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

resolutions OF the B0aru Ol ouPci'!ooio Va
the County OF La Sale and State OF Illinois,
at a regular session thereof commenced ana
held in the County Judges office IN the Couh'
ty Court House in Ottawa III salu county
On the second Tuesday, beng the l4'h day
of September in the year OF our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Board met pursuant to Law, ana was call
ed to order by the Chairman.
On calling the roll the following named
Supervisors answered to their names;
Adams Wright Mission; Armstrong u.
w. Br6okfeld Barton H., Meridian; Beach
A. E.. DAYTON; Belllnghausen H., Peru {;
burgess S. S., Vermillion; Center -. d.,
Fall River: Connerton John D., Dlmmlck {;
Drackley VIM, Manlius Dresser EgbeIt s.,
Groyeland; Fades Fred. W., Bruce; Fisher
Casper, Mendoza, Flaherty Martin, Serena
Fox J. NJ, Worthwhile; Gardner &. D., Utica;
GRAY John, La Sale; Helmig Henry, Peru
Hodgson Eli, Farm Ridge; Hoffman Chas
L., Eagle; Hoge T.. j., Usage; klovc a. A.
Adams; Lauf William, Rchland Lewis f.
c., Deer Park; Lowman Arthur, South OF
tawa; McIntire A. c., Mendoza; Mcintyre
Nathaniel, Allen; Metzger Chas. D., Ottawa |;
Miller John, Freedom; Miner John r.,
Eden; Nelson Nels I'd, Miller; ODonnell
Edmund Wallace; Palmer Jos, 3, OpMr !;
Parr S. f., Rutland Pool j. j., Earl Kead
Edwin T., Grand Rapids; Reynolds W. A.
Hope Singer T. p, La Sale; stevenson
Jas. w, Otter Creek; Stormont VIM, Qua
wa: White Mathew, Ottawa; Wylie Alex
ander, Waltham.
There not being room provided for the
meeting of this session of the Board, there
upon, on motion of Supervisor klove, it Is
ordered, that committee OF three be APP
polpted to procure suitable place Tor the
meeting of this session of the Board.
Thereupon the chair appointed Supervls-
ors Kloye, Hoffman and Parr such commit
tee.
Supervisor Klove, chairman OF the aooVe
committee, made the following verbal re-
port to wit; That this Board can procure
the CITY Hall on and after tomorrow morn
ing. and he would recommend that when
this Board adjourn, it adjourn to meet at the
CITY Hall at . O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Thereupon Supervisor Barton moved that
said report be adopted.
The ayes and noes being demanded, SUI
pervisors Barton, Beach, Center, Connerton,
Drackley, Fades, Elaherty, Fox, Hodgson,
Hoffman, Klove, Lowman, McIntire A. g.,
Mcintyre Nathaniel, Miller Miner, Nelson,
O'Donnell, Palmer, Parr, Pool, Read, Ste
venson, Stormont. White and Mr., Chairman,
-twenty-slX-.voted in the affirmative.
And Supervisors Adams, Dresser, Fisher,
Gray, Helmig, Lauf Metzger, Singer and
Wylle-nne-votedi in the negative. Carried.
Supervisor Wylie, chairman of the Com.
mite on equalization of personal property,
made the following partial report. to wit:
Your committee have examined the sched-
ules of the several towns in this county and
find many of them not sworn to, as is re.
CURED by law, and your committee would
recommend that the assessors of several
towns be notified TO appear before this com
mlttee forthwith. Report adopted.
On motion of Supervisor Mclntire A. c.,
it is ordered that the assessors OF the several
towns be notified to appear before the com
mittee on equalization Of personal property
forthwith.
The chairman submitted new bond of
county clerk. ThereupOn, on motion of Su-
pervisor Eades it is ordered that the same
be referred to the committee on finance and
the chairman of this board.
The clerk read q communication, or me-
moral, from the Board of Supervisors OF
Rock Island county. Thereupon, on motion
of Supervisor Mcintyre ~. the same was re-
ferred to the committee to settle with state
charitable institutions.
Supervisor Fades moved that all bills
against the county be submitted to the prop
er committees. Carried.
Petition of j. II. Hosiord and petition of
John X. Robinson, read by the clerk, which
on motion were referred 10 the committee on
complaints and attachments.
On motion Of Supervisor Gray, it is order
ed that this board adjourn till 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
WEDNESDAY, Sept Is, A. d. 1880.
Board met in the City Hall pursuant to
adjournment.
Present same as yesterday and Supervisor
Ferguson.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
The clerk read communication from
Isaac r. Hit in reference to appearing be-
fore this board on Friday next. Thcreupon,
on motion Of Supervisor Bcllinghausen, the
clerk was instructed to notify Mr.. HIT that
the board will be IN session TIL Friday next
Petition of Martin Baker, in reference to
compensation rs witness in case OF the Pco-
pie, &c. VS., Russell, was read by the clerk,
which on motion was referred to the COM
mit,ec on claims.
Supervisor Miller submitted petition of
citizens of the townships of Dayton, Rut.
land and Wallace, asking that new town
ships be formed out of Congressional TowD-
ship "a, range 3, and Congressional Town
ship "a, range H. which on motion was refer
red 10 the committee on township organiza-
ton.
Supervisor Read submitted petition. of
citizens Of Fall River Township, asking that
a new Township be formed out OF Congress
Ional Township 50, range A. which on motion
was referred to the committee on township
organization.
Supervisor Mclntire A. G. presented pctl.
ton OF citizens of Mendoza IN reference to
support of Mrs. Mary Reardon, an insane
person now at the insane asylum, which on
motion Of Supervisor Beach, was referred to
the committee to settle with state charitable
institutions.
On motion Of Supervisor Armstrong, it is
ordered that when this board adiour it ad-
iourns till 8 o'clock tomorrow morning
On motion Of Supervisor Klove, 1t is order
ed that the several assessors who have been
notified to appear before this board appear
before the committee on equalization of per
al ~, (att lid,