The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-04
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The Regular Ndnfhly se1alon-RQptlne
Wofit-IhS conhiy Poor.
The County Commissioners met IN regular
session yesterday morning, being called to
order at 1880 by President speidsl, Meslrs
carnahan, Nichols, Stein, Sweeney, Schultz
and Terrill present The reading Of the
minutes Of the last meeting were dispensed
with and the committee reports taken up.
The Committeeto Finance reported, recon-
mending the payment Of $40 70 w. {. Smith
and soto p, L, Kimberly, an error IN his
favor having been discovered. A number o.
witnesses In the Deiter's case havingpFesented
their claims the committee recommended
payment OF the same. In the matter Of Geo.
R Tingle's delinquent tax list the committee
rejected II and asked for more time for the
examination Of the statement olAF. TtngleG
The report was adopted. :,
The Committee on Court House and jail
presented and recommended the payment Of
bills amounting to seas 0S, distributed as fol-
lows On account Court House and jail,
1867 So; felony, lunacy and inquest, SSl; gen
eral school fund, 1912 80.
The committee further recommended that
the petition Of Frank Haeley, asking To be re,
leased ON ]. II. Sadler's bond, be granted and
said Sadler required to procure new bonds
man, The report was adopted and the bills
ordered paid,
Bills amounting to $2ls so were presented
by the Committee on Roads and Bridges and
ordered paid, This committee recommended
that their action in Rnnulling the contracts
OF NJ. NJ. and q. o. Dunlap, Of the Second
Division Of the g. C. and +. and Glenns Run
and Cheny Hill Farm roads, for the reason
-, kaI In Vn
which was done.
Bills from the Committee on Printing
amounting to 81 80 were ordered paid,
Superintendent PlanEGy, Of tho Poor
House, reported bills amounting to $2lS y,
The number Of inmates during September
was So; males 80, females 10, cOlOrCd males 2,
under one year Of age 2, under ten years .,
There was one BIRTH
The Committee on Poor House and Farm
asked the payment of bills amounting to
SS05 IS distributed as follows; Poor House
and Farm, SOS O0, and contingent poor
1857 So The bills were ordered paid, The
Committee also recommended the purchase
Of additional heaters for the building.
The resignation OF j. II, Sadler, Constable
OF Union district, was accepted.
DR., J. Il. Smiths application for a physlC'
ians license was granted,
An affidavit that sheep belonging to James
Russell had been killed by dogs was referred
to the Committee on Finance and Accounts,
together with paper from appraisers ap'
pointed by G. A. Kyle, to the effect that ten
sheep, valued at 500 % each, had been Killed.
A bill Of 81 90 for special election In
TFiadelphia district was ordered paid.
An appraisng committee appointed by W,
J. Brown, ]. r., made affidavit that John
nni.l haA auskaIrn1 AIN m HOm00n hv hOy.
ing sheep chased by dogs. The paper was
referred,
The following presented by schulIzc was
adopted:
Rssolred, That hereafter, retail groCers be
compelled to furnish individual itemized ac'
counts for all goods sold on orders to the
poor Of Ohio county, as to quantity, price
and kind.
Gilbert Holmes was, on motion Of Mr..
Nichols, appointed constable for Rich
land District.
The following report was received and
adopted:
The special committee appointed by order
OF the Board, to examine into the condition
Of the poor Of the county OF Ohio, In adll.
ton to the report submitted at It's last meet
ing would respectfully offer the following
recommendations for the action OF the
Board:
FlBt-'That q book be kept at the rooms Of
the Board, In which oil the names Of those
receiving aid from Commissioners be regis.
tered leach district separately SO that the
Commissioner can correct his list from time
to time, as changes take place In the poor list
OF his district From this book the Commits.
Sloner can gain some knowledge OF the poor
persons outside OF his own district 1t will
be book Of reference, and will prevent I'M
posture.
sccnnd-In oil cases where the Commits
Sioner Is satisfied that the person receiving
aid from him Is guilty OF prostitution, or Of
harboring prostitutes, he wi decline to
further aid them, unless they be sent to tho
lnRrmary.
Third-The law In respect to the relations
OF poor persons" who are able to support
them, Is plain, and II Is the duty Of the Com
missioner to have II enforced.
Fourth-We would further recommend
that the President OF the Board, In commune.
ton with Mr., scllultzp, DO authorized to pc.
tition the Council OF the olty Of Wheeling
to enact low that will reach certain claSi
on the Poor fund. These men can work and
maintain their families II they will, but they
will not, We would have them, on com.
plant OF the Commissioners, taken up and
worked on the public improvements OF the
Gty. We think that this treatment would
In great measure remedy the evil.
r. J. SWEENEY,
N. STEIN.
On motion the Board adjourned at l1;1O
o'clock.