The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-10-09

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Dated this 10th day of Sept, A. d. 1880.
J. r. Murdoch, d. :. Woods, NJ. d.,
John Lomassey, Peter Wilson,
| F. McGarv, John Hitler,
w. S. Jackson, A. Mooney,
Patrick Finn, Alex Helm,
f. u. Wrinkle, Jas ). Doyie,
Dennis Fogarty, Jos. T. Berry
ThOs. Il. PeHdcrgast, l.. Is. y DohhelI,
O. Chubbuck, NJ V. Clarity,
Richard Finn, ID. Ilcenan,
O. s. Avery, ID. FEEDING,
NJ i Finlen. T. B. Trainor.
Supervisor Fades presented petition ask
ing for abatement Of tax on church property
which, on motion of Supervisor kIoye, was
referred to the committee on complaints ana
Attachments. :
Supervisor Burgess presented petition OF
the supervisors OF Nermilllon ana farm
Ridge, asking for small appropriation IN
aid OF payment for the erection of the briuge
across the Nermillion river between salu
towns, which on motion was referred to The
committee on roads and bridges.
Supervisor Belinghausen presented the
following report, which on motion was
adopted:
Mr.. Chairman, and Gentlemen IF tie BOhrd
IF Supervisors. | would respectfully report
| that / have sold at public sale the effects OF
! the late Jacob Schcllenberger, pauper OF
the town of Peru, and who at the time OF his
death was an inmate of the county asylum,
realizing from SAID sale six dollars and TWEEN
ty cents, which amount have paid to the
county agent Respectfully submitted,
| H. BEILINGHAUsEN,
Supervisor Town of Peru.
Supervisor Armstrong, chairman OF the
| special committee on new court house ana
| jall, submitted the following partial report
Mr.. ChatJmdR, and Gentlemen ~ ne B0dTh
of Supcrpisors: Your special committee Sc.
| lectcd at the July session of this board ana
| instructed by resolution to consider the ques-
ton of building court house and jail have
had the same under consideration, and In
structed me to make partial report thereon,
| Your committee, after careful and fuil ex-
animation of all the facts within their reach,
| and upon the second proposition IN SAID resO-
| luton that the said committee be requested
| to ascertain the most available locatlon),
YOUR committee deemed it necessary TO APP
point a sub committee to submit the question
| of the power of this board to change the
| present court house site, to county attorney
! Mayo Judges Leland and Eldredge for their
| legal opinion in the premises. And those
| gentlemen, having responded to said request
| by submitting their opinions in writing,
am instructed to report their opinions togeth-
err with accompanying maps, papers, &c,
| and ask the consideration OF the Doaru on
tnat subject. GEO. w. ARMSTRONG,
Chairman,
Supervisor Armstrong also submitted the
opinions of judges Leland and Eldredge IN
reference to location OF new court house ana
iaIl. which were read by Supervisor Belllng'
rbn inin nf
reference to same matter was also read
Supervisor Parr submitted the following
resolution:
Resolped, That it Is the sense of this board
that we should proceed at once to build a
new court house on the present site.
Supervisor Lewis submitted the following
substitute:
lMoped, That the partial report be adopted,
and that committee be requested to report fur'
Their as to the practlcabillty of building at
the present time under the original resolu'
ton.
Supervisor Belinghausen called for di'
vision of the question, and moved that the
partial report of the committee be adopted.
Carried
Supervisor Ferguson presented the follow
ing amendment to the substitute;
IieS0lped, That the committee report as 10
the practcability of building new court
house, and if they report IN favor OF build
| ing they shall report as to the most available
| location, and what action this board should
take to obtain such location.
Which amendment TO the substitute was
accepted by Supervisor Lewis.
| The ayes and noes beng demanded, Su'
| pervlsors Adams, Armstrong, Barton, Beach,
| Burgess, Center, Connerton, Drackley, Dress
| Iol,n EnS n
son, Hoffman, Hoge, Klove, Lowman, Mcln.
tire A. G.. Mcintyre n, Metzger, Miller,
Nelson, ODonneil, Palmer, Parr, Singer,
Stormont, White and Mr.. Charman,-3l-
voted in the affirmative. And Supervisors
Bellinghausen, Fisher, Ilelmig, Laut, Pool,
Read, Reynolds, Stevenson and Wylie,-lO
voted IN the negative Carried.
On motion of Supervisor Armstl ong, 1t Is
ordered that the opinions OF Judges Leland
and Eldredge on location OF new court house
and Jail be spread upon the records OF this
board, and which are in the words and fig
ures following, to wit:
OPINION OF JUDGE LELAND.
| To the Board Of Supervisors If La Sale
| Countu-GENrLEMEN The question pre-
sented is whether, under the acts of the leg
islature of the State of Illinois, the place for
| the location of a court house and jail to be
erected ~ on block eleven Of the Original
Town of Ottawa, or whether they may be
erected elsewhere without further legislation.
All the legislation bearing directly on the
subject, which have been able to discover,
is, list, The act of Feb. 10 1881, page 30 of
the Acts of 1881, providing that the canal
commissioners may donate lots to aid IN
constructing county buildings.
2d The act of January 10, 1884, see page
81, of which sections 10 and II are rs fol-
lows:
Sec. 10. THE public buildings at Chica-
20 shall be erected ON the public square as
laid off by the canal commissioners, on the
south side of the Chicago river; and on the
public square laid off at Ottawa on the
north side of the Illinois river"
Sec IL "lf the canal commissioners shall
make any donations of lots for the erection
of public buildings at Ottawa or Chicago TO
the county commissioners of SAID counties 1t
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