The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-15
Murphy. wake, McOreery and johnson

"A
City Council, asking that the. Board erect
a new township within the city limits OF.
Rock island, was read.
Supervisor Case presented the following
preamble and resolution and moved their
adoption:
WHEREAS, The city of Rock Island has,
by resolution of the City Council, requested
to be organized into a separate town, in |
accordance with the provisions of an act of
the General Assembly of the State of Hi |
nois, approved May %, 1877.
sTherefore, it is hereby ordered that the
city of Rock Island be and the same is
hereby organized into separate town, to
be known and called the town of the city
of Rock Island, the territory of the said
town to embrace the corporate limits of
said city of Rock Island, and the place of
holding the town meetings in said town is
hereby fixed at the engine house in the
Second ward 10 said city, provided that the
resolution shall not take effect until March
l, 1878.
On motion of Supervisor Aster, the
matter was referred TO a committee of
three, consisting Of Supervisors Daily,
Eirsch and Bell, who were appointed by
the chair, and who made the following re-
port:
| Your committee to whom was referred
the request of the city council of Rock ISL
and to organize said city into a separate
town do not agree as to the propriety o.
granting their request and would respect
fully refer the whole matter back to the
board. JESSE S. DAILY,
| SIMON HIRsCH,
r. j. BELL.
Committee.
Supervisor Reid moved that the report
of the committee be received and that the
request of the city council be granted
The yeas and nays were called and the
report was adopted as amended, by vote
of 8 to Z. ,.. #.....
Yeas: Supervisors Wake, Reid, Hirsch,
Aster, Sweeney, Case, johnson, Kistler
and Womacks-9.
Nays: Supervisors Cool, Bell, Daily,
MeMurphy, Webster. Hitler and Nc
Creepy.
The special committee, appointed to in
vestigate the case of Henry Grimm, made
the following report, which, on motion OF
Supervisor johnson, was received and
adopted:
| Your committee to whom was referred
the matter of the support of the wife oil
Henry Grimm, now an insane inmate oil
the poor house. respectfully report thai
we find, after dilligent inquiry, that Henry
Grimm is possessed of sufficient means tC
amply provide for her, and we recommend
that measures be taken to compel him Il
do so. We further recommend that {
sum per week be fixedfor her maintenance
) in the poor house, which he shall be re
required to pay. rrr-...
All Of which is respectfully submitted
H. s. CASE,
THos, KERR,
JOAN ASTER,
Committee.
: Supervisor Daily moved that the sum o
$275 per week be charged said Grimm 70
the support of his wife at the poor farm
! Supervisor Sweeney moved to amend b.
u inserting the sum of $3.50 per week
. Amendment lost and original motio
I carried.
5 Supervisor Aster moved that A. Slime
pay the sum of 81 per week for the main
3 tenance of his insane SOD at the poor farm
Carrie d.
Supervisor Sweeney moved that The
> democrats be allowed to hold their caucus
: in the court house tomorrow night. Lost
: Petition of s. L. Wade for a refund o
: tax was read aud on motion. the SUN o
9 5000 was ordered refunded to salt
! Wade
e The committee on poor house, to whom
= the report of the superintendent of the
poor farm was referred, made the following
= report which, on motion, was received aut
; adopted;
= The committee on poor house, to whom
: was referred the annual report of tn
y superintendent of the poor farm, wouI,
, report that, having examined the same
y they find nothing contained therein for an
. action of this board, it being a statistics
= report required by law to be made and file
~ with the county clerk for the benefit an
. Information of the public.
u All of which is respectfully submitted
D. w. L. SWEENEY,
r. ID. MCCREERY,
SIMON HIRsoH,
- Committee.
H. X, Board adjourned until tomorrow NOR
&c ing at O'Clock.