The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-24
CITY COUNCIL.
sDeeinl laeetIns-SeeOnd Branch.

Hildreth, Hanson, Kingdom, Long, Lea
sure, Myles, McGaW, McCourtney, Pol
lock, Pryor, Reitz, Sylyis, Travis, Wer-
ner, Wilkinson, Mr.. President.
ASSESSMENT OF IIcEsE,
! The ordinance regulating the Assess
ment Of licenses for the year commencing
May Isl came up for It's final adoption,
the blanks having been flled at the meet
ing on Tuesday night last.
Mr.. Wilkinson spoke against the re-
ductiou that had been made in the licenses
Of wholesale and retail liquor dealers and
keepers Of coffee houses and Ordinaries,
followed BY Mr.. HOrkheimer IN it Ia
VOF.
TIE ORDINANCE REJECTED.
The ayes and nays we're called upon
the fnal adoption Of the ordinance, with
the following result:
AYE- BeltL Goering, Horkheimer,
He'll, RinghOru, Long, Myles Pryor,
Werner-9.
NOE : Hildreth, Hanson, Leasure,
McGaU, McCourtney, Pollock, Reilz, Syl-
viA Travis, Wilkinson, Mr.. President
Ill.
So the ordinance wa rejected.
=NEsTERIoUs7 PROcEEDISGs.
Mr.. HOrSheimer claimed that the or
dinAnoe had beea adopted at previous
meeting, by more than 3 tWO-thirds vote.
He thought the proceedings Of the COun-
ell very mysterious and certainly not cor
rect.
Mr.. Pollock called his attention TO the
fact that be HOrkheimer)had Occupied
the chair on the evening in question, and
had announced from the chair that as the
ordinance had only passed BY = majority
vote il would have to lay over until
another meeting.
Mr.. HoFkheimer Acknowledged that be
had made such an announcement, but
claimed that il wa the result Of = miSun-
dCrsisndiRg, the Mayor having called his
attention 10 the fact that the ayes and
nays should be called upon the final
passage Of an ordinance.
WOULDN'T ADJOURN.
Attic conclusion Of Mr.. HOrkheimer's
remarks, Mr.. Kingdom made motion to
adjourn. The motion vas lost by vote
Of 9 TO II.
TRYING IT OvER AGAIN.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Hildreth, the Clerk
was instructed to report an ordinance As
seAsiBg the tax on licenses for the ensuing
year, and this fOrmaliiy having been gone
through with the ordinance was again
read and the blanks filled. The blanks
were flled as before, with the exception
Of the wholesale and retail liquor licenses
andcOfee house and ordinary licenses.
AT THE OLD FTGUREa
Upon motion Of Mr.. Wilkinson, the
license Of wholesale and retail liquor deal
ers was fixed at $500, the same as last
year. The Second Branch on Tuesday
night last reduced it to $50. The FOL.
lowing Is the vote fixing the license OF
$500:
AYEs-Hildreth, Hanson, Ieasure, Nc.
Cav, Pollock, ReitE, SylVis, Travis, vii.
kinson, Handlan, Mr.. Presidential.
NoEs-Beltz, GOering, Horkheimer,
Hell, Kingdom, Long, Myles, McCOurt'
ney, Pryor, Werner-lO.
AGAIN LAID OVER.
The vote upon the final adoption Of the
ordinance resulted:
AYES iildreih, Hanson, Ieasnte,
McGaw, McCourtney, Pollock, Pryor,
ReilZ, SylVis, Travis, Wilkinson, Hand
Ian, Mr.. PreSident-l3.
NOIs- BeltI, GOeriHg, HOrkheimer,
Hell, Kingdom, Long, Myles, WernGr-S.
The ordinance requiring twO-thirds
vote, il was again laid over.
RESOLUTIONS
A resolution from the First Branch in.
structing the Committee on Lights to as
certain and report upon the probable cost
Of extending the gas to the Eighth Ward
was cOncurred in.
Resolution instructing Committee on
Health to report an ordinance pre-.
scribing the manner in which slops and
garbage can be removed from the resi-
dences Of the citizens received from the |
First Branch and cOncurredin.
A resolution ihstructing the Special |
Committee on Main Street Improvement
to cut three feet from the crest Of Main |
street hill, between llth street aud Alley
twas referred to the committee named.
A resolution instructing the Committee
on Ordinances TO draft an ordinance reg.
ulating the erection Of building, and
providing for the election Of an inspector
Of buildings, was adopted.
COFFEE HOUSES AND ORDINARIEs.
The ordinance regulating the assess.
ment OF licenses for coffee houses and
Ordinaries was received from the First
Branch with several amendments.
The amendments were severally taken
up and disposed Of. With but two ex.
ceptiOns they were nOn-cOncurred in.
COMMITTEE or CONFERENCE.
The First Branch adhering to ils &C.
ton, a Committee Of Conference was
called for, and Messrs. Handlan, Itork.
heimer and Sylvis were appointed on the
from the Second Branch.
The Committee Of Conference reported
that they had agreed TO fix the licenses
The same as last year, viz: Ordinaries,
$3.50; coffee houses, $500.
SANE AZ Last YEAR.
Mr. Ilildreth moved to concur in the
report Of the committee, which WA (
lgreed to BY the following vote:
AYEs-Hildreth, Hanson. LeaSurc, Nc. {
Jaw, Pollock, Pryor, Reitz Sylvis, Travis,
Handlan, Mr.. Pfesident-12. l
NoE = Belt1, Goering, 1forkheimer, I
:leil, Hanke, Kingdom, Long, Myles, {
Werner-l0.
A resolution from the First Branch in
egard to the rental value Of otdinaries
'as concured in.
Adjourned.
First BrnueL..E;xtra Session
His Honor the Mayor called the Branch 2
0 order, present at roll call, Messts,
laird, Blair, Butterfeld, COwen, Carna. n
an, Dunnihg, Egerter, McAdans, Rob. I
rte, Schambta, Ulfich and Wallace.
The minutes Of the last meeting were T.
cad with one OF two minor corrections n
ERE approved and signed. The annual a
assessing licences on coffee n
Otises, and Ordenaties was received from
lie Second Branch and read. The licences cI
! fixed by the Second Branch we're one [,
e. a .