The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-12
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
FIRST DAY.
Special June Term, june lin, 1865.

Special June Term, june lii, 1866.
Pursuant to adiournment tho board Of sup
ervisors convened in the SUPERVISOR room,
in Rock Island, on Monday, the 18th day of
June. A. D. 1856. for the traesaction OF
county business; Sup. Atkinson, chairman
Of the board, presiding.
On calling the roll the following named
members were present, viz: j. l.. Perkins,
James Hill, j. III. Marshall, D. N. Beal. A.
D. Cox. B. II. Kimball, S. b. Stoddard, Thos
Kerr, John McCandless, John Clark, Rinnah
Wells, John II. Ely and j. G. Parmenter.
The minutes of the last days proceedings
of special April term. 1866, were read and
a pproved
John Reynolds, of Canoe Greek, presented
q certificate of his election at the town meet
ing held in said town April Sd, 1866, to the
office of supervisor of said town, and asked
to be admitted as a member of the board as
such supervisor, and on motion OF Sup'r Real
the matter was referred to q committee of 8
appointed by the chair, Sup'rs w ellis, Beal
add Kimball constitute said committee.
On motion of Sup'r Beal the order TO refer
to q committee Of three appointed by the
chair as above was rescinded ndtaken up TO
be acted upon in committee of The whole.
Joseph Martin, of Canoe Creek, made g
statement to the board in relation to the an
nual election held in said town in April, '66,
and on motion the further consideration OF
Mr.. Reynolds right to seat ss q member of
the board was laid over until tomorrow
morning at 8 O'Clock. .e
The committee appointed to negotiate the
payment of the W & r. r. r. bonds at . for
mer term of the board made the following re-
bonds Nos. 81, SO, II, rs, IS, "a, IS, p, II,
10 and 60 together with coupons Except for
the years 1861 and 1862 were cancelled on
the bond books and ordered TO be filed in the
Office of county clerk until further orders,
viz: The committee appointed to fund or liq-
uidate the w. Il R. R. R. bonds made repor,
that they have purchased Sl4, 500 of said
bonds at so cents on the dollar and have tpr
vided temporarily for the payment of he
same and herewith submit the form of a bond
corresponding in its terms with slight. varia
tions, with your instructions to us which form
we respectfully submit for your consideration
and ask that it may be adopted, and au
thority granted to issue bonds and negotiate
on sums of $500 and S100, each, On aggregate
sum of IN
conformity with the resolution passed at the
April term, 1866.
CHAs. ATKINSON, Chairman
The committee on finance made the follow
Ing report winch was EeCelYeu anu doopteo,
viz:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors o
Rock Island county-Your com mittee on fl
nance to whom was referred the matter o
procuring means to pay interest on Jail bonds
report as follows: We have paid the sum o
nineteen hundred and eighty-nine dollars ant
ten cents (sl9s9.10), have received of Ii. A
j. Mcdonald $500, and of D. Chaplin 81 ,oOt
for which we have given the county's notes
payable in one year with ten psr cent. inter
est.
We have also received of the treasurer
S657.S2. leaving in the hands of your com
mittse Sl6S.72. Your committee report tina
there is now about $3.50. of interest on salt
bonds, past due, not paid aud that 81 600 mort
becomes dueson the first of July next, 'ogeth
er with six thousand dollars of the bond
which will become past due at that time
Your committee would recommend that th(
coupons accompanying this report be burne'
or destroyed by the clerk. All of which is re
specially submitted.
B. FL. kIABALL,
RINNAH WELLS,
j. L. PERKINS,
Committee.
Board adjourned until tomorrow mornini