The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-21
CRY CorscrI rHoCEEDI,es.
MONDAY EVENING, March20.
SECOND BRANCH.

MONDAY EVENING, MarchZU.
SECOND BRANCH. |
The Second Branch met pursuant 10 |
adjournment fesrs |
Presast-Messrs. Altmyer, Baird,
Clator Caldwell, o. j. CrTford,
Howell. Hubbard, Hammer, logan,
McAdams, O'Brien,. Phillips, Porter
Smith. Steger, Sheppard, Weiserber.
and President Forbes.
The minutes OF the last meetin were
read, approved and sigseda 1r
/ The special business being the onsid-
Grafton of an ordinance 10 add B the
efficiency OF the fire department, the
ordinance was read. aGcs.g
After considerable debate Mr.. OBrien
moved to refer the ordinance ! the
committee on Fire Department br re-
port. Lost.
Mr.. Weisgerber moved to amen the
first part of the ordinance so thf but
three men shall be kept in the ngine
houses and that the Chief Marsha shall
be empowered to employ three Iinute
men for each company, the minut men
to sleep in the engine house.
The yeas and nays being demnded,
those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Altmyer, Baird, Howell. Hub
bard, Logan, Phillips, Porter Smith,
Steger, Sheppard and WeisgerbeH 10.
Those who voted in the neative
were Messrs. Clator, Caldwell, Craw-
ford, McAdams and O Brien-5.
So the amendment was adoptel
The ordinance provides for tie ap
pointment of hostler at a salry of
$40 per annum, an engineer ats720,
fireman at $3.50 and three minute
men at $l44 each. This will mah the
total cost of the three engines 1862
per annum. The ordinance was a6pted
by the same vote as that given bove
on a call Of the yeas and nays.
A resolution directing genenl as
sessment of all the property in til city
was received from the First Brancl and
laid on the table.
A communication was read from City
Sergeant Conant recommending Perry
Tracy and Luke Conant to sere as
Deputy Sergeants, and asking cont rma-
ton.
The bill of G. W. Kennedy for Keep
ing and dieting prisoners was received
from the committee on Accounts and
ordered to be paid.
J. NJ. Warden, City Collector pre-
scented the new bond required by toun-
Gil, with A. Wilson, A. j. Pannell and
T. j. Campbell as sureties, which was
adopted.
The Finance committee made a re-
port on the liabilities of the city, show-
ing that her Indebtedness amounts to
$34l 1856. This amount the COM
mittee propose to fund and to APPOINT
agents to visit Eastern cities and Dor
row $35O,000, payable in twenty years,
on the bonds OF the city, and for the
payment of which the property and
revenues OF the city shall be pledged, as
indicated by the following resolution,
offered by the committee, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Finance commit
tee of the Council Of the city of Wheel
ing be, and they are hereby authorized
to appoint agents Of the city Of Wheel
ing, who, when so appointed, are here
by authorized to receive proposals for a
loan to the city of Wheeling in a rum
not exceeding $250,OO0 for term not
exceeding twenty years.
The agents are to report their acton
to Council from time to time, and tleir
expenses are to be paid by the city. The
report of the committee was adopted.
The following resolutions were Of
fered:
Resolved, That as the Fourth Ward
is not represented in the committee on
Water Works, that there be member
added to that committee from laid
Ward. Referred to the committee on
Water Works.
Resolced, That the city Solicitor be
instructed to apply to the United States
Government for refunding Of $4lE6S,
amoant paid for coal tax in 1868, 1874,
1865, and 1866. Adopted.
Resolved, That the COMMITTEES on
Lights be instructed to contract with The
Deputy Sergeant Of the Eighth Ward
for lighting and cleaning the public
lamps in said Ward and for furnishing
oil for the same, as is now done in he
Seventh Ward. Adopted.
RESOLVED, That the committee on
Streets and Alleys be instructed to re-
ceive proposals for cleaning the streets
and alley of the city under the SuIer-
intendency of the Street Commissioner,
and report bids to the next meeting OF
Council. Adopted.
The following communication was
received from the committee on Fire
Department .-
WHEELING, March goth, 1870
r. J. Blair, Chairman OF Committee
on Fire Department You are hereby
requested to bring before the City
Council the fact that the part of our
property occupied by the Fire Depart.
ment, and on which the lease expired
in February last, is not yet vacated. AS
we desire the property to use, You will
please attend to this. Yours, truly
CHRISTIAN Il DEDoLD
The committee say that the new en-
CINE house in the Fourth Ward is now
naarIv con,nlata1 but tho contractors