The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-15
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Special June Term.
4ConcIndadl

a~ So Concluded,
The committee on attachments made the
following report, which was received and
adopted, and the following attachments allow
ed: Ia
e, G. Devore, 20 per cent. on assessment
on lot nine(9) and thirteen (l3), section 80,
section lS, W.
H. Stoddard, ,95 purchase money on
tax sale, lot No. S, block ., Tricks addition
to Moline, sold in error.
John Rudy, abatement of two dollars per
acre on assessment on 45 and $1,000 acres,
in section 35-lS, w.
Ivory Lord, abatement of eleven IN dol.
lars. lot I9, section 35-l8, w. q
7 w. Carson, abatement Of nine (9) and
sc. 100 dollars, on section 35-l8, w.
J. III. LYFoRD,
~ . II. F. SICKLEs, Committee.
q p Luc1Us WELLS.
On motion of Supervisor Sickles, the fol
lowing resolution was adopted by the Board,
viz:
IResolped, That the visit and inspection of the
representative members of this Board in pers on
to the Poor House and farm Of Rock Island coun-
ty the 18th inst, is satisfactory to this Board
and that the management Of the inmates is ap-
parently judicious and proper, the land is in an
excellent state of cultivation, and that this Board
commend the efforts on the part of the Commits
tee on Poor and Poor House to make this institu
ton for the poor all the public can expect tito
be. e
The committee to whom was referred the
propositions of physicians for appointment
as county physician, reported and recon.
mended that the county employ DR.. j. Huy
EFT, of Camden, agreeable to his proposition
to doctor the poor at the poor house, and any
outside within the limits of his practice, in.
GLIDING oil cases of surgery, for two hundred
| dollars per year.
J. H. LYFoRD,
S. B. SToDDARD, Committee.
ALEX. Owens.
The committee on jail and jail accounts
TO whom was referred the report Of the grand
| Jury of the May term of the circuit court
| 1868, reported and recommended that a
| committee be appointed by the board to con
fer with the proper authorities of the city o.
Rock Island with reference to constructing
| a sewer on Deer street, from the jail OIL
| slough to the river, with connection pipe
| from the vaults of the jail, and recommend
| that some mode of ventilation be provided
by means of pipes through the roof on the
south and west sides of the Jail. They also
| recommend that all sheds and loose stuff be
| removed from the jail yard which report
| was adopted by the board.
S. S. FORSTER,
L. C. ELLIOTT, Committee.
SETH R. BuFFUN,
In accordance with the above recommen
dation the chair appointed Supervisors Stod
| dard, Ohlweiler and Lyford said committee
On motion of Supervisor Sickles, the or
der disallowing the bill of L. L. Rogers fol
medical services rendered Mrs. Clark o
Port Byron, passed on the 10th inst, was
rescinded aud said bill allowed.
On motion of Supervisor Sickles, vote o
| thanks was rendered to the editors Of tbs
Caion and ARGUS for papers furnished tht
board during the present term.
| On motion of Supervisor Stoddard, The
following preamble and resolutions wer,
adopted by the board:
| Resolped, That the board of supervisors hereb,
| board Of trade of Rock Island, relative TO tn
bridge across the Mississippi river 81 this place
| and that Congress be requested TO make tn
necessary appropriations therefor.
| And, on motion or Supervisor Sickles, th,
clerk of the board is ordered to forward
copy of the proceeding to each of the sena
tors and representatives in congress from
the state of Illinois and Iowa.
The following bills were allowed 70
members of the board viz Sup'r Perkin
so, Sup'r Stoddard IL, Sup'r Forster l3
Sup'rs Hill, LyfuId, alIen, WeiIs, owen
Sayre, Edgington, Elliott, Buffum, Thornton
JosIin, IL, each; Sup'r Sickles and OH
weller 10, each, county clerk Is, sheriff / O.
| Adjourned until September l4sh 1868.
J. NJ. BEARDsLEY, Clerk.