Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-02

The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session yesterday morn
ing, President McGregor presiding and
all the members present, and it was
nearly five o'clock when the body adj
journed. the ordinance fixing the har-
Dor line question taking up great deal
of the time.
Bills were ordered paid as follows
Court house and jal.............s l,5sl y .
FINANCE $500. ....-......-......... o,3s5 ~
ROADS and bridges ................ l,Sos w
foor mouse ana Iarm-
lnfirmanry .......s.iI %
Total . .................sl0 SO, Sl3 Il
Sheriff Richards returned county or
ders paid by him to the amount OF $685.
1852
The Superintendent of the Infirmary
reported 90 inmates, as follows: White
males SO, white females 26, colored
males l, colored females 3.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges
recommended the letting OF contracts
for maca -amizing the pike as follows:
First mile, E. d. NIckerson, SLID;
second mile, same at same price; thlrd
mile, J. W. Robinson & Son, STA;
sixth mile, E. l.. Kiger, $50; seventh
mile. William Wickham and }. l.. Neu-
hart. soc; eighth mile, same, at 7Sc;
ninth mile. I. B. Smith, S113; tenth
mile. G. Brandlie, csc; eleventh mile,
Edward Springer, S1.08; twelfth mile,
same, at Sill; thirteenth mile, John
Johnson, S1.10; fourteenth mile, +. T..
Hanna, $1.30; fifteenth mile, same, at
same price The report was approved.
The application OF George SAFER for
a liquor license, refused at previous
meeting. again came up, long petition
was read against it, and the appllca-
ton was again rejected. Mr.. SAFER de-
sired to keep a saloon at Dallas, IN the
extreme southeastern corner OF the
county.
Heretofore there has been a custom
of this county collecting toll on the
Sherrard road and handing over por-
ton of the proceeds to Marshall coun-
ty. the road lying partly in each county
resolution was adopted that this
county collect toll only for so much OIL
said road as lies in ONO county, allow
ing Marshall county &c do as it pleases
about the matter
The ordinance establishing new cleo
ton precincts in this county, III accord
ance with the recent changes IN the
boundary lines of the districts came up
before noon and was read a first time,
when the Board took a recess until
afternoon. The document was very
long. and its reading at both the morn
ing and afternoon sessions consumed
a great deal of time. The number OF
precincts in the county is increased
to sixty The measure was adopted
at the afternoon session. An abstract
of the measure will appear hereafter.
The county engineer was Instructed
to prepare a map of the election pre-
cincts. a copy to be placed at each poll
ing place, and also to prepare a map or
each district of the county, to be kept
at the rooms of the Board for refer
ence
The clerk was instructed to purchase
additional polling booths and ballot
boxes to fit out the new election dis
Il cts
Notice of suit against the county
filed by R. H Gillespy, for back lees,
was given. and the Prosecuting Attor-
ney was instructed to look after the IN
terests of the county in the matter.
There having been failure to give
the principal the required ten days no.
tice in the former effort of Messrs,
Garvin and Cowden to be relieved Of
the bond of Constable Bennett, new
notice was given, and the Board took
cocnizance of it and will notify Mr..
Rennett IN secure a new bOndsman.