The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24

The committee on township organization
shall hear aud consider all petitions relative
to the changing Of township boundaries, and
shall fix the polling places Of the various
| towns.
The committee on roads and bridges shall
hear and consider all petitions relative to
roads and bridges, and report their recon-
mendations to the Board.
The committee on pauper accounts shall
consider and examine all properly authenti-
Gated bills ordered by the respective super
yisors, and also all bills and claims of the
county AGENT
The committee on miscellaneous claims
shall considerand audit all claims not other
wise provided for.
The committee to settle with the various
county officers shall make a thorough inves-
tigation of all books, papers and vouchers
pertaining to the respective offices, and
shall, from time to time, recommend to the
Board such salaries for the various offices as
to them shall seem just.
The committee on mines and mining shall
hear and investigate all matters referred to
the Board relative to mines or mining.
The committee on judiciary shall hear all
legal matters referred to them, and report 10
the Board.
The committee on fees and salaries shall
recommend to the Board proper salaries for
all the county officers not reported by other
committees.
The committee on stationery shall exam
inc all bills presented for stationery fur
nished the various county offices, and report
to the Board.
The committee on state charitable institu-
tons shall examine and pass upon all bills
presented from such institutions, and report
TO the Board.
All bills against the county shall be item
lied and properly sworn and certified to be-
fore being acted upon by the Board.
All petitions presented shall be read before
the open Board before reference to their ap-
propriate committees.
No report of any committee shall be acted
upon by the Board until its second reading,
and no report shall be twice read at the
same sitting of the Board.
No resolution shall be considered properly
before the Board, either for debate or for
action, unless it shall have first been re-
duced to writing by the member go offering
the same.
These rules, or any one of them may be
suspended by vote of twothirds OF the
members present.
For the settlement Of all questions Of par
liamentary law and practice, your committee
recommend Roberts Rules Of Order as
standard authority.
NJ. O'LoUGHLIN,
WARREN H, MORTON,
JAMES w. STEVENSON,
A. T. GRIFFIN.
Committee.
Supervisor Stevenson offered the following
amendment to said report, which was car
ried:
meve to amend by striking out from the
clause defining the duties Of the committee
to settle with the various county officers,
that portion following the words Irrespective
Offices" and to strike out the entire clause
in reference to committee on fees and sala-
ries and to substitute the following: The
chairmen of the several committees to settle
with the various county officers shall consti-
tute q 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 sala-
ries. And also to change the number of
members on fee and salary committee from
3 to 5.
Supervisor Gum offered the following:
RESOLVED, That the further consideration of
the report of the special committee on rules
be postponed until the next September meet
ing of this Board.
Which resolution was carried by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Brennan, Bubeck, Burk-
art, Dinsmore, Doyle, Dresser, Fades, Farms
worth, Fischer, Gibbs, Gum, Griffin,
Hickok, Jennings, Lukins, Madden, Maier.
hofer, McIntyre, Rowe, Sawyer, Spencer,
Wilson-23.
Noes-Bowen, Butterfeld, Carlin, Dryer,
Dunaway Ford, Gransden, Green, .Hollecker,
Nc Lauchlan, Nicholson, Norton, O'Loughlin,
Phillips, Reed, Stevenson, Thompson, MIR.
Chairman-l8.
On motion of Supervisor Stevenson Board
adjourned till o'clock tomorrow morning,
WEDNESDAY, July ID, 1886.
Board met pursuant to adj ournment
Present same as yesterday.
The record of yesterdays sessions was
read and approved.
The chairman announced the following
standing compittees of the Board for the en-
suing year:
F;nanee-Messrs. Sawyer, Nicholson, Lauf,
Rowe, Stevenson.
Court House and Jail-Reed, Bowen, Mad.
den, Dunaway, Spencer.
Public Bmldings-Griffin, Farnsworth, Car.
lin, Hollecker, Hillenbrand.
| Equal,zation--Londs - Mcintyre, Steven
son, Nicholson, Carlin, Wilson, Gransden,
Maierhofer. ...-
Lots-Eades, Norton, Phil
lips, Reed, Butter6eld, Burkart, Madden.
| Equalization - Personal Property -Jen-
nings, Fischer, Dresser, Doyle, Helmig,
Brennan, Dinsmore. ....
Complaints and Acknowledgement, An,
derson, Phillips, Jennings, Brennan.
Township Organization. Gallagher, Hic.
kok, Thompson, Butter6eld, Hollecker.
Roads and Budges-Lukins, Anderson,
Bubeck, Doyle, Gallagher.
Pdupa.-OLoughlin, McLauchlan, Bow
en-, Dunawsy Thompson, Gibbs, Maierhofer
| Fees and Saidries-Fischer, Fades, Mcln.
tyre, Griffin, Carlin.
Settle nth County Tredsurer-Gransden
Gibbs, Rowe.
C7Gms-Hickok, Ford, Farnsworth, Gum,
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