The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-07-25
Board of Supervisors.
Concluded FROM Second PAGE.

The hour of 10 o'clock having arrived
the special order for that hour was taken up
Supervisor Fischer nominated 7. G. Glib
son for county agent,
Supervisor Nelson seconded said nomi
nation.
On motion of Supervisor Fades the clerk
was directed to cast the ballots of the entire
board for II. c. Gibson, which was accord.
| ingly done and Il. &. Gibson declared the
duly elected county agent for the ensuing
year.
Supervisor Carln moved that the COM
mittee on Equalization of Lands take into
consideration the valuation of railroad
property in towns through which railroads
run in making their equalization of the
assessment of land in this county
Supervisor Gillett moved to table said
motion which was carried by the following
vote
Ayes-Anderson, Burkart, Bubeck, But
terrified, Dresser, Fades, Farnsworth, Gala.
cher, Gransden, Graves, Gillett, Griffin,
Gum, Helmig, Hillenbrand, Hollecker,
Hoge, Jennings, Lukins, Mcintyre, Nc
Mullan, Nicholson, Norton, Rhoads, Rowe,
Sawyer, Stevenson, Trumbo, Wilson,-29.
Noes-Carlin Fischer, Ford, Gibbs,
IIickok, Laut, McLauchlan, Marsh, Mad
den, Nelson, Phillips, Reed, White, Mr..
Chairman,-l4.
Supervisor Fischer here took the chair.
Supervisor Gum moved that the board
reconsider the vote tabling the motion of
Supervisor Carlin which was carried by the
following vote
Ayes-Anderson, Carlin, Dresser, Fades,
Ford, Grsnsden, Gibbs, Graves, Griffin,
Gum, Hollecker, Jennings, Lauf, Lewis,
Lukins, Mcintyre, McLauchlan, Marsh,
Nelson Norton, Phillips, Rhoads, Sawyer,
Trumbo, Wilson, White, Mr.. Chairman,-
Noes-Burl<art, Bubeck, Butteriield, Gil.
lett Helmlg, Hoge, Madden, Reed, Rowe,
Stevenson,-l0
The question now recurring on the adop-
ton of the motion of Supervisor Carlin, it
was lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Carlin, Ford, Gibbs, Gum, lick
ok, Hoge, Lauf, Lewis, Lukins, Mcintyre,
Marsh, Nelson, Norton, Phillips, Reed,
Rowe, Sawyer, Trumbo, Wilson, White,
Mr.. Chairman,-2l.
Noes-Anderson, Burkart, Bubeck, But
tertield Dresser, Fades, Farnswolrh, Gala
CHER, Gransden, Graves, Gillett, Griffin,
Helmig, Hillenbrand, Hollecker, Jennings,
McLauchlan Mcmillan, Madden, Nichol-
son. Rhoads, Stevenson,-92.
Supervisor Lewis here resumed the chair.
On motion of Supervisor Gum the coun
ty surveyor was authorized to procure the
necessary books to be kept by him as pro
vided by law and TO index the plats and
records pertaining to said office.
Supervisor Griffin presented Il petition
from VIM. Fowlie, Of Utica, praying for
relief from an unjust assessment in said
town, and the same was referred to the
committee on Complaints and Attachments.
The opinion of County Attorney Brewer
sustaining the charges made by the record
err for recording deed of G.. NJ. Price, was
read and placed on file.
Supervisor Fades introduced the follow
ing resolution and asked that action there
on be deferred until tomorrow:
ResOlUed, That the chairman and clerk
of this board are hereby authorized and in
structed to enter into a contract with Sam
uel c. Wiley, of this county, in regard TO
the swamp and overhowed lands granted
to this state by the act of Congress, APP
proved 2Sth day of September 1850, the
SAID board of supervisors to authorize and
empower said Wiley to prove up and pre-
sent 10 the Hull commissioner vi tHe gen
eral land office at Washington ID. c., all the
claims of said county growing out of the
sale at the United States Land Office of
land selected as swamp or overlooked lands
or to be selected and sold after the 2Sth
day of September 1850, and before the Sd
day of March, 1857, known as swamp or
oveflowed lands granted TO the state by the
act of congress, approved 2oth day of Sep
tember 1850" And that the said county
board give the said Samuel G. Wiley one
half of all moneys and script paid by
the United States to said county by reason
of his proving up said claims, the county
of La Sale to be at no expense in proving
up claims, Mr.. Wiley to be to all expense.
On motion OF Supervisor McLauchlan
board adjourned until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
morning.