, 1877-08-07
TIL; COURTHOUSE.
The County Board Gives Walker only
$4,000 for His Extras.
romp,ajui thnt The Personal Property Assessment
In The South Town Il Too Low.
Rcport Of tho Warden Of tho Insane Asy'
lnm--Bills Ordered Paid.

lunl-Bills Ordered Paid.
Tic regular weekly meeting Of tho County
poar.t was he'll yesterday afternoon.
Under tic head Of unfinished business Nr.
Srnuc called mp tho matter OF furnishing len
ronus at the County DQarliny- Ilousc, and, On
motion nf Mr.. Tfnfrmann, the Committee on
Education wns Instructed 10, purchase the furnt-
turc In question. ..
The communication Of Miss Linda Gilbert In
reference to.a library for The jail was taken up
aud PLACED OH flic.
aouruTowN ASSESSMENT.
The following communication was read, which
explains tssctf:
Your pstliioneE Q taxpayer Ct Cook, County,
tnt III 1874, tnbont rix months aflcr The hvginniag
q The great nanis, Or ~ tw9 nt haf ysnrs aftrr
residence Gnnrters !te personal propcrty Of Sonti,
chicago VA. as.rescd about ga, 0oo 9to. and that
rrs,drnec bniidiat hnve hcrn erected and arc nnw
ocsupivd by prosperous people Increasing Tho 'ax.
. tic rae II + ot se
bonn ado casii ralnc). hut tho South Town Asses.
ss, st d csey: II stsy @ 5sfs sfs e e. @ GO
rrr.osIal i,r.ieEty Of the Town Of south Chicago.
untaxc4i atmott tho wlio!c amount Of mortgages
md bonds: underratIns tho vaine Of artielrs nf
tat,n2 the value nf merchandise. and particularly
2. The gssst sse;:; cavns nntaaoa the e9inor, =,
l.t. incomes and franchiscs AZ required hy law.
Your petitioner believes !hut mid .'as Of omission
tcssut Thereby nsncd Dc to sbft tic bnsaen of .ax-
III 81 tas e" =" s a DpG sad Il
pIIvc your honora,e i'onrd Of Thy necessary quota
e tsxc' !" sn1rets, the n"s pc
to pst!er new asscssmcnt Of tho Town Of Soutl.
chicago. md 70 appnnt a Town Arsc.sor aph ali
of lie Town 81 .3ou,i, Chicago. and who viii not
con.plrc to Induce the residents Of ,n't town 10
And y"as pattenef iii % M oveF f by, e eie
JonH SNtTn.
Tho document WAS written In clear, bold
hand, md looked very much na II somebody by
the nan,p Of Hrucnllut llatl had something 20 TO
with 1t. 1t was referred to the Committee on
Equalization.
INSANE AsrLuM.
The quarterly report Of tho Warden OF the In
sanc Asylum was presented md referred. it
showed tl,at, Feb. -, there were GIG Inmates,
and tltat ~ had been tince admitted; Ut had
bcrn discharged, nnl = lial ilicd, leaving Ill
patients June l, and ~ employees. The cxpe1t.
a,es tsr !es an,s, sa y ssn r kor esal aa
u5; shoes, s741s0; dry gools, 81, 112.0s; groegr-
les atMl trovis!ona. 81, 1}G9 ,nrtlware, s5tl Iii
,nisvcllnncunt., siihf!!; bedding anti clnthtng,
flt.l.50; salaries, 6,3i0..h; gasoline, S3oJ.6o:
hni!.!!l,g mud repairs, q. Total, e2s.,-
bS.D. III tho Poor-ilouse there were
sS at last !cport, and ~
Ind since been admitted. There lial been ~
deaths. 5l5 discharges, mud i07 tIlmatcs re-
mnincd. Tie births Ind been M,-1T mafcs and
IL fe,nalcs,-anl thu total tntarn,cnts wcru 157.
Tho expenditures lind BEEN 10 foIiows: Coal
md wood, s..,0s5.sl; n,eat, si,t5osi; flour,
sa,aip5; a',ocs, s1832o; dry gatss, 81 ,GN.W;
S:aia.s5; miscellaneous, t1,4i3.yi. hay, straw,
md feed, ScQl.5o; cloth!ns., 1851; salaries,
st,415:lo. Total, s2o.Sol.!2 Tho financial re-
la.l accrued itou, tho sale OF material about Tho
premises.
CoMstr7EE nEroRrs.
tbs Finance Committee rcportcl on yasious
Bills, among others tie payroll of the County
Clerks o13iuc for Ju1y amounting TO $4,000.
Iho Committee un Public Charities reported
OF bills nggfcratlng $1i,85U,5a, and tho sal,e
were prs,ere.t rntl,