The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-29

BOARD OF coMsnsHoxERs.-The Board
Of Commissioners met at the Court
House yesterday morning. Allthe mem.
bers were present except Mr.. Handlan.
The Committee on
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
reported that Il was in their opinion in
expedient to appropriate 81 900 to the
Dixon Run bridge, $500 for the upper
end Of Castlemans Run, or 10 rebuild tho
steenrod bridge. The committee recon.
mended the payment Of bills aggregating
$3.50 IS. The report was adopted, and
bills ordered paid,
The report Of the Clerk upon the sell.
Element made between Ohio county and
the d. d o. railroad, for taxes due from
1869 TO 1875, inclusive, and for the year
1870, on a basis Of $4,000 valuation,
was read and adopted.
The joint Committee on Finance and
Accounts and Roads and Bridges submit.
ted the following resolutions:
RsaOllHd, That the sum Of 500, appro.
priated to the ID Div. G. G. & 4. road ,,be
and ia hereby transferred to the lst Div.
G. @. & p. road.
Resolred, That the claim Of NJ. & A.
Denniston for damages be and Is hereby
rejected.
Re,Oiped, That the Prosecuting Attor.
ney examine into the practica6ility Of
the writ Of ud guod dGmaun on extension
Of 81 Div. &. q. 4 P. road.
Rcsolrcd, That the foregoing report be
adopted.
The second, third and fourth resolu.
tons were adopted, and the first amended
by Mr.. Ewing by transferring the 500
appropriation TO the upper end Of the
river road, at Glenn's Run.
The Court House and Jail Committee
recommended that the contract for fur.
nishing the Ohio county Jail and the city
poor with medicines for one year be
awarded to Edmund Booking, at Sl2i.
So ordered.
The Poor House and Farm Committee
recommended that the Agent Of the
County lnirmary be ordered to allow no
visitors 10 the lnfrmary on the Sabbath
day; that the contract Of physician to the
County Infrmary be awarded to Drs.
Storer and Cracraft for one year, com.
menCing June LIST, Tor $500. The report
was adopted as whole.
The report Of the Poor Agent for May
shows totalexpenditure oIS3OS rs; No.
Of inmates, s.; white males, 81; do females,
II; colored males, l; no births; one death,
j. II. Jackson, a colored male; transient
poor42.
BONDS APPROVED.
The following bonds were approved by
the Board: Louis Gaus, Constable Of
Union district; Henry Gehringer, liquor
license; Henry Danb, liquor license;
Elizabeth Roeddiger, liquor license;
Elizabeth Miller, liquor license; Jacob
Neuhard, liquor license; Frank Walters,
liquor license; Judith Roettger, liquor
license.
The official oaths OF l.. D. Waite, JUS
tiCe Of Webster district; S. c. A. Hamil-
ton, Justice Of Centre district, and Rob.
crt ". Lazsar, Surveyor Road Preciuct
No. {, Richland district, were read and
ordered filed.
Bills: J. C. Maxwell, improving tell
house on Bethany pike, Si0, ordered
paid; Jane. NJ. Ewing & Co, printing,
Sis, ordered paid; NaErs & Wilson, !um-
Der, % 10, ordered paid.
Petition OF August Miller, for release
from Ohio county Jail, granted. OF Sam.
uel II. Smith, for appointment as special
County Constable, granted.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
Drs. L. D. Wilson, Z. D. Cherry,
and Thoa. 0. Edwards were nom.
mated for the office Of county physician.
a vote resulted: Wilson s; Edwards 4
Those voting for DR.. Wilson we're Messrs.
Bayha, Ewing, McColloch, Roth, Whit.
ham; those voting for DR.. Edwards
Mes.rs. Frew, Myles, SPeidel, Waddlc.
DR.. Wilson was declared duly elected, to
serve Tor the year commencing June lst.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
b. Mr.. Roth: That the sum OF 20
cents he inserted in lieu Of 80 cents in the
report ofthe Road Committee, May 7, as
relates to the road tax in Richie district.
By Mr.. Ewing: That the Finance
Committee inquire rs to the expediency
OF establishing House Of Correction on
the County farm, with plan, probable
cost, and all other necessary information,
and report TO the Board so soon as said
Information i, obtained.