, 1872-11-30
COUNTY MATTERS.
4 Uay Ont Of the Abstract Eluddle
Suggested By fir. Root.
Rehates Of Taxes in What Was Form
erIy the ''Burnt District"
Address of General White Oh Re-
firing from the Board.

White in the Chair. present-Messrs. Ashton'
Boeue. Crawford, Galloway, Harrison, Hert'ne'
Jones, Lonergan, Pahlman, Sicily o'eaiue'
Harris, and Miller.
The Superintendent OF County Charities re-
ported another man WAS needed at the county
Acent's Office, Permission was grantoo 10 eA-
ploy him. ,..
The County Attorney said that after consuta-:
ton with the States Attorney, the WARDEN u
the County House had been ADVISED TO oeAVefto
the owner the horse and buggy taken by hirn
from some resurrectionists, the owner hA'ins
syorn that he did not linow the object 1or WHICH
the horse and buggy Tese ere h,5ea; 1a q;ro t1em nn
The Warden was ordered 10 elso %AeAA Ap'
ABSTRACTS.
The County Attorney, A1r. Root, submitted the
following:
aEsr1EME.: am informed that there are IN IN tne m
hands Of private individuals large number oI T. ao-
strcts of tile to nnds in cock County Many OF these
owners express willingness 20 Place them N the pq
session Of Recorder of DeodE, to be ~
lin for lie benefit Of the public at least they VII
be willing allow them to re1na:n long enough 70 pe
copied The Recorder can maEe sn 1nae. M sau nav ca,t
desire them, charging such rates per fono 80 are q
lowed by Law In other cases. There arc abstIaste IN
doWu at Ieast to the subdivisions. If any considsr7-
be humber Of Of abstracts will place them at
ths RSe o1 ase as s o
tton, down to the subdivision, aud EMO" OF one
xho & b; 15s ap Dse naI te2 9a Vii
es safe in the Recorders yaults AZ anywhere ese.'
The matter was laid over.
The resolution reported by the Special Com
1nittee on purchase OF abstracts came up, and
On motion Of Mr. Stcarna Waa tabled-yeas, 0;
nays, 5,-as follows:
TeGs-Bogue, Harrison, Jones, Lonergan, Miners
P4hi1nan, sEely, and stearns.
.3nus-Ashson. Crawford. Galloway Hert1ng ana
White.
The Committee OIL Equalization Of Taxes re-
ported their action in regard to rebates OF county
1licahons for rebate On buildings aud personal
:oro,,e.1y WAS 6,079, Of which l,14o we're re-
nortod, Tie amount Of tax on build
ings in the North Division was $23,S!V,
and na s Of sSe TSed5s 5e tax Tos Ssss md thd
rebate S:.G, ,1i7, and On the West Side the tax
was 81, ,479 and tho rebate S1.217l9. The tax
on personal property On tle -. Nofth Sloe s W.
SASS, and the rebate 81 o14; N {he IVES Mess
in tho South Division tie tax was S43, ,6ss, and
the reba,e S26, 6,147 TIE total amount OF tax
On buildings was $50 039, and the tota! amount
of rebate was S48,647. On personal properly
the tota! amount OF tax was s4bSoo aa @ q LIZ re-
Sis, ,3ys.17, aud OF reUato $75,311. About SUI
certificates, representing S3,.W.60, have not
been called for. The Co-acaittoe recommended
The adoption Of the following:
f1ES0{E1dA
Taxes be- sni they are hereby authorized aud iu-
etructed to grant relates Of county taxes On property
destroyed " fire heretofore aud TINT tho cerLcases
Issued by them for such reoae shall bo received 1y
e County Coector = any time after the return of me
books to him. prior to the sale Of the property tor s'ien
taxes and ,at any action Of thus Board
HE provisions OF this resolution be- and the same a1e
hereby rescioded-
The resolution was adopted.
The eame Committee reported feTorably on
several applications for rebates Of tasee, asked
for Oh tue ground Of excessive valuation, and
the reports we're concuIred in.
EDUCATION.
