The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-17
Ghe 9ailg Argns.
ROCK ISLAND.
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The committee on town and town
accounts presented the following report,
which on motion, was received and
adopted:
Your committee on town and town
Accounts would beg leave to re-
port that they have examined the petiti-
tion presented by citizens of Rock Island
asking for change of name. would refer
back the petition to the Board.
THos. KERR,
W. Fl. WoMAoKs.
Thereupon Supervisor Case withdrew
the petition and presented the following
resolution, which, on motion, was received
and adopted:
WHEREAS, This Board, at its last SEES
request OF the City Council of the city of
Rock Island, did erect the said city into a
separate township. leaving that portion of
the township of Rock Island outside of
the corporate limits OF said city town
ship by itself, and retaining the name of
Rock Island: and
WHEREAS, Il has been made apparent
to this Board that majority of the voters
of that territory outside of the city limits
are DESTROYS that the said territory shall
be known as the township of South Rock
Island.
Therefore, be it ordained that the reso
luton Of this Board passed at the last
session thereof as aforesaid be and the
same is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
ResolUed. That the corporate limits of
the city of Rock Island. be and the same
| is created a separate township, to be
known and called the township of Rock
Island, and that the remaining territory,
to-wit; that part Of the township of Rock
Island outside of said city limits be known
and called the township of South Rock
| Island.
This resolution to take effect and be in
force on and after the first day of March
next.
The Committee on Miscellaneous Claims
presented the following report, which, on
motion, was received and adopted:
Your Committee on Miscellaneous
Claims would beg leave to report that they
have examined all claims presented before
them, and recommend the payment of the
following, and that the Clerk be directed
to issue orders for the several amounts to
the several claimants, to-wit;
Joseph Cement, $22. 40; j L Perkins
1873 45, same Is 90, same $50 90, same
| III 90, same IS 90, same 30 SO, G W
HAYES % so, A Nj Guild 81 so. Wylie &
McCune II so. N Sherwood 10 As, Culver,
Page Il Hoyne no IS. same 80 90, same
II 90, same 2 90, Union Printing Com
pany, y 25. Argus Printing Company
claimed 60 90. IS 20, Joseph Shultz 5 90,
| S s Guyer 305 IS, William Lee so 90. John
Dickson % 90, Henry Hayden Dc 90, A
Nolan 10, G A Doelinger "a 90. A
Ricketts, 35 90, William Turner 8 so. Goa
Valley Mining Co 81 go, J F Ankrum
II IS, same so 90. Wylie & McCune 81 40,
William 6 Morris [claimed "a co. % 90,
| Wylie 4 McCune l6 25, F NJ Sinnett 80,
same So Total 1884 As
We have rejected $25 of the bill of the
Argus Printing Co. because there is not
that amount due until March We have
rejected 81 in W, g. Morris bill, as he has
charged mileage as Coroner
THos KERR,
w. b. WEBSTER,
JOHN AsTER,
Supervisor Reid moved that the bill OIL
Coroner Morris, for one dollar mileage, bs
allowed Lost,
Supervisor Kerr called up the report Of
the special committee appointed at the
September term in the matter of the sup
port of the poor, by the separate towns
upon which action was deferred until thi.
afternoon, and moved the adoption of sale
: report.
Supervisor Reid moved to amend the
report by adding after the words "Aftel
the 10Th day of December 1877 the fol
loving: Provided any competent lega
authority shall have decided that the fore
going legislation is authorized by law
otherwise this aud previous action had BY
this Board looking TO separate mainten-
ance of the poor by the several towns, b.
and remain null and void"
The yeas and nays being called resulted
as follows: Those voting in the affirmative
were Supervisors Webster, Reid, Hirsch
Aster, Sweeney. Case aud Hitler
! Those voting 10 the negative were Super
!. visors Cool. Daley, McMurphy, Wake
;: Bell. Kerr, McCreery, johnson. Taylor
I. Kistler and Worp acks-1l. Amendmen
lost
Supervisor Daley offered the tollowin
amendment. which was accepted by Super
visor Kerr: That the next to the las
- recommendation be made to read as fol
lows: I'VE would further recommend tina
40 per cent of the county tax of the Ser
TENDER levy of 1877 be appropriated an
placed to the credit of the several towns
proportion to the amount of tax levie
against the several towns.
The question then recurring ON th
report as amended, the yeas and nay
being called, resulted as follows: Thos
voting 10 the affirmative were Supervisor
Cool Daley. McMurphy, Wake. Bel
|. Kerr, Case, McCreery, johnson, Taylo
Kistler and Womacks -l2. Those votin
10 the negative were Supervisors Wehste
Reid, Hrsch, Aster, Sweeney and Hillit
-6. Report adopted as amended.
The committee appointed to fix til
crmpeusation of person to attend tt
furnace presented the following repor
which, on motion, was received an
adopted:
II Your committee, appointed TO emplC
help to keep FIRE in and take charge of IL
heating apparatus of the jail building. bt
leave to report that we have conferrt
with the turnkey and others and the be
offer we can get is $500 per year, and v
did not feel justified to recommend II
I payment of that amount therefor, wou
return the whole matter TO the consider
tons of the Board
j. S. DALEY,
THOMAS KERR,
l w "A MANAGES