The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-07

SATURDAY, Jan. 81, 1874.
Supervisor Flaherty introduced the fol.
lowing resolution which was adopted;
RcSoiced, That the county attorney be
authorized to settle with the surcties on the
I'd official bond of Geo S. Wedgcwood
late county school superintendent, on the
basis of the amount found to be due by the
jury in the Circuit Court on the trial Of said
Wedgewood for cmbczZleIncnt
Supervisor Clark, chairman Of the com
mittcc on fees and salaries, to whom had
been referred the matter Of the legality of
certain fees voted ut former session of the
board TO the sheriff, submitted the opinion
of the county attorney on the subject, as fol
lows:
TO tie Board Of Supervisors IF la Safe
C0unty:
GENTLEMEN--I have examined the qucs.
ton whether the appropriation Of $500 al
lowed the sheriff OF this county as necessary
travelling expenses by the Board of Super
vlsors AT It's Jan. Session \. D. 1878 was made
in violation Of the constitution and laws of
this state or not and would say that rs
the board was required by law to fix the
necessary travelling expenses of the sheriff,
duty which they had failed to perform at
any previous session, the board undoubted.
ly had the lawful right to fix such necessary
travelling expenses at the Jan. session, and
in doing so, in my opinion, violated neither
the provisions OF the constitution nor the
laws of The state. HENRY MAYO,
County Atty
Supervisor Clark also submitted the fol
lowing resolution, which on motion was
adopted:
ResOlred, Tha; the county clerk be au-
thorized to draw his order on the county
treasury quarter-ycarly for such compensa
ton rs he may have actually earned, out Of
the fees Of his Office for service performed
for the county, said amount so drawn not to
exceed for any quarter the sum Of $500, eX-
cept where settlements have been made
with the board and the balance due said
clerk ascertaincd; Provided, that in no
case shall the clerk be paid from the county
treasury on any order 50 drawn as aforesaid
until the County Judge shall certify TO the
County Treasurer that there is due said
clerk for service performed for the county,
q sum sufficient to cover the amount of the
order SO drawn by the clerk.
Supervisor Ferguson, from the commit
tee on claims, submitted the following re.
port which was adopted
Your committee on miscellaneous claims
would beg leave To report that hcy have cX-
amincd all claims presented before them,
and recommend the payment Of tic follow.
ing; '....
w II. S. Rigdcn, repairing Court
House clock, s 4 80
G.. ". Armstrong, meeting with Go,
judge and clerk, go
W. Barker, removing rod from canal j 90
Jurors, inquest body of Wilson, of
Eagle 1900
IL Jurors, " of John Lewis, L. 90
IL " of NJ. REYNOLDS, 1900
VIM. J. Guest reporting in criminal
cases, 80 90
Stephen Brown, ierrelng out thieves
in Leland, Claim $lO0D Il 45
Geo. l.. Watson, same, (claim St4GD 113 81
Geo A. Young, j. L. services IL 20
Osman ~ lIapeman, blanks, 900
On motion of Supervisor Ferguson, it is
ordered that the supervisor of the town in
which any inquest may have been held
since the last meeting of the board, or may
hereafter be held, be authorized to draw
the jury fees for the jurors who may have
served on said inquest and pay the same to
the several jurors entitled to the same.
Account OF G. a. Wilcox, coroner of La
Sale Co, from Dec. 1st, 1872, To Dec lst,
1873:
BY cash reed from inquests, $40 90
summohing inquestS, 700
serving replevin writs
and mileage 800
Total. ss5 90
Supervisor Flahcrty introduced the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
ResOioed, That the County Clerk be au.
thorized to draw his order on the county
treasury for the sum OF one hundred dollars
"a, g,,, - hn att IN
tant counsel for services in the suits on the
official bonds of Geo. S. Wedgewood
Supervisor Spicer, chairman of the COM
mittcc on equalization, submitted the re-
port of said committee with the following
petition:
To tie Honorable board Of Supervisors Of liz
Sale County:
DETERMINATIONS attention is called to
paragraph third of section six page I, also see
ton nineteen, page d, also section 576 on page
IL of the revenue laws OF 1872.
That under said sections above referred 10,
Benjamin Edgecomb, of Ophr, as guardian Of
certain minor children, has failed 10 list their
property for taxation as required by law. tbs
therefore asked that the board shall take such
action in the matter rs they deem just under
the section of the law above referred TO.
Your committee on equalization would
beg leave TO report that they have examined
into the matter of omitted property from
the assessment of 1878 presented before
them, and that they find by consulting Pro-
bate Record NJ, page l24 of the County
Court OF this county, that Benz. Edgecomb,
guardian of certain minor children, has in
his hands property to the amount Of $14,5s0
which was not listed for taxation for the
year 1873, rs provided by law, and that in
the neighborhood of 800 revenue is lost by
the omission of said property from the as
sessment for said year.
Your committee would therefore recon-
mend that the County Clerk be instructed
10 extend upon the collectors book for the
town of Ophir. for the year 1874. said