The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-13
CITY COUNCIL PRoCEEDINGs.
THURSDAY, January y, 1871.
SECOND BRANCH.

SECOND BRANCH.
The Second Branch met in special
session. ~. III
Present-Messrs. Boring, Caldwell,
Connolly, Hook, Hammer, Laughlin,
Maxwell, McAdams, Pollock, Sheppard
Scott, Porter Smith, ]. G. Smith, Simp
son, Sweeney, Tingle, Tolliver, and
Witzell.
The President being absent, Mr..
Tingle was elected President pro tenn.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The special object Of the meeting
was the consideration OF the ordinance
providing for the purchase Of the city gas
works, but as the ordinance was still in
the hands of the First Branch the other
business was taken up. &c.,
The Whartmaster reported that he
had collected 1869, wharfage dues dur
ing the month of December. Received
and filed.
The committee on Water Works re-
ported in favor OF paying the bill OF
Sweeneys & Co, $45l.35 and offered a
resolution for its payment, which was
adopted. ...........
The following resolution was adopted.
Resoiued, That the city weigher be dr.
rected to have the city coal scales ex-
amined and tested, and require the
lesses of any such AS may be found out
of order to have the same adjusted
and repaired at once at their expense.
The committee Of conference, appoint
ed at the last meeting to reconcile the
differences between the First and
Second Branches on the ordinance in
regard to paving the streets, reported
the following as a substitute
Resoived, That whenever three fourths
Gin value) Of the property owners on
each side of the street, or in any square
of the city, shall petition for the street
to be paved in front or side Of their
property, that the same shall be done
under the direction Of the Street Com
missioner, and the cost Of such paving
shall be lien on the property and shall
be collected from the property owners
in such square.
Mr.. J. G. Smith moved to amend by
inserting the words that the city shall
be required to pay one-half the cost Of
such improvement. ..
The yeas and nays being called. those
who voted in the affirmative are:
Messrs. Connolly, Hook, Hammer,
McAdams, Pollock, Porter Smith, ].
G. Smith, Simpson, Sheppard. Sweeney
and Toliver-ll.
Those voting in the negative are ::
Messrs. Boring, Caldwell, Laughiin,
Maxwell, Scott, Tinyle, and Weitzell
-.
So the amendment prevailed
The question recurring on the pas
sage OF the resolution, the yeas and
nays being demanded, those who voted
in the affirmative, are Messrs. Hook,
Hammer, Maxwell, McAdams, Pollock,
Porter, Smith, j. G. Smith, Simpson,
Sheppard, Sweeney, Tingle and Toll
iver-l3.
Those voting in the negative, are
Messrs. Boring, Connolly, Laughlin,
Scott and Weitzell-5. So the resolu-
ton was adopted.
The resolution requiring the Mayor
to forward the bill in regard to extend
ing the city limits, was received from
the First Branch and concurred in.
The First Branch refused to concur
in the action of the Second Branch in
adding the words "the city to pay one
halt" in the ordinance to pare the
streets.
Mr.. Sweeney offered the following
amen dment:
Resolved, That the owners OF prop
erty living on streets already Oouldered
shall first pay into the treasury an as
sessment per front foot on the original
cost of such paving, said assessment to
be made by a Board appointed for the
purpose.
The President decided the amend
ment out Of order, and that the ques-
ton of concurring in the action Of the
First Branch was alone before the Sec
ond Branch.
Mr.. Sweeney appealed from the de-
cision OF the chair.
A vote being taken the decision Of the
chair was not sustained.
A vote being taken the amendments
was lost
The question recurring on concurring
in the action of the First Branch, the
motion was laid on the table.
Mr.. Sweeney moved to reconsider the
last vote and lay the motion to recon-
slider on the table Carried.
A resolution was received from the
First Branch looking to the appoint
ment of committee to select persons to
be commissioners of the Gas Works.
Concurred in, and Messrs. Pollock, Nc
Adams and Maxwell were appointed
members Of the committee on the part
of the Second Branch.
Mr.. Sweeney presented an ordinance
in regard to the city scales 1t pro-
vides that the City Sergeant or any
deputy shall have load or wagon re-
weighed on complaint of any purchaser
of any article sold by weight, and re-
port the name of the derilict weigher
to the Council. The ordinance was
adopted.
A contract between Sweeneys d Co.,
for making and furnishing four and
six inch 7 and branch water pipe and
fire plugs for the Island, was read and
approved.
A contract between John Hamilton
& Co. was read and approved.
Mr.. Porter Smith moved that when
the Second Branch adjourns Ii be to
meet on Tuesday evening next, and that
the special order be the gas question.