Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-12

county or board Of supervisors there
OF, in the name or on the relation OF
said P. Il. Lorenz, or other wise, as
they may deem necessary or exped-
tent, to require. force and compel said
county treasurer to accept. honor and
pay said order Of said r II. Loreuz,
as well as any ether orders duly is
sued by the county clerk on said
county treasurer by authority OF this
board II that behalf, in and about the
construction Of the new tail and sher-
IFS residence. and
Be it further resolved: That the
Jail building committee be and is here
by authorized and directed TO coop
crate with and assist said attorneys
in such action. SUIT, suits or proceed
ings as aforesaid, and TO incur any
expense they may deem necessary and
proper in so doing, to the end that
the foregoing resolution Of the board
be carried out and performed"
The resolution was carried by a vote
Of % TO IL, the supervisors voting as
follows:
Ayes-Brunstrom, Burgoyne. Cain.
Cook, Corbin, Coyne, Grafluud. Girls
void, Kerns, Upton. McMurpby, Nor
mand. Nyquist Updycke, Schroeder,
Scarf, Sievers, Sleight, Soudars, Tit.
terington, Walker, Wecke1, Wucher
Total-23.
Nays-Cunningham Daley, Einfeldt.
Elliott, Exbom, Larkin, McQuaid.
stroehle. Trefz. Wright, Young. To-
tall.
Committee Given Power.
Supervisor Weckel offered q resolu-
ton which authorized the jail build
ing committee to audit and allow
monthly claims Of the contractors en-
gagged in erecting the new Jail. re-
curing that a new form be followed,
in accordance with the suggestions
made yesterday by c. J. SearIe, spec
ial counsel for the committee. This re
quires that the claims be signed by the
contractor himself and be properly
sworn TO, which was not the case in
the bill which the committee illegally
paid Tor June. Under the provisions
Of the resolution, the building com
mittee is given unlimited power in al
lowing jail claims. only being required
to reports It's action at the next meet
ing Of the board.
The vote on the WeckeI resolution
was "a to 10, Supervisor Wright
switching from the minority TO the ma
iority. The resolution follows
Resolved. that the Jail building
committee be and IS hereby author
ICED TO audit the monthly claims of
contractors in the construction Of the
new jail and sherif's residence, p. #.
Lorenz, Channon & Dufva, X. A Robb
Electrical company, and others. due
and hereafter to become due and oW-
ing by the county, to said contra tors
respectively, according to the terms Of
the contracts between said contractors
respectively and the county for the
construction Of the new jail and sher-
ifs residence, and to allow such
claims found by said committee to be
just, correct and due said contractors
respectively, under their said respec-
tive contracts, and 10 present and fur
nish 10 the county clerk upon the aud
itinE and allowance Of any such claim
its certificate thereof. that such claim
is just, correct and due, according TO
the terms of the contract with such
contractor. and is unpaid. and direct
ing that an order upon the county
treasurer be issued by said county
clerk therefor, payable out of the TAIL
building fund, and to report its ac-
ton in that behalf 10 this board at 5ts
next meeting after the allowance Of
any such claim or claims:
And he it further resolved that the
county clerk be and is hereby author
lied and instructed to issue orders on
the county treasurer, payable out Of
the 1jai building fund" in such
amounts and at such times as he shall
be directed so to do by said Jail build
ing committee. payable to said com
tractors, respectively, as per the con
tract espectively between them and
the county, for the construction Of the
said Jail and sheriH's residence, upon
presentation to him, said county clerk,
by said contractors respectively Of any
such claim duly and properly audited
aud allowed by said Jail building com
mittee, together with its certificate
that said claim Is just, correct and due
according tn the terms of the contract