The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-03
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Regular Monthly session- Routine Bust.
mess, but None Of Importance.


The Board was called to order yesterday
morning shortly after 10 o'clock by President
speidel, and Messrs. Caldwell, Atkinson,
Armstrong Carnahan, Nichols, Sweeney,
Stein and Terrill were present
The minutes Of the previous meeting were
read aud approved, and there being no I'M
finished business the regular reports were
taken up.
The Committee on Finance recommended
that James A. leasure be refunded 500, taxes
twice assessed; that b. HehFank, for James
Stegers estate, be refunded Is "a; that Jacob
Heyman b. refunded 81 90; that Henry
Flood DO refunded 81 IS; that the Bank d
the Ohio Valley, Exchange Bank, |. Irwin,
Henry Heas, Ohen & Co., John Carlin, R. J.
Jordan, T. n. Darrah, A. Loring and George
Chapman, be allowed q rebate on personal
property; that bills amounting to $50 80 b.
paid that Y. 7. Brown be credited with com,
missioners warrants returned, q, 29l 80, and
that the clerk draw warrants In favor oil
Sheriff Brown for the following amounts: In,
terest on commissioners warrants, Sill 30
aud witness and jurors, $50 so.
The report was adopted by the Board.
The Committee on Court House and Jail
recommended that bills amounting 10 S2iB Os
w lAAAh uAb VI kAlN Iluuha IlAlI
fund that billsaggregating $40 rs on account
Of felonles, inquestS, etc, and other bills
amounting to $SS 90 be charged 10 the Gen.
eral School Fund, all OF which was done,
The committee also recommended that Jus
tice Philips be allowed payment for the
holdingof an Inquest on Maud Shepperd the
girl who was burned to death In house Of III
repute last September. Theinquest was held
after the girl was buried, and she was not dis.
Inferred when the inquest was held. The
Prosecuting Attorney gave II as his opinion
that the charge OF Squire Philips could not
he paid. and the Board refused 10 order the
issuing Of q warrant in Philips favor.
Tue Committee on Poor House And Farm
recommended that bills amounting 10 1914 81
be paid from the Poor House Farm Fund
S223 OF from the Poor House Improvement
Fund and 81, 0S3 Oh from the County Poor
Fund. The report was adopted and the billl
ordered paid.
Bills amounting to SlOa So were presented
by the Committee on Printing and ordered
paid.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges pre-.
sented bills amounting to 1888 So, which
were ordered paid. Various road matters OF
no Importance were variously referred.
Superintendent OF Poor Plankey reported
the number Of inmates ut the Inlirmary fol
December to have been eighty. There were
two deaths and one birth. The general con,
dition Of property and inmates was reported
Us good.
Squire Schultze appeared.
The bond OF John ZOeckler, recently ap
pointed Justice Of the Peace for Washington
district, for 5000, with J. ]. Woods as surety
was received; also the bond OF James A
IaVtRtr annnnllNV nnpnta al a "a. H..
Union district, with John o. PendletOn and
Q. II. Dinger US sureties.
A long petition was received from the lead
ing citizens OF Liberty Precinct protesting
against the granting Of license to Henry Dice
for keeping saloon, the petition claiming
there was no necessity for such place In
their midst. A communication was also 70.
ceived from Simon Horkheimer stating that
he had become surety on Dice's bond under
Misrepresentation and desired to be released
The necessary action was taken to dissolve
the license at the next meeting
The deed OF indenture of Owen Sherry BY
the Board OF Commissioners to james Math,
ews was received.
W. Warden and others petitioned for q
new location Of u part Of the Ridge road
Referred.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Atkinson wa.
adopted. 1t RENTS toll on the Wheeling &
Elm Grove road from date to June LIST,
The following offered by Mr.. Caldwell was
adopted:
ReSOlred, That the Committee on Equaliza
ton OF the assessment OF real estate be and
are hereby ordered to meet ON the 9th day oil
January at 10 o'clock A. ~, and that the
clerk give notice through the daily paper.
to parties feeling themselves aggrieyed, tc
appear before the committee with their petit
tons on that day; further that the clerk
draw Commissioners warrants for each mem.
Der Of the Board for their per diem allowance.
Various matters OF no importance to the
general public were discussed, and at noon
the Board adjourned