The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-02-01
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Proceedings.

and state Of Illinois. at an adjourned SEES
sion thereof, comm enced and held at the
court house in Otta wa, in said county, ON
Monday, the thrte enth day of January
4. d 1879:
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
and was called to order by the Clerk.
Im calling the roll the following named
Supervisors answered to their names:
Wright Adams. Mission; Stephen Ar
mold, Mendoza; VIM. b. Bayley, verlnli-
lion: a. f. Beach, Dayton; Geo. X. Bel
ford, Hope; John Boyer, Peru; James s.
Brown. Peru; Jackson Butte, Farm
Ridge: J. l.. Carey, La Sale; j. w. Chap
pel. Rutland; John j. Conerton, Dim
mick: Nelson II. Cooper, Groveland;
Peter Donlevy. Wallace; Fred w. Eads,
Bruce; Martin Flaherty. Serena; John
Forristal. La Sale; j. M. Fox, North
Vile: Samuel Grove. Utica; l.. b. Ilick
ok. Troy Grove; Andrew "A. Klove, Adj
ans: VIM. Lauf Richland: Edward G.
Lewis, Deer Park; Andrew Lynch, OF
tawa: John Miller, Freedom; John =.
Miner Eden; Nels Nelson. I'd, Miller;
NJ. OLaughlin, BrOoktield; Ransom
Palmer, Grand Rapids; james III. Pick
ems, South Ottawa: +. NJ. Robinson,
Manlius; Allen Stevens, Allen; James W.
Stevenson, Otter Creek: VIM. Stormont,
Ottawa: l.. III. Tower. Usage; David
Westgate, Ophir; ID. &. White, Merlden:
S. c. Wiley, Earl; John Wilson, Fall
River: Alexander Wylie, Waltham.
The Clerk laid before the Board the
resignation Of :. X. Lewis, late Supervi-
sor of the town of Fall River, and chair
man of this Board. and also the resigna
ton of Francis Bowen, late Supervisor
of the town of Mission. Thereupon, on
motion of Supervisor Beach, Supervisor
Miller was elected chairman of the Board
by reclamation.
The Clerk then laid before the Board
the appointment of Wright Adams as
Supervisor of the town of Mission, rice
Bowen. resigned, and the appointment of
John Wilson as Supervisor of the town Of
Fall River, rice Lewis, resigned. There
upon the chairman appointed Supervisor
Adams member OF all committees
made vacant by the resignation of Su-
pervisor Bowen and supervisor Wilson a
member of the committee to settle with
County Treasurer.
On motion Supervisor Beach is permit
ted to present the following petition,
which. on motion, was referred To the
committee on roads and bridges:
To the UOaOrnbie EOdld Of Supervisors
Ot La Sdiic COnnty: The undersigned, in
behalf of the tax payers OF the towns of
Dayton and Rutland. would respectfully
petition your honorable body for an APP
preparation of six hundred dollars $500
TO be applied as the balance due IRON the
county. for the purpose of building II
bridge across Fox river between said
towns near the village of WcdrOn. The
contract for building said bridge was let
by the Commissioners Of Highways of
said towns to the Canton Bridge Com
many for tbn ctIrn pf 81 Duu frIn town
of Dayton raised their portion of that
amount by subscription, the town of Rut-
land their portion by issuing bonds, eX-
pectlng the county to pay One-half, rs the
law provides AT the last September SEES
sion there was an appropriation made by
the county of $1,000 ON SAID bridge, and,
as it is now finished, we ask for the above
additional appropriation after its accept
ance by the bridge committee.
Signed by A. f. Beach, Supervisor of
Dayton, and }. n. Chapel, Supervisor of
Rutland.
On motion Supervisor O'Laughlin is
permitted to present the bill of Dennis
0Donoghuc for the capture of horse
thief
On motion Supervisor Robinson is per
mtted 10 present the bill Of Pat M"her
for the capture of the same horse thief.
The committee on claims
On motion of Supervisor EorriStal
Board adjourned till O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
TUESDAY, January lith. lS70.-- Board
met pursuant to adjournment. Present
same as yesterday, also Supervisor Stout.
Minutes of yesterday read and APP
proved
On motion of Supervisor Brown it was
ordered that this Board go into commit
tee of the whole at 10 O'Clock to morrow
morning for the purpose of investigating
the charges published in the Ottawa
Times against Supervisor Flaherty as Su-
perintendent of the Poor.
The Clerk presented the yearly reports
of the Circuit Clerk. Sheriff and County
Clerk, which. on motion Of Supervisor
Palmer, were referred to the committee
to settle with the county officers.
supervisor Fox introduced the follow
ing resolution, which, on motion, was
adopted
WHEREAS. 1t has been the practice of
this Board, at former sessions, to appro-
PIRATE money in aid of reporting tor the
press, and whereas the law requires the
proceedings of the Board to be published
at the expense of the county; therefore
ReSOtred, That this Board will not APP
propriate any money at this session for
the benefit of any reporter of the press.
On motion Board adjourned till
O'Clock this z. NJ.
2O'CLOCK T.. M.--Board met pursuant
TO adjournment. Present same as this
An; also Supervisor Barton.
Supervisor IlickOk, chairman OF the
committee on miscellaneous claims, sub b.
United the report of said committee, fix
ing the per diem and mileage due to the
several Judges, clerks and boards of reg
lstry OF the last November election, upon
which report, the ayes and nays beng de
manded, Supervisors Adams, Barton,
Bayley, Bedford, Butte, COnertOn, Cooper.
Donleyy, Flaherty, Fox, Grove, Hickok,
klove, Lewis, Nelson. O'Laughln,
Palmer, Pickens, Robinson, Stevens, Ste
venSon, NtOrmont. Tower, West gate,
White, Wiley and Wylie On voted in
the affirmative, Supervisors Arnold Beach,
Boyer, Carey, Forristal, Stout and viii
son "a voted III the negative. The re-
port was adopted.
On motion of Supervisor Flaherty it
was ordered that the chair appoint "A
committee of three to examine any and