The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-11
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Regular September Term-- Official Re-
port.
SECOND DAY,

SECOND DAY.
Sept. I0.-Bcard met pursuant to ad-
iournment. Present all the members.
Supervisor Taylor, Chairman, presiding.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
The Clerk laid before the Board petit
ton from citizens af Coal Valley township.
asking the boardito appoint VIM. Lee, ST.,
Mine Inspector for the ensuing year, and
also a petition from citizens of Hampton
township, asking the appointment OF 5. u.
Garland as such Mine Inspector. Super
visor Silvis moved that special commit
tee be appointed to examine said petitions,
and the qualifications of the two candi-
dates, Carried. and the Chairman APP
pointed as such committee Supervisors
Wightman. Koch and Drury.
The following report Ola special COM
mittee was on motion received and
adopted:
Your tcommittee appointed to confer
with the County Superintendent OF Public
Instruction, in regard to his compensation
for additional labor required under the
present school law, beg leave to report,
that they have had said conference and
certainty the additional time that will be
required to make the examinations con-
templated, and would recommend that
the County Supervisors be left free to ar
range for doing the work in all its details
in the most economical way, and on COM
| pletion of the work present his bill pro-
perly verified to this Board, showing the
! actual time spent by him 10 making the
necessary examinations 10 each township
| separately.
d. ZIMMERMAN,
W. @. RANSOM,
VIM. DRURY,
Committee.
The Committee on Town and Town
Accounts submitted the following re-
port, which on motion was received and
adopted
The undersigned committee to whom
was referred the petition of citizens of the
town of Edgington, asking to be divided
Into two voting precincts, would beg leave
to report the following resolution on the
matter before them.
/ WHEREAS, A petition signed by large
humber OF the legal voters of the town Of
Edgington was presented to the Board Of
iSupor7isors at the September term, 1879
Iasking the town to 10 diyi9ed into two
voting precincts; therefore be it
/ ReSolUed, By the Board Of Supervisors
of Rock Island county that sections num-
Der !. 2, 3, 4, 5, e, 7, s. 9, 10, IL, II, ID
: IA, Is, 16, II, lS, l9. ana 20, and W. o.
section 81, % and 3d. in township No. l6
range No. 3, west Of the 4th P, NJ, and
bounded as follows: Commencing at the
: northeast corner of EdRington township
running from there due west Oh the towr
t line to the northwest corner of Edgiugtor
, township, thence south on the tGVE line t.
the northwest corner OF section 81, theme.
east two miles to the northwest corner 0
} section IS, thence north on the sectioi
) line to the northwest corner Of section %
thence east one-half mile to the half sec
ition iihs, thence north through the cente
=, | of section 81, to the SECTION line between
, sections 81 and 10, thence east on tn
section line to the town line, thence nortl
q to the place of beginning, to be designated
: as Precinct No. l, anu the voting place il
, said precinct DO ip the village of Edging,
ton,
And that the e3 of section 81, section
%, IS, "a, 25, &c, q, %, 81, 80. 33, 81, 8
and So, ia township I6, range No. 3. ives
of the 4th P. NJ, bounded as follows
Commencing at the northeast corner G
t section "a, running from thence on tn
2 section line due west three and one-hal
miles to the half section line between sec
tons 10 and 81. thence south on the hal
; section line one mile through the eentr
e of section 2l,,thence west one-halt mile t
/, the northwest corner of section %, theme
! Isouth on section line between sections 2
and 20 to the northwest corner of sectio
50, thence west two miles TO the town line
y, thence south one mile to the s0uthwes
Il corner of Edgipgton township, thence cas-
: on the county line six miles to the south
east corner of Edgington township, theme
north oG the east line of said town TO tn
0 place Of beginning to be designated ant
s known as Precinct No. z, AID that tn
q place of voting in said precinct be in tn
!, village of Reynolds, all of which is re
u spectfully submitted.
n Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept. 18, 1879.
J. ", HANNA,
Q VIM. DRURY,
WILLIAM ATKINSON,
Committee Oh Town and Town Accounts
1 The special committee on the bill Q
d DR.. W. w, Twigg submitted the followin
h lF3port:
Your committee to whom was referre
the matter of William NJ, Twigg's NJ. D.
Iclfim against the county for medica
y attendance on the sick of Drury townshi
e would beg leave to submit the followin
i report on the matters before them;
o Bills submitted as follows:
Medicine and professional services t