The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-14

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ton and oysters being plenty and cheap, be it
ReSolrrd That said candidates be requested to
furnish the board with an oyster supper and APP
Ipcndages on Friday evening next.
Carried with applause, John Stout alone voting
"no" with the privilege of changing to "ycs'
next election.
Adjourned till Thursday morning.
THURSDAY
The board met AT the court house, instead of
the city hail. and all felt that the change was for
the better.
The rollcal was dispensed with and the min
utes read. The Clerk, for joke, pretended to
read Browns humorous resolution on the oyster
supper as a part OF the regular proceedings. un-
Gle John Miller, OF Freedom, objected and made
a very sensible speech thereon-on the oysters
being in the records, not in the membership
when the gentleman discovered the hoax he
''withdcew his remarks
OLaughlin, from Brooktied from the commit
tee TO settle with the county superintendent Of
schools, reported, showing that Supt. Williams
had received April l, 1878, 81, 5O55S and had dis
burscd 0j.5s receipts since then and the bal
tncc on hanG now Sl2I
The committee recommended that r. Williams
be allowed 5000 for services from March 10Th to
June 18th, 1873 also for Office expenses, includ
inc postage, advertising and Office, $l5G.
Mote by Reporter: Our county court house
said to he commodious is costing the people
Sl5O per annum for rent, for want OF room Tor
the county superintendent.
The report was adopted.
The committee ON claims and Attachments re-
Ia, I,I at m he
mcnt Of Chas Bruncr, of Peru, for double assess
mcnt After spirited discussion between Brown,
Dyer, Flaherty and others, the yeas and nays re-
suited Is for and % against
" j. Bostwick having been assessed $500 on
personal property in the towns Of Wallace and
Freedom on the some property, the proper abatc-
ment was granted.
Lewis SAWYER Of EAGLE, having been assessed
fifty. one head of cattle in Eagle, which belong
lin Livingston county, was excused from taxes in
this county on said stock.
W. H. Cryder, having Il grievance of Sl5.22, the
same was duly adjusted
Supervisor Miller presented a very interesting
paper relative to the Indian Creek bridge. The
board in September, 1864, had allowed the sum
of 800 towards said bridge, but the money had
never been drawn from the treasury. The bridge
was built at cost of about 5000, but was torn
. down 10y the ice. subsequently, after long
wranglc among the commissioners OF highways,
a new one was constructed at cost Of about 81,
800 He asked for the original appropriation
In his explanatory remarks, he Interested t''
board with the fact that out Of % yeas and 9nays
on that appropriation in 1864, he alone of the
present board Wa then a member OF the super
yisors The subject was referred 10 the commit
tee ON roads and bridges.
The commissioners OF highways Of thr towns
of Dayton and Rullasd presented petition ior
an appropriution OF - 900 for bridge r,ros~ FoN
river at Wedron. The bridge viii cost SlI,2W
+ the towns having provided for their half OF The
+ cost. Referred
j. White offered Il resolution TINT ~ there Is th'
sum of So 900 in the treasury OF the TAX OF lS':i
=, ordered to be refunded that the same be so re
funded on the presentation Of the proper receipts
Referred.
At the afternoon session Donlcvy moved that
day be fixed for the election OF an Inspector o
mines Carried. Tie suggested Tuesday after
y noon of next week. OIaughlin moved to ancn'
p BY substituting this afternoon. Grove Statot
; that some charges have been brought against tn
1 present Inspector. who is a candidate for re-clec
4 ton An invcs eating committee Is now at worl
and they cannot report for day or two. It woul'
be unjust to proceed 10 an election until thi
committee have made their report O'Laughlil
withdrew his motion aud Donlevy's motion pre-
vailed without opposition.
/ Bowen, from the committee on equalization q
/ personal property, made the following report:
,,e,.fieg,cq, of IN, BoarJ Of .>H,errjy0rs: iou
4 committee on equalization of personal property
, to whom was referred q resolution OF tue board
/ passed at its last session, with instructions e
u make investigation into the regularity and cor
rectness Of the assessments Of various towns Pee!
/ To report:
e That they proceeded first 10 the town Of Mcri
Il den that being The town in which dlacrcpancie
, were most apparent and which was N-ouSh
prominently 10 the notice Of the committee To-
u In, fact THAI this tulrG had added - per cent
, the assessment Of hat town
\ Your committe visited in person many citizen
u Of the Gown and found the facts about AS follows
d The following example will Illustrate the mau
, liner Of assessing the town of Mcriden; prom
lncnt farmer being iuterrogated 10y your coInml'
Tee and being fully advised -- 'H .' n ..'"'"' 70
and purpose, stated that lac returned, horses,
ID cattle Is: hogs, T.. Referring To Ils schedule
-. your committee found the comparison - tui'ow'
" Horse q; listed, >: hogs returned, y listed,
r" Being shown 81 schedule. the -eHi .rti"n ale
ie that be returned IN. property as above ANA III
-,r ~ = e. III SELF fu'e. = ? n" '"8- 10.
priscd al finding i So l.s ted, a. he bad returny
all Of hi property and fairly a. he believed. IN
whole stock in this ease was of fair av'ra-
II value
= This manner OF assessing was pursued through
H. out the town. as your committee believe. ~
to they have The facts IN their possession show ing
large number Of similar cases. The pOO' .l4