, 1873-05-20

Suits to bo Instituted Against For
fo1toit Propnrty--:1l,o Colsrt-Eaa.t.e
Dui'ris--I4olM0Mt'x S1H W1tkcs--'Tho
Oomrt-EpOuHc pltans..N0tiitalH to bc
Expected This Yenr.
a rnootlng Of Tho board Of County Commits
slonera waa held yesterday afternoon, Commits
aionor Millor iu tho cllair Present, AfoaHrs.
Galloway, Harris, Crawford Jones, Singer,
11orting, Clougl,, Ashton, Rusaol1, Lonorgan,
and Harrison.
The County Attorney submitted tho following,
which MAS referred to tho Judiciary Ootnmittoo:
Rtso'rcd, :rhat tho uounty Ooltoctur be mid no
hereby II authorized to Institute quits for tic AMOUNT
duo on forfeited property, pursuant to &c., 23o u lilo
Tho stnto's Attorney reported TINT Jnmos
Strotton, principal, md u. W Kontal', security,
Ind forfeited three bonds for $3.50 each, which
they now proposed to settle In pnrt. 1t was ro-
forrod to tho Judiciary Committee with powor to
act.
Tho application of tho American District Telo-
graph Company. to occupy tho room ncxt to
graph operator, etc., for tho p,trpoAc of notify
lug attorneys Of cauBos to be callod III tho var-
otis Courta was roferrod to tho Committee On
Public Buildings. .
Lomont, requiring tho Boara to appear at ia
o11oo on tho Slut inat. to nnBwor to tho complaint
Of s. L. Derby, was road, and resolution passed.
DIRECTING tho County Attorney to nnppoar with
Tho Judiciary Committee reported back With
ont recommendation tho clnim OF tho city ALL
| thorities for ropaymont Of eundry oxponBoH ill.,
cured in tho roarrest Of JamoH Brown. The CUB
| ject was 1aid on tho table.
lilo samo Committee recommended tho pay
mont of tho foes clai,ned by tho County Ciorl in
| inHano cRsoa to the amount Of 325l.o5. Tho re-
| port WIS concurred In.
! Tho building Committee reported that forty
| yards of stone from tho Oourt-House ruins had
| boon sold to Willia,n sautlorson for $3.50.
Tho Hemo Committee reported On tho alloga-
tho old Court house, TINT oil tho 1natorial had
not boon properly accounted for, but from tholr
exposed condition, mud tho fact that tho city
| wna selling brick and stone from tho city por-
ton OF tho dobrls, 1t could hardly bo doubted
but that tho County Ind suffered some lona ut
| tho hands Of parties unknown to the Committee.
Tho report, which ths,B oxoncrates hr. Ashton,
waB agreed to.
Tho Committee on the Equalization Of Taxes
County Clork for sl,7G1:e2 for making tho
Assessors boolts and i WAS ordorod paid:
On tho Recommendation Of tho Committee, on
Poor House and Paupore, b1!s to tl9 amount Of
towns outside Of Chicago, 1886 for transporting
pnupcrs, and 9937 for tho Poor House and III
sane Asylum.
to tho amount of 0S2 DO not allowed, includ-
ing one Of 915 for wake at Lonont, aud S400
for other exponBos in that interesting town:
| hIr. Crawford asked what progreBs tho Court
House Committee was making.
hfr. Harrison suggested that tho Committee
should lot in the competing architects. to point
out the morits Of their own plans, md tho do
merits Of others. The Committee were not ex'
ports.
Nfr. Crawford thought the Committee were
acting rather slowly.
The Chnir asked Mr.. Singer it he had received
any eleeve-buteonB.
Afr. Singer doniod that.
Mr.. Crawford believed auch things woro ro'
served for the papers.
Mr.. Singer said his Committee WAS not tn1u.
ouced by such paltry thinga.
NIr. GALLOWAY Hnid that at the last moettng o.
the Joint Committee, elk plans had beer. ho
looted, Int tho Committee waa not bound tt
thom. They had agreed tint it would require {
police force it all tho architects woro inyitct
ut once. II tAey woro taken singl,
much ti1no would bo required. Prob
ably thoy would ,solect; sixteen
taking ono q day, and getting lis genera
opinion Of MI plauH. 1t was also proposed t.
consult IN expert to SOC how ho ngrecl with ths
estimates Of tho architects. The minority Wort
In favor of going slowly, and, indacd, all tha
could bo done this year was to lot the contract
for tho foundations. In reply to MI inquiry, III
stated that each man voted for six plans at once
They did not expect to be limited to them
| Architects mud exports would bo consulted be
foro tley got down to thrcc.
nlr. Clough wnB satisfied with tho Bownoss o
tho work. lie thought it would not be wise tt
I l,u. ~ tl1or, ,t.
The Board adjourned.