The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-16

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JOHN AsTER,
NJ. SCHooNMAKER,
NJ ]. MCENIRY,
Committee.
The committee on town and town ac-
counts submitted the following report
which on motion was received and
adopted:
1Our committee on town and town ac-
counts would beg leave to report that they
have examined the list of judges of cleo
tons submitted by the respective towns
wherein judges are to be appointed for
the general election:
Hampton-District No. 1-Reinhold
Leatch, Jos. Wmans, P Ratchford
District No. 2-Orrin Kline, VIII Carey,
D. A Weatherhead. District No. 3-R.
NJ Mitchell, D. w. Thompson, H. S.
Shurtliff.
South Moline-Distrlct No. &c. P.
Ryder, Geo W. Gamble, D. W. Beal
District No. &C. H. Patch, Josiah
Heck, David Kelso.
Edgington-District No. - Nelson
Sherwood. Joseph Kell, James Taylor
District No. 2-Wm. II. Schriner, NJ
Schoonmaker, c. Stanley.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
JOHN AsTER,
NJ j. MCENIRY,
M. SHOEMAKER.
Committee.
Supervisor Cedarberg moved that the
salary of the circuit clerk be fixed at
81, 700 90 per year. Supervisor Haw>
thorne moved rs an amendment that the
salary of the circuit clerk be fixed al
81, 10000 per year. The yeas and nays
being called resulted as follows: Yeas
Supervisors Aster, Bowman, Burial, Ce
darberg. Hawthorne, Schoonmaker, Tit
terington and Trumble-S. Nays-Su
pervisors Barton, Campbell. Fisk, Fitz
gerald, GoodlOw, Hollister, McEniry, Ry>
der, Schneider, Swanson and Weather
head-11. Neutrality-suspicious. Heath,
Martin and Pearsoll; lost.
The yeas and nays were then called up
on Supervisor Cedarberg's motion and re
suited as follows: Yeas-Supervisors
Aster, Bowman, Burial, Clarke, Cedar
berg. Fitzgerald, Hawthorne, Hollister,
Schoonmaker, Titterington and Trumble
ii. Nays-Supervisors Barton, Camp.
bell, Fisk, Goodlow, McEniry, Ryder,
Schneider, Swanson and Weatherhead-9.
Absent-Supervisors Heath, Martin and
Pearsoll; carried.
Supervisor HOLSTER moved that the
circuit clerk be allowed 81, 900 90 pei
year for clerk hire; carried.
Supervisor Barton moved that Super
visor Ryder be allowed to use his discre,
ton in relation to taking care of Martha
Hudson, until the next meeting of the
board carried.
Supervisor Barton moved that in cases
where the friends of deceased paupers are
not able to pay for opening and closing
graves that the overseers of poor be auth.
orized to pay not to exceed $500 for the
same; lost,
Supervisor McEniry moved that the
finance committee and Mitchell & Lynde
be instructed to proceed at once to collect
the notes of d. o. Reid in favor of thu
county. The yeas and nays being called
resulted as follows: Yeas-Supervisors
Aster, Barton. Bowman, Burial, Camp
bell, Clarke, Cedarberg, Fisk, Fitzgerald.
Goodlow, Hawthorne, Hollister, McEniry
| Schneider, Schoonmaker, Swanson, Tits
lexington, Trumble and Weatherhead-
10. Nays-none. Neutrality-suspicious.
Heath, Martin and Pearsoll; carried.
Supervisor McEniry moved that the
coroner be instructed to file bills against
the estate of parties who are able to pay
the coroner's fees on inquests; carried.
Supervisor McEniry moved that the
county clerk be directed to extend ia,
of IS cents on each 800 dollar valuation
of all the taxable property in the county
purposes for the year 1884; carried
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
county clerk be directed to extend the
district road tax, dog tax and other taxes
upon the tax books for the year 1884
carried.
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
lcommittee on finance be instructed tc
proceed Immediately to collect the sum
of 1922 so, extra clerk hire from L. F
| Harson together with the sum of 1926. 81
sheriff's fees claimed to be due from L
F. Harson, and heretofore order 10 be
collected from him. The yeas and nays
being called resulted as follows: Yeas
Supervisors Aster, Barton, Bowman,
Burial Campbell, Clarke, Cedarberg
Fisk, Fitzgerald, Goodlow, Heath, Haw
thorne, Holllster. McEniry, Ryder
Schneider, Schoonmdker, Swanson, Tit,
terington, Trumble and Weatherhead-
| 81 Nays-none Absent, SUPERVISOR
Martin and Pearsoll; carried
Supervisor Swanson moved that the
committee on fiuance be instructed tc
investigate the books of the steward OF
the poor farm and make report thereon
| the same as in cases of other county Off
GERS and that they report at the next
meeting Supervisor Barton moved as
an amendment that the poor farm com.
mittee be instructed to make such report
instead of the finance committee, which
was accepted by Supervisor Swanson
The motion as thus amended was then