The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-15
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Proceedings Of the Special Session in
May Official Report.
THIRD DAY.


May l4.-Board met pursuant to ad-
journment. Present all the members;
Supervisor Taylor, Chairman, presiding.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
The Committee on Poor House submit.
ted the following report, which, on motion
was received aud adopted: F e
Mary A McCarroll, $l6 90; James
Claig so 90, j II Rathun Is II, Mitchell
Parsons SIS, f G Coss & Co l rs, A
Hull, l6 IS, L. Bamberger IL Co Is IA.
K Turner 6 So, Weyerh8user & Go 1922
50. P j Bratt Sons IA 20. G Speidel 8 IS,
T II Thomas IL SIS, w s Bailey 100 Sc,
Fred Friberg 81 90, David Don Is 90,
Weyerbauser & Denkman 80 65, Philips
& Thomas % IS, Henry Darts Sons ST.
GO, Alexander Steel, 5 80, Simon Il Mos
enfelder 10 IS, A Nj Bloomquist s so, L
Lowenstein II 60, Z Linn SO 90, j & g
Herbst 40, James Cook $50 90. f w
Kellerstrass los AZ, Latin Il Framing 20.
$1,000 46.
The foregoing amount of $3.50 46 is
chargeable to the following accounts to.
wit:
Physicians salary, $l6 81 ;groceries ia
76, provisions 1877 "a; dry goods 20 81;
expense account Is 80; clothing 70 O3,
furniture and fixtures IA 80, implements
SO 30, farm repairs q 40, medicines 35.
70, labor 30 &c, seed 10 %, house repairs
5 Is, live stock $50 O0-$96O As.
d. ZIMMERMAN,
II. CoFFEEN,
.......... A. L. SAYRE,
Poor House Committee
The petition Of Lowry & Thomas was
read, and, on motion, referred to the com
mittee on Finance.
Supervisor Ransom offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
ResotUsd, That the County Clerk be instructed &c
report this Board at this session, First-The ag-
gregate sum expended in each town during
the past year for poor. Second-Number OF per
sons relieved during the past year. Third
Amount of relief per capita in each town during
the past year. Forth-Amount paid oyerseers Of
the poor in each town during the past year. Also
all bills allowed TO Supervisors and drawn by them
selves.
The yeas and nays being called on the
foregoing resolution resulted as follows:
Yeas-Zimmermann, Hollister, Hanna
Wightman, Silvis, Reid, Coffeen, Gordon
Koch, cleveland, Atkinson, Case, Gil
more, Ransom, Sayre, Miller, Ballard
Drury and Kramer-l9.
Nays-none.
Absent-Superviso Martin. Carried
S. r. Porter, county treasurer, called
the attention of the board to the capita
stock tax of the Moline Water Powe
Company and asked that a committee b.
appointed to investigate the matter. Oh
motion, the chairman appointed Super
yisors Ballard, Miller and Hollister as sucl
committee.
Supervisor Ballard offered the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
| ReSOIUsd By the Board Of Supervisors, that th
County Clerk be and is hereby authorized to in
struct the Superintendent OF the institution a
Jacksonville that this county will defray the eI
/ pense necessary to place Mary Boro in the Hosp
tai for the Insane at jacksonville, and direct theI
to take measures to accomplish the same In til
County Court OF Morgan county, Illinois, an
have her accredited TO Rock Island county by tn
Superintendent of the Insane Asylum.
On motion $40 were placed in tn
hands of Supervisor Zimmerman for th
transportation of patient to the Eye an
Far Infrmary of Chicago.
Supervisor Gordon moved that speci:
: committee be appointed to confer wit
Whiteside county, for the purpose of pei
fecting the title to certain lands owned b
, lSadC COOl. NdIIteu. Inc CuaiFudu al
pointed as such committee Supervisor
Gordon, Wightman and Martin.
2 The bond of W. L. Sweeney, as oversee
I of the poor of Rock Island township. wa
on motion, approved by the board.
Supervisor Kramer offered the followiI
resolution and moved its adoption.
I ReSoJUed, That we receive bids for the pOsitit
of physician for the county poor fRrn and that t
same be open until tomorrow at o'clock p. I
Carried.
= Board adjourned until tomorrow mo
+, ming at 8 o'clock.