The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-04

The committee on Printing reported
bills for printing and binding OF 1914 "a
and offered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the bills mentioned in
the foregoing report be paid.
The Building committee reported bills
to the amount Of s306.44 and recon
mended their payment, which was or
dered.
The committee on Court House and
Jail reported bills to the amount Of
$374.8l and recommended their pay
ment, which was ordered
They recommended that the petition
of Sheriff Brown for an additional jailor
be laid on the table.
The request of the jailor that the
county purchase a place in which to
store straw, they repor: should be re-
jected.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The committee on Poor reported bills
to the amount of $ll99. IA and recon-
mended their payment, which was Or
dered.,
The petition Of Albert Schairer for
road from his place to the new river
road, was granted.
The special committee appointed to
settle with all road superintendent re-
ported balance Of 1927 in the hands
Of Mr.. Warehouse on account of Cald-
wells run bridge and 1888 on account
of Fairmont pike. They have also re-
ported their settlement with Alex. NJ.
Jacob and Thomas j. Gordon Directors
Of the Wheeling and Glenn's run turn
pike.
The committee offered a resolution
directing the payment Of the balances
in Mr. Waterhouse's hands to the sher-
if, and preamble setting forth that,
as the failure of the Wheeling Savings
Institution had lost 1858 90, funds OF
the Wheeling and Glenn's road, the
county should make the loss good if
the disbursing officers Of the road raise
$500 by private subscription, and offer
ed the following which was adopted;
Resolved, That an appropriation Of
$476 SO be and is hereby made to the
Wheeling and Glen's Run road to re-
place one-haIf of the sum deposited in
the Wheeling Savings Institution.
Resolved, That the certificate for the
deposit in the Wheeling Savings Insti-
tuition be returned to the sheriff.
Bill Of P. Clark for two hundred
posts, SIS, was ordered to be paid.
Petition of VIM. T. Beck and others
for a commission to view a road, known
as the Ridge road, from the cross-road
near Theodore Hervey' to Saml. Smith 8
gate, was referred to committee on
Roads.
Petitions of August Heimberger, Otto
Roediger, Aug. Roettger. Peter Erie,
Henry liner, Frank Walter, August
Miller, w. Stamm for licenses, were
granted.
Petition for the relocation Of a road
down the north fork of Short Creek,
was referred to the committee on Roads.
Messrs. Harrison and Roberts .were
appointed a committee on Market Street
Bridge.
The following resolution was passed ::
Resolved, That the Sheriff Of Ohio
county be ordered to issue an order to
the committee on Market Street Bridge
for the balance of the appropriation
made by this county, to be paid on the
order Of the committee of this Board.
B. Stanley, Poor Agent, made his re-
port of the expenditures Of the Poor
Farm for the month of March, showing
the expenditure of $406.67. He also
reports that there are forty-six inmates
in that institution at the present time.
OF these there are twenty males and
eighteen females. Six are under one
year old, four males and two females;
over one year and under ten, five, three
males and two females. The bills were
ordered to be paid and the report placed
on file.
Messrs. Peter Delaplain and L. W.
Morgan were appointed road Surveyors
John w. McCulloch was appointed
overseer of the Poor for Richland town.
ship vice J. 6. Readman removed.
A communication from H. T. Patton
offering to put galvanized lightning
rods with four points and two ground
connections at the Poor House, for
twenty-one cents per foot, or copper rods
at twenty-eight cents per foot was read
Mr.. Salisbury, to whom was referred
the matter Of a settlement with George
Downey, reported that he had not been
able 10 effect settlement.
The sum of $1,000 having been COL
lected as taxes on Wheeling gas stock.
owned as an annuity by Bethany Col
lege, which tax has been pronounced
by the Prosecuting Attorney to be lille
al, was on motion refunded.
Mr.. Clark, attorney for Christian
Wolf in relation to the matter of his
ferry landing being enormously assess
ed, made statement in regard to the
matter.
The following was referred to Presi.
dent Salisbury for report:
1t appearing to the Board Of Super.
visors of Ohio county, that Christian
Wolf has been enormously and i'm
properly charged upon his ferry land
ing, lying and being situate in Webster
township. Of said county, the same hav.
ing already been properly charged and
taxed in his ferry and ferry right under
section 63 of chapter % Of the code Of
West Virginia. it is hereby ordered by
said Board that the said assessment
charged upon the said ferry landing OF
OF said Christian Wolf be stricken from
the real estate assessment books Of said
township, and that the assessor for the
district in which said landing and town
ship are situate, is hereby required to
carry this order into effect.