The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-13

balance, of about 500. will be collected.
The law in reference to forfeited bail speci-
6es that the prosecuting attorney shall
keep out of all such forfeited bail, or fines
received by him, SIS for each peniten-
tiary conviction which he is unable to
collect from said convicts, and turn all
surplus, over and above the above speci-
fed fees, into the hands Of the County
School Superintendent, and since the con-
viction of criminals will absorb nearly (if
not quitel all OF such moneys. We would
respectfully report that it is not advisable
to appropriate money from the County
Treasury or to reimburse persons suffer
ing by loss, no money therefor having
been actually received by the county,
HENRY COFFEEN,
DANIEL GORDON,
Committee.
The yeas and nays being called upon
the adoption of the report, resulted as
follows,
Yeas-Supervisors Hanna. Wightman.
Silvis, Coffeen. Gordon, Cleaveand,
Case. Gilmore, .Sayre, Ballard and .Drury
IL.
Nays-Supervisors Atkinson, Ransom,
and Kramer-3.
Excused from voting Supervisor Tim
mermap-i.
Absent-Supervisors Hollister, Martin,
Reid. Koch and Miller-5. Carried and
report adopted,
The following minority report in the
matter of the petition of Charles Klap-
penbach was, on motion, received and
placed on file.
The undersigned, being one of the COM
mittee appointed to enquire into the petit
ton named of Chas. Klappenbach, would
respectfully report; inasmuch as the
States Attorney has collected $500 of the
bail and applied the same to his salary as
provided by law. and feels assured that be
will collect the balance. 500, the county
deriving benefit through the said State s
Attorney, | would respectfully recommend
that the County Clerk be instructed to
draw an order on the County Treasurer
for the sum of $25 in favor of Charles
klappenbach. VIM: RANSOM,
Minority Com.
The Committee on Miscellaneous Claims
submitted the following report which on
motion was received and adopted:
Your Committee on Miscellaneous
Claims would beg leave to report that
they have examined all claims presented
| before them, and recommend the pay
ment Of the following, and that the
Clerk be directed to issue orders for the
several amounts to the several claimants,
to-wit;
R Champion collectors book SOS. 80:
o j BeardSlee Is 90, Culver, Page, Hoyne
& Co 6 80. John r Warner 7 O5, lii
nois Printing Co l SO. o A Barnharr
s 90, Wylie & McCune 7 IS, j
Ankrum 80. c A Jarvis "a TO- John
Miller II 90. John Evans Is 90, J
Perkins l0l Is. Rock Island Gas Go 20 20
r Champion 80, Levi F CralIe 5 90, Jill
nois Printing Co Ii So, CD Knox 10 SIS
Adam Yohe 90, J S Daley, (ex-Super.
visor so, Illinois Deaf and Dumb Insti
tuition 81 TO- Total, $4O6 70.
Your committee would recommend tina
the clerk be instructed to file bill agains
the estate of VIM. Taylor, deceased, fol
the amount of SIS allowed to Adam Yoh:
for services.as custodian of the property o.
said VIM. Taylor and care of Mrs. Eliza
beth Taylor, wife of the deceased.
In case of the bill no. 25l from the
Deaf and Dumb Institution at Jackson
vile for clothing furnished to one Mary
Boro, we find two charges under the same
date and for the same article, amountips
to 81 %, and recommend the bill be
allowed less the amount, believing the
same to be charged in error.
| Memorandum of accounts-Printing and
stationary. 1927 IS; Court expenses
$ll5 25; Jail expenses, $28 40; Coroner'G
Office, $40 50; poor account, SIS 65: SUP
plies furnished for support of persons II
the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Jackson
vile, $37 10; transportation of insane
people to same, $57 90; sundry expense
to county S. 5O-$4O6 70.
| IL. q. CLEAvELAND. Chmu.
Supervisor Wightman moved that 9
committee be appointed to confer with
the Circuit Judge or some competent
attorney 10 regard to the collection of costs
in the Circuit Court. Carried. The
Chairman appointed as such committee
Supervisors Wightman, Zimmerman and
| Atkinson
Supervisor Hanna offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
ReSolved, That there be abated to the
County Collector the sum of $8,446 SO
said sum being the amount of persona
tax received by him for the year IS7e
which he has been unable to collect.
The following list of Grand Jurors 70,
the January term. 1880. of the Circuit
Court was approved by the Board:
Cordova- Isaac Cool.
Coe-J 2 Day.
Canoe Creek Sexton.
Zuma-deo G Wake.
Port Byron-John w Herbert.
Hampton-Henry s. Shurtliff, Edward
Warren.
Moline.J S Richards, J a Wistrand
South Moline-David Kelso.
Rock lsland-John j Kahlke, Henri,
Carse, Phil Mitchell. E W Boyntou.
South Rock lsland-C G Dack.
Black Hawk-Francis Tindall.
Bowling-Cyrus Miller.
| Coal Valley-A NJ Blomquist.
Rural-Adam Failing.
Andalusia-A A Jones,
Edgington-Eli G Cayett.
Buffalo Prairie-William Bruner.
! Drury-J Lequatt. Sr.
i On motion of Supervisor Silvis the fol