The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-09

Nh. Chairman and Gentlemen Of tie Board
of Supervisors: Your committee on CON-
plants and attachments would respecttuliyre-
port that agreeably to the resolution OF this
board, they proceeded to the zinc works OF
Mathiessen & IIegeler, of La Sale, and for
the purpose OF comparison they also visited
the Illinois zinc works at Peru and under
the escort of the superintendent Of SAID
works, we proceeded to inspect the same and
to take notes respecting their capacity and
production, and that we carefully and pri-
vacly interviewed the assessor Of LA Sale;
and that we dill gently sought every source
of information that would lead or direct us
to Il Just and proper determination in this
matter and having thus obtained all the in
formation available in the limited tiTe before
us. We on comforting with one another,
unanimously agreed that the assessment was
neither Just, uniform or proportionatc, and
from comparing the schedule of the proper
ty with a map of the premises, II appears
that the improvements we're not located where
assessed, showing, in the opinion OF your
committee gross ignorance or ineXcusable
carclc,sncss. Your committee therefore rec
ommends the following Attachments IN the
following lots and parcels of real estate and
personal property, to-wit.:
On VIZ of SWlt Sec. II, T. 33, n K 3 1900
On Lot 3, Sec. u, T. 33, \, ......... 500
e =, /,
On Block t. La Sale city, acres. .,..... l,50O
On u Lots Block t NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
On Block 6, Adams additi0n,........... 5000
On material and manufactured articles ,.
On manufacturers tools, tlc............ 5000
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
JAS. W. STEVENSON,
Chairman.
Supervisor Flaherty moves that the report
1,i md alafn
mcnts be adopted.
BY request. Mr.. Conner attorney for the
Matthlcssen Il Hcgcer Ilnc Company, APP
pcarcd and addressed the board in relation to
The assessment Of said company's property.
Supervisor O'Laughlin moved 10 amend
the report Of the committee on complaints
and Attachments by reducing the abatement
rs recommended by said committee on the
Matthicssen Il IIegcler Zinc Co. twenty
thousand dollars,
Supervisor T. Barton introduced the fol-
lowing resolution rs an amendment to the
amendments
RcS9lced, That the report of the committee
be amended 10y striking out the abatement
Of 100000 on the material and manufactured
articles on hand. Lost
The vote now recurring on the amendment,
the ayes and noes being demanded, super
vlsors Barton T., Bllinghausen, Cary, Fades,
ilelmig Lauf O'Donnel, Ol.aughltn and
Wyllr A.rN, =, voted IL The affirmative. SUI
pcIyi~og~ Adams, Barton Pat, Beach, Butte,
Cheevcr, COnncrIon, Cooper, Fischer, f'iaher-
~, Fox, Grove, IIicKok, kioye, Lewis, Mcln-
tire A. G., Mcintyre n, Miner, Nelson,
Palmer, Parr PlckenS, Read, Robinson, Sing
er, Stevenson, Thornton, Tower, Trout White,
Wiley s. c., Wilson, and Mr.. Chairman, 3D.
voted in negative. Amendment lost
N
clarcd adopted.
Supervisor Pickens moved that the petl
ton of John Gardiner, assessor Of the town
of South Ottawa for the year 1871, be recon
sidered Carried.
Supervisor Flaherty moved that the Coun-
ty Agent be directed to furnish such cloth
ing as may be required for the two children
taken from the County Asylum by the Sis
tiers of Mercy. Carried.
Supervisor Bllinghausen moves that the
committee on paupers investigate the matter
of certain paupers residing in the town OF
Peru, and if they deem it necessary that they
furnish them with necessary transportation,
and that the clerk be authorized to draw his
order on the treasurer for the amount deem
ed necessary. Carried.
Supervisor Miner moves to allow the sum
of five dollars per month to Mr. - -
and wife, raupers in the town Of Eden. Lost
On motion of Supervisor Flaherty, it is
ordered that the written opinion of Henry
Mayo, County Attorney, in relation to the
powers add duties Of the pauper committee
be spread upon the records, and is as follows
to wit
To tie Honorable B0ard IF Supervisors Of
La Sale COuHty.-GENTLEMEN: In com
plIance with the resolution passed by your
honorable body, herewith submit the fol
m thap M ar Of hn pa
committee to take charge Of the county asy-
lum in case "a vacancy should occur in the
Office of County Agent by death or other
wise.
To enable US to understand more fully the
power and duties which the Pauper Com
mittee OF the Board of Supervisors may be
authorized to exercise, it becomes necessary
to examine the power and duties of the board
itself in relation to the management Of the
poor and INDECENT of the county.
BY sec 80, chap "a, Revised Statute of
1874, entitled Counties" 1t is provided that
the County Board shall lave power to man
age the county funds and county business, eX-
cept as otherwise specifically provided And
by sec IA, chap. 101 of the Statute it is provid.
ed that every county, except those IN which
the poor are supported by the towns, shall
relieve and support all poor and INDECENT
persons lawfully resident therein, except as
therein otherwise provided. Which except
ion Is that where certain relatives are able to
support or contribute to the support of indi-
gent poor of the county, they are required
by law SO 10 do.
1t then follows that il is part of The bust.
ness of the county to support all its resident
poor and INDECENT persons where they have
no relatives legally liable for their support
And as the management Of the business of
the county is by law vested in the County
Board, except AS otherwise specifically pro
vided, the County Board have the power, and
it is made their duty to have the care and su.
pervision of the resident poor and INDECENT
who are not entitled to support from some