The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS



| Board met pursuant 10 Adjournment.
Present all the members except Super
visor HARDWOOD. Supervisor Pearsall,
chairman, presiding. Minutes OF yester-
days meeting read and approved.
The clerk laid before the board the pc e.
titions of F. NJ Tindall and Reinhold
Leitsch for abatement of taxes. Super
visor Campbell moved suspension of
the rules in order to refer SAID petitions
to the committee. Lost Supervisor Wray
moved a consideration of the last vote
taken. Carried The yeas and nays were
then called on the motion to suspend the
rules to allow the petitions 10 be referred
to the committee on attachments, and re =
suited as follows:
Yeas Supervisors Burial, Campbell,
Cozad, Elliott, Fitzgerald, Goodow,
Heath, Martin. Noah, Norton, Swanson
and Wray-12.
Nays-Supervsors Aster Barton, Bow
man, Fisk, HOLSTER, Ryder, Smart, Trum
be Werlich and Walker-10.
Absent-Supervisor Harwood.
Not having received vote of two
thirds of the members present the motion
was declared lost.
Supervisor Campbell moved that the
clerk be directed to furnish proper cre-
deutials to the gentlemen delegated to
represent the interests of the county at
Washington in securing the passage OF
the Hennepin canal appropriation, and
that the 5000 appropriated by this board
| for the expenses of said repre- sentatives
be placed in the hands Of J. NJ Reticker.
| Supervisor Bowman moved as an
amendment that he keep an account and
make an itemized report TO this board OF
the expenditure of said funds placed in his
hands Which amendment was accepted
| by Supervisor Campbell. Supervisors CO.
FAD, Goodlow and Fisk requested that
action on above matter be deferred until
afternoon, which under the rules was laid
| over.
The committee on poor submitted re-
port on the matter of work done at the
county cemetery, which report WAS on
motion of Supervisor Martin, received
ind placed on file.
Supervisor Bowman made a verbal re
port for the committee on public eNpen
ditures, in which he stated that the in>
surance policies had been changed so as to
cover 81 500 on the court house and 81, :
500 on furniture and fixtures contained
therein, which report Was received by the
board and the action of the committee
approved
| Supervisor Barton moved that the
sheriff be allowed the sum of 5000 per
year for the use of his team and IN lieu
OF livery hire.
| Supervisor Campbell moved as an
amendment that the sheriff be allowed
the sum of S1,0o0'per year for the use of
his team and in lieu of livery and in pay
ment for board of jantor.
Supervisor Werlich moved AS a sabsti
tute that the matter be referred to the
committee on public expenditures and
that they investigate the matter of the
cost of livery hire. board and eompensa~
ton of janitor and report on the same
this afternoon; substitute carried.
The committee on public expenditures
submitted the following special report.
which on motion was received and
adopted:
Your committee on public expendi-
lures to whom was referred the repair
of the roofs of the jair and county build,
ing with power 10 act. beg leave TO re
port that they have Investigated the mat
ter to the best of their ability and find in