The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-02
They Elect Several Gentlemen to Offices
Of Varying Importance.
AND SINKING FUND GUARDIAN
They Chose u GentIenlala to Care for
the City's Redemption Fund, one
70 Look After tho City's HknlI, one
soAudit the City's Accounts, ana
Reelected BrambIetons ora E.onrd.

t'uhd Board and the City Auditor were
| also elected. The session was not duh
! one IN any sense. Incidents were IA
plentiful as candidates. two sets of
| M WIG were proposed for election to the
ETamhleton Board. while there were
| tnlrty-two aSplrants who desired TO M
| Inc vacant position Of City Hall ianitor,
| me vote resulted in the recollection of
! The present Board OF Improvement Of
i,ram oleton, who were strongly cham
pioned by Nr. Winston, one Of the mem
| Ders from that ward and president of
the Common branch Of the Councils
cN-Counciiman B. Il. Bunting was elect
| ed tanitor. ~ 80
The following members of both bodies
answered to their. names: ,CounciImen
Anderson, Briggs, Camp, Bailentine
| BALDWIN, Cannon, Cooper, Davis. IT. q.
Davis. L. W., Dennis, East Elliott. Far
; ant. freeman, Greenwood, Jacobs, Kizer.
Iliannan, Lowenberg, Mccormick, Me-
IN. peelle, Redd, Ridgewell. Rol-
lant. Yeatman, Williams, Winston,
| Non:ble. j. j., and Senaca
| hii winston nominated for chairman
OF the Joint session Mr.. J. IT. Peellc and
ne was unanimously chosen to preside,
The BR-AAIiBLETON BOARD.
Mr. Peelle announced that the first
business before the joint session was the
election Of n Local Board OF Improve
ment for Brambleton Ward,
Vt. winston then nominated the fol.
.o"lns: Nlessrs. George II. Banks, Jas
NJ. Bunting, Frank II. Gale, Frank s.
, ,!anrocS 6 ). =. Jernigan, G. ]. Jones.
David G. Whitehurst These gentle
men were all members of the present
Local Hoard, and Mr.. Winston, in his
speech, warmly eulogized their work as
members OF that body. m
ar. Elliott, another Rrambleton Conn
Gilman. followed MT. Winston imme
d.ately. He said the men lust nomi-
mated were the choice of one man. The
people OF Brambleton, he claimed. should
ne aLowed some voice in the selection
or the board, and he nominated the
following: o. It. Thomas, John Wood
house. c. W. Cake.
VT. cooper, also from Brambleton.
rscoliueu these nominations and added
.heIeto the name OF Jesse 0. Reed. He
1891. ne saiu, that Mr. Winston read
phpeF III mis- possession, which that
gentleman did. 1t set forth the worl, of
1nn present board in detail.
MT Winston stated that 1t was a preed
petWceh himself and NIessrs. Elliott
nna Coopcr that he should present the
names OF nine men for the positions.
ana he had done So He then rasd +ha
uaher, referring to the work Of the pres
Sl.' board, set forth in answer to O. list
OF questions. No
NJ Elliott said In reference to the
closing OF Hamlln avenue That while
trlle that the property owners abuttinr
.hefeon signed the petition for the clos
.,i5 OF the street, that The keepin,- ne
we Virginia Beach roads engines Eas-.
iie schooi building was Il nuisance.
~ AiHSt which, however the tea cheers
reared to protest TO the Local Hoard
Mcssrs: Earant and Baldwin were q n
polilted tellers and the vote res,lted n
Inc reelection Of the gentlemen nro.
,2oseo by Mr. Winston, who constitutes
Lhe old board. 'eo
~ CONTEST FOR JAN1ToR.
lie chair then announced tina next
business, the election OF O. ianjtnr 90 ~.
City Hall. ~ lie
The following applications were rc.
Gslved' and on motion OF Mr.. L. w
, ,yaHis, III! were placed in nomination:
niessLs. w T. Ballentine. b. Il. Bunting
Z. l.: Lassitcr. Joseph Bamburger Maio,
| Ioavld Is. Dunbar, J. Il. Layton cant
~; ~. ferguson, Richard Wizard, 3. s.
watson. Enoolh Capps. a., G. Duncan
George w Butt, r. ". Jordan. J. II.
Cox. James Davis. j. T. Marsbau W 4
Duke. q. ". Coolage, ]. d Osborne w "
y; Hall. w. @. Wlburn, Robert IT. Lee
w. =. Degge, George X. Bancroft. ]. ~
Lelshton VIM II. Cook. Henry Fisher
y .. Barrett, Josiah Itheridge, J. b
iotherfdge, Samuel II. Hodges. II \,
Wood. w. r. Jarvis.
MI. East moved that the lowest ten
pc dropped after the first ballot. Mr.
Williams amended by moving to dror
al except the highest three. He with.
! drew this substitute in favor Of Mr.
Jacobs motion that all except the high
est five be dropped after the first ballot
Inc latter substitute was adopted
After the first ballot oil the candidates
were dropped except the highest seven
as follows: Wizard, Lassiter, Fergu-
son. Dunbar Jordan. Watson and Bunt-
Ing.
a. motion to drop all but the two
1 highest on the fourth ballot prevailed,
and Messrs. Ltlssiter and Bunting were
voted for, and Mr.. Bunting. receiving
ID votes to his opponents IL, was de-
! clared elected.
AUDITOR RE-ELECTED
Mr.. Joseph 8. Culpepper. who has dong
filed the position Of City Auditor made
application for PREDICTION for the term
Of office ending June Goth, 1899, and there
being no opposition, the clerk was In
stlucted to cast the unanimous vote OF
the body for him.
/ MIR, Richard Wake was. elected IA
| member Of the Board OF Sinking Fund
Commissioners to fiji the vacancy caused
by the resignation Of Capt. N. Burruss
On motion. the Council then adjourned
. gsz,.,9.s.
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