The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-20
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Credentials Committee Recommends
9son- Recognition' Of Rock
Island Members.

Pending before the county board
OF Supervisors and awaiting It's &C
don is a report OF a committee on
credentials recommending that W.
e. Bradley, supervisor-elect OF the
alleged newly created township OF
RocK Island, and - assistant su-
pervisors-elect, not be seated.
The board yesterday afternoon
deferred action on a motion TO
adopt the report until this after
noon when 1t is To receive the
opinion OF States Attorney b. 3.
Bell upon the legality OF the pro-
eeedings under which it is claimed
Rock island township was made
co-terminous with the limits of the
city OF Rock Island, and an election
held.
The credentials committee, con-
sisting of ID. A. Bailey, Moline, Will
lam Whitney, South Moline, and
John II. Richards, Hampton, rec
ognized the credentials OF super
sisors-elect in Moline and in the
rural townships, including the Gre
dentials of Fayette Skinner, assist
ant supervisor-elect of the South
Rock Island township organization,
and their recommendation that
these newly chosen members be
seated, was approved by the board.
The report reflected the opinion
Of the committee expressed pub
ucly by d. A. Bailey, chairman, that
The alleged creation of new Rock
Island township by the incOrpora-
ton OF part OF South Rock Island
township, had not been legally con-
summated.
+ Therefore the committee held
that no new township having been
created, the old township organ
cation continues in both Rock Is
land and South Rock Island town
ships. and that while the election
In the latter township of Fayette
Skinner as assistant supervisor was
legal, the election of w. F. Brad
. ley as supervisor and the election
Of 10 assistant supervisors in the
alleged newly created township
was Illegal. II was held by the
committee that no election was held
in the old township OF Rock Island
The committee also raises the
point that according to law the
county board can have but 45 men,
bers, whereas if the supervisors
elect in the new township of Rock
Island had been recognized the
board would number A.
Wait Legal Opinion.
Motion TO approve the commit
tees report not to recognize the
credentials of Mr.. Bradley and the
IL assistant supervisors was made
and seconded, but was not voted
upon as 1t was decided to hear the
opinion of States Attorney Bell.
He was asked to give an opinion
on them, but his request for fur
Their time was needed, and the board
adjourned until o'clock this aft
ernoon, when, after hearing MIR
Bell, it will act on the report of the
credentials committee
In the committees deliberations
L. *. Eihl. elected a year ago as
assistant supervisor in South Rock
Island township and now assistant
supervisor-elect in the new Rock
Island township. appears to be
lost in the shuttle"
The committee holds that accord
ing TO a minute of the board OF
date April 81, 1921, on motion OF
supervisor Bradley, action was
taken indicating that Mr. Eihl was
to serve the short term of one year
and ". S. Pate, chosen supervisor
IN South Rock Island township was
70 serve the full term of two years.
Accordingly the committee holds
mat EfhFs term has expired. On
the other hand. it is claimed in
behalf of Eihl that the law pro-
n vides that he should have drawn
y lots with Mr.. Pate to decide the
question OF duration of terms, and
as this was not done, he therefore
holds over.
Holding as it does that the cleo
ton in the newly created township
OF Rock Island was illegal, the