Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-10-21

Il $ Carpeh!cr,s Ini'dng at so 20
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Respectfully submitted.
hoEEK1 Glow, Jr, Chairman
On motion Of Mr. Cation, said racpmmec.
dation Of said committee was accepted ami
adnuted.
Mr. Woodruff offered the following reso-
luton. which was adopted:
''ResOired, that 5 Simmons be ard !.
hereby appointed County Agent to super-
intend the Poor House and paupers ,he ere
in for the ensuing year, and that his salary
be fixed ut 500.
Mr. Cation presented the following report
of A Cumstock. Drainage Commissioners.
To the Honorable BOGrd Of Supervisors
81 HW County, Illinois:
"The undersigned drainage cnnimi.eiou-
er would respectfully report, that during
the last year he has collected and paid over
to toe CIuuty Treasurer as per his recent
on HE with the County Clerk, the sum of
SlOS,59 of :he moneys due Will Comfy.
from the purchasers Of the swamp lands.
And be would further report that he has
met WIFE difficulty III making collections.
by reason OF persons not being disposed to
pay up unless they are forced to do sn.-
They say tue money Is worth more than
SIX per cent to them, and they wish 10 nut
Oh the payment as long as they can with
impunity. The nUtes are all three or four
years past due, and it is at the option of
the Board of Supervisors whether TO re-
celTe the money or to take back the land
Your commissioner would not like to take
the responsibility of deciding each particu-
lar case, but would suggest to the Board
the proprIety oil appointing Two Or mure of
its members to advise with him as to the
! best interests OF the county in the matter
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
A COMSTOCK, Drainage Com.
| j liet, Sept Is, 1862
On motion of MIR lngersoll, said report
/ was accepted.
! Mr. Knapp moved that committee of
one be appointed to confer with said Drain
| age commissioner in regard to said report.
and the matters therein contained. The
/ motion prevailed, aud
! On motion Of Mr. Woodruff, Mr. Kuarp
/ WINS appointed as such committee, TO whom
! SAID report was referred by the Board.
( Mr. Cation presented bill If the county
( against the Town Of ChaOnabon, for sun
! port Of pauper from ssi1 Town, in the
County Poor House, amounting TO IS AZ,
also a similar bill against the Town Of
/ Lcck puri, amounting t. =, IS.
Whereupon, NJ Jessup asked leave to
withdraw said bill against the Town of
Cbnnnsbon, fer payment, which was grant.
ed
On motion Ct Mr. Kshler, OF M7nee. said
bill 0gainst the Town OF LCckport was laid
on the table.
Mr. Flank offered the following resc lu-
ton which was adopted:
ReSolUed, That all bills for the support
Of paupers f,om the different Towns BE
presented by the Poor Huuse Agent to the
Supervisors Of the different Towns for coli
lection, and that they be instructed to col
lect the same
Mr. Iugersell offered the following reso.
lutmn. which was adopted:
'Resolred. That the committee on mis-
cellane0us claims is hereby Instructed tC
report to this board the amouot due each
Supervisor for has services in aitendun eC
at the special sessitn in July, and til.
present sessI, OF this beard"
Mr. Csgwin from the committee on Prin
| ing and Stationery, reported III favor o.