The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-16

The board adjourned TO o'clock p ~.
Osr O'CLOCK, r.H
On motion Of NJ wallace, .he board proceeded
TO tho Consideration Of the lcso.,. ion 0. Mr Wsg
ner in reference to transient paupss the qnes-
ton being OH the slnyndmrn, Of Nr Walacs--
Mr. Wallace argued against tie town .vilem
ut considerable length. He examined the law on
the subject, and showed the present system to be
Illegal He objected To it as impracteabls until
there was further legislation on the subject, In
every state where the system prevailed, there
was sonic mode o! determining wha. constituted
settlement of paupcr. But there was no way
81 determining 1t here. The consequence was,
That pauper coming into one town, was kicked
intp another and from pillar TO post, until he fin
ally lay down aud died, Sooner thsA have such
asystcn lao would prefer no system at all, and
let tie poor be supported BY their next door neigh
ltrs. lie had been lately engaged in such bust
iIess as tocsrTy linn into every house and howell in
the county, and he had seer such ightt Of power
~ aud dosiiulion 10 he never would have imsg-
med existed. lhoy had asked him where to look
tor help bu, he could point them to no place. He
referred particularly to cases in the town Of Sa
ii,bury Mr W. then showed how the county sys
tenn would be preferable to this both ON the score
OF humanity aud economy.
Mr. Hoffman said he WAS As,ouishod nj the re
marks Of Mr. Wallace. So far as he knew, the
town system worked WELL and he hoped no men.
Der was for returning to tho old system In re-
gard TO tho poor in his town, hs knew nothing Of
the cases alluded to- but their oyersccr WAS n hu.
niane and efficient man. aud he had no doub, if
brought 10 his notice relief would be promptly az
iorded As 10 the humanity Of the two system.
"a mn aria ha,,r
visited the county poor house last spring and had
never seen such suffering amy where else.
Mr, Jones read sections | and Z, art. IL Of the
township law to show that the town system wa,
clearly contemplated by thatlaw.
Mr. Barber showed from other portions Of the
law tart. IL, sec tc) that tho overse.r mentioned
in the sections quoted nv Mr. Jones had county du
ties 10 perform, was to be paid nv the county dc,
showing clearly tina, the county, and no, town avs
tenn. was contemplated by the law Mr. Is said
his preferences were decidedly on the side of the
town system, but he could find no law to warrant
It's adoption, and lie cou, no, eonscien,iously vote
fnrit
Mr., Wagner thought both sides we're mistaken.
The town law had the two systems in view, and
left It discretionary with tho board which to adopt,
lie read from different portions Of the law to illus.
tra'e his position.
Sir, jackson Joined issue with Mr. Wallace 40 20
the comparative humanity Of the two systems He
mentioned instances Of relief afforded BY towns.
aud contras,cd them with the relief afforded BY
the old county poor house, referring to the state
mrnt made IN reference to its condition by Mr.
HOLSTER and Others, in lsis
After some farther discissi"n, the question was
taken on the amendment Of Mr.. Wallace, aud il
wasrejectsd by the following vote
Yed,--Galloway, Barber, Trunlbc. Wallace,
Butieriied--5.
--Bsardsley, MaI,on, Waite, Mitchell,
Clay ton, McBurney, Lctts, Baldwin, Lancaster
Bryant, jackson, Jones, Worslsy, Hoffman, Eols
Hoxscy. Wagner, Highly, StanfSrd--l9
Tho resolution OF Mr.. Wagner wss,hen passed.
The clerk presented form Of collectors war
rant prepared at the request Of the board, which
was read and approved.
Mr. Wagner moved that Messrs Oaman lie EN-
r!.oyed to print 10 copies Of the bond for the use
o!,he board.
Mr.. Jackson moved TO amend 20 A. to authorize
the chair to have the job done At whichever Office
IN town would do 1t cheapest; which amendment
was accepted by Mr. Wagner, and the motion nd
opted t'rr...
Mr.. Hoffman having presented several aprlica
tions for liccuscs 10 cell liquor,
MIR. Wagacr offered the following resolution:
Rssolrsd, That tho board Of supervisors Of Ia
Sale county will uot grant . license or licensed
tosny individual or individuals for the purpes,
ofse!ling or vending any .piri,uou, lqners 10 o,
within seid county. yRq ~ inaaiarfr ~
- hr, hoiImau demanded tho yeas and nays
which were taken % idliows. .ua .ffss bf
il.o Y,as--b..rdslsy, Macksy Naxon. Waite. Clay
ton, Let's, Baldwin. Barhss. Trumbo. Lancastes
4 lIlss.a ali