The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-09-23

aud forty'three cents IN county oiuS's' Jury
certificates and coupons OF Rock island
county domestic bonds and jail bond cou'
pons, and have cancelled the same upon the
| issue books, and now herewith return said
orders, certificates and coupons so cancelled,
and recommend that they be burned 10
open court, as required by law, Respectfully
submitted,
G. B. KNOX,
GEo RGE ALLEN, ommittee.
! j. ". BALLARD,
On motion Of Supervisor Underwood the |
following resolution was adopted by the
Board
Resoiced, That the Clerk of the County
Cour, Of Rock Island county, Illinois, be |
and no ia hereby directed and ordered to
levy a tax on the assessed valuation of all
taxable property, real and personal, in said
county, for the year A. b. 1869, as set forth
in the report Of the finance committee,
to.wit Five mills per dollar as county tax;
and ten mills per dollar es special tax,
and two and one.half mills per dollar as all
tax.
Supervisor Webster presented the fol.
lowing resolution and moved it's adoption,
Ilz:
Res0iUed, That o tax Of one dollar be lev.
led upon the owners Of oil male dogs in the
county and tax Of two dollars on the owp.
ers Of oil female dogs in the county, and
that the proceeds of such tax be used for
the repair of roads and bridges in the towns
where such taxes are collected, or for
any other purpose the town may deter
mine.
Supervisor Underwood moved to amend
by excepting Drury township. Motion lost.
The yeas aud nays being called on the
resolution, resulted as follows, viz Those
voting in the affirmative we're Supervisors
Allen, Wainwright, Webster, Harold Knox,
Barnes, Coon, and Ballard. Those voting
in the negative were Supervisors Wilson,
Morris, Bruner, Moore and Underwood.
Resolution adopted.
On motion OF Supervisor Underwood the
following resolution was adopted by the
Board viz
Resoired, That the committee on finance
a.. be and they are hereby authorized and EN-
powered to borrow and to give the note Of
the county for sufficient amount OF money
to provide for the payment OF the bills
audited by this Board, not already provided
for, on short time, or until the amount nee
. essary for the payment OF the same IS col
: leeted from the revenue Of 1869, on the
= same terms as heretofore obtained for said
purpose, and that said money 30 borrowed
! be placed in the hands of the county treas.
urer TO be used as above indicated.
t. The committee on Attachments made the
If following report, which on motion OF Su.
e pervisor Abbott, was adopted by the board,
!, viz!
o 70 the Honorable the Board Of Supervisors
o Of Rock Island County:
GENTLEMEN Your committee to whom
: was referred the bills for abatement have
A carefully examined the same and would
recommend that the following amounts be
abated and refunded:
+ Il Parmenter, on lots and blocks in
Illinois City, doubly assessed, S62 40; John
NJ Day, hf W sec l-l7-2, erroneously
assessed, 81 So, Your committee recon-
mend that the abatement Of 5000 yaIua-
ton asked for by VIM D Clark be not
made.
VIM. b. BRUNER,
j. r. UNDERWOOD, Com.
DAN'L NICEwANGER,
t On motion Of Supervisor Morris, G. B..
Knox, coroner, was allowed the sum Of 49,.
1j as per bill on file
Supervisor Ballard offered the following
! resolution, and on motion Of Supervisor
J Webster the same was adopted by the
( board viz:
- Resolced ! hat the thanks of this board
are hereby rendered to II. f. Thomas,
f county treasurer for the faithful and eff
cent manner in which he has discharged
the duties OF his Office for the whole time
be has held it. Coming into Office at q time
when the orders Of the county were below
par, by his exertions in conjunction with
this board he he's redeemed the credit of the
county. placing its orders and bonds on a
sound basis, and we not only thank himyas
board, but as individuals and for the PEG.
pie Of the county.
The petition of Robert Lee and forty
nine other citizens Of the town Of Coal Val.
ley, praying the board of supervisors to
make an order dividing said town which is
imposed of townships l6, range /, west Of
the 18th P. NJ, and all of township II, r,
! west, lying south of Rock river, in Rock
Island county, into two election districts.
Said town to be divided so that all those
living in township l6, l west, vote at the
present place of holding elections in said
town. and oil those residing south of Rock
. river in township II, west, may vote in
the town of Coal Valley, was taken up and
, read. Supervisor Knox moved that the
/ ! pr"yoE oG tao p"t;t;on"ra ho granted The
a yeas and nays being called resulted as fol.
lows, viz:
y Those voting in the affirmative were Su.
pervisors Allen, Wainwright, Harold, Knox,
, Coon, Morris, Bruner and Underwood.
Those voting in the negative were Super
. vsors Webster Barnes, Wilson, Ballard and
Moore-Yeas 8, Nays 5. Motion carried
and prayer of petitioners granted. And on
motion of Supervisor Knox it was ordered
by the board that the place for holding cleo
tons in said new election district in town
ship II, r. west, (south of Rock river,
be and is hereby located and fixed at the
store of Robert Lee, in the town of Coal
Valley, and that the place for holding cleo
tons in the election district composed of
township I6, r, | west of the 18th P. NJ,
be and is continued at the place of holding
elections heretofore in said town.
On motion Of Supervisor Morris it WAS
ordered that Thomas Martin, r. r. Bailey,
and Thomas W. Daniels, be and they are
appointed judges of the new election dis
trict composed of township Il, west, south
of Rock river, as above described, for the
election to be held in said district, Novem.
Der I'd, A. d. 1869.
ITO be continued.