The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-26
CITY COUNCIL.
Ordinances Passed Last Nlght-The
Ordinances In Regard 10 Gambling
and Houses or lll.GAme Laid on Ihe
Table.


Ordinances In Regard to Gambling
and Houses OF lIl.Eame Laid on Ihe
Table.
SECOND BRANCH.
This branch came to order at the call OF
President Scott in the chair. Present:
Msssrs. Burdatts, Clark, Commeriord,
Davis, Dunniug, Hsbberasld, Halter, HoG.
mann, Houston, Kimberly, Laughliu,
McGranahan, Prince, Robinson, Steele,
Smith, WSterhouss, Walter, Wiugerter
and Scott.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and signed.
Section 4S Of Chapter 81 Of the printed
ordinances was amended so Rs to read as
follows: ut shall be unlawful for any
person or persons found lettering about
ordinaries or coffee houses or wandering
about the streets by day or night and not
having either known place OF residence
or means Of livelihood and not able to give
any satisfactory account OF themselves;
and 1t shall further be unlawful ion any
person or persons to BIZ found loahnR or
lettering in the streets or alleys, or on the
sidewalks or In any vacant lot or board
yard In the city, or to be found in any
gambling house or room, or In any house
or room reported to be used for the pur.
pose OF gambling therein, but II the per-
son found in the house or room so report
ed, showsin defence that the house or
room Is not q gambling house or room,
but Is used entirely for other purposes, he
shall be acquitted"
Pending action on the ordinance, the
petition oil Joseph Green 10 keep coffee
house was taken up and license granted.
Mr.. Green appeared, with L.Wilhelm and
Peter Welty as suretles, and gave the nee.
essary bond,
Some little 6libustering took place, but
a vote was finally taken on the ordinance,
which, not receiving the constitutional
number, was laid over until the next
meeting.
Sections II and 10, Of chapter 81, were
then taken up,
Section II provides for the prevention
Of bawdy houses, and provides for the
punishment oil those keeping and found
in them.
Section 10 provides against the sale Of
deadly weapons to certain persons, and
also for the punishment Of all persons
found with deadly weapons on their per-
sons.
Messrs, Robinson, Smith, and Davis
spoke against the adoption Of Section II,
while Messrs, Kimberly, Cunning and
others favored iIs passage. A vote was
taken as follows:
YEAs-Burdatts, Dunning, Haller, Kim.
berly, Lsughlin, MCGranahan, Prince
Steele, Waterhouse, Walter, Wingerter and
Scott; IL.
NAYS = CLARK, Cummerford, Davis,
Haber6eld, Hoffman, Houston, Robinson,
and SMITHS.
So the ordinance not receiving the re.
qulsite number Of votes lies over until the
next meeting Of Council,
The Market Ordinance was next taken
up and passed,
The license ordinance was then taken
up and passed. The liquor licences are
precisely the same as those Of Last year,
BEN nlLLIsM.
Mr., Kimberly made a motion that the
vote by which the ordinance in regard 10
gaming was laid on the table, be recon-
sidered.
Mr.. Robinson, the juvenile member
from the First ward now moved to ad-
journ.
Mr.. Houston, who had voted on the or.
dinanCe on its first presentation, wanted
the ordinance read "ior his information.
Mr.. Robinson moved to lay II on the
table. Lost.
The vote was then taken as follows:
Yeas, Baker, Davis. Dunning Halter,
Kimberly, Lsughlin, MCGranahan,
Prince, Steele, Warehouse, Wingerter,
and Scott, u, Nays, Burdatts, CLARK,
Oommerford, Hoffman, Robinson, Smith,
and Walter, 7.
Various ordinances coming down from
the First Branch were ConCurred In by
this branch.
The liquor license ordinance come down
from the First Branch with some inCon.
siderable amendments, but committee OF
conference, consisting OF Messrs Smith,
Kimberly and Walter was appointed to
meet similar committee from the First
Branch.
The Committee on Conference returned
and announced that they had been unable
to agree, whereupon Mr.. Warehouse
moved that the Second Branch reCede
from It's action and concur In the amend.
ments to the liquor ordinance made by the
First Branch.
Upon this motion Mr.. Kimberly called
the previous question, which was sus.
tanned. The question was then called and
this Branch Concurrad in the action Of the
First Branch.
Adjourned until next Tuesday night.
FIRST BRANCH.
Mayor Egertsr.
Present: Boring, ButterGold, Crlswell,
Fritz, Hall, HalStead, Myles, Simpson and
Wolvington.
The minutes Of the last meeting we're
read and signed.
Mr.. Boring offered the following rosolu.
ton: That tho Committee on Ordinances
be instructed 10 prepare an ordinance and
report the same at the next meeting OF
Council, assessing . license on the solicit.
Ing OF money subscriptions or votes for
other than charitable purposes.
He also offered second supplemental
resolution as follows: That the Commit.
tee on Ordinances be instructed 10 report
an ordinance to the next meeting Of
Council making 1t an unlawful act to cir.
Culate subscription papers or solicit sub.
votes or money for other than
charitable purposes without having first
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