The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-20

rights the county is bound to respect. As the
committee has made contract with MrwJ Peck
to sink well in the south end of the square, it
may be presumed the company has a right to
the north end
Supervisor Grove, from a special committee,
reported the cost of supporting the inmates of
the county asylum as follows:
Total amount paid out S,40l.l7
Salary of county agent. 515.Oo
$s,997H
Deduct the amount paid for rail
road tickets. .......,.......,.S29 o.o9
And amount received for pro-
duets sold Observation-Disclosures. 2G3. 80 5j35S
\ Leaving net expense Of. S,4A.59
Total number of days board furnished. 1922
lOr IN weeks ............ .........'''..' DIDO
Cost per week per lnlnate.............. sl.oo7S
The report was adopted.
Mr.. Beach then had read a statement made by
the county agent OF the affairs of the asylum
since July 10Th, showing:
Amount received from coNnty treasurer
| ard other sources. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, o2O02
Paid out on vouchers ................... l,O5l.t5
Amount on hand ............. 2sS.93
Board furnished inmates from July 10th, 1879,
to Aug. 81, 1879 is 5,179 days, equal to "A years,
3 weeks and days costing $55S65, which is
equal to 75l3 per week for each inmate:
Number Of inmates Sept. !, 1879, lO4; nation
alities as follows: Irish, A.; American, q; Ger
man, 10; Norwegian, 4; Scotch, 2; English, 3;
French, 2. Sex: males, 60; females, A. Insane,
IS; simple, Il; blind, l; sane, 10 Deaths from
July IL, 3; births, /.
Flaherty objected to the report because it was
not yearly report like that of the Grove COM
mittee; because these items would come in in
next years report and create a confusion in the
accounts, etc, etc
| Beach, of the pauper committee, said it was
not a report and was not intended for record, but
was merely statement on which to base the
amount that would be needed to run the asylum
until the next meeting OF the board. This
amount he thought would be between $4,000 and
81 600, since the heavy purchases would have 10
te made soon; and he moved that the clerk be
instructed to put to the agents credit sum not
to exceed 81, 900 to be drawn in $500 instaments.
Agreed to-
VIM. Lauf asked for transportation for Ger.
man pauper of the town of Rchland to Germany,
where friends would look after the person, Fla.
herty said that as this was the first time in 10
wears that assistance had been asked for pauper
of Richand, it ought to be granted. The matter
was referred to the paupcr committee
Lewis presented the report of the county treas
urer which his committee had found correct
An abstract Of the treasurers report shows
Balance on hand from January report. S 3,O54'S1
Miscellaneous receipts. 'Iooo'o@
.75,414.99
Amounts paid out. 500, oh 10
Ra1 a
On motion of Nelson the committee on court
house and Jail were authorized to make such re-
pairs on this elegant building as in their judg-
ment are necessary.
Pickens, from committee on township organl-
cation, reported in favor of dividing La Sale into
two voting precincts, and it was done.
Patrick Barton. from the committee on roads
! and brdres. to whom was referred the petition
for an appropriation of s600in aid Of the Wedron
bridge. reported that whereas in 1873, when an
/ appropriation was asked for the same bridge, IL
was ascertaned by this board that the lowest
proposal for building the bridge had not been
accepted and whereas in Sept. 1878, the COM
missoners of DAYTON and Rutland signed
written contract, agreeing to relieve the county
of all expense in case an appropriation OF S5'ooo
be made which amount was allowed, the COM
mittee asked to be relieved
Beach said that when the bridge was talked OF,
! DAYTON, to avoid town tax, agreed to raise
their part by substitution if the county would
nav half the cost They would like to know
whether the bridge law is good or not. AS 1t
is, unless the county does pay half the cost OF
the bridge, the subscriptions cannot be COL
Ilected.
:, Flaherty said the commissioners were told
tina, unless the county did pay half the cost their
subscriptions not good He thought the
county should pay its half, and that the commits
sioners had been led to signing the agreement
with the county by the advice of lawyer"
who told them unless they did they could get
nothing.
! The report was adopted.
Flaherty moved that the 5000 be appropriated.
One Of the McIntires wanted it postponed-as
there sis not time to argue the matter now"
Lewis thought there was time-but, then, he
had his own horse and buggy.
Mr. Chairman thought that, under the cireum-
stances, the question ought to be fairly met, so
as to settle the matter of subscriptions.
: Lewis thought the county had no interest one
way or another as to the subscriptions. The
same sort of a racket" has been had over the
Utica bridge.
The motion was withdrawn to give the men,
bers time to post up.
On motion of Klove, agreed that when ar ad-
icurnment is had it be TO the second Monday in I
February.
Numerous judges of elections were then sp-
pointed.
}, Piekens said the question of the charter of the
gravel road had been submitted TO Mr.. Mayo,