The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-09-26
Doinss of the Board OF Supervisors.

pose to give the substance of their doings.
CHAIRNAN.-G. W. Armstrong was unan-
imously elected Chairman Of the Board for
the ensuing year.
AssEssxESr.-The assessment rolls of the
different towns in the county were laid be-
fore the board. They present total OF
about $4,000, 900 of taxable property in the
county. They were referred to a committee
on equalization, who, after comparing them,
suggested various alterations, proposing to
reduce the assessment Of several towns and
increase that Of others; but the board
adopted the rolls as returned by the asses
sors, including the assessment Of all the
railroads in the county, in reference to the
legality of some Of which there were doubts.
FrNAScEs.-The committee appointed to
settle with the County Treasurer reported
his accounts all straight. The amount Of
revenue assessed for the last year, with
balance in the Treasures hands a year ago,
was SIS, 5ss.64. With this sum, the Urea,
surer redeemed county orders amounting to
$S,054-5O; paid to W. Ii. W. Cushman,
county agent 81, 255, retained as amount OF
attachments, commissions, &c, s., 1882,
leaving 5000 in the treasury and the county
3Scts in debt to the treasurer. The county
agent being absent, no settlement could be
had with that functionary, SO that it is i'm
possible to say whether he owes the county
anything or not. The committee were d.
rected to settle with him on his return home,
and to publish a statement Of The settlement
in the county papers. The appropriations
Of the present board amounted to some nine
or ten thousand dollars, as follows:
On pauper accounts, ...-..--.-S2 s., 021.4
Claims, miscellaneous and all sorts, 8, 335.4f
Court house and Jail expenses, -. 2,5G3.95
With expenses OF the board and other items
These appropriations, with the county or
ders, jury Gel tificates, &c, still unredeemed,
leaving the county at present some $4,000
in debt, the board concluded that a tax of 2
mills on the dollar would be insufficient for
the wants Of the county for the current
year, and so put up the tax to mills.
Poor HOUSE, &c-A highly satisfactory
report was laid before the board from the
superintendent of the county poor house
and farm. They report the past year as
having been characterized by unusual good
health In that establishment. Sixty-two
paupers were admitted during the year, the
whole amount of board making an aggregate
Of 7O5 weeks, at an expense to the county
Of less than $500, or about G5cts per week
10 each pauper. In the last 10 years they
say the pauper expenses Of The county have
not been as low as the present year. The
plan pursued is, to make every paurer work
on the farm t.iat is able, and when ne can
earn enough to support himself he is dis
charged. The superintendent complain Of
the want Of Judgment in the town overseers,
who are constantly sending able-bodied men
and women to the county establishment,
who are never admitted, the county being
yet obliged to pay the expenses of sending
them.-A committee of the board was also
sent to the poor house to examine its con-
dition, who reported that they found the
farm in a good state, considering the amo unit
apr priated to it. They highly commend
Mr.. Lott, the present superintendent, and
recommend that his salary be increased TO
$500. They also recommended an ;ppro-
pria,ion of 500 to build fences aud make
additional improvements on the farm, a re-
commentator adopted by the board to the
extent that they voted $500 The board
also authorized the superintendent to en-
pIoy physicians in their discretion for the
poor house, instead of hiring one by the
year as heretofore.
DAYTON BKrDGE.-The people Of Day ton
and Rutland wanted an appropriation Of
about $1,000 to help them rebuild the Day
ton bridge, which was destroyed by the
flood last spring. \ trile in the way Of
tactics was attempted to fetch it around
On the first day OF the session, the supervi-
sor on that subject offered a resolution that
as an unusual number of free bridges on
Fox River had been destroyed last spring,
the board sh Uld be unusually liberal in vot-
ing money for their reconstruction, and pay
at least fourth Of their cost instead Of
sixth, "as heretofore" The resolution was
lost. 4 petition was then presented asking
for an appropriation of $1,000; and a reso-
luton subsequently presented to appropriate
that amount II ELECTED lengthy discus
sion, was voted down, reconsider, and final
Iy $500 were appropriated. tax Of sixty
cents on the 800 was also ordered to be
levied on the town Of Rutland, to aid in re-
building the bridge.
PKrSTISG.-T. Hampton and W. Osnan's
bills, (sl5 each) for copying and publish
ing the proceedings of the board were re-
jected, and the clerk requested to furnish
the Ottawa printers with copies Of the pro-
ceedings. Che clerk will probably do SO,
but will the printers lumber their columns
with page Of dull minutes for nothing0
JrEoKs.-Grand and petit jurors were
elected for the November and February
terms of the Circuit Court, and for the
March term Of the county court. I'VE may
publish the lists hereafter.l
School CoNxssIoxEE.-The report Of Mr..
Jones, school commissioner, was laid before
the board, showing that some $4,000 had
been by him received and distributed to the
different towns during the year, exclusive
of the local township funds, for the support
of schols- The committee appointed to set
tie with this officer say, They were highly
pleased with the correct and systematic or
der in which they found his books, vouchers,
aud papers," and commend "thc fidelity
with which he has discharged the duties of
his Office"
STATE ROAD FROM OTTAWA TO DwIGHr.-
The report of the survey and location Of
this road was received, and the expenses of