The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-24
Board of Supervisors.

Board of Supervisors.
The regular annual session of the board |
Of supervisors of this county met in Otta-
wa on Monday of last week, and remained
in session until Saturday afternoon, when
it adjourned to meet again on the Sd Mon
day in February next. We give asynopsis
of the proceedings
John IIise was appointed chairman for
the current year.
Various motions were made at the outset
to adjourn over for week, to accommo-
date sundry members who wished to at
tend the fair at Chicago, but they were
voted down, and the matter was finally ar
ranged by granting leave of absence for
two days to Messrs. Behrend, Dent, Gallo
way, Brown, Hastings, Howe, Soule, and
Harrison.
The main business Of the board consist
ed, as usual in examining and passing up
on pauper, and court house and Jail &C
counts, the aggregate of the latter being
about third larger than usual, mainly on
account of the Fisher trial. One item al
lowed in this behalf was 1921. % for board
ing the jury another was extra to the
sheriff for summoning 800 jurors. Sew
eral witnesses in the case wanted pay, but
no witness fees were voted, except SIS to
Mrs Warner
Messrs jackson, Highly, and Crook were
continued for another year as supernten-
dents of the poor house and farm. The
report of these gentlemen upon the opera
tons for the last year was read. 100 pau
pers were admitted during the year. Of
these Earl seut 6, Ottawa 80, LaSalle 81,
Peru IL, Serena |, Mendoza g. Freedom l,
Deer Park |, Manli us 8 d, Board was fur
nished to paupers during the year equiva-
lent to S,l57 days. The applications for
admission were much more numerous than
during any previous year; but many of
the applicants were imposters and others
had been shipped from other countries,
all of whom were rejected. There are ii
lunatics at the poor house, and for these a
separate bnilding is recommended to be
erected. Testimony is borne TO the good
management of the establishment by Mr..
Lott, the overseer, against whom, it is
averred, no complaints have heen made
except by some lazy paupers whom he COM
PEELED to work. A committee of the board
was also sent out to examine the e5tab
lishment, who reported the management
, all right They also recommended that
500 be placed at the disposal of the su.
II rfC ION,
adopted 10y the board.
The Board voted 10 vacate :" a certain
state road running from y. ". TO 5. E in
! the town of Usage
! Time was granted the county treasurer
until the February term TO render his ac-
count owing to the uncoliected condition
/ Of the taxes Of the last year
| The Finance committee submitted re-
port OH the finances of the county, which
is given in erteQso in another column.
An appropriation of $500 was voted to-
wards paying the expenses Of repairing the
Dayton bridge; but the board having af-
forwards refused TO make an appropriation
for bridge at Utica, the friends of the
latter got a reconsideration of the Dayton
appropriations and had it postponed to the
February terms
The rate of taxation for county purposes
for the current year was fixed al / mills
on the dollar; and the following rate. in
addition were assessed on the various towns
for town and road purposes:
Adams 1-l0ths Of q mill; Allen mill
Brookfeld l. Bruce 9, Deer Park 5-l0!hs
Dimmck l 3-l0ths, Eagle !. Earl ., Eden !:
Farm Ridge J, Freedom 81, Grand Rapid.
I, Groveland ,, LaSal!e 7-l0tls, Manliu
3 +, Mendoza S-IOrhs, Worthwhile =, Meri
den >, Mission S-loths, Ophir 10, Usage ,
Ottawa 40, Peru | 30, Rutland Lilo
|, Serena %, Troy Grove | SO, Utica Ii
Vermilion 40, Waltham T.
-, A resolution was adopted authorizn!
the funding of:lo,cC0 Of the .unty order
atioat for years a, 10 per cent if presen
ted in sums Of s5rb
The county Treasurer WAS authorized t
receive the paper of state banks in pay 20
taxes.
Jurors were selected for the Novembe
term, 1859, and the February term l-6(
, Of the Circuit Court, and for the Marc
term, 1850, Of the County Court The 70
lowing are the Jurors selected for the Nc
vember term of the Circuit Court: