The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-26
CENSUS or THE CITY
Ordered Taken BY Gauucii, With a View
to Re"pportio"ingt the Membership OIL
y the 4 a rnrsI Vt..,,r,, - .-..I ~ .

~'~-N'~~> ssssSsA ~ ~uNuIbt1 VITA n IGN
TO He"Pportio"ing the Membership Of
the second nrnnch. tl} @,I' s.r
During short lull In The Council proceed
ines In the Second branch on Tuesday even,
ing lengthy resolution was introduced thu,
attracted the attention Of all. II was offered
by Robinson and was US iollow.: '3IfiI.
'WlitaEAs, by The eighteenth section nj
The act al the General rAsstmbiy OF VIZ.
ginia, entitled IAN net TO Inicorpora,c
The. city OF Wheeling IN Ohio coun.
~. passed March II, 1885, as amended
aud re.enacted by I'M nc! Of the Legislature Of
West Virginia entitled, IAN uct to amend
TIE charter Of the city Of Wheeling" passed
March ~, lSs. II " provided In effect that
Tie Council Of the city OF Wheeling, shall be.
fore the lst day Of January, 1888, and once al
least In .yery tenth year thereafter
canse enumerations to be made OF the MIN.
bsr OF persons residing In the several wards
OF said city, and having fixed the number OF
tnenLers VI which their representation In
the Second Branch OF the Council shall cor.
sist thereafter tlhe whole number OF members
IN aid Branch not to exceed thirty, however
they shall apporlion the number Of members
atliong tue several wards, according TO the
principle OF representation fixed by the ci,y's
charter; therefore In order 10 comply with
the requirements OF said section as amended
ind re.enacted as aforesaid, b. Il $40
Iesoiral, That. first. Joint special com.
nittSe DO appointed 10 consist OF four mem.
Ders from ench Branch, no two OF whom shall
DO from the satae ward, for tho purpose Of
causing said enumeration to DO made, and
Rttol,td, Second that the said Joint special
committee be and Is hereby empowered und
authorized 10 employ eight persons, one for
each ward, whose duiy II shall be- to lake the
enumerations mentioned sbove in " care.
full and correct manner, and they shall report
under oath 10 Easd Committee. The persous
making eaunerations for the First Second
Third, Fourth Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth
wards shal receive for their services the sum
OF fifteen tl5) dollars each, anil no more; the
person taking the enumeration for the
sixth ward shal receive tho suu, OF twenty
le0) dollas1. md no more. ~
Eesehed, Third, that 1t shall 10 the duty OF
The said committee, after they shall have re-.
celyed the report o. the Gnuu'erators as utore.
said, 10, remit II to Council, togeth.
or with an ordinance approved by
The City Solicitor. amending and reorduining
an ordinance entitled IAN Ordinance In re-.
lation 10 the division OF the City into wards,
and the number and arportionment Of The
members OF the COUNCIL l the City Of Wheel
ing" md that the saihe DO drawn 50 rs TO
carry ont tho other requirements Of said sec
ton. 1...
Mr. Kimberly came 10 his feet in an instant
and stated that he thought ."snap Judgment
action" had been taken somewhere, as he
knew nothing 8boa. Such law having been
passed. Addressing the chair-rou, sir, was
on the Legislative Committee and SO was
4 know nothing about such q law being
asked Tor, and dom. think any other mem.
Der OF the committee does. 1t looks rs
though something had been rung in on US,
and the question arises Is this Council or
some outsiders Running the eisyP Ito Robin.
sony | should like to see the law you refer to-
sir. 49, +.5 A., "a, s.-5.g -
Ieooinson-There is not copy hcreabout.,
but there is snch law for portion Of my
resolution copied from It.
kimberly--Wha we want Is more wards.
II that resolution Ia passed and its intent car.
RED out some wards will come In here with q
representation large enough to carry through
any thing they want. 80.
Jepson-f would cali The gen tIemaus at.
tention to, the fact that under the city's
charter there Gun not DO more ,hun eight
wards aud Under the law not more thun
thirty members IN this body. The ward
boundaries might, doubtless be changed aud
the city more evenly divided up. In order
10 ascertain how TO make a more even divis.
ion Of the city into wards, the cnumerators
could be instructed to report the number OF
residents between the cross Streets 1t would
pot be necessary absolutelyto increase the
number Of members In tho present Second
branch, and It would DO no harm to reduce
the number. IN. h ...,....i.,f.5- s',g
| There was some further talk OF running
nature, and the resolution was adopted, ieav.
Ing Mr.. Kimberly still in the dark, Us to who
had gotten the bill through.
In the Second Branch, President Scott ap.
pointed as follows First ward, Robinson:
Second ward, Jepson; Fifth ward, Davis;
Seventh ward. llildretll. nthe First branch,
Mayor Eser.er appointed as follows: Third
ward, Hall; Fourth ward, McAdams; Sixth
ward. Miller; Eighth ward, Fritz
J \ reporter ran across City Solicitor Cald.
well last evening, and he was very much as.
tonished over Mr. kimberly's utterances.
why" said be, '.kimbez|y knew when that
bill was put through as we'll as l do. lie
spoke on the subject, and II my memory
serves me arish., was one Of subcommittee
appointed to attend to 1t There is nothing
Ill the bill except. striking the word white
ont where it occurred before the word 'per.
SONS, ind changing the time so that census
need not be tab en- Ditenfr iban once ID ten,
instead Of 1--we years, US IL was bt fore. And
that Kimberly should gel up and shoot him.
self oH the way he did Tuesday ngtt-why,
what is lie utter? What is the tenor Of his
thuLder now?' .sa-
r.