The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-12
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Il appear, that one hall this bill was purchased
by order # Dr. Gubert Here then : man.
Yet comparatively a stranger among us. having
no property here To DC taxed aud who has never
yet paid tax here except street poll tax Of 80
who was appointed by those sage commissioners
10 distribute the finances Of the county at pleasure
IN the shape of clothing in whole suits, for which
the tax paving citizens will have to pay Add To
tins the power Of admitting upon the poor list a.
many SICK persons a. be- chose, without check.
balance, or restraint, and the making Of him di.
rectly interested in having rs great a number a.
possible, 10 charge by the visit and it amounts IN
plain language To- Just this \ Young, inexperien-
ced nan, having resided here but about one year
at the time, and paid no tax is appointed to make
debts for tax payers to pay, and i made directly
interested IN having these debts large as posi-
BILE for lIs own purse Is To receive liberal por.
ton Of them Comment upon such acts OF the
court r unnecessary.
Has 1t indeed come to this, that the finances Of
our county are Ia I've subject To the control and ca
price of such msn' However worthy they NAV
be IA other respects ! very much question wheth-
er any will advocate their fitness ior such duty
Here Is 2l2 dollars worth Of clothing purchased
At kohn & Nandlebaum'- for paupcrs in less than
two months, besides half rs much more at other
places Did these person. ram down in Ottawa
Hdkcd that 1t was necessary to furnish them with
entire new suits and that too am credhly in,
formed, far better than many Of the industrious
tan paying citizens Of the county are either able
10 procure or wear, to say nothing Of paying EIGHT
dollars solely for making coat and pants for q
! paupcE
| And the expenditure ia still going on in the
same manner or was, up to the 18th Of December;
/ for It will be seen that the bills Of Walker d
| llickling and kohn d Mandebaum then allowed
! by the new court--lW. d rs from Nov ~, to
Dec, IL, and h. IL Ms from Nov % to Dee IL, n
| period Of only l6 days, To average thcm) amount
To sl00i2-or at the rate Of 1927 n day for
clothing and provisions Mt those two houses alone,
or s?,2SS55 year! l. this to be tolerated! II
| am rightly informed there is not even yet any
regular order, or system adopted with regard to
the purchasing of clothing and provisions, but
that Mrs, Lane andher family go to the store and
buy at their pleasure and have it charged to the
county-and whether any Of it finds its way into
the support Of her own family no one knows, but
sliworth of coffee in two and half months seems
tosquint that way. There are humane, sober and
intelligent men, surely, in this county, and many
Of them, who would be glad to take that farm and
the poor, and board them aud find provisions, and
treat them well for fair compensation per week
or month, and until some such person is placed
J there, the county will continue to be taxed with
more than double the necessary expense. But il
the county is to furnish the provisions, why not
appoint some one suitable and competent person
to make all tho purchases, and constitute him the
Judge of how much Of each article per month OF
week for each individual, Of plain substantial food
is necessary and then, what, and how much clio
thing. Let this he done and the expense for these
articles alone will Immediately be reduced more
, than one half
hal hoped that the course which the new
county court, under the new organization, would
pursue, would be such IA would meet the publ,
appreciation. But | find that | am not alone il
the opinion, that the lcavcn it has received from
the old court, will "leavcn the whole lump" anc
-
AS n matter OF curiosity will name some of tn,
charges in this last bill Of Mr. X
Use OF team To carry one man, dead OF chole-
RI TO the grave in the night and helping to
bury him. 10 0,
Team to carry spaupcrs,o poor house from
Ottawa, 40
"Team to take II beds and bedding to poor h., o,
. "Cdryine provisions 10 all the paupers Of
Oftdtrd for the idsf2 years "a 90 I.
D This seems TO have been the hon commissioner
last grab at the treasury. The whole bill was 961
0 anil strange to say, $50 were allowed.