The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-02-01
Proceedings Of the Board OF Supervisors
Of La sale County. January Special
Session. 1873.

BUR-, Allen; Byrne. II SAL; Criier, otter
Greek; Clark, Utica: Chapman, freed IN;
DouleYy, Wallace; E-ue-son, Mendoza;
Flehegty, SyIena; FORE Al, La Sale; Fer
guson, Troy Grove; Gallagher, Peru; Gll-
let, Ncriten; II f'maH, Esg'e; Hornlck,
Farm Ridge; Hanna, Grand Rapids; hoge,
Ossgc; Johns, Der PARK; hl1ve, Adams;
LEWIS, Worthwhile; b. uch, Ottawa; LAUDER,
Peru; Lauf, Richlani; Mcpherson, Ellen;
Morrison, Hope; Nich,I, Rutland; Pelmer,
OpAir; Picl,ns, S.uih Ottawa; Pitcher,
BIQc Robinson, \ .Tmliion; Slpl., Fail
Rive; Splcer. Manlius; Stamford, Grove.
land Stout, Ottawa; True. Naltham;
Fosburg4, Earl; and Wagner, Dimmck.
The first business in order being that of
selecting jurors for The several terms Of
court for tAe balance Of the ensuing year,
Supervisor Emerson 'n,rod ICED tie follow
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Rss7'oei, That committee al three be
appointed Ia report to this board the num-
Der If Jurors hat each town shall furnish
from the ten per cent. OF the legal voters OF
each town.
The Chair appointed a. said committee
Mes-rs EuprSbu. FJrustal and Pitcher.
On motion, ordered that the Board aa-
journ for one hour, To ALLOW eacn Supervisor
tim TO lut8iSh to toe Board q list OF one
tenth of the gal yutn, population of his
town.
The hour 1T adjournment having expired
the Board sq,S cali,.l to ord r. Inereup0D
the committee heretofore aA ,0jHtad made
the fJllowm- report: That they tild The
number e jutDrs 90 DC furnished by eac.
town Respectively, t. make Il numb. equal
to two hundred Tor u TRIAL term II the curt
to be Is follows:
Adams }, Alien ,. Brookield ., Bruce II,
Dayt1u ,, Deer Park 4, d lnmck ,, Eagle2,
Earl s, Elem :, Farm Rld.., +, Fall RIVER,
., G'rcedJm ), Grand Rapids 3, Gruvcland 8,
Hope 5, Liz S.,'e Is; Manlias, o; Mendoza
is, Meriden 3, Mission 5, Northvile3 3, Ophir
4, Usage 4, Ottawa 30, Otter Creek 3, Rich
land ?, Rutland 6, Serena 4, South Ottawa,
s. Troy Grove 3, Juc2 +, NermillOn 2,
Wallace ? and Wa.,nam 2.
On motion ordered that said report be
adopted.
Tlereupon the board proceeded to make
selection OF jurors equal to two hundred for
each trial tern of The circuit and county
courts, in accordance with said report.
On motion the Board adjourned till
o'clock A. II. Tuesday.
TUESDAY, Jan. 14th, 1873
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present same as Yesterday.
MINUTES read and approved.
Nj. Stout, Supervisor Of Ottawa, chair.
man OF conmi,te, heretofore appointed to
investigate The accounts OF George Wedge
woof, Lite County uperintendant, made
the following report, which, on motion, was
approved aud ordered spread upon the re.
cord, as follows, to wit:
your committee have examined the
book, and papers OF the late County School
Superintendent, Mr.. George s. WedgewOod,
and would report that they find very little
information from them. Our report is
based on The information as reported below:
On page 3j2 OF your rec I'd &c" Mr.. Wedge.
wood reports S32 122 II paid out to town.
ship tre.surers, Sept. 10th, 1870. Also on
page 40 Of your record "C' he reports
$23 Al 80, Sept. 10Th, 1871. Also on page
$50 of your Record &C." he reports $2l,-
1893 &C. Sept 14th. 1872 Also on page $50
of your record &c" he reports cash on hand
$4,000 Sept. 14th 1912, his last report,
making in all the amount Mir. w gewood
has psld out and on hand, as found on the
record for the three years, the sum OK
$67,3iG 81.
"The following shows the amount re-
ceived by the township .easurers, a. report.
ed to US for the three years:
"For the year 1870. Sci, 1868
"Fot, the year 1871. ......... s0,575.72
"For the year 1872. ............ l7,9US.ll
"To,.l. ........ .tGo23O.Ss
Making deficit of S7,11O63.
eve find the amount of the county fund
turned oyer - Mr.. Wedgewood by Mr.. Day
was Sl,64Sl0, consisting Of the following
notes, VIZ:
A I. Ferguson three notes, two
$lOG each aud one $50. ...... $4,000
John AND S.ssn Sawyer. ..... 10000
A. I. Ferguson. 10000
Ii. l.. Mead. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
I. W. Pitchers four notes of
SlO3 each ................ 400.00
+. l.. Cooley one not $49.lO
aud one $50. ............. $50
A. II. Long. Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Total. 81 ,64S 10
CAL your committee are able to hnd at
the present tine are notes to the amount OF
$1,0gS 10, consisting Of the following. viz;
u. w, PITCHER. ............ 100000
a II Long. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 200 %
JOhn w. Ferguson. 10000
John and oHsan Sawyer. ........ no. 90
"F. l.. Cooley one note S4S.l0 and
one note 500 ................ $50
Total. ..............f / ,O9S" 10
HRlGs uctltit ot.............. $50 90
DECENTRALIZATION
I'D hcit IN township ireasurers'
lNhu ....,.... ...........S7 lilo G3
'LeuciLln npt'eAu0 mortgages. $50 %
Total dc0ct.... $500 63
"IOur Cumgitcc also find memorandum
OF charges uprn tald Wedge unl's hooks of