, 1875-08-20
Final Settlement OF the Abstract
Question,
4 Compromise Is Made, and Pqltzer
Gets tile Prize.
Commissioner Holden Shows That ne LAS
Received aew Information.
Bids for Excavating for The Courthouse
---EQan's Contract.

In adjourned mceting Of tho County BoAr1
via held yoetct1iay sftesnoon, Conmiaptoher
Junog III tie GUAR. pfsgont. Commiss[enets
NeCanrey, IEert,ng. Clough, johnson, Hidden,
Carroll Lpuergap, uusse Guepther. aud
hpnmidt.
4 communication from John .. Adams on tho
abstract question was read. wl,oteIn lio proposed
10 change lis lid to furnish tl,e county with all
abstract ppoks, from 1000 to boo, which
ho had g1eed to do, after having hal o]portu-
rt7 to moro carefully cstignato tho cost ct lilo
eprk.
On motion, the communication was laid on tie
table temporarily.
COURT ROOMS.
4 proposition waa read ftpm ]. 3. Lyon offer.
jng to seut tho uppor loo.s OF the Mercantile
Building for LEG as court taoms. ltsferrea 20
Committee on Public ScrSico.
The bills fur board al the Turner Jury,
amounting tn s7c5 wore read, and Eole3ted 70
tho Coupllsao OH Jail and jail ACCOUNTS,
CONTRACTS.
Tie cou!racta for work on tho now IiospiEal
were read and sppruyo>l aa aas also the contract
pg Asch,toct Egan fof hia servcsH In copnectiou
with the construction Of tho now Court flo,lae.
Tho latter contract provided that tho Court
1Iouso should not cost moro than II oo0, and
that u no event BAonl1 the amount to bc paid TO
tho architect for his seiyicrH c1ccnd cut gu;
That tic architect ahoul1 give baud IN tho sum
ot Af0O. 900, a1lh appoiut suitable auporHtcnd-
eut Ut tho work, at,a that tho Commlttobs 10
whom had beei1 lpfcrgea thu aupGrvslnn 1u tlo
pnrk OF lte county should visit tue said building
1n w. aud often0r, II necdHRary. nnt!! tha coin
pletlop anu acceptance OF thu structure.
THE Hlus ruH ErcAyArlS0
for tho Court uuuAe vera thsu ppohoa and raal
~ folluwd:
yoha a'' MeRagn. .7a@: join tletsuvtrn. &o,loo!
James u, Hmi il, ssoU JAfile- Kin'ait, t72ttt John
GNs IL 455'S Ead, kssy taH;.s & ssnn G11
!sso' aa' ''ip &., s'Ii M.rpss sso1 TauaA. M'ss!n
Commissioner Clough called for tho reading
Of the advertisement lnsti'R proposals. e1r!I'n-
ing that lie did Bo In older tliat thete might 10
no occasion for loferliug lilo buds. aa hp iutend-
ed to 1taka Wotion tor tho awarding OF the
Cun,unsbicuer I4onnrgnn oal!od for the reading
Of tue luwest bud. l,uh wss' that Ut Joln 4 u,
4, Cox f1r S5+u5l.
Commissioner c1ough moved the letting u tho
contract to tho Coxcs.
Cvmlptssi.tivr DlcUaffray offered an amend
peut lhat luz question b. referred to the Joiut
Coumls,eo un Public Buildings aud Public Set
ylse.
1l!e &MHua!neAt PloFaato " tuo AoA1o"Aoh
vote:
1tas-Carroll, Comfy, I1erting.' Johnsuu, Tones,
Loucrgau, MtC4Gsoy, kussp!l. ssum!it-1
Aa1s-Iuaac, clough, uucnthci, 1I",den-z
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
then came up, On the motion Of Cou1thiesioner
Holdeu who called for the reading Of what ~
known ~ taa 6lupmpn repoIt Aguqd by him and
Commissioner Carroll.
Con,m,s a,onor Loucrean moved that tho con-
siders.'on 81 the question be postpohed uhtal
Commasopsr Du4so offered IS substitute
that the coLnEQorutlou OF tho quo5tiOn DO post,
poaeI ladennltey, ~hich Nas loss py the fol-
lowing vote;
l,eqs-un.se oousb, auenther. 11ert,ns. Jsnes--,
-Aaa#--Carrol Copiy, llolltn, JoAnsuu, Luuessar,
EccaGEes. llussell, sttmtdt-9.
