, 1877-11-13


The regular weekly meeting Ut the County
Board MA held yesterday afternoon, all the
members being present except Mr. Mulloy.
A communication was read from Il. E. Good
eli offering to rent rs'oms ut No. Il Clurk street
for the use Of the Probate Court. Referred to
the Committce on Public Service.
After the reading VI eog,e other untmport8nt
Communications, tho drawing of Grand Jury
for December WAS protcsled with, Tho
following namcs were drawn: John
Druckrr, Ii. 8. zarwood, John Brown,
E. Finn, G. u. Bartlett, Jan,es Nelicr,
G. @. pushcck, John White, Lawrence Nol!,
Frank Drafleu, G. Rammclmeygr, c. Hansen,
F, j. Joliet, John NJ. MrNlcholas, Aulrens
0runnewdt, Michael Hoffman, Peter Mahr, u,
McDonuell, James Farrell, +. Daetnlcke, g.
Schneider, T. ". Nclson, and Newton Linacott.
SEXTON AND E1AN.
The Committee IN rublic Buildings and Pub
lie Seryice reported in favor Of paying Sexton
$5o,H3l.50 and Egan t7,500 on account Of the
Court House work.
Nr. Flt.Rerald moved that tho report be laid
over fur Que week, but, while hc had the -four,
tlon q! the report 1y entertaining motion fruai
Mccaf1rey 10 table, which prcvailed BY vots Of
0to ,,
pOkE4tQEu uQtA hGuuEb4A1R HWEA bAQ AN&*A
would again meet: llis object ho sud,
was TO defer action that hc might
hare time tn measure se1tons work.
and &c hs was sntls'ed to ~ That n, i,,"s + VS.
last b. Va: s eusitIed to what Essn had sceo.,-
msu}ei that he DO allowed. sud tlle least the
Board should do under tue circumstances was
to tafcst.gate the clafm before passing on it..
Nj. ssca1soy wanted ths fspo.t adopted ~
19tv, ns tbs Buara haA confidence in EgRn.
MI: Hennc wanted tho matter p1stpuucd, aud
thought l!o Unu could lots anything By such
actIon. lle did not want u see snythln0 push
ed through that hat susnicfon about It:
Mr. Ayars wanted d committee appointed to
measure tAe wurk before tue claim wss paid,
auI Mr, Fitzgerald concured.
air. Clesry joined Mecatfrey iu urging thc
payment of tho claip. mud thought u Sexton
hr! Fitzgerald called for tho reading Of He1-
toms boud, aud Also the architects houd, tue
ttrst Of Which he SAID W. comparatively worth.
against tho construction ot III imperfect build
Mr, Schmidt said that be hoped the contracts
would not be read, aud denounced Fitzgerald II
iii. Uuenthef made one Of hi& Characteristic
&peeches iapdatory OF Egau, and concluded BY
joining the gang In urging the payment Of Tho
claim.
To Mr. Senne there Wa something strange Ia
the way that Egan waa beng treated. In the
Harms msttsr tbs Board wa auxtous to gtyt
The natter Of NcNeil's ''e1tEas" the BoaEl
vas anxious tor W arbitration, and denounced
The architect, cte. lis e1psstsuee was that ths
archisert waa sustained BY tho Boar4 when he
wanted 10 take money out ot tho Treasury, ana
denounced when be was opposed to t1k!nK II
| out ..-
| Tho Chalk said that In the Harms aud hcNci
| matter the Board acted ~ they did u scouftesl
| to the contractors anl their aEoltrxtors.
Ms. scnne replied BY saying that IN this caat
all he Asked waa that the buard would act cour
tcou8ly toward ths tux payers for ouee, aul lei
the Justice of the claim bs eIamlneA into.
Mr. bFslley was 70 lasot of paying ths claim
aud Mr. Cieaxy mAde another speech after tht
| aame style.
The question Of lAytnR oter the report wa
then put on 4 call of tue previous question, zn@
| WIS LOST BY vota Of ID 70 l. Those voting i.
favor of laying oxez wsfe Ayass, FtxxvFald
| teuue, aud Tabor.
TITO report was then put on Its adoption snt
| was eoncusTed 10 by the following vots. and II.
| grab wu4 perfected:
Tsas-D1adley. Carroll. cleaSy, Comfy. Guam