The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-10
nOAHn OF COMMISSIONERS.

The report OF the Committee on
Poor House and Farm recommending
the payment OF bills amounting to
s579. SO, was read and adopted.
The report OF the Committee on
Roads and Bridges was read and adopt
cd, and biIa amounting to $50 80 or
dered paid.
| The repor. Of the Committee on
Court House aud Jail WAS read aud
| adopted. The committee awarded the
contract for furnishing coal to Court
/ House aud jail for the ensuing year to
! Kimberly d Co, whose bid was the
lowest.
The report OF the agent o. the Poor
House was read and filed, rom which
we take the following:
The expenditures for the month o.
February amounted 10 1902; number
OF inmates As: white males % females
II; colored .; during the month 90
travellers were given lodging and meals.
The committee on Finance and Ac~
QUITS made lie following report, which
vas adopted:
! Commissioners Of Ohio Cbuay;
| GENTLEMEN " our committee agree
able to instructions Of February "a,
| have examined the oud6 laying in the
safe. being the cid Hempfeld and COM
promise bonds, a.so $4,000 jail bonds
| OF 1888, aad fouat them TO correspond
with the clerks list, the whole amount
of bonds snd coupons being S0j $50.
The subject OF releasing the Wheel
/ ing Window Glass Works Company,
from erroneous nc tax $4,000 Of manufac
tured goods was examined, and having
more light Oh the matter The same was
confirmed ~ at :; former meeting and
the gheriG ordered 10 allow the same.
JOHN 0EsTERLld,
Chairman.
| The following ord.naoce vas read
ard adopted
"An ordinance entitled an ordinance
to fix time and manner OF settlement OF
justices accounts. :,
SEC. |. Be it ordained by the Board
OF Commissioners, that every justice
having claims against the county,
shall present the same fos set. ement at
the close of each term OF the County
Court.
SIC. . It shall be thr Gaty 0: the
Clerk Of tie Board aud the Prosecut-
irg Attorney when an account Is pre-
ger;eG for payment, 10 carefully exam
| inc the same and certify onI J such &C.
counts az are rendered according 10
law and ru.ii!&-! 10 payment by the
county
SIC. ,. No accounts shall be paid by
the Board until such examination and
endorsement
SEC. I. THIS ordinance shall be in
force from anG a';cr il: passage.
The resignation N Charles ExIy'
constable OF Clay townsbip, was &C.
cepted. , 90
Justice OF the Peace for Clay township
and John NJ. Confer, constable, were
received aud filed.
y. C. List, trustee for the estates OF
4. Knox AID Frank Knox, was releas-
ell from erroneous taxation.
J. Du B2is Vas released from err
roneous taxation.
| Ga motion o. Mr. Schultz. the amount
OF the assessment OF bank.stock 10 the
Fir.t National Bank, against Mr.. W:
E. TruIl be and the same IL assessed
against George Adams.
The bond OF B. Stanley, agent OF the
poor for Ohio county, was received and
fled.
| The reports OF the Oyerseer'5 OF the
Poor for Webster and Madison town
shipa, were read, and the bills presented
ordered to be paid
The contract for furnishing coal to
the Poor House fer the ensuing year
; was awarded TO Patrick Clark. the
county rcgsrviug the right to haul their
own coal CT not, and Mr.. Clark giving
security for the performance OF his bid
The bills o! VIM, Ewing and Lewis
Baker e Co, were read and ordered
paid
The committee on Roads and Bridge,
were instructed to examine the copdi,
ton Of the Steenrod bridge, and report
the same to the Board.
The petition OF certaia citizens o.
Ohio county, for the location OF q new
( road running iroEn Wheeling Creek
through the Poor House farm, and IN.
tersecting the Fairmout pike near the
place OF Charles Fisher Was read and
referred to the committee on Roaos and
Bridges.
The petition OF citizens OF Centre
!, township, for the sppointmeh. OF Car
l Neuhausen as Justice OF the Peace o
that township, was laid on the table or
the ground that there wss no vacancy
10 the township.
, The petition OF certain citizens o
= Washington township, asking the re-
moval OF Washington De!eneaush, 81
' constable Of said township, ~as referred
| to the committee on Court House snC
Jail.
The bill OF DR.. VIM Hukill, Tor at
tending county poor, was referred to thu
> committee on Finance snd Accounts
The following resolution was adopted
r Resored, That John Oesterliug b
, aud is hereby authorized to vote TIT
stock of this county at the next cleo
ton of directors OF the Pittsburgh
| Wheeling ard Kentucky Railroad Com
pspv, TO be held on Saturday, Marcel
: %. 1874,
On the fourth ballot the Bosrd elect
a Michael Edwards az sealer o
/, Weights and Measures, over JOSEPH
Toliyar, 10 I'll the vacancy eccasionet
By the death of Daniel Murry.,
On motion OF Mr.. Schultz, the COM
mittee on Court House snd Jail wa
r ordered to furnish chsirs for the cour
OF Appeals. -,
t A certificate OF attorney was grantee
t John o. Pendleton, 10 practice II Ohie