Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-08
new CITY FATHERS
Have Their First Meeting Mon
day Night.

nest he-electeu- -Ihe IRE IOmpAnNs
the Police Force and Several Other
Matters postponed Until more Infor-
nation eou.d be 0btained-An ae-
cOuntant to be Engaged to make
Financial statement-0ther Business
Transacted.
The new council held its first
meeting last night and they went at
the business before them in IA way
which showed that they intended to
give the town the best administra-
ton it ever had All the members
were present and ready for business.
The first thing that engaged their
attention was the election of the var
ious officers for the next year These
were partly elected and part of them
were laid over until the council
could find out more and act in
more intelligent manner when they
acted The police force was taken
up but action was deferred until the
next meeting of the council. A com
lnittee of three consisting of the
/ Mayor and Councilman Moreland
and Hennen is to investigate and re
port to council at the next meeting
as to what action should be taken in
/ this matter. The intention seems
to be to divide the tours so that each
policeman can have part of his tour
in daylight. Sergeant Bennett has
refused to accept reelection if he
has to go on any at night as he says
he cannot stand the night duty This
will remove him from the list of pos
sible appointees.
5. IL. Morris was reappointed
weighmaster on the same terms as
last year That is on commission
of fifty per cent.
w. w. Hayes was reelected treas
urer and his salary fixed at fifty dol
lars with a bond of three thousand
and the proviso that if there should
be a bond issue the bond would be
made higher.
Fuller Glasscock was elected as
solicitor over Frank Cox on the sec
ond ballot, the first having been
tie. The Mayor was excused from
voting. The salary of the solicitor
was not fixed.
Councilman Hennen was chosen
as overseer of the poor.
DIR. j. p. Fitch was reelected
town physician at the same salary
as last year, $65.
The matter of the fire company
was then taken up. This is com
posed Of chief marshall with two
assistants and two members of the
council. Owing to lack of informa-
ton about the matter it was deferred
until the next meeting. Before this
was done Councilman Shisler stated
that he had been asked to present
the names of J. r. Miller, for mar
shall and Chas. Klaproth and L. w.
Joseph for his assistants.
Joseph Weaver was elected as tax
collector and his per cent for the col
lection of the same was fixed at 2Go.
The Mayor was directed to have
the solicitor draw up an ordinance
on the subject of special policemen
empowering some one to appoint
them for service at the Opera House
J during shows, said service to be paid
for by the management of the house.
Until that could be done the Mayor
was empowered by the council to do
this,
A building permit was refused to
Major keener He wanted to build
one story frame on the j. n. Pick
enpaugh lot, on Main street, to be
used as meat market and lard rem
dering establishment.
The proprietors of the Franklin
Hotel were granted permit to build
a one story frame in the rear of their
hotel provided they put non com
bustile roof on it.
The mayor made statement of
the expenditures made by the last
administration They amounted to
over $4,000 The receipts were very
much less than this.
The council directed the mayor to
employ an expert accountant to go
over the towns books and make fl
nancial statement of the towns con
dition. He was to act with the re-
corder in doing this work and was
to receive such compensation as he
and the mayor might agree upon.
There being no other business the
meeting adjourned.