The Rock Island Argus., 1884-09-15

TOTAL-Cordova Sal 81 Port Byron S34,55 Coe
S1460; Zuma S29.29; Hampton $23e 65; South Mo
line $3.50; Andalusia S1s3 81, Buffalo Prairie $50
50; Drury S72.61 Rural 81; Black Hawk $50 04; !;
Coal Valley SS3.S1; Rock Island S50545; Moline
S602,63.
The following bills your committee
would refer back to the board for consid
Grafton: G. r. Wells, $10.35; NJ. H.
Rowland, $54.10; Drs Morgan & Nc
Louth, 800; II. W. Hyde, $50; Mum
roe Bros, 1910.
The bill of Katharine SChell for $22.00
your committee would reject All of
which is respectfully submitted.
THos. TRUMBLE,
JOHN BARTON,
STEPHEN f. GOoDLow,
DAVID FITzGERALD,
c. B. FISK.
Committee"
Supervisor Aster moved that the bill of
Of g. r. Wells be allowed at $500. The
yeas and nays being called resulted as
follows: Yeas-Supervisors Aster, Bow
man, Burial, Cedarberg, Fisk, Goodlow,
Hawthorne, Hollister, McEniry, Schoon-
maker Titterington, Trumble and Weath>
erhead-13. NayS-Snpervisors Barton,
Campbell, Clarke, Fitzgerald, Ryder,
Schneider and Swanson-7. Absent
Supervisors Heath, Martin and Pearsoll;
carried
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
bill of NJ. II. Rowland amounting to
S54 10 be allowed. The yeas and nays
being called resulted as follows; Yeas
Supervisors Aster, Barton, Bowman Bur
rail-, Campbell. Clarke, Cedarberg Fisk,
Hawthorne, Hollister, Ryder, Schneider,
Schoonmaker, Swanson, Titterington,
Trumble and Weatherhead-17, Nays
Supervisors Fitzgerald, Goodlow and Nc
Eniry-3. Absent-Supervisors Heath,
Martin and Pearsoll; carried.
Supervisor Weatherhead moved that
the bill of Drs. Morgan & McLouth
amounting to $4,000 be allowed. The
yeas and nays being called resulted as
follows: Yeas-Supervisors Bowman,
Fisk, Hawthorne, Hollister, Ryder,
Schoonmaker. Titterington and Weather
heed-S. Nays-Supervisors Aster, Bar
ton, Burial, Campbell, Clarke, Cedarberg,
Fitzgerald, Goodlow, McEniry, Schnei-
der, Swanson and Trumble-12 Absent
Supervisors Heath, Martin and Pear
soil; lost.
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
bill of II. W. Hyde amounting to $52 80
be allowed. The yeas and nays being
called resulted as follows: Yeas-Super>
visors Barton. Bowman, Burial, Camps
bell, Clarke, Cedarberg, Goodlow, Haw-
thOrne, Ryder, Schoonmaker, Tittering-
ton and Trumble-12 Nays -Supervis
ors Aster, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Hollister, Nc
Entry, Schneider, Swanson and Weather
heads. neutrality-suspicious. Heath,
Martin and Pearsoll; carried.
On motion of Supervisor McEniry the
bill of Munro Brothers amounting to
S.. 10 was allowed.
The committee on poor farm submitted
their report in relation to insurance on
the poor farm buildings which on motion
was received and placed on file
The committee on roads and bridges
submitted the following report which on
motion was received and adopted:
To the honorable Board of Supervisors:
Your committee to whom was referred
the matter of ferries would beg leave to
report that they have visited the city clerk
of Rock Island and find said city licenses
the Rock Island and Davenport ferry.
We further find from the county treas
urer that only one ferry Qocated in Zuma
township has paid license fee between
the years of 1872 and 1881, since which
time there is no record of any license fee
having been paid to the county.
We recommend the petition of Ruby
from Andalusia be granted by amending
said petition so be read as not an exclu>
sive right in consideration of paying into
the county treasury $500 per annum,
said license to run five years from date
Rates to be charged as follows for cross
ing the Mississippi;