Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-01-09

DAvxxronr, Ja97, 1855.


DAvxxPoRr, Ja47, 1865.
Board met All members Il ! t except
Mr.. Scott. Minuacs Of yestesenyze ffeossd-
ings read and approved. s,Ess1
On motion the names Of Miner Dawson,
A. Corbin, Ira M. Clifford, 4 GD1vies and
John L. swits were stricken 1sn he etafe
militia roll.
Report Of James Fsttiepa, township
clerk, was referred TO com1dtese on Public
Officers. sas
Mr.. Whitcomb moved thaA - Treasurer
be authorized to settle those bounty warrants
which were presented lbr pamsht under
resolution passed at the January session,
1854, after the amount Of lis rand had been
expended, and which, fur tlne reason, he
could not then redeem. WhicAMas adopted
by the Board ~
The Treasurer presented Z report showing
the balances Of the following aooounfs:
Railroad fund on haad...... 4Ss 9!
Bounty fund .....' Ss1ya =
Bridge fund ...ss. s,oso q
County fund ovsrdrawn.,.. ,sss sss g q
Which renort was opasred = be filed.
The committee ON Public Onices reported
upon the accounts Of = number of public
officers, and also upon number Of omcial
bonds. The report was adopted by the
Board.
The salary of II. Mittelbuscher, assistant
treasurer, was raised to $500 per annum.
Mr. Wing offered the following resolution,
which was laid upon the table:
Rsso,red, That the question of raising
bounty to enlisted and drafted men to I'LL the
quota of Scott county ON the recent call Of
the President for three hundred thousand
men be submitted to q, vote of the people,
and that Monday, the 23d day of January
instant be designated for that purpose, and
the election be conducted in the same man.
ncr Is other elections according to law.
Mr.. Ross offered the following section to
be added to the resolution passed yesterday,
which was laid upon the table:
SECTION Z. Prorided, That the committee
aforesaid appointed to attend to and have
the aforesaid county bounty warrants is
sued, shall not do 80 until the question shall
be first submitted to vote Of the people.
Mr.Wing asked leave TO have the following
protest placed on record. Leave was granted.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SCOTT Co.,
January 7th, 1856.
The undersigned members Of the Board,
respectfully protest against the action Of this
Board in their action Of yesterday, in pass
| ing what is termed the bounty for enlist
ments to fill the draft of Scott county quota
of 100000 call Of the President, for Febru-
ary, 1865, for these reasons:
1st-That we deem 1t Unnecessary and bur-
2d.-That it will not have sh6cfIcct desired
by the friendsOf the measure, t0-wit: induce
enlistments
M.-That it is unnecessary waite Of treas
S;h.-Tnat It wss sAst s,IAlaifted to ! vote
OF tho peoPle for the 49, q
appreciation or disapproval BY petition, dis
cussiOn, or otherwise.
5th.-That it will encourage speculation,
corruption and fraud, in procuring persons
for the military service, and thereby defeat
the procuring Of suitable and reliable persons
for the military service.
This being our honest and settled cOnvic-
tions, we respectfully request that they be
| spread upon the minutes Of this Board as
our protest of their action aforesaid.
ES. Wine, JAMES MCCONNELL,
j. H. Ross, JOHN L. DAVIES.
Report of committee on public officers,
relative to report Of James Pattison, town
ship clerk, was accepted. 1t showed bal
ance of S191S3, which he paid over to his
successor
The claims for per diem and mileage Of
the members of the Board for the present
session were allowed
Mr.. Henley, of Pleasant Valley, reported
that Aaron Remer, elected Justice Of the
Peace, and having failed to qualify, he would
move the appointment of Jas. Brown, which
was adopted.
The finance committee referred back the
bills of Justices Blood, Peters, and Wheeler.
On motion of Mr. Whitcomb, they were rc-
ferrcd to special committee to confer with
the attorney of the county. Committee,
Mcssrs. Whitcomb, Ross and Farber.
The special committee appointed for the
purpose reported that they had contracted
with James T. Lane, Esq, as attorney for
the county, to prosecute criminal actions not
less than felony. He to receive $500 from
Sept. 1st, 1864, to June 1st, 1863 and $500
per annum thereafter.
On motion the Board adjourned sine die.