The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-09-21
Proceedings of the Board of SupeTv.s-
ors Of La Sale County.
September Session, 1872.

buttons of the Board of Supervisors of the county
of La Sale and State of Illinois, at regular
session thereof, commenced and held at the
court house in Ottawa, in said county, OF: the
second Tuesday (being the tenth day OF sep
tember. in the year of Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two.
Board met pursuant to law, and was called
together by the Chairman.
On calling the roll, the following Supervisors
answered TO their names, viz:
G. ". Armstrong, Chairman, Brookfeld
Francis Bowen, Mission; A E. Beach, Dayton;
II. J. Burr, Allen; Michael Byrne, La Sale; NJ.
II. Order, Otter Creek; Jno. l.. Clark, Utica;
So. Chapman, Freeman; Peter Donleyy, Wal.
lace; NJ. Flaherty, Wallace; John Forristall. La
Sale; John Ferguson, Troy Grove II. M. Gal
lagher, Peru; Sam. N. Gillett, Chas. Hoffman,
Eagle; Richard Hornick, Farm Ridge; A. ].
Hanna, Grand Rapids; Geo. W. Hoge Usage;
Thos. Johns, Dear Park; A. A. Klove, Adams;
cyan Lewis, Worthwhile; A. Lynch, Ottawa; l..
LAUDER, Peru; VIM. Lauf, Richland; H. Nc.
Pherson, Eden; J. G. Nichol, Rutland; Joseph
Palmer, Ophir James Pickens, =. Ottawa; A.
G. Robinson, Vermllion Lewis Soule, Fall
River; E. II. Spicer, Manlius: Lawson Scott,
Mendots Jesse Standiford, Groveand; John
Stout, Ottawa; Geo. A. True, Wnltham; ID. X.
Wagner, Dimmiok.
Sundry psuper bills were presented, and on
motion referred to the committee on paupers
On motion of Supervisor Stout, ordered that
the Board adjourn till 8 o'clock tomorrow NOR.
ming.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. II.
Board met in pursuance of adjournment
Present-same as on yesterday; also, Supervisor
Nosburgh, of Earl.
Reading of the minutes, on melton dis.
pensed with.
A petition of the the Commissioners of High.
ways of the town of Adams, was read and re.
ferred.
Sundry bills were read and referred to the
proper committee.
Petition of S. ]. Ryan and thirty.six others,
asking for an appropriation of $500 for bridge
across Fox river, at Sheridan, was presented
and o, motion referred.
Supervisor Chapman offered the following
resolution:
ReS02ced, That the Board of Supervisors do
resciud the resolution passed at the last Febru-
airy session of the Board, requesting the town
of Freedom TO build bridge across Indian
Creek, which said resolution was on motion
postponed till o'clock p NJ.
Supervisor Flaherty. from committee on
pauper accounts, reported back sundry claims,
which were allowed and ordered paid
Supervisor Order, of Otter Creek, introduced
the following preamble ard resolution. which
were read and adopted:
WHEREAS, The laws passed by the last Lee.
gislature have increased the duties of the couu.
ty clerk considerably beyond what they were
under the old law, aud
WHEREAS, This Board cannot elbow more
than lie provided 10y the fees fixed by law for do.
ing county business. Therefore:
ReS0lced, That the resolution of February 5,
1870, passed by this Board fixing the salary OF
the Clerk at iorty.one hundred dollars per year,
be and the same is hereby rescnded, and to take
effect from and after the 1st of January, A. d.
1873. And that the Clerk be allowed the fees
as now provided by law, and that the Clerk be
charged with what he already drawn from
the county treasury 10 this years salary and
also the four hundred dollars appropriated a,
the last session of this Board, for extending the
equalization of assessment OF the County Board
Supervisor Flaherty, from Serena, offered the
following resolution:
Resolged, That the standing committee on roads
and bridges, Is soon as they shall be notified of
the completion of the bridge across Indian Creek
IN Serena, for which an appropriation was made
by this board at its February session, 1867, aad
are notified that the same is constructed in &C.
cordance with the resolution passed a. aforesaid,
they shall file their report with the Clerk of this
board, and thereupon the said Clerk shall issue
an order upon the Treasurer for the sum of one.
fourth the amount expended in constructing
said bridge, abutments and approaches thereto,
~ certified by said committee in their report,
and not to exceed the sum ~ aforesaid appro.
priated, to wit: --one thousand dollars.
Upon the adoption of said resolution the ayes
and nays were called, as follows: Ayes-Messrs.
Armstrong, Bower, Bench, Burr, Byrne, Order,
Chapman, Donlevy, Flaherty, FOrristal, Fergus
on, Gillett, Hoffman, Hornicli, Hanna, Hoge,
Johns, klive, Lewis, Lynch, Lauf, Mcpherson,
Nichols, Pickens, Robinson, Soule, Spioer, Scott,
Standiford, Stout True, Vosburgh and Wagner
-33. Eays-Messrs. LAUDER and Palmer-o
Adopted.
The resolution of Mr.. Chapman, relative to
rescind the bridge resolution relative to the town
OF Freedom, was taken up--the hour of . p. NJ.
having arrived-and referred 10 committee ON
roads and bridges
on motion OF Supr Nichols, ordered, that the
sum OF 500 be and is hereby appropriated to
transport pauper, named Edwards, from the
poor house in this county to Brooklyn, n. Y.
and that the Clerk draw his order on the ,reos.
ury for that amount.