Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-15
COURT JURORS PAY.
County Board Called Upon to
Interpret the State
Laws.
DECIDES ADVERSELY ToGLAIMANTs

Veniremen at the November Term Who
Thought They Should lie Reimbursed
for Days which They Did Not Serve
Other Matters Before the Supervisors
New Assessors Books Received.
While the November term of the
county court was in session Judge
Adams. not having any business that
required their attention, excused the
Jurors for three says. Several of
them in receiving pay for their serv-
ices were disappointed in having the
davs on which they were absent from
the court room deducted from the
amount, and they proceeded to regis
ter n kick TO the members of the
county board, contending they were
entitled to per diem remuneration
until formally discharged by the
court The matter was brought DE
fore the board and after discussion,
in which different opinions were ex-
pressed. was referred for investigation
to the judiciary committee, t. r. Lees,
II. j. Gripp and w. r. Carey. which
submitted its report, which was
adopted, to the board today. finding
that tine point in question was fully
covered in the statutes, section A,
chapters l-3. which saws: The clerk
of the court shall issue to a dis
charged Juror a certificate of the num-
Der of DAYS attendance at the term,
and upon presentation of the same to
the county treasurer he shall pay to
said Juror the sum above provided for
his said service. Your committee
thinks it would be unwise TO inter
pref the law adversely to that given
by the judges of the court"
The board reappointed Janitor
Charles Oberg and Engineer James
Maslin, fixing their salaries at S75 and
500 per month respectively. Corne-
Illus Pfafr was appointed elevator con-
ductor at the court house, his salary
to he S25 per month
Phil Mitchell. &. +. Lvnde. L. j.
Robinson, j. F. Robinson and Joseph
Rosenfield. the bondsmen of eX-Town-
ship Collector Z. j. Lee, were allowed
$40. ~. an amount they were required
to pay in salary for the collection Of
personal taxes which Mr.. Lee had
failed to collect.
W X. Carey. Charles George and
II. j. GripP were elected delegates to
the state convention of supervisors to
he held ut Belleville. Jan. 1912.
County Clerk II. Il. Hubbard Will also
attend.
In Effect First of Year.
The new law to govern the assess
ments in Illinois Will 20 into effect the
first of the wear and its provisions
make quite a difference in the method
of recording this important part of the
public business. 1t makes the as
sessment on real estate made this year
hold for the three following years, al
lowing for improvement and losses.
The personal property, however. is
given a new rating each year. The as
SCISSORS elected last spring will hold
over to make the record for this year.
This new law makes it necessary to
have books of such a size that they
will hold all the figures on real estate
for four years. Then they have to be
in duplicate, for one copy is kept by
the treasurer, who is eX-oflicio the
superintendent of assessment. The
other is taken into the field by the
assessors when they make their re-
ports of changes. The new volumes
for this county have just been received
at the clerk 5 office.