The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-10-04


and that he be allowed one deputy treasurer,
al salary fixed at seven hundred dollars per
unnum.
That the salary OF coroner be fixed at five
hundred dollars per annum.
| And we would recommend that the number
of days service required Of the county super
| ntendcnt of schools be fixed ut one hundred
days per annum.
All of which is respectfully submitted
JONI H. CLARK
Chairman Com, on Fees and Salaries.
The question DrIng upon concurrlng with
said commitlc in their report, Mr.. Edgccomb
moved to amend said report by making the
Judges salary $1,000 per annum. vote
| being taken upon the amendment, il was de-
clared lost Mr.. Ferguson moved to amend
said report by making the judges salary
$4,000 per annum. The question being up.
ON the amendment of Mr.. Ferguson, the yeas
and NAYS were called; whureupOn MCssrs
Burr Conway, Edgecomb Ferguson, Gillctt,
Hoffman, Hogc, Lauf and Palmer voted in
the affirmative, and MeSsrs Beach, Bower,
BOYER Barnes, Clark, Center, Emerson, Fla
hcrry, Gallagher Haight, Harrington, Johns,
kloyc Lewis, Lynch, Miller, Morrison, Neu-
stalL Pritchctt Pickens, \. Smith, Spiccr,
smith, j. ). Stout, Trout, True and Armstrong
voted in the negative. Yeas 8; nays II
adopted
Thprcupon, on motion Of Mr. Spicer, order
cd that said report be approved and adopted,
and that the salaries OF the various county
officers be fixed rs mentioned in the said re
port.
Mr. Lynch offered the following resolution,
which, on motion, was adopted:
ResolrR, That Andrew Lynch, Patrick
Ryan and George Thompson be, and they are
hereby appointed Judges of Election for the
LIST district of Ottawa; and that Vim. ). Eas
ton, Geo W Fuchs and VIM. Kruger be, and
they are hereby appointed Judges of EleC
ton for the "a district of Ottawa: and that
VIM MaXon, d. l.. Carpenter and A. 5. Jack
son be, and they are hereby appointed,
Judges of Election in the list district of Man
lius and that Elijah H. Spicer, Dolphus
Clark and John Hobart be- and they are here
by appointed, Judges of Election in the 2d !
district of Manlius
The committee on claims, 10y Mr.. FcrGu- |
son, their chairman, 10 whom was referred |
the bill of Mr.. jenkins, reported back the
same, and asked TO be relieved from further
consideration thereof: and, ON motion, order
ed that said bill be laid ON the table, with
leave to withdraw the same.
On motion, ordered that the usual per- diem
allowance and mileage be allowed each mem
DtI bl llIc DOdlN IOl HIS httNl'IdINt pli lII'
board Also, the clerk and sheriff for their
attendance at this session; and that the
clerk of the board draw his order on the treas
urer for the same.
MI Flaherty introduced the following
which, on motion, was adopted;
ReS0iced, That the committee heretofore
appointed by the Board Of Supervisors to con
,truct a vault tor the Circuit Clerks office be
instructed to contract with competent per
sons to lay Il sidewalk around the lot pur-
chased for the erection OF Il new Jail. and re-
pair the sidewalks around the court house;
and also, that they be further instructed to re-
place the hitching posts around the court
house square.
On motion of Mr. Edgecomb, ordered that
he blll of Mr. Bor.cmus DC referred to the
Pauper Committee with instructions to take
testimony in relation to SAID bill
On motion of Mr. Hoge, ordered that when
he Board adjournes, that it adjourn tC meet
again ON Monday, the 2Gth day of January,
A. d. 1874
The committee on fees and salaries, to
whom was referred the petition Of certain
,itizens asking an Investigation of the ques-
ion of the legality of the appropriation made
~ the board to aid the State Fair, reported
hat they had been unable to get the County
Attorneys opinion upon the subject, and
lsked for further time; and no objections
)cing made, on motion, further time was
granted said committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Iaight ordered that
Of three be appointed to consult
With Mr.. Mayo, County Attorney, as to the
cgalhy of the different towns supporting the
,aupcrs of their respective towns. Whcreup-
N the chair appointed as said committee,
Icssrs Haight, Neustadt and Center.
Mr.. Brumbach, County surveyor, presented
he following report of the condition of the
B. r. crossings in La Sale County, in lieu OF
report presented by him on the first day OF
his session, which was mislaid or lost:
To the Board of Supervisors of La Sale
county, Ill., herewith transmit to you re-
,ort Of the condition of the k. X. crossings
If the public highways, in the county OF La {
Sale, in lieu of one sent by myself to the
Board Of Supervisors of this county at their
ate session, which is now lost. This is not Il
opy of my other report, but contains the facts
ct forth i'll the otherreport, and in the words
nd figures following:
The Illinois Central K. r. last fall, nearly
year ago, put their crossings in order, after
icing notified TO meet me, and agreed upon i
What should be done. They promptly met me I
md fixed most of the crossings in pretty
rood oraCr, with the exception OF one, VIZ:
he one on the line between Sections 10 and !
9, in the town of GrOveand, ana Is known :
o the railroad men as being near the north !
nd Of Sec. 2S2, and the south end otSec. 2S3,
which has never yet been provided with 4
uitable crossing. But viii endeavor to get
he company to put one in as soon as posi-
,lc The Chicago. Alton Il ST. Louis has
to keep their crossings in constant
epuir, and upon being notified OF the insult a
ciency of any crossings to Immediately re;
air them, which appears to be all that could !
e asked. Thc Chicago, Burlington d gum
Y Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island "
'acitic railroad, generally keep their cross
ngs in toIcrabc good repair, and propose 10
cmcdy anything ont of order rs soon as tllci I
re- requested. About two months since l
otitied the managers Of the Fox RvCr H. "; !
, meet me, which they did on the SI ,l Va
upc and the various crossings were adJudg-
Il to need the improvements mentioned be-
ny 20