, 1881-04-17

! The Board ofTrustces met last evening, all
| lncnibcrs present The President hanteti in bis
ftnu1urui address and reported committees for
the year us follows:
Finance. Buwen und Pe.rce; Judiciary. Peirce
nnl Webster; Streets. Johnstonc and Pullman;
Drainage, Webster und Bowen; Street-iishts,
Puillnun ana Peirce; Public Grounds buildings,
etc.. .1ohnstone and Webster, Police: Webster
and .ls,h,,seosle; Lcet,sss, fu.ltllan and Bowen;
Wafer COMMISSIONER. Mr. peirce. 4 request to
remove the ne-honse tsuAl Maple aveuue,
where it bncks the street. WIS referred.
". F. Newtun. John Pence. james McCunan-
ban, Tnulnas Culver. christopher Gurvey, John
Delnuey. und James ker.an. all OF South cht-
cago. asked tU be appointed POLICEMEN.
The Boufd received the nut.ce Of the South
Park Commissioner in relation to the parks he
referred to the Water Cnm!l!'ss ioner.
The oilicial bonds OF H. j. GMdrich, tag Claim
Agent, rnd c. l.. Norton, Assistant Controller,
were presented and refer, cd.
Mir. Webster presented ordinance which
dues away with the law which was passed after
the famous Waldron defAlcation, and which WIS
the Hoari ot Trustees Of 1ha1 yeuE- The old
ordinance fixed the term Of the Treasurer fur
Sne yeur oniy aud hs s.aid npt be rss!seted d.
REFLECTED, su that he can hold mis- office for two
yeurs-
Mr Pullman seconded the ordinance.
Mr. Webster explained his urusnuncc By say
Ing that Mr. Herrick WAS TN honest aud Ruod
Treasurer.
Nf. FletCc opposed On tue SrQuuu LQlI IL was
not wise tu reflect any Treasurer un Ila.ter bow
good he wAs He quoted the little Sll4.Uu mut-
ter OF Waldron. the little S5S0UW matter OF Jar
rctt. and. tht'uEh ne Thought Mr. Herricx was
remarkably good oi1ieer, Yet lie could not sup
port Any SUCH thing.
Gut. Bowen gave lesson on finance.
President Hobart said he could not vote for
the ordinance, US be had learned the true value
ui the old one
The roll was then called and the ordinance
was lost.
The Controller and Assistant Controller re-
ported thAt they had checked UP the accounts of
The Collector, J. 4. Hamilton, and found them
correct with the exception OF one error. and
that he hau collected SIRIUS 69, and advised the
The report wis accepted and tAh warrant Or
dere4l drawn.
The Buard adjourned until Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock, when they will consider the subject
Of saloon license fees and other Kindred
1uaiters.
melnbers Of the Hoard OF EducaLou Geurge H.
Of F1ftF-th1d street and Madison avenue, and
Hugo Buus Uf the urtn OF Pntztck i Gu, Grand
Crossing. The ts,tul yt,te cast 299. There
WIS no Imposition. Tie Dourl OF Education pre-
sented It's auuuMl report. Ia which were the ful-
low lg figures ut EXPENSES: Cost Df FIfty-fOurth
wood Avenue School, $Ii.9lss: cost ur uew schou-
site at 0rnnd Crossing, SaBa2: tenchers salMr1es,
$l39.G: total expenditures, S59.lu5. Balance in
hands Of Treasurer Marcn ii. lSSO. Sl..,T15- Pro-
ceeds Of e., UUJ OF Der cent b.1uGs par, S..5,
GU: interest $+1. Taxes received Us Treasurer, :
:JE-.Bl4. Total. $'0.5sl. Orders drawn IN Treas
urer and paid, S59.;A'5. Haiauce due from E. N.
Jarrett, ex-Treasurer, flu.:u0 DulAuce In hnnds
Of Alexander Graham. Treasurer, 81, ,o65 Totul,
$1Q.i5l.