Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-30
aREAT WORK
Done BY the County Commissioners
Yesterday.
The Final SessiOn---Annual Reports BY
County Officers and From lnstitu-
tiOns---Routine Business
Hog Law Passed.

. The 6nal business session Of the present
Board Of County Commissioners was held
Yesterday morning about II o clock, with Gil
the members present, excepting Mr.. Stem.
Who IA confined 10 his bed with sickness.
The morning session was occupied entirely
with the routine work and the annual re-
ports Of the Superintendent ofthe lnhrmary
and the Coroner of the county. The latter
is gotten up in the usual fine clerical style
of Coroner Schultz, reeapitulaton of which
viii be found below.
ROUTINE WORK.
Special committee-The committee com,
POSED of Messrs. .Speidel, Prince and Del
brugse was appointed to consider the pro
priety of selling two of the F., w. i Ny
railroad I per cent bonds advertised for By
the trustees Of said road. The committee
decided to sell bonds Nos. l0l and lO2 o.
81 900 each to the road at premium OF
Uer cent and accrued interest. This proPo-
sition was accepted by the company and the
sum of $2,ll5,l6 was turned over to the
county.
The report was adopted as read.
Poor House and Farm-The report OF this
committee recommended bills sggregatlng
81 .695.S2, which were ordered paid. II
submitted the following report from Captain
Plsnkey, Superintendent OF the lnhrmary
Total number of inmates for month OF DE
cember, 81; white males, 81; white females,
35; eolored males, / females, l.; under one
wear of AGE white males, 3; females 3; over
one and under 10 years Of age, white males
10; females, 5; births, white females, il
deaths, white males, L..
An adjourned meeting was held at the
Poor House on the 18th instant, at which
time the following resolutions were recon-
mended: First, that Messrs. Sweeney 4
Son be notified that their pump does moi
work satisfactorily, and that they be granted
until the 18th of January, IS, to make pump
work properly. Second, That Luke Fltton
bill of Sl25 be deferred, and that he be IN
yited to show where the work and articles
charged in his bill are, as the committee
could not find them.
The entire report was adopted as read.
Roads and Bridges-The report of the
rommittee recommended bills aggregsting
$6I3.ll. and that the official report OF ex'
renditures and appropriations on country
roads and bridges curing 1884, by W. Z,
Smith, general surveyor, was approved and
ordered paid. The report was adopted as
read.
Finance and AccounIs-The report Of
the committe, embraces 4 number OF peu
tons from the Commissioners Of Election
asking for additional compensation for
additional services at elections Al Of
them were rejected except the one ipr7!er
euce to meals. when the sum OF % cen :
for each meal was allowed. Several peti
tons asking for reductions Of assessment
were acted on. John Burns claim was
again rejected by the committee. A. J
Schultze, as Coroner Of the county, was
paid $3.50 on account, as Coronet The re-
port was adopted as read.
Court House and Jail-The report Of the
committee recommended bills sggressting
$3S2. 81 and also bill Of S7S.2 Is for repairs
TO county clerks Office. The report was
adopted as read.