The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-12-20
N. OTTAWA ILL.,. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1851 VO

purpose 10 prevent the Repayment and his in
iiucnce proved sufficient, with four other town
officers, two Of them personally Us much need
ing the road as oursclves,-tthey had paid no
money upon il, howcver,) 90 join him, without
notice to us, in petitioning the Board of Super.
visors to suspend theopening of the road until
tho damages were paid by sorac other means
than by tax upon the town.
| BY Section l8, of Article "a, Of the Town
ship Organization Law, the Board Of Supervi.
sors are required 20 hear the reasons for and
against granting such relief, and tonlyl when
in their opinion the damages are mdnifsstiy too
| high, and that 10 provide for the payment an
oppressive tar munt be levied upon the town,
can they lawfully fnterposc their authority,
and suspend the opening Of the road Yet not
withstanding the absence OF party, and entire
silence as TO H. reasons d1oiast-notwith-
standina the y,a,Jffpns OF the law assuring
that absent purity q Gearing, and in despite OF
their knowledge o. sie fact that the damages
| had been already stsunced by the individual
citizens, for the use of the town, the board a.
dopted resolution declaring the opening OF
the road suspended. The charity that 'ho-
peth and beleveth all things" could, as il
seems 90 US. come 10 no more lcnient cOnclu.
sion, than that the Board by this act intended
TO cover the town with its official panoply,
lest it should be required TO pay debt due 10
them of its citizens.
And what makes, in onr opinion, not the
least striking feature in the case, is the fact
that the three Supervisors, who some weeks
before had awarded the damages 10 byrncs,
were among the number of that ma ority who
denounced these damages as exorbiant and op.
pressivc--the Supervisor Of Ottawa alone op.
posed the resolution.
We deem the position Of these three gentle.
I'd 4 that tlat
forbear TO cOnjectsii their motives, We feel II
but justice to giss their names. They are
Messrs. Wait, of Dayton, Mills, Of South Ot'
tawa, and Clark, Of Farm Ridge.
! Of the petition of the town officers, and OF
the action had thoreupon by the Board Of Su.
pcrvisors, VIC received the first authentic in.
formation in the columns of the Ottawa Free
! Trader. From the same source we learned
that Board would boidanother meeting on Fri
day, the 2sth day Of November last. We
straightway served written notices upon the
I Supervisor, Town Clerk, and other town Off.
GERS, the petitioners informing them Of our in
tehtion to be pres nj at the meeting of the
Board on tina. day, request them TO rescind the
resolution in relation TO the damages IL
Byrnes and to claim the hearing provided for
US by law, that we might show our reasons why
they should not grant the PRAYER of the petit
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'ce oil thc in'enaeu proceedings o' our ausef,
Ploo' % tne dyn'eht oy US ~ oe,la.
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pcnsible character of the roa the Board had eff
iected To suspend. A member of the Board
unsolicited by us, introduced and advocated Il
resolution 10 provide us the hearing we desr-
ed yet the Board by decided majority refused
I II TO us. One member. indeed, with show oi
exceeding fair purpose, proposed Ia hear US the
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