The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Adjourned Meeting---omcial Report.
SECOND DAY.

and Buffum. Supervisor Reid chosen
chairman pro tenn. Minutes of yester-
days proceedings were read and approved.
The petition of Chas. Gray and Paul Z. |
Albrecht for license to sell malt liquors IN
the town of Port Byron for the term of one
year, were referred to the Supervisor OF
Port Byron township to certify as to the
legal number Of voters.
The petition of Mrs. Catherine Smith
for relief was read and referred to the SUI
pervisor of Rock Island township.
The petition of G. III. Stoddard for an
abatement was read and referred to the
Committeeon Attachments.
Supervisor Trent reported that the
petitions of Gray and Albrecht, each con-
tain three-fourths of the legal voters of
said town.
Supervisor Aster moved that Paul G.
Albrecht be granted license to sell malt
LIQUORS for the term of one year. By
request of Supervisor Case action in both
petition was deferred until tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
Supervisor Reid presented the following
resolution and moved its adoption, viz
Resoloed, That all of that part of Moline town
ship lying west of Rodman avenue and the Coal
Valley road be and is hereby made a separate
election district NO. ana that place OF voting
be Freia Hall in the city of Moline, and that all
territory lying east of said lae be known as cleo
ton district No 1, and that the place of voting be
at the engine house In the city OF Moline.
Carried
The petition of John Thompson for an
abatement of taxes for the year 1876 was
read. Supervisor Aster moved to grant
the prayer of petitioner. Carried
Bills of miscellaneous character, were
read aud referred to the proper commit
tees.
Supervisor Daley moved that the bill
of the Union Printing Company of $685.
| for publishing the financial statement Of
1874, be rejected The yeas and nays
were called and resulted as follows, l6
yeas, nays none. Those voting in the at.
| frmative were Supervisors Grenell. Daley,
McMurphy, Wake, Trent. Chamherlin,
Reid. Timm, Aster. Sweeney, Case, Kerr,
Phillips, Wright, Parmenter and Whitney
Absent, Supervisors Miller aud Mardock
Carried.
A report of an inquest on the body OF
A. ID. Wiidermuth, of Hillsdale, was read,
and on motion the report was accepted
and ordered placed on file.
Supervisor Wake presented the follow
ing resolution and moved its adoption, VIZ
| Reeotcea. That the County Clerk notify the per-
sons keepine ferries over Rock and Mississippi riv
ers TO pay the amounts due for license fees in this
county, and if the paymen. Is nos maze IN 'hirty
| Carried.
The petition of the Commissioners of
Highways, of Rock Island township, ask
ing the Board to appropriate $500 to build
a bridge across Coal creek, was read and
e.r,.nI 20 hn IL i
Bridges.
The annual report of the County Super
intendent of Public Schools, was read and
| referred to the Committee on Finance.
The report of Daniel Gordon, Surveyor
of Rock Island county, was read and re-
| terred to the Committee on Finance.
The Committee on Finance presented
the following report, which, on motion of
Supervisor Reid, was laid oyer until to-
morrow afternoon at clock for consider
alton:
| To the Honorable, the Board Of Supervisors Of
Rock Island County,
| GENTLEMEN Your Finance Committee to whom
was referred the semi-anHual reports of the County
Clerk, Circuit Clerk and Sheriff of your county for
| the half year ending May 81, A D 1876, would re
| spectfully report that have examined the same,
| and believe they fully set forth aud show the re-
ceipts of the respective offices for the time specified.
| Your committee, however, believing that the in
tenton of the law is that the several county offices
should be self supporting, have made careful ex
| animation of AL reports made by the several officers
| 20 determine which, If any. have COLLECTED enough
fees TO nay the expenses OF their offices; and find
;hst bnt two have at any time paid into the Treas
nry surplus fees, namely, the County Clerk and
| Treasurer
| The following is the result of our examination:
| The County Clerks Office has. since December.
