The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-04
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


A special meeting of Council WAS held
last night, President Logan in the chair.
Present-Messrs. Beltz, Etrskine,
Goerlng, Hoge, Hanke, Long, Leasure,
Myles, McGaw, Pollock, Pryor, Reitz,
Sylvis, Wilkinson, Warner, Waterhouse
The report of the committee on PENN
sula Bridge with accompanying resolu-
lions was read and adopted.
A ordinance granting the Street Rdll-
way Company the right of way on Forty
third street, from Jacob TO Eoh street,
was read and on motion was laid on the
table.
The report of the Board of Claims was
read and adopted.
/ Mr.. Curran. contractor OF the PENN
sula bridge was allowed his monthly
/ claim amounting To- :jl9.Ij.
n,The bond of NJ. Sylvis, Superintcn-
I dent of the WorkhoHsr, was read and re-
ceived.
The petition j. W. Gentry, pubic
printer, asking the privilege of tappln z
the water pipe, WAS referred to tho com
mi,tee on Water Works, with power to
act.
The committee on Streets and Alleys
reported in favor of awarding the con-
tract for laying Sandstone on McCulloch
street to Brlnkman X Co., for
Sl,9G0, they being the lowest bidder.
The resolution in relation to the above
was rejected, on the ground that 1t was
too late to commence work OF that KIND
at this season of the year.
THE THIRD TERM QUESTION.
The committee on Police made the
following report:
Your Joint standing committee on
Police. to whom was referred the petition
of deputy sergeants, asking that the
Council have the second section of an
&C: entitled an act to amend the char
ter of the city of Wheeling" amended
re-enacted, would recommend that the
PRAYER of the petitioners be granted, by
striking out of said section the follow
ing words:
That the City Sergeant and deputies
who have served under him during the
preceding year shall shall be ineligible
! for reelection after two successive terms
until one term shall have intervcncd.'
We recommend the adoption of the
following resolution.
Re>oircd, That the Mayor and Presi-
dent of the Second Branch Of Council be
authorized TO memoriaIze the Legisla-
! turc of West Virginia, now in session, TO
amend said section i'll accordance with
the foregoing recommendation.
On the above report and resolution
the ayes and nays were called for and it
was defeated by the following vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Beltz, Gocring, Hankc,
Lcasure, Reitz, Wilkinson, Warner and
Mr. Presdent-S.
NAYs-Messrs. Ersiine Hogc, Long,
Myles, McGaw, Pollock, Pryor, Sylvis
aud Waterhouse-9.
A communication was read from Judge
G.. L. Cranmer asking that Council
adopt some repressiye measures which
will check The cruelty to animals which
exists in our midst. The communication
was referred to the committee on Ordi-
nances.
\ resolution requesting the committee
on Ordinances to draft an ordinance grant
ing power to the Mayor, City Sergeant,
Judge OI inc O.ICc IoLII, IIt p"a'u vi
Control of the Temporary Workhouse,
to send any person or persons, on appll-
cation. without prosecution, to the Work
house, there to be subjected to the same
rules and regulations that are applied to
the prisoners. The resolution WAS
adopted.
The rules and regulations governing
the temporary workhousc, were read and
adopted, and 100 copies ordered to be
printed.