The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-22

Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment
Supervisor First. chairman, pre-
siding.
Roll call showed all members
present, except Hansgen, Schilling-
er and Starr.
The minutes of yesterdays meet
ing were read and approved.
The clerk presented the follow
ing report Of blind persons:
To the Board of Supervisors of
Rock Island county. Illinois:
In pursuance OF the law:
l hereby certify that the follow
mig are the names and residences
of persons examined by DR.. F. N
Davenport. official examiner of the
blind for Rock Island county, with
his findings:
No. AZ, Charles Magnus Peterson,
Moline, H., blind.
No. 43, Swan Cassell, Rock Is
land, Ill, blind
H. B. HUBBARD,
County Clerk
Supervisor Schaible. for the poor
claims committee, stated that these
two cases had been investigated,
and were entitled to blind pension,
and then moved that the report of
the clerk be approved and he be
directed to issue orders therefore
pursuant to law.
Supervisor Schaible, for the poor
claims committee, presented the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, 1t has come to the at
tention OF the poor claims commit
tee that John Wharton, who is re-
ceiving blind pension from this
county, is also receiving a pen
sion from the government amount
ing to approximately $40 per
month. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That this county dis
continue the payment Of blind pen
sion to him, and the county clerk
is hereby instructed not to issue
any more county orders to said
John Wharton for blind pension
after this date.
Supervisor Baranek presented the
following resolution, which was re-
ferred to the town and town &C
counts committee:
Whereas, The voting strength in
districts No. % and 20, in the town
ship of Rock Island, is very I'M
equal; and,
Whereas, It is for the best in
terests of everybody concerned
that these districts be made more
nearly equal in voting size, There
fore, be it
Resolved, That the dividing line
between districts % and 20 be
changed from the center line of
Thirty-ninth street to the center
line of the alley running north and
south between Fortieth street and
Forty-first street.
Supervisor Bailey moved that all
applications for appointment as
poor physicians be referred to the
poor claims committee. Carried
Supervisor Hogberg presented
the following resolution, which
was adopted:
Whereas, The people of Rock Is
land county, Illinois, having voted
one million dollar (S1,000,000) bond
issue for improving state aid roads,
and the money for improving said
state aid roads is available from
the sale of said bonds; be it
Resolved. That the board of su-
pervisors does hereby authorize its
state and county aid road commit
tee to make all arrangements for
the letting of contracts. purchasing
of material and machinery, and 10
hire all labor necessary to comply
with the provisions of the law rel
alive thereto Be it further
Resolved, That the county clerk
be directed to issue orders on said
road bond fund in amounts not to
exceed one hundred fifty thousand
(S15O,0 00) dollars on the presenta-
ton of claims properly certified 10
by the county and state aid road
committee. and the county treasur-
er be directed to pay such orders
out Of the said road bond fund.
The Fees and Salary committee
presented the following report,
which was adopted:
State of Illinois, Rock Island
Board of Supervisors, June term,
A. d. 1922.
Mr.. Chairman, and Members OF
the Board of Supervisors:
Your committee on Fees and Sal
aries would submit the following:
That the compensation of mem
bers of the Board of Review be
fixed at $500 per day each for time
necessarily employed. and further
that the Board of Review be auth
orized to engage a clerk at $500
per day during session of said
board
Respectfully submitted.
G. F. McNABNEY,
NJ. J. YOLTON.
DAVID s. SIMPSON,
ZACH EINFELDT.