The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-15
THE SUPERVISORS.
Special May Term, 1s7s.--oficial Rel
port,
Tuesday May IA.

SECOND DAY
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, all the members. Supervisor
Taylor, chairman, presiding. Minutes OF
yesterdays proceedings read and approved.
The chairman reported the following
standing committees for the ensuing year,
which on motion were approved:
Finance-Buffum, Bell, Aster.
Town aud Town Accounts--Stroehle,
johnson, Devinney.
Observation-Disclosures, johnson,
Lloyd, Long, Bell.
Miscellaneous Claims-Lloyd, Maucker,
Breitbach.
Poor-Kerr, Aster, Hanna
Poor House Zimmerman, Donaldson,
Ransom.
Roads aud Brldges-Maucker, Martin.
Drury.
Abatements-D Stroehle. Hanna.
Ways and Means-Kramer, Ransom.
Devinney.
Jail and Jail Accounts reitbach,
Kerr, Daley,
Public Expenditures Long, Drury, Zim-
norman.
Supervisor Ben moved that the Clerk
be authorized to have 100 copies OF the list
of com mittees printed Carried.
Supervisor Ransom moved that the rules
heretofore governing the Board be adopted
temporarily for the government of this
Board. Carried.
Supervisor sLloyd moved that COM
mittee Of three be appointed by the chair
man to revise the rules for the government
of the Board during the ensuing year.
Carried.
The chairman appointed as such com
mittee, Supervisors Buffum, DALEY and
Lloyd.
Supervisor Aster offered the following
resolution. and moved its adoption:
Resolved. That the county clerk be in
struc;ed TO receive bids for county physic-
ian of Rock Island, town and Jail, up TO
Thursday noon of May l6. The lowest re-
sponsible bidder 10 be rewarded. The
board reserving the right to reject any and
all bids,
ReSotved That the county clerk be in
structed to receive bids for furnishing
medicine for the poor and jail, of Rock
Island, town, on prescriptions of county
physician, up 90 Thursday noon of May l6.
The board reserving the right to reject any
and all bids. Carried.
The petition of O. Winter, publisher of
the VOtkS ZeituRg, asking leave to publish
the proceedings of the board in German
upon the same terms as the other papers,
was read and on motion laid over until to-
morrow.
Supervisor Aster made the following re-
port on the matter of the redemption of G,
Schroeder's property from tax sale, which.
on motion, was received and adopted:
Your committee, to whom was given
authority to redeem the property OF A.
Schroeder from tax sale, would report that
he has redeemed the same by paying MIR.
). l.. Wade, of Muscatine, Iowa. who
held claim of twenty and 5l-l00 dollars
($205D. Claims
June ~, 1876, tax of 1875, $3.50 june
IL, 1877, tax of 1876, 1928; interest, %
cents; attorneys fees, served notice, sc
cents. Total $205l.
($IS,50)
The same property have been sold BY
error for taxes of 1876 to E. II. Guyer fo
the sum Of nine and 4O.lO0 dollars, hav'
paid Guyer's claim with interest for ont
year, one dollar t$l.OOl Total Guyer'
claim, $l0.40
AL Of which is respectfully submitted.
Bills of a miscellaneous character wer
read and referred to the proper commit
tees.
Supervisor Buffum presented a petition
signed by L. NJ. Haverstick, and moved il
adoption, asking the board to donate I
the Rock Island Reform Club a walnu
writing desk and the extra chairs an
tables now standing in the grand jur
room, should the county have no use fC
the same
By request of Supervisor Kerr, actio
was deferred upon Isaid petition until t
morrow
Supervisor Bell offered the followiu
resolution and moved its adoption:
BE 1 ResoLred, By the Board of Super
vlsors that the chairman appoint con
mittec to contract with newspaper pul
llshed at the county seat to publish T.
report OF the proceedings of the Board
Supervisors for the ensuing year, and Il
contract be awarded to the paper havir
the largest circulation.
BY request of Supervisor Kerr, acti
was deferred upon the above resolutit
until Tomorrow.
The petition of James D.Long and WI
Breitbach, Supervisors of Moline TOWNSHIP
asking the Board to appoint Jno. P.Sode
strom to the Office OF Overscer of the Pc
Tor the town OF Moline, was deferred up
the same until tomorrow.
The petition Of the citizens of Edgiugt
township, asking the Board to divide sa
town into two voting precincts, was re-
and referred to the Committee 90 Toy
and Town Accounts.
Supervisor Bell offered the followi
resolution and moved its adoption:
BE ii Resolved, That the county nav
bounty on wolf scalps, or each full groy
volt killed in said county, the sum Of Fl
dollars; for each young wolf the sum
two dollars, from the lst of May, 1878, u
I'll the LIST of May, 1879.
The yeas and nays being called on Il
above resolution resulted as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative we
Supervisors Zimmerman, Daley, MART
Bell, Devinney, Long, Breitbach, Ransol
donaldson, johnson. Buffum, Drury, al
hrameT-l3
Those voting in the negative were S
perylsors Hanna, Aster, Stroehle, Mauck,
Lloyd and Kerr-6. Carried, and rel
luton adopted. = -.
Board adjourned until To- morrow mo,
llrg at clock.