The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-12
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Regular July Term Official Repor
THIRD DAY,

Wednesday, July IL, l877.-Board met
pursuant to adjournment. Present, all |
the members, Supervisor Buffum, Chair
man, presiding.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
The petition of the Commissioner of
Highways Of Cordova township, asking
the Board TO appropriate the sum of $500
for the repair of roads and bridges in said
township, was read and referred to the
Committee on Roads and Bridges.
The Supervisor of Canoe Greek town
| ship made the following report:
The undersigned, to whom was referred
the petition of VIM. Shredder, for license
to keep dram shop at Hilisdale, would
| beg leave to submit the following report
on the matter before me:
have examined the petition and fpd
that it contains majority of the legal
voters of Canoe Greek.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEO. w. MCMURpHY.
Supervisor Aster moved that the prayer
Of the petition be granted, and that a
license be issued to said Schroeder. The
yeas and nays were called and resulted as
follows, yeas to 9 nays. Those voting
in the affirmative we're Supervisors Bell,
Webster, Reid. Hirsch. Aster, Case,
Hitler, Kerr and kistler-9. Those
voting in the negative were Supervisors
Cool, Daley, McMurphy, Wake, Sweeney.
J McCrary, johnson, Taylor and Womacks
i-9 The vote resulting in a tie the Chair
, man cast the deciding vote in the affirma-
tive. Carried.
Sheriff Perkins, chairman of the special
t committee appointed al the March term
of the board to receive bids for heating the
Court House and Jail, made the following
} report, which was received and adopted:
/ Your special committee, to whom was
g referred the subject of heating the Jai
and Court House buildings with steam
: and to receive bids foy same, would res
e pectfully report the following:
0 That, up to the present time, have re
/ ceived four separate bids each for jai
building, also Jail and Court House, as fol
| lows
: John Davis & Co., Chicago For iai
a building, $2,S25; fer Court House addi
!. tional, $575-$2, 400.
: Thomas i Iates-For Jail building, ST.,
e 900; for Court House, additional, 5000
$2,500
Fred Hass-For jail building, 81 900
e for jail and Court House. $4,000,
e J0nn MOVE. OF DaVenpoTt-for ia
/, building, $l,l50; for jail building an
# Court House, $l,650
! J. l.. PERKINS. Special Com
!: Supervisor Reid moved that the sherit
be authorized to enter into contract wit
,e John Rowe. of Davenport, Iowa, to put
+ steam heating apparatus in the Jail an
:. court house for the sum of f$l,650,
,e Supervisor Kistler moved as an amenC
ID ment that Supervisors Reid and Sweene
be associated with the Sheriff in closin
the contract with John Rove at said pric,
Amendment carried and original motto
adopted as amended.
5h Supervisor Reid presented the followiu
es 9 resolution, and moved its adoption:
q ReSolued, That the Sheriff be, and he
40 hereby. instructed to collect the cannc
OF appropriated by the Congress of the Uni
~ ed States to the Soldiers Monument A
=. sociation of this county, aud use the san
80 for the construction of fence around. Il
,rC monument in the Court House square
pe accordance with the provisions of the b
Gu quest of Congress, Carried.
Supervisor Bell moved that commiitt
of three be appointed by the Chairman
investigate the condition of the Court Hou
~ aud the expediency of enlarging the sam
eh Carried.
The Chairman appointed Supervise
as Bell, Sweeney and Taylor as such comm
90 tee
ry Board adjourned until tomorrow NOR
ing at 9 O'clock.