Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-31

In continual session since Saturday
morning. In fact, 1t has been a
regular continuous performance
around the City Building ever
since the first news of the dis
crepancies In the city's accounts be-
came known. So hard have the
members of the city government
worked, and so strenuous has been
the strain on them, and so heavy
the responsibility which they
now feel weighing upon them, that
1t was rather a weary assemblage
that was called to order shortly
after eight O'Clock last night by
Mayor Meek In the absence of Clerk
Pine G. F. Bell, Of the First ward,
was appointed clerk pro TEN. The
following councllmen answered to
their names: Noll, Krug, Kennedy,
Seal and Brown, with Bell, the tenn
porary clerk.
The first business taken up was
the consideration of the charges
against Captain Pine Of NAL admins
tration in offi:e. These charges
had been prepared by the attorneys
of the city and were formally
signed by Sup't. Guytou. There
were two specifications, and are
practically the same In effect and
Language as the warrant printed In
the Review on Saturday, with the
addition of the second charge of a
similar nature which caused his
second arrest.
In the action upon the charges,
the council was guided by Mr..
Hanes, partner of the city solicitor,
who had been called away by the
illness of his mother, assisted by
Mr.. J. H. Strickl,ng, of Middle
bourne, who had been employed
| by the city officials to assist In the
management of all cases against
Captain Pine.
On motion of Mr.. Brown, the
charges were spread on the minutes
and the time for the hearing was
set tor Wednesday evening at 7 80
O'Clock. On motion of the same
councilman. Pine was suspended
from his Office, pending the consid-
e alton of the charges. and the
proper notice to answer the
charges to be served on him was
form ulated.
Council then granted DR.. c. E.
Kahle the use of Wells street for
the purpose of moving the old
Henderson house to the head of
that street, the reservation being
made In the grant that the time
should not occupy more than halt
day from the railroad to the head
of the street.
J.W. Boyers presented an official
order of exoneration from taxes er.
roneously assessed from the county
court, and was relieved of the pay.
ment of some $11. 40 due the city
on the same property.
The finance committee were re.
quested to make more thorough
and exhaustive examination of the
books of the city clerk, and were
empowered to secure expert assis-
tance for that purpose. In the alb
sence of two members of that COM
mittee, Messrs. Noll and Kennedy
were temporarily added to 1t.
Council then adjourned to
Wednesday evening at 7:3o, when
the hearing of the charges against
Captain Pine will be had.
For Sale.
The City council offers for sale
some blanks prepared by Clerk Pine
which they will sell cheap. There
Is a good lot of these blanks. They
are headed In large letters For
Public Information" Beginning
at the left of these blanks we have
The City's Indebtedness" amount
date, debts due the city, amount,
date, disbursements date OF council
meetings, general expenses, salaries
and so on. These reports were to
have been filled up after each
council meeting and hung up In
the City Building for Public In.
formation The blanks are wide
and deep and If filled up correctly
| / would have shown exactlyithe finan.
cial condition of the city after each
council meeting. But none were
filled up. For the reason perhaps
the Clerk was always accurate and
there was no place to put In the