The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-05
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The Early Days Of weIIsburg Formerly
Called CharleStown.
The Way That the FOrefathers
Managed tho Affairs of
the Town.
WE1IspuRo, January 8.

W~6LLSbuASI SAuuAA
Editors IntSl!lSeucer.
We have before us the "Record Of the
bye laws, rules and regulations, together
with other proceedings Of the Trustees OF
Charlestown, in the county OF Brooke,
commencing the I'd dag Of May, 1906"
The above Is the title verbatim at liter.
atm. From this old time honOred rec
ord we will endeavor to extract such
items that come under our observation
az we think may be OF interest TO your
readers 10 this section.
First, we notice that on the I'd day Of
May, 1905, at the Court House in Char
lestown, in the county Of Brooke, the
trustees OF said town met pursuant 10 an
act OF the general assembly Of Virginia,
passed the 9th day Of January, in this
present year, entitled IAN act adding
other trustees 10 the town Of Charlestown,
in the county OF Brooke, and for inCreas-
Ing their powers"
Present: James Marshall, Jas. Griffith,
John Connell, Nicholas P. T%illinghast,
Joseph Doddridge, Samuel Herdman,
Josiah Reeves, John Russell, Oliver
Brown, Philip Doddridge. Nicholas p.
Tillinghast was elected Chairman. and
John Council, Clerk. =.
"RsoIpsd, That the records Of the Board
be kept ia the Clerks Office Of the county
Of Brooke, 10 the Court House,"
The next business transacted was the
passage OF an ordinance regulating the
walks and pavements.
The owners OF "lots" 10 Charlestown,ex.
cept those on Water street between Green
street and Buffalo point, were allowed to
enclose nine feet in front Of their respect
i've lots, 10 he taken from the streets for
walks or pavements, measuring from the
front OF the lot to the outside oil the posts
or railing; land that all posts act up for
enclosures shall DO Of six inches diane.
ter and four feet high" It "a also or.
= med that mo porch or cellar door be
It or placed 30 as 10 extend more than
IT feet and one.half from the front OF
the lots into the street, walk or pave
ment."
Oliver Brown, Joseph Doddridge, John
Council and Philip DOddridge were APP
pointed 10 prepare an Ordinance pre-:
venting and Furnishing the offences oil
running horses, throwing or playing long
bullets, ~golloping horses in wagons, carts
or other carriages and unnecessary firing
Of guns within the town."
The same committee we're authorized
TO report an ordinance aud bylaw TO
provide for opening the streets and
alleys in the town, and for the running
OF ~nuisances and obstructions theretrom."
The same committee were instructed to
prepare an ordinance Regulating the
market hours"
The committee reported an ordinance
regulating the market, prohibiting the
butchers from selling meat or provisions
prior 10 10 o'clock A. NJ, unless sold in
the market house, under penalty OF II
dollar for each aud every offence. Tues
days and Saturdays were declared the
regular market days. MeSsrs. Brown, j..
DSddridge and Reeves were directed to
COMPLETE the market house. Board adj
iourned to second Monday in juno next,
when 1t convened and adjourned until
the Monday following.
The Board met June II, 1906, present
full Board.
"Oliver Brown, from a committee ap'
pointed on the second day OF May last,
reported an ordinance and law entitled
IAN ordinance for preventing and pun
ishing certain offences therein mentioned,
as follows, viz: nm,
This ordinance provides against the
running Of any horse, mule, mare or gel
ding against any other horse, mule, mare
or gelding upon the streets, lots or alleys
of Charlestown, whether anything be bet,
lost or won" The offenders, their Conn'
sellers, riders or abeLIors, subject tot fine
of five dollarp for each and every OtItnsc.
The playing OF long bullets (whatever
that is) and tue running and galloping oil
horses, mules, &c, within the town was
punishable with a foe Of one dollar.
Same committee also reported ordinances
reapec,iug the streets and alleys, also
further ord inAnceS regulating the mar
kets.
AZ the meeting Of the Board, l7th OF
Tnne, 1895, Philip D0ddtldge was SP-
i October, 1905, the board
,At a tax Of twelve cents DO
go GU each tithAble and six cents on
each one hundred dollars value oil taxable
property within the said town. James
Holmes was appointed collector Tor the
August 9. lsOG.-Oilver Brown, Joseph
Doddridge aud Josiah Reeves were APP
pointed 10 contract for pavement Of the
Market house and providing the doors
thereof with steps.
James Holmes was allowed (S6,OO) elk
dollars for services as clerk Of the market
for one year. ,.,
John Connell appointed" ito draft and te-
mort a bill for imposing taxes for the year
1867 Robert 7. Moore appointed Sur
veyor Of Streets and Alleys. He wa al
lowed 10 receive from each freebooter not
Isss than 400 cents" and from all the
tithAblss not less than $50 cenu' in lieu
Of ali personal services in improving the
Streets aud alleys. John Connell and
James Griffith were instructed to employ
n surveyor TO ascertain and mark out
tba north aad east boundary OF Charles
town. Jos. Doddridse, Clerk pro TEN.
10Th August, ls07.-Josiah Reeves
made applicStion-as per ordinance oil
hoard passed June 9th, iS07-to have the
alleyS between lots No, % and 90, No. IL
and 10 closed. ~
Referring back to August l, 1907, we
6nd that John Russell appears as a men,
Der OF the board.
Joseph Doddridgc appointed Treasurer
for tho current year and Solomon Cou-
nell Clerk.
running at large in ChArlestown owned
by persons ihhGbiting within the sAne."
ABE Il ordained that an agent DO ap-,
noipted for the purpose Of destroying all
Hogs running at large in CharleatoEn
and owned BY persons inhSbiting within
the same"
muRble person as such agent, who alter