Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-23
COUNCIL MEETING.
Some very Important Business
Finished by the Council.

Fire Officers Eleeted-the new n0mi-
nees withdraw and the old Officers
unanimously elected i'm Bennett
Elected Sergeant at the asked for in
crease-H. l.. Pride is the night p0-
liceman- Milgus' Application grant
ed after the ordinance in regard to
the matter is ameaded-G0mmIttee
appointed to Investigate the Decker's
Creek Contractor. Turner ut work
on the Books.
The Council held its regular meet
ing on Monday night and some very
important business was transacted.
All the members We're present anu
the different things done were well
Investigated before they were put
through.
The first matter to be taken up
was that of the fire company. There
were two sets of nominations The old
company had been nominated forre-
election and a new set had been
placed before the council The new
nominees had their names with
drawn by request and the old off
GERS were elected unanimously The
salary of the firemen was increased
but the increase was not SO large as
the one allowed by the old council
for the last six weeks of its exist
ence The marshal now gets $50,
his assistants each receive $50, and
the men get $15 year for their ser
vices The officers elected are: Mar
shall. Ariie Christy. assistant mar
shals. j. n. Davis, 5 q. O'ke ley
and Z NJ Barthlow These togeth-
er with Councimen Shisler and
HAYES will meet sometime soon and
select the members of the fire com
pany for the ensuing year. They
will likely elect those who are at
present serving in that capacity.
The matter of sergeant was taken
up and the old sergeant was elected
He was allowed the increase in salary
asked and will get for the next year
$50 month. Tim Bennett will
again be the sergeant.
II. L. Pride was elected night po-
liceman. The applications for this
office numbered five. The council
selected the one that they thought
would give the best service. The
old policeman Sam Newman retires
from office with good record. He
did his duty as he saw it and no
man could do more.
The application for a billiard room
to be run by L. B. Wilgus which had
been before the council for sometime
was next taken up and after some
debate was allowed. Before it was
allowed the ordinance in regard to
the matter was amended materially
The license will bring into the treas
ury 500 month The old license
amounted to $50 year. Another
application was received from W. Fl.
Nichols of Wellsburg and was laid
over.
a committee was appointed to in
vestigate the contract for the bridge
over Decker's Creek which had been
made to the old council and report
to the new city fathers just what the
town had obligated itself to do. The
members of the old council when
asked about the matter had not been
very definite in their answers and
the council wanted to know just
where they stand in regard to the
matter Few people KIN w what the
contract is and they want to under
stand it fully. 1t was only within a
few days that the contract has been
received here. This committee con-
sists of Messrs. Lorentz, Shisler and
Moreland
1t was reported that Dr. Turner
had begun on the books of the town
and that he would try to have a re-
port in shape for the next meeting
of council to consider The work
may take longer but if it is possible
the report will be done then.
There being no further business
council adjourned.