward
Levi Reed Sixth Ward and VIM. Rich
ardsop. Seventh Ward, as his deputies.
TIC annointments were confirmed.
The following resolution was adopt
ResoEysd, That there be appointed
one from each ward to give orders to
the poor for coal. ..., -,
The First Branch, appeared IN the
Second Branch council chamber anu
Mayor LETTERS took the char.
The business of the joint session
ba;ng the election OF city officers, the
rolls of the respective branches were
called and a quorum of each found TO
be present. Dbl, y.
fate and Personal Property being in
order. Mr.. Wilson moved TO postpone
the election Of that officer. Carried
Mr. Clator moved to postpone the
election until next Friday. Lost.
The Council proceeded to the cleo
ton of Clerk Of the Second Ward Mar
ket
Daniel Murray, J. C. Clark, James
Haley, Robert Bond, Thomas ColVln
and John q. Bellville were placed III
nomination.
A ballot being ordered it resulted as
follows: Murray, 10; Haley, ,; Bond,
6; Colvin. s; Bellville, 5. Total vo!e,
"a: necessary to choice Is.
No one having received ma orlty
of the votes cast, the Council proceeded
to second ballot: Murray, -; Haley,
/: Colvin, s. Bond, ); Bellvllle, 4;
Mccoy, |.
No one having received majority
of all the votes cast, the Council pro-
ceeded to third ballot, when Mr.. Muir
raw received II votes and Mr. ColTn
9, the others scattering. There was no
election and the Council proceeds a
fourth ballot, with no result.
On the sixth ballot the vote was
without change and no result was
reached.
A seventh ballot being ordered, Mr.
Murray received 20 votes, Colvln :,
E. Mccoy |. and Bond 4. Mr.. Murray
having received majority of all the
votes cast, was declared elected clerk OF
the Second Ward market.
For City Collector j. NJ. Warden was
nominated. There being no other name
before the Council, Mr.. Wilson was au-
thorized to cast the vote of the Council
for Mr.. Warden, and he was declared
elected to the office OF City Collector.
The election of Fire Warden was
postponed.
For Measurer Of Wood and Lumber
Joseph Salisbury and Jacob f. Bier
were placed in nomination. A ballot
being ordered, it resulted in Mr.. Bier
receiving Il votes and Mr.. Salisbury
Il votes. Noone having majority Of
all the votes cast second ballot was
ordred 1t resulted as follows: Bier,
Is votes; Salisbury, Ii. Mr.. Bier
having received majority OF all the
votes. cast, was declared elected
For Overseer Of chain-gang Noah
Price, Charles A. Wade, Francis j.
Denny, Charles Doherty and Samuel
B. Coen, were nominated. A ballot be-
ing ordered it resulted as follows
Price, Is; Wade, |; Denney, 0; Do
hertv, 5; Coen, 10; Toby Vance, ,.
Total vote 81; necessary for choice,
IS.
No one having received a majority of
all the votes cast, the Council proceeded
to a second ballot with the following re-
suit: Price, Is; Coen, II; Doherty, ).
Noah Price having received majority
Of all the votes east was declared
elected.
For Health Officer DR.. NJ. F. Hull
hen, DR.. J. f. Reeves, DR.. E, Mccoy,
and DR.. S. l.. Jepson were named. A
ballot being ordered it resulted as fol-
lows: Hullihen, p; Reeves, 10; Jep-
son, ); Mccoy, 4. Total vote, 81 ne
cessary to choice IS.
No one having received a majority
Of all the votes cast, second ballot was
taken. 1t resulted in Is votes being
cast for DR.. Reeves, Il for Hullihen, 1
for Mccoy and > for Jepson.
A third ballot resulted as follows:
DR.. Reeves, 81; Hullihen, r. Mccoy,
|. DR.. Reeves having received a ma
jority of all the votes cast was declared
elected.
For Keeper of the Lookup, Alex.
Wallace and A. G. Winger were nom.
mated. A ballot being ordered it re-
suited as follows: Wallace, 3d. Wiuger,
|. Total vote, 81; necessary to
choice Is. Mr.. Wallace having re-
ceived a majority Of all the votes cast
was declared elected
The election Of City Solicitor was
postponed.
For City Sexton, Miles Teagarien
and Philip Heiser were placed in nom
ination. A ballot being had Mr. Tea
garden received no votes and Mr..
Heiser 81 votes. Mr.. Heiser having
received a majority of all the votes cast
was declared elected.
Nominations for City Surveyor being
in order. the name of W. c. Smith was