The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-05


sion, asking AN appropriation of twcnty-nlne
hundred dollars, that being onr.half Of the
whole cost OF the bridge across the Ncrmllion
river between said towns, bat owing to the
unfinished condition of the work your COM
mittec did not feel justified in apDrOpriatng
the amount asked for. but recommended an
appropriation Of $3.50 to said commissioners.
The structure being now completed, at a
cost of S64Ol 81, Is certified to bv the com
missioner, of said towns together with conn
~ surveyors ~ engineer OF said work, we
therefore recommend that the clerk of this
Board bc authorized to draw his order in ia.
vOr of the supervisors of said towns for the
sum of 500 to be applied by them on the
payment o! said bridge Alof which is re.
spectfully submitted.
PATRICK BARTON, Choirmaa.
Sup. OLaughlin moved to amend said re.
port by allowing the sum of $2400 to the
towns of Manlus and Brookfeld to aid in
the payment of the Seneca bridge, and that,
in addition to what they have already had,
would be one-half of the cost of said bridge
Amendment lost
The question being upon the original re-
port, the ayes and noes were demanded.
Supervisors Barton, Bayley, Beiord Butte
Carey, Donlevy, Fades Forrstal, Fox, He.
kok, Klove Lauf Lynch, Miller Miner
Nelson, O'Laughlin, Palmer, Pickens, Stew.
ems, Stevenson, Stormont Stout, Wyle-24,
voted in the affirmative. Supervisors Con
| merton, Cooper, White, Wilcy-4, voted in
the negative. Report adopted
Sup. Barton presented the following reso.
| luton, which on motion was adopted:
| ResoI0M, That all appropriations for
bridges made during the present session of
this Board be paid out Of taxes collected from
the assessment made for the year A. d. 1873
Sup, Fox presented the following resOlu-
ton, which on motion was adopted:
Res0ived, That the sum of three thousand
dollars be placed at the disposal of the pau
per committee, to be used for providing sup
plies for the county asylum, and that the
clerk of this Board is hereby authorized to
draw his order on the treasurer in favor of
the chairman of the pauper committee for
such sums of SAID amount as said committee
may require from time to time
Sup. Fox also presented the following resO'
luton which on motion was adopted:
Resolred, That the salary of the warden
and matron of the county asylum be reduced
| from one thousand dollars, as at present, to
eight hundred dollars.
Sup. Fox also presented the following resO
luton, which on motion was adopted:
Resolced, That the pauper committee are
|
all persons connected with the county asylum,
inclding warden.
Sup Lynch presented the bill Of Patrick
H. Byrne, baiitf in the La Sale city court,
| for the sum of S75, which on motion was
allowed, and the clerk b: and he is hereby
authorized to draw his order on the treasurer
in favor of said claimant for said amount.
Sup. Stevens, chairman of the committee
on fees and salaries, presented the following
report, which on motion was adopted:
Hr. Chairman, and Gentlemen Of the Bonrd
If Supervisors: Your committee on fees
and salaries would respectfully report that
they have examined the matter of the deputy
sheriff of La Sale city court, presented be-
fore Them and recommend the following:
That he be allowed the sum of $75 per an
mum for his salary for attending said court,
instead of $500 that he was allowed last year.
Your committee would also recommend that
the two men who may be employed by the
sheriff to guard the jail be allowed $1.75per
day each instead of 50, which they are now
allowed All of which Is respectfully sub
mitted ALLEN STEVENS, Chairman.
On motion of Sup. Lynch, it is ordered
that the Clerk Of this Board be and he Is
hereby authorized topubiSh the proceedings
of this Board according to law
Sup Fades moved to allow John G. Arm
strong the sum Of S25 for reporting the pro
ccedings of this Board for the several papers,
and that the clerk be and he is hereby au
thorlzed to draw his order on the treasurer
in favor of said Armstrong for said amount
| Motion carried.
Supervisor Klove, chairman, Of the COM
mittee on finance, submitted the following
report, which, on motion, was adopted:
Mr. Chairm0H and GeNtlemeROf tie BOdrd
.
BEG leave to report that they have examined
the financial condition of the county, and
recommend that the sum Of fifty thousand
dollars be levied and extended on the collect
Ors books of the several towns as a county
tax for the wear A. D. 1878 to pay the appro
prations made by this board and the usual
county expenses for the ensuing year, viz:
For ordinary county expenses. $50. S4l ,OOO
For bridge appropriations. ......... 1900
Total county fund. ............. 10000
And we further recommend the adoption of
the following resolution:
Resolced That the County Clerk be and
he is hereby authorized and directed to ex-
tend upon the collectors books for the sever
al towns for the current year according to
law and upon the assessment of the taxable
property of the railroad companies within
this county as returned by them and equal
lied or amended by the state board OF equal
cation. The state taxes, rs certified by the
auditor of public accounts of this state, and
such Il rate of per cent. as will produce the
sum of fifty thousand dollars, which amount
is hereby determined and levied for county
purposes. The amounts required for school
purposes, as certified by the directors of the
several school districts; the amounts re-
oured for municipal purposes rs certified
by the proper authorities; the amounts re-
auired by the several towns for town, road,
bridge and other taxes as follows, to-wit.: