, 1876-04-08
TOWN MATTERS.
Meeting or the South Side sonrti
Of Audit.
4 General Feeling in Favor oi Cutting
Down Evans Bill.
Ilcport Of The NUrtjl SiGc Committee on
the Coli. !or's Report.
THE SOUTH TOWN,

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An adjourned meeting OF tho Board OF ht1it
of South Chicago waH called TOT last evening ut
M, 2Di [.aSn1to street, and tl,ore wose nreacut
1,,,,,..t n,,v,tf s,n,r,rno,, t,ot,oL ~ W,I,,,.o
1ns!'os' - "un, 's'l'.su t"',.n' .. "an.eu'
ana Footo' o"inE W t"o '"s1 t"a1 VIC co"n.''s
Of tho votos "ns takItK ilaco ht tho loish DEco,
tho Board nlionruct1 to Justice D'Wolf'a oi;ce.
1ustlco D'Wnlf 1cslcnnd Inn nff,eo nj f,I,air
f,r a., ,o,a,, +. In u,(d ,,.t Il, la, .,,,,
'"n'' y" '.o 1"'''"' M '' '"'''t '"H' ~ NV. 'o.'e
mattors WHICH I'M "'sileh o1Heaoht :" ING Eoa1o'
anil could not vol do IT '7hllo presiding.
Justice SutnmorAoId WIS thun elected Chair
man aul r,,atic, 1rwo,f flo-u mr., Inv, IN Tim
ae.' w ~ ,,,s .r' r,,..,s ~, ~ ~ -. NV
aoaeueo u III" 1o"u Ilerh, WHO VIII counting
votes.
Owing u Tho fnct that Tho majority or tic
~, nrosont tn rnnn1, an M tin, I'll In ] ,,, urescntcd
b. Collector Evan" VA. moi at hand, ii va' not
deemed 'est--or posn'blc-so taso a''y action on
that subject, a''a the titno ,. was g,sem up to
OF what wah behs Ia 10 done. Tho Pfinci!lo tbas
an ot!lcot w'oao compensation Ind bcGn llxe.l by
Inv fur the erfot1nanco of cart ain duties could
not legally cci further l'ey 4 additional duties
wo1e imposed npo1' hit,. was discussed at length.
aud rccYlt case decided by tho supronio Court
WAS add',tsd as proof This principle scgmed
to cover tho Evans case 90 entirely as to loaro
no aonot on thG mater. -.,-,.
II WAS mooted "'ethcr TIC to"n might not
have right utler tho law 10 all tho money to
10 received by Eynns Az ono Of tts o'licerd for
tut1es which bad hoeu p!acad tipoii linn outside:
but II apnonsod fr0m 5ltatico Wallaco'a fttnatks
TINT Esnt'b httofnoyh nlh tllose OF tle C1etzonB'
Association had agreed IN saying that tho toWn
had nothing 70 do with tho work done by Esans
for tito city, The Board Interpreted this to moan
that tho town iiati nothing to do with paying
Evans' help aud oter ex1onaes which were eu1-
mir 7Fnfjn II 3f1stJr In
1rsIttr n'woft ........
WAS Of Tho opinion TINT the proper Tay to sottto
upol the amount 10 DO nald Eyana wah "
mathematical cacn'a'lnti. no had collected q
certain snn Of money for city. State. county.
town. and park taSoa. or this total t'le city tnx
vas almost exactly tUo-thlrdp, nni i Would
therefore seo1n lust TINT two-thisda Of tic OK.
ponscs incurred III tho total collection shnuld
collo out Of tho city. Which lad Teceivcd ts'at
proportion Of thu money. Evans had
brought In n bill Of about Si1 Wlo;
Of tbis, 9l,5G0 was salary dno him
from tho to"ni lilo other Si'.F,o "as LOT heP
sJ.liB, when added to the ia"ful safnry Of
Sl,5DD, would ulake 4,3Gt, or, say, $4,000.
which was just about tho silm thai should bo
aNditel for Evans Tho Collector Nhs to ro-
cciye, Or had received, abnas @1i,Goo from tho
city Tor mating tta collocttoha; II tnp to"h
should gtye him S5, ,uDt} moro Ae got Sl9."uu III
ALL aud Wllen 4lh 40o was tnttn ont Tor e1paFigos
it would leave Mr. Evans e8,G00. which, ~ tho
opinion Of tho speakaf, WAS quito ououih for
his work.
.tftcr eonlc further, general diHcnssiou Of this
subject, Justice D'Wolt sa,d tlnt ho hnd been
for somn tinse a',saB3i III n%a1n!t's t1o taH' ahn
had asccrtaino1, an l,e believed. that tic action
Of tho board III ardiLng or estimating for tho
expchaeR Of officers taken sass fatI, WaR Wholly
illegal aud void. III tho frat place: the NeEinet
Statutes. p. 1851. Sec: 120, provided thai " lc
Doarl OF Anu1tofs saai LneHt ~ tno lo"7l tse!h
Office :. OIL tho Tuesday next preceding
Eow, thu mooting at which tho At,Ma Were ssltt
to have bcen yotod wta from Aug. VI to sept. !,
! Inclusive Tho question was whetior THIS was
with,, tho Law. lho get constituting tue
County Hoard OF Cook Co'inty prosidui! thnt II
should have regular inaetta5a GU inc neab
Mondays OF December, March, Juno, aao Sep
sembor ct each year, Hosnin; WAS EMIL about
MI annual sncothE a. ~. aI,u u Z oia hnse