1873 earned from all sources, $3.50 50 Tue total
expenditures for the same period not including fuel
aud gas have been: incidentals, $15t &c. clerk hire
$i444. 81; salary, 81, 75o Total expenditures, s.,
$40 There are fees earned and not col ected
amounting TO S1,413,57: leaving the net earnings OF
the Office, less amount due, $s,51S31.
The Circuit Clerks official reports have been
compared from December ], 1872:
The total earnings, from all sources, have been
$10,s07 40 total receipts SIC, 2S "a; expenditures
not including fuel and gas, Incidental and clerk
hire, S4.701 80; salary, $1,000. Total $11 701 80.
There are fees earned and not collected, amounting
to S641,19; showing that to June first there was .
deficit of Sl,4T245 in the Clerks office. This
amount however, has not been made good from
the Treasury, except 5000, which at one time was
allowed for clerk hire the balance, $S72 As is the
shortage of Clerks salary.
| The Shetifs Official reports have been compared
from December /, 1873, which includes one yeal
of previous incumbent:
The total earnings to June l have been 81, 26f.
Al, The total receipts have been S5.I3007. Elk
pencitures, as shown by reports. payne includ
ing aud the present officer excluding clerk OF de
putty hire): Ineidentels and clerk hire, 1854 Al
There hiss been paid to two deputies, under the
present sheriff, as shown by the register Of order:
issued, $3.50; making total clerk hire and nciden
tai expenses, $7,6S3,44 salary, $500. Total ex
penGitures, excluding fuel and gas, Sl3,1s4, Al
showing deficiency in fees collected to defray ex
penses Of $s054,37. There are fees earned and moi
| collected. S7.131,37 This total deficit has beer
made good from the Country Treasury, while o.
the fees uncollected they are almost entirely PEG
pies cases and are only payable by the Board IN
! the event of the officer being unable otherwise Il
, | sec ure his salary.
The County Treasurer's official reports of feei
3 have been made for two years only, IA and rs
, | From these we find that there has been turned
back into the treasury, after paying incidental ex
penses, Except fuel and gas) clerk hire and salary
The foregoing shows that from the County Clerk
and Treasurer's offices there has been net saving
of $12, 532 96 while from the Circuit Clerks ant
Sheriffs offices there has been loss of 1886 So
the county be required to make gooo the deficiency
in the Circuit Clerks Office, II not of S65437, al
of which has been already paid out of the county
treasury, $500 10 to the Circuit Clerks the baianc
to the Sherifs office.
Your committee have made careful estimates OF
the amounts required to defray the expenses Of the
county for the ensuing year and until January l
1873, at which time we will begin to receive the
We find that the county now owes in promissorl
notes $4,000. We will have to borrow for thu
present and December meetings of the Board $22,
900, the interest thereon until paid we estimate
$4,000 TO pay bills audited from JAN /, 1877, IT.
Jan 1. 1873, viii require s4s,0 bonded debt an'
interest due in 1877 s. 4c1 maKing the total amour
| required to Jan. /, 1873, $91, 400.
We estimate that from the Treasurer's Office Their
will be returned two years fees, say $iOt from thu
| County Clerks Office $1,000. We hope there may
through wise legis alton, be something saved from
the other county Offices, but have m ade estimate
as to the amount. There should be earned in Ii
cences s. ,0Co being in all $4,000, which deducted
from the amount required leaves balance of $50,
600 to run the county to Jan l, 1878, and at tina
time with this amount your committee satisfied
the county would be then entirely out OF debt anG
} the tax levy of 1877 due and available.
Still in view OF the stringency of the tunes ant
the repugnance of many to making what seems Il
them an excessive levy, We have concluded to ask
and recommend taat The Clerk be iasrucsed 10 finC
1 a rate 10 produce $70,0C), which will leay,
q US on Jan /, 1878, debt in promissory notes o
$4,000 very marked decrease from debt of Jan, 1