, 1880-03-07
THE COUNTY-BUILD1NG.

TIE Offices OF the County Treasurer and tn
room occupied by the County Atlas man are t,
be calcimined, ,-~probably BY Tom Nelson.
TEE Committee on Jail aud Jail Accounts me
yesterday, passed On some bills, and audited tnt
claim for the Deputy 6herif's back pay sinct
December.
FRANK NEsEN, Collector Of the North Town
yesterday turned over 5000 to the County
Treasurer, ,1l2 to the city, and 5000 to the
Lincoln Park Board. The County Treasurer re-
ce1vod Sl,Q52 from the Pittsburg, Chicago g. st.
Louis Railroad on account of taxes.
JUDGE LOOMS yesterday entered IN order d.
| rect1ng Julius Rosenberg, Assignee OF the in-
solvent firm of Stettauer Bros. j. Co., to close UP
pig accounts With the estate. The action was
taken at the request Of the Assignee, who re-
ports that matters have been arranged with all
over He will be granted release forthwith.
[ MIR MR. "; q, WARNER, Station Agent Of the
1lllnois Central Railroad Station at Twenty
OF bis name On the change of venue affidavit
made in the Dwyer case. OF course every one
knew thft Mr.: Warner was not the man, but
Whnt 1s Wanted Is for the alleged w. H. Warner
to come forward and show himself II he does
not turn up, perhaps the presiding Judge Of the
criminal Court may feel impeled to ask some
member or the Bar to produce him.
TIE Committee on TOWNS and Town Accounts
yesterday audited some bills and claims for sup
Port Of paupers. They also received and con-
fste sldGred the report q ch9mhertain the County
16 scases, Including thirteen married couples,
aat M 9
representing thirty ty-seren persons, should be
dropped from the roll. a discussion was had as
relief 10 seventeen childless widows who have
heretofore received each from Sc to IS per month
from the the county It came out incidental1
per. week had actualiy been en- satacicnt
to induce one or two widows to remove from
Chicago to the of L.
mtttee decided to allow 81 per month to all
widows on the roll Of paupers.
TIE Committee on Public Records met yester-
day at the Recorders Office and debated prop
states Land Register 1T Springfield, to sell to the
county, for $500, a copy Of the original book
e ee Efsn7 aa5 ads BY ee # sa
from Judges and members of the Bar bearing
testimony to the usefulness Of the book |
weEe read Judge Preseett M sid that he
On the book and also put in all his own spare
time Tor six months upon it. But. since it only !
Government W to tho ORIGINAL grantee or natontee'
and as all the books containing the transfers
made between this time and October, ISL were |
in establishing chain of title IS not manifest !
on its face: At tho same time, the Burnt
RECORDS act directs County Boards to pur-
chase such records where necessary for the es-
tabshnent Of proper titles. It is not known
what the result of tho dicker will be, hut the |
book would col tainly be of interest to the His !
tor1cal Society, to which the owner might
present it as illustrative Of early Chicago
TOWN CONSOLIDATION.
County-Attorney Willett has addressed COM |
municadon to the Justices of the Supreme
court in relation to the case involving the con-
OF the law permitting the conson-
lation Of the Towns OF North, South, and West
Chicago; The title Of the cause Is The People
Ar. Willett asks that:i be advanced on the
calendar and decided 1T once. The town cleo
ions occur april &, and notices must be posted
harch II. The realestate assessment made by
he Assessor to be elected in April stands good |
or four years. Unless the question fs now
tehnltly settled, the assessment on all Chicago |
property will be jeopardfzed, and one-sxfh |
II the annual revenue Of the State !
nay be lost II the law Of 1877 should be de-
lured unconstitutional after the election of an |
assessor for The Town Of Chicago" and nfter
1s assessment for the year 1850 has been made, .
uch Assessor could not be considered de facto
Ulcer for the two towns In which he did not re-
tde, and disasters as serious as those which fol-
My Chicago, but Cook County and the State at I
arge- The confusion OF elections flor without | !
MS decision four muy bo held when only one
hould bel is sufficient ground for a decision
rior to the April election. Such are, in 9
ricf, the reasons advanced by Mr.. Wilctt
support of his request that the Judges shall
urry up, and Gen. George ". Smith, attorney G
or the respondent, Brayton this being friend
sllt joins In the prayer.