The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-24
BOARD OF sUPERvIsORs.
Wednesday, August 2Sd, 1871.

The Board met pursuant to the call
Of the President.
Present-Messrs. Clark, Curtis, Har'
rison, Kelly, Roberts, Salisbury, Tinsle'
Warehouse and Zoeckler.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed.
A communication was received from
J. G. Smith, chairman Of a committee
appointed by the City Council, asking
for the appointment Of a committee Of
the Board of Supervisors to confer in
regard TO the erection Of House Of
Refuge for Ohio county and the city o.
Wheeling.
The communication was received and
filed, and Messrs. Harrison, Water
house and Roberts were appointed COM
mittee.
The bond of Henry C. Colts, SEN,
lately appointed Justice in Washington
township, was presented and accepted
1t is in the penal sum Of $1,000 and has
the name OF Isaac Colts as security.
The bond Of John A. Barr, lately sp-
pointed constable of Triadelphia town
ship, was presented and accepted. 1t Is
in the penal sum Of $1,000, and has the
name OF A. Vance as security.
The Sheriff was directed to make out
his bills for taxes against the Wheeling,
Pittsburgh and Baltimore railroad, In
stead OF the Hempield railroad.
The bill of Silas w. WHARTON was
referred TO a special committee OF
three. consisting OF Messrs. Kelly,
Zoeckler and Harrison.
Prosecuting Attorney Good called the
attention of the Board to an amend
ment passed at the last Legislature,
changing the time OF preparing the list
of Jurors from January to May, and in
forming them that new list will have
to be drawn out without delay.
The report of g. D. Boner, Surveyor
OF Road Precinct No. ii, Richland
township, was received aud filed.
Petition of Alonzo Loring and others,
asking for the change of a private road
near the Monument, was read and re-
ferred to the committee on Roads and
Bridges for report.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented:
Resolyed, That the committee on
Roads and Bridges be and are hereby
directed to examine the wire bridge over
Wheeling creek at the foot Of Sixth
street and if they find the county liza
ble in case of accident occurring by the
unsave condition of said bridge they
shall close the said bridge up. Adopt
ed.
Resolcsd, That the committee on
Court House and Jail be authorized to
purchase twenty-five feet of street hose
for the use of the Court House.
Adopted.
Resol,ed, That the clerk Of this
Board be directed to issue orders to the
several supervisors for their per diem
when required by them. Adopted.
ReSolced, That the committe on Poor
be and are hereby authorized to employ
a competent person to attend the boiler
and pump water at the Poor House
during the winter months, on the best
terms possible. Adopted.
A petition, containing more than five
hundred names Of citizens, asking the
Board to submit to the people, at the
October election, a proposition to sub
scribe 100000 to the Pittsburg, Wheel
ing and Kentucky railroad, was read.
Mr.. Jingle offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolced, That the President OF the
Board be and he is hereby authorized
to appoint committee Of three citizens
to confer with Thomas Scott, Esq
President Of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company, with view of as,
certaining upon what terms he will aid
Ohio county to construct the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and Kentucky railroad TO the
city of Wheeling or get from him a
definite proposition whereby Ohio coun-
tvs interest would be protected in case
she decides by a vote Of the people to
make subscription OF Sl5O,OOO to said
road.
Bill of Z. NJ. Ridgley, of $3.50, was
ordered TO be paid.
Mr.. Curtis offered the following, which
was adopted:
Resoi,ed. That the Superintendent
on the Wheeling, West Liberty and
Bethany turnpike be authorized and in
structed to call out the hands forthwith,
and work the hands on said road who
are living on or adjacent to said road,
and subject to work on roads, and have
not worked or are not assigned to work
on any other road.
The following was adopted:
Resolved That the committee on
Building and Poor Farm be relieved
from any further service.
The road tax in Richland, Ritchie
and Liberty were fixed at ten cents on
each hundred dollars of valuation; in
Triadelphia, five cents; in Washington
at two cents.
Mr.. Warehouse, by a vote Of the
Board, was excused from serving on the
Joint committee in regard to the House
of Refuge, and Mr.. Salisbury was
elected to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Harri-
son was also excused and Mr.. Clark APP
pointed in his stead.
The list Of jurors to serve at the next
term Of the Court was prepared by the
Supervisors and placed in the jury box.
A tax of $3.50 levied on church prop
erty in Triadelphia was ordered to be
refunded.
The committee appointed to consider