The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-21
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Business Transacted by the
Supervisors.
Reports of Committees and
routine work.
FRIDAY, 10th.

/ Present all the members except super
| visors Liphart and Taylor
Supervisor A. F. HOLSTER chairman pre-
tenn presiding.
/ Minutes of yesterdays proceedings read
and approved.
Asa Butman. Steward of the poor farm
presented a report on the appropriation
| placed in his hands for the purpose OF
| sending Hugh Fulton, to his home in
Minncsota,W en- on motion was Receive
and placed on lie.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges
submitted the following report.
| STATE OF ILLINOIS, -
Rock ISLAND COUNTY. %
Board ofSupervisors, September term, Sept. 10th
hr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of tie Boord
| Of Supervisors;
Your committee on Roads and Bridges
would beg leave to report that they have
examined the several petitions presented
| to them as follows:
A petition from the town of Cordova
| asking for an appropriation of $1,000 to
build a bridge across the Docia.
A petition from Black Hawk asking for
an appropriation of $3.50 for bridge
across Puskey Hollow.
A petition from Drury asking for a
$500 appropriation for bridges on the river
road.
Also a petion from Canoe Creek, asking
appropriation of $500 for bridge in said
town across the Docia. Making total of
SO, $50 asked for by the several petitions
Your committee believe it would be estab
fishing bad precedent to grant the pray
ers of the several petitions, believing that
each town can maintain their own bridges
without being an unreasonable burden
We therefore reject the prayers of the pc
TONERS of the several townships.
But your committee believe Drury town
ship should be the first to have an appro-
priation, if any is granted
THOMAS CAMPBELL c.
E. n. HoLLIsTER
Supervisor Mcconnell moved that the
foregoing report of the Committee on
roads and bridges be received and ac-
cepted.
Carried,
Supervisor Ballard moved that $500 be
appropriated from the county treasury for
building a bridge and repairing roads IN
Drury township.
Supervisor Zimmerman moved as an
amendment that Cordova township be
allowed the same amount for the same
purpose.
Supr. Heath moved as an amendment to
the amendment that Black Hawk town
ship be also allowed $500 for the same pur-
pose. The yeas and nays being called re-
suited as follows:
Yeas-Suprs. Zimmerman, E. n. Hol
lister, Osborne, Albrecht, Oakley. Gordon,
Atkinson, Schneider, Heath Leese, Wilson.
Ballard, Little and Wray.-14.
Nays-Suprs. Burial Campbell and
Mcconnell -3-Carried
The yeas and nays being called upon
Supr Zimmermanns amendment resulted
as follows: Yeas-Suprs. Zimmerman,
Osborn; Oakley, Heath, Ballard and Lit
tle,-6. Nays-Suprs. E. n. Hollister,
Albrecht, Gordon, Atkinson, Burial,
Schneider. Campbell, Leese, Mcconnell
and Little-10-Lost.
The yeas and nays being called upon the
original motion of Supr. Ballard resulted
as follows: Yeas-Supr. Zimmerman,
Hirsch, Atkinson, Heath, Lees. Wilson,
Ballard, Little and Wray.-1G.
Nays-Supr. E. n. Hollister, Osborne, AL
brecht Oakley, Gordon, Ritter, Blomberg,
Burial, Schneider and Campbell-10.
There being tie, the chairman voted in
the affirmative.
The committee on fees and salaries sub
mitted the following report, which on
motion was received and adopted.