The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-18
ANOTHER oouvcI1 StrrT1Ne.


ANOTHER oouScIn MEETING.
The Third las yse1ix-what the sseon,
ls85 Branch Did Last Night. 4
a special meeting,ofl the Second Brancl
| Of Council was held last evening. Th,
First Branch Was also called to meet, bu
the members showed their good ,senaeb b!
refusing to. be roasted in The stutfy
mnsty old Arkon such q night as las
night was. Atew members responded i,
the call, but not enough to form q quorum
The Second Branch members, however
were on hand, as usual, and had q tin,
time OF It among themselves talking OF
every subject that came up until at time
II seemed as though q vote would neyel
be!resched. II was s, o'clock when the
body was called TO order by Pfesiden
Sweeney. The abaentees were Caldwell
Delburege, Gillsland, Harrel, Jones, Mil
Ter, Met Coy, NICK Kinley, Peterson, Picket
Scott, Yockler, Waterhouse. Messrs
Caldwell, Gilleland and McCo appeared
Afterwards.
President Sweeney stated that the object
OF tho meeting was 70 consider the annual
tax ordinances and business was at once
taken up. y (! -l9s,.-s
The1 first ordinance taken up was the
annual one levying taxes for general pur.
poses. The ordinance, as read provided
for q tax OF fifty cents on each 500 yalna.
ton Of real and personal property, and
fifty cents on each Stithable. On the sec.
ond reading Messrs. Hildreth and Hearne
raised the point that under section 81 oi
the act defining the corporate powers oi
the city, which provides for the issue and
sale Of bonds, but that such issue and sale
shall not be made without at the same
time providingfor the collection Of direct
annual tax sufficient to pay annually the
interest Of such debt and the principal
thereof within and not exceeding thirty
four years, the ordinance should specific.
ally set forth how much Of the fifty cents
should be levied for each and every loan
of.the city.
This is sssomething that has not been
done for years past, though IL was plainly
the view of the Legislature as setforth in
the section, that such, action should be
taken. Mr.. Hildreth claimed thatnot.
withstanding the recently passed appro-
priation ordinance which set aside certain
amounts for the payment OF interest on
various loans, the city was liable to de-
fault on her interest as she did once or
twice last year, unless specific tax was
levied and the money derived from the
same paid to the proper commissioners.
A,free and easy discussion ensued dur
ing (which Mr.. Hildreth and Others figured
on what amount of Sthe51 cent levy would
be necessary for the redemption Of the
bonded debt. Mr.. II ildreth finally moved
as an amendmen that Is cents oi the 50
cents tax levied for general purposes, be
set aside for the edemption ofsbondedin-
debtedness. A,further discussion follow
ed and at last Mr.. Hildfeth changed his
mind, saying that had a fair and square
start been made with the appropriation
ordinance he should insist on bis amend-
ment. Asitwas now, he feared; that the
appropriation ordinance and the tax ordi-
nance az proposed 10 be amended, taken
together would cause the Clerk and Col
lector endless trouble. MIR. Hildreth
finally Withdrew his amendment and the
ordinance as reported was adopted.
The ordinance levying a special tax OF
10cents on the 500 valnati ion OF real and
personal properly for the purpose OF pay
Ing for new paving and other new work
was read once and objec ctions raised 10 Its
second reading by MIR. Hildreth. This
passed the ordinance over to the next
meeting, Mr.. Hildrethsa said thathe favored
the ordinance and the Eimpro oyement on
the South Sidethat was TO be done with
the proceeds ofthe levy, butthat q certain
project was on foot that would materialize
within week orsten days, and he did not
want to consider. the ordinance until such
q time. There was a parliamentary
wrangle between Mr.. Hildreth and the
chair over his objection that was quite
snappy. What the project Is that Mr..
.Hildreth referred to he refused 10. diyulge
either to Council or the reporters.
+ The ordinance allowing bicycles the
uso.of the streets was adopted without the
amendment limiting the wheels on the
sidewalks to those not over thirty inches
in diameter. Il - & ..,l
The Clerk was ordered to draw his
orders for 500, payable to each Of the as.
SCISSORS in part payment for their work.
|, The Solicitor reported that the $3.50 Is
asked for by the Board Of Public Works
TO be paid out Of the 10 cent levy fund 10
William Stobhs for resetting old Said set
ting new curbing along the limo oi the
Chapline, ,Twenty:seyenth and Eof streets
improvement, was for work properly
chargeable to that fund, and it was or
dered paid.
Adjourned at 1880 o'clock.