The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-01

the foregoing circular, and received
plans and specifications from all or the
six invited architects, and after careful
and thorough examination aud a full ana
minute exhibition of all the parts shown
by the respective architects, beg leave 10
report briefly the following outline or
said buildings, to wit: Mr.. Randalls
court honse plan is 2l0 feet ny 50 feet,
two stories high, exterior walls stone.
Estimated cost Sl59,274.2o: Mr., Piacer 8
courthouse plan is l3l feet by 50 feet,
three stories high. Estimated cost,
500. 9O5. 99--wi;h sand stone less SO, 600
S94. 1850. Mr.. Furness' courthouse
plan is 1856 feet by SIS feet, three stories
high. Estimated cost, S97.7l5. Mr.,
Beers courthouse plan 81 4 feet by S4A
feet. Estimated cost, sos ,63i. Mr.. VIII
cox's courthouse plan is $50 by 80 feet.
Estimated cost S97 ,707. Mr.. Wllletts
courthouse plan is $50 feet by 20 rect.
Estimated cost. 500, 9S3-three stories
high. am further instructed TO report
to the board that none of the above plans
meet the approval of the committee,
therefore am instructed TO report 10 tne
board that the committee do not recon-
mend the adoption of any OF the forego-
ing plans, but submit the plans and per-
spective views now in onr possession Tor
the examination of this board.
Your committee would further report
that they have had many opportunities 10
obtain Information in regard to costs. VIZ:
of structure and material as we'll as the
necessary cOnveniences connected with
public buildings, that will enable them
to intelligently proceed with the erection
of these public buildings us contemplated
by this board Your committee would
further ask for authority to proceed to
perfect plans for the erection OF said
buildings in such manner as to them VIII
seem best for the interest OF the county.
and TO submit the same to this board at
its next session. In all of which am
instructed to ask the concurrence or the
board.
GEO. w. ARMSTRONG. Chairman.
Supervisor Parr presented the follow
ing resolution, which, on motion. was
adopted
Resolred, That a committee of three
be appointed to confer with the
county attorney and ascertain whether
any person or persons have lawful right
to copy our county records for the pur-
pose of selling the same.
ThereupOn the chair appointed super
visors Parr, Read and Reynolds such
committee.
On motion board adjourn till O'Clock
this p. NJ. ...--. ..
Two O'CLOCK p. NJ.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present same AS this A. NJ.
Supervisor Ferguson. chairman OF the
special committee to examine supervls-
ors' bonds for dog license, reported that
they had examined the bond OF each or
the supervisors and found them all cor
rect. and the securities on all sufficient,
ana moved that all of said bonds be APP
proved Carried.
Supervisor Stevenson presented the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, The committee to build
court house and jail have failed to adopt
any plans: therefore,
RtsDirtd, That the whole subject mat
ter be referred back with instructions To
perfect plans. SO as, in Their judgment,
will meet the wants Of the county, and
the eXigtncies of the case, and proceed
at the earliest practicable moment to con-
tract for the building of a court house
and jail, and, inasmuch as the present
committee Is unequally distributed over
the county, the n0ith side having really
but two members on said committee;
therefore,
hesoIted, That A. G. McIntire and
Wright Adams be added to said commit
tee.
Supervisor Lowman moved TO table
the resolution. The ayes and noes beng
demanded several Of the supervisors ask
ed to be excused from voting. Thereup-
on supervisors Barton moved that none
of the members of this board be excused
from voting except supervisors Mclntlre
Ca. C.) and Adams. Carried.
The clerk then proceeded to call The
roll with the following result. SupervlS-
ors Armstrong, Beach, Bellnghansen,
Burgess. Center, COnerton, Drackley,
Dresser, Fades, Ferguson, Fischer,
Flaherty. Gardner, Gray, Helmig, Hodg-
son. Hoffman, KlOve, Lauf, LOWman,
Metzger. Miller, Miner. Nelson, O'DOn-
nell, Reynolds, Singer, White. Wylie (29
voted in the affirmative. Supervisors
Barton, Fox, Hoge, Mcintyre (Natel.
Palmer, I'arr, Pool. Read, Stevenson,
Stormont, Mr.. chairman on voted in the
negative. Resolution tabled.
The reading of the report of the court
house ana jail committee being called
for. thereupon Supervisor Armstrong,
chairman of said committee, read the re-
port. ..r...
Supervisor Hoffman moved that the
report of the courthouse and jail COM
mlttee be adopted.
Supervisor MetZger moved to amend
by deferring action upon said report UNI
Ill . O'Clock TO. morrow afternoon. Amend
ment lost The question recurring upon
the original motion was carried.
Supervisor Klove presented the follow
ing resolution, which, on motion, was
adopted:
Resolred, That the supervisors of the
several towns be allowed the sum Of So
each for posting election notices of the
late election, and the approving of the
collectors bonds, and that the clerk be
authorized to draw his orders on the
Treasurer for the same in favor of the
several supervisors.
Supervisor McIntire A. c. moved
that the annual report of Il. w. Holmes
as circuit clerk, now Oh the clerks table,
be referred to the committee to settle
with the county officers. Carried.
On motion board adjourned till 8
o'clock to morrow morning.
THURSDAY, Dec. 8. A. ID. 1880.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.