Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-17
THE SUPERVISORS.
Standing COmmittees-W. &. Il. u.
Requests and OIher Matters.


Standing COmmittees-W. e. T.
Requests and Diner Matters.
The board of supervisors were rath
) late in getting started this morning on a
count of the somewhat difficult tas
Chairman Smith experienced in satisfyiu
the desires of his colleagues in regard
the make up of the standing committee
At II o'clock, however, he made the la!
revision of his list and the board. ws
called to order.
The minutes of yesterday s session wer
read and approved.
Mrs. Metzgar, of the w. G. T. o.. @
Moline. was allowed to address the board
She said the organic alton which she re
presented was not of a political nature
but that il worked for God and the home
1t was interested in the welfare of Roc
Island county, and it asked for the care
| full consideration of the board on tw,
matters. One was the providing of
| more suitable entrance to the women
department in the county Jail, and tn
other for the provision of holding reli
gious services at the poor farm at leas
once every two weeks. She was prout
of the manner in which the board ha,
provided for the physical comfort of tn,
inmates. but their spiritual wants wer
being sadly neglected.
A deep and impressive silence was man
ifested when the chairman requested
Clerk Donaldson to read the list o
standing committees, which are as fol
lows:
Finance-Wilson, Daley, Montgom
cry, Burial. Cralle.
Town and Town accounts Heath, Han
ma, Spickler.
Equalization-Pearsall. Schneider, Ell
lott, Kerr. Hssson.
Miscellaneous Claims-Forsyth, Spick
Ter. Carey.
Poor-Burrall, Hasson, Ford, Hanna
Montgomery.
Poor Farm-Cralle, Schneider, Naylor
Roads and Bridges-Carey, Hofer
Ford
Abatements-Kerr, Daley, Browner.
Ways and Means-Dailey, Schneider
Ludolph.
Jail and Jail Accounts Montgomery
Lamont, WOODBURY..
Fees and Salaries Frick, Browner
Elliott, Hofer. Naylor.
Public Expenditures Woodburn
Heath.
Retrenchment-Sm Smith, Heath. Daley
President Stoddard, of the Rock Is
land & Milan street railway. made 3
plea for an abatement of at least por-
ton of the tax assessment against his
company, and his petition, with a couple
of others of a similar nature, were re-
ferred TO the abatement committee.
Considerable discussion was INDUCED in
over request for a donation of SCI
by Buford Post. G. A. r., for the deco
rating of the soldiers monument on May
S0th. Comrades Harris and Campbell
appeared for the petitioners and made
short remarks on the subject. When the
question came to a vote the ayes and nays
were called, and the request was rejected
-l5 to 8. A motion by Supervisor
Burial to authorize the committee on
public expenditures to expend $50 in
decorating the monument met with a
similar fate The supervisors who voted
against both motions then showed their
generosity by starting a personal sub
scription of one dollar each, to which
every member subscribed. displaying a pa
triotic and at the same time commendable
disposition TO guard the county treasury
against any undue encroaohment.
This afternoon the board having a.
thorized the chairman to appoint COM
mittee to arrange for the publication of
the official proceedings, Supervisors Bur.
rail-. Cralle and Kerr were named.
1t was on Supervisor Kerrs motion or
dered that the expenses of a minister OF
the gospel to the poor farm for religious
services every two weeks be paid The
board then went into q discussion of the
bill of fare at the poor farm, Supervisor
Kerr having protested against the present
as luxurious and not confined to the nee
essaries of life.