, 1874-04-04
,ouo two months ngo III roferoEce " tho contyst

omo two mot!tts tago In references ~ tho contsat
Mr. Wall s,ntod that he wng told hy the County
lttornoy to consult Mr.. Tnloy, WHO was netting
or lin, in Ills absence and ho had not supposed
lint nt,v foo would bo charged.
Jpticcs WaIal, Bturtovant aud Austin OK
oregsod themselves aR opposed to tho payment Of
lilo bill, inaamioh rs tho Doard bad nsVor ORDER
:" Mr.. IT, Wa said it waB rnattor Of noceeAty for
him. M Supervisor. to flnd ont who was Town
Clerk. Ito did not proposo to pay Tho bilt out Of
S., There wna quito little unpleaaantnoaa tn,mf-
mont on account Of tho bill, and II waa llally ro
forrod to Justices sturtova'lt aud Van't Woud to
oxanine into and report upon.
Several littlo bills from tllo Gorman nowspa-
nore-for printing notices which tho Eng(iHi.
daillos Invariably publish gratultoasy--sore or-
dorod paid. ,.--
EXPENSES IN THE ooLLHoron's oFF10E.
Judro Bturtoyant aaid that m in,mouao
amount Of money had boon voted to pay tile OK.
Of tho posceots o. 1,ee sh @n e oye
OF tho total amount voted for such purpoBea. |
He was anxious to know whether money enough |
Ind boon realized from town tnxes to pay tho |
Mr. onalnn sail tho total amount Of tho town
tux collected was about 100000 Tho motiun
prevailed. .......
Judge souy mado his l appearance, g., at !. this
apsra peH ogsE SgasEeM MdsE III saYb beer S ~es ii
fair way to pass successfully through whnt
threatened to, DO fatal attack Of paralysis of
tho brain. ,.
Tho Q,,ention Of tho salary oil tho Town Col
1ector was then taken up. |
On motion Of Justice Want Woud, Collector
O'Brien. was invited to state his viows aud
Justice scully satd TINT, tnasnucl us there
was conflict Of opinion on the subject, tho bcst
courBe to purBue waB to fix tho sntarY conditions
ally, and hayo the matter paaaod upon by the
Courts, to conBtrue tho statute. Tho Doard
should bo careful not to vote away the peoples
money illegally. Lot tho salary be fixed Mt I'LL
amount suitable and proper by tho DoRrd, Sub
iect to tho dccroo Of tho oourta as to tho power
Of Tue Board to increase tho compensation bo-
| yond 81, 500. d.
excepted to tho opinion Of tho City Attorney!
| and hold that tho statute must be construed IN
| its proper order, and not twisted so nB to admit
Of q difroront construction. Ho was in favor Of
fixing the salary ut 81 $40, and then lot tho
Courts decide vhotheri 1t might bo Increased.
hir. unahan argued that the Board had tho
undoubtod right to 60 beyond the sum Of q 500.
md could not 60 into court on motion to COM
pol tho Board to increase his salary.
Justice Watsh maintained thpt tho law limited
cont commission must go into tho Town Treas-
! ury.
ooL1Eoron o'Dn1EN
! thought ho ought to have aBalary Of over $0000
| This was what tho Collector Of North Chicago
received and he only collected 500, 600 Of taxes
against $3.50, 900 for tho West Town.
| After d lengthy consultation on tho subject
among the various members Of tho Doard, JUS
tico Want Woud, In order to bring tho mattor up
iector'a total salary at $4,000, the additional
compensation being %, 900. He said ho had pur-
posoly omitted IN order that this amount bo
paid IN order that tho Supervisor might rofuae to
the extra ard the Collector eSaa 60
mont Of the additional compensation.
JuHtico Weleh being called to tho chair, Super
visor Wall took the floor. Ho said tho Board
seemed to to, afraid to net upon tho qnession;;
that tho salary Of tho Collector bo fixed at
| There waa no second to tho motion, aud Super.
viaor Wall was, therefore, deprived tho privilege
Of discussing 1t, He thoroupon resumed tue
Justice Austin moved that tho Board fix the
salary at $1,000. This was seconded.
| LET IT 90 TO THE COURTS.
| Justice SoullY said it WAS absurd and unius
that tho law did not permit Of o lnrger salary
It should DO referred to the courts for eettle
ment, md tho best way to do this wns to refust
to pay moro than tho amoMnt alroady voted.
small. but he saw no way Of getting out Of 1t
Undor the law lo did not think tho Board WI
Justified In going boyond 81 .5o0.
| JuBttC0 Want MQuQ WOu1N Qe HOTIy 10 WlIu
llold tho inst duoa from the honout Iaborer, mi
| he called attention TO tho fact that, in case th
Board voted ono cont Of o1tra compensation. th
| Collector would be compelled to roceive what Wa
| yotad, and could not go into tho courts.
Justice scully waH in favor OF a resolution Civ
ing tho sonso Of tic Board TINT tho Collector VA
tuatly entitled to larger salary, yet the Boar
did not feel authorized to vote it. Thou thi
| Collector could sue for q unndamuH, aud tht
Court would decree wlat tho power Of the Boar.
Justice Austin adhered to the position that til
law restricted the salary to $1,500.
Justice Sturtevant took the ground that ths
Collector could pay himRe!f $500 out Of tho
per cent commission, aud the Board had no con
troll over it. Extra compensation to tho amoun
| the total $4,000.
l Justice Walsh submitted the following:
tho Town of West Chicago be. and the SANG is LereG!
yaea endne m Ing Apr! apr i! 1fa1 1s7 a
yded, that tho Town Clerk Is hcreby directed not
ss yss sa 9r u Until { n'
by aonle court Of competent jnraaiotlon whether
not this Board ia authorized by law to Tx tho compe.
: said sum Of 81 500.
arr. III. g. johnson urged tho passage Of
resolution of this kind believing 1t would pr
tho question in ahape for settlement by til
| courts.
4 Justice scnlly moved to f3l tho blauk by Ii
sorting "$250D, including the 81 500 alread
i pnil, making tho total componsation 81, ,00o.
: Tic resolution was romodclod slightly wlthor
| i changing its effect materially.
: Supervisor Wall moved to amend by maxim
tire total compensation 95 900 instead Of "a, ,o0
! The motion was Lost, tho only affirmative yote
: being those OF Supervisor Wall and Town.Cler
J Clark, Tho nays were. Justices scully, sturt'
Yant, Walsl,, Austin, and Want Woud.
Tie Board than passed the resolution hxin
! tho total compensation ut $4,000. Justices Aus
1 tin and Walsh voting nay.
) The salary Of the Ohiof Clerk in tho Colleo
). | pr,a office next came up for consideration.
! On notion the SALARY WINS fixed at tho rato
5000 per month for tito tisno actually employed
l ABaEHsoR AMDER9
! | produced m opinion from Ranuol Ashton, Esg