The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-16
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Regular July Term, 1s7e--oMciai
Report.
SECOND DAY.

0urnment. Present all the members,
supervisor Taylor, chairman, presiding.
he minutes of yesterdays proceedings
7ere read and approved.
The following list Of grand jurors for the
september term of the Circuit Court was
approved:
Cordova-L Fl Reeves.
Canoe Creek-John A Liphardt.
Coe-R r Mccormick,
Port Byron-E B Stone.
Zuma-Gregory Brown.
Hampton-Byron Warren, A G Ste
Vens.
Moline Ezra Smith, Andrew Shall
berg.
South Moline-S NJ Zeigler.
Rock Island-Charles Engel, Jacob |
Frysinger, Porter Skinner, D I Robin
sou.
South Rock Island Roswell Rich
mond.
Black Hawk-Adam Palmer.
Bowling-H O'Hover.
Coal Valley-Alfred Haigh.
Rural-James Mcdonald.
Observation-Disclosures Hayes,
Edqington R s Montgomery.
Buffalo Prairie-George Plat.
Drury-I 4 Terry.
On motion of Supervisor Ransom the
bill of DR., VIM NJ. Twigg. of Drury, and
the accompanying petition and affidavi!s
we're laid on the table.
Bills Of miscellaneous character were
read and referred to the proper commit
tees.
Supervisor Hollister moved that the
bill of DR., w M Twigg, of Drury, and the
accompanying petition aud afidavits be
taken from the table and referred to the
Committee on Poor. Supervisor Cleave-
land moved, as an amendment, that said
bill, petition and afidavits be referred TO a
special committee of three Supervisors
from adjoining town, Adopted.
Yeas-Zimmerman, Hanna, Wightman,
Reid, Gordon. Koch, Cleaveland, Case,
Gilmore, Ballard and Drury-l1.
Nays-Hollister Martin, Silvis, Coffeen,
Atkinson, Ransom, Sayre, Miller and
| kramer--9
The question then recurring upon the
original motion as amended, it was lost.
Yeas Reid, Koch. Cleaveland, Case
Gilmore, Ballard and Drury-7,
i Nays Zimmerman, Hollister, Martin
Hanna, Wightman, Silvis, Coffeen, Cor.
don, Atkinson, Ransom, Sayre, Miller and
kramer-l3.
The resolution of Supervisor Gordon
, offered yesterday. upon which action wal
deferred until to-day, was then taken VI
for consideration. Supervisor thinner
man moved that said resolution be lai(
over until Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
j Carried.
i Supervisor Ransom moved that Rule 2
J be suspended and that the bill of W ,
Vannice, Sheriff of Henry county, be re
} terred to the proper committee. Carried
The Committee on Poor Farm submitted
the following report, which, on motion
was received and adopted:
D We, the undersigned committee, would
ask to submit the following as a report 0
our action since OGf last meeting, in May
On the 9th of May ve'Visited the Boo
Farm with the idea of determining wha
repairs were needed. We found the roc
of the barn literally rotten and needing t
0 be replaced. Also the roof Of the addi
9 ton to the main building in such condi
Q ton as to be OF little use in keeping GU
9 water and ordered the same repaired a
once.
% We found the cooking stove to be {
( very Lite account as means of cooking th
4 amount of food necessary for the inmate
9 and authorized the Superintendent to pul
q chase suitable range, which he has sine
: done. The bake oven, which has see
a much service, is entirely worn out and
unsuitcc3a to the use of baking (aside froI
the fact that it is a woodeatc. ~ MOVIE
iul capacity to make it do the necessar
bsEinG, a2d IS the wood resources of tb
= Farm are now exhausted aad we are con
lpelled to buy wood, we would recommen
!: that this Board now authorize the stewar
= to purchase new and suitable bake ovel
DO In making this recommendation we fe
8 confident that the saving of fuel over til
- present arrangement will be quite savir
s. to the county.
On July your committee was callt
- tC visit tie farm by the Superintendent
to inspect the work before ne accepted
and while there on this occasion, az
20 spection of the roof of the main buildir
~ developed the fact that it is in very
VI lspidated condition, so much so that
I'd patch il would be waste of money, ina
of much as the shingles seem to be rott
no and so loose that it would be an impos
!, bility to make job of repairs that Won
III preserve the rest of the building. '
IS would, therefore, recommend that a NJ
is roof be put on the main building, for It
IF reasons already giEep We would a
!. recommend that a former instruction
''' Board of Supervisors be carried out
II putting a new wall under the center of t
be main building, and would suggest iuste
n of solid wall. that pillars or columns
: used in order to make additional and nee
ful room for dining hall for the inma
re of the aims house. And in conclusion. \
of Chairman, we desire to commend the
,lv 6cient management of our county farm
- Mr.. Bailey. The stock and crops und
NC his charge being oil that could be desire
Is and the building all that is possible wi
rk the resources at hand to do with. all
a which is respectfully submitted the d
~ and date above written.
ID. ZIMMERMAN,
IL HENRY CoFFEEN,
ed A. l.. SAVERS,