The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
Thursday. March 7. 1878.
THE SUPERVISORS.
Special March Term, A. D. 1875.
SECOND DAY.

IGTTeu the DeIlJlOu VI NudS. Vi /
Canoe Greek township, for a dram shop
motion was received stating that the petit
ton contains majority of the legal voters
of Canoe Greek township,
The petitions of James McGrath for the
refunding of money paid for swamp lands.
taxes, interest and costs was presented
and on motion of Supervisor Bell was re-
ferred to q special committee OF three.
The chairman appointed Supervisors Bell, |
Reid and Daley as such committee.
Supervisor Bell moved that Charles
Gerhardt, OF Hillsdale. be granted dram
shop license in accordance with the prayer
of his petition upon his complying with the
law thereto and payment of license fee
fixed by the board Of supervisors. The |
yeas and nays being called resulted as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Supervisors Bell, Webster. Reid,
Hirsch, Aster, Case, Kerr, Hitler and
Kistler-9.
Nays-Cool, Daley, Wake, McMurphy, |
Sweeney, McCreery, johnson and Taylor,
$. Carried.
The petition of Wilhelmine Klapperbach,
asking the board to pay her $50 for prop
erty destroyed by fire in the town of Coal
Valley, was presented, and on motion laid
on the table.
Bills of miscellaneous character were
read andreterred to the proper committees.
Supervisor Reid offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
ReSOlUed. That the question of the
legality of the action had by the board of
supervisors, aboshing the county support
OF the poor, be submitted to Hon. Geo. w.
Peasants, Judge of this judicial circuit, for
his opinion, aud that all orders drawn on
account Of the poor be made payable con,
ditionaly on his decision; if the action of
the board be by him decided legal, then
the orders be not paid, if his decision be
that said action was contrary to law, then
said orders to be paid as heretofore, and
that the clerk of the board is hereby au
thorized to at once submit the subject to
his honor for his decision.
By request of Supervisor Kerr action
was deferred upon the resolution of Super
visor Reid for one day,
The report of r. t. McNeal, attorney
for the county in the swamp land case Of
Rock Island county VS. Ralph Sage was
received and ordered placed on file.
Supervisor Cool presented the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
ReSOLUed, Tat as there exists doubts in
the minds of some of the members of this
Board of Supervisors as to the legality Of
the separate support of the poor by town
ships, be it
ReS0LUed, That pauper bills for this
term be audited and paid in the usual way
and the same be taken out of the 40 per
cent of each township, appropriated at the
December term of 1877 and charged to
each town and that the County Clerk be
instructed to refer our proceedings without
delay 10 regard to the separate support by
townships to the Attorney General for his
opinion as to the legality Of our proce ed
lngs and 1t found illegal ask his opinion how
we can get into separate support by town.
ships.
BY request Of Supervisor Reid actor
was deferred upon Supervisor Cool
resolution for one day.
Supervisor Kerr called up his resolut ioI
In regard to appointing county physical
tor the poor house, and moved it's adoption
Supervisor Reid moved as an amend
ment that physician be appointed for tn
county poor house TO serve until the S
day OF June 1873. Amendment carried.
The question then recurring Oh ii
original motion was lost,
Supervisor Aster moved that the Count
Clerk be authorized to receive propose
for county physician for the poor hous
until the may term of this Board
BY request of Supervisor Daley actio
was deferred upon Supervisor Aster
motion for one day
The special committee appointed at th
December term, 1877, to refurnish tn
Supervisors room presented the followin
report, which. on motion, was received an
adopted:
Your committee to whom was referre
the returnlshing of the Supervisors roo
have attended to duties assigned then
aud would beg leave TO submit that the
have expended the sum of SlO3.l8, LEI
~ tor the old desks making the net co
OF reiurnshiBg $97.IS. Herewith a
companying this report are the bills f
said relurnishlng. THOs. KERR,
DAVID y. REID
w. Il. SWEENE
Board adjourned until tomorrow morr
ing at o'clock.
THIRD DAY.
WEDNESDAY, March 6,-Board IN
pursuant to adjournment, Present all Il
members, Supervisor Buffum. presidin
Minutes OF yesterdays proceedings req
and approved.
Bills of miscellaneous character re;
and referred to the proper committees.
The Committee on Ways aud Meal
presented the following report, which, {
motion, was received and adopted:
Your Committee on Ways aud Mean
to whom was referred the bills of the sey
eral Supervisors for approving and retur
ing Collectors bonds, would beg leave
report that they have examined all CLAIM
presented before them and recommend IL
payment OF the following and the Clerk |
directed t.. issue orders for the sever
amounts to the several claimants:
} Cool, Jr S. 90, j S Daley 90, G
McMurphy o., Geo G Wake a so, Il
Bell 30, W b Webster SO, DO Re-
80, John Aster 9 So, Thos Kerr 9 81
Geo Hitler 10, Il d McCreery 10, j
johnson 10, James Taylor 3 70. Job
Butfnm 70, john Kistler 5 90, william
ii. Womaeks 3d.
Allot which is respectfully submitted,
GEO =. WAKE,
w. B. WEBSTER, Committee
VIM H. WoMACKs.
Supervisor Reid withdrew his resolufio
sln relation to separate support of the 200
upon which action was deferred until tr
day, aud submitted the following reSoIr
tlon aud moved its adoption.
WHEREAS, There exist in the minds
some members OF this Board, seriol
aouots as to the legality of the action ha
10 the proposed abandonment of Il
county support of the poor, therefore
ReSOtUed, That the Clerk is herel
authorized to transmit this resolutio
together with a statement of the action h,
py the Board, to the Hon. James
n