Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-19

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! He therefore prays hat he may BIO
authorized to employ an attorney to
assist him in the cause above men.
| TONED at sum not to exceed $500 90.
! TO be paid when said services shall
! have been rendered
All Of which is respectfully sub.
mitted,
ELMER Il. ROBERTS,
County Attorney.
Moved by Supervisor Dauber. and
/ duy seconded that the same be ADOPT.
| ed which was carried by the following
| vote.
Ayes; Andrews, Bell, Breuning,
Bronson, Callagan, Charley, CLARK.
Connerton, Dauber Davy, Driscol.
Doyle, Dunn, Eells, Farley, Farms.
, worth, Goedtner, Hall, llawley, Healy,
iiettle, Hill, Hearty, Holland, Johnson,
hastenbein, Kuhn, Langley, Larson,
Lewis, Marshall, ODonnell, Pool,
Reed, Scherer, Seirp, Shields, Shaden.
sack, Smith, Spencer States, Stobs,
Tadych Werling, Willsey, Williams,
Winans, Wylie and Yockey
Nays: None.
County Attorneys Report-Re4Con,.
| pensation of Overseers Of the Poor.
| TO the Honorable Chairman and Gen.
| tlcmen Of the Board of Super.
| visors.
Gentlemen:
| II has recently come to the knoWl-
| edge OF the undersigned that In 1919
| the legislature changed the method o.
| payment OF compensation Of overseers
| or the poor, making the payment OF
! such compensation payable out OF the
county Treasury, as appears from
Section SO, Page 5GS, of the Session
Laws Of 1919, which reads as follows:
supervisors when attending to
their du.ies as oyerseers of the poor
IN counties where the county system
81 support OF paupers prevails shall
receive three dollars $4,000 per day
Tor business transacted outside their
towns, and two dollars and fifty cents
| l$2.'O) per day for business trans
acted within their towns, payable out
OF the County Treasury
| nave been further advised that in
the month OF April last most if not all
the towns in this county levied tax
tor the payment OF these fees out OF
he town fund and that at the last
September session no levy was made
by this board for such purpose, ami
therefore no appropriation was made
for the payment of these fees.
Believing ii to be my duty, | am
therefore calling it to your attention
thai the matter have the consideration
of this board at this session for the
purpose Of determining the best man
ner in which to handle the situation
and correct this apparent oversight.
All OF which is respectfully sub
mitted,
ELMER +. ROBERTS,
County Attorney.
Moved by Supervisor Charley, and
duly seconded, that the report be re.
ferred to the Judiciary and Finance
Committee and County Attorney. Car
ried.
Abatement--James Dorman.
To the Honorable, the Chairman and
Gentlemen OF the Board of Super
vsOrs:
Your petitioner. James DOrman, re
| specially represents that he is tbs
owner Of lot II, in block 5, subdiv.
sion South Park, Streator, Illinois
that in the making Of the assessment,
for taxes in 1920 the assessor OF Bruce
; township assessed said property a:
improved property, when in fact it Il
vacant; that the assessor has inform
| ed the undersigned that he made al
error III assessing said property anC
that the assessment thereon SHOULD
be changed.
Petitioner further represents tina,
| 70 tny
and that he is about to redeem from
said sale, tina. he is willing to pay tn,
! state and county tax, as we'll as the
interest and expenses of sale, but be
!leyes he is entitled to an abatement
Of the balance of said taxes, and thai
he is Informed that the money paic
or 10 be paid for this tax Is at this
time undistributed in the office of the
/. County Treasurer; that he believes d
fair valuation OF said property to be
$4,000 full value.
He therefore prays that this matter
may be referred to the abatemen,
committee Of this board and that sail
taxes be abated to such sum as may
be Just and proper in the premises.
All Of which is respectfully SUB
mitted,
JAMES DORMAN.
Moved by Supervisor Charley. an
duly seconded that the matter be re
TERED To the Abatement Committe,
land County Attorney Carried.
Committee on Committees Recon-
mendation on Change Of Rules.
5 Recommendation on Change Of Rules
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of tn,
Board Of Supervisors;
Your Committee on Committee OF
Committees would respectfully repor
hat they have examined the matte
Of change Of rules, presented befor,
I them and recommend the following
! First; To change the number O
members Of the Special Soldiers an,
Sailors Memorial Committee from
| three to five.
Second To change the number o
members of the Road and Bridge Cor
, mittee from nine to ten.
Third TO change the number o
members of the Finance Committe
! from seven to nine
" All OF which is respectfully sui
mttcd,
r j. DUNN,
Chairman.
| r. p CONNERTON.
CHAS. G KELLEY.
= II. w, FARNSWORTH.
= r.. Y. YOCkEY.
: J. W, WlNANS.
t NJ A. BRONSON.