The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-24

Ter OF the peutlOn OF D. OlueSlnS, we |
would recommend that the prayer be not |
granted. In the matter of the petition of
the Holly Manufacturing Co., we are
satisfied that the city of Rock Island owns
the property. and therefore recommend
that the assessment be abated. Iu the
matter of the petition of Y. E. McClendon
we would recommend that the county
clerk be directed to issue an order for six
dollars and eighty-five cents ($6.S5) on
the county treasurer in favor of Y. E.
McClendon when said McClendon proper
" cancels the sale of record. We would
recommend that the prayer of the petition
of the American Bell Telephone company
be granted, while we think they pay
very light tax, we can find no law where
by we have any right to tax their patent
right, and We think the amount of So
700 was only reasonable assessment for
the value of their property in Moline and
that they should have been assessed fairly
for such property with proper description.
We would add that the assessor for the
year 1884 has failed TO make any assess
ment of property belonging to the Ameri-
| can Bell Telephone company. We further
| recommend that the county clerk make
| the proper correction of the assessment
for the year 1883.
LUTHER |. PEARsoLI.,
ARTHUR BURIAL,
| M. SCHooNMAKER,
N. III. CEDARBERG,
| ...f. Committee.
Supervisor Weatherhead submitted
report showing that Margaret Shaw, an
insane woman, is not a resident of Gin
ten county, Iowa, and that her actual
residence cannot be ascertained. The
report was, on motion, received and
| placed on file.
Supervisor Aster reported that
he had $40 in his hands,
received from sale of old fix
lures in the old county offices, and. on
motion was directed to pay the same into
the county treasury. Supervisor Barton
moved that the matter of renting the old
circuit clerks office be deferred until the
next term of the board; carried.
Supervisor Pearsoll moved that Super
visors Burial and Aster be appointed as
a committee to employ expert witnesses if
such are necessary in the prosecution of
1 A. j. Hill; carried.
Supervisor Barton move,i that the rate
to be charged for the keeping of Marga-
ret Kelly at the county insane hospital
be the same as the average cost of keeps
ing other paupers. Supervisor Aster
moved to amend by fixing the rate at 50
per week. Supervisor Barton accepted
the amendment Supervisor Schneider
| moved as an amendment to the amend
ment that the rate be fixed at So per
month. Supervisor Aster accepted the
amendment to the amendment. The
motion as amended was voted upon and
carried
. Supervisor Ryder moved that L. E.
Fish. conservstor of Margaret Kelly, be
D instructed to pay the money due for her
; | keeping into the treasury; carried.
81 Supervisor McEniry offered the follow
3 ing resolution which. on motion, was
y received and adopted
ii WHEREAS Rock Island county is now
9 very heavily in debt and is becoming
: more so with the recurrence of each year
oil Be it Resolved, That the finance com>
mittee of the board of supervisors be
o instructed to take counsel in regard to
8 the submission of three (3) mill tax tC
o the people to be voted upon at the No
vember election"
ri Supervisor Bowman moved that the
< board pay bounty on wolf scalps a:
0 follows, viz: For young wolves. So each
old male wolves, So. and old female
wolves, $40. The chair ruled the motor
out of order Supervisor Bowman ap
pealed to the house The ruling of thu
chair was sustained by the followins
: vote:
oil Yeas-Supervisors Aster. Burial
Cedarburg, Fitzgerald Fisk, HOLSTER
S McEniry, Ryder, Schneider. Schoon
n maker. Swanson-11. Noes-Supervi
sors Barton, Bowman, Clarke, Goodlow
/ Hawthorne, Heath, Martin, Titterington
Trumble and Weatherhesd-10.
> The following report of NJ. Koch, over
} seer of the poor of Rock Island, was, OF
motion, received and adopted;
G MIR Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Su
III pervisors:
O The undersigned overseer of the poo
of the township of Rock Island would
10 respectfully report to your honorable
10 body that he has reappointed DIR. G. L
y Eyster as township physician for tn
% ensuing year from June lst 1884, to jun
Q LIST 1885, at salary of $500 per year
y small pox and cholera cases not included
0 as heretofore. Also that he has invites
Q bids to furnish medicine for the poor o
10 the township in Daily Union May Esd
10 Gath and 25th, and has awarded the con
y tract to F. NJ Wheaton as the only an,
70 consequently the lowest bidder for tn
. ensuing year from June 9Th, 1884. to Jun
q Sth. 1885, inclusive, at 90 cents for pre-
10 scriptions. Surgical instruments and aT
" planes extra as heretofore
I0) MICHAEL KOCH,
I0l Overseer of Poor