The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-06-01
CEEDINGS
or THE
Board Of Supervisors.

Monday, bay -.
Board met ~ o'clock p. M at the Court house.
Onmo,on Of Mr. Hoffman Mr, WrlLs WA,r was
chosen chairman On motion If Mr. Wallace the
clerk proceeded to call the roll when the follow.
HnS members answered to thsir names:
A.ams--ES s Beardsiey
LrHcr-Snni'I Mackey
Dmscl-Wm. NitchCln,
Uagton-Wcils Wait,
Peer P0rk-Wm. Clayton,
Eagie-E.nh VI. Galloway,
EdcR-N. VI. Lets.
Emie-las McRurncy.
tTcdom VIM Barber
farm Iidge-Elmcr Baldwin.
Gragd R0gidg-Abraham Tru,nbo, &.
WcrideE-O. W. Bryant,
...SS:9E-Jos !ua Lewis,
Wdal!us-Giles w. Jackson.
OnawG-Wm. II l.. Wallace,
Salisbury John Hoffman,
NgWA GitdrG--Ca.yin w Eels,
Iirfog Grou-PGer ]. Wagner,
gfeHioH--A. d. Battlefield,
IhcG-llian Highly,
ernI!i'0R--Emcry Stanford.
lTRcT-Lanson Hpxsey,
u dlfddm--E. d. Harrison.
The following member, were absent
Bro2lGeid-Gco. $. SIayon,
fTDmd--W j. Worslry
Nopc-Wm Lancaster.
NOrAtUWc-W. /. +. Jones.
The clerk Ltil before the board the report u,
Judge Cotton prepared in accordance witt. the re-
quest Of the board made at the informal meeting,
on the finances OF the county which report was
read rs follows:
To Tie Honordjle Bgard If Supervisors et i,~
comfy Of La Sale Illinois:
nave received n copy oi Il resolution, adopted
nj the informal meeting of your board on the 3d
INST requesting me to report to the Board oiSurel
vsors, ot Their ilFst meeting the fiscal concerns Of
Vie county oi LA Salie and that said pot contain
statistical. account Of Indebtedness o l- county
IN complying with your request, | have exam u-d
the records and books oi the county. for each year
previous 10, and including the March term OF the
county commissioners court ard the county court,
Tor the puipose otascenanng the amount ol county
orders issued,now outstanding and unrodeCmcd, and
asta'cment oi tie Samc Is herewith enclosed.
AS no report ol the fiscal concerns of the county
was made BY the Treasurer to the county court n.
The last term specifying the amount ol money paid
out OF the t,untv ircn-urv during the prcc,tlpr
year 10 whom paid md Tor what purpose have
made s,nien i Of HE orders issued al each tern,
OF the county commissioners court and Of the coul-
" court since the said March tenn, TO whom paya-
be ana tor VIA purpose, showing also the amount
redeemed and tie omcuui outstanding
The enclosed statement NJ o Shows lhr amount
Of Jury certificates which hnye been issued by the
clerk oi li" circuit court which are now cr,iand-
llg ana The omount SUBJECT 10 be issued Ion tho last
Apui term.
No part ofthc bonds OF funded debt Of the county
is included IN this report, The amount thereof al-
pehrs on the books OF the comfy IN us concise q,
tom MS It can be given by Inc in a ,cpor',
Iaiso transmit 10 yOur beard the HHUunt oicouH-
iy tax applicable 10 the payment OF the Indebtedness
OF the county herewith reported. (Which is eXsusSc
Of the sprrln tax and the amount of the road tax
assessed for The year 1919, as the sa,c appear, On
the books Of the assessor aud carried out hy the
clerk, together with the probable amount due To- the
county, and which has been or may be received by
the ,rra-ureriIom olhersourccs Notinciuding, how
ever, the amount due to the county for dockc, and
Jury Ices standing npon the records OF the circui,
court, NJ have not had time 10 examine them.
Very respectfully your ohcdlont seTvan,.
Ottawa, May2i, 1850. II G.. COTTON.
The tabular statements which are annexed to
the report cuScr some 2G pages Of manuscript
and can of course not he inserted here We give,
however the totals, which, together with the re
port Of the finance committee below on the same
subject will afford clear view Of the tinan,ial
condition Of the county.
Geaerd! Sta:cmcat Of tie Debts and Of The RercS-
mof La Sale county