The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-12

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Plummer..... 4 50
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70 6S
The bill of st. Luke's Cottage Hospi>
tai for $35 55, your COMMITTEE would re-
ject $24 of said bill and have allowed
$1155. The bill of James McBarney
your committee would reject Your com
mittee to whom was referred the petition
of Edwin A. Brasher would beg leave to
report that we have granted the request
of the petitioner and request that Super
visor Aster be instructed to purchase the
material and other articles per list
c. B. FISK,
THOMAS SMART,
STEPHEN GooDLow.
JAMES COZAD.
The committee on roads and bridges
made the following report:
Your committee To whom was re-
ferred the petition of the commissioners
of Drury township asking for AN ppro-
priation, would report that we have ex-
| amined the law in relation to the county
| aiding any township to construct bridge
| where it would be an unreasonable bur-
den. The law is positive on the matter
and says the county shall appropriate
money if the town has made provision
| for the raising of one half of said amount.
Your committee find the committee have
filled the law in every respect. But your
| committee feel the financial condition of
the county will not Justify the amount
| asked, the sum of $3.50. We would
| therefore refer the matter back to Vonr
consideration.
Thomas CAMPBELL,
Il. c. ELLIOTT.
al. d. NORTON,
Committee"
The matter referred back To the board
| in the foregoing report was laid over un-
der the rules until the afternoon session.
The matter in relation TO furnishing fire
protection for the poor farm was then
taken up for consideration. Supervisor
| Heath moved as an amendment TO the
amendment of Supervisor Aster that the
committee be instructed not To purchase
the Ready fire eXtinguisher The amend
ment to the amendment carried. Super
visor's Aster's amendment as amended
was then voted upon and lost. The orr
iginal motion was then voted upon and
lost.
Supervisor Heath moved that the spec
ial report of the poor farm committee be
laid over until tomorrow, and that they
be required to make an itemized report,
showing the names of the bidders for
constructing the smokestack, painting
the poor farm building, furnishing boil
ers, aud medical attendance at the poor
farm, the amounts of bids, and to whom
under the rules
Supervisor ASter moved that Super>
visor Heath motion rs amended togeth>
er with the bills which were laid on the
table yesterday, be taken from the table
Carried The yeas and nays We're then
called on Supervisor Heath's motion as
amended and resulted as follows:
Yeas-Supervisors Barton, Burial, FL
lott and Goodlow-4
Nays-Supervisors Aster, Bowman,
Campbell, Cozad, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Hol~
lister Noah, Norton. Smart, Swanson,
Walker and Wray-l3
Absent-Supervisors Heath, Harwo0d,
Ryder, Trumble and Pearsoll. Motion
AS amended lost.
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
bill of David Halves for Sll 20 and the
bills of Ii. + Shurtleif for So 10 and
1885 respectively be allowed. Super
visor Fitzgerald moved as an amendment
that the bill of James L. Larkin. for Sc
20 be allowed. Supervisor Barton moved
rs substitute that all of the above men>
toned bills be allowed Carried.
Supervisor Cozad offered the following
resolutions which on motion were adopted
by the board:
WHEREAS. There are many bills pres
sented to the board for payment, by JUS
tices of the peace. police magistrates and
constables throughout the county, and TO
facilitate the work of the committee to
whom they are referred, and the board in
asceTtaining the correctness of the same
therefore be it
'Resoloed. That all bills for fees pre-
scented to this board for payment by Jas
tees of the peace and police magistrates
be accompanied by full statement in
writing giving the circumstances under
which they were made and when the
states attorney has any knowledge of the
same have his statement also attached.
"HesolDed, That all bills presented to
this board for payment by city marshals,
constables and police officers, must be
certified by the justices before whom the
costs were made and also countersigned
, by the states attorney when he has any
knowledge of the same.
} "ResolDed, That no bills presented fol
fees to this board by the officers above
named be allowed until they have com
piled with the requirements of the above
resolutions"
To be continued.