The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-09-19

bills on ME. 'S-lo 20
John Gross. blank books, Sc........ 81 %
Chicdgo Legdk NetcS, copy revised stat
utes, Co. Clerks otfice......
Z Y Griggs, stationery. ............ 600
Hapeman u Graham, stationery, amt
claimed, S70.4O. ............ % ~
4 Reddick, printing. ......... 40
VIM Osman Il Sons, printing &c....... 81 -
Total. ............ .so'L o.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
HENRY GUM,
Chairman.
Sun. Reed submitted the following re-
port of the court house and Jail committee:
Mr.. Chairman, de-. Your committee on
court house and Jail claims beg leave to
report that they have examined all claims
presented before them, and recommend
the payment of the following, and that the
clerk be directed to issue orders for the
several amounts TO the several claimants,
to wit
Name and For What. Amt. Aura.
W Milligan, washing from July l,
50, to Sept. ., 'S5, amount
claimed, Sl02.45. ........... 90 %
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN F. REED,
Chairman.
Sup Norton, of the court house and
Jail committee, submitted the following
minority report of said committee:
Mr.. Chairman, de-. Your committee as
minority beg leave to report that he has
examined the claim presented before him,
and that | find from the sheritf's statements
that he hired the work done at Sl.OO per
day: that there are 112 pieces per week to
be washed, and that in my judgment one
person washing hours can perform that
work in one day with the appliances and
of the La Sale county laun-
dry.
Further, that there has been no itemized
bill Of work and labor expended in doing
this work as required by law and the rules
of this board, and l respectfully ask that
of said bill be refused for want
of proper form.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WARREN II. NORTON.
The minority report failed to pass by
the following vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Dresser, Fischer,
Gransden, Jennings, Lauf, Marsh, Nelson,
Norton, ROwe,-10.
Noes Bowen, Burkart, Bubeck, Butter
field, Carlin, Doyle, Fades, Farnsworth,
Ford, Gallagher, Gibbs, Graves, Griffin,
Gum, Hickok, Hillenbrand, Lukins, Nc
Intyre, McLauchlan, McMullen, Philips,
Reed Rhoads, Sawyer, Stevenson, Trumbo,
Wilson, Mr.. Chairman,-2S.
Sup. Ford moved as an amendment to
to the majority report that the sum of SIS
be allowed instead of $50 as therein rec
commended
Sup. Norton moved as an amendment to
the amendment that the sheriff be required
to make sworn itemized statement OF the
actual amount paid by him for this work.
Amendment lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Fischer, Jennings,
Lauf, Nelson, Norton, Rowe,-7.
Noes-Bowen, BurKart, Bubeck, Butter
field, Carlin, Dresser, Doyle, Fades, Farms
worth, Ford, Gallagher Gibbs, Graves,
Gillett, Griffin, Gum, Hickok, Lukins,
MCINTYRE, McLauchlan, McMullen, Marsh,
Phillips, Reed, Rhoads, Sawyer, Stevenson,
Trumbo, Wilson, Mr. Chairman,-30.
The question recurring on the amend.
ment as offered by Sup. Ford, it was lost
by the following vote:
Ayes-Ford,-
Noes-Anderson, Bowen, Burkart, Blu
beck, Buttertield, Carlin, Dresser, Doyle,
Fades, Farnsworth, Fischer, Gallagher,
Gibbs, Graves, Gillett, Griffin,
Gum, Hillenbrand, Jennings, Lauf, Lu-
kins, Mcintyre, McLauchlan, McMullen,
Marsh, Nelson, Norton, Phillips, Reed,
Rhoads Rowe, Sawyer, Stevenson, Trum-
DO, Wilson, Mr.. Chairman,-37.
Thereupon the original majority report
was adopted, as submitted.
Sup. Stevenson, Of the committee on
finance, submitted the following report,
which was adopted:
Mr. Chairman, dc: Your committee on
finance beg leave to report that they have
the financial condition Of the
county and find substantially the following
facts. That the net amount received in
1885, from the levy of 1884 was 1874 ,3,O.4S,
and out of this has been paid for interest
on the county Indebtedness 80, 742,14, and
there has been paid on the debt itself the
sum of $4,000, and that there has been
paid for general and current expenses the
sum of $4S,6O9.64, leaving a balance of
$59,01S70 in the treasury today, which
balance exceeds the balance on hand one
year ago by the amount of $l7,l64.47.
This excess, II is seasonable to suppose,
can be applied on payment OF the
present lnueOteuneSs, dssulnlng tHdt Tile
expenses of the county from this time
forward will be about the same as
for the corresponding period of last
year, and which would thus make q
reduction of the Indebtedness for the year
Of about $4,000, besides paying the annual
interest of the debt The entire indebted
ness of the county against which the taxes
Of the levy of 1884 have to be figured was
S125, 596, of which $4,000 already paid,
and the 81, 900 which can probably be paid,
leaves the Indebtedness Of the county un.
provided for by the levy of 1884, at 3d.
500. II is estimated that the taxes arising
fram the levy of 1885, will amount TO
sl3l ,250, which is abou: $4,000 less than
the amount collected tor the previous year.
1t would therefore appear that from It's
present possible revenues, the county could
pay annually the sum of $4,000 upon its
From all of which II would
seem that IL there is no reduction in valua
lions nor increase of annual expenses, that
The entire Indebtedness can be paid from
the levies of the next three years.
Your committee would therefore recon-
mend that all surplus revenues be applied
10 the reduction of the Indebtedness rs fast