, 1879-05-06
THE COUNTY BOARD.


At tic regular weekly fncctin, OF tho Cook
County Commissioners yesterday afternoon Il
full I,0ard were present, thu President In tic
cllAlr.
Connty-Trcnsurcr McCrca's report fur the
month ending May was sent III. According tn
1t tic amount appropriated to thu General Fund
for the years 1B18-'7l was s1,0t4,1b0; slc
amount received III taxes nnd credited to tie
tlcurral Fund was .N.sa.07: from Other
sources tho amount received lelony!ng to the
tiencral Fund footed up S7l, l,alah59,-nnkng
orders, court certificates, wttt,cssea' fees. mil
toroncr's commissions pn!d nettctl 9:l1:1,310s5.
Thu balance OH hind bconghg to The t;e,l-
cral Fund amounted to 3l7400.7S. County
orders for 1s7s-'7, outstanding, rnyabls
atnouut 10 sl5tI,53t; aud lurors' ecrtit!-
eatcs for the snn,u time, nnt payable out
OIL the satne fund, 81 Eli l0.-nasng total of
sl7a,1Bl.ll. The ,basanrs III han'l of al! otlcr
wears, $6,l3l.03; lntrscst Fund, old irtlebice.-
ness, $St,s1lj.47; Interest Fnni! new iniclltctl-
1.ess, $4.17l.45; Court.1luilse Fund, SO, ,AD;
Sinking Fund. new indebtedness, slll,2lJ.A;
the taycrn.lccrsc account, sA3o; total. @,!E'4.
,Ilic outstanding orlcTs for Courthouse,
s4l7Gi;.
i communication from the County Attorney
regarding tic employment 0f u competent clerk
WIS read, nlnl It resolution was passed empower-
Itt AhhN'A%1 w ~ Nv ~ y pH'@tt ~ FA0N ~
1nullth.
HOSPITAL MArHoH.
Aiming the Communications read was ono
from, Mrs. n. ProAscr. making application for
tllc Afatron5 hip Ut the County Hospital. shc
WINS intl0rsed by tle medical stnif VI the Hos
p!tai, u.ul by Drs Qutuc, john Gucr,n, md $,
4. AleWiaiiunlt.
Fitzgerald moved That tic Board proccetl to
an election; Hoffman wanted the Doa1A ~ post
pone action tor Il week; Stewart wanted Mrs.
nj II, ff M,fr far
one mouth on trial: Wood ,naila lengthy
haraugue upon The duties of II Matton nni the
abilities necessary to perform thoht duties /;
wlitc Bradley suggested tllat TIT matter bc re-
ferrGd to tile Committed OH Hospital. with III
strnctions to rcrut nns1lc " tlic next meeting.
Altur ,nuci, discussion anil the putting mil
overthrow Of a few motions. Ms. Stewart lnoye.l
ibat 'he matter be postponed for two weeks.
Adopted.
Reports OF coMsmilltes were then in order.
Tint Uu Cfty Relations Recommended tl1t. pay-
,ueut Of sale; OH Education. $I.141.IH; tt,
Hospital, E,s7.i'1; On Public Charities, II, ,3s3 ;
IN JulI md Jail Accounts, s0.4l5.iG 0rdrsea
paid. ...
4 bill Of Dr.. tlc!gcr for S;5 In the Inst report
caused discussion. II WIS 5ar services in tI,t
Stcreils NIX! in the Lamb eases, III which le nl,.
pearet as medical expert.
Commissioner Bpese thought that the States
Attorney hnd run vi no unnecessary bill. lie
thought thu County Physician ought tn tayu
bec,, called. II he WIS not competent, hu
should he tllsc!,MEcI.
Wheeler Lilt,atsEt the Status Attorney Ind
done perfectly right, aud e was tn favor Vt tho
payment Of the bill which was ultimately voted
upon uni allowed. ~
Tile Committee on Public Service recon-.
ncidod tl.nt the polling ulaces for the city a,l.i
county fnr the Forthcoming judicial election be
the sAMe as Inst Year.
THE DEnH1cK5.
Il ~ f,,rnr inn
tlu,l bu nude by the Committee on Public surv
rluyeh III tht construction Ut tic CDnrt.1I0usc
and n1 tu whether tl!e machinery IL sufficient loI
thr completion III tl,e walls beiuro thn lat III
Octutcr In order that the building shall b,
roo!cd in beiort tl.G winter srts IN. t1r. Bur
lill, sail II this was not done considerable dun
ago would be suffered BY ltc building.
Fitzgerald Thought the resolution should bt
adopted, but the contractors had some right8 1t
| the Inatter. II the Doard insisted ub0tl til
| rooflMg Uf thu building. By tint datc, probably
| It would bc necessary 10 70 Outs1a the cuu
| tract
| Hpotforl understood that according to the ar
| rnngrnleHi with the contractor the walls Wert
| 10 bu no by abu,lt the middle of August.
! Acrt'ftlilt3 tu llie first CONTRACT sad Mr., Bur
| Hug, The contractors wrre obliged to have LII
walls up by this tlnlc, but not according to thl
| SECOND:
The resolution was tlmn passed.
The Committee ou City Relations WIRE IN
| struccu tu receive contFucts Tor tle ltGtng .
EQUITY prisoners ut price not exceeding q
cents cncll per t1ay.
Tile Duarl MI j0urned.