1lie motion tn temporarily postpone. BY Com
missioner LonerRan, Was theu put, and lost by
Tie following yoto: a.
Iea.-13asse, CouRh, lIesting. Joans, Ionergau-a,
Russell, Bthmidt~7. .
Commissioner 0unnthor xas excused from
voting.
Commissioner GncntheE presented commu-
plcatfon IRON the ltaeurder'h olGce, which was
ie.d. sleaed by uanuol Dunols, recommending
Psltzaf's b1ok4
Colnm,ss slousr Clough moved tAat the matter
be postponed until tue Judgoa Of tho Courts of
tho city could be conhulted ~ 20 the
ADFlsADttaTY or PURCHASING AhsrnAcT-nooKs.
He would nut hAre any Ast Of bcoks without =
AANn*p4A0 ~ tApN En&iQ Qt+pc6$h ~ ~ cS1tA ~
AgiEt; aud anlcss eyory opportunity Maa atlosa.
I'd 10 examine Into tue luGrtts nua dcnefits OF
tho books, ho would voto to throw tGe
money proposed to bo expended In the
70 bug boosa Of wAicl. 10 knew nothing. lilo
saw no reason WHY the question should bo pres T.
Cd then. The peo.ie lad pussed through four
yehrs Of gfcat trials Without any euoh hooks,
least sufficiently long to eiiabts q full aud CARO-
ful exaluluatlou Of tho booda offered. -.
c03!M!saloHLn hb1DEN
said ii hc did not knor that Mr. Clongh
MAS ITO. \ lawyer ho should think that
he had hoen retained tY lilo absttact-nneu.,
Ha thought It was footisiluets' to 70 TO tho
courts for my onjhson in the rnatier. Tho
Board whs cnmph~sd OF intelligent tnsu, and II
would bd childish to aln'e Il ~ tho courts for any
information On tha Abs1rsct.guoation.
Commissioner Ca1uRl. reyicd that ha waB no.
retalu6d by duy bt tho abbsract.sacs,. hlld did
no. believe Mr.. Iloldun had been retained BY
Any ons OF them. Ae believed lhs Cotnalasion-
Or wAs pretudiccd agalust eortau abstraet~uen
lecaune they had clafgel him for information
h1 had sonKht at their halldA. lie did nos be.
lieye that lis prejudice, 1loWovet, wks tnifi-
cifps o2etlto ID foroo upon tue lsxrAysIs of tho
county the expenditure OF many thousands VI
doit.fs 10 purct.sa books TOR shiut tlley had no
need. The p0dtlo Ind nothing to gain by p,.r-
cltasinR abatraet.books ftoM anybody. II tho
boeka Nero purclasod 1t al!. tlsy could only DO
secured through the very Rbstraot-men that Mf.
anxious u sell their Information for tls Ieason
that Whist they ltd uas constantly dettectattg
a. tie titles to propsty In dispute Nete from
day to day bhiuE perfedted.
:. Cn4lMlsslokKA 0uESTilER
took the apor III, lilo interest Ut Otto reItzer.
He had no intetest 10 the books but had rrpnit-
"a - favor of sheir purchase. because satiuflcd
tnAt thsy wesa tho beHt aud cheapest. sad
II oook4 Ws1a 70 b. roourad that II
w. 70 re in.ercss OF tAs people tq purchase
them; Ae bad not bseu Abfs ID gss ttr. Holden
to ,ndorss l'eltxar'a boots, bue. Oh the oorlrary
always scnnl bin randy 10 denouncs then, on
the krouAt thai they 1s1s tnsecu,Ate 4uu eu-
t!sely unreliable; lilo had tAkon the ps,ps, low.
ever, to thoroughly, investigate tue books, aud
10 cosnkare them With osLefs, oYen going 10 lar
- to conduit PROMINENT sttorloya and to
have sbsnscts mado fsom .hem: lie could mol
uudotstaod the antagolam Of Mr. Holden. have
ing, ~ 10 laa, detaqaatsaled tla oorreo,uess
OF tho rsttxer books. W4sn he H., connis tsl
his rapport, he asksd Mr. Hotesn to 1oln b,m io
sghuk II, but Ls refused tor sonis tnssplNnsd
tsa4Vt&. .