The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-10
INTERESTING SESSIONS
OF Important Council Committees held last
EVeuinK,

OF Important Council Committees held last
Evening.
The Council Committees on Finance,
Health, Olaims and City Prison werc call.
ed to meet at the Public Building last
evening, but the firat and last named were
the only ones that met, q quorum Of the
other two failing to put in an appearance.
OF tho Finance Committee, Measrs.
Dobbins (Chsirman), Farrell, Cruise,
Tracy and Vockler were present. The
meeting wRs called for the purpose Of sp-
proving needed ordinance making Ger.
tain changes in the present very lame and
defective ordinance in relation to the
City Collector, that were discovered to be
necessary in going over eI-Oity Collector
CraWlord's matters; and also to hear a
proposition from the four surviving
bondsmen OF six that were on
Mr.. OrsvioYd's bond, in relation
to settling up his accounts. Tho commit
tee first turned its attention to the ordi-
nance. By i!s provisions the amount Of
bond required is raieed from $4,000 to
$50 900; the Collector Ia required TO pay
into the city treasury every Friday what
monies belonging TO the city may be in
hia hands; 1t is further provided that a
settlement must be made each year, such
delinquent tax bills as are not declared
worthless are to be turned back into the
COLLECTORS Office for collection, and at the
time OF On outgoing Collector they are 10
be charged to the incoming Collectors
method such aa has been pursued in the
past, bat which 1t was discovered was not
the mode OF procedure laid down In the
old ordinance, 1t providing that an outgo-
ing Collectors delinquents be turned back
to him, blt making no provision for q
future accounting Of thep.
Other changes are that the Collector
shall only be allowed commission on the
AMOUNT actually paid into the treasury.
Heretofore the Collector has held out his
commissions when paying in his money,
and It is this that has caused difference
OF SS3 So In Collector Orawford's accounts
as figured by him and by the Committee.
Hereafter the Collector will pay In all his
monies and then get an order from the
Clerk on the Receiver for the commissions
due him. In the future also, Collectors
by this ordinance will not be allowed
commission on railroad taEeB, the asses
ment for which Ia made by the stats and
which are collected by the State and paid
by 1t direct to the city.
The committee In addition to recon-
mending this ordinance, discusses the pro-
visions Of proposed one that shall hold
the Assessors down to their duties IN q
more busineeH Ike manner than they are
now.
Nh. ". P. Hubbard appeared for the
four bondsmen reforTed to and proposed
this: The four will each pay one.sixth Of
the Crawford deficit (somethipg over
s., 500 ct once; the city to sue the Robert
Campbell estate for another one.sixth and
10 proveinthe chancery cause now going on
in which the estate Of the late r. ]. Smyth
Is involved, the one-sixth due from It Of the
city the four survivors to bind themselves
10 make good the differences between the
amount awarded by court and the one.
sixth due. Mr.. Hubbard stated that it
was understood that Mrs. Campbell as ex-
ecutrIx Of the estate wanted q judgment
sgalnst the estate 10. one'sixth, TO be used
IS voucher. Later on he, on behalf OF
his clients, offered to take charge OF the
proceedings against the Campbell estate.
City Solicitor Caldwell advised against
the city taking q hand in arranging be.
tween bondsmen how the matter was to be
adjusted. Els plan was to look TO the
four survivors, or any one Of them, for
CraWiord's deficit, and let them look to
the estate Of tho deceased for their share.
The proposition made by Mr.. Hubbard
was referred 10 Council without recon-.
The Committee on City Prison approved
the reports made by Superintendent Orc. |
gan and ordered number oil bills paid. |
The men worked 26S days last month and |
III cart loads Of broken limestone were
hauled away TO be used for mAcadamiZinR.
Five prisoners escaped during the month |
from the old rAttls-trap BhAnty used as q
The Board Of Police and Fire Com.
also met last night and In I'd.