, 1873-09-03
THE COUNTY BOARD.

A Meeting for the Transaction of Miss
cgl1nnr0u8 11usfncAN-~A Movement
for the Abolition of the Officc OF aal-
pcrintcnticnt of Public Charities.
An adjourned mooting Of tho County Commits
eonorB waa hold yesterday afternoon, CommiH-
sonor Ashton in tho chair. Commissioners Craw-
ford, Galloway, Harris, Horting, Jones, Loner~
gan, Pah1man, lsoo1le, md Singer wero also
prcsont.
The Committee on Hospitals submitted re-
port, recommending tho payment OF county cm-
ployeH Of tho Hospital, tho Hum amounting to
S577,. Which was agreed to.
Tho Committee On Miscellaneous Clai1nB re-.
ported in favor Of paying tho por dom Of Com
misaionars, amounting, for tho month"; to "a, 4,552.
The report was adopted, and tic slltn ordered
paid.
The Committoo on poor-Houzo and Paupers
reported favorably on s1ln0ry bills referred to
them, aggregating $780, Concurred in,
Commissioner Harris Baid that ho l,ad aug
gostion to offer. The county Ind paid out sonlo
81 ,2o0 for lightning rods for tho Insane Asylum
and ;poor~Houso, and tho ]aborors upon tho
ush oy shea h%s pe si tatdn sars of It an my
rato.
Commissioner Roo1le moved that tho Commit
tee on Poor House and paupors DO instructed to
sec hat tho Superintendent be instructed to SEQ
TINT tho laborors be instructed to tako moro caro-
Of THO rods, which circumlooutory motion waa
readily agrood upon.
Commissioner Galloway moved tho adoption
OF tho following resolution:
Rrsolrfd, That tho office of Suporiutenent of pufo
Charities for tho County Of Cook he, n tho Rauo fs
1878. =
Commissioner Galloway, in presenting this
resolution, said that as ii. Bon AIlllor lid re-.
signed his position and accepted another, tho
county might just rs we'll effect saving Of tho
e35o0 attaching to tho position.
hid over for two wooks.
Commissioner Clough thought that tho duties
horotoforo discharged by DR.. A1ilor could be at-
tended to by the heads Of departments. Tho
experiment Of abolislling the office might bo
made, aud ii It should bo found an urgent ne-
consity It could pc roinstatod.
. Tho Chair, Thilo concurring In tho resolution,
thought it host to doier notion for ono woet.
Tho subject was therefore doforred until noxt
| Monday.
Commissioner Crawford moved that tho COM
| mittoo on Hospital bo allowed to fix tho salnry
OF tho engineer at tho Hospital; tho Committee
on Poor. House aud paupore fixing tho eompon-
HatioN of tho engineer Mt tho Insane Asylum;
aud the Committee on Public buildings doing
nal Court
Commissioner Harris objected on tile ground
Of no right.
Commissioner Crawford consented to change
lis motion i'll order to give tho thrco committoeu
an opportunity to recommend the amounts to ba
| paid to the persons III question. llo Ind no do
aro to giyo tho committees any privileges which
tho Board could claim to bolong exclusively to
] themselves.
Commissioner Jones moved to nmoud TINT
part Of the motion rclnting to tho engineer at
the now Jail and Crinlinal Court building by re-
ferring 1t to tho Committee Oil Jail a,id Jail Ac~
| counts.
Commissioner Olough oiforod an pmondmcns
to this, referring tho mnttor to the Joint Com
mitteo, Which named tho poraouB for the posi-
tons: Tho amentmont waB agreed to, and tllo
Board adjourned.