The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-31
HOARD OF connIssIoNEns
business Transacted Mt Yesterdays Spc
cInl session.

day morning at the Court House, In spe.
Cial session. All the members Of the
Board were present.
Tho reading of the minuteso Of the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with until
the meeting on Monday, June Cd,
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
were read and acted upon as follows:
Finance and Accoms-This committee
reported that in closing up the fiscal year
1875 they found the county in good fnan-
cial condition. The levy Of said year will
give a small surplus. All claims were
promptly met, and the bonded debt is
steadily diminishing, aud for the coming
year will need no increase of tho levy du-
ring the year. The county received in adj
dition to the levy a premium on her p,
W. & Ky. six per cent bonds, amounting
to $3.50, also six months interest on $780,
900 worth Of bonds of said railroad,
amounting 10 $3.50, which has thereby
proved to be u good investment.
The following statement was made of
the Bank Of Wheeling "a per cent. loan,
and the second loan OF G per cent. Bonds
OF first loan, Nos. 81, 81, G3, ~, 50, So, 1913,
1877, l9l and 200-ten bonds Of 81, 700 each,
with l73 coupons Of S37 SO each, were paid
March list, 1870, also 45 coupons due May
!, 1879, Of second loan Of $50 each, paid.
All Of which wa found correct.
The committee recommended that II.
n. Mertz be refunded on $l20 valuation
for 1S7Sin Richie district.
Also, that bill Of W. c. Smith, Viewer of
Roads, SO 90, be paid, and that the per
diem provided by law be paid the mem.
bers, due six months, together with the
final amounts due for committee and other
work.
The Committee have u number of petit
tons from Banks and others yet on hand,
and adjourned its sitting to June l2, at I
=. Nj.
The report of the Committee was
adopted.
Poor House and Edrm-Recommended
payment of bills aggregating $465 50.
Also that the Drs. Cracraft be appointed
Physicians to the County lntirmary; that
bids received for furnishing the county
with medicine be rejected, and that pro-
posals be invited for two districts, the first
district to include such positions rs are in
the city limits north OF Wheeling creek,
and the Second District all south OF the
creek.
The report Of the Committee was adopt-
ed, with the exception OF that relating to
proposals for furni hing the county With
medicine, which was referred back tv the
committees.
The County Physician reported: New
orders received during the year 90, per-
SONS suspected Of lunacy examined %,
pOstmOrtem examinations made on re-
QUESTION Ot.,Prosecuting Attorney 9, births
9, deaths G, persons visited and prescribed
for during the year iSi, number Of times
persons were prescribed for ut the County
Physicians Office $50. As compared with
tho year preceding this shows an Incl ease
in the number Of orders received OF 81, or
a fraction over 10 per cent. The number
Of llnatlCs shows an increase OF @: the
deaths and births u decrease Of | each,
Tho total number Of persons visited and
prescribed for shows an increase Of l, The
cases OF disease and injury were in general
Of q moro severe character, rs is shown by
the number of visits being greater by l49,
while the number Of times Cases were pre-
scribed for at the Office shows n decrease
OF 80. No disease Of an epidemic charac.
ter prevailed among the pauper popula.
ton during the year, and considering the
population Of our city the health Of this
class has been fully up to the average.
The report was filed.
Poor Agent Stanley reported 40 in.
mates at the County Intirmary. One birth
and one death during the year. Received
and filed.
Court Nolwe and JaR-Recommended
payment Of bills aggregating $2Sj IS,
which was so ordered.
The Committee recommended that the
Court House and Jail buildings be clean.
ed, whitewashed, etc.; and also the pur.
chase OF 400 Japanned Tin file boxes for
use oil Recorders office, for about 500;
also the rcbinding OF about thirty Of the
old record and land books. These several
recommendations were adopted.
Printing-Submitted bills for printing
OF % Order Books Of 500 orders each, for
use Of OverSecr and Commissioners Of
each district, and recommended that the
contract be awarded to MGsSrs. Frew &
Campbell. So ordered.
Roads and Bridga-Recommending pay.
ment Of bills amounting to S. %. Order.
ed paid.
The action Of the committee upon a
number OF petitions referred to them, con.
corning roads, etc, Of no general interest
to the public, was concurred in.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
Jacob Neuhardt was granted a license
to sell liquors, etc, at Fulton. Bondsmen,
Peter Welty and Henry Neuhardt,
The applications Of Elizabeth Miller.
Geo Baker and Herman Geohringer, for
liquor licenses In Fulton, were referred
over to the meeting Of the Board next
Monday.