The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-09-20
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
eeptember Term, A. D. 1863, Official
Proceedings.
SATURDAY, Sept. Is.

SATURDAY, Sept. 10.
Board met pursuant TO adjournment.
Present same as before, except Supervisors
Ballard, A bbott and Ncewanger.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved by the Board
William c. Piersoll was allowed s. as per
bill on file
Supervisor Coon presented petition from
citizens Of Black Hawk township praying
for division Of said township for election
purposes, and moved that the prayer of the
petitioners be granted. Motion lost.
Supervisor Knox presented the following
| resolution, and on motion of Supervisor
Webster the same was adopted
Resolred, That the Board Of Supervisors
request our attorney TO render oil neces
sary aid in his power to the prosecuting
| attorney and Messrs. Sweeney jackson
in the case of the Dubuque riot and muir
der.
On motion of Supervisor Wainwright the
following resolution was adopted
Resoived, That this Board appropriate
the sum of $25 for the relief Of the family
Of John Kinney, he having been disabled oil
summer by broken thigh.
Inc TepOTL VI W Ul' II. OtNbS ldL- SuPCilh'
tendent of schools, was read and approved.
and on motion of Supervisor Knox ordered
laced on file.
On motion of Supervisor Underwood, j..
NJ. Wilson was allowed the sum of $50 for
services rendered as County Judge, as per
bill on file.
Reports of inquest on the body of John
| Bencke by E. Mapes, acting coroner, of
| Moline, was read, and on motion Of Super
visor Wilson approved and ordered placed
on file.
Supervisor Underwood offered the follow
ing resolution and moved its adoption:
Resolred, That the County Clerk be, and
he is hereby authorized and instructed &c
purchase, on the best terms possible, one
Illinois statute of the latest edition for each
Justice of the Peace in the county, and
draw an order on the county treasury foi
the same.
Supervisor Allen moved to amend by
making the number purchased two for each
town in the county. Amendment carried
and the resolution, as amended, adopted.
On motion of Supervisor Knox an appro
pration sufficient TO convey Mrs. Morse &c
her friends in Burlington was made.
The following resolution Yves presented BY
Sup'r Knox, and, on motion of Sup'r Web
ster, adopted:
Resolued, That the thanks Of this Boar(
are Justly due and should be and are hereby
given to Mr.. VIM. Bailey, superintendent o
our county poor farm, for the care and at
tention by him taken of, and given to, thu
poor of the county placed in his charge, thu
interest he takes in their behalf, the tathsrl,
treatment and kindness they receive from
hun, which brings SO hion and his their love
, esteem, and respect all of which seems .
relieve them in great measure Of the III
f just odiun of being honestly poor, and t
feel and know that as such they are entitle
to home, to support, to kind treatment an
the urbanitiss of a humane, enlightened an
christian people.
ReSolred, That his management of tn
poor farm and all the property thereon, re
ceives our hearty approval; that in gu
opinion the right man ia in the right place
and may he long live to do good in the oner
Gus and seemingly unpleasant sphere of lif
which he has chosen, and the duties be 81
honestly, faithfully and kindly performs.
Communications from A. p. Hall, Assist
ant General Superintendent of the Chicago
Rock Island d Pacific railroad company
and D. A. DIN, General Superintendent o
the Western Union railroad company, thro
their agent, W. B. Grenell, Esq, of Rocl
Island, donating to the county the use of al
engine and passenger coaches furnished b.
said companies to transport the sheriff anc
his posse, July %, 1869, in pursuit of tn
Dubuque rioters, were read, ordered place.
on file. and, on motion of Sup'r Bruner,
vote of thanks was rendered to said railroad
companies for their promptness in furnishing
transportation as above, and their liberalit
in donating the same to the county.
On motion of Supr Allen it was ordere'
that Sweeney & jackson be allowed the sun
of $500, as per bill on file, for services il
prosecuting William Dolan, ct all for murde
on the steamer Dubuque.
Adjourned till Monday, Sept 20, at o
clock P. NJ:
JAMES NJ. BEARDsLEY,