The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-25
Said report failed to pass by the follow

Said report failed to pass by the follow
Ing vote;
Ayes-Butterfeld, Carlin Dryer, Green,
Fanswortn, Griffin, Helmig, Hollecker,
Mcintyre, Reed, Rowe, Stevenson, Wilson
and Mr., Chsirman-li.
Noes-Anderson, Brennan, Burkart,
Dinsmore, Doyle Dresser, Fades, Fischer,
Ford, Gransien, Gum, Hickok, Lauf, Lu.
kins, Nicholson. Norton, Phillips, Sawyer,
Spencer and Thompson-20.
Supervisor Reed moved that the city
authorities, of the city of Ottawa, be per.
mitted 70 remove the debris from the court
house square and fill up the yard with good
soil and seed it, Motion lost.
The county attorney was Introduced and
delivered q verbal opinion on the matter
submitted 70 him during yesterdays session
as to the legality of the claims of supervis-
ors against the county for services rs over
seers of the poor in their respective towns,
Supervisor Griffin offered the following
preamble and resolution
WHEREAS, By the opinion of our county
attorney the several supervisors have been
receiving fees Illegally from the county,
Tor acting rs overseers of the poor IN their
respective towns. Therefore be ii
ReSo!ced, that all supervisors who
have received such fees be re.
quested to refund the amounts so received,
the same to be converted into fund for
grounds.
Said resolution failed to pass by the
following vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Doyle, Dryer, Fades,
Farnsworth, Fischer, Griffin, Hollecker,
Madden, Norton, Phillips, Reed, Sawyer
and Wilson-l4
Noes--Brennan, Burkart, Butterfeld,
Carlin, DlnSmOre, Dresser, Ford, Gibbs,
Gransden, Green, Gum, Helmig, Hickok,
Lauf, Lukins, Maerhofer, Mcintyre, Ne.
LauChlan, Nicholson, Rowe, Stevenson,
Spencer, Thompson and Mr.. Cnairman-24
Supervisor Mcintyre Introduced the fol
lowing resolution:
RtsojCcd That il is the sense of this board
that the question of borrowing $4,000 for
ten years, should be submitted 10 the elect
ors of the county, AZ the coming November
election.
said resolution was carried by the fol,
lowing vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Brennan, Bmkart, But
terrified, CarIin, Dinsmore, Doyle, Dresser,
Dunaway, Fades, Farnsworth, Fischer
Ford, Gibbs, Green, Gum, Griffin, Helmig,
llickok, holleCker, Lauf, LukinS, Madden,
Maierhofer Mcintyre, McLauchlan, Mich,
olson, Norton, O'Laughlin, Phillips, Reed,
Rowe, Sawyer, Stevenson, Spencer, Thomp-
son, Wilson and Mr. Charm an-3S.
Noes-Bowen and Dwyer-2
The following resolution offered by su,
pervis0r Fades was adopted.
Res0ited That the county clerk be and Is
hereby authorized to employ the necessary
extra clerk hire for preparing the tax books
of 1886
ResoICed Further, that said county clerk
be permitted TO draw three orders on the
county treasurer in sums of $500 each, as
needed to pay on such clerk hire All bills
for extra clerk hire and orders drawn under
this resolution to be submitted for eXamin.
alton at next meeting of the board.
Supervisor OLaughlin, chairman com
mittee on paupers, submitted the following
report which was adopted.
Mr.. Chairman, dc. Your committee on
pauper claims would respectfully report
that they have examined the annexed re-
port of T. c. Gibson, county agent, for the
six months ending September |, 1856, ana
having compared il with the vouchers
submitted by him, find the same correct
and recommend its approval.
Your committee would further recon
mend that the penalty in the bond of county
agent for ensuing year be fixed ut ten thou
sand dollars, and that there be appropriated
the sum of six thousand dollars, TO be drawn
in sums of five hundred dollars, from time
to time, as may be required by said county
agent in paying the expenses of the county
asylum for the next six months.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
NJ. OIoUGHLIN,
Chairman.
REPORT OF I, c. GIRsOS COUNTY AoENT