The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-06
COUNTY ooMMIssIoNERs.

Regular Monthly Meeting OF the Board
YeSterday-An All-Day Observation-Disclosures
OF Standing COmmIttees-Resigua
ofPresIdent MyIes, and Election OF HIS
sueeessOr-RefnsAl OF the Board 70
Grant Ordinary Licenses, 6c., &e., &c.
The Board Of Commissioners met yester-
day morning in monthly session, Mr..
Carnahan in the chair.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed.
A petition from the citizens Of Fulton,
asking for the establishment Of a voting
precinct at the school house in that town,
was read and granted.
On motion Of Mfr. Terril, survey was
ordered on the location recommended Ivy
the Road Committee for the Second Dl.
vision OF the G. G. &P. Road.
COMMITTEE RERoRrs.
The following reports were received
from the various standing committees:
Roads and Bridgs-Reported that with
the County Engineer they had completed
the survey OF the Rice and Castleman's
Run Road, and recommended that the
following land owners be summoned TO
appear before the Board at It's next meet.
Ing, 10 show cause why they will not &C.
cept the damages awarded them: VIM.
Rice, Sarah Gibson, Abbie Rice, VIM. Glib.
son, Adam Blaney. The committee also
completed the survey OF the Peters Run
Road, and recommended that Peter Beltz
and Josiah Browns heirs be summoned
to appear before the Board aud answer
why they will not accept the damages
awarded them.
The committee recommended that the
following awards be made for county road
work advertised for by order Of the Board
at It's last session; To Joseph Marshall,
the macadamizing OF LIST Div G. O. 4 P.
Road, at 02c per cubic yard; TO Henry
Herwig, matchmaking Meeting House
Hill Road, at Doc per cubic yard; VIM.
Slater, matchmaking Of River Road, at
$50 per CUBIC yard; L. lierwllder & Co.,
the masonry and excavation OF River
Road, at 81 10 per cubic yard for masonry
and zoe for excavation; VIM. Carey, ma.
sonry and excavation Of the Wheeling 4
Elm Grove Road (0aidwelIs Rum, ma.
sorry at 81 s. and excavation at l6c per
cubic yard; Oliver Pryor, the masonry
and excavation on the Valley Grove <
Middle Wheeling Greek Road, masonry
at 81 Is per cubic yard and excavation at
lac for lbose earth, aaC for loose rock and
55c for solid rock; Oliver Pryor, macad-
amizing OF the West Union & Roney's
Point Road, at 81 OF per cubic yard; VIM.
Hutchinson, matchmaking OF I'd Div.
Wheeling, West Liberty & Bethany Turn
pike, ut 81 ppr cubic yard; George Arkle,
paving, filling, macadamizlng and mason
ry on the Peninsula Road extension,
masonry 81 so, filling lSc, paving Zoe, and
matchmaking 9Oc per cubic yard eachs
The eoHtFapts As awarded 70 the several
persons named in the report were CON-
lirmed by the Board,
An appropriation Of $1,000 was made
for the construction OF the Peters Run
Road, at the request Of the committee.
4 resolution submitted by the commit
tee, providing that so much Of the appro-
priation to the main stem OF the Short
Crock Road and bridges as is required to
build the bridge on forks OF said hre6k be
appropriated for the purpose, was adopted.
Finance COmmitee-This committee re-
commended in the matter OF sundry peti.
tons referred as follows: That E. L. Rose
be refunded on capitation tax for 1878 in
Clay district; that Carl ]. Fritchie be re-
funded on double assessment; that Fred.
Weitye be refunded on ten aeres ot land
in Triadelphia district, enormously assess.
ed for 1877 and 1878; that Wm. Joy be re-
funded on S2l0 personally in Richie dis
trict for 1873; that S. @. Patterson ha re;
funded on 81 100 personal property fol-
1873 in Triadelphia district; that Morrow
Gibson be refunded on $500, personal
property in Liberty district; that James P.
Elliott be refunded on $4,000 personally
in Triadelphia district for 1878; that Hen
ry Drakeley be refunded on $40, $50 in
Richie district for 1878; that D. G. List be
refunded opSlI5Q0 for 1878 in Madison
district; that W. r. Bachman be refunded
on 81, 500 personally in Clay district, 1878
The committee reported that they had
rejected the claims Of ]. ]. Cayenaugh
and Thompson & Hibberd for extra work;
also, the petitions Of A. NJ. Walter, Jos,
Feay, James Mcdonald and Archibald
Waddle, to refund certain tax.
The adoption Of resolution requiring
all Notary Publics who have not reported
to the Sheriff as the law provides, since
January ], 1873, to do so on or before the
LIST OF June, 1870, was asked for by the
committee also, the adoption OF tho fol-
lowing
Resolved, That hereafter all arbitrary as,
sessments made by the Assessors must be
| Inf Nt,n L.,
vides, and they be required in filing theil
claims for commissions to setapart all such
instrumentation the legitimate claim; and
all such assessments or parts as they may
become valid shall be paid for, and nc
commissions will be paid on those that are
required to be refunded; and further, the
commissions arising on all double assess.
ments are to be DEDUCTED from the Assess.
or's claim.
A bill Of VIM. ]. Mathews, stenogra.
pher, for $50, was recommended to be
paid.
In the matter OF the petition OF Rachael
Fisher, 1t was ordered that the county con
vey to petitioner all the interest said coun
ty may have in the original patent or con
veyance.
The Committee recommended the build
ing OF a fence on the south side Of the east
approach Of the bridge, west side OF Pen,
insVlR bridge; also to have the loose stone
in the cutters Of the Peninsula Road back
on the road; to pave the CUTTERS
on the southwest side OF the GENE.
terry fence to the top Of the hill; the imme.
diate filling up Of all holes on said road
with broken limestone, and that stone
enough be broken, so that they may be
spread on as soon as the weather permits
and that the box culvert above the GENE.
terry gate be heightened SO as to carry the
water beyond the embankment, and the
road be widened at the curve opposite the
cemetery gate.
The report of the committee was adopt
ed, with the exception Of that part refer.
ring to the petition Of James Elliott, which
was referred back to the committee.
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