The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-17
To Settle with State
50 " Stationery, 3

Charitable Ins'itns," 8 "
Stationery, 80
The report also defined the duties Of each
committee in the most specific manner. 1t
further provided that all bills against the
county should be itemzed and properly
sworn and certified to before being acted up
on by the Board that all petitions should be
presented before the open Board before be.
ing referred, and that no report of any COM
mittee should be acted upon by the Board
until its second reading, and that no report
should be twice read at the same sitting. In
order to have resolution debated or acted
upon it must first have been reduced to writ
ing The report provided that the rules
might be suspended at any time by vote of
two thirds Of the members present. In the
settlement of all questions Of parliamentary
law Roberts Rules of Order should be stand.
ard.
Supervisor Gum moved that the re.
port be printed and the consideration Of it
made the special order of business for We'd
nesday.
Supervisor Dryer moved, as a substitute
for Mr.. Gums motion, that the report of the
committee be received, adopted and ap.
proved, and the committee discharged This
called forth lively debate, participated in
by Messrs. Gum, Fades, Dwyer, Green,
o. Loughlin and Hickock. The matter com
ing to a vote, the Dryer motion was lost and
the motion of Supervisor Gunn having first
been asaended to read two o'clock this after.
noon, was adopted. On motion of Supervi
sor O Loughlin an adjournment was had I'M
til two o'clock p NJ.
| 2 O'CLOCK p. M.
Promptly at two o'clock all the members
were in their seats ready as was supposed,
to enter upon discussion Of the report Of
the special committee on rules; but, although
the report had been printed and placed on
the desks of the members, there was an ap-
parent disposition to postpone action. Su-
pervisor Stevenson, q member of the commit
tee, opened the proceedings by Offering the
following amendment to the report:
To amend by striking out in fourth clause
of Sd page of the report, all of said clause
after the words Irrespective officers" also to
strike out the entire clause in reference to
committee on fees and salaries, and to sub
stitute the following: The chairmen of the
several committees to settle with the various
county officers shall constitute committee
on fees and salaries, whose duty it shall be
to recommend to the Board proper salaries
for the county officers, as provided by law;
and the chairman Of the committee to settle
with the sheriff shall be chairman of the
committee on fees and salaries. And also TO
change the number Of members on fee and
salary committee from to 5.
The amendment, without being debated
and without being understood in all its scope,
was adopted. Supervisor Gum offered a
resolution that the further consideration Of
the report of the committee be postponed un-
til the September session of the Board. This
called forth very lively debate, participated
in by Supervisors Norton, Gum and O Lough-
lin, but on yea and nay vote it prevailed
by % to Is.
The chairman having first announced that
the committees would be announced in the
morning, the Board adjourned until O clock
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