The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-08
no.RDOr COMMISSIONERS.
10 Unirorms for Constables-o'"ef
Rusfncss transacted.


The Board met yesterday morning al
he court house 10 regular session. iui'
epresen tation being present
The minutes Of the two previous meet
pes were read and adopted, and tne I"i
owing order of business was gone through
With:
REPORTS.
The agent OF the poor hoVse !ePortei
hat the expenditures OF the poor iafn,
;or the month we're 1912 20. The total
number Of inmates now In Inc ins'''u,
lion is seventy Aye, Of which number 40
are males, rs white females, and ] col
pred male. The number OF transieh ~
the farm during the month nutnoef co.
and the deaths 2
Report ordered filed.
The Committee on Court heu'e ahu
.Jsjl reported in favor Of the payment OF
bills amounting to $3S GA, ard recon-
mended that the clerk Of the Board al
vertise for bids for furnishing medicine
to the inmate OF the Jail, and that spPh-
cations will be received from this date
tor the appointment OF county physi,
clan. who shall attend the city poor and
county prisoners in the Jail. The com
mittee also reported adversely on the
of unitorming the county
coDstables.
Report adopted.
the committee on poor house and
farm reported in favor OF ordering the
poor agent 10 employ all male pauPers
under bis charge IN clearing the hill Por-
tio, of tho farm; in favor OF paying bills
smoul ting to S55445. and ordering, the
Prosecuting Attorney to make appilcs-
ton for the appointment of committee
for John Lsmbkin, deceased psupar.
Report opted.
The board of equalization reported
chsnpes in the land books on the assess
ment of property of the following par
ties: Rachael Larkins, John q. Hotf
man, S. Lsughmsn, Tnos. Hornbrook,
VIM. Stamm, Hugh Clark, Hugh Drake
ly estate, Boggs mining company, Frank
W alters, w. w. Porter, Henry Miller,
VIM. Meninger, Patrick Kennedy, VIM.
Clark, Coon Kraft, Jos. l.. Bedillon,
VIM. Askew, Levinis Carroll, h. n.
List, Hannah Haley, Joseph SpeideI.
Reported adopted.
The Committee on Roads and bridges
reported in favor appropriating 1000 to
tho building of a bridge and approaches
over Little Whee!lr e creek at the mouth
of the Dixon run Ooad; $500 TO the Cas-
tleman's run road from Potomac to ID.
NJ. Blayney's. The comnit!ee also
reported in favor of allowing the road
surveyors to allow persons desiring to
work out their local tax to work on. the
same in the different districts on the
following basis: Liberty district, ~
cents on the dollar; Triadelphia, ~
cents; Ri,hland, rs cents; Richie, ~
cents.
Report adopted.
The isint committee on finance and
roadsa ppointcd t, look into The matter OF
damages on the Valley Grove and Mid
die Wheeling creek road. asked for iu'-
Their time; recommended the appropria-
ii IN of 500 for Matchmaking the w.,
w. l.. & b. turnpike from Liberty to the
Brook county line, and that toll gate
be placed on the river ROAD near the
city limits.
Report adopted.
The report of the Finance Committee
the agreement with the Baitt'
more and Ohio road, Us heretofore pub
llshed, and ordering the attorneys oi the
road to pay oyer to the sheriff certain
taxes Was received a. d adopted
MISCELLANEOUS.
Louis Gaus, on application was ap-
pointed a constable IN Union district.
Tue petitions of T d. Waite, James
NJ. Todd and j q. Bellville, to receive
the appointment Of ju.tice IN Webster
4 strict, occasioned by the death of the
late George Forbes, were read and a bal
lot resulted in the appointment OF Waite.
Liquor licenses we've granted 10 Eliza
Rocddiger, Henry Daub, Jacob Neu-
hardt, Hermon Genneger, Elizabeth
Mile, Frank Walters, August Helm
berger and VIM. Stemm.
VIM. Hamilton WAS elected as justice
IF the peace IN centre district.
The official osths Of the road surveyors
If the ditfert mt districts were received aud
ordered filed.
A number of petitions on various mat
.ers were received read and referred to
he proper committees.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were then
disposed of:
Resolved, That the prosecuting attor.
ley make motion on the bonds OF such
,atarie, public who have no: complied
with the orders of the Board, and in
with the law, the time to re.
port is extended TO the 18th inst, after
which time to prosecute.
Adopted.
Resolved, That the clerk advertise for
APPLICATION Tor physician to attend
County Inirmary for one year. COM
nenciug June ], 1877, SAID applications
% cease May 25.h, ut noon.
Adopted.
Resolved, That 500 of the appropria-
.lon en- the q. Z. j. Z. road, second dIvi-
ion, DO transferred To the grading and
bridging on the seventh division Of said
road.
Referred to Joint committee.
Rssolred That the county engineer by
OF Ro"d Committee, be au.
.borized to contract with the lowest and
best bidder for any work to he done on
he G {. Il p. road, W., w. l.. Il b.
-oad, and River rosd, not yet contracted
or and covered by appropriations on any
county road. Adopted.
Resolved That the County Court he
lsked to grant II writ OF al quod damnun,
o the case of the right OF way for the
extension OF tie &. l. 4 7. road, through
he lands of JAS. H.ney ard others TO the
Castleman's run road, IA lately granted
~ the SAID County Court.
Adjourned.