The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-23

90 py tne 18TH section Of the 9th Article
Of the Constitution ofthis State. He shall
also be subject 70 impeachment for NAL.
leasance, for Standardization, for cor.
ruption i9competenoy, groas immortality,
neglect Of duty or any high crime or mis-.
demeanor In the manner prescribed by
the 9th Section oil the 4th Article OF said
Constitution and upon conviction shall be
subject 70 the same judgment as therein
SEC. 2. The County Court shall have
original jurisdiction, In all actions at law,
where the amount in controversy exceeds
twenty dollars; and also In all cases Of
habeaS corpus, quo iedTTd1t0, nldaddmuS,
prohibition, eerti0rdri, and In all suits In
equity. II shall have Jurisdiction In all
matters Of probate; the appointment and
qualification Of personal representatives,
guardians, committees, and curatorS, and
tho settlement Of their accounts, and In all
matter relating 10 apprentices; and Of all
criminal cases under the grade Of felony,
except as hereinbeiore provided. But the
Jurisdiction OF the County Court shall be
subject 10 such limitations as may be pre-.
scribed by law. They shall have the Gus.
tody, through their clerks, of all wills, deeds
and other papers presented for probate,
or record In said county, which shall be
disposed OF, or preserved, as required by
SEC. 8. The said County Court shall
have jurisdiction Of all appeals from the
judgment Of the justices, and Its decision
upon such appeal shall be final in all
cases, except such as involve the title,
right Of possession or boundaries oflands.
the freedom Of o person, the validity Of q
law or an ordinance Of any corporation,
or the right of q corporation to levy tolls
or taxes.
SEC. 4. There shall be ten sessions OF
said Court in each year, four Of which
shall be called quarterly terms, and shall
BIO held for the trial Of jury causes, com.
mencing on the first Mondays OF =, to
which terms grand and petit jurors shall
be summoned to attend, as OF the terms
oil the Circuit Courts for said county.
The remaining sessions Of said Court,
to be called monthly terms, shall com.
mence on the first Mondays Of, 10
which terms neither grand nor petit jurors
shall be summoned.
Sec. 8. The said county shall be laid of
into not less than ten districts as nearly
equal as may be In territory and popula.
ton. The present Subdivisions Of the
county by townships snail constitute such
districts until changed by the Board of
Commissioners hereinafter mentioned. In
each district there shall be elected by the
voters thereof, a Commissioner, two Jus.
tees Of the Peace and two Constables,
who shall reside In their respective dis.
tricts and hold their respective offices, a
Commissioner for the term Of two years,
and Justice Of the Peace and Constables
TOR the term oftour years. The offices of
Justice OF the Peace and Commissioner,
shall not be considered incompatible.
Sec. 9. The said county shall be divid.
ed into two assessment districts; the one
to be called the city district shall be with
in the corporate limits OF the city Of
Wheeling, and the other to be called the
county district shall be the remainder Of
the county without the limits of the city.
In each district shall DO elected by the
voters thereof, an Assessor, who shall
reside therein and shall hold his Office for
the term OF four years.
SEC. Z. The Commissioners elected in
the several districts shall constitute q
board to be known as 1.-THE Board Of
Commissioners of the county of Ohio" by
which name they may sue and be sued,
make and use common seal and enact
and bylaws, not inconsistent
with the laws:of this State. They shall
meet stately on the first Monday in jan
uary, April, June, August, October and
December in each year at the Court
House Of their county and may hold
special and adjourned meetings. At their
first meeting after election and whenever
a vacancy may occur, they shall elect one
Of their number President of the Board
and appoint clerk who shall hold his
office at their pleasure, and shall keep a
journal Of their proceedings including o
record Of their ordinances in volume
separate from the journal Of their pro.
ceedings, and transact such other ser.
vices pertaining to his office as may be
by them, or by law, required; and whose
compensation they shall fix by ordinance
and pay from the county treasury. The
said Board shall have the superintendent
and administration Of the internal police
and fiscal affairs Of the county, including
the establishment and regulation Of roads,
ways, bridges, public landings, ferries and
mills, the granting Of ordinary and other
licenses, with authority to lay and dis
bprse the county levies. Preceded, that
no.license shall be granted in any, city,
town or village without the consent Of
Of tho authorities Of the same first had
and obtained. All writs OF dd Quod dam.
nun shall issue from the County Court.
The Board shall, in all contested Gases,
judge of the election, qualification. and
returnaot its own members, and Of all
county and district officers and it
shall exercise such other iurisdic-
ton and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by law. The
said Commissioners shall each receive
such compensation as may be prescribed
by ordinance. Any Commissioner may
be indicted for maiieasance, misfeasance
or neglected. official duty; and upon con-
viction thereof, his office shall become
vacant. A vacancy in the Board OF
Commissioners, whether from resignation,
removal from the district, removal from
office, death, or other cause, shall be filed
by theTemaining members Of the Board.
The following ordinance pertaining to
the same was also adopted:
an ordinance to submit to tie sOte Of tho
qualified poters Of The county Of Ohio,
bill to Do submitted 10 tho Legislature of
Vest KIryinia, entitled,
,"Abill to establish q County Court and
Board Of Commissioners for the county
Of Ohio, under the 34th Section Of the
9Th Article OF the Constitution Of West
Be it ordained by the Board oil Super.
visors Of the county Of Ohio;
SEC. l. That the "Bil to establish q
County Court and Board OF Commission.
ers for the county Of Ohio under the 34th
Section OF the 9Th Article Of the Consti.