Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
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40 Business Of ImPortAnee.
Last evening the adjourned messing O.
counciI vas held at the City building.
when President Hildresh Mapped for oedsr
the following gentlemen answered 70 the
ron eaIl Meszs. Gator, Gavin, Gleason,
Gro..u HabsrSeld, HasselL. HeAly. Jaeger,
Jensoa. Jones Keaney, LOeHer. Peterson,
Pickett. Sehaltz, STANLEY, Smith, y; ".
wilkinson, and Work There vas no 9usl-
ness Of special importance transacted e1-
eeut tie action on the Bill 70 provide
a1sinst tie ineurring Of indebtedness y
tie city Of Wheeling otherwise thAn via
TIE consent ofthe yOserS.
This bin vas taken up and speech after
sueeeh was made during It's reading, ano
finally the City Solicitor vas called IN ana
his advice vas demanded on al seenonS
In an The discussion the City Solicitor vas
compelled to speak probably ten minutes
on every clause.
The bin was finally adopted with two
amendments. rs follows: Ii shall require
three taxpayers instead Of one to enter suit
for an Injunction when the Solicitor fails IN
this duty. The following additional sec
ton was adopted:
Section I5-If the Court hearing such
cause i satisfied that such taxpayers had
good cause to believe that their allegations
we're veil founded, or if the models sum
Gent in law, il shall make such order a.
eoui,y and Justice demands, and such case
The tsxpayers shall be allowed their costs,
including q reasonable compensation to
their allow.
ORDINANCES.
The rules and regulations governing the
Fire Department we're first acted upon. The
niles are the same as were IN force, with an
amendment that hereafter no member Of
the Fire Department can be member Of
Council The rules were adopted a
amended.
The ordinance governing salaries makes
big changes in the salaries Of the different
Officers Of the city, as follows: Police, 800
lookup keeper, $50; assistant st5; super
intendent city prison, 81 per day; assistant
81 so per day; Waterman, $3.50 per DAY
Cook. 81 perday; clerk Second ward market
house, $50 per year; clerk Fifth ward
market house, 500 per year; engineers
hostIers, and foremen Of the Fire Depart
meut SIS per month; city assessor, $3.50
wharfmaster, Is per cent Of receipts: city
collector, p per cent.
An objection being raised, the ordinance
was laid over until the next meeting.
The ordinance changing the salary o.
City Sergeant from $500 to $1,000 pei
annum, was read once and objected to, thu
causing it to go over to the next meeting
The ordinance governing the salary o.
the Receiver Of the city, which places M
salary atSl 200 PEI annum. This, like the
preceding ordinance, was objected to and
was laid over until the next meeting.
An ordinance fixing the salary Of the
City Clerk was adopted in both branches
This ordinance does not change the salar!
Of this Office.
The ordinance giving the Naylor Mining
and Manufacturing Company the night o.
way over our streets, was read once and Oh
jected TO.
A vote Of thanks was rendered President
Hildren, and that gentleman responded II
quite a lengthy address, read from manu-
script. The REGISTER reporter wished e
secure the document, but President Hill
dreth refused, putting it hastily into hi
pocket.
Council then adjourned, sine die.