Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15

the cost Of which was certified would
exceed $1,000. The matter was referred
n tie committee on roads and bridges
Ia investigate and report at the pres
ent session.
Cemetery Proposition.
The Hampton cemetery association,
through George W Turner, president
and George a Crawford, seeretary.
made an offer TO deed to the county
for the sum Of $3.50. a lot, 100 b. lao
feet. In the burial ground owned by
the organization for paupeF inter
rnents. The letter which County Clerk
Hubbard read stated The county
has no ground IN this end Of the
county IN which 10 bury county
charges. In our cemetery. there are
upward Of 80 buried by the county and
from now On the buriaIs will be more
frequent On account Of the increasing
population Of silgia and East Moline.
We have lot In our cemetery on
which the 80 or more are buried Size
Of the lot is 100 by $50 feet The ca
paeity for graves is 462 three by seven
foot graves. with a two-foot walk be
tween each row Of graves. We make
thie proposition to you; That in
consideration OF $3.50. We viii deed to
the county said lot, to be used for the
burial Of the dead only At that price,
462 graves would be but 321a cents
each"
On motion Of Supervisor Schroeder
the matter was referred to a special
committee Of three members, TO be ap-
pointed by the chair, to Investigate
and report at the March meeting.
Rename Employees.
Selection Of ianitor and elevator
conductor at the court house was next
taken up. The salary Of the former
was fixed at SIS a month and that Of
the latter at $50 q month, which is the
same as in the past Charles 0berg,
present incumbent. was the only ap
phcaut for the position Of janitor and
on motion Of Supervisor Paul Wads-
worth. Rural, he was unanimously re-
named. There were three applicants
for the elevator position. W. ]. f..
Kerr, incumbent, e. ~ Heeren and
Ben Frysinger On the first ballot Mr..
Kerr received "a votes. which was
unanimous and he was declared duly
In ~
Blind Aid Applicants.
Following is certificate of the coun-
ty clerk relative to these examined for
blind aid by Or r. ~ Davenport, Mo
line. official examiner. and found en-
titled 10 the benefits provided by law:
Edward Penny Moline; Christian
Russ, Rock Island: Elncra Z. Golf,
Rock Island John and oliver Quinn,
Cordova; Christine Johnson, Moline
Eugene Bradshaw. Moline; Gustaf
Biorn. East Moline Henry Weinbeck,
East Moline; Louis Sehnert, Rock Is
land; Margaret Anna Fowler Illinois
City, Lydia Fredrika Lindsrom, Rock
Island,
The certificate was approved and the
clerk directed to issue orders to the
persons named for such amounts and
at such times as the law provides
Beard Members Responsible!
The clerk read the report of Miss
Lon NJ Harris, county superintendent
Of schools on the schools visited dur
( ing the last quarter and also her state
ments on the institute and the state
distributable funds which were re-
ferred TO the judiciary committee to
report at this meeting, after Super
visor NJ O. Griswold of this city
brought dp the point that he had IN
ders5o0d a recently enacted law by
tha state legislature. made each super
visor personally responsible for the
school funds in his township He de-
sired that Information he secured on
This point in order that the members
of the board could properly protect
themselves. The state school fund
amounted to S3Il74SS. the balance on
band July L. 1914, being $6209: the
] state tax. s30.4866S; and interest on