The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-07-30

lev s. c., Mr.. Chairman-lS-voted in
the negative. Carried.
On motion of supervisor Armstrong 1t
is ordered that the assessment rolls DC
referred to the proper committees.
Supervisor BelliDghausen presented
the following resolution, which on motion,
was adopted:
Res1lred. That the clerk have printed
400 copies Of an abstract OF the assess
ment of the county, giving the aggre-
gate of the lots, ltn,ls and personal prop
| erty i'm each town, and also the aggre-
gate of last year Of each class in each
! town. ,,-
Supervisor Gray moved that all bills
| be referred TO their appropriate commit
tees without first reading to the board,
Carried.
On motion of supervisor Bellinghaus'
en-, 1t is ordered that the election OF
county agent be made the special order OF
business on Thursday morning next AT
| 9o'clock.
Petition of |. Higgins, of Mendoza,
| asking an abatement on his personal as
sessment, was read, and, on motion, re-
ferred To the committee on complaints
and attachments.
On motion board adjourned till 9
O'Clock to. morrow morning.
WEDNESDAY, July IL, 1881.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present same as yesterday. Minutes OF
yesterdays proceedings read ana APP
proved.
the committee on fees and salaries, pre-
scented the following report, which, on
motion, was adopted
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF ne
Board OF Supervisors Your committee
on fees and salaries would beg leave TO
recommend that tie salary OF the county
agent be fixed at the SUN OF five hun
bred dollars for the ensuing year. Re
spcctively submitted.
II. BELLINGHAUsEN,
Chairman.
Supervisor Wyie Alex, chairman of
the committee on equalization OF person.
al property, IN de the following verbal
report, which, on motion, was adopted:
Your committee would respectfully re-
port to your honorable body that the per
sonal property assessment OF the town OF
Farm Ridge is 80 high as to render 1t
impracticable to egualize fairly as be-
tween towns. They therefore respect
fully recommend that the personal prop
erty assessment of the said town or Farm
Ridge be set aside, and that new as
sessment be ordered with instructions TO
the assessor OF said town to assess the
said property at nifty per cent. OF us pres
ent assessed value.
Supervisor Fades, from the committee
on miscellaneous CLAIMS, submitted the
report of said committee fixing the per
diem and mileage due the several Judges
and clerks of elections, which report WAS
adopted and the clerk directed to draw
orders on the treasurer for the amounts
therein specified in favor OF the parties
therein named.
Supervisor a. Hoge requested that all
members of this board VINO desire to visit
the county asylum form themselves INTO
"a committee for that purpose.
On motion board adjourned Till
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
THURSDAY, July II, 1881.
Board met pursuant To adjournment.
Present same aS yesterday Minutes OF
Yesterdays proceedings read and APP
proved.
The hour having arrived for the cleo
ton OF county agent, thereupon super
visor Belllnghauser moved That we pro-
coed to nominate candidates for said office.
II. T. Gibson being the only nominee,
thereupon, on motion Of supervisor Miller,
II. c. Gibson was declared duly appointed
county agent for the ensuing year.
Supervisor Stevenson, chairman OF
committee on complaints ana aOate-
mems. presented their report, which, on
motion of supervisor Hoffman, was acted
upon seriatim and adopted, and Is in the
words and figures following, to wit:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF me
Board of Supervisors Your committee
on complaints and ATTACHMENTS would re-
spectfully report that they have exam
ined the matter of the petition OF Julius
J. Carter, of the town of Farm Ridge,
asking a reduction of the assessment Of
the Nell of section 81, town 81, north of
range 3 east OF the Sd D. IN, and your
committee, being satisfied that the assess
ment is too high, recommend that said
assessment be reduced to (S3,OOO) three
thousand dollars. And also the petition
OF G.. M. Murphy, vice president OF the
La Sale National Bank, asking an abate-
ment on the assessment of the capital
stock OF said bank, your committee
would recommend the reduction OF said
assessment from ($40, 0O0) forty thousand
dollars to (3S,0O0) thirty-eight thousand
dollars. And upon the petition OF Nancy
Barber, of the township OF Mendoza,
asking an abatement of ($l200) twelve
hundred dollars on her assessment for
the year 1881 your committee, being fully
satisfied that said $1,000 twelve hundred
dollars were rightfully assessed to
George w. b. Clark, of the township of
Mendoza, do therefore recommend that
the prayer of the petitioner be granted.
And upon the petition of Wm Free
land, of the township of Miller, asking
the refunding of the taxes on certain
improvements twice assessed for the
year 1850, your committee, being satisfied
in the premises, recommend that the
clerk of this board draw his order on the
treasurer in favor of said William Free
land for S2.31, that beng the excess of
county tax, and that he certify the action
of this board. and statement of the eX-
cess Of the several taxes, To the proper
officer for the benefit OF said petitioner.
JAMES W. STEVENSON,
(,huirp,