The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-01-18

report was adopted, but owing 10 absence VI
committee on bridges rcconsidered ana re.r''
fericd to the committee.
i Committee on claims and attachments reported,
recommending that assessors books OF Bruce DC
corrected TO correspond with the original rolls
Adopted.
/ ON motion of Stevens county attorney allowed
same salary as last year, 5000 Carried
Lewis called attention to the sudden and abrupt
Termination of the labors of the committee of the
whole on the investigation yesterday. 1t was evil
IDENTITY the result of misunderstanding of the
effect OF the vote taken by the board at their adj
Iiournmcnt, but it dissolved the committee and
had the appearance Of Smothering the investiga'
ton in the committee. He protested against do
ing this or the appearance of it. lie moved are
consideration. After some debate as TO the prop
ter mode of getting at it the motion was unanl-
mously carried On motion the Investigation
was set to continue on Friday morning
| Adjourned till r. NJ.
| In the evening quite a sharp debate came up
upon the sheriti's bill, asking LOB for actual
travelling expenses for the last year. The board
could see but 81 200.
/ Barton offered a resolution that hereafter no
money be paid to outside deputies or clerks I'M
less on sworn afldavi,s. Carried.
Two days, at 50 per diem, were allowed to the
Judges ard clerks of election instead of one
/ Grove, from the committee on new court house,
reported committee had received five sites for
proposed new court house, offered to the county
at prices ranging between $1,000 to $4,000.
! from which committee conclude the property
owners here don't want n court house very much.
The county now owns site good enough, where
the present building now stands. County At
torney Mayo decides that the county can't sell
the present site and doubts If even the legisla.
ture could give us Authority to sell it, Not only
this but we cannot change the location of county
buildings u rod outside of present public square!
Report adopted.
Adjourned TIL tomorrow morning.
FRIDAY.
Westrate moved committee OF the whole rise.
There have been no charges made against Fla
herty by any responsible person. Much
valuable time has been needlessly consumed.
Brown thought Mr.. Flaherty should be allowed
to make statement Of his case if he thought
proper. Lynch said the whole matter was tritllng
and insignificant. We appointed Flaherty to
conduct the management OF the asylum, and to
ascertain the lowest economical basis upon which
it could be run For one year as precedent for
the future He has followed our instructions to
the letter. It. is the board of supervisors and not
Flaherty who are to blame If any there is. At
tornev Rugcr wanted to make charges and did so;
he made charges that Flaherty had let the con-
tracts for supplies at higher rates than lowest
bids received; also that Flahcrty couldn't pro-
ducc receipts to cover the slndry account OF
$500 Ruger was asked to produce his witnesses.
He said he expected to prove it by Flahcrty's
books and bills. After some debate he was asked
who his witnesses were and to bring them, those
from whom he got this pretended information
upon which he based these charges. He declined
to bring them; wanted to have the board run
through Flahcrty's books. Tower said that has
been done-was done by the committee appoint
ed by the board last session. and every item found
correct, making the full amount of the $500 sun
dry amount. Lynch: "Thesc charges involve
the credit not only of two committees of the
board but of the entire body" He explained
that Flahcrty gave the contract of furnishing GER
tain supplies to Hcenan d Co, because the ag-
grcgate Of their bid was lower than that of any
Ruccr admitted that this was the case referred
to in the first charge. The following resolution,
offered by Mr.. Wiley, was unanimously adopted.
Rcsolycd, That this committee to their satisfac-
ton have investigated the charges made against
the chairman of the pauper committee IN the
management of the county asylum and find such
charges unfounded in fact.
Rryolped, That the chairman of the pauper COM
mittee is fully and completely eXonerated.
The committee arose and reported the above
resolution and it was adopted without vote in
the negative
Tower moved that the board proceed to elect
superintendent Of the poor house. On motion to
table ayes 21 nays y. So the county asylum
affair terminated, leaving it the same precisely as
before, Mr. Faherty in charge until next Sep
TENDER, the matron and warden not removed and
the outs in IL wretched state of disappointment
Flaherty was allowed 5000 to be drawn from
time to time to run the asylum till September
next.
On Friday afternoon the board was engaged in
examining reports Of the several officers, and APP
proving reports Of committees on same and FL
lowing sundry bills. The committee on horse
thief bounty, in the case Of Iackett, arrested at
Marseilles and convicted, allowed officer Maher
$50. and Mr. Donahue, owner of the horse stolen
by Hackett a similar sum. Robinson, OF Man-
lius objected to this division Of the county boun
ty. He thought the 500 had been earned by oi-
hccr Maher The Clerk was directed to procure
the proper instruments for testing weights ana
measures
Clerk Stockscger presented, for the inspection
of the board, patent fourteen horse power back
action his h. pressure tax grinder, sent him by
Culver Page Il Hoyne; bill, 500. After some
fun the bill was allowed.
The salaries of warden and matron of the poor
house were fixed at $500 per annum for both to
be paid monthly.
An application for further relieffor the La Sale
bridge was denied.
Adjourned till o'clock Saturday morning.
The diseases of habyhood are so radidly weak
ening that the quickct means should be used 10