The Committee OIL Education made . report,
which was concurred IL, recommending thas
1000 copies of the Report OF the Superintend-
ent of Public Schools be printed.
The Committee On Miscellaneous Claims to
Hhom was referred the claim Of Messrs. Hart
well Brotlars, reported thai in 1863 tile county
made q contract with them to deliver 1900 tons
OF Bciar Hill coal, for the poor, at S7-97. 9Aey
delivered ZOO tons Of the Kind specified and 9oo
tons Of Hooking coal, lnvo1ced IS EIle. lhe
Board Of Supervisors deducted l.05o therefor
The Committee, having ascertained that tnere
was no particular difference IN quality, recon-
nerdel compromise for $50.
The Committees On Poor House and Panpers,
and On the Jail, reported recommending the pay
uent of sundry bills.
HONE INDUSTRY.
Mr.. Shelly offered the following:
waEHEAs, There Is large capital invested IN the
stone quarrying business, and paying tsxes into the
AANN1 ~A>~--
"qo soea, Tax TIE Baldas Committee be and they
ase m eRecte o m qua IN hs county
Mr.. Harrison moved to table it, bills having
been advertised fer, and many being in.
It WAS Withdrawn.
Mr Stearrs offered the following, which VAS
adopted:
Eesolred. That the Building Committee repos: to
this Board within reasonable time, how many brick
1oxf-Y Y1f~} II
House, and to Hho1e od, and what the bricks hsou@he
per Thousand, ad 1ae stone Per cord aaa i aed the
County Treasurer, in With the a
offered b Commissioner As.e on sn'ae t - srnt WHIT
dsposon ~ has I I,eaa 5ae of any brick stone not
,ru ra,,e offeced the following, which YVES
W1rrE.s. The Constitution and the law provide that
H., aa;,s oi Cook County shall be managed by Board
n ne cants conmi=zioners and il u questionable
~heher committees can act As advisory 10 tne ooato
s*o2red That all the bids for stcrias to be fur
;ohai or labor to be done, for the County OF COOK,
spa BE- seaiol and fled with the CLERK Of the Boar,
fhe sa1ne to be opened aud the a"a1t oseEaeo "0e"
IN omen session.
TIE YAEDICTORY.
Genera1 White, the President OF the Board,
then made the following renacrs:
czSnr.1Es OF THE BOARD OF CoNsuss1oSERs:
A. Nv term CT Office closes With this dAy:s session, it
NAV not lie inappropriate to say Lew "ofas relaF9
- rho dciugs Of the Board during the past SeaE.
s9all not attempt to recount n that hns been do2e,
ant ebA1l content myself with alus!on to those Wnsn
reate to the radical change made By this Board IN the
administration Of such affairs Of the County IS VII
require attention every in the future ss in the
rast aud connected with which there Is large annual
erpendtuEe The reconstruction of the public bulio.
fnas has been only commenced, aad the coud.ton Of
m county finances will be duly reported by the Treas
nrer do not, therefore, a1ude to these subjects.
FROM q tabulated statement, furnished by the very
sdic;ent c!erk Of the Board, Colonel E. 2. Niles, col
la.e the folowing: -o-o
Expenditures. 161l 4ot+
Insane Asylum and Poor
House -*1uU'o1o-.S eos7o -
County Agents Office. l5o 5S9m 5259s. a
County towns, relief Of poor. 4 62G.83 l,a33:312
boau;1 5u,.t;11o and ststinnerv 1o2G848 2,0s7.o5
ro+a, sst35o7a7 so11c5s.os
r,i I;+Terence in favnr Of 1s75 $132 45a.TJ
This difference should be diminshed bS tne ,*,-a,
Being the amount expended during the
drrt four months Of 1871, greater than TOE
he sa.,.e du1e IL 1872, when the Relief and
Aid S, iety h.d charge Of "out-door rehe1
- $685. 81o6.5a
Thls difference should be Increased by the
amount Ut extraordinary expenditure 1or
books and stationery, in 1s72, made neces-
sary BY tile fire, at least. 1nuoouo