The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-17

send to the superintendent of the Home a
copy Of these resolutions, and TO the chill
dren of that institution our kindly greet.
ings, that they may enjoy merry Christ
mas and happy New Year.
On motion Of Supervisor Wainwright i,
was ordered that the clerk of this board be
allowed to draw from the Treasury such
sum as he shall think fit to be &c .nomically Y
expended for the benefit Of the students
from this county in the Illinois Soldiers
College at Fulton, Ill.
The committee on swamp lande made the
following report
To The Honorable Board Of Supervisors OF
Rock Island County, H.:
Gentlemen Your committee on swamp
lands, 10 whom was referred the claim of
L. p. Reynolds for $29S 90 for money paid
to the swamp land commissioner of said
county, for the Sc, ne, 2s Is mr. lie, the same
being sold in error, would report that they
find the said claim correct, and recommend
that an order be drawn or given on the
swamp land commissioner Of this county,
ordering him to pay said claim from the
swamp land fund,
Respectfully submitted,
O. H. P. MooRE,
G, h. KNOX, Committee.
JAS. f.. ABBOTT,
On motion Of Supervisor Morris the re.
port and claim are referred back to the
with instructions to the said com
mittee to make q full and exhaustive report
on the subject of the swamp lands at the
next session of the Board.
Supervisor Moore offered the following
resolution which, on motion Of Supervisor
Webster, was referred to the committee on
swamp lands, with instructions to report at
the next session of the Board.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of
Rock Island County, H.:
Gentlemen The undersigned would re.
spectfully offer the following preamble and
resolution, and ask its adoption, to wit
WHEREAS, At the September term, 1867,
Of this Board, to wit, on the 18th day of
said month, the Board of Supervisors pass
ed resolution ordering that the proceeds
from the sale of swamp lands in this county
be refunded to the several towns in which
ohiu luuhn WGIC lOChttu, hhN VI az chSAl
town receive the amount Of money arising
from the sale Of swamp lands within its
limits, and that 20 per cent of the proceeds
Of said amount be paid to the Treasurer of
Highways in said towns on the first Of March
annually, until the full amount due said
towns respectively be paid, and that
said money be expended by said commits
sioners for improvements on roads and
bridges wh're said swamp lands are locat.
ed; and, whereas, it now appears from the
records of the Office of the clerk Of this
Board that swamp lands in the town of
Buffalo Prairie have been sold to the amount
IF $G25, and no part of said amount paid
q the Treasurer Of Highways Of said town
accordance with said resolutions There
ore,
Res0lrei, That the clerk Of this Board be
aud instructed to issue an order
o the Commissioners Highway ofsaid town
or the 70 per cent, of said amount of 1925
iue on the lst Of March, 1853, and 20 per
,ent, of the remainder of said amount due TO
aid town on the LIST of March, 1869.
0. H. P. Moore.
The Committee On poor and poor house
made the following report which was re.
'ieved and adopted, viz;
To the honorable Board Of Supervisors gf
Rock Island County,
Your committee on poor and poor house
would submit the following report; That
hey have examined the following bills, and
would recommend the payment Of the same:
? l. & r II Cable, for poor house $j8 20;
} Lingle IS; Job Ross l3 90; VIM } Bel
ey 225 90; Phillips & Thomas. 46 20;
Blythe & S,eddard, 90; South u Wilson,
"A Oh; p J Bratt, Is 3O Il II Smyth }8 90;
Blanchard & Bailey, 0j; Wclch 4 Gregg,
g 3G; May Bros, Is 30; Wadsworth d Co,
30; MicheaI Kane, 80 63; Harper d Co,
80; c W Hawes, 4 60; c SpeideI. q 70;
has A Benson, Is 5; Peter MulVaney,
Z Ga; + Turner, IS 90; Rock Island Woolen
Hills, 4G As; c GLEN; 10 6O Anderson d
Kerr, 46 10; Benedict, Smyth q Mcconnell,
85; Beardsley h Cable, 80 so: Robt Lee,
70 So; F Weyerhaueser, 225 oil; Huber d
mel, SO 50; Auawalt Denkman & Co,
5 AZ; Jos Huoets, 10 90 Williams d White,
40.
BLAcK HAVE BILLs.-Betty & Cleland,
90; William Goldsmith, 2 50; DR.. Brack
tt, 10 90; Geo Keller, II lj; Il M Coon,
90; Brown &Dilley, 5 65.
CoRDovA BlLLs.--W X johnson 30;
V Morgan, 20 50, J W Morgan, l5 90; j
Ioke, I 80.
HAMPTON BILLs-Heagy & Stoddard,
80.
ASpALuslA BrLLs-J NJ Boney & Co, 90.
W Ballard, II so; 6 Gurnett, 3 10; II
DeSanto, ! l 0j; Jas Cozad, u so.
PoRr BYRON BILLs.--W H Galord Q so.
MOLINE BILLS c F Granz, $8 90; II o
Nipple, Sc so; j & G Herbst, II 90, c
Iarerah, 90 90; & G Herbst, 2 Is; livery
ord, SO 90; Vap Wamback, l3 80; Book
Stsngs, 90; \ Anderson, 3 90; Jas
haw, 81 90; W A Harold, IS 90.
Rock ISLAND BuLs-C V NJ Co, $40 Is;
Irs NJ Sinstrom, 90; Mrs NJ johnson,
90; F c Coss, 90; J Bengston, 3s 40; S
Plumner, ll5 90; Starr, 80 Is; c A
enser, s.; Michael Kane, 2 So: } Beng.
on, O5. John II Westphal, + 90; g *
ard, 81 45; G Blake II so; Schnlder d
otringer 36 G5;J Mosenfelter 10; Philip
.itscb, OO c Truesdale, 25 90; John
uchsrtz, 90 40; c B Kaox, 10 90; Fred
hlebe, 10 -: RI&PR d Co, so; j
mhalt, ii 10; Geigsnheimer, l 60.
JOHN ToNpsoS's BILLS Geo Wagner,
5 20; Michael Kane, 50; Fl & M Bur-
over, 80 90; Blanchard & Bailey, 73 O2;
Il Mayo, q Sc.
Coal VALLEY Bills Lewis Wilson,
90.
Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS WILSON, }
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