The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-06
BOARD OF COMmIssIONERs.

A stated meeting of tie Board of
Commissioners of Ohio county, was held
at the Court House, yesterday.
Present--M essrs. Handlan, President;
Clark English, ssFisher, List, oesterling,
Schultz, and Whitman.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS.
The committee on FINANCE and Ac-
counts report that they have examined
the report of the Assessor on the proper
" of the Citizens Street Railway Com
panv and Fair Ground Company, and
offer the following resolutions:
20 Rfsolred, That the assessment on the
Citizens Street Railway Company be re-
duced to $4,000, which, with the amount
previously assessed, will make total
valuation of $4,000.
Resotred, That the assessment of the
Fair Ground property be rejected, and
the Assessor be directed to increase the
same to not less than $4,000.
The report. and resolutions were
adopted.
In the matter OF the difference exist
ing between the city and county, it Was
ordered that the account against the city
be placed in the hands ofthe Prosecuting
Attorney for settlement.
The bill Of Ralph Arklc. Assessor of
the First District, amouutingto 81 1884.
was recommended to be paid.
Rcsotred That the foregoing report be
adopted and the bill paid.
The report of the committee on Court
House and Jail, recommending the pay
mcnt of bills amounting to $463.45, was
read and the report adopted and the
bills ordered paid.
q, POOR AGENTS REPORT.
b. Stanley, agent of the Poor House,
made the following report for the month
of September Expenditures, 1851 Ii;
number of Q inmates 4S-males, %;
females. 20; under | year of age, =;
deaths, .; number of tramps fed and
lodged, Ii.
The report was received and filed.
O.. THE POOR HOUSE.
The Committee on Poor House and
Farm recommended payment of bills
amounting to S452.49, which were ordered
| paid. They also recommended that that
portion of the poor house farm north of
| Bakers line. on the creek front, be laid
of rs follows:
FGrst-A fifty foot street; then one
acre lots; then fifty foot street and
Ave acre lots. and then five acre lots run
ming up the hill with a fifty foot street
running east and west; and that portion
of ground in the south end Of the farm; all
south of the lane, south of the watering
trough, running parallel with the ORCH
ard, east and west, be laid of into five
| and ten acre lots.
Second. That W. {. Smith, engineer,
be employed ut once 10 make the plot
| and entire survey Of the Poor Farm to-
gcthrr with plot Of the lots offered for
sale properly numbered or lettcrrd, for
! the instruction of the Board, in the sale
of said lots.
Third. That the chairman of
the committee on Poor be- instructed
to assist Mr.. Smith in the surveying
above ordered.
In the matter of gas for the Poor
| House, the committee deemed it incXpc-
dent to try the experiment at this time.
The recommendation and report of
the committee were adopted.
The report of the committee on ROadS
and Bridges WAS received and read, and
the report adopted.
prTtT,nSS
The petition of citizens of the
third precinct Of Triadelphla
district, for an additional voting
place, was granted.
The petition of citizens of Ohio county
for the road leading from the West Lib
crty pike to the National road, by the
way of McGaw's, to be reviewed and To-
Gated was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Bridges.
The Committee on Poor House and
Farm were directed to advertise and sell
the lots on the Poor House farm on
Tuesday, November 3, 1874, and that
the terms of sale be- onc-third cash and
the balance in equal inStallments Of one
and two years.
COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION.
The following gentlemen We're appoint
ed Commissioners of Election for their
respective districts;
Washington Districf--Caleb Sylvc$,
II. W. Phillips and Matthew Altmeycr.
.Nadison-Geo. X. Wheat, T. p. Shall
cross John &. Smith.
Uag-John Howell. o. W. Hciskcll,
j. H. Bnt,fnrd.
Tn,on-JamcS Laund"r, Harvey Hall,
y. Gehring.
Gnt,r-Hcnry Hubbard, Thos. Mottatt,
Washington Rumble.
HsLStcr-.Iohn Handlan. j. VI. Todd,
John q. Bel"viIle.
Rirhie-B. Spcidc, Jacob H"n"chrr,
Henry Schaftrr.
LiLrW-Nallry Grovrprccinct-.I. ID.
Whitman. William Gastin, Isaac Davis.
West Liberty precinct. II. Mont
gomery, Jas. Dixon, Lewis b. Morgan.
RirLIand-Simon McCulloch, Geo. W.
Wilson, John English. Glenn's Run
Prccinct-A VI. Jacobs, Phillip Riley,
John B. Lislc.
Triodelphia.-First Precinct Hugh
Clark. DAVID Armstrong, Daniel Thorn
burgh. Second Precinct. at Wesley Rob
in>ons house-Wesley Robinson, Frank
Henderson. J. II. Oldham. Third Pre-
cinct-John Pfarr, WIN. VI. Hutchinson.
William Memminger.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resoircd, That the clerk prepare
and have printed from the Road
Surveyors report NJ soon rs possible and
send to the different road surveyors with
instructions 70 report on or before the
first Monday in November, according t"
sections o ana IL Of the road law; and
calling their attention to the fact that no
report was made at the beginning Of the
fiscal year beginning June lst 1874.
The bills OF the Standard Printing
Company and II. W. Phillips. Justice of
Washington district, were ordered paid.