The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-03-24
THE COUNTY BOARD
FIRST Session Hela IN tho New county
building. Free oil AT IA Cost of
Sl26;OJ.3S.


Wnlther's block. When the roll had beer
called, Mr.. Flaherty announced that th'
n new court house building was flushed
b and that though not yet accepted by thu
e Building Committee or Board, it could b,
used, through the courtesy of Messrs Col
I well, the contractors; and he moved an al
jOurnment to the Supervisors Room IN the
new building.
On re.assembling there, Mr.. Truman, o.
Mendoza, said that as the first act IN the
new building 1t would be emlnenlly fitting
and in order that the Board should have Il
speech from the chairman.
Mr.. Miller, chairman, thcreupou SAID, In
substance, lha, this is the second court
house for La Sale county that he had
helped to dedicate. In the day when the
first Was built there were comparatively
few inhabitants. Now the people OF La
Sale county outnumber all there were
then in the state north Of Christian county.
Then we had but one S,nator and one
| lNON VIC tlC IN GU i'Ats
The progress Of the worlds history has
been westward since ciyillZa.
ions dawn. 1t had swept over barbara
Europe and the Lion and the Unicorn have
pushed on to America, the land oi prom.
Use, and We arc but part and parcel IN the
great fact. We are to-day met in the sec
ond temple erected in La Sale county
AS in older Jerusalem the newer temple
was ereot-d more magnificently on the
ruins of the old, so we have built this
house on the ruins of an older one Let 1t
not become, as was said OF the temple, -
den of thieves" Let it not be said this
temple OF justice has become house OF
niquity; but let 1t be handed down to
coming generations unstalned by wrong,
but fair and untarnlshed, And have no
greater wish than that future generations
shall show as fair a record as have the
past and then shall La Sale march On
with her sister counties to prosperity. Ill
we are true 10 ourselves, the future is ms
fair as the rainbow To Noah
On motion of Mr. Flahorty the commit
tee were authorized to modify somewhat
the naming OF the rooms, giving the Coun-
ty Court the North Circuit Court room,
and the Probate Court the west court
room; except when both Circuit Court
rooms are needed by that court when the
rooms shall be occupied as planned
4 large number Of petitions ana bills
were handed in and referred without read. |
ing.
Geo W. Hoge was made chairman Of |
committee 10 settle with County Treasurer, |
and ". Hogc chairman Of committee 10
settle with county officers.
The new members were assigned to the
committee on which their predecessors
served, with the above changes ia posi-.
tons
On Tuesday, Grittir, of Utica, handed IN
petition to give the towns Of Utica and |
Deer Park new boundaries. The Utica
people on the petition wish 10 enjoy the
luxury OF being a congressional township
In the afternoon, however, he begged leave
TO withdraw il because he had to 90 to
Chicago to hear that bridge suit again In
the |. 5. Court. So the matter will not
come up before July at least
MIR. Flaherty presented resolution
the preamble reciting the well known fact
that La Sale county's allowance Of insane
Al the hospitals is more than tlled-whch
authorized the appointment Of commit
tee of five who shall! examine INTO the mat.
ter and make full report at the Sertem.
Der session of the Board The fac. ls there
must be immediate relief from some
source, since La Sale equity can get no
more insane INTO the State Asylums unless
one patient now there Is removed Al
present there Ia no proper place for them
The County Asylum was built for the poor
only, but it is fast becoming an asylum fol
the lncurably insane. If the increase OF
Insane must be provided for by the coun-
ty, proper building must BE- erected for
the purpose There were the usual mo.
lions to delay, to table TO submit to a vote
OF the people, but when the suffice, was
last explained to mean only an lnvestiga
ton Of the subject and not the Immediate
erection Of $4,000 insane asy lum, the
resolution WAS adopted. 1t
Mr.. Flaherty said he didn't know
whether the recent indictment of the ia n
by the Grand Jury was simply the result
Of the habits of many years past or not
but as they had called attention to some I
defects, he moved the matter be referred TO
he committee on Court House and JAIL
for report. Ga the same subject the
Sheriff presented some suggestions, which I
was referred to the com.
ni,tee on public buildings.
Mr. Belinghausan, for the Building
presented a report on the heat. /
ug apparatus He said it had never heen r
thoroughly tested because it is claimed. II
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