The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-16

Canoe Ureek-Calvin Goodrich.
Port Byron-Wm. r. Curtis.
Zuma-L. W. Beal.
Hampton-L. d. Edwards and r. NJ.
Mitchell.
Moline-S. w. Wheelock, Michael
Hartzell, and D. V. Witter.
Rock Island-Wm. G. Blackburn, Ii,
Dart Henry Burgower, IT'D. Barns and
George Mixter.
Coal Valley-Wm. j. Ransom.
Rural-John Warnock.
Black Hawk. S. Smith.
Bowling-Mathew CriswelL
Andalusia-Robert Ross.
Edgington-James Taylor.
Buffalo Prairie-Jo ohm. EdgingtOn.
Drury-Anthony Ricketts,.
The special committee appointed to in |
yestigate and report in relation to the pur |
chase at tax sale of 1875, of the r. K. |. |
Il st. l.. Il. Il. by Il. w. Smith, of Des
Moines, Iowa, made the following report,
which was accepted and adopted, viz:
Your committee appointed to Investigate
and report in relation to the purchase of
the K. K. l. Il st. L. r. r. by E. W.
Smith, of Des Moines, would report as
follows. to-wit:
Said Il. w. Smith purchased at the tax
sale of June goth, 1875, said railroad for
the taxes due for the years 1873 and 1874,
paying therefor $5,739.9S. Said sale was
afterward set aside by the L. S. Circuit
Court which subsequently ordered the
receiver of the road to pay to the treasurer
of the county said tax, less the tax on cap.
ital stock and the interest on the tax OF
1873, aud said tax was so paid, and by the
Treasurer paid over to Mr.. Smith; the
amount thus paid amounted to s., 1878 II,
leaving due OF the original amount paid by
Mr.. Smith $36l.Sl.
Your committee therefore find due Mr.
Smith, interest on the amount paid by
him for one year and twenty-three days,
interest on the balance for seven and
three-quarter months, his necessary ex
penses and the balance above noted,
amounting in all to 1929. A, for which
we recommend that an order be drawn on
the Treasurer to his order. Your com.
mittee would further state that the money
necessary to pay the balance of this tax is
in the hands of the clerk of the L. S.
Circuit Court, .and only awaits an order OF
the court to be paid into the hands of the
Treasurer, and they are further Informed
that the county will in all probability soon
be in possession Of this amount
Respectfully submitted.
DAVID o. REID,
w. l.. SWEENEY,
THEO. ABBOTT,
Committee.
The report of John Aster as Poor Mas
ter Of the town OF Rock Island was receiv.
ed and ordered placed on file.
The Committee oD Miscellaneous Claims
made the following report which was re
ceived and adopted:
The Committee on Miscellaneous Claims
would beg leave TO report that they have
examined all claims presented before theu
and recommend the payment of the follow.
ing, and that the clerk be directed to issue
orders for the several amounts to the sew
eral claimants, to wit:
Peter Heise IS 90, r Champion 240 As
same lG3 60, n Sherwood Is Is, G W
Halves % 90, j L Ankrum ll2 90. r
Champion 90, Nelson Sherwood 240 CO.
Stewart a. Montgomery 90, q A DOellin
ger 10 45, Peter Munger III 60, j l. Per
klns 394 Sc, 5 g Plummer NJ ID 25 90, Hi
nois Central Hospital for Insane l46 4G
Culver, Page, Hoyne & Go 81 90, same
8 90, same 81 50, same 80 50, Illinois In
stitutiOn for Deaf and Dumt 2l As, same
l9 So Il II VermilliOn % 90, same % CO.
Spencer & Noitsker 49, l. f Harson s OC
Duane Nicholson ll9 80, + Ankruu
10 60, Peter Munger l64 90, Enos Blinr
90, Jas Z Taylor 20, K Mapes Is 40
John Staubach 90, Alfred Coyne | 90
VIM O Black burn 90, Stephen Brewer
. 90, ii Hayden 90 Is, Martin Kinner | CO.
VIM Drury 90. Wylie X McCune II TO-
Lewis Martin 2 %. John Paxton sc CO.
same Ia 2O,Jas Campbell 3 10; Sam Vain.
wright 81, + b Williams 5 60, j w
Genung 5 60. II Raynor 80. Il Samp.
son 5 so, W G Freeland 90, Sarah Il
Raner 2 80, Robert Shannon 7 90, W w
IieRler 20, Cass Prov 20, Albert Prov
8 ~, Milton Prov 80, Daniel Dougherty
2 So David Richardson 2 80, VIM Smell
. 50, Joseph Johnston 50, Il Cramp-
ton 1925, Thomas Martin 9 70,
Il Champion 30 20, } l. Perkins
l2G Is, ii G Harris 65 90, j l. Perkins
lOS 90. l. Perkins 40 30, j l. Perkins
3l5 80. Nj NJ Sturgeon 100 90, } V Cook
co. Phil Miller 10 80, Charles W Halves
"a 70, l. 4 llarson l7G 80, Il g Chopper
90, Henry Hayden 90, Union Printing
Co llS 90, John Staubach 200, X Z
Feaster %, Alfred Coyne ! 90, Argus
Printing Co As 20, w G Blackburn 2 %,
A NJ Guild II %, Horace l. Hunter So %,
s 5 Guyer 300 %, Daniel Gordon 95 90,
John Geisler 90, john Vandevere l6 90,
John MuhCllen so, Enos Blinn IS,
Cornelius Baker 80, Geo w Griffin 2 80,
Geo Waugh 2 80, Henry B. Carpenter
3 20, Stephen Roberts 200, Lewis Martin
10, Ralph Elmwood 10, James Bar
Der 2 Is. Total 81, 24l 92.
We reject the claim of l.. +. Harson,
Circuit Clerk, for costs in the case of Mary
III. Morey VS.. Nelson Morey for the reason
that Mary II. Morey sued as poor per
son. Ia such cases the officers of the
court are required by law to perform their
duties without fee, costs or reward.
We reject the bill of G, B. Knox, for
burial OF unnamed iuiant and Freeman
West, for informality, the same not being
sworn to,
We reject the bill of i. f. Baker, for
holding inquest on the body of Benjamin
Whitehead, because, under the statute,
the mining company by whom he vas
employed at the time of his death are
liable for the costs OF inquest.
We reject the claim of VIM. I. Chin,
for witness fees in the case of the People
yJohn Growing and John Vandewater
Tor lntOrmality and insuficlency of Aft
davit
We reject the claims of A. +. Russell,
d. a. Scarf, constable, John Airheart,
special constable, Matthew Shafer, spe.
cal constable, for costs in the case of the
People against Fri Scott, Artemus Con.
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