The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-20

rh1 hi,v Codhcil met Ii special session
hi eyenine, In the Second Branch the
following members answefea 10 t ~.
names 81 rpll.call: Mss,fs: belI i ry hts'
Zinc. Goering, ,Hapsoai LINKS hiin .g
hofn: MsGaT, Pollock, PfSer, hehk'
Tfsyis, Werner, n. President.H ~
. THAT is1ASD SALOON, ~
/. IN nation Il Mr.. Kinghoru, the rules
"a s,asnerIed Ia order 70 take up appli'
s.,;oSS w coffee house license.
eH "A cs.nmunication was received from
7 q Henry. stating that through ignor.
80 10 OF The law he had failed to take ont
sis license within thirty days % requir.
ed by the ordinance, and therefore made
4 second application for q license to keep
n coffee honseon Zane street, Island.
A petition, ,.ngned by two hundred
heads ofifamilies, residing on the Island,
demonstrating against the action oil Coun'
ell in granting coffee house license for
that Ward, was read. ~ '' ',.lo,,, a.
MIR. Erskine, Of the Seventh Ward,
spoke against the license being granted,
stating II the course Of his reniArks that
fully snine.tenths OF the people OF his
Ward were oppoaed 10 II. 4N or
Nj. Pollock did not think that saloon
should be forced upon the people Of any
Ward, v hen, The maj rity Of ttem tid
mol want IL. Hehad voted for II before,
but there was no opposition against 1t at
the time, for the reason that the mem.
bers generally thought that the location
Of the saloon was in the Fourth Ward,
Mr.. sHorkheimer, too, was opposed 70
granting alicense when the majority oil
The people in the ward did not want 1t.
The yeas and nays were called on the
motion 10 grant The license, with the
following result:
YEAsHBellz, Goering, Hanke, King
horn, Pryor, Reitz, Travis, Werner,
Waterhouse-9. bGG lOils9
| NAYs-Erskine, Horkheimer, Hanson,
Lohhs, Ayles, McGaw, Pollock, Logan--S.
So tho motion was carried. Mr.. Henry
,hereupon appeared With HE sureties,
Messrs. NJ. Reilly aud August Wiede-
busch, who were qualified.
COMMITTEE on GRADES.
TlIeC Commit, eson Grades reported That
In compliance with the petitions OF cit.
liens Of the Seventh Ward in relation 10
a change in, the grades Of Virginia and
South Huron streets, the committee had
examined said grades and believed it not
advisable 10 make any change in the
present grade Of Virginia street. They
therefore recommended that the prayer
Of the petitioners for changing The grade
OF said streetbenot granted! LlnNfelation
10 South Huron street the committee
we're unanimously OF the opinion that the
curb and grade on said street should be
raised as petitioned for, and therefore
recommended that the prayer OF the peti.
tioners be granted. IN, !, Z
The report wasreceived, and the rec.
concentrations adopted.
Mr.. VIM. Wiuder, Chief Marshal OF the
Fire Department elect, appeared .:silh
his snreties, Messts. A. Turner and A ~
Britt; and was'q6alilied.s ~ 's'
CLERKS FEES IN POLICE COURT CASES.
The joint special committee on the sub.
lee, ofthe fees ofthe Clerk Of the MUM.
cipal' Court oil, Wheeling, who were in.
structed 10 report 10 Council, for rec.
ommendation 10 The Legislature, draft
Of Of bill definitely fixing the fees or
compensation OF said clerk in police
court cases, reported that they did not
think 1T navisable TO undertake jto, have
law passed whichs would interfere
with the fees Of the Clerk except SO far
! as the city Is directly concerned. They
recommended the adoption Of the follow
ingpreamble and 'resoluion:i uSbW
WHEREAS, II appears that the fees Of
the Clerk Of the Municipal Court Of
Wheeling are now taxed under law
which, because il is inapplicable TO his
duties and services in police court cases,
lreFdifes the city 10 pay him in cases
where the costs are not collected from de-
PENDANTS, fees which amount to more
than his services in the police court car
be reasonably worth; Therefore, Ell a. .
Rsolred, That we recommend 10 the
Legislature OF the State Of West Virgin.
| Ia The passage Of bill Of the following
form or effect, to.wit: -f
An act to amend and re.enact Sec. q
Of an act passed Feb. "a, 1865, en-
titled "An act 10 establish courl
Of limited Jurisdiction in the city
lof Wheeling" be it enacted b.
tho Legislature Of West Virginia
lat. That Sec. % OF Chap. 81 Of the
Acts OF 1866, establishing the Municipal
Court Of Wheeling, be aud the same ];
hereby re.enacted so as 10 read rs fol
lows: .rt.H .Ia.-,. -7i...s r-r,.. .l,lI-,
"23. For services performed by hin
By virtue OF his Office, the Clerk OF sale
court shall receive the same fees q,
Clerks Of the Circuit Courts are or may
be entitled 10 receive for similar services
ABut 10 cases arising under the police
jurisdiction OF said court, the city o.
'Wheeling shall not be required 10 pay
as Clerk's fees, more than one dollar II
any case where the said city, as plaintiff
prevails in the suit or action" .yr
ed. All acts or parts Of acts. inconsist'
ent 9siththis act are ebyirepealed. =
The report was received and fled, and
tile resolutions, as above, adopted.
80 80 RESOLUTIONS. '-'''t 90
a resolution adopted by the Firs
Branch Dec. IL, making reduction o
| fifteen pei cent in the wages Of hands em
ployed by, the Street Commissioner, and
In the wages Of all city employees who
arc paid by the,day, on and after Deem
Der Is, was read. " '''
Upon,a rising vote, the resolution va
non. concurred In by a lie Of S to 5.
Mr.. TraSis,moved for recopsidcra
,;n,, ,rb;ch tvVa' aoreed N nv a'vhio n