The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-05
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

A meeting of the Board of Commits
sloners of Ohio County, was held yester-
day, President Reilly in the chair.
Present-Messrs. Bsyha, Caldwell,
Ewing, Klevis, Reilly, Schultz, Sheppard,
Waddle and Whitman.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Mr.. Ewing moved that the regular
order of business De suspended, ana tnat
petition from Union aud citizens OF
other districts be received and read,
which WAS carried. :.
The petition was against the wheeling
and Elm Grove Railway Company's run.
ming engines on the Fulton bridge and
county road. 1t set forth that
horse travel on that road
and bridge, funerals, &c, would
be interfered with; that it would be nec-
essary to 90 up over the steep hill; that
the road and bridge had been built at
the general expense for the benefit OF Il
few. Another petition Of the same char
acter was also read. .a.. -
Mr.. Ewing then moved that the petit
ton be granted, which was not concurred
in. 1t was then decided to allow the at
torneys for the petitioners and the rail-
read company to speak
George b. Caldwell ESQ then took the
floor and made lengthy speech in be
half OF the petitioners. This gentleman
was followed by j. j. Woods and j. h.
Good, ESQ.,, for the railroad company, all
the speeches being attentively listened to
by the large number OF persons present.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Goods argu-
ment it was II o'clock, and the Board
took a recess until l:30 P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Board met at l 80 o'clock, all the
members, except Mr.. Carnahan, being
paesent. .r
WI Hubbard, ESQ.,, then addressed the
Board in behalf OF the petitioners, and at
the conclusion OF his speech the vote was
taken; which resulted in favor OF grant
ing the prayer of the petitioners, by a
vote OF about 6 to 3.
The report Of the committee on Poor
House and Farm was read recommend
ing the payment of bills amounting to
S5l8.94. 1t was adopted and bills order.
ed paid.
The report of the joint committee of
Finance and Roads and Bridges was read
and adopted, together with the following
resolution:
Resoiced, That writ of ad quad dans-
mum be awarded to Joseph Harvey and
heirs, j. A. Carter, Ruth o. Dunlap,
Samuel Dunlap, A. o. Fowler, Thomas
Pemberton and VIM. Dunlaps heirs, and
that the County Court be petitioned to
issue said writ as above. Adopted.
The report of the committee on
Finance and Accounts recommending
the payment of bills amounting to
1866. 70, was read and adopted, and the
bills ordered paid.
The report of the committee on
Court House and JaI recommending
the payment of bills amounting to
$229.50, was read and adopted.
The report of the committee on Roads
and Bridges recommending the payment
OF bills amounting to $42l.24, was
adopted and the bills ordered paid.
The special committee appointed on
lndexing the records of the comfy re-
ported as follows
Rtsolred, That Robert B. Woods pro.
coed to re index the tifty-one books, as
set forth in the petition of the bar, at the
rate of five dollars per volume, and that
he have made the proper books for said
indexing.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
The report of w. e. Smith, county
engineer. was read and adopted.
The special committee appointed to
draft an ordinance in reference to offer
ing rewards for the apprehension of
criminals reported the ordinance which
was read third time and adopted.
The POOR.
The report of b. Stanley, agent of the
Poor House was received and filed. 1t
showed the total number OF inmates to be
"a, SO males, % females and Decolored
male; under one year Of age 3.
A lot OF petitions were read and re-
ferred to their respective committees.
The report OF E. g. Crscraft, Esq,
Prosecuting Attorney, stating that the
Citizens Street Railway property should
be placed upon the assessors books OF Ohio
county and assessed in like manner as
other private corporations doing business
in the city of Wheeling, was read, re-
ceived and filed.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed judges of election in their re.
spective districts:
Washington D,strict-H. A. Phillips,
NJ Edwards and James Roberts.
Mad,son-J. &. Smith, George X.
Wheat and Charles Lukens.
Clay-Joh Howell, Ortho Heiskel and
John II Hall.
Unon-John H. Downs, James Laun-
der and Casper He'll.
Centre-Thos H. Reed, Charles Bin
gel and John Vock!er.
Webster-Jas. Nj. Todd, Stephen Clark
and G. G. Murdoch.
Ritchie-T. b. Thompson, Thos. Nc
Cready and Christ. Vieweg
T1radclphia-No. 1-E. Nj. Atkinson,
d. NJ. Thompson and j. F. Smith. No.
IF. NJ. Henderson, Wesley Robinson
Cdlllutl we o--ups. L
Bedilhon, John Pfarr and Isaac Blan-
chard.
RichLand-At Richland School House
Isaac B. Kelly, Alonzo j. McColloch
and VIM. North. At Glen's Run School
House-Jsmes. G. McCord, Phillip Reilly
and John B. Lyle.
Liberty-No. IL. B. Morgan, Phillip
Young and Vincent Vanmeter. No. 2
j. d. Whitman, William CASTOR and
Isaac Davis. No. 3-John Howard, j.
H. Montgomery and James Blsyney.
RESOLUTIONS.
ReSolped, That the Clerk of this Board
be ordered to advertise for bids to fill
"poor prescriptions" from September IS,
1876, to June l, 1877, the close of the
fiscal year. Adopted.
RESOLVED, That the committee on Print
inn he authorized tn nrinl one hundred