The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-05
THE TRANSFER MADE
rRoM TnE cIrY no TnE oouNTY
OF the North Half of the Publlo Building.
Tho PIans for the Alterations of the
Capitol Ordered to DO Psrfsctsd-ThS
Meeting Of the Commissioners.

Tho Plans for the Alterations Of the
Capitol Ordered to DO Psrfsctsd-ThS
Meeting Of the Commissioners,
The Board Of. County Commissioners met
yesterday in regular monthly session, all
the members being present except Mr..
Nichols,
The most momentous matter disposed
Of occupied the least time. This was the
contamination OF the transfer 10 the
county OF the north half Of the Public
Brr' lg. The form Of transfer hereto
I. approved by the Council and Com
missioner committees was presented,
duly signed by the Mayor and sealed with
the seal Of the city. TWAS formally &C.
cepted and ordered to be recorded. This
communicates the exchange Of the present
County Court House for the half Of the late
State Capitol so far as 1t can be done until
the county has formally occupied It's fu.
ture quarters, when q deed 10 the city will
be executed for the old Court House. The
law prohibits the formal transfer until the
county Ia in It's new quarters.
Architect Hamilton was, on motion Of
Mr.. Boring, employed TO perfect the plans
for the alteration Of the new property TO
accommodate the County Courts and prop
erty.
There was some discussion a. to where
the money was TO come from 10 pay for
the alterations, and Capt. Prince read the
law prohibiting the mourning OF any debt
without vote OF the people authorizing
such step. This, however, had no effect.
The sale OF bonds l47 and 100 OF the p,
w. 4 Ky. Railroad Company to the trus-
tees OF that company, In accordance with
call, was reported. The bonds are for
81 900 each, with accrued interest, The
Superintendent OF the 1nfrmRry was in
structed to reclaim Patsy Kahn, q child
adopted out Of the lnftmary, and here
after to allow no child to DO taken out ex-
cept under legal indentures. A number
OF licenses TO sell cigars and tobacco were
granted. The sureties Of the official bond
OF William Manion, Justice oil the peace,
were on their own petition released, and
he was notified 10 givea new bond. This he
did with James Mckinley % Burty, The
annual report Of Road Surveyors and
several Justices were received and fled |;
also the annual report Of Coroner ]. W.
SChultxe. He reported 81 sudden deaths
and Il inquests in 1885: OF the deaths, !
was from coal mine accident, from
drowning, / from fall, Q from railroad &C
ntInnta 4 fwat,. n ettna daU 1 fR0pa alha-
holism, 3 from Apoplexy, 4 from burns, 8
from Conyulsions, from dropsy, 9 from
heart disease, 9 from intanticides, 2 from
suicide, from old age and 7 from natural
causes not enumerated,
II. NJ. Russell, Esq, reported In answer
TO an inquiry OF him for legal advice by
the COMMITTEES on Court House and Jail,
that In his opinion the Code required the
county to pay for fuel, possibly light and
for repalrs to the jail, but that cooking
utensils, wearing apparel, broonns and
the like, should be furnished ct the jail.
or's expense. The opinion was FLED for
the future guidance Of the Board.
The special committee on finance
credited with $25,S32 95, county orders
paid by him, and paid 1914 65 for interest.
The Committee on Court House and Jail
recommended the payment Of bills aggre.
eating 1857 90, and that q gas regulator DO
placed on the meter at the Jail. The Poor
House and Farm Committee reported
bills 10 tho amount ofSl ,467 10. There
were in the In6rmary In December so
inmates, all white, IS being males; 2
male infants and one female infant.
All the bills were ordered paid and the
other recommendations adopted.
The following peculiar report was adopt.
ed:
,"Your committee appointed to investi.
gate the adviSability Of paying the over.
Bsets Of the poor In accordance with the
acts Of 1881, would report % follows:
THAT In lieu OF paying them in accord.
ance with the above named act, o specific
lun be named, as by complying with the
acts we would probably cause an abuse
thereof.
"Yourcommittee would therefore recon-.
mend that the city members Of the Board,
% 0verseers Of the Poor, be paid for the
six months ending December 81, 1856, the
sum Of 500, and that The country mem.
beers for like services DO paid the sum Of
SIS, and that for each succeeding six
months the same Bum oil 800 TO the city
members and SO To the country members,
be paid"
The law provides that The members
shall be paid 81 80 o day, but owing 10 the
difficulty In computing the number Of days
spent In tranBactlng business "a overpeefs
Of the poor, the change was recommended