The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-23


on thc call Tor unfinished business.
Mr.. Hamilton offered II resolution call
ting .Cr the consideration OF the build
Ing ordinances at the arst meeting in
January IL was fist READ four months
rEo and should r" considered al once,
Mr. Hamilton motion was adopted
without dissent
Albert card. licensed ,n conduct
coffee house (saloOnl. appeared with
hi7 bOndsm"H. His bond WIS approx
ed
The new health ordinance. read one
timc NJ the last meeting ~ council
was next taken up or its second read
INK. Tn" features 81 the new nrdG-
name" have already been givcI IN tkr
Ins"lliEcHC"r. IN section "nH III
blanks were filled. aS follows: The
health oiliCr- SHALL have pracl!c"d med
ICinc y period ~ live v"nrs: S;Illry.
81. 100 per aEuuam. MIR Brtl-suEE"stcd
two Years practice aud $1,000 salary.
NJ Waicriousc said We SHOULD have
good official. 81 h" moved 70: ten
years practice and SI,c00 salary: th"
motion was defeated. Other motions
were mad" AMI, finally. II" action out
lined above Vas taken. AFTER two III
visions had been called Tor. Tn" mo
ton FOR II two years term resulted in a
tie which was broken hT r"os'd'ni
StathrrS voting against the motion.
Mr., WalcrhnUS" conceived his motion
for 8 0D salary: other motions w"r"
made FOE salaries ~ Sl.0G0 and $i.5gl
The votes against 5000 and 81 500 was
decisive.
In the same section. Mr. Watc.hnuSc
suggested that the hoard of health w..
empowered 90 employ assistance 10Y
l,n nH Ga la NJ, ngi ,Hn Il
OF council. ~ provided for in the ordl-
nance as originally framed. Mr.. Britt
objected 10 this courS"-ha wanted the
power t" remain with council Tn"
WatcrhOuSr amendment was dCfcatc!
dcCisiv"ly.
Section >. providing for a bond ~
$1,000 and hours during which tn"
health Office shnII he open, was dis
cUgScd az length. and many members
proposed rs many changes. FINALLY th"
hours were made II u. N to noon. and
: - IN. to =. IN, daily. except on
holidays.
When Section . was considered. Dr
'TavlOT asked an addition to tn" cT,-,t
that no undertaken who is not we'll pro-
iocicd by II fortue" attack nT v1"cina-
,Ion shall bury the victim "f a cOntag-.
iGus disease. 1t was adopted without
opposition
Sections T. : and were not nmcHd.
cd.
section :, providing for tn" ""portiuG
10 council Of cases Of contagious dis
"ds Sos, was adopted without change"
Other sections were passed without
change. An amendment was proposed
to scCtlon 20. giving the health officer
power To make expenditures under tn"
provisions Of tho ordinance, only 10 the
limit OF $40: adopted Th" ordinance
originally mad" the limIt go.
The ordinance then went to lis THIRD
rcadinG and was passed with but on"
dissenting vote, pr, SWth"r's. He
cxplainr, his vote By saving the ordi-
nance Is 50 amended tina, the health
officer cnn do l!ttlc more than nothing,
He hoped tine first branch would
change section %.
Tn" committee on petitions and rem
OustrluCcS reported having rejected
the applications Of Mrs. AnGi" Strong
and Thomas iIcancgcn Cor liquor H.
Ccnqcs MI I'ahnr inquired ns to GER
tain letters nf recommendation pre-
scented Ia thc COmmisI"" by Mrs,
Strong. Tn" letters, which are from
officials of belmont county. were read
by Clerk Dnnnrubcrg. The court re-
cords SHOW nothing against Mrs Strong
who conducted the Jerry Clemens
"rOah house. Of uIisavO"v reputation.
Mr.. Tobias blanchard. one Of The
nCiEhbura On Seventeenth street. whp
object TO the lircnsc being granted.
asked to he heard. Ii"fOr" he was
heard. however, the petition Of real cA-
tate owu"rs. against tn" license hoinu
granted, was read. Mr.. l}lnuCha"d was
then heard and reiterated his ohjcc-
tons. There seemed to he \ disinCli-