The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-13
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
TUESDAY, June II. 1866.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.-
Present same as yesterday also Sups Thorn
ton and Simonson.
Minutes Of yesterdays meeting read and
approved.
On motion of Supr Kimball tho blank sum
in the report of the committee to liquidate
the Warsaw snd Rockford railroad bonds
and issue new oonds, (made yesterday was
ordered to be filled with sum not u exceed
eighty thousand dollars.
Miscellaneous bills read and referred to the
proper committees
On motion of Supr Kimball it was ordered
that an appropriation of Sl5 be and is here
by made for the benefit Of Mrs. Cramer, and
placed in the hand of Supr Ely to be expen-
ded by him he thinks proper,
The special committee on swamp lands
made the following report:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors. Gentle
men Your special committee on swamp
lands would make the following report-that
we have examined into the title OF those
swamp Ia Ids thA were In dispute between
Rock Island and Whitesids counties and feel
entirely confident that the title is in White
side county, and that this county has no just
claim whatever to said lands.
Concerning the unsurveyed lands IN Cor,
dova township we would report that We find
about $50 acres, including the sloughs. We
| estimated the permanent sloughs at about
| 100 acres, leaving the balance OF grass land
at about 100 acres. portion of this 100
| acres Is prime grass land, probably 500 acres.
| The balance Is not 30 good.
Your committee would further say that the
| law makes the csnter OF the slough between
| the two counties the line, while we are quite
| satisfied that the line, as marked on the map,
| is not the center of tho main slough. but is
| too far west
Ia view of the above fact, we would advice
| the county TO appoint a committee TO act IN
| conjunction with q committee appointed by
Whiteside county to survey, plat and ap
| praise those lands.
Respectfully submitted.
j. HoKF,
w. q. PEARsoLL,
| JAMES HILL,
| Committee.
On motion of Supr. Marshall the above re
| port was adopted and Jacob Hoke, VIM. Q
Pearsoll, James Hill and David Gordon ap
| pointed committee to act in compliance
| with the recommendations, in surveying
plating and appraising swamp lands therein
| named.
Sheriff Merrill, committee to collect rents
| in court house, made the following report
which was received and adopted. viz:
Gentlemen The undersigned. who was
at a former meeting of this board
appointed to collect the rent of Offices in cour
house in your said county, would make th
following report: lie has settled with Os
born i Curtis for rent Of Office occupied b,
them in said court house, from june e, 1865
to June 6, 1866, and found there was due ant
owing from them the sum OF $50. fer whiel
amount he has allowed the said Osborn
Curtis for repairs on said Office the sum OF 81!
dollars and forty cents, and has taken theil
check on Mitchell & Lynde's bank fort SAB 60
forty three dollars and sixty cents, whicI
| check accompanies this report and that b
has given his receipt for the same
NJ D MERRILL,
Sheriff and Agent for Rock Island Co.
june 18th. 1866.
The committee on swamp lands made th
, following report which was adopted. viz:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
. GENTLEMEN :-Yonr committee would max
the following report:
We have examined the claim Of Frsd'k o.
born, of Yuma township and think that the
t are Just. Said Osbessn claims the Il of the
= or of sec q, tip Is, tw0oeast. Your con-
8 mittee would recommend that the above dis
4 cribed land be granted to him at apprai'
s ment.
, All of which is respectfully submitted.
t JNo CLARK,
\ JAMES HILL,
2 THos. KERR,
8 Committee.
o Henry Crutis. Jr., Esq, attorney for he'll
q of John Ahler and Joseph Cornelie, late
: Rock Island county, deceased, made applic'
: tion to the board for money placed In tn
3 county treasury, by county court, belongin
3 to the estate of said deceased persons, unit
called Cor by the proper heirs, and on mt
tion the said application wss referred to con
. mittee en- miscellaneous claims.
The application Of John Reynolds, OF "a
noe Creek, for seat as supervisor from sal
! town in the board was called up and
claim presented by G. M. Osborn, his alto
!, ney. aud on motion of Sup'r Marahall, j..
! 1Iawley, county attorney, was called to a.
wise the board in the matter. and Mr.. Hawle
appearing asked until to-morrow morning
examine the law and the facts relating
said matter. which request was granted.
Adjourned until tomorrow morning at