Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-29
80 COUNTY BOARD.
Special Meeting of the Supervisors--second
Days Proceedings

The minutes of yesterdays meeting
were read and approved.
A certificate of the appointment of
Ezra l.. Eastman by the city council,
of Moline. as ove~seer of the poor for
the city of Moline, and his bond as
such were read by the clerk, and at
the request of Supervisors Ford, Jen-
kins and Shafer, action on the same
was deferred until o'clock this af-
ternoon.
Chairman Sinnett announced his
standing committees for the ensuing
year as follows:
Finance Wilson, shoemaker,
Cralle, Britton and and Peterson.
Town and Town ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Mckinley and Carey.
Equalfzation-Hasso Ford. Schnci-
der. Schafer and Armstrong.
Miscellaneous Claims - Jenkins,
Fitzpatrick and Powell.
Poor Farm-Schneider Vinton and
FitZpatrick.
Poor-Ninton. Oberg, Titterington,
Carey and Powell.
Roads and -Schoonmaker,
Titrerington and Goodrich.
Abatcments-Sch Case. La
mont. MctZgar and Britton.
WAYS and Mcans-Ford. Lees and
Goodrich.
Jail and Jail Account-Cralle.
Armstrong and Swank.
Fees and Salaries Peterson, Jen-
kins. Lees, Swauk and Metzgar.
Public ENpenditures-Case, Me
| Kinley and Oberg.
Judiciary Sinnctt, Trent and Has
| son.
! Supervisor Uasson moved that the
| bill OF fare governing the overscers
| of poor in this county last year be
| adopted for the ensuing year. Sup
! erviSor Britton moved as an amend
| ment that the word shoes in said
| bill be erased and the words boots
| or shoes be inserted in its place.
| Amendment 1carried. The original
| motion as amended was thereupon
| voted on and carried.
Supervisor HaSSon moved that the
| county pay bounty on full grown
| wolves of So per head, and on young
wolves Of 81 per head. Supervisor
| Goodrich moved as an amendment
| that the county pay bounty OF IS
| per head for old and 81 per head for
| Young wolves. Amendment carried.
| 4 vote was then taken upon the orig
| inal motion as amended and carried.
| Supervisor Wilson moved that the
| clerk be instructed to notify eX-sup-
ervisors who have statutes in their
| possession belonging to the county to
| turn said statutes over to their sue
cessors in office. Carried.
| Supervisor Shafer moved that the
| bill Of Mercer county against this
county be referred TO the judiciary
committee with full power to act.
| Carried.
The clerk read a report from the
former committee on poor farm
which report was on motion adopted
and ordered placed on file.
On motion all bills against the
county were referred to the respec-
tive committees without reading.
The matter Of taking action upon
the appointment OF Z. L. Eastman
by the city council as poormaster OF
Moline and the approval of his bond
now came up for consideration.
| Supervisor jenkins moved that ac-
ton on the aforesaid bond be re-
ferred until the July term OF this
\ board until the appellate court has
| given its decision as to whether the
cities or the county have the right
to appoint the poormasters. Super
| visor Ford moved as a substitute
that the bond of said f. l.. Eastman
be approved. The yeas and nays be-
ing called resulted as follows:
Ayes-Carey, Cralle. Ford. Has
son. Lamont. Lees, Metzgar, Oberg.
Shafer. Trent, Wilson-1l.
Noes-Armstrong, Britton. Case.
Fitzpatrick. Goodrich, Jenkins. Nc
Kinley, Peterson. Swank, Schneider,
SHOEMAKER. Titterington, VintOn.
Powell-14 Substitute lost; original
motion carried.
Supervisor Wilson moved that the
states attorneys Office be furnished
with a docket. Carried.
The committee appointed by the
chair to receive bids from the differ
ent newspapers of Rock Island and
Moline for publishing the proceeding:
of the board for the ensuing year
made the following report:
We the committee appointed to re
ceive bids for printing the proceed
ings of the board of supervisor
would report that we called or
the ARGUS Rock Island Union
Tri-City Blade, Rock Islander
Moline Dispatch, Moline Republlcan
Journal, and report the bids of each
Rock Island Argus, 800; Rock Islanc
Union. 1925; Rock Islander, 800; Tri
City Blade, 1928; Moline Republican
Journal; $40; Moline Dispatch, S104
A. +. VINTON,
G. SCHNEIDER,
FOSTER ARMSTRONG.
Committee.
Supervisor jenkins moved that tn,