Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-01
INSURANCE SCANDAL INDICTMENTS
ARE QUASHED BY JUDGE W. H. CEST

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bers, the board of supervisors in and
for the county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, met in special ses-
sion at the court house in the city
of Rock Island, in the county and
state aforesaid, on Monday the 4th
day of March, A. D., 1910, at 2
o'clock, p. M; all members present
except Supervisors Bendle and Mat
thews.' This paper shows that on
the subsequent days of this meeting
all the members were present ex-
cept Supervisor Bendle. The people,
among other papers, filed a copy Of
a request in writing for the special
meeting, duly certified by the clerk
of the board, as from the files of his
office, which request is in the words
and figures following: To Henry B.
Hubbard, clerk of the board of sup
ervisors, Rock Island county, Illi-
nois: The undersigned being one
third of the members of the board
of supervisors, hereby request that
special meeting of the board be
held at the court house in Rock Is
land, in said county and state, on
Monday, the 14th day of March, A.
D., 1910, at 2 o'clock p. m. John
Upton and ten others The people
also filed a copy duly certified by
the county clerk as from the files of
his office, of the certificate of the
publisher of the Rock Island Union,
newspaper published in this coun-
", with q copy of the notice pub
lished. which certificate shows that
the said notice was published one
time in said newspaper, on the date
of March Z, 1910. The notice pub
Iished as so certified is in the words
and figures following:
Notice. Pursuant to call, the
board of supervisors of Rock Island
county. Illinois, will meet in special
session. Monday, the 14th day Of
March, 1910. at 2 o'clock, p. m.
:" HENRY B. HUBBARD
County Clerk
The people also filed an affidavit
of the clerk of the board in the
words and figures following to-wit:
State of Illinois. Rock Island
county, S.: Henry B. Hubbard, be-
ing duly sworn on his oath says that
he is county clerk of Rock Island
county, Illinois, and ex oficio clerk
of the board of supervisors, and
that as such clerk, did mail a postal
card notice to each member of the
board of supervisors of a special
meeting of said board of supervisors
TO be held on the 14th day of March.
A. D., 1910, at o'clock, p. m. said
notice being substantially in the fol-
lowing form: You are hereby mott
fed that the board of supervisors
will meet in special session Monday,
March IA, 1910, at p. m.
HENRY B. HUBBARD
County Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 18th day Of October. 1910.
ROBERT w. OLMSTED,
County Judge
Fails to State Meeting Place.
1.-The clerks record OF this meet
ing shows that all the members of
the board attended this meeting, ex-
oept one, and that one attended no
session of the meeting. This rec
ord wholly fails to show that the
clerk of the board, upon reception
of the request in writing, above stat
ed transmitted notice in writing of
such meeting, to each member of
the board. In order to supply this
defect of notice to each member, if
1t be a defect, the people filed the af-
fidavit aforesaid of the clerk. The
request in writing aforesaid, speci-
fies the time and place of the pro-
posed meeting. The notice publish
ed by the clerk states no place for
the meeting. 1t simply states that
the board will meet in special ses-
sion Monday. the 1 4th day of March,
1910, at o'clock, p. m The clerks
notice to each member as stated in
his AFFIDAVIT merely states that the
board of supervisors will meet in
special session. Monday, March IA,
1910, at 2 p. m That notice states
no place of meeting. The statute
says the clerk shall Immediately
transmit notice in writing of such
meeting to each member of the
board In my judgment the re
quest in writing for the special
meeting which was filed with the
clerk. thereupon became a part OF
the record, and even If it did not
thereby become a part of the record,
think that the converting order of
the meeting in question pursuant
to a call of one-third of the mem
bers' sufficiently shows that one
third of the members of the board
filed their request in writing for the
meeting with the clerk.
What statute Calls For.
''The statute provides for the reg
Hlar and annual meetings of the
board as follows: The annual meet
ings of the. board of supervisors