, 1875-05-18
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
,.r 1;ob Calls Attention to Fraudulent
l'''' Subdivisions.
selecting Grand Jurors for tho
June Term.
Hospital Matters.

rss Doa,l OF County Commissioners met IN
,.ml,r weekly aeRsiou yesterday afternoon,
rr,ss.Jcut Butdick ifl tito clair. rrosont. Com
,,1..onors Cloueh, Loncrgan, Dusao, Crawford,
u,,dcu Con1y, Jonnp, Carroll, schmidt, McCat-
nv, Johnson, aud IluBsclt.
1{,, J, j.. Egan sent In a communication sub
lifting plans OF sewerage for tho drainage Of
,bs Insane Asylum. 1eferrod to Tho Committoe
:, Public CliuriEles. MIR. Thomaa ". Indy aont
IN proros;ton for tho furnishing Of the asylum,
,hicl wAs also roForred.
orANb Jury WANTED.
The Clerk road an order Of tho Criminal Court,
admitted by the Clerk .horcof directing tho
laua,y Doard to eolpct t;seNty-tjreD ct and
,+oner PERSONS 10 servo OH tha Grand Jury for
ibs June term.
Commissioner Dutlck, WHO called Mr.. Holden
n tho c],air, moved TINT tho Board proceed At
.aco to mako selection for Grand Jurors. 1io
,,mne1,t no limo should bo lost in doing that
busincae.
commissioner Clough was Of tho same
spiulon.. -.
h, 10 referred to tho Committee on Judiciary,
shlch prevailed.
LAKE VIEW,
Among tho bills presented vns ona for out
door relief, clsargcablo from tho Town Of Lako,
gt.ch amounted to 87,170.50. extending ovor
teIIod OF five years.
Commissioner C!ougl, thought 1t very straugo
thtt tho account should bo allowed to run for so
lonK time.
Commissioner alcCnfrroy auggcsted that tho
nsttcr would bear aonlo investigation, aud
moved that tt bo referred to tho Committee On
Town and Town Accounts. With Instructions 10
sdscsn every iten. closely Carried.
FnAuDuIEHr SUBDIVISIONS.
ThG County Clerk Be!l. til a btntoln6nt having
Esforcnco to tho fraudulent sublivissons through
which Cook County aud innocent purchaberB
zero robbed OF thouaunds OF dollarB
stt5 ssto Sfosiasa s That f'S' e aesepsou s@ % o.
ftai oHtato in nccordanco with tho number aud
description not forth III tho plat shall DO deemed
arood and valid descriptions Of tho lot or parcel
Of tlaud 40 dcscribed. III 1872, an1oug tho other
Cook County were the piats OF certain subdi-
Visions In pnrt of Sec. ~, Town 81, Hango ~,
known rs "scott's boulevard Addition to chi
sigo" the fraudulent nnturo of which ha dis.
forth in circular. dated Dco. %, 1879, IN af'-
aver to all inquiry from W. q. h1c14aHbrcyt
Of Hannibal, No., o copy of which was attached
10 tho present statement, together with n.copy
Lad been othor rlats uf similar Subdivisions
Glad for record, viz. South Lawn" i'll parts
Of Secs. q aud II, Town 80, Rahge II ,parls
Rdgo, In the northwest guarter Of SEQ. 3G, Town
S6, Rapge Il; rhillips' Subdivision, In part OF
&c. G. Town SC. Rango Is; CauIianaport, etb-
division Of tho east 82 acres, northwest quarter
Of Sec. 7, Town SO. Rango IL all of which aro
moro or less fraudulent. lie know Of no legal
provision aga!nst Hucl' bwindlos and alarganuin-
Der OF lots having already boon sold, lie was de-
barred from any right OF authority OF cancellno
oriGuoring said ublivisiona. and lo was thetc-
fo.o compelled to rccoenizo 1hom in Tho Assces-
or's. and COLLECTORS judgmeut-rccorda and saio-
eogy os op 30 Sxp9n' n o
Of which w&s eser returned to tho Treasury. 1Eo,
therefore, respectfully requested tho Board TO
dovias some Ineaca OF saving to tho county B'scl
expense, without injustice 70 tho ianoeoist Psr-
teB who had right and would unloubtoi-
property, shown by tho public records. Iho total
cost to tho country In this respect. for Avs years.
amounted to S12,336, but this amount did not
SCISSOR, Or tho uttempt Of oittior tho Town or the
County Collectors al collecting tho annual taxes,
or the oxponsos Of tho annual aalos. Mt vticl,
taxes ere forfeited. amounting 10 ut least a. QUO,
nakiug grand total of s1y,t30.
Refelrcd to the Committoo on Equalization Of
Taxes.
THE aRANp JUny AnA1N.
Tho COMMITTEES on Judiciary submitted re-
port relative to the mode Of making up Grau.l
Juries, mnttot into which they have been maxi
ing many inquiries. They discovered thRt tAo
custom which had boon III vogue heretofore OF
tmpanelfng Grand Jurors by special venfte waH
loyal. Tho statutory mode. comforting authority
on tie board Of County CommiBsionora to Aeect
Grand Jurors twenty dhyn before the commenco-
mont OF tho term, was also legal.
Tho report Nns laid npon tho tabta tou,po.
rurily.
Commissioner Crawford thou moved that the
Board proceed to select Grand Jurors for tho
Juno torn. Carried.
THO Chairman directed each member to place
tho nAmea OF five good ctixonA Of thotr districts
In box. and tleu draw twenty-throe Of tho
The proceas waa duly gone into With the foI'
T. s. Lee, John Rholnward, Henry bradford.
Iho1nss soltt 2, II: uaddaek, Jeln u. ls'ce,
BFayton, john Jones, August. Herr, J. 8. nol.
field, Il. o. Worsing, Peter Horn, J. NJ. Allen,
Fritz Frantzen, William 4. Flagen, Aaron Gibbs
JAmes Walsh, Richard 1tcGiauhhry, Iihrdgo G.
koith, II. A. Wiuchoop, John 9. uAines,
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM.
report wns submltsoa by tho Committee on
Judiciary relative to Commissioner oIoCanrey's
resolutions to tho aIocs that tho Doar1 return t<
tue contract aystom; They fonnd, upon ex.
boosa aud Hhues. milk, meat, broad, printing
and stationery. wood, coal, anu Gurlala, loAr!ng
uncoutracsed for drugs md medicines. hard.
waro, ttuwaro, clothing. dry goods. beds and
snd tuol, ice aud Yankoo notions. The Cotauiit.
tee reported back tho resolutions. mud recon-,
menled TINT they bo adopted. Tho following
afa tho resolutions,
Rssoetd, That tho Hoard return to tho conrnet sys
ten thu manner ut procuring tho supplies ncsessar,
- troyde.l " thefssolutlons u tic board slopst
Hssrta, Th.s ths COMMITTEES on Public Borvico h.
nd .hey srs lsIshy authorized 10 advertise. IN ~
s"aay s LII 1ps sssis IT, 'sa i. p'sns's s sa
plea ~ the county usy Ealuirs, aud not alsea,