The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-01-18
CIrY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
SECOND BRANCH.

TUESDAY EVENING, January IL.
The Second Branch met in special
session.
Presen,-Messrs Boring, Caldwell,
Connolly, Hook, Laughlin, Maxwell,
McAdams. Pollock, Porter Smith, j.
G. Smith, Simpson, Sheppard. Swee-
ney, Tingle, Tolivar and Weitzell.
President Baird being absent, Mr.. J.
G. Smith was elected President, pro
/ tenn.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read, approved and signed.
James E. Bulger, City Weigher,
made the following report
To His Honor the Mayor and The C0an-
eli Of Wheeling:
In accordance with resolution pass
ed by the Council at meeting held Jan
uary II, 1871, instructing the City
Weigher to examine the city coal
scales, | have performed that duty, and
beg leave to report that the First Ward
scales weigh 40 pounds too heavy the
Second Ward, 3 lbs too heavy; the
Fourth Ward, 10 pounds too heavy;
the Fifth Ward, 20 pounds too heavy;
the Sixth Ward, pound too light, and
the Seventh Ward, 40 pounds too heavy;
P. L. Kimberlys scales are 90 pounds
too light.
Those marked heavy are against
the purchaser; those marked light" are
in favor of the purchaser. Received
and filed, and the Weighmaster was
instructed to see that the scales be made
to weigh correctly.
Mr.. Boring offered the following
RESOLVED, That John Hamilton be
paid on his contract with the city of
Wheeling for the water pipes delivered
according to contract, cash, or that
which is equivalent to cash. Laid on
the table.
The following resolution was adopted
Rsso!vca, That the Finance commit
tee be instructed to settle with the Mer-
chants and Mechanics Bank and the
Merchants Natioaal Bank, and that
they be authorized to issue the city
bonds for the amount Of overdraft made
upon said bank by the city; said bond
to be paid out of the taxes Of 1871.
Mr.. Sweeney offered the following:
Resolved, That there he incorporated
in the proposed amendment to the city
charter extending the limits Of the city,
a clause providing that whenever the
owners of three-fourths Of the property
per front foot lying on each side OF any
one square within the city shall petit
ton the Council to have such portion
OF the street bouldercd. then the Coun-
Gil shall cause the paving to be done
by the lowest and best bidder therefor,
and shall collect the cost thereof from
the property per front foot lying on
each side OF the portion OF the street,
as aforesaid, and that any action OF
Council on this subject previous to this
date be and is hereby rescinded.
NJ. J. G. Smith (Mr. Jingle in the
chair) moved to lay the resolution on
the table. Carried, yeas .; nays I.
Mr.. Porter Smith moved to recon-
slider the vote by which the Council
laid the resolution on the table. Car
ried
Mr. Sweeney consented to have the
words three-fourths stricken out and
demanded the yeas and NAYS on the
passage of the resolution.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs. Maxwell Pollock, Sweeney
and Tingle-4.
Those voting in the negative were
Messrs Boring, Caldwell, Hook, Laugh
lin, McAdams, Porter Smith, j. G.
Smith, Simpson, Sheppard, Scott, Toll
yer and Weitzell-l2
So the resolution did not pass.
A message was received from the
First Branch inclosing a report from
the committee on Finance They re-
port that they had selected the good
tax BILL from the bad and had collected
1854. They find that employees and
officers of the city, and even members
of the city council, are among delin-
quent tax payers. They offered the fol-
lowing resolutions.
ReSOlced, That the tax bills for 1869
be left in the hands of the Finance
committee, and they be authorized to
use such means as they may deem best
for the interest of the city in the collec-
ton of the same, either by employing
collectors on percentage upon what
they may collect, or by handing a por-
ton or the whole to any justice for COL
lection.
Resolrsd, That no party who is able
to pay his tax bill, and who will refuse
or neglect to pay said bill, shall be
deemed worthy Of filling any office OF
trust in the city.
The action of the First Branch in
adopting the above resolutions was con-
CURED in.
The committee on Finance also re-
ported that the following sums are
believed to be collectible: First Ward
$27S.1l; Second, S907S; Third, S42S. o.;
Fourth, S593.29; Fifth, $500; Sixth,
$2l5.jS;. Seventh, Sl4490 Total
Sl937.2S.
On motion the Second Branch ad-
journed to meet on Wednesday evening
at : o'clock
FIRST BRANCH.
The First Branch Of the City Coun-
Gil assembled at u o'clock last evening,
the special order being the consideration
of an ordinance for the purpose of is
suing bonds for the purchase OF the
Wheeling Gas Works.
Present-Mayor Mcclellan and
Messrs Blair, Culbertson, Hall, Har-
rison, Launder, Schambra. Simpson,
Stone, Sweeney and Wilson.
The minutes of the previous meeting