Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-12
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Proceedings of the Regular July Term
Official Proceedings.
tofficial Report.)
SECOND DAY.

SECOND DAY.
11-Board met pursuant to ad-
journment. All the members pres
ent except Supervisor Trent. Sup
ervisor Sinnett, chairman. presiding.
The minutes of yesterdays meeting
were read and approved.
Supervisor Schoonmaker moved
that the communication from the
Drury Toll Road company be referred
to the board as a committee of the
whole. Carried.
Supervisor Hasson moved that the
board now 90 into session as com
mittee of the whole. Carried.
The committee of the whole sub
mitted the following report which on
motion was received and adopted.
Your committee of the whole to
whom was referred the Drury toll
road matter would submit the fol-
lowing report: We recommend that
the rules be suspended and that the
vote of the board approving of the
report of the special committee on
the Drury toll road be reconsidered
and that the recommendation of said
committee be non-concurred in and
that said committee be discharged.
FRANK Nj. SINNETT, Chairman.
Supervisor Armstrong moved that
the petition of the Drury Toll Road
company be granted.
Supervisor Schafer moved as a sub
stitute that the said petition be re-
ferred to the committee on roads and
bridges and the states attorney to
report tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock. Substitute carried.
a petition for the division of GER
tain precincts in the county was pre-
scented and read and upon motion re-
ferred to the committee on town and
town accounts.
The special committee appointed at
the last meeting of this board to in
vestigate as to the need of the county
of a new court house submitted the
following report which on motion
was received and adopted:
Your committee appointed by this
board at its last session to ascertain
and report the cost of new court
house building would respectfully re-
port that they severally made inqui-
ries as to the needs of the county, and
on June S, 1892, they called a meet
ing at the Office of Messrs. Searle &
Searle, at which all the members of
the committee were present, COM
pared notes and generally discussed
the situation among ourselves and
with Contractors Collins and Volk,
with plans and specifications for sew
eral court houses.
After full investigation your COM
mittee decided that the necessities of
the county require the erection of
court house to cost one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars (S125,-
OoO) and we therefore recommend
that the county clerk be instructed
to take the necessary action to sub
nit to a vote of the people the prop
osition to raise the sum of one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars ($l25, 000) for that purpose at the
next general election as provided by
the statute.
JOSEPH FITZPATRICK,
A. F. VINToN
JAMES G. BRITTON,
CONRAD SCHNEIDER,
Committee.
The overseer of the poor of Moline
submitted a special report, which on
motion, was received and adopted.
Supervisor Ford moved that DR..
Dunn be appointed by the board as
''pOor doctor" of Moline. Supervis-
or Mckinley moved as an amendment
that DR.. Arp be appointed as such
doctor. Amendment carried.
The motion as amended. was then
voted upon and carried.
Supervisor Schneider moved that
DIR. Sala be appointed by the board
as poor DOCTOR of Rock Island.
Carried.
Board adjourned until tomorrow
morning at o'clock.
HJALMAR kOHLER,
County Clerk.