, 1865-04-13
MO MORE BoUETles,
Tie Eoard Of Supervtsors---speelsl aeeting--
The County Bounty Discontinued.

a special meeting Of the Bosrd Of Supervisors
Of Cook county, was held on wednesday aitc1-
noon, for the understood purpose Of considering
the adyissbllity Of disseminating The payment Of
the Cook county bounty to volunteers, the iu,-
preston having been prevalent that 1t ia nunecaa.
a1ry to furnish more men to the army. The lpl-
lowing were present: The PreEdent, 4,
johnson, and Supervisors APPEL. Atwater. Brady.
Blake, Chandler Cadman. Case. Dsandora, Duen.
sing. Edbrook. Fsrwell. Flax, Follan.ae, Cthbs.
Greede. Hstnes, Hopkins. Harms, 3nntaon, K1le
Kn,ckerbocker, Niies, Oh1endorr, Rees, Rcxford'
Strong, SteiauaulIer, Schacktosa, Scott i. Taylor'
Is,1pr s,s 1hosxosh. r. ss Wicker and Winazth.
s1pervlsor Fsrwell, rom the War Fund Com.
mittee, reported that the committee hat pald the
hounts q sito to :, ,s90 men. making sum Of
who had Iot get drawn their bounty, making a
tol'i OF 81 ,s8 oo0. and that in order to nll The
qoota assessed upon the quota abont 1,7g3 men
loving:
..-1esosred: That the orders passed by this Board
February u, lsGa and March 9Th, 1855, providing
nline the.quota Of Cook county Under the last csi
Of the President Of the United States for three
cept 10 10 drafted men and theis tuest{suieE and
except a1so as 10 men whu hare hereIotore rnijsf-
ed OF furnished substitutes. ~'''N1'
resolution. The war was now virtaailT Over but
government would not att rash]y il ofdei p the
cess .hon VI the 1toti. and IN the meantime men
would Be press1ug IN at a furious rate. now that
they see tie d.nrcr IL passed, and he money Of
the county will De paid away needlesstY. unless
IT, psyn,ent !, o. @ .9untles be discontinued. The
tuse for every drafted msu in case the government
should cetlrm'ne to enfore the drat :
Sup. Rees sa11' that one hono4ed dollars to
drafted men would he enough.
Sup: Farweu said thai they were entitled to
1heir four hundred dollarr and that amount could
not be Gnt down without injustice.
sud would certainly bring the drait Oh "a withfn
two days, as the order to draft woald be Issued
the moment recruiting fell below Afty per day.
handed it wonld be time enough to stop The psy--
mtnt OF boun,iea; If the DRAFT did come the town
would BE TOO hot for the sapeEvttors.
pounties, but was not in favor of such payment
alter II became unnecessary. II the Government
bad not get determined to suspend the DRAFT, no
sane man can doubt that 1t aiii do 50, or that
this war Is closed. The enemy ha. not exceeding
10000 men in the field. whils We have proba6l1
Hn,t o. men, enough 10 wind up the w1r, without
the country were safe, and it behoored rhem 1oz
to LOOK atter those of the county. The solution
makes =; ample Pr9E1slon aga1nst the draft II 1t
Sup Gtecde believed that men won:d be want.
cd for GONE time yet, aud tt#onld be but an act
Of 5nttce to let the veterans come back and fresh
ihsps % M fos tie pour %s1as % sss srsss * snoala bs
Sup. Hainee moved torcfer to special commit
tee with fn:tsuctons to report this morning at
ten o'clock.
Sup. Wicker opposed this notion They had
al tie light waAted. They had>recefved Official
| notice On Saturday that the deheit ot 1,gu men
could not br reunited, bnt since then We have re-
| ceived the news that Lee has surrendered, and
| the report that johnson hiss done SO too. The
government doeb'not want men. or II It does there
| are plenty Of men who would be willing to
take the 00 and GO substitutes Tor every draft
ed man. The ndopuou OF this resolution will eaye
the country some eix to eight hundred Thousand
Sup. E. S. Taylor said that it WIS but Justice to
those Wards which voted bountics 10 the hers,
out Of The draft 1t would be better to lesson tht
| bounty only, hll 1t were actually knowa that the
draft would not be ordered 1t is now in proeres!
In several dis icts OF Ills State 1t will b order
| Cd here ii bountes ceaee.
Sup. Farwell eaid that it Eoutd be no hardshil
| to te drsfted now. but he desired to let the Aa
ministrntion taEe the responsibility OF orderHaf
draft II 1t wished TO perpetrate such m Outrage
| Men were rushing In now lister than they cou.t
be examined.
The motion to refer was tabled.
Snp. Hainet offered the following AZ IN amend
menl: :tThey wanted 10 nli fhe quota IN their Ward
Reso!sed, That the resolution take effect At tn
| END Of three days.
The was tabled, and the resolution Of Supe:
visor FaEwel was adopted by - aeaanst s; tn
nays being Mesars. Brady, Gseedc, Hainea, Hsrto
and E. s. Tl3 31or.
:. On motion Of Supervisor Gibbs the thanks c
Med1ll, and s. S. Hsyeb for thetr efforts to secnt
the reduction Of the quota Of this county on thel
! recent mtseion TO Washington.
The Board then adjourned.