Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-05-13

of them, may resign by neties given
IN writing to the Magyar or Auditor OF |
the said City of Wheeling. Council
shall have power upon the resigna- !
ton, death or other inability to serve
OF any one or more OF said commits, |
sioners, to elect new commissioner
or new comm S. ioners. The SAID cleo
zion shall be made ny council, ID Join.
,ession, If council shall at the time
consist of two branches.
Sec. 10. No person shall act as
commissioner under this ordinance
until after he shall have given bond
with good security approved by coun-
il, in the ,nalty OF ten Thousand dol
ars ($10,000), which bond sEall be
payable to the said City of Wheeling |
and shall be conditioned to the fol
owing effect: The condition of the
Dove obligation is such that whereas
he above bound has been duly ap-
pointed commissioner under an or
finance of the City of Wheeling en-
titled An Ordinance to Provide fol
he Issue and Sale of Bonds of the
'ity of Wheeling to be Known as
Filtration Bonds of 1916" and for
he redemption andA payment thereof,
Jassed on the -, of ------ 1915, anl
las accepted the said appointment;
Now therefore, if the said-----
shall in all things faithfully and dill
gently discharge his duties as suci
commissioner, and. well and truly
account for and pay over to such per
son or persons as shall be entitled to
receive the same, all moneys tina
shall come into his hands or into his
control as such commissioner, thel
shall the foregoing obligation
void, otherwise it shall remain in full
force and vlrtue.
Council may from time to time re
49,. such additional bond as 1t may
zee tit
Zach commissioner must be cltl-,
N and resident of the clty of Wheel
.ng; removal from the city after ap
| ointment as such commissioner shall
TX vecancy in the SAID office, an,
the said vacancy shall be filled a
soon as practicable by council as pre-
! vided in section 8 of this ordinance.
Sec. II. 1t shall pc the duty OF tie
, commissioners to enforce each and
every provision of this ordinance In
relation to their duty, according to its
true intent and meaning, and any
failure of any commissioner to COM
ply with any duty prescribed by this
ordinance or to, perform any such DUTY
shall be deemed violation OF the
ambition of his bond.
Sec. u. Before the commissioners
sEall make any sale of said bonds
they shall advertise for at least four
weeks in the daily newspapers pub
lished in the city of Wheeling, specl-
flying the time when and the place
whre, in the said city, they will re-
ceive bids in writing for said bonds.
Should the bids exceed the amount OF
bonds to be issued, the bonds shall
be apportioned by the commissioners
amongst those bidding the highest
price. :,
Sec. 10. The commissioners shall
receive, as aforesaid, for their ser
vices, one half of one percent OF the
amount disbursed by them under this
ordinanc in the redemption of the
bonds issued hereunder, and the pay
ment of interest upon such bonds,
and no more. Such compensation
shall be in full for all services OF
every description rendered by or re-
quired by the commissioners, or any
Of them, under this ordinance, and no
extra poy for clerical OF other SER
vices shall be allowed to exceed nifty
dollars ($5O.0O) per annum; SUCH
commissions shall be charged only
upon the amount Of money received
by the commissioners for the redemp-
ton of bonds issued under this ordl-
nance and the payment of interest
thereon and by them applied. Such
| redemption and payment OF interest
and such commissions, shall not be
charged on money received from the
sale of bonds under this ordinance.
Sec. IA. Should the date of the
payments mentioned in this ordinance
fall upon a Sunday or legal holiday,
such payments shall be made upon
the business day next succeeding.
| Sec. Is. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after its ratification
| by the qualified voters of the city OF
Wheeling at an election to be held on
the 18th day of May, 1915. The vot-
ers at such election shall have the
opportunity of ratifying or rejecting
this ordinance, and to that end the
ballot shall contain the words For
Ratification" and the words For Re
lection" and shall have square set
opposite each of the said phrases.
those voting for the Sdoption of this
ordinance shall mark with pencil in
the square opposite the words For
Ratification" or shall strike out the
words For Rejection" and those
voting against the adoption Of the or
dinance shall mark with pencil in the
square opposite the words For Rejec-
tion," or shall cross out the words
''For Ratification"
Sec. 16. The Mayor, as soon as
practicable after the passage of this
ordinance by council, shall issue a
proclamatio reciting said ordinance
and specifying the day of election to
decide whether the same shall be
ratified OF rejected The said procla
nation shall be published in all news
papers published in the city Of Wheel
ing at least once a week for two sue
cessive weeks previous to the day of
election; and in the said proclamation
/ the Mayor shall specifv the aggregate