The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-18
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
SPECIAL SESSION.

vious announcement
Inc hr't business taken up was that which
had occasioned the extraordinary session-to
wit to make new drawing! of Jurors. as the one
made i'll September, it was found, wouldn't hang
| fire. The drawing had been made in the old
way, while the law OF the last legislature re-
| qulred that the Board should first ascertain the
| number of voters in each town, then make = list
| OF onetenth OF such voters and from this one.
| tenth another list Of goo names WIS TO be made
FOR the whole county, aud these 200 names were
to be put into wheel by the County and Cir.
| cult Clerk, and from the wheel the names of the
Jurors for the various courts to be drawn for the
year. 40 the jurors must be drawn 20 DAYS be.
fore the meeting of the court, and the Circuit
Court was to meet just 20 .ys hence, the Board
found they had to hustle around pretty lively to
go through ali this form ility before the close of
the day. BY din't of "close attention to pusi.
ness" however, the Job was accomplished.
GKANyEL PAUPER
On Tuesday, Supervisor Wagner got an allow.
anoe OF $50 for poor in his Town named
John Conners, afflicted with gravel an who de.
sire' TO go 20 the Sisters Hospital in Chicago for
treatment
NEW COUNTY POOR HOUSE.
Supervisor Fo'burg offered resolution, that
committee OF tsreo be appointed to inquire In.
70 the exQedency OF erecting building for tho
insane paupers OF the county, and that they re.
port in time for action at the present session.
Mr.. Nosburl, after few remark. in SUPPORT
OF his resolution, called upon NJ. J ,ck son, su.
perintendent of the poor, TO explain the exiyen.
cies of the case. Mr.. ]. said his reports a. 81.
perindent for the last Fl We ye.r- had urged the
necessity OF such building. The presen.
building. III which the insane were confined, was
unfit for the hahitAtion Of any human being.
while the number of such paupers was steadily
incre asing. They could not be san, 20 any state
institatioE, as they were iucurAbler Some had
been a. Jacksonville and returned for tina, rea.
Ion. The most pressing danger, az present, was
from fire; in which case it would be next to i'm.
possible 10 save all the patients We needed
new county house all through sub.t.ntisl
oommodiou- building for all the pauper. On
account Of the inaieqsAcy OF the present build.
tugs mucn local relief was voted 10 psuFer-, and
thi, was the great leak to the county treasury.
The resolution, after being amended a. to
make the committee FIVE, aud ,idn= 70 II tie
Superintendent Of the poor, VS. adopted, and
Nosbusg, Nichols, Mcpherson, Stout auI Clark
were appointed said committee.
| THE ASCENDING SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT,
| wEDGEwoop.
The committee, appointed a, tho previous
special session to examine the accounts of the
late county school Superintendent, Geo. S.
Wedgewooi, made report They found, in
brief, that hs received, while in Office, from all
Sources SG1,34l 80; and tina, during the same
time he had paid GU, $50 go 9S, leaving de.
felt of 81 1868. besides some note. which can.
not be found, swelling the total 10 s, GO G3.
The report accepted and the com mi.,ee in
stvuc;ed to cou.ult with the county attorney as
TO the step. necessary to collect ID. said deficit
from Mr.. Wedsewood'- securities.
HOW j. IvoR SUFFERED.
In this couneotion, Mr.. SaDdtord presented
the claim of j. Ivor Montgomery for $50 allowed
him at former meeting of the Board : one Of
Mr. Wedgewoods assistants, bu, which sum Mr..
Wed ewood had drawn and never paid over
SIR. Sandiford proposed that the county should
lake good the loss TO 1vor; but the Board de.
INJURED and laid the claim under the table.
REGISTRY LAW.
The,folowing resolution, offered by Mr. Fer.
guson, on Wednesday, was unanimously adopt.
ed:
Whereas, il is the opinion OF this Board that
the present registry law does not accomplish the
object for which it was designed; and whereas
il is heavy expense to the several counties OF
this state therefore
Resoleed, That our Senator and Representa-.
tives in the General Assembly be requested to
use their influence To secure the repeal OF the
present registry law, in towns and cities OF less
than ten thousand inhabitants, and that the
Clerk Of the Board be instructed to furnish said
Senator and Representatives. with copy OF this
resolution.
What surprises us about this resol alton Is, that
tho Board should ask the legislature to repeal
the obnoxious statute instead of the Board sfing
. it themselves.
THE FREIGHT GRIEVANCE.
Another resolution, of a similar nature offered
by Mr.. Ssndiford, was adopted, asking our legis'
, hturs to procure such All amendment of the laws
generally that it shall no longer take three bush.
els of corn to pay tho freight to get one bushel
To market.
COUNTY FINANCES.
The committee to settle with the county Treas
urer reported that they had found his books COR
, rect, u, submitted the following as the footngs
a of bis accounts.
G,u,r1i EUnd.