Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-06-08
NEW COUNCIL MEETS.
Retiring Councilman Give Up Their
seats 20 the Newly Elected CouneiI-
New Council Begins work
COMMITTEES Appointed.

AS smoothly as well oiled piece of
machinery the new City Council last
night started off on the years work
before it, Not Tor years has Coun-
ell started out with an outlook for
harder work ahead. but the men who
now hold office will doubtless prove
suitable 10 the task and there will
likely be many forward steps in
municipal affairs during the coming
year. New bonds are to be issued,
the water system improved, old
bonds refunded at lower rate of IN
terest and various reforms are booked.
Altogether the Council of 1901-o2
viii be a very busy Council
Previous to the meeting Of the new
Council the old Council met and
wound mp its business. All of the
! Councilmen except Mr.. Brandenburg
were present. The minutes of the
last regular and special meetings were
read and approved, and number of
bills wree passed upon and the out
going councils career was ended.
4 Before adjournment the Mavor
spoke few parting words TO the
old Councitlmen thanking them for
| the uniform kindness and frlendli-
ness shown towards him during the
term and wishing them success in
anything that they might undertake.
After the old Council adjourned
| the newly elected Councilmen took
the oath of office. The City Clerk
then called the roll and the following
answered.
j. r. Porter, Jno. W. Martin, An
thony Staubly, Conard Cline, d. c..
Westenhaver, Jacob Eversole, Martin
Brown, w. r. Kline, j. M. Heck and
Joseph H. Lloyd.
The various committees were APP
pointed and elected for the year as
! follows
COMMITTEES FOR 1901-o2
| Ordinance &c Martin, Staubly,
Westenhav r, Kline and Heck
Finance-Porter, G. Cline, Western
haver W. r. Kline and Lloyd
Streets-Kline. Martin. Staubly,
Eversole and Heck.
Real Estate -Eversole, Martin
Cline, Brown and Lloyd
Nuisance - Westenhaver, Martin,
Cline, Brown and Heck.
Water-W r. Kline, Porter, G.
Cline, Westenhaver and Lloyd.
Light-Porter, Staubly. Eversole,
Brown and Heck.
C1sterns and Wells--Porter Staubly,
Westenbaver, Brown and LLOYD.
Uniform-Brown, Staublv, Porter,
Eversole and Heck.
The first named of each committee
are 10 he chairmen.
The Mavor stated that he wished
Councilmen Kline to be appointed to
act as Mayor protein and on motion
of Councilman Westenhaver Mr.
Kline was appointed to serve in that
capacity
/ Sergeant Rigsby submitted n cor
rected report, stating that in review
! ing his annual report he had found
that by an oversight the amount of
water rents that should have been
/ charged to him were not entered in
! his report only the amount that he
had collected being charged to him.
The difference in the counted report
was in the amount of water rents
charged to him, which he gave as
S67l0. so instead Of IS, 0S7.27
The report of the Sergeant was re-
cieved and referred to the Finance
/ Committee.
The question of improving the street
| leading to the Ice Plant and Cannery
was referred to the Street Committee
for investigation.
Mrs. Katharine Feller asked to lie
relieved of all corporation taxes on
all of her property for the reason
that the Council had refused to grant
ID. w. O'Conner or anyone license to
transact retail liquor business in her
property on W. Race street, thereby
depriyiug her of all tenants for that
room as it could not be rented for
any other purpose.
Councilman Westeuhayer said he
did not see why the Council should
grant Mrs. Feller any favors simply
because it had refused to allow liquor
to be sold in that section of the town,
which it had perfect right to do,
and he therefore moved that action on
the communication be indefinitely
psotpond, which motion was unani-
mously carried.
The Mayor stated that he wished
the Finance and ordinance commit
tees to take up at once the matter of
the city's floating Indebtedness aud
the refunding of the outstanding in