The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-13
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Business in Abstract OF the Regular sep
tamhar Session


No business Of consequence was, however
transacted exsept in the committee room
until Thursday morning, when the Boar'
met with Supervisor O. Laughlan, of Brook
field, in the chair, Chairman Lewis being
absent
THURSDAY.
Hoffman presented petitions from Eagle
and Richland asking for a change of bound
airy lines of towns, and moved that they be
referred to the committee on township or
ganization, without requiring them to report
a, this session, the towns not having fulfilled
all the requirements of law. The petition
asks that sections |, 2, II, L, IL, II, %,
"a %, 20, So, SO, I. 81 n, X. 2 be taken
from Eagle and added to Richland. They
were referred
Farnsworth, So. Ottawa, offered petition
asking that the Board appoint Moses D.
Calkins constable, the Office being vacant
A motion to refer to committee on court
house and Jail was lost, and also motion
TO refer to committee on township organiza
ton: and on motion of Griffin the Board
granted the prayer of the petition.
Parr, from committee on public buildings,
made averbal report on decorating the cor
ner stone with inscriptions. The committee
had agreed upon the following Inscriptions
On the north face the names Of the building
committee, contractors, architect and super
intendent; on the east side, This court house
was erected in 1873, being the fourth on
this site. The first and second were Of wood
the third of brick. The corner stone was
laid by the Masonic fraternity July 4th, 1881.
The cost of the building was 1927, l27Oi
These inscriptions were placed on the corner
stone by order of the Board of Supervisors
in 1884 To cut these on the limestone
would cost S35; to insert marble slab, S9i.
Gum moved that the committee be in
structed to have the lettering done on mar
bic slabs and inserted in the face Of the
stone Dunavan moved TO amend to place
The marble slab inside the building in a con
spicuous place. Miller thought this would
be like hiding the star of Bethlehem under
a blanket The amendment Of Dunavan
was lost and the motion of Gum carried
Beach presented the annual report of the |
county agent The money part of the report
was approved. The receipts for the year
were ll,543.l6; expenses, ll,G48.45,
leaving Sl05.29 due the agent The per
capita cost TO the county was $l.3l less by
SIC, than last year. The number Of inmates
was 1870 on August 3lst. There were
deaths, births Go inmates are insane and
feeble minded. The report was adopted
The grand jurors were then chosen for the
year 1885.
Griffin asks permission for the Circuit
Clerk to be heard. Clerk said there had
come to his ears charges against him in the
management Of his Office and he asked an
investigation of his books. Perkins said
all the officers have been reported on hereto
fore and their books found to be correct
but as the clerk had asked it he moved that
committee Of five be appointed to investi-
gate the Office
Hoffman "What are these charges
Perkins: "Thcy come from the sheriff,
and one is that Mr. Taylor in settling with
Thos Clark, late sheriff, did not give the y
county credit for all the moneys he should d
have reported, making it appear that Mr.. t
Taylor had appropriated the money" Z
Sheriff 81 will not deny that in the dis
charge of my duty | employed Chas Hook i,
to examine the books of the clerks Office.
lie found 1924 due the sheriff the clerk
afterward paid S6i to me and said balance '
had been paid to Mr.. Clark but said he d
bad not the vouchers.
Perkins Isn't it a fact that in the Pro- 4
bate Clerks office there is a report setting
out the full mattcrg'
Sheriff: "No. The report by Hook shows ,
Just how much was due from each office, all fl
Of which has been paid, except that from the h
Circuit Clerks Office" r
Chair: "All this information should 90 to il
he committee and not be rehearscd here" II
A committee was thereupon appointed, the
chair appointing Messrs. Perkins, Fisher, =,
Gum, Jennings and Gransden.
A floral tribute having been sent to the %
Board by Mrs. Bushnell, the Hon. John f.
Miller was instructed to return the thanks
Of the Board. q
Miller moved that the committee on fees +
and salaries be instructed to fix salaries of II
officers to be elected this fall at this session.
communication was received from :
Alex Ronald, state inspector of mines lie
did not recommend the appointment of an /;
assistant in this county, but if the Board I
should appoint one would be thankful for e
the interest taken in the matter. Referred Il
to committee on mines b
Parr, from the special committee appoint o
ed for the purpose, reported resolutions ON