The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-21
TIE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Secletary OF state, 'ue A6s'o"nt huJu.
tant General and the Mine Inspector.
TIE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Chose Mr.. II. II. pendleton D stie Successor
to Clerk woo,ls-ot,,er I'uslaesm
The special meeting Of tho Board OF
County COMMISSIONER held Yesterday
afternoon for the purpose, principally,
Of elccting a successor to Clerk Charles
Woods, who resigned his ellice in order
to accept n better and moro Permanent
position in tho office OF the Belmont
mill, resulted In Mr.. Henry Il. Pendle.
ton being chosen TO I'll the unexpired
term To which Mr.. Woods was elected
when this Board Organized. There
were seven other candidates ior the office
and 1t. took thirteen ballots to bring
about achoice. In selecting Mr.. Pendle-
ton the Commis5lonets have chosen u
young man Of ability aud strict intes.
rity, who will faithfully and carefully
attend TO the business entrusted 10 bis
hands. Mr.. pendleton is well known in
this community; he Was formerly Clerk
OF the Board OF Education for several
years, and has but recently returned
from Southampton, England, where he
was Consul for three Years, having been
appointed to that place during tho
Cleveland administration.
The Board was called to order shortly
present with President Dobblns in the
chair, and there was quite lobby in
attendance, composed OF the candidates
and their friends: The miutes Of pre-
vious meetings remained Unread and
unapproyed, were disposed Of, and
Messrs. Tyler, Maxwell and Cruise ap-
pointed by President Dobbins as CON-
mittee to prepare new rules Tor the gov
fore the matter Of Mr.. Woods' resiena.
ton was considered. The resignation
was read and accepted, and then tho fol
lowing, offered by Mr.. Vollinger, was
adopted. .31tt go
WHEREAS, G. G.. Woods, Clerk OF the
Board OF Commissioning Of Ohio county,
has rendered his Resignation to this
Board, and -. t-,,1,4
WHEREAS, Nothing but a selfish in.
terest can prompt US TO retain him when
nobler opportunities arc open to him,
therefore be it,
Resolved, That We accept the resigna.
ton, to take effect on March 20, 1890, and
that the thanks Of this Board and the
community arc due to Mr.. Woods for
the able and impartial manner in which
he has uniformly Performed his public
duties; and that we sincerely regret his
departure from the Office Of CLERK OF the
Board of Commissioners. d
Resolved, That he Carries with him on
leaving the position which no has SO
satisfactorily filled, tho regard and good
wishes OF the members Of this Board and
Of all who have had OCCASION to transact
official business with him. -.,rs9l
Two bills aggresating sl3 l2 were Or
dered paid, and Mr.. Woods appointed to
act as clerk Of this Session, and then the
matter OF electing new clerk was gone
into: Applications Tor the office from
B. A. Galligan, Sam I, Faris, Henry II.
Pendleton. George BUSCH, J.'H. Downs,
ljr, II. b. . Godfrey and Platoli
Zane were read, and Mr.. Nc
Ginley placed ". r. Robinson
in nomination. It was a generally
understood arrangement that the Dem.
ocratic side Of the Board should have the
Clerkship, but failure on the part Of the
Democrats to solidity on any one of the
candidates made thirteen ballots neces.
sary. On the third the Republicans
gave tho Democracy chance to elect
Mr.. Zane, and later on Mr.. Godfrey was
given chance by the Republicans, but
the Democrats refused toifall in line
either time. On the thirteenth ballot,
however, all but Mr.. Cruise Voted for Mr..
Pendleton as their names were called
and Mr.. Cruise afterwards changed to
him, thereby making his election unani-
nous. ~ 90 '..,5..f.rr,.I n
Mr.. Woods returned his thanks to the
Board Tor the resolution adopted, as
above reported, and for the several indi.
vidual kindnesses the members had
shown him, and asked that his accounts
be gone over and he and his bondsman
released as soon as possible.. This mat
ter was referred to the Finance Commit
tee. l 49, ~ A. E.1's =,
Mr.. Pendleton appeared with his
bond, conditioned in the Sum OF 5000
with George Hook as surety, which was
approved and Mr.. Pendlcton was then
sworn in and assumed charge Of the
office. ~. - az :. d, ~,
A petition from the Union Bridge and
Terminal Railway Company, asking for
a grade crossing OF, tie Fulton PENN
sula) road SO as to enable it to reach the
Garter property, recently secured by the
company by condemnation Proceedings,
was referred to the Committee on Roads
and Bridges with power to act. The
committee. will meet on the ground on
Saturday to look into the matter. Mr..
Koch warned the Committee that the
company contemplated a fill, and adj
vlsed that the matter be carefully ex-
amincd into. ,za,,".1l ~
The Board adjourned to meet next
Thursday at tho Poor House, for the
purpose OF examining the place and
making up the estimate Of the appro.
priation needed for that department.
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