The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-03
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Special March Term, 1875.
SUPERVISORS HALL 4 -
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SECOND DAY.

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| ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, March 2, 1875 (
| g.. SECOND DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, Supervisors Daley, Feaster, Trent
Hanna, Grenell, Huntoon, Krell, Dart
campbell, Kerr, Jacobs, Wright, Todd
Parmenter, Smith and Martson. Absent
Supervisor Wray. Supervisor Morey
chairman, presiding. Minutes of yester
days proceedings read and approved.
The petitions of E. Dornan, A. P. Ben
ser, Il. w. Davenport and John Thomn
son, for abatements, was read and on mo
ton referred to the committee on abate
| ments.
Quincy Mcneil presented a petition ask
ing the board to divide the townshin ot
Kock Island into voting districts for town.
ship election purposes and tha. the town
clerk of Rock Island township shall@nra.
side as clerk of the town meeting in The
9th election district. V~lFFe -
Supervisor kreH presented the following
resolution and moved its adoption -" =
.Resoloed, That the several election dis
trlcts OF the township of Rock Island, as
t1xed by this board for general election
purposes, be and they are hereby estab-
ilshed as election districts for township
purposes. And that the place of holding
elections as fixed by this beard in the 9th
election district be and is hereby fixed as
the place where the town clerk shall be
clerk of the meeting.
Supervisor Grenell moved as an amend
ment to Supervisor Krells motion thar
the matter be referred to the committee
on town and town accounts to report ON
Thursday morning. Carried.
The petition of the highway commission
ers OF Rock Island township asking an
abatement OF S Los on each $lO0 of valua-
ton OF real and personal property on the
road and bridge tax was read and referred
to the committee on abatements. -.
The petition of VIM. Murphy for an
abatement was read and on motion refer
red to the committee on abatements.
The petition of ID, Pinkley for an abate
ment was read and referred to the commit
tee on abatements.
The matter of granting license to sell
beer, to Ralph Atkinson, of Coal Valley.
laid over until this morning, then came up
for consideration. Supervisor Jacobs
moved that the prayer of the petitioner be
granted. Motion lost.
GRAFTON of the vote, and the yeas and navs
being called resulted as follows
Yeas Supervisors Grenell. Krell, Dart,
Kerr, Jacobs, Wright and Marston-7.
Nays-Supervisors Feaster, Trent,
Hanna, Huntoon, Campbell, Todd, Par
menter, and Smiths.
neutrality-suspicious. Daley, and Wray.
Bills OF miscellaneous character were
read and referred to the proper commit.
tees. --
The petition of James Broderick asking
an abatement was read and referred to the
committee on abatements.
A communication from Ben HARPER in
reference to his bill, amounting to $lOS so,
for entertaining the Bloomington excur
sionists. was read. Supervisor Grenell
moved that the communication and bill be
referred to the committee on abatements.
Motion lost.
Supervisor Dart moved that the bill of
Ben Harper for $lO8 SO be allowed. The
yeas and nays being called resulted as fol
lows:
Yeas-Supervisors Huntoon, Krell,
Dart, Campbell, and Jacobs.
Nays-Supervisors DALEY, Feaster.
Trent, Hanna, Grenell, Kerr, Wright,
Todd, Parmenter and Smith-1O. Motion
lost.
Supervisor Grenell moved that the bill
be allowed at $75 The yeas and nays be-
ing called resulted as follows:
Yeas--Supervisors Grenell, Huntoon,
Krell, Dart, Campbell, Kerr and Jacobs
IL.
Nays-Supervisors Daley, Feaster,
Trent, Hanna, Wright, Todd, Parmenter.
and Smiths. Motion lost.
The petitions of Taylor Williams, Jona-
than Huntoon, John Foster, J. r, Nc
Allister, Moline Plow Company, w, J.
Wallace, L. d. Strayher, for abatement of
tax, were read and referred to the COM
mittee on abatements.
The financial statement of John V,
Cook, county clerk, of the condition of the
county for the year 1874, also statement
OF receipts and expenditures Of the county
clerks s office for the past year, were read
ana referred to the committee on finance.
Supervisor Grenell presented the fol-
lowing resolution, and moved its adop-
ton:
Resolved, That the committee on
| attachments be Instructed to inquire into
and report to this beard, as to the expe-
diency and practicability of abating all out
standing and unpaid taxes against the
several tax payers of this county.
Motion lost.
The matter of the resignation of r. NJ.
Grenell, Drainage Commissioner, deferred
until to-day for action, then came up for
consideration, and on motion of Supervi-
sor krell. his resignation was accepted.
The report of VIM. s. Bailey, Steward
of the poor farm, was read aud referred
to the committee on poor and poor house
Board adjourned until tomorrow morn
| ing at clock.
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