The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-31
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Business Transacted az Yesterdays ses.
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The Board met yesterday morning In
regular monthly session. GAl the 5mem'
befs were present..
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed. .-..u
coMMITTRE REPORTS. 80 -
The first thing in order was the reading
OF the reports OF the various committees,
abstracts OF which We present below:
Finance and AecoHnis.-In the matter OF
sundry petitions referred by the Board at
the last session, the Committee made the
following recommendations; Jacob Wise,
claim OF an erroneous assessment, rejected
Alex. Rogers, claiming erroneous assess.
ment, granted rebate on $4,000 for 1877
and $3.50 for 1873; A. J. Sweeney, Re-
ceiyer .Centripetal Power Company, re-
funded on $1,000 OF an erroneous assess.
ment: WIN. 2. Hubbard, administrator OF
the estate OF Wm.' Exley, refund
ed on $4,000, arbitrary assessment
of personal property for the year
1871; Wheat & Sons. refunded on Slb,OOV
OF an erroneous assessment on personal
property for 1877. in Richie district;
Robert Simpson, refunded on 81 600 OF an
erroneous assessment for the year. 1873;
estate OF Thos Neill, refunded on 500, er-
roucous assessment in Centre district
George busch, OF Aladisondistrict, refund
cd on 500 OF erroneous assessment on
horse and buggy; Margaret McMurry, Of
Liberty district, refunded on $475 for 1878:
Jesse S. Wheat, refunded on 81 ,l4O, real
estate in Richie district; Geo. +. Linch, oil
CLAY district, refunded on $500, being
Mingo furnace stock in State Of Ohio and
worthless; Geo. P. Inch, administrator Of
the estate DIN. P. Remick, refunded on
$4,000 OF foreign stock; Mrs. II. Wiler, Of
Clay district, capitation refunded.
The committee referred the following
petitions and claims 10 the coming Board
Tor examination and report: The Peoples
Bank, OF Wheeling, ]. J. ,Cayanaugh, and
the report OF the Committee on Roads and
Bridges Of Dec q, 1878. as !sa
In the matter OF the petition OF VIM
Moore, Surveyor OF Roads, in the case Of
Hartley 4 Ewing vs.! Moore & Whitman,
in the County Court, q judgment having
been given against defendants as individ'
uals, the committee deemed it Just TO as
sumo the judgment and cost Of Court.
The committee recommended that the
Clerk be directed to draft an ordinance in
accordance with the law defining the du'
ties OF road surveyors in the expenditure
OF monies and appropriations, and the
powers Of the same, and any Commission
or TO make contracts. -''
The judgment assumed is in the sum Of
500 and costs of Court. .....I ,i.rl.E
The Bank OF Wheeling six per cent loan,
being the last issue Of $i5, 900 county bonds
for the p. WI Ky. Railroad'of forty-five
coupons, returned paid Nov. LIST, were ex-
amined and found correct asfollows: May
LIST, balance rendered, S6l0. %; Nov. LIST,
IS coupons leach 500, 81 $50; Dec. l, 1873,
interest, expense of'loan, $@ AZ; balance
Dec. LIST, 1873, due Bank Of Wheeling,
Il 1907 90. The committee recommended
that the Clerk properly enter same to the
credit of the Bank OF Wheeling, and file
the coupons after cancelling same. a,..
d The committee further reported on the
following petitions: Wheeling Iron & Nail
Company, refunded on 49,, 200 for 1877 In
Washington district; VIM. Voeckler, OF
Centre district, claim OF erroneous assess
mcnt for 1878, rejected; petition OF George
Hook, for rubber stampfor County Clerk
office, rejected. FH.p HWFrFl si"f''iN
In the matter OF the claim OF Charles
Kemble, architect, for his time and inform
alton for the proposed house OF correc-
ton, the committee recommended that he
be allowed 500 for his services. rh1' Hihi
Tho committee found, upon examining
the financial statement OF Ohio county,
the amount realized from all sources Is
SOL ,2296 50; amount expended and in
tra,situ, SlOl, ll6 7s; surplus, 81, rs. - y
balance. due by Liberty district, SS07 SO,
do. Triadelphia, $40 05; do. Richie, S43 90;
actual surplus, s., 45O IA. y F"r..u ~
The following recommendations were
made by the committee: That the state.
ment be printed as the law requires; that
j. NJ. Ewing be allowed 500 to superin-
tend the completion OF the Peninsula
Road; that the following bills be paid /:
w. @. Smith, General Road Surveyor,
Sl32 So; J. NJ. Mathews, County Court
expense, S275. ,|.f ~ 10 liz n.UffI
The various recommendations of the
Committee were adopted. ~
Poor House and Fdm.-Reported bills
amounting in the aggregate to S737 05.
Also recommended that the Board as
0verseersof the Poor for the two years be
allowed per diem for the average time at
tending TO the poor and business OF the
county in this direction, at.the rate Of $50
per annum. Report adopted and bill Or
dered paid. Ilpi ..-l .Hr a- e
The Poor Agent reported total number
OF inmates of fnfirmary, 65; white males
II, do. females IL, coiored males 9. Re-
port filed. r.}i n, 5lawu 'uI
Court House aud Jaii.-The impure air
arising from the basement OF the Court
House, caused by imperfect drainage OF
water from closets, was remedied by plac-
ing direct drain to the sewer from the
Jail: The payment OF bills aggregating
S3lG SSwas recommended. Report adopt
ed and bills ordered paid. IN t.
Printnlg.-Recommendedt the payment OF
Stanton 4 Dayenport's bill for stationery
amounting TO S25 10. So ordered. .l'
/ Roads and Bridyes.--Having made sur
vcy OF the road known US the Kelley barn
and Dumont Cemetery road, and made
some changes i'll the route, in order 10
bring the road to the grade required by
law, the committee recommended that $50
be allowed Aaron Kelley, and 500 be al
lowed the heirs Of +. Marling, for DANA
ges. 4. l. e-r.-HL o.. VS. ...
J. In the matter oi the line Of road over
the hill through the lands of Samuel
Smith, the committee did not complete the
survey, but recommended the adoption Of
a route around the hill. ls..U.
The following reports OF surveyors were
by the committees: Robert NJ.
l.eazure, Richland district; John ]. Jacobs,
ditto, and Liberty district; John W. Nor.
gan, Richland; Frederick W. Lockel, ditto;
james McCammon, Liberty district; d.
NJ. Maxwell, Liberty district. No giIiG
Bills aggregating 1878 % were reported
by the committee. .us.g,. ,I.r
The report was adopted and the bills or
dered paid. ,,r :. r.. ars lIT7'
FL" COUNTY ESGISEER's REPORT. ll
County Engineer Smith reported that
all work placed under contract during the
present year has been completed, and iinal
estimates returned to the Clerk office, ex.
cepting the following, viz: Improvement