Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-10
ONE STEP MORE.
rHe gLgOrRIC LIGHT LOAN ORDINANCE
PASSED
D. Unanimous Vote Of Both Branches Of COun-
al-Ths Election Saturday, June 9Th.
Miscellaneous Business.

The electric light loan ordinance is a
law. and the proposition to issue bonds
p, ,be amount Of $4,000, bearing six
mo-, cent. interest, will be submitted to
vote OF the people on Saturday the
3--b OF June. Every vote in both
h.ancheS of Council was cast in favor Of
.be proposition at last evenings session.
The Committee on Ordinances report
81 back the ordinance last night with n
communication saying the committee
,,,s unable 10 see wherein the ordi-
once should be amended, and recon-
r,snded its passage as it stood. The
rsnort was received in the Second
branch and was filed, and after some 9TH
Or matters had been disposed of, the loan
ordinance was taken up on its second
reading
The blank designating the bank at
which interest and principal is to be paid
was the first one struck. Mr.. Caps
r,oyed 10 ill in the Bank Of the Ohio
valley. and Mr.. Maxwell amended by
.,osinc il the Exchange Bank. The
,mandment was lost and the Ban X Of
tba Ohio Valley was inserted.
When the blank for commissioners
,,ss struck. i'm section ,, Mr.. Maxwell
FAMED J. !. Jones, Mr.. Hadlick j. s.
N,rior. Mr.. Kryter Hullihen Quarter,
Nr Brock Robert Simpson, Mr.. Jetfer-
sor i. A. Miller, Mr.. Prince, G. Lamb
AND Mr.. Weitzel Geo. ). Feeney. 1t
,,,.rssolved To elect the three commits
sinners ~ once, and MeSSrS. Jones, Nay
r,- and Simpson were chosen. In sec
.i,s 70. the commission 10 commits
s,,rers was made One-half of one per
rant. In section Is the blank fixing
m, date OF the election was filed in
with Saturday, June p, 1891.
The ordinance was then read D. ITS
,.Ie and passed unanimously. 1t was
az once sent over TO the First Branch.
The paper was at once taken up there,
and read three times and passed unani-
mously.
MISCELLANEOUS.
When the item in the report OF the
Police Committee, calling for S57 for
killing dogs, was read, Mr.. Bailey
aid be- wanted 70 know about 1t; that
the matter had never been investigated
by the committee, and that there had
been no record kept and no way OF get
ting az the facts. He asked for light.
Slr. Marsh. Of the Police Committee,
said the return had been made TO the
committee in proper form, and the
President said the paper showed the
dates and the names Of the officers, and
was sworn 70 before notary. The Item
was allowed.
Alta former session the First Branch
refused 10 concur in report from the
Finance Committee, relative TO fees
paid commissioners OF the compromise
loan, on the ground that the amount
was excessive, and at the request OF
that body the City Clerk made a state
ment showing that the commits
sioners had in a bill Of $500 for two
years service, while the highest sum
heretofore paid was $3.50 for three
years service. TIE First Branch then
refused &c concure and so notified the
Second Branch. The Second Branch
thought its action correct, and asked
for a committee of conference. The
Second Branch appointed MeSSrS Max
well, Kryter, and Brock, and the First
MeSSrS Robinson, Emheimer, and
Okane.
communication from Chief of Police
Dabrugge Submitted the names Of j.
C. Marks and d. O'Brien as patrol
drivers and Deputy SargeantS, in con
iormity with the authority contained in
the annual appropriation ordinance.
The appointments were confirmed at q
salary of $50 per month each, and the
appOinteeS were sworn in.
A resolution authorizing DR.. John A.
Campbell 10 act as Health Officer, unit
the election of a regular Health Officer
by Council, he to be authorized to EN-
plOy an assistant, TO be paid out OF hi:
salary, was reported from the Commit
tee on Health and was adopted.
A resolution from the Committee OF
Fire Department, authorizing the ap
pOintment OF three real estate owners tC
nix upon the value Of strip Of ground
six feet wide, sought to be condemned
for the alley in the rear OF the Vigilant
engine house, was adopted.
The Committee on Health reported
resolutions of regret at the death OF
Health Officer 2. T. Shearer, and they
were adopted, ordered printed, an en-
crossed copy sent to the parents of the
deceased, and that the Health Office be
draped in mourning for thirty days.
The resolutions were adopted.
In the First Branch an ordinance au'
,horzing the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company to lay and maintain GER
Tain witches on the east side of water
street, below the creek, was referred &c
the Committee on Railroads.
Committee bills were ordered paid as
follows
iire Depar,ment ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2SS Al
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