The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-10-02
FRIDAY. SEPT. II.

FRIDAY, SEPT. IL.
Supervisor Mcfntye, chairman Of committee
ON equalization. reported back and recommended
certain ATTACHMENTS to be made The same COM
mittee offered the following resolution. which
was adopted by the board:
s ftesotccd That the clerk of this board is here
by authorized to notify the q. B. e c. R. R. Co.,
that the board ofsupervisor have .u horized him
to amend and correct their assessment for the
town of Mendbta as follows to wit:
The sum of $4,000 as AN error in addition on
assessment OF passenger cars On said road. Also
an additional length of track on sw1 Sec 49, of
2OU0 feet, ut 81 cents per foot. as certificates
annexed will show. Also en additional length
OF side track of 1886 feet, at 40 cents per foot,
and new coal house not assessed worth $4,000,
and Recommend that it be assessed at \ yalua-
ton Of $500. u 10 als- a4 H r
:, Supervisor A. T. Armstrong offered the follow
ing resolutions
HeSoLcs0, That the sum of twelve thousand
dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated
tor the purpose Of constructing new Jail and
sherltts house said building to be constructed
on that part Of the court house square between
the court house and Madison street %,
By resolution offered by Sup. Mcintyre, Hen
ry Mayo was appointed attorney for the board
until otherwise ordered. ty
| Supervisor Gallagher offered a resolution,
which was adopted, to the effect that after the
22d Inst. the sum of GO cents per day be allowed
for boarding prisoners in lieu Of so cents, as here
tofore allowed c . W. 1aa'i.
Supervisor Reddick offered the following reso-
luton which was adopted: .,..,g,.+ &,
hes0Iced, That the resolution adopted on the
S3d january, 1869, repeating the resolution re-
curing the county clerk to issue orders to pay
jail guards on the certificate of the sheriff, be
| and the same is hereby rescinded ...
Supervisor wilkins, of the road and bridge
| committee, reported a resolution in relation to
the Lift 10 Vermilion bridge at La Sale, in sub
stance, that 81 800 DO appropriated by the coun-
ty towards building said bridge, to be used
whenever three times as much more shall have
been expended on the same.
Supervisor Hoge offered two resolutions. which
were 4sdopted-one authorizing the Smuggling of
the county house, the other authorizing the super
intendent OF the poor house to furnish the paupers
with pipes and toabcco at discretion: > '.u 70
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Supervisor Reddiolr reported as follows on
court Rouse and jail;,1 ,..5 .-.- .,,,~a sds
Your committee on court hous3 and Jail would
beg leave to report That they have examined the
resolution offered By the supervisor from the
town OF Serena, appropriations twtlve thousand
dollars to build new jsil for the county. ,l
The committee is OF the opinion that new
jail IA greatly needed, but that in view OF the
present county indebtedness incurred for patri-
otto purposes in assisting to put down the re-
bellion, and the much larger salu. OF money re-
quired to construct suitable ilil for the county
of La Sale than Tie sum If $4,000, the
amount proposed by the resolution, we deem it
better topo,tpone the further consideration of
the matter to the next meetiugpi lie board. n
We further say, we have not had tina. time
necessary to examine the subject as it's merits
require, and therefore asls leave 20 be discharged
from the Il further consideration OF tho resolu.
ton.
Adopted.
The committee TO settle with county superin.
tendent of schools submitted the following re-
port: AID ..ts,y sutLnlN tsrIoi6r. 4
Your committee to whom was referred the
duty OF settling with the county school commits
sioner, submit the following report:
That after having made full and perfect OK.
amination OF said commissioner accounts do
most respectfully report the same to be true and
missioner has.