, 1877-11-02
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Tho List OF Election Judges De.
cided on at Last.
I'assngc.at-Arms Between NJ cssrs.
Holden mud Fitzgerald.

An adjourned meeting Of tho County Board
WAS hcit yesterday afternoon. Those absent
were Mcssrs. McCniErcy, scl,nidt, Tabor, and
Comfy.
The first business WAS the readIng OF several
| communications asking changes ln the voting.
places.
Afr. Fitzgerald hoped that at the communities
tions would be carefully conslAerc'l and thnt
tic Board would act on them all with no other
purpose than To accommodate the public.
Mr.. fiotTmann, from the Committee on Public
Service having in charge the arranging Of poll
luz places, said the Committee had done its
uuty and lad located the polling places - CEN
trally as possible, and distributed tho Judges
among The parties, and concluded by urging
that no changes should bc made In the report
when presented. y....
Mt. Bradley hoped no changes would be made.
rs he ras satlst!e', that It would he Impossible
70 satttfy iii tho sMoo1,-keepers who wanted
polls At thcir places.
str. Cleasy hopcd changes would be made,
and represented that tic location Of the voting
placcs In the South Division along State street
was uniuAt 10 tic people aud tnconventcnt.
Mr. lIollmann's mutton was finally put, and
lost by vote Of Q to 8. Those voting yea we're
Mcstrs. Bradley, Hoffman, and Mulloy.
On motion, all communications touching
changing polling placcs were laid over until the
report OF tbs Committee on Public Service OF
the subject was presented.
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 communication was read from the The HIns-
ialc-DoYlc Granite Company complaining OF
being tle!aycd IN their work on the Court1Iousc
by the stonc-contractor. Referred.
The Committee on Finance reported adversely
on allowing The Recorder $1,000 year in sldi.
tion to his salary Tor making abstracts.
| Mr.. Fitzgerald moved that tnasmuch a the
attendance wis not full that action DO deferred.
Ar. Mulloy wanicd the question disposed Of
| at nnce. ....
| some nict,,bers looked lad. 11e called atten-
lion to the fact that Mr.. Holden }lad Lett tho
chair ut tho Inst meeting and again Yesterday to
months aro he ind denounced thc proposition
as unconstitutional ana wrong. lie did not be-
leve that the Recorder wah entitled 10 any nd-
.lLlona! salary, ausl ho would doppose the sehctuc
W the last.
Nr. Holden rctortcd and attempted to l,c
personal III sone reference 10 Mr.. Fitzgerald,
but Mr.. Mulloy, having been callcl to tho chair
yery quietly " sat loEn" on lin. Hc persist
ed, however, i trying to show that Ar. Fitz1er-
al,l was prcjudlrrsl against the Recorder, ctc.,
hut that gcntlrrian interrupted lin md de-
nouncctl him in an excited manner m . liar"
md said that II tho ClIalr did not quiet him f.e
| would.
Tile Cha!rman's gnrel waa scarcely sufficient
to quel( tlc row, but finally order WAS restored,
| ntd Mr. Holden prNcccdcd to spcak To tho rc-
snprt In a calm t,anner, advocating the payment
Df MI scxtra" a ,OJO per ycnr to the Recorder
for tho reason that hc had lnade an efficient utll
Ger, etc.
Some further discussion followed, and finally
tho renort was laid over by vote of to4.
MIR. Holden t!lcN arose 10 question 0f privi.
lcgr, and announced that he should produce q
Board to rcfutc tho allegation made by SIr.
Fitzgerald Il. asserting few moments 1cfore
| that llc had lied.
Mr. Fitzgcralll arose and npologizcl for some
nl his lunguage-to the Board, but not t.
ST. ilolacn replied that he would produce the
nf1ilayiis.
Mr. Fltzgcrnll-rhcre is not a man in Cool
County who would believe you under oath.
Tho Chair agAtn brought Ills kaycl Into viGor.
| olsA use, and finally order WA again restored
and b,1stncas prxcceslctl..
Tlle Committee on Jatt and Jail Accounts rc
ported OH tho Shrriff's payroll for October, bui
the report appearing to bu signed by minority
Of tho Committee the Chair ruled tl,4t the tsrc
port" was no report ut all, anil could not b,
uetet OH.
Mr. Holden wanted the rulcs suspended ant
tho motion being put Tho y0tc stood ! TO +.
Tho Cllalf decided that the motion had bcct
lost under rule Ut the f1oanl requiring Two
thirds vote to suspend tho rules
The dGcls[on created q Ercnt deal Of nuttcr
Ing, and was productive OF a lah0rcd nrEumcn
BY Alcssrs. Lcnxtn ailA Fitzgerald as tu whether
Or not sevcn was two.thlrls uf iiitrcn. Tbt
problem was finally decided 10 the satisfaction
III the minority by IN "opnioh" from III,
| County ATTORNEY, md the Chair was stlstal1utl