Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-13
MERCER COUNTY
BOARD HANDLES
: ROUTINE WORK
Supervisors Pass Upon Regular
Business MattereCOuRty jail
tn Hare New Floor.
Special to The Argus


Aledo, H., June IA reinforced
concrete floor in the attic of the
Mercer county Jail will make the
structure secure, according to a
report of the Jail committee to the
county board of supervisors.
Two bids, one for a floor of five
inch thickness with bars OF three
Fights by one-fourth and 12-inch
centers for 1854, and the other for
A floor of four-inch thickness with
eIeven-sixteenths rods and 12-inch
centers at a cost of 1895, were pre-
sented
The report of the committee was
accepted and the matter OF select
ing the most suitable bid left in its
hands
Supervisor J. ". Decker intro
duced two resolutions providing for
Improvements on state aid roads
No. and Z, the portion of the
county's expense in each connec-
ZION being given as 1894. The
resolutions were adopted. An ap-
preparation of $40 was made to
help defray the expense of oiling
the ROAD to and past the county
farm.
A resolution that the boundaries
of the precincts in Greene town
ship be changed was referred to
the judiciary committee for report
at the next meeting of the board.
George T. Adams was appointed
mine inspector in Mercer county
for the ensuing year.
Appropriations OF $40 and $1S9.2S
were made respectively to Warren
Shedd post G. A. r. and Isaac NC
Manus post No. 446.
Watson Resigns.
Resignation of Robert L. Watson
as county surveyor, was read to
the board No action was taken,
although it is presumed that the
resignation will be accepted and
efforts made to secure another for
the position Mr. Watson signified
Ibis willingness to serve as best he
can until a new surveyor is ap
pointed Requirements of his 9TH
er business was given as cause for
his action by Mr. Watson
To the Mercer County Agricul-
tural association the board appro-
priated the sum of $500 After
discussion it was also ruled that
the election ballot was to be pub
lished in both Aledo papers as we'll
as in some Democratic newspaper.
In a resolution offered by Super
visor Thomas G. Parker the boun
diaries of Greene township we're
fixed in the various precincts. The
resolution was adopted.
Reports of Samuel A. Nelson, cir
cult clerk; Frank A. Gibson, coun-
ty clerk and John P. Fleming,
sheriff, showed an excess in earn
ings of the Office to be paid to the
county treasurer in each instance
of $5S65O. $309.40 and 1858 re-
spectively.
Name Jurymen.
Grand jurors for the September
term of circuit court were selected
as follows:
North Henderson - William
Blackstone
Rivoli-John L. Peterson, W. H.
McAtee.
Richard Grove. E. Swanson,
Alfred Anderson.
Suez-J W. Laughed
Greene-O. L. Stone.
emption-Robert Motif, A. f.
Stein.
Ohio Grove-Frank Ortiz. Arch
-+Sharer
Mercer-Hiram Parkman, ]. A.
Bedford.
Perryton-H NJ Ramsey.
Abington-F'rank Logan.
Millersburg-Frank Morrow
Duncan-Will Strub1e. Jim Kist-
Ter.
Keithsburg-Marion Awbry, Will
liam Swanson.
New Boston-Frank Lowe
Eliza-C. z. Bartlett, W. B. Es--
lev.
A resolution fixing the salary of
the county treasurer and super
visor of assessments at $500 per
year was adopted. Election judges
for the coming year were also
named. A motion to allow the new
county superintendent of schools,
G. e. Plat, his travelling expenses
10 the meeting called at Spring
field by the state superintendent OF
public instruction, was carried
\ Adjournment of the board, unless
a special meeting is called, will
be until the next regular session
in December