The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-31
ROARD OF CoMmIssIONRRs.
Business Of tho Fiscal Year lssO.sI SET.
lied Up Neutrality-suspicious. Of the Va.
FlORs Committees.

l4eu VI neutrality-suspicious. OF the Va.
FlOns Committees,
Tie Board Of Commissioners met In
their room in the Court House, yesterday,
for the purpose Of settling up the Auau.
ciRl business for the fiscal year ending
May 30, 1881. Present-Atkinson, oAld.
well, Canadian, NiCholl, sChultzs, swes.
ney, Stein, Terrill and spsidsl, President,
The minutes Of the preceding meetings
were read and signed.
Finance and AocOmh-The following pc.
titious were referred to the Committee on
Equalization and Appeal-R, Hendrick,
John McMorris, Frank Heidi and Jerry
Peyton.
The claims OF Mrs. N. J. Maxwell and
VIM. Nichols for erroneous assessments
were allowed.
The petition OF the Etna Fire Insu.
rance Company for a reduction Of nssess'
ment was allowed,
The Prosecuting Attorney reported that
the leTry property Of W. & o. Wolf was
subject to taxation.
The bills oil Mrs. O. J.. Lawson and
others for election expenses were referred
to the Prosecuting Attorney.
The telephone In the Sherid's flee was
ordered removed to the Recorders office
in the Court House,
The bills for the repairs to the j4il, In
CURED on account OF the Mendel fire,
amounting 10 $228 SO, were certified to
the Insurance. companies for payment.
A report from this committee in regard
TO the progress made in the Deiters matter
YVES also submitted.
Court HOuSe-The CLERK was authorized
TO advertise for blds for tho proposed al
terRtioUs to the Court House.
Bills amounting TO $3.50 10 were ordered
paid.
Roads and Bridges Two hundred and
fifty dollars ut the present years tolls, col,
leCted at the Bethany gate, were ordered
appropriated for the mRcadamiziug OF the
frat division Of the e., O. Il +. Road.
That portion OF the old Ridge road be,
tween NJ. Miller's and Brison's wal or.
dered closed.
Sixty dollars were ordered expended on
the krszler Run road, in Richie District,
Bills amounting to 1857 so were ordered
paid.
PGOr HOWe and Farm Edmund Book.
Ing, agent, submitted q bid for furnishing
medicine upon the prescription OF the
County Physician, to the city poor and
county prisoners for 500 50, which was
accepted,
The oak floor in the dining room OF the
County Inlirmary was ordered taken up
and q tile n substituted.
Commissioner SChultze was ordered 10
purchase eight pigs for the use Of the Poor
Farm,
Bills amounting to 1906 40 were ordered
paid,
Poor House Agem-The report Of this OH.
Ger showed that there are at present AZ
inmates, q white males, IA white females
and n colored female. There were no
births or deaths for the past month.
County PhySician.-Dr. l.. D. Wilson,
County Physician, submitted his report
for the year ending May 3OGh, 1881, show,
ing that he received during the year l0j
orders, visited and prescribed for 1874 per.
sons, visited 800 persons, prescribed fol
1873 persons at his office, ex lmined 16 cases
Of persons suspected Of lunaCy, and held
one post mortem examination. The re-
%portshows quito an increase over the year
preceding,
PETITIONS.
The petition Of q number OF persons liv'
ing in Triadelphis district asking the cree
ton offs wagon bridge across Big Greek al
Judge Thompson's, near Leatherwood, wal
referred TO the Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
Tho petition OF DR.. John Cox asking
that the Board Of Commissioners take
some action In regard to certain lots OIL
ground in the village OF West Liberty, was
referred to the Committee On Roads and
Bridges.
The petition Of VIM. Meminger, asking
permission TO sell beer on his picnic
grounds at Pleasant Valley, during the
months Of June, July, August aud Sep
TENDER was referred TO the President iol
action.
The bond Of Mrs. Roettger, to keep an
ordinary at Elm Grove, In the sum OIL
$1,000, with Otto Hess and Peter Welty as
sureties, was received and filed.
The official bondof Ralph Arkle, Justice
Of Washington District, in the sum oil
$1,000, with J. B. fancy and T. M. Darrah
as sureties, was received and filed.
The Board then went into an election
for County Physician (city distriCt) The
following applications were made: L.. D.
Wilson and ]. P. Btrney. DR.. Wilson re-
ceived the votes Of all the members Of the
Board, except Mr.. Armstrong, who was
absent.
For County Physicians County district,
Drs. 6. A., W. A. 4 F. J. OraCTalt were
unanimously elected. Dr.. Wilson's salary
was fixed at $500, and that OF the county
physicians at $500 both the same as last
year.