, 1875-01-05
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Tho Commissioners Fight Over a Clerks
salary---A Weigher Of Coal.
A Word for tho Contract System.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
REGULAR hEET1Kd OF THE HOARD.
The Board Of County Commissioners met yes
tcrdnY afternoon. President Durdick in the chair.
T4oro Yero present Commissioners Dusse. Car
roll, ClouCh, Conloy. Crawford Guou.her. lIert-
ing, Holden, johnson, JoueB, Louorgan, McGaf-
Trey, Russell, and scnnailt.
Commissioner Guenthor Objected TO tbs ap-
proyal Of the minutes on tho ground that
Clerk OF tho Board lad been elected. whereas
tho law provided that the County Clerk should
10 tho Clerk Of the Board or appoint deputy
for that position.
Tho Chair decided that thls was not valid
objection to the minutes, which were then ap-
proved.
PROPOSALS ron SUPPLIES, ETC.
A communication Haa received from s. T.
Webster, Of Rogers rark, ea,bodying a proposal
to act as Purchasing Agent for Cook County in
the purchase Of supplies for the poor-Houso and
Insane Asylum, for commission OF per cent
On tho current Wholesale prices for this articles
required all articles not Of acceptable quality
to bo takon back; ; s. per load to 10 charged for
carriage to the roor-1Iouse ana Insane Asylum.
The communication WAS placed Oh tile.
A proposition by tbs Medical Directors Of tho
North Star Dispcnsary, to furnish medicines and
medical and surgical nt.cndance to tho poor Of
tue North Division for tho sum Of S50o per year,
WAS deferred to tho Committee OH Hospital.
Couuty-Agcnt, stating TINT ha oflico is out Of
aoap aud BAoos, and asking tho appointment OF
six additional men as visitors md clerks for tho
quarter commencing Jun. !. 1875. Both msttera
were referred to tile COMMITTEES On Public Ch1ri-
ties, with power to net.
A communication was received from Boden-
schatz l. Bro, offering to furnish medicine to
tho poor In tho Town Of Lenont for the sum OF
$40 per month. provided Drs Hood aud Pierce
get the contract for doing the doctofing; in case
thcy do not get the contract, Dodonschatz l.
bro, do not want to furnlsl, tho medicines.
A ti Of e21G from tile County Of Lake, for
fees and board Of jury in the case Of tho Peopie
vs. David A. Gage, tnkon to Waukeean On
chango Of yonno. Wns referred to tho Committee
on Town and Town Accounts.
THE LATuRor n1LL.
A bill of $3.50, from NJ. D. j4athrop, for SER
vices as oleyk Of committees duIing tue mouth Of
December, VAS presented.
Commissioner Crawford moved that lfr.
Lathrop have leave to withdraw the bill.
Commissioner clough moved to refer the bill
to tho Committee on FINANCE. This motion wn8
voted down with singular soldty:
rtas-pusse,, ,oloueh, Guenther, uolasn. Jones'
esasg h'ftns '0hO'0n
1t will be remembered tint Mr.. Lathrop is the
uau who furnished to Commissioner Holden'B
Special COMMITTEES some worry interesting in
formation on tho subject Of contractors And
the resllv vauabls snryice reudered.
Commissioner Clough expressed tho hope that
rentie,nom would |ny Iii feeng aside. aud trent
fhs nneat;nn fairly. Tia man Ind rcl,deteI
i,oncst and rootl seryico. and no doubt stood in
.ar;o,a 49," n.o1 ~ I'm Characterization RI wsa mr.
h;s fs,,,t th.t fla Hncc,ai Com mittco vcrc mt
sMtto-,sad to omulov hjm and In n,,o1,t to ha
ns,I S ~ '
1,on,ntsa,onsr 11crtinr sa,d III, hin onrb, IN hc
refa,rad tn tho t,ommittoe which hid s,nnlovn.I
A. rathron mi mails mo,ion tn t|ia effecf,
Comm;nsinncr MeC sffray oupoyeJ tLo nsynont
~ ti,n III ~ H. nro sns3 % tnt tia smnoymont
~ ia xorvicn vos mt authnrized.
comm;ssioner Ifnldon nail thnt four memhers
Of thn snnc,ai Conmitteo hgd already certified
th.f Ar Tnthron had heen emnloyed hy that
Tnm,a;ttaa snI ia narforn1cd tha rnrvics .e,iss
fnntnr,w ~" "
Ennm;,a;oncr f,ravford withdraw 1,ts first mn
Tim md mow mnvna tn rcier TIN hili 10 tho
f,ou,mittno m rnhf,n Aervica.
Comn,,xsioncr f,lnurh mny.d that thu b,,l f,a
ruSarr.a - . an,ci,i C0mn,iftes r.da nm ~ the
,osn,hs1., shn rnmnrised I'm Gommittes Il wbnaa
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,ror s tIa i,i1l
fTn,'n,;ssinn.r NJcr,nrav aRij ths rn.,tor
1oornd hna ~, tia Sac. ~ Il to rryer urc| a E;li
~ sn.n;si n,n,mittno Il shnws1 n.r,,srn
tss,int,
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