The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-17

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4. OF oUHBRyID019
xourth nv, Special March Tsen.
!. y. 1871 Boasd Of supervisors
sGascA is, i'm.
Beard mst parsuant p adjourn
nonf
USon . call Of the roll b. The
etogk the following msmbsrs were
shawn 70 b present: Ackerlind'
i AnAoeson, Butssr. Berxeafus, BUCK
SHeraaah, Bradley. Burgess, Benson.
H(nser, Caughey, Einfeldt. Ebeling,
First, 0roh, Hsndren. Hofer. John
ecn, Kelly, Upton, McNabney'
1litchsll, Nichols. Noah. Opdycke'
fn1bsvA, Schable, Styvaert, Schil-
1ineer, Stroehle. Titterington,
Wilke, H. G.. Washburn. Weaver
Wake. F., Watson and Walton; h.
u. Hubbard, clerk, and John q.
Miller. sheriff.
Absent-Butser, Caughey. Hofef,
Mitchell and Washburn.
Supervisor Upton. chairman, pre-
siding.
Minutes Of previous meeting were
read and approved.
The clerk read the following
opinion Of E. R Eagle. assistant
states attorney:
March IA. 1921.
Jo-l Upton, chairman Rock
Island County Board Of Supervis-
ors, Rock Island, Ill.
q Deaf Sir: In answer to your
query ~ to whether or not 1t would
be legal for members Of your board
to be appointed and serve as d.
r.ctors for q county tuberculosis
sanatarium as provided in Chapter
"a, Sections 145 to 1856, inclusive, u
Hurd's Revised Statutes for 1919
will say that in my opinion mem
bers of your board should not be
appointed for this office.
This opinion is based on Section
I Of Chapter 1O2 Of said Revised
Statutes, which provides as fol-
lows:
= "That It shall be and Is hereby
declared unlawful for supervisor
or commissioner. during the tern
of once for which he is elected, Il
be appointed to. accept or hold an!
Office, by appointment or election
of the board of which he may be
member; and any and all appoint
ments and elections by the board @
supervisors or county commission
ers, whereby any member or mem
beers Of said board, or either o
them, may be selected to fill an,
Official position, shall be absolute
" null and void"
And also on the following defini
ton Of an once as contained il
Section "a of Article 5 Of the Con
stitut!on Of this state:
IAN ONCE il q public position
created by the constitution or Law
continuing during the pleasure Q
the appointive power. or for . fixe
time, with q successor elected o
appointed"
Respectfully submitted.
EDW. L. EAGLE.
Supervisor First moved that tn
chairman be given permission t
withdraw his selection Of director
for tuberculosis Sanatarium. Cal
ricd
The clerk read a communicate
from the Rotary club Of Rock Il
land In regard to new Jail and roa
improvement, which was upon mi
ton placed on file.
The clerk read the followin
C, mmunication. which, upon mt
ton, was placed on file:
To the Members of the Board {
Supervisors Of Rock Island COul
ty.
Gentlemen: At the Decembe
meeting Of the board Of supervi!
ors authorization was given for tn
appointment of q committee to d,
wise a plan for cooperation an
promotion Of good road system
and John Upton appointed the 70
lowing committee: J. A. Schaibl
W. H. Schillinger, W. F. Nichols.
A. Schave and James Kelly.
As its first move, the committe
called . meeting Of the supervisor
and road officials OF the rural dil
tricts to meet at the COURTEOUS
Jan. %.
It was taken for granted at tn;
meeting that the proposed stat
bond issue road from Morrison
Ruahville and the proposed govern
ment road from Rock Island
Savanna will be put through
therefore roads were mapped OF
connecting the villages and citit
of the county In such q name
that practically no section will |
more than two miles from q goe
road. Estimates were made Of cos
distance and material and plaI
were devised for raising Il
r..ney.
The meeting was we'll attende
enthusiastic, harmonious; therefor
be it resolved: That we hearth
commend the work of the commi
tee and heartily recommend the
report to the county board at il
NJ rich meeting.
Respectfully submitted.
NJ. ]. YOLTON,
w. Il. GROH.
C. C. OPDYCKE.
The special road committee pr,
scented the following report, whic
upon motion was received an
adopted:
Mr.. Chairman and Members (
the Board Of Supervisors:
Your committee to whom was n
ferred the investigation Of the pra,
ticability Of cooperative effort an
plan between the county and towr
ships for the improvement an
IMgo) IL. :: issiSj=