The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-12
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Special May Term = official Proceedings
.-t. SECOND DAY.

Tuesday, May IL.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, Present, all the members. Super
visor Grenell, Chairman, presiding.
The chairman reported standing COM
mittees for the current year, as follows:
Finance-Wright, Dart and Chamber
lain.
Town and Town Acounts-Treht. Case
and Feaster.
Observation-Disclosures, Z. Smith,
Case, Marston and Kerr. ~
Miscellaneous Claims-Marston, Jacobs
and Kahn. Z.
Poor and Poor House-Krell, Kerr and
VIM. Smith
Roads and Bridges-Hanna, Daley and
Trent.
Abatements-Dailey, Titterington and
Mardock
Ways and Means-E. Smith, Jacobs
and KrelI.
Jail and Jail Aceounts-Feaster, Miller
and Hanna.
Public Expenditures-Dart, Miller and
Kahn.
Hon. Ira O, Wilkinson, attorney for the
| Corporations, made statement and per-
scented stipulation to the Board, in re-
gard to taxes of 1873 on capital stock of
corporations of Rock Island county, which
on motion of Supervisor Smith, of Anda-
lusia, was laid oyer until to morrow for
consideration.
The application of Mrs. Scott, for trans
portation to Kansas City, was on motion
Of Supervisor Kerr referred to Supervisor
Krell
The petition of A, Peterson and others
for aid for one Israel Anderson, pauper,
was read, and, on motion, the sum OF $2U
was appropriated to aid in sending said
Anderson to his home in Sweden.
On motion the application of Mrs, Sla.
ter, pauper, asking the Board to pay the
rent of August Novac, a pauper, living
in her hOnse, amounting to $35, was re
ljected.
The applications of James Barnett o
Hampton township, Ralph Atkinson O
Coal Valley and Peter Ruth of Soutf
Rock Island, for license to sell wine, all
and beer for the space of one year, wer'
referred to the Supervisors Of the severa
towns from whence they came.
On motion of Supervisor Kerr the mat
ter of granting an abatement to Charlie
Atkinson, Of Moline, was referred to tn
,, Committee on Attachments.
The application of Lena Doeher for al
abatement of tax, was read and, on mo
ton, referred to the Committee on Abate
ments
Bills of miscellaneous character wer
read and referred to the proper commit
tees.
, The petition of B. K. Studley and others
for the division of the township of Moline
0 was read and, on motion of Supervise
q Kerr, action thereon deferred until tn
;. next meeting of the Board.
The applications of Levi Mccain, DAME
n Henry, and Thomas Calf, for abatement:
e were read and referred to the Committe
on Attachments.
s Supervisor Dart moved that a commit
n probable cost of laying sidewalk aroun
It tne south side Of the Court House square
t Carried.
e The chairman appointed as such commi
is tee Supervisors Dart, Miller and klahI
W Supervisor Krell moved that commi
Ut tee of three be appointed to confer wit
y the STATES Attorney in regard to procu
2 ing an attorney to assist in prosecutiI
,e criminals at the present term of the vi
D, cult Court, committee to report to tt
TX Board tomorrow morning. Carried.
The chairman appointed as such con
mitsee Supervisors krell, Hanna ar
Trent.
Board adjourned until tomorrow NOR
at ing at 9 o'clock.
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III style and quality for one half the mont
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