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tif- .- and the Sheriff, for the half-year f June 1st, A. D. 1917, wMild beg ri to submit the following report on matters and things before them: The semi-annual report of the Coun- ^ *i ty Clerk being as follows, to-wlt: / - COUNTY CLERK RECEIPTS $ •i'] ' Earned for Probate fees.. .$1,624.64 Clerk's' fees in suits In Court.... 351.35 'n'.'for County servloe* 622.75 'g": f*or Miscellaneous in said McHenry Towaoship, along said section ItM ir then&i. and alofcjr the j the IT., .. ' mpaay e Becre wafti itary of section line between {tactions 14 «uitd 83 of forming a corpomtto#, til - • • -». 8t^r«;tg| Received $ 423.68 iii,60 services 8,907.22 T\ Total earnings for : half-year *6,605.96 . Received of earnings previoua- " ly reported: >. f^robate ;%trwi™t^;fJourt Costs <i~r (, - • • Total Receipts > , EXPENDITURES - Cflertt hire .......... , „ Miscellaneous 19.09 , ^Clerk's Salary s tor fli'fi ithence Kast along said township line to | the Southeast corner of said Township of McHenry, thence North to the place , .fs.souaz j 0f beginning, be designated as District to its intersection with the publlo high­ way running from McHenry tor Ring- wood, thence Southerly along the center of said public highway to its intersec­ tion with the center line of Elm Street in the Village of McHenry, thence Southerly along: the center line of Elm Street to its intersection with the cen­ ter line of Green Street, theun Souther- «rse; is 0) in] on jwfcet>e said , by Jereetfcd, is * in* the City with the ? ts: that of said M M. Niesen, Mdae. Mrs, Beefc- thousand with under the name, first used, has been frttBjtii * the said Secretary of State to scriptions for the capital S proposed corporation, i ital stock having been and the, election of the omtMirs having ship, taken place, Walter Carey being elected j Wherefor. the|«ald board of highway President of said Company, James E. , commissioners hjr roby petition you for ST.»°.V'gj eH. /ull2_*wto*?:rl(ll!>*a»! n>aln traveled h|ghways in said Town- wlth the -Township line between the Townships of McHenry and Nunda, half-year 1,000.00 >2,411.34 .$ 928.78 t-- -'"7 Balance due County m i " T h e s e m i - a n n u a l r e p o r t o f t h e C i r c u i t , iClerk being as follows, to-wit: - I ; C I R C U I T C L E R K / . RECEIPTS Earned iPBrlwiewihi); ...... $1,720.45 yior Clerk's fees in , * ' V suits in Court ... 1,349.35 JFor Miscellaneous flgjservices .......... 115.95 !V>r attending, court 90 days at $6.00.... 540.00 Total earnings for , half-year ..... .$3,725.75 iiii 'lRfrceived of earnings previously • % ' reported Vl,,.......... ved ,720.45 1,233.85 ;11M5 " - ̂ i * v *•" ' *" en--Si ... . v„„ ly aloag the center line of <mkb Street;Carey Vice-President and Blanche Carey 'aid and for an appropriation from the to its intersection with the Tenter line I Secretary and Treasurer, and that the [county treasurer! of said County of Mc- of Boone Creek, thence following the j papers have been forwarded to the Sec- Henry of a gum sufficient to meet one- center line of said Boone Creek to its jretary of State preparatory to receiving half the expensed of the bulldine of said intersection with the center line of Fox j the atioles of ineoporation, bridge, and thatl said Town i<> nr«nared River, thence Southerly along the center) Your petitioner is organized for the ! to furnish the oilier half of the amount line of Pox River to its intersection j purpose of the transmission and sale of required. Dated at Hafvard, Illinois, in said Town. County and State, this 27th day of July, A. D. IB 17. W. 1>. CORNWELL, R. B. MORRIS, - H. *. PERKINS,'. StatfSFl&nSif'C"mm""°ner*- County of McHenry, - Town of Chemung, ss. . V-'i ' We, the undesigned, board of high­ way commissioners of the TeWfr of Che­ mung, County ^foresaid, hereby state that we have riade a careful estimate **#<> Total Receipts EXPENDITURES" - ' r"a%ferk'hire . '..'., . ... .1 90*00 Returned docket fee * . 44.00 Miscellaneous ex­ pense acct. ....... 98.28 -Clerk's salary for ' , half-year . 1,000.00 ^ i Balance due County .|3r097.75 $2,042.28 jOiuiiDue uuc vuuiitji $1,055.47 3 The semi-annual report of tha Sheriff ; filing as follows, to-wit: • k SHERIFF , . RECEIPTS Earned Received fees In suits in MCourt $ Por Executions From State Auditor, Dec. 9, 1916 Tor Miscellaneous services other than court costs 881.65 30&.50 IW •# 241.66 308.50 16.25 74t.<» ?**||| .$ 566.40 103.lt 700.00 1,003.12 , ...... Total earnings for. jhalf-year >1,454.80 * Total Receipts EXPENDITURES XJvery hire $ 200.0# Miscellaneous ^Sheriff's Salary for' half-year ... -- ... J. Balance due Sheriff ........I 436.72 Your committee would recommend "that an ordet^be drawn on the county treasurer in favor of the sheriff for the 'amount so shown to be due him. We would further report that we have examined the sheriff's report for dieting the prisoners for the past six months and find that there is due him the sum pf live hundred eighty-eight ($588) dollars, for which we recommend that an order be drawn on the county treasurer in favor of the sheriff for. said amount. We would further recommend that "the circuit clerk be allowed the addi­ tional sum of one hundred fifty ($150) dollars per annum for clerk hire. And that the salary of the deputy sheriff he increased to $85.00 per month. All of which is respectfully submlt- '• .' H. M. TURNER, Chairman. CHA8. H. ACKMAN, JR.. j ' D.M.WRIGHT. /t E. F. KUECKEHL'-'? w*-: W. "H. FORRE Sm' W. H. WARD, P.M A. H. HALE. . The Committee on Elections made the fallowing report, which was adopted, to- Chapman anfl Gentlemen^ of the Board ff Supervisors: •'»- "Pour Committee • on ElaotioM would heg leave to present the following list of judges of election as selected by the two political parties represented on this Board: •FvJlev--Polling place. Town Hall, lodges, N. H. Stanley, Ralph Metcalr Hhd Harry Dunbar. Marengo (1st District)--Polling places Sears' Shop. Judges, James Cleary, tfchn Kitchen and O. D. Carpenter. Marengo (2d District)--Polling place, "Patterson Building. Judges, D. M. Wright, William Dunker and O. J. Mc- Keown. Dunham--Polling place, School House to District No. 128.- Judges, H. E. Whip­ ple, L. M. Lillibridge and John McCabe. vjhemung (1st District) -- Polling •place, Herald Building. Judges, J. J. Shields, Eugene Saunders and T. P. Marshall. Chemung (2nd District) -- Polling jdace, Engine House, Harvard. Judges, W. H. Ward, H. H. Me gran and J. A. gyt Chemung (3rd District) -- Polling ' glace, Conn Building at Chemung. Judges, Elmer Walters, D. E. Little and 'ft. F. Dean. Alden--Polling place. Town Hall. Judges, H. G. Durkