, 1874-09-08

foOAAlO o1ALAAH0 AeaNs
a1anco on hand, June I, 1s74,........s sl04 10000
sam!,jsygs 1s,1 s9aa.y egas5s ga ''''o
II ~, N,os1.70.................s l7s.21-- sl,s21o7
pa1Ance September, 1874. co57s.71
DEFECTIVE nEQu1s1T1oN.
THE acquisitions Of the County Agent, and Of
tho Wartlu,ls at the Hospital, Insane AHylumi,
aud poor-Housc, for supplies for tho month OF
September, wore presented and rofettad.
The Chairman said TINT in order to avoid Ben-
eations horaattar it would be we'll to laye lupli-
cato reqniBtionB.
Commissioner Johnson said It Was tho practice
nov to furnish duplicates. ~
It WAS observed that in the roqniaition Of tho
Warden Of the Poor-uouae tho contract prices
woro net given.
Commiasioner Burdicn aaid That it would DO
impossible to tell whnt qunlily Of goods were ro-
quired. Ito moved TINT the roquisition bo ro-
turned to tho Warden, with instructions to cub
NIT it in duo form, tho corrected requsition to
bo rcferrol to tito Committee on Public Ohnri-
tea, to ba reported hack at the noxt maotng OF
tho Board.
It was found that the various reauistionB OF
tho Warden OF tho Insane Asylum wsro also do
dcient IN tho sumo respects, and they wore sini1
Rr1y disposed Of.
HOW TO CORRECT THE EVIL.
Commissioner Durdick moved tho adoption Of
the following, which were adopted:
RtJ0lred Tiat tho Wnrdens OF tho various iustitu-
tions Of the county, we'll tue County Agsnt. bo
instructed to provide themselves at with COPY
q tho various contracts now III forco for supplying
THAT she yar!ous Wsxaens and the County Agent
@ s , Gf n @ a
ALSO provide themselves Will suitable pace for keep
lug tho Bano III a neat and orlerty nlanuur.
That these s9tnpss Of goods, go kept, shall ba re-
from invoices received, which these sa,plea ropre.
seat anu that saa SAMPLES shal 10 subject to ld in
reasonable hours on application being n,nlo to the
Nariens for permission TO- do 10 and that each
That no reqnIsition from thu various Institutions
for supplies Will 10 recognze or acted upon By thia
Heard unless made III form md doscriptYe wording
corresponding to tho descriptive wording Of thu artt.
cos In the contract for tho same.
That tho yariolis Warders aud County Agent aro
Vhen rcceye covered BY ac separate b o. S0Jas IN.
yoce, With The samples kept for that purpose and re-
port without elay 10 tho Clerk Of this Doard lu writ
Ing any item article Of Inferior quality, aud by
whom turntuhed.
TEA AND pUunn.
In connection with reluiBition Of the Warden
Dt tho County Hospital tho subject Of tea WAS
Comm,Hsionor Jones explained that tho renson
Why better quality Of tea had been procured
wua chiefly {or tho comfort of pllysiolaus who
performed operations ut tho hospital.
Commissioner Harrison inquired If tho poor
8ame quality OF toa2
Comnliasionor Jonoa replied that the poor fell
lows not only got soulo Of the nice tca, but Often
good, strong whisky punch.
In tho matter OF hay for tho poor~lIouse, n
resolution was offered aud laid over giving tho
Committee authority to purohaBo the lay on the
most favorable torms possible. instead OF allow
ing tho contractor to furnish tho hay aud thon
bring In his bill.
ANEW METHOD pAoposEp.
Commissioner ClouEh offered tho following,
which was mid over one weck under the rules
OHuEHEp. Tlht all the articles named M tho reQni-
I1f 1$ In tFfINff hr rr
chased by the Gomtseo Hospital for thu ensuing
month II tho lowest price at htch such articles u
suitable quality Gun ba obtained.
AN INVITATION
from the Boar1 OF South Park Commissioners for
the County Hoard to accompany them on . tour
Of inspection through tho parks aud boulovarda
waa reeelyal aud accepted.
. motion by Commissioner uortin9 that tue
QUALIFY OF toa iRaued by tho County Agent po In
CREASED frou that worth ~ ceula to Tint worth
60 eenta par pound WIS laid over ono veok under
the rulo6. ...
THING OUT THE BOARD.
Tue rule announced by tlle Chairman that all
communications, bills, ,eto, should bo read In
full, begau to work rather tediouyly. Tor in.
statioa it was gloomy buBinosH to nit and l|aten
to all tho horrld "details attending tho description
pf dead bodies found anl brought to the Morgue
n tho County Hospital.
Uo1uuiuaionor Crawford scomod to bo greatly
affected Ivy tho recital OF t4cso Mortlary Varticu-
lArs, and aaid ha would iko to DO Bpar0a tho
melancholy rot.ectIona induced thereby.
TlIuILrINO DETAILS,
1t Was certainly terrible boro 10 ,aub,mt to
tho itamlzel accounts OF outdoor raliof Ia the
various towns, a,--how A{ra. McCanaliBh had boou
furutAhea with "one box matches, 8 coltts QUO
pounl u ataIult, 10 cents Mrs. Koogau, ono
pound OF aoAp, conta Mrs. Honnetsy, ono box
Of baklng-powor, so oentA Mrs. 0arosky, two
yarda Of calico, 20 contR," eto.
Commissioner hurllcl5 grow restsya at tlcHe
thrilling dotails and iuoyad that further readiug
al bills bo suspended. The motion WAS voted
down with grapt ,uuauimity on tho part OF those
OF tho Colnn'Halol!ora againBt whom suspicion
has recently been Directed.
Once moro tho Closk rolpmod llia roaaing, and
~ N taiT way to kaap Qp until midnight,