The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-27

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ballot. a person to fill said vacancy.
On motion Board adjourned till O'Clock to
morrow morning
TUESDAY, July 9th 1878.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, same as yesterday, also Supervisor
Scott
Minutes of Yesterdays proceedings read and
approved
Pursuant TO the order made on yesterday
thelChairman appointed Supervisors Lynch
Bowen, and +. G. Lewis committee to dral'
resolutions OF respect in honor OF Giles W.
Jackson and Hubert A. McCaleb, deceased
The char announced the several standing
committees for the ensuing year. which arc as
follows:
FInaqce: Messrs Klove, Palmer and f. C.
Lewis,
Coun House and JaH' Messrs. Lynch
Tower Bedford, Stevens and Westgate.
Equalizatjon-La,ds: Messrs. Bcliord, Mel
son, Klove, Grove, Stevenson, Donlevy and
Cooper. Lots :-Messrs s. c. Wiley Boyer
Hickok, Fades and Robinson. Personal Prop
erty: Messrs Bowman, Miner, Bayley, A.
Wylic and Chapplc.
CompLjats and Ibdtements : Mcssr8. Sc
vensOn, Concrton and Brown
To,oa Organisation Messrs. Pckens, Ar
mold, White, Butte and O'Laughlin.
Roads a,,d Byidges: Messrs Barton, Laut
Flaherty, Pickens and Robinson.
PauperS Messrs. Flaherty, Beach, Concr
ton. Bayley, Fox, Brown and Forrestal.
Fees and ,Salaries Messrs. Stevens, Grove
and Scott
Settle nth County Treasurer: Messrs. E. G.
Lewis, Miller and Chapel
CMims. Messrs. llickok, Eads, Donlcvy
Scott and Butte
Settle doiM .Sclto0L Superintendent Messrs
Stout Cary and O'Laughlin.
Settle NTH county OGicers: Messrs. Tower,
Bowen, Boyer, Fox and Stormont
The chairman of the committee appointed al
the last meeting of this Board to take into con
sheraton the expediency of building new
courthouse and Jail, and to report at thi.
meeting, announced his committee ready to re
port, and the chairman of this Board bens
also chairman of said committee thereupol
Supervisor Miller was called to the chair, Su
pervisor $. r. Lewis then read and presented
the following report:
To tie Board Of Supervisors Of l." sale
Comfy:
GENTLE MEN Your committee to whom
was referred the subject of Il new courthouse
and JAIL with instructions to report rs to'th'
practicability Of erecting the same ut the pres
cut time, together with such other information
as they might be able to obtain relative there
to, would respectfully beg leave to make thu
following report:
Your committee state that they have care
fully considered the matter in all its variOu!
phases.
That they find the present courthouse utter
~ insufficient for the necessities of this county
and that it is so badly out of repair that large
appropriations will have to be made very soor
to place it in Il condition at all passable.
As to the Jail, your committee deem i
scarcely necessary 10 make any extended com
ment II has been indicted condemned anC
the subject of prosecutions by way OF manda
mus proceedings for so long time that you
committee believe that every member of this
Board is so familiar with the condition o
what has become known as the La Sale county
"CcsspoOl' rs 10 render any description or dis
cussion of it entirely unnecessary.
Your committee have rot been able to arrive
at other than the conclusion that La Sale coun
ty imperativey demands Heto court k0uSe ma
jail, IT being their unanimous conclusion thai
any OUTLAWS for repair upon the old would bC
an unwise and injudicious expenditure of mon
ey. Your committee have therefore ut no in
considerable time and trouble, carsiully con
sldcred the practicability of proceeding at
once TO the erection of q court house and jail
commensurate with the wants and require
ments of La Sale county. The principal oh
lection 70 commencing a work of such magni
tude just at tins time is the pressure of the
hard times" or what is felt 10 be general de
preston Of business. Too much weight should
not be given to this argument, as, i'll flush
times, We are the more apt to overrcach our
selves. At present we are all conservative, and
that would prevent extravaganza and secure
the most honest and judicIous expenditure OF
money appropriated for the great work. IL
however, the work were postponed 10 he com
menced m Hash times, when business is lively
and our hopes running high, there might bt
danger Of our being led into extravaganza
and heavy debt entailed upon the county
This is well illustrated in Mclean county
which, just at the close of the war, built q
court house, the contract price of which wa,
S4O0OO0 Bonds were issued falling due in
ten equal annual payments with ten per cent
interest, and the people have paid for ten years
$4,000 year to NEE; the interest and princi
pal Of the court house debt They now have
out poor substitute Tor d JAIL and will soon
have 10 build one. The present low price OF
labor and materials for a work Of the kind IN
question IS well known 10 all OF the Board
Your committee, notwithstanding all obiec
tions that have been urged, have decided unani
mously TO recommend that tie Board proceed
al once 10 the erection of suitable court Lousc
and Jail, and they have also arrived at the cor
clusion that Tie two. combined in one building
and in one work, will be most economical and
practicable for La Sale county.
Your committee have, therefore, with much
care ana labor, and with the voluntary assis
faEce of our citizen architect Mr. H. G. Fur
ness. prepared the accompanying plans, which
embody the views Of your committee, aud