The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-09-29

l. y l-ae. 81 %
l.. v Clark, cid Said ) 90
K. " s4t ~ Son, i 80
Chris ian Crausse, 50
ThouI pson il Dyer, 20 Sc
BcrLiI i Co, - 0j
d. T. Rogers, , 50
On mott "a gt Sap. 2 idick, tie pauper
| comm sttee were directed to consult wIih the
| Superinlesiients OF the poor s7 to th- pros
prie'y ofTurchasiug supplies Tor lse cozu;7
house at wholesale.
Sup. Clark, from the committee to view
State road from Ovid, IN Lee Co., to Peru,
reported in favor of vacaling said road iron
Lee County live sCu,herly TO where said road
| iutersec,s with the highway now travelled, OF.
the eas, lne Of Sec. 30. town Of Troy Grove"
Which Was adopted.
Sup Mattocks introduced the following
preamble and resolution, which re adop>
led.
WTcr,g.. the crime Of horses:ealng IS
| aiarmugiy on the increase in this and adj
| Joining counties I; and rracr-as, 10y resolution
| of a former Board Of this county, q resolution
Offering a standing reward for the appreheu>
| sion OF 2ny house, mare or nu.e thiet, Ou con
yic;ion thereof. where the otfens- Was cons
mitied within this county, was rescindeG; and
! wheredS the Interests OF cur constituents de-
maud some action AT oar hands for their
! protection in this matter and 1ckcTeas, by
| reference to tde Session Laws OF Illinois for
| 1863. p. loo, it Will be seen that Boards of
| Supervisors in counties adopting township
| organization have discretionary poger TO of
| fer a standing reward not exceeding $1,000
for each o5ense; therefore.
Resolrcd. That the Board of Supervisors of
| La Sale county, i'll accOT6auce with said
| legislative enactment, do hereby offer stand
| ing reward Of 500 To aHr officer or o,her
person so appEehendiuc any horse, mare,
aaule or ass thief on conT. u sa thereof, where
the olfense Is committed Ain the limits of
said county, said amount to be paid by an
order Of the county Clerk on the Treasurer,
on certificate of Circrit Clerk of said county
| of conviction of said thief.
| Sup. Maitocks, Committee On Military ac>
counts who were instructed to confer with the
| county attorney as to the power OF the Board
| to issue a. aEditional bonds for the equalization
| of oourtids. presented the written opinion of
| said attorney to the effect that, the county
| has already issued the tull amount of bonds
| authorised by the special law on that SUBJ
I iect. said attorney SIS OF the opinion that no
authority exists to issue more bonds without
fruther legislation
| On. motion of Sup. Fleming, the Chair ap>
pointed Sups. Clark, Fleming and Chase to
| constitute a bounty committee with which
Messrs Price and Baldwin are inyiied to act
as honorary members, to which committee
| all applications for bounty shall be referred.
| Sup. Clark from the former bounty COM
mittee. presented the following report:
! TO tie Board Of Supervisors Sept. term
1866.
| The Bounty Committee report that upon
the failure of the Board at the Feb. meeting
| tyIp npdprS
signed, aete~, deliberation and consultation,
came TO the conclusion that they having the
business on their hands were responsible for
the discharge of the duties vt the committee
until relieved by the Board, We have since
| February paid out under the resolution of
Dec 81. 1868 four hundred dollars in Bonds
under the resolution of Sept 2Sth 1864
nine hundred dollars, and ca the eight dollar
Bounty forty eight dollars-It vii be per-
ceived that the business is rapidly demin>
ishino and vel there will be valid claims oc-
casionally presented for long time to come.
| The means in The hands OF the Com. tor
| pavment of bountes are as follows:
| Cash in dity National Bank, S2o4.27
| III bonds issued under resolution
De- 3ith, 1868, lloo.Vo
~ Son m, 1864. 100000
| Your cOmmItee are CT tue oplnioh 'nat II
will be unnecessary to have committee hold
regular meetings for payment OF bounueS-
but all claims might be fled with the county
clerk and passed upon by scme person author
! ized. Whenever there was business enough on
| 6le require it, perhaps it might all be done at
the raaular neetipgs Of the Board.
From the fact that the County Treasury
can be drawn upon for one to three hundred
dollars in the form of bounties, by any one
who can make certain proof and the various
.nd different proofs required for the differs