The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-29

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C1uHty CoRmis,iOasrI YeserdGy-Cose eftAe
FIsoai Year Of ls7+-The Board OF Com
missioners held meeting yeterday morn
ing for the purpose Of closing up the bust.
mess Of the fiscal year 1874. Present:
Reilly, Carnahan, Caldwell, BayhS,
Kleives, Whitman, Schultz, Sheppard, EW-
ing, Waddle.
The oath OF Office Of james N. Ewing,
the new Commissioner from Union dis
trict, was read by the clerk.
FINANCE ASD ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Finance and Ac-
counts reported substantially as follows :
The report Of the Committee on Roads
and Bridges, as referred to your COM
mittee, was examined and approved, pro-
viding there was no expenditure OF
money, excepting the right OF e1Pending
any money on River Road and Second
Division OF the Wheeling 4 Bethany
Road. These were made subject to the
Road Committee as repairs, Mr., Whitman
was instructed to employ suitable per-
son to keep the toll-gate on the W. W. l..
4 Bethany and the Greggsville, Clinton &
Potomac Roads, and report.
BROOKE AND OHIO COUNTIES ASSUME THE
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE P. W. a KY,
ROAD.
The Committee held a conference
meeting with the Brooke County Court
Commissioners and Hon. G. d. Hubbard
President Of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling &
Kentucky Railroad, regarding the in
debtedness Of said road, and from facts in
possession OF the Committee 1t was
deemed the best for the interest Of the
county to approve Of the following reso-
lutiOns:
ReS,lr,d, That the counties Of Brooke
and Ohio do hereby assume the indebted
ness OF the said r. W. 4 Ky. Railroad,
as at present shown to be about $4,000
indispnted claims, each Of said countie
TO pay pro rata share Of said Indebtedness.
| in the ratio OF One-third to Brooke and
two.thirds to Ohio county,
ReaO!Uod, That each claim (ot Ohio
county's pro rata share) be properly au'
thenticated and transferred TO said Ohio
county, and then paid by order on Sheriff
payable out OF the taxes Of 1875, the SAINT
10 bear interest at the rate Of six pei
cent per annum, after the Sheriff has &C
knowledged their presentation and unit
paid, but the Sheriff to pay same as any
other orders Of the Board.
CONDITION OF THE SINKING FUND.
The account Of Hon. G. D. Hubbard, fol
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund, wa
examined and found correct, being as fol
lows:
We have paid the interest occurring
during the current year in the Sinking
Fund bonds, and have purchased a. fOI
the $4,000 Of said Sinking Fund bonds
We have cash on hands 5 ,377 10, bearing
interest at the rate ofsix per cent per an
mum, and there are yet outstanding Of thu
Sinking Fund bonds $1,000. The OK
penses Of the Fund for the year since our
last report are /:
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~ per cent on $500 66 disbuESed.......~ u 8
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We have failed to get all the bonds a
we hoped during the year, and have final
~ given notice to the holders that M
further provision would be made for thu
payment Of the interest In New York, bu
that the bonds would be paid at par and
interest on presentation here.
TSigned.1 G. D. HUBBARD.
FoTJ. G. Campbell, S. Brady and &. D
Hubbard, Commissioners.
The bonds are compromise bonds, and
Numbered 90
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The said bonds and coupons are in pos