, 1875-03-30
COUNTY AFFAIRS,
Preparing for Work on tho New Hos.
pital.
j. C.. Cochran Selected as thu
Architect.


Tia regular week!y meeting Of the Board Of
County Commissioners waa hold yesterday after.
noon, President Dur1ck In Tho chair. Commits
aionors 1fcrting, Holden, C1ou9h Jones, john
son, puasa, Schmidt, Russell, nlcCal1rey Car
roll Comfy, 1.onergan, and Quenthor vera
present.
I1acELf.A4EorH.
4 number OF bills and ro1niritiors for sur
plies wofe presented, and roferrel to kLe sppro-
priats committees.
The next matter taken mp for dIFcuaeon wan
tho report Of the COMMITTEES IN Public Charities
In reference to tho new rules for tho government
Of the Foos-1fouso and 1naana Asyum.
The ruloH wore, aftor soma H'gh. amend.
mentH, adopted.
In reference to tho petition for tho refundinr
OF tho money derived from saloon licensca in tile
Town Of Lyons, which WAS referred to the COM
mtttee on Town and Town Accounts, tho COM
mites reported III favor of rebuilding all moneys
received from that source sincs July /, 1871,
and that tho County Clerk DO directed 10 draw
warrants Oh the County Treasurer In faror Of
tho Commissioner. on Highways in that town.
Concurred In.
Tho Committee on Public Service reported In
favor Of tho payment Of e2.854 for county EN-
LII
waa also concurred III.
4 resolution was offered by Commissioner
johnson which directed tho Committee on
Judiciary to investigate and report to tho Doard
the title and condition Of The real property be-
longing TO the county, and II necessary. to pro-
cure abBtIacta thereof.
The resolution, with the !ast clause etrlcken
OUT was adopted.
THE CONTRACT sYs1EM.
Commissioner McCaGrcy offered tile follow
Ing:
Rtsortd, Tint The Board return 10 e contract sys-
tenn ~ the manner Of procuring tue aultea nrcrsssr
provided lr tho resolutions Of fhe Dosrd, adopted
gec. ~ !s,1 md thss ths Committee on ruhltc scr
:; seS s, BE- md .hsy srs hsrsI nthossd TO s.es.e
possls To furnish tho county until April !, 1d7G with
such :uries - shs county may require, md not
already contracted for.
Referred to The Committee on Judiciary
DIETING PRISONERS.
Ihe matter OF dieting the prisoners In the
County Jail Was brought mp on motion by
Commissone1 Holden ar1siuE that the Commit
tee On jail md Jail Accounts bo requested to
mako report a. once III reference 10 tie busi-
uess.
Commissioner 1IcCansey did not ses what
groat haste tue Commissioner WAS In Just now.
1t waa bad time TO cut down tho dieting OF
prisoners wlen Storey was locked up in the Jail
(Laugllter.1 Ho wns not iudiBposcd TO place
himself on record. but he thought tho Commit
tee should not be hurried in the matter.
. NVtululE64uuEf GGlIul4k Bhu Il9 COMMITTEE U1Q
tho best they conld. II Iii. Holden know my
thug about dieting the prisoners, why did hs
not propoAe somo plau 7 Why did llo not give
ths Committee the benefit Of his sxperience7
lfr. Holden said that, IL, the war-times, prts-
onera wcro dietod for tess than 20 centa each.
aud there Was . handsome profit for the Baorlr
into the bargain.
Commissioner uoldsn'a motion whs thon put,
and declared lost.
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL
The report Of tho Joint COMMITTEES on Public
buildings and Hospitals mss next reached
Commissioner JOHNSON sud that the hour wAn
lato, and it Was time to adjourn. He moved that
tho conslderation Of the mat!cr bo deferred until
next meeting.
Commissioner C1oigh hoped the matter voud
not bs deferred, They "anted the Hospital
The motion 10 defer wss thsn put and lost.
Commissioner Jonoa moved to CONCUR in ths
report.
Commissioner McCAtrtey.I move that tho
compensation Of tho architect be fxed 1T per
cent. don't know Tho ia going. 10 be architect.
gentleman can hardly work at = less price. He
will baso to prepare plAns, which will cost much
money, and grcat deal OF tttne. 1Io ought to
have sufficient pay to Insure the faithful and
c5cditnblp performance Of the work.
The Bum Of 50, TOO wau allowed BY the report
on al estimate Of 4t60. 900.
Commissioner C!ough thought that az Per
cant would be ample compensation for the ar
cAittct.
Commissioner Russell favored Commissioner
McCaffreY's proposition.
The latter wAa put aud foat.
The report waa thon coucutrcd In. It has beeR
already published In Tile TnInpSE.
Tho following WAS tbs vote on Atr. McCaHrsys
motion;
Itas5c.rroll coa'y. Crawford. johnson. steo.t-
.says-Du.sc. C'ouGh, duenther, Herring, Jones,
Loue1gAu. nubsell, Durd1ck, uoldsu-9.
THE ELECTION or An ARCHITECT
WEE then, on motion, proceeded with. Cnmm,s-
aioucsa Jones aud Russell Ne1a appointed tell
eIB
Tho following nominations were MAIDS; Com.
missioner NcCatfsey nominated a. ]. Smith
Commissioner Johnson, L. Il Dixon Comnais.
aioner Crawford ]. G. Cochran Commissioner
1nenther, Otto Aatz Commissioner RUSSELL
I. Z. Daumhnn.
Tho first ballot Unformal) had the following
result: Cochran, s; Dixon, 8; Ma.x, U, Da1l-
mann, 2.
The second ballot resulted u follows. Coch-
ran, 8; Dixon. l.; Uaumann, .: alatz, 8. Mr,
Cochran was declared duly elected.
The C0unty-AttorpaY WAS instructed to pro-
pare bond and contract for ths architect "a
por the report.
Adjourned.
CINCINNATI.