Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-15
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The First Branch assembled at 7:30
o'clock last evening, His Honor the Mayor
presiding, and the following members pres
emit: Messrs. Bingell, Caldwell, Comerford,
Donaldson, Farrell, Hsller, Happy, Hof-
man, List, Myles, McGregor and Schultze
10.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
The Mayor appointed as members of the
committee Of conference on the restraining
ordinance Messrs. Bingell, Hoffman and
Myles.
The ordinance giving Bloch Bros. per-
mission to construct q switch on their
property in the Eighth ward was adopted by
an unanimous vote.
The reports of the Committees on Real
Estate, Fire Department, Elections, n
Prisons were adopted.
In the report Of the Committe on Mar
bets the resolution granting G. G. Murcock
The use of stalls CT and 68 in the Second
ward market was amended by striking out
Sc per month and inserting $3.50.
The IT solution offered by the Committee
on Real Estate, authorizing the payment OF
$25 to Chas. P. Hamilton, architect, for
drawings and specifications for Sections
cots ge at the City Cemetery, was adopted.
The J~etition of Ralph Ankle, Assessor,
for an advance OF 500 on salary, was
adopted. -.
The resolution. offered in the Second
Branch by Mr.. Peterson, that the City
Clerk be authorized to issue his order on
the Receiver to pay the interest on the cou-
pons of all loans from the date of their ma
tuIity," was agreed to.
The resolution offered in the Second
Branch by Mr.. Tracy, THAT the health off.
Ger be instructed to have the ashes and
debris hsuled away from Mrs. Kennedy's
residence, at No. 1912 Chapline street,
where the smallpox was" was adopted.
The resolution offered in the Second
Branch by Mr.. Tracy, THAT the Committee
on Health be instructed to ask for bids for
furnishing medicine to the city by the year,
and that to the lowest bidder the contract
be awarded" was adopted.
The reports of the City Receiver and City
Clerk were read and adopted.
The resolution in the report OF the Com
mittee on Markets, non-concurred in by the
Second Branch, was laid on the table.
The ordinance amending the o%rdinancein
relation to coffee houses was then taken up
and read, as follows:
"Sec 2. Il shall not hereafter be lawful
for any Ierson to charge, claim or receive
any pay or compensation for drink or eat
ables furnished in this city to be used or
which 81 all be used at the place where the
same are kept or furnished, or at any house,
booth, srbor, stall or place kept as a place
of public resort by the person furnishing
such drinks or eatables, or by any one in
his or her employment, or interested in such
business with him or her, without first hav.
ing obtained, according to the provisions Of
this ordinance, a license to keep a coffee
house; and every person offending here.
in shall pay line OF
$40 and the cost Of prosecution
for every such ofense. Provided, however,
that nothing in this section contained shall
be construed so as in any manner to affect
any person having a proper license to keep
an ordinary or coffee house, in this city, for
selling drinks or eatables at such ordinary
or coffee house, or for furnishing eatables at
any public dinner, ball, festival or celebra.
lion; CT SO as to affect any person for sell
ing airy eatables to any one boarding at his
or her house; or so as to affect any person
for selling mineral or soda water, apples and
fruit, the growth of the neighborhood, or
bread, cakes, and beer of his or her own
manufacture, said beer not being made or
brewed of or from malt in any mode.
"Sec. l3. No person licensed under this
ordinance to keep an ordinary house Of pri.
vate entertainment, or coffee house, shall be
authorized to carry on such business at any
other place except the one specified in his
or her license, and any one so doing shall be
subject to the same penalties as if he or she
had no license. Provided, however, that
this section shall not be construed as in any
affect any person furnishing eata.
bles at any public dinner, ball, festival or
celebration, as hereinbefore provided"
Adopted.
The natural gas ordinance was then
taken up, read and amended as follows: In
section 5 the maximum price OF gas, placed
at twenty-five cents per one thousand feet,
was made fifteen cents. In section 6 the
maximum price of gas to the city was placed
at seven and a half cents instead Of twelve
and q half cents. In section I the words
"o-s association f manufacturer were in
serted. In section 9 the blank was filled
with May Is as the date within which the
Board of Directors Of the company was to
accept the ordinance.
Adjourned.