The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-04

Of such lot or land as assessed Ior taxa
ton under the laws and ordinances o.
the city as such Council may in each
case determine, which charge shall b
a lien on said lots or lands, and collect
ed or other city taxes thereon collected
or in such other manner as the Council
may by ordinance prescribe.
Resoked, That the Clerk be and he
is hereby empowered to employ com
petent person to make a list Of the
delinquent tax bills for the year 1869
and that he be allowed 80 for his
services.
A message was received from the
First Branch announcing that the
resolution in regard to placing delin'
quent lists in the hands OF the justices
had been referred to the Finance com
mittee. Concurred in.
The action Of the First Branch in
regard to employing person to make
out list of delinquent tax bills, was
,oncurred in
On motion the Second Branch
Njourned
FIRST BRANCH.
4 called meeting Of this Branch oi
C,uncil was held last night, His Honor
Mayor Mcclellan in the chair.
Present-Messrs. Blair, Culbertson,
Hll, Quarter, Shallcross, Simpson,
St4e, Sweeney and Wilson.
,7he minutes of the previous meeting
%es read, approved and signed.
he report of the special committee
to 4teud the city corporation, together
witBa a bill to amend the charter Of the
city ,f Wheeling, was received from the
Secoad Branch and read. After long
discussion it was, on motion of Mr.
Wils,n, laid on the table.
Tn, report of the special committee
appored to negotiate for the purchase
of the Gas Works, together with the
resolutions in relation thereto, were
received from the Second Branch and
read. Considerable discussion took place
in regasl to allowing the Gas Com
pany toeontinue their charter provided
they furnished gas at $3.50 per 1000
cubic fed
Mr.. @ Qiarrier supported the PROPOSE
ton and Stone and Sweeney opposed.
Upon thevote being taken Mr. Quarter
was the oily gentleman that voted in
favor of offending the charter of the
present C6pany.
The boE Of A. j. Sweeney, as AS
sistant FirS Marshal, was approved.
The petition Of r. Habig, for the
transfer Of icense, from Second Branch,
was concured in.
The rep0t OF the City Clerk, in re-
gard to the delinquent taxes for 1869,
was received from Second Branch and
concurred in
The resolution, from Second Branch,
in relation tosuing j. NJ. Wheat g. Co.,
or any other persons, for refusing to
pay the interest on taxes for the year
1869, was conmrred in.
The resolution, from Second Branch,
employing a derk to make out the de-
linquent list 70, 1869, was concurred in.
Mr.. Sweeng offered the following
amendment to We resolution from the
Second Branchh regard to memorial
izing the Legislature for opeuing and
improving street.:
Proridsd, Thatwhen three fourths Of
the citizens residing in any square Of
the city shall petition for the street to
be paved in front F side of the proper
ty, that the same hall be done under
the direction of tie Street Commissioner
and the cost Of sud- improvement. col.
lected from the proeerty holders resi ling
in such square.
On motion of MI Wilson the report
of the committee ofextending the city
limits was taken iron the table.
Mr.. Blair offaed the following
amendment.
Tn the subject'of extending the limits
Of the city, should fist be presented to
the citizens of Wheeling for the ex-
preston of their views as to said exten-
sion. The question ttbe voted upon at
the annual election tobe held in Janu-
ary, lSl.
The ayes and nays ,eing called Tor
the amendment was loS
Mr.. Wilson then calsd the ayes and
nays on the original report of the com
mittee for the extensDn of the city
limits, embracing the town OF South
Wheeling, Fulton and Clinton, which
resulted as follows:
AYEs-Messrs. Culbrtson, Hall,
Shallcross, Simpson and Wilson.
NAYs-Messrs. Blai; Quarter,
Schambra. Stone and Sweeney.
The vote being a tie, th,lMayor voted
and the report wae rejected. The
Mayor stated the reason h, voted as he
did, he wanted to give tn, citizens an
oppo. o.tanity to express th.r wishes on
the proposed extension.
Mr.. Quarter offered tn. following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the subJec. OF extend
ing the limits Of the city OF Wheeling
be submitted to the citizens it the next
annual election in January,llS7l, for
their approval or rejection.
On motion, adjourned.
ho,r l.o,h..