, 1862-03-07
Meeting Of she BOARD OF supervisors.
THURsDAY-AoRNMG SESSION.
The BOARD met nj IN 0scloef 7nuyunant tr

THURsDAY-NoRNNGs SESSION.
The Board met ut 10 o'clock, pursuant to
.,;s Minutes of preceding session ven 7etd nd
The report Of the. Committee on Aiscc1la-
neouz Clzimr, laid bver yesterday under the
The reports of the, committce on Poor
House and Panpars, and Public. Buildings;
were similarly disposed Of l-..
BRIDGE 1cRoss TIE CALUMET,
The report of the Committee on Roads and
| Bridges, Recommending an appropriation OF
i f4O0 toward the construction Of bridge
| across the Calumet, was called up and dis
| cu6sed. " . '."
Sup. Strong asked for information respect
I ing the revenue Of the town Of Worth, one Of
the towns interested In the construction Of
the above bridge, and desired to be informed
how much the town paid for licenses, dog
Sup Chatroop could inform the gentleman.
There were twenty licenses granted yielding a
| revenue Of II GOO. Dogs paid $500.
SnP Strong Was etstistied and gracefully
Sup Dalton made 3 speech. BE was sure
benefited By the bridge. proposed to be eon-
structed. There were hundreds Of people In
Northern Indiana to whom such bridge was
almost indispensable.
Sup. Strong believed there was resolution
upon the records Of the Board prohibiting
appropriations for such purposes, until two
thirds Of the estimated cost bad been rai5ed
by towns asking for such appropriations, and
he hoped Cook county would not transact
business in such loose manner Alter q dis
eussioD, participated in by several gentlemen
from the towns interested, the report was
so9s'ea 10 ig. D''oef = ''l Vi '''' A''A AA''
| LuxCR1Es FOR PACFERs.
Sup. Caldwell desired the reconsideration oi
the action Of the Board Oh Wednesday, in re-
lation to the claim Of Sup. Shields for articles
9f 1 n ~ aBd Bac annsea seas
sion arose as to whether coffee, tca and sugal
could be considered 1uxur1es for sick people
and "paupers."
Sup. Strong WIS willing to pay for breai
and meat, and such Ike articles OF necessity
but be would not burthen his conscience Will
the sin Of allowing paupers tea, coffee and su
: gar, and he moved that they be stricken out o
. the bill Lost.
sups. Throop, Caldwell, Dalton, johnson
and Gnenther each favored the Board witt
gentleman, one of the new members from tn
rural districts, said he did not allow bis oWl
children to drink tea and coffee, and though
The precedent WAS an unwise one t. establlsh
that panpeTs could be supplied with such lus
| ur5es at the expense Of the county
The bill Was ordered paid, with the items {
pipes and tobacco stricken out, by a Tote
4 IS yeas to 13 nays.
COUNTY SWAMP LANDS.
s,n f,;t,hs ,,fca-o5 t,,a f,1,,1r;no raso1,,t;o,
q Cup. u,one 80 tls
GSs0sea, I9as 1he SleIR o. tnls boafa M M oG ana a
~. ~, ~ e cnnn t ~ .
3 mi M yment is made. aaa that be dischsfse Il
a Drainage Commissioner he has employed
i Sup. Jones moved that everything ia tt
n resolution reiat1Ve 70 dlscnarse q Dla1nas
CQnmlEElonef. oe stricken our. Garuea.
= oa e 1'-oA '"' "1A S'A'>@ 10 sN~A- >''oF
r s1p,,.,vo,, e o,-rs 7,7u roon ~ rr,,
0- A.s' t'o1N -. .e ~
, sup. Dalton offered the following fesol
ton:
| Rese1re1, That hereafter the Treasurer Of t
commissioners Of highways Of the several TOW
Of n this county enan prosecute iof 1sllnTe 70
sepse nee e r. 70 feep g OF IN h
L. csro - LIE - A0"'-'' 0Ao -'~ASA VI
,e Snn. stronp desired the responsibility of nrf
a eI1LtoA ~ te5t "Aet 1i p1VguSeus Mte4 w