Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

The City Charter Commission re-as-
sembled last evening, those present be-
ing Chairman Hazlett and Messrs.
O'Brien, Lu;z, Kleiyes, Bodley, H2mil-
ton, PAUL and Davidson.
The first matter taken up was a recon
sideration of the section fixing the du-
ties and compensation Of the City Treas
urer. At the last session the idea APP
peared to be that the city's gross COM
psnsation to the Treasurer, for all serv-
ices, should be $4,000, he to pay for all
help employed in his Office. There ap-
peared last evening, however, TO be a diff
fernce Of opinion as to whether or not
this gross compensation was inclusive
of his compensation for collecting
school taxes. Several memb appear
ed TO think that the city should require
en- The time Of the Treasurer and If he
devoted any of that time to school taxes,
then the time so taken should be charg-
ed against him and deducted from his
gross compensation as paid by the city;
while others were of The opinion that
the compensation paid by the city ought
20 be a thing separate and apart from the
collection of school taxes. The matter
was the subject of a long and general
discussion during which Mr.. Davidson
said it was his idea, if feasible, to separ-
ate the school tax collections entirely
from the ciJy's affairs, and TO require
the Treasurer to give his whole time eX-
cluSiyely to the city Of Wheeling.
Mr. Erskine pointed ont some possible
difficulties in the way of amending the
present State law providing for the col
lection of the taxes of the independent
school district of Wheeling.
AS a final result of a long debate, a
resolution, offered by Col. O'Bren. was
adopted. making the gross maximum
compensation Of the Treasurer $4,000
par annum. which includes his c0mpen-
sation for collecting school taxes.
Speaking generally, if Council, under
the charter, should allow the full
amount, the proportion coming from the
city would b-3bout $500, and from the
Board Of Education. about 81 200, which
is about what it amounts C at present.
and out of this the Treasurer must pay
the salaries Of all subordinate in his Of
flee. rs the Collector now does.
The mex matter taken up was re-
vision OF Sec 50. relating TO taxation.
The section limits taxation TO Gee on
the 500 valuation. and the section gen
orally embraces all the features Of the
present tan cent levy law, referring TO
new works of public Improvement On
streeJsand alleysPot heretofore improy-
ed. The Solicitor made suggestion,
however, i'm the shaps Of the Insertion
CT the word designated" relating 10
streets and alleys to be improved for the
first time. the effect Of which would be to
have the appropriation ordinance speci-
fy the places and localities where the
new work was TO be done The section
as redrawn struck the Commission very
f3yora5ly, and after The inevitable dis
cUssiOn * was adCp.-d.
This disposed Of the Commission be-
gan at Sec S6. where they left off a. the
last session, and wen On with the reg
ular discussion and formal passage Of
the various sections
When Section Sc. relating TO the Po-
lice Court was reached, ii was stricken
out and a new section substituted. en-
p0wcring the Mayor 20 appoint a Clerk
pro TEN. in the absence of the regular
Clerk.
Without concluding The work Of the
revision the Committee adjourned