, 1875-12-24
COUNTY AFFAIRS,
The Recorder Is Ready to Furnish A5-
stracts-,-Tho Hospital Report.
buying Up County l,onds...S SALARIES 10
60 Tn.

N'thnlhhlohnIH Wah Aeld yesterday AetGtnOon,
fEcaideut Jo!Haou in tue char. All tho mem.
bors wore present.
TUE COUNT 1iosrIrAt,
Tho Warden of Cook County Hospital l1uEi,
SicI.anghlit, hnhmistod his annual report, whlcl,
showed tho following tlgures: Expenses of hos.
.lsa' during tho ycar, sl2,S2G.l7; number Of in
mates In hospital Nov. 30. 1874, 1ls; remaining
Nov. 30. 1575, l73; admitted during lIlo year.
2.o33; bodies received in Molguu during tho
year. sG. Tho completion OF tAo new hospital,
At NJ carly duy Rs possible, was recommended
ah q matter Of economy. hocauEo tho CONSTANT
folhirs neccaeary Tor tho EreYLnt buildings made
heavy items OF expense.
Neiofred 10 the Comlnttee on Public Charities,
BUYING HuSus.
The following, relative 10 tho report OF tho
County Treasurer, was submitted:
WnEAnrAs, It appears from the Dcceh,LGr, 1873.
quarterly report Of II. D. Miller. late Coluly Tf.a~-
rer Of coak County, that There u III tie Tr.a.uJ o.
Cook County tn the credit Of tlo silk,hg fund. uu
account OF Indebtedness incurred tluca August t.
1871. tho sim Of sGo,al6: nud =
WHEMkA:, II II provided by law Whenever t.s IL
levied sor the payment o. sps,hs drb tl,e s1uonrt
oi .cl, tsK eoersed afsalt IL Kept separate fund
lon of such Indebtedness aud
WMEAEAH, Slid aum OF s;9.3l6 can only legally ho
used in l'udsting tho ins.tcIuest pspslt 10
Of To posAftlo benefit 70 tho of til. county
hu a expenditure IN the purchase Of tic 1mo,nt II
III [ncEE Ii hIf1KaHh, II %l}t
relieve the taxpayers from tho payment p further iil-
eereas on INCH amount Of tndehieurss: therefore,
hcsa''ed. Tint :as CvmmIt'ee Oh Ftnanre bs anfaro
herebY autierz0 to oIScr; -Iiur AMI pr;n,-
tas to null to tho county Lnl4 ot Tho county hereto
iors ixsuo Hnen Aug. g. l8d, and c,n,s,oniy known
~ ftss 1nnaa" t., the amount NJ S;ou,o and thIt
hry report the this lloarl with their roco,l,-
Meuu.tlnl With refer.nce thereto.
Michael MeDerlno:s. resident of tho County
House, petitlourd = for a wooden leg i,l o5dar
that le might make his livelihood. lcseyred,
nEcAnnFR4 my
In Reference to tho comnlu u.,cAtinu recently
Pcut in by Recorder Stewart In relation to hal-
alies In Ills Office. tho Committee on Public
l.ecorlis reported that tho Judges Of tho (;,r
cult Court lad entered n tulc allowing fourteen
additional clotks IN tho office, 10 maia OH. t!4u
abstrnct books. Tho Committee Recommended,
TINT the saialtcs OF sud Clerks 10 fixed NJ
follows: Chief clerk OF truct-indcx depart
of abetrnct. copies. sl.6t9; chef clerk OF the
Notwithstanding department, Judgments. o.c.,
- loo; nbsiraet-inakar. 5l,ioJ; orlsinn1-cnlrT
c'ctE, =, !2o; tract-intlux cletk. :I.550: fn,;r
index corla, .@ob oach; tax-Hale ce,lt s1.2o0;
1tldgmolt c!ork at ths courts *l.2yu; judgment
clerks to index mud post judgments, st,43J; ns-
tsstili judgment cterk for exueu.lJ:lu etc. 80
paging clark. ts3lG
1t was fnstAnr reported that tho ,labIic conll
now obtain Abstlacts from tho tune af tho fire.
mud p,ior 10 that nvent, In mauy cases, conple;e
III OIL thc'r "details. II waB recommended tlAt
tue Nccntdec Oe requested to kevl, tho bJol;,
purchased " tho county il tho ,uost complete
Ht'uGs ponsiolo. ~ tAo hNnie t!Hao 70 acl3Mallu-
friin.t o.tn,,. T., 'e'as y! 1Ao.n ~ t.lo
..aa.,..,s'1aI ~ IoAuop'oil' 1ue teininitte1
.ueusa'uo''ue'4 '.sat tlo Aecosues 70 allowed TO
Tx Tho cnnsEes Tor ntH IsIcH Until further orders.
Commissioner l}uftllc; thought 1t was the
luty uf the Eoarl L, fix tI,e cl,n,,,14 Ho naval
TINT tho report bn rccomnitte1, which, after
buIno debate, MaB carried.
COURTHOUSE SUPERINTENDENT.
The comnalttuo un Public Saiy.ce RECON-
nsefdca that, IN compliance with Tho fc9nest Of
i. J. Egan, County Architsct. a cou,retcut