The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-06-01


Mr. Baldwin, from the committee appointed ~
reference to The report Of Judge Cotton, submit
ted the following
REPORT
The committee to whom was referred the report
OF " & Cotton respecting the financial concerns OF
the county would submit the following.
The amount OF outstanding claims against the
county up to and lnc,u ling orders issued al III"
March term 80. Of the county court, exclusive OF
the funded debt and county bonds not funded APP
pears by said report 70 be SlipfS -
This county tax Tor 1919 Is Si.9sl %
Road tax. 3l3S 81
Fines IL Clrcui, Court uncol-
,ectei, ], lSS IS
Amount from other sources,
about COO W
po,7cc $780, AZ
: a.se portion Of the road tax above specified
IN the opulun Of the committee has been pad ma
bor, and the amount mus plii must be deducted
from the prospective revenue. =,
The committee would also state that tire item ol
hlca in the circuit court will probably yield hu, III
nc rcvcnle as a large proportion hereei ls against
irresponsible p-fsOn-
The attachments AMI collectors percentage will
probably reduce the amount OF the county tax above
specified to 81 O)1
RrcArITytATiuy
Amoun, Of outstanding ordinary debt sil6S3 ~
Nett amount OF ordinary County
tx OF 1919, $4,000
Proceeds Of fines in CIRCUIT court. $50
ROAD taX Of 1871" in money p:ob-
ably, 80
From other sources, 6On
Probable actual geyrEr, ol $50 $500 %
Probable actual bal aran, the county G.l63 IS
This balance my be reduced by the report OF the
= lrsa 'uIer
The aTouni Of county orders and iu.y certificates
issued for lhe year ending April !. 1850. intending
the payment oi lui. n-ni ct sbout $3.50 against
the county; the whoi- Iincunt expended foI road
purposes by the county, aboli sSvU br repairs Of
roarI hcnse and plupr account OF about 50 ,0Co,
is about 900. The committee would ask time
MI a subsequent meeting 10 report upon the iems OF
this account a. .nev are Of such nature Tint the
committee could not in the limited time allowed
them, prepare 10 60 INTO such investigation a.
would I've satisfactory 10 themselves and the board
j he above srten., ut docs not include any part VI
e funded or bonded debt, OF the special tax for The
PAYMENT OF The inl.Tes! and principal Of the funded
Gci'.
Tdr whole amour, Of the funded debt, including
interest up io luy ], $50. Is S2o, 5sl Gi
\ bond OF 5000, hritby G. I. SaI,on.
."ll on which interest NJ 10 per cent
- due, say a. 800 90
Whole nm'l oi fun led and bonded debt s2e .OsI g.
of his amount there hcom' due, on the lst Of
.'niy 1859, principal and interest, s3,l6i %
The special tax 10 n,rct this payment -
assessed ior 1879. nj a92i 25
lie amount Of sud special toA assessed tor 1913
was s5,l52 o6
Aha,cmen,s md collectors percentage, 533 Go
Net nironn, Tor 1919, s46l2 10
Probable nett amount Of The specinl lax for 1919,
say si,i0O. which will leave abou, $500 applicable
to me ynynen, Of principal which tll, due IN 1851
and S,
Al Of which IS respectfully submitted
Signed by the committee
Since making the above rctori the commute,
have been furnished with copy OF the report ct the
Treasurer ny which II appears there "a now in his
Gnnds, IN county orders s5oS ~
In specie, 10
500 %
The amount deducted from tie ADORE amount Of
ordinary Indebtedness, ts6 1863 ls) leaves balance
Ordinary deb, s. G5J Il
On motion If Mr. Hoffman the report was accep
ted and placed on die
Nc Mckinney, from the committee in reference
TO the county poor hou7e and farm, submitted the
following report
our committee beg icayeto
REPORT
That TINY have ~ person visited and examined
N" condition al the county poor house and farm,
and found IN md abou, said house SIX pnupers nclu.
dug womln, with three children TINT have been a
'ouH's Nnitgc sltt JlUUlTv llsli as committee were
informed by the womnn but are DESTROYS 20 be con.
veyed 10 their friends III Rlchland county, IN this
state. Your committee recommend that they be so
removed, nj the expense oi the county In regard
To young man there, they recommend that he be-
cent TO some place where lac can earn his living -
Inc other inmate, an insane woman u properly a
tovn charge.
As to the poor house itself the committee find it
one OF the most h'thy places human being ever
lived hit cannot, in fact be called living.
Ia view OF the condition IN which the committee
ind said poor house md fam they recommend the
sale o. the premises with al! apperoning thereto IN
the iolowlngmanner: That the premises be adver.
used IN all he papers IN the county for the term o
months, to be- sold at public auction, on credit Of
Elk years One sixth OF the purchase money TO be
paid a, the execution OF the title papers the balance
in SIX equal annual instruments; with interest at {
per cent,
Your committee would also recommend tina, in.
hsmuch as every town IN the county has elected an
uverscer OF the poor, that each town take charge o
and support It's own poor
Signed by the committee
Mr.. Wagner moved the adoption Of the recon-,
menlatons Of the report.
alr Wallace said that, although member OF
the committee from which the above report ema.
mated, having been engaged on another committee
he had not attended the deliberations OF this lie
could not approve the recommendation that each
town take charge Of its own poor. lie could find
no such power given the towns in the township
law. On The contrary Sec 10, art. 10 Of that law
made it expressly the duty Of the board to take
charge 81 The poor, and another portion Of that
law made the oSerscer Of the poor accountable
10 The board Of supervisors. II seemed 70 him,
that, blind as The law was In many respects, il
was clear on thus point aud unless the board assu
med 70 itself legislative powers. they could not n.
dept tho pieposed SYSTEM
In n(rra,.ra "a tim sals ~ ,ia ~~o. l~.... L.