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

Bill Of John Buchanan, for taking care If Mrs
Desch, and furnishing fuel, IL weeks, secs.
The following bills were referred to the commit
tee on claims:
Bill Of c. r. Potter, for ~ days, and Levi Kel
sew Jr, for 80 days service rs commissioner Ia d.
vide the county into towns. M sum specified; and
Of Israel G. Cooper, for IS days same service, n,
$3.50 per day
Bill! of Henry Hurlbut for materials furnished
to repair court house, and for carpet sl526
Bill Of A. j. Hobert for guarding Jail is nights
at 81 l2t per night si6,sS
Bill of Mrs Delano for boarding jury in Quislv
trial. 3 men, ~ days each, $4,000.
Sheritfs certificate rs 10 attendance Of officers
a; April term of circuit court. H. hurlbut, r. T..
Gocdell, E. skinner Ira Baker Is DAYS each :;
S. NJ. Rodgers ID days, Vim. Bagley II DAYS,
Michael Griffith days, VIM. Mclaughlin, Josiah
Dewey, days each, Jno s Simpson dav. Mar
tin Murray Is days, all : | per day each, 1900.
Bill Of Jas. Stout, coroner, for holding inquest
on body Of 7 5. Mcintosh $3.50.
The following Till was referred to the commit.
tee on finance.
Bill Of VIM Mclaughlin, for wing s,.bpunas,
attachments dc, in the Quiyley case, s2LsS
On presenting the bill Of Mr. Gartmnn. Mr.
Stout, who appeared As his attorney. hy permis,-
ION OF the board, made statement ior IT, inform
alton, In the effect that Mrs stanley had resided at
Racine, IN Wisconsin, but having no means Of
support there she came To this place and boarded
with Mr. GaTtlnan, For while her brother maid
her board physicians Till, DC, but then Mr. CART.
man received Il note from him stating that he
should no longer he responsible for any t!iny fur
nlshed her. he woman being in feeble health a,
tho time, Mr. Gartrnan was too humane To tam her
ont, but had boarded her from that time until lie
LET, for OEiu some ~ months, without hope Of
any remuneration except what might be- allowed
10y the board. The woman was utterly unable
from III health, to support herself ana Mr.Glrimar
was not IN circumstances to enable him To uain
tam her gratultously
Mr. Wagner enqured whether application had
been made to the county court o. compel her rpla
tions to supper, her
Mr. Stout replied there had not
Mr. Wagner then read from char. so Revise,
Laws, slowing that before support cau le elaine,
from the county, the county court must have h,,l
n'okcd 70 compel her relatives To support her
Mr.. ". remarked that tue pre- REQUISITES of H.,
law had clearly not been complied with in TIN
ease. and he was therefore opposed tu entertain
| ing the bill as it would be setting bad rrrcci
, cut.
The claim WAS then ON motion # Mr. Wallace
referred As above indicated
Mr.. Wagner cnqulred Of Mr. Hurlhut. collector
who was present whether he expected to SETH
with the board Of supervisor, OF the county court
Mr.. Hurlbut replied that he had intended {,
settle with the county court
Mr. Barber said he thought tie board ought I,
come to some conclusion rs to what was the Law
, IN this matter As for himself he had never la,
any doubt rs to the power Of this board to scttl
with the collector. lie believed that after thu
, 2d day of April the county court WAS dead t,
all intents and purposes, and in contemplation @
law there was no other body with which the col
lcctor could settle.
9 Mr. Wallace referred TO law Of the Extra SOS
sion which required The shcriffs to settle with tn
D county court, and he contended rs tina. law wa
I passed subsequently, to the township lay, cyer
the omipoeuco Of resolution Of thi, board coul,
not make it legal for the sheriff 10 settle witha
/ other board
Mr. Wagner read the law referred TO- and con
I tended from Its very phraseology it Was ntende,
TO refer only To such counties as had not adoptc,
township organization.
Mr. Baldwin said as there was no question be
, fore the board he would, by wav of coming at tn
! matter move that the finance committee be an
pointed by this board To settle with the collector
Dir. Wallace, TO avoid all question of legalit,
i'll the matter, moved TO amend 80 as to constitute
Messrs Cotton, kilduff, and Gilman the count,
court, the agents Of this board to settle with tn
collector.
This motion was rejected by ayes noes 81
After some further debate, the motion Of MI
Baldwin was adopted.
, The board then adjourned to o'clock to.mor
row morning.