The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-06-06


ty held a meeting last week a which the sub
iect OF paying the bonds voted by that county
to the Fox River VALLEY Railroad was agta'
ted. COL T. Lyle Dickcy who has been
drh,ing the paymcc.t of these bonds for the
county. was present and explained to the
board the present situation of the case. The
Supreme Court ef Illinois had decided the
bonds illegally issued and void, but similar
decision i'm the L. 5. Courts was not SO GER
tain. From what had already occurred IN
the case, he had no doubt the decision IN the
L. 5. District Court at Chicago would be in
favor of the validity of the bonds, but he
thought, from all the prccedents bearing on
the case. that the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States would decided with the Illinois
Supreme Court that the bonds are void, lie
said it would cost about $1,000 to carry the
case through the final court.
Kendall county has issued $4,000 OF these
bonds and other towns in that county Soo,ooo
more. The county has regularly levied and
collected the tax TO pay the principal ana IN
terest of the bonds SO that whichever way
the decision may be, the county will not be
seriously embarrassed. With the towns OF
Osweco and Fox, as with the towns OF Ottawa
DAYTON, Bruce, &c, in this county, the case,
however, might be very different The SUI
pervsors of Kendall county adjourned to
Thursday Of last week, leaving a resolution
to drop the suit and pay the bonds pending
On Thursday the Board reassembled, when
the question again came up. We copy from
the Yorkville Record:
Sup'r MeGrath said that when the Board
adjourned on last Monday, the committe were
to see what action the other counties and
towne along the line of the Fox River Road
we're going to take, and whether in the event
this was made the test case they would bear
part of the expenses incurred; said he would
like to be informed on that point.
The chair called on Mr.. Ballou.
Mr.. Balou said he was still in favor OF go
ing on with the suit, though he had no dell
mite assurance that other counties and towns
would assist-that Is, nothing pledged.
Mr.. Lynch, the supervisor of Ottawa, was
called upon, and spoke at length on the SUP
iect. He said he could not pledge anything
officially; that they, his constituents, were
going to resist the payment of the bonds, and
if we did not they should, but the SUIT they
had in court was not large enough to take
IN. He was confident of success and gave
his reasons therefor. Wanted this case to go
up, and was willing to pledge his personal re-
sponsibility for that purpose.
Mr. Chapman, of Oswego, said he was not
a member but asked leave of the chair to
speak for Oswego He was in favor of pay
ing the bonds, because he knew we should
have to pay them sooner or later; cited the
progress OF this suit, the Putnam case and
others.
Messrs Lynch, McGrath, Kellet, Smith,
Taylor, Bedford and Raymond all proceeded
10 discuss the question. The result was that
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolred, That J. Evarts is hereby appoint
ed agent of Kendall County and authorized
for and in behalf of the county, to take all
measures to take to the Supreme Court OF
he United States for review, the suit now
pending in the Circuit Court of the United
States of Illinois, if judgment has or shall be
against the county, and said agent is hereby
to execute any and all bonds
which may be deemed advisable to effect that
end by appeal, writ of error, or otherwise,
md that this Board appropriate sum not to
Xceed three thousand dollars, to be used in
Prosecuting said suit in the Supreme Court
# the Uuited States, subject to the control of
he railroad committee. Carried.