Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-10
FINANCE COMMITTEES.
Important Meeting Held at the city Build
ing, Last ~hNeniuS.

Important Meeting Held at the CITY Build,
ing, Last LyeuiuS.
The FiuaL,. Committee met last evening
"a, the City Huilding, Messrs. Cruise,
yoeglrr, FarreIl, Tracy and Chairman
. DublinS being p.r~eui. The meeting wa
called .ns the purpose OF considering the
ordinance in r~elatt,a "a IAe duties of tn,
CITY Collector, which the conmittee at it.
/ last meeting instructed Solicitor Caldwell
: 10 draw %. The ordinance was read anC
after some discussion over II, Mr.. Tracy
u.,yru that il be- .rpOIted TO Council viii
q recommendation that il be- passed. wnicl
( Has carried.
There axe some important changes III the
ordinance compared with the one 1t is III
csuicd to ..peai, among which IS a proyis.
/ ION for q yearly settlement between the
/ Collector aud city; that the delinquent list
be- given inlu the hands Of the newly elect.
/ ri Collector the Finance Committee is
. uivrn authority to recommend 10 Council
10 charge MP the delinquent list to profit
and loss: al.O chat the Collector be paid a
commission only ontht taxes paid into the
rItv, aud not on railroad taxes, which are
paid directly into the hands of the lie
~r-iypr. the bond il also increased from
80 uuD ID $50. GuU There were several
nther points of difference, but these are tie
most important.
Several OF the hOndsmen Of the late City
Collector, y. c. Crawford, were present
with their GttOIuey VIM. +. Hubbard,
who asked to be heard and on behalf Of
| mia clients he made several propositions tC
! TIE committee regarding the ahOrlneSs II
/ the eN-Collcctuc's accounts. The bonds,
men were Meszrs. J.. k. Naylor, VIM,
El,lngharn. Henry Newhart, James RIne,
* J.. Smyth and Robert Campbell, the
Slater two OF whom are dead. Mr.. Hub.
bard said he represented the four living
:, ,ufl.rs. and that thy were willing I,
nav one sixth each, and that the
sity could secure the other twO-siXths, one
from the Campbell estate by entering SUIT,
/ which suit Be could assure them would
NOT hr coat,-ted, and the other sixth could
he secured IN part, ~ he city proving lt'
claim IN the Snyti; ease al su!t- already
| rendiug, aud the tour bondsmeu agreed tC
. make up the deficit IN the amount thus Sc
/ cured. They also agreed to stand the eN.
! Nense- o.; the suit against the Campbell
| estate. which suit would be made necessary
1. Mrs. Campbell as ~eXrcutrlN, could not
legally pay such & claim.
solicitor Caldwell, who was present, "a,
! asked for advice in the matter and STATED
! that lie entire amount Of the deficit could
| h, made or aay Que of the securities anC
n, advised the ~com.u.,t."s 20 hold then
ynr,l irr the amount and tucn rr, ;h@n
settIe up between themselves, he didn.l
believe ;a2 city ought 20 get into such 4
rompiietuuu - the proposition ct MI
Hubbard would put x.
The matter wa ended 10y Sir. Tracy
Moving that a report be made u Counci
that . shortage had been found in tue az
coua:s OF eN.C Collector Crawford, and thai
steps he taken 10 recover the sum from the
-four surviving bOudsmen, which was ear
ried.
Uuou molten 81 Mr.. Cruise it was dc
crdet to also r,p,rt tine proposition made 10y
the counsel tor the securities to Council al
to-night's meeting The committee theu
adjourned