The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-09-13
SECOND DAY.
adjourned

W EDNLSDAf, y. NJ, sept ~.
The roll being called, showing an increased
attendance and the minutes being rcad,-on
motion of Cheeyer the motion making thc
Court House and Jail question the ORDER for
Thursday evening WAS reconsidercd and the
question made the order for Thursday afternoon
at O'Clock.
Nelson offered Il resolution, to offer Il stand
ing reward of $500 for the arrest of perpetra-
tors of murders committed in the county.
Grove was opposed to paying reward for the
apprehensic. Of murderer in the county he
thought it he duty Of all officers to make these
arrests thout special reward indeed the Of
fering of the reward would be an inducement
not to arrest them but to allow some one else
to do so, and then divide. a. c. McIntlre said
it was not an officers duty to follow them out
of the county. In his time Of office, two muir
ders were committed. One was premeditated
by strangers for the purpose Of robbery; the
chase was a long one, and required time and
money, and detectives. On the other he spent
over 5000 out of his own pocket on the case. II
is not to be expected that the sheriff or other
officer shall pay these bills himself and the
reward will act as stimulant 10 energetic &C
ton. Flahertv: The county has no power to
paw reward for arrests made in the county
Nelson: The resolution is to amend one now
on record, delegating this power of the Board
to the sheriff. which the Board cannot do. It
was adopted.
Beach presented petition from the commits
sioners of highways of Dayton and Rutland
asking for 5000 to help pay for the Wedron
bridge Referred to committee on roads and
bridges.
Robinson offered a resolution ordering the
clerk to remove from the jurors box the names
of all dead men, residents of other counties
and states and other ineligible therein contain
ed and with the supervisor fill up from such
town as jurors are due. Some question being
raised as to the power Of the Board to make
such an order, the resolution was withdrawn
for legal dissection.
Fisher, of Mendoza offered a resolution IN
sructlng the county attorney to withdraw
suits now pending in the circuit court against
the assessors of Mendoza and Meriden. He
said none of the assessors Of the county had
lived mp to the law and he didn't see why these
two should be specially chose for punish
ment The resolution was laid on the table.
A communication was then read from one
Geo. E. Shaw, of Allegheny, Pa, who has for
sale 1.-THE only greatest coal mine ventilator.
1t was ordered placed on file.
Adjourned to 2 p. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session began with the read
ing of letters on the subject Of the State lnst;-
tuition for the Deaf and Dumb, whose bill
against the county is in the hands of a COM
mittee The letter of the county clerk OF Aug,
10, showed that $31913 had been sent which
was supposed to cover all due from the county
to 1879 But the superintendent claims more,
and explains bills for dates before 1879 by
saying payment by the county had been de-
layed in payment and that they had Tapped
from half year to half year, as looked at here
though such was really not the fact There
is controversy also about the residence oil
one Martha Hagenbach, inmate OF the lns'i'
tuition - a ward of this county. Flaher'y
thinks she resides in another county (and al
any rate is able, or her friends are, to pay her
expenses, while it is thought at Jacksonville
tina, she resides in Ottawa. The whole bust
ness was referred to the special committee on
that institution.
The abstract of taxes certified to by the va
rious towns was read and amendments put in.
VIII be read again.
Wiley, of Earl, offered the following resolu,
ton:
WHEREAS, Money and capital does not pay
Its proper proportion of taxes; and
| WHKREAs, In counties adjoining this coun'
ty grain is not assessed: therefore, be il,
RESOLVED, That it is the sense ofthis Board
that it is wrong and unjust for the assessors In
this county to assess gram on farmers wnere
Iit was grown and has not been sold.
4 Klove thought the resolution nonsensisal
1t,st n was folly TO pass resolution directly