The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
TUESDAY. December 5, 1871.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn

TUESDAY, december D, loil.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present-Messrs. Clark, Curtis, Har.
rison, LETTERS, Kelly, Roberts, Salisbury,
Warehouse and Zoeckler.
The minutes Of the preceding meeting
were read, approved and signed.
The committee on Finance and Ac-
counts reported in favor Of paying bills
to the amount of $l534.76 and in favor
of rejecting petition Of Merchants Ma
tional Bank for release of tax.
Adopted.
The application Of Geo. w. Steenrod
to have taxes over paid refunded, was
referred to the committee on Finance.
The committee on Roads and Bridges
reported in favor of changing the loca'
ton of the Glenn's run road.
The report was received and filed and
Messrs Peter Delaplain, A. j. Wilson
and VIM. McColloch were appointed
viewers.
The committee on Poor reported bills
to the amount of $l70 and recommend,
ed their payment. Adopted.
B. Stanley, Agent Of the Poor, re.
ported the expenditures OF the Poor
House for December to be S2S7.75.
There are ffty.one inmates Of the Poor
House, thirty.two Of whom are males
and nineteen females.
The petition OF D. Mcconnell to be re-
funded money paid out for the support
of children whose mother was confined
in Jail and who had no one to care for
them, was referred to the committee on
Poor.
Bills of William Hare, Sl9.75, and
Joseph Brodie, $3.50, were ordered
paid.
Petition of William Kidd and others,
for the appointment Of viewers on La
Belle road, was referred to the commit
tee on Roads and Bridges as viewers.
Bill of John Muldoon, OF Triadelphia
township, for services as Surveyor OF
Roads in District No. 3, amounting to
$43, was ordered paid.
The committee on Roads and Bridges
reported in favor of changing the road
on Middle Wheeling creek from Sam
Buchanan's mill dam up to the bridge
road, and recommend the appropriation
OF $3.50, provided the parties interested
subscribe like sum. Adopted.
The matter in regard to the culvert
emptying into Mr.. Lash's field was re-
ferred to the committee on Roads and
Bridges.
The committee on Poor Farm re
ported bill OF Nicholas Truax, for
building fence, &c, at Poor House,
1887, and recommended it's payment.
Adopted.
Alfred Kimmins was appointed sur
veyor of the road ordered to be made
from Bucbanan's mill to the bridge
road, Richland township.
Mr.. Kelly offered a motion for the
payment of 500 to Philip Riley for
damages claimed from building the
river road. Lost.
Bill of Robert Frazier, sos, was or
dered to be paid.
The committee on Roads and Bridges
reported that they had had settlement
with WV. Miller, and found balance
of $356.l2 in his hands, and that he
claims S572 for personal services dur.
ing two years and two months, as Su.
perintendent of the Wheeling, West
Liberty and Bethany turnpike The
report was referred back for further
investigation.
The Finance committee were granted
further time in which to report on GER
tain tax bills referred TO them.
The matter Of repairing bridge on
the Bethany pike was referred to the
committee on Roads and Bridges.
The committee on Roads and Bridges
reported that they had examined the
accounts of A. R. Jacobs, Superinten
dent of the Second Division Of the
Wheeling, West Liberty and Bethany
pike, and found them correct. The re-
port of the committee was adopted
The following preamble and resolu
ton was presented by Mr.. Salisbury:
WHEREAS, The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company has addressed to the
Board of Supervisors Of Ohio county
communication, Of which the following
is copy: