The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-09-14
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Session OF the "SolonS" This Week
The Insane, Asylum and 9th
er Questions.

Session OF the "Solons" This Week
The Insane, Asylum and 9th
er Questions.
The Supervisors from the country had 9
large crop of long hair on Tuesday after
noon. After adjournment the barber shops
were full Of them. Thousand Dollar Norton
harsh, bushy stock was even more uncombed
and forlorn in appearance than usual.
Mr.. McLauchlan, of La Sale, introduced
petition from the delinquent taxpayers
his township, asking that, inasmuch as the
city, town and school authorities of that
town had rebated the penalties and costs Of
back taxes, the county allow the back taxes
to be paid at its face value. This policy
said the petitioners, has resulted In the pay
ment Of large amount Of the back tax and
he infers that the county would be the gain.
er by this policy as many of the lots would
not sell for the amount of tax, penalties and
costs extended against them. The matter
was referred to the judiciary committee, and
the county attorney for consideration.
Adjournment to Wednesday morning al
nine o'clock a. m.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
Wednesdays session was very brief
twenty minutes being sufficient to satiate the
gentlemen who usually submit business.
The chair announced change in the
committee on court house and Jail and on
probate clerk, transferring Mr.. Furguson
from the latter to the former and MIR. Shaw
back from the former to the latter.
The chair submitted resolution from the
voters of the town of Freedom, dated April
2, which caused ripple Of excitement, 1t
read:
Resogued: By the voters of the town of
Freedom in annual town meeting assembled,
that we view with emphatic disapproval the
action Of the County Board at its last session
in donating to one of its members, Warren
H. Norton, the sum of one thousand dollars.
Resolved, That Mr., Norton should have
his per diem, as provided by law, and no
further compensation till the people see fit
to promote him in the regular manner to a
position of greater trust and profit
ResolUed, That these resolutions be spread
upou the minutes of this meeting and copy
of the same be forwarded to the chairman
of the county board of supervisors.
JAMES r. WALTERS. Town Clerk
Mr.. Norton was very angry, white to the
lips, but he babe the waves be still, as it
we're, and in a constrained voice, moved
that the resolution be referred to the county
attorney. to report as to the legal questions
involved therein-in the granting of the
thousand. There was no debste-the mo-
ton carried unanimously.
On motion of Mr.. Mcintyre the drawing
of grand jurors was made special order for
ten o'clock Thursday morning.
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THURSDAYS SESSION.
The committee on judiciary reported un-
favorably upon the petition Of the delin
quent taxpayers Of La Sale, asking for q
rebate of costs and penalties on back taxes.
The report was accepted, as was also fur
Their report on the subject Of back taxes,
enbodying the report Of the county attor-
ney, which stated that seventy mine suits
had been commenced against delinquents in
the Circuit and County Courts. Many had
paid up and others were ready to pay at any
time. The majority of the supervisors had
given all information in their possession as
to the financial standing of the delinquents
in their townships, but many had not re.
ported "for good reasone.''
The trustees Of the Baptist church, Of
Ottawa, asked that the taxes assessed against
their property at the corner Of Columbus
and Jefferson Sts., be erased from the tax
books, ss the property, belonging to q