, 1877-11-09

THE HECoHpER's FAY.
An adjourned meeting u tho County Board
was held yesterday afternoon. All tho MON.
bcrs were prcsent except Mcssrs. Tabor nnd
Mulloy.
Under tho head OF unfinished business tho
report OF tho Finance Committee, presented
some weeks ago, recommending that tho Re-
corler be not allowed my rxtra compensation
lur attending to tho naktnE Of abstracts.
Mr.. ilulicn moved Us substitute that tho
Rccorder's ecnlf.annllal rcnort In which he lla!
charged ut the rite ot tl.0W pcs year for the
ai'straet work. be approved and adopted. With
10 show that Mr. Fitzgerald was opposing the
i!ecur.lcr bccaIsc that oiflccr llatl refused to
Atlow h!m 10 namo sonic clerks for his otilcc,
MF. Fitzgerald rctorted TINT he would pro-
lucc allllas!ts at the next meeting nf tho
Beard 10 make good Ills assertion al a furIner
injecting. Wherein lie hal said TINT there wcro
persona IN Uook County WHO would not believo
Nr. Holden un.leF 0ath. lledeuic4 IN toto that
ho was psclu.ccd against thu lsccortlcr, and w
srrtel that TINT otlictr md tlls employees and
sonlc Of the Commissioners had been trying to
furrc hitn to yute thc Recorder money to which
he waa mot cEtfttctl. lie had nu personal OBJ
jcct whatever IN opposlng lhc throwing away
Of money, anl had taken tue position lc hail
simply BECAUSE the giving Of tho Recorder tho
proposed 81, ,Uo0 would 10 Illegal. etc.
Alter sullle further t!tscusslol, MT. Holien's
substitute was withdrawn and Mr. Ctcary got
tho npor. The Nccnrlrr hal never a.kcl him to
yutc Tor the extra u ,uo, hut ilc la. locked up
tho question from legal standpoint, and was
satisfied that ilu WIS entitled tu tho "extras"
claimed, for tho reason that llv was doius extra
wurk uul work outside Of the dutles ol bid
0lliee.
slr. Hidden then submitted minority report,
but 1t was promptly rulcd out Of order.
Mr, Aynrs called the attention Of the Doartltn
the fact tl.at slr. clcary had gotten his legal
light from thc llccorder's paid uttorHsY, Leon.
ar!l 3wett.
Tho Cotnmlttee's resort disal1owtug the
"c1tra" was thon put d, lts passage md WIS
nlloptc,!, Atessrs. Carroll, Cleary, stccafItry,
aud Holden rotlng ~ the negative.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho County Clerk submitted an abstract of
tho report Of thu State poartl oi Equalization Is
referring to tle property ttl this county. The
report bus already been printed, aad WIS 70.
feIrcd.
Tha usual number OF bills wero then read,
Clerk'4 u1!lse fur October, amounting to 4l8,.
Ti.7o. Thu bills were uil referred.
An estimate In favor Of I; J. Sexton for
$5O,'s5l ~ for Coutt-l!uuse work was read mud
| AMI Public Service.
Architect Egau sent in bill u 1880 for Ills
! scfy!ets u.l the Court. t.lIouAe. Referred.
Thc Cuumittre III Public Charities reported
were OrucseI Iail.
Tie Committee On jail and Jail Aceounts re-
ported OH lllls amounting 10 81 ,0a5.T3, and the
payroll ot The sherill's office Tor October,
| anlnunting TO $5,aAI67.
The Committee w Public Records reported It.
favos OF !lalng tho salary of the aostsast-wtitess
IN ths NccuEdrF's Vtlicu ut $lG3 per month aud
&hs other writer's u 3lOA Adopted.
| tbs Committee on Public Buildings and Pub
IL Service repofted In favor Ut al allowance OF
! S2o,5l to the E5an!te contractor On tho Court
The Board tten adiourued until Monday