The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
THE COUNTY SOLONS.
Special April Term OF the Board OF
Super, isOrs-Oflicial Pro.
ceedings.
FIFTH DAY.

journment. Present all the members
except Supervisor HOLSTER, Supervisor
Bowman, chairman, presiding. The min
utes of yesterday meeting were read and
approved.
The petition of l.. FL, Barker for an
abatement, was on motion Of Supervisor
Aster laid over until the next meeting of
the board.
Supervisor Appelquist moved that VIM.
S. Parks be allowed Sl4.40, the same
having been expended by him in sending
Samuel Weed to Magnolia. Iowa. Car
ried.
Supervisor Wheelock offered the fol>
lowing resolution and moved its adop>
ton:
WHEREAS. D. o. Reid was elected
treasurer of the county of Rock Island in
the year 1871, and served rs such officer
during said wear and the succeeding year.
retaining as his compensation for said
service the earnings of the office, the
board of supervisors neglecting and re-
fusing to fix other compensation for said
services, they, the board, being at the
time advised by their own council so TO
do; and
WHEREAS, A subsequent board did
after the lapse of eight years after the
settlement for fees as above rccited by
resolution fix the salary of D. O. Reid for
the years 1871 and 1872 and by threats of
expensive litigation extorted from him
money and notes to the amount of
$1,000. said payment of notes and money
being made by him uuder protest; and
WHEREAS, Said notes are now beng
sued in the circuit court of said COUNTY;
therefore be it
''Resol0ed /. That in the sense of this
board the settlement originally made be
tween the county and D. o. Reid was far
and just, predicated as it was upon the
advice of the countys counsel and was
with their knowledge of the law the only
settlement which could have been made,
and that the disturbance of the same by
q subsequent board does violence to not
only the rights of Reid, but the sense of
equity Of every intelligent citizen of this
county; therefore. be 1t further
"ResoLged, That the finance committee
are hereby directed to discontinue said
suit and return to said Reid the notes BY
him given, and that an order be drawn on
the treasurer in Reds favor for the
money by him paid"
Supervisor Fitzgerald moved as sub,
stitute that the foregoing resolution be
laid on the table. The yeas and nays be
ing called resulted as follows:
transformations Aster, hppelquist,
Daley, Engel, Fitzgerald, Hartman,
Metzgar, Parks, Rosenfield, Sell Walker
III.
Nays-Supervisors Campbell, Cham
berlin, Elliott. Foster, Goodlow, Gould
Murphy, Noah, Norton, Peterson and
Wheelock-11.
Absent-Hollister
The vote resulting in lie the chairman
voted in the negative; lost.
Supervisor Fitzgerald moved that SUI
pervisor Parks he excused from voting on
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
The yeas and nays being called resulted
as follows:
Yess-Campbell, Chamberlin, Filzger-
aid, Goodlow, Metzgar, Noah, Parks
Walkers.
Nays-Aster, Appelquist, Daley, Eli
OFT, Engel, Foster, Gould, Hartman,
Murphy. Norton, Peterson, Rosenfeld,
Sell, Wheelock
Absent-Hollister; lost.
The yeas and nays were then called on
the adoption of the resolution and result
ed as follows:
Yeas--Chamberlin, Gould, Wheelock
3.
Nays-Aster, Appelqnist, Campbell,
Daley, Elliott, Engel, Fitzgerald Eos
ter. Goodlow, Hartman, Metzear. MUIR
ply, Noah, Norton, Parks, Peterson,
RosAfeld, Sell, Walker-19.
Absent-Hollister; lost.
Supervisor Wheelock moved that a
committee of three be appointed to ascer>
tain If there is any way to provide com
pensation for supervisors as overseers of
the poor without conflicting with the law,
and that said committee report at the
next meeting of the board; carried. The
chairman appointed as such committee
Supervisors Daley. Wheelock and Nor
ton.
The reports of M. Koch and W. Fl .
hyde as overseers OF the poor, together
with their reports of the expenditure of
money placed in their hands for trans
portation and temporary relief of paupers
were on motion received and placed on
file.
Supervisor Fitzgerald moved that S25
be placed in the hands of M. Koch and
$25 in the hands of W. Fl. Hyde for the
transportation and temporary relief OF
paupers. Supervisor Norton moved as
an amendment that $25 be placed in the
hands of each supervisor for the same
purpose. The yeas and nays being called
resulted as follows:
Yeas-None.
Nays-Aster, Appelquist, Campbell,
Chamberlin, DALEY, Elliott, Engel, Fitz
gerald, Foster, Goodlow, Gould, Hart,
man, Metzgar, Murphy, Noah. Norton
Parks, Peterson, Walker and Wheelocb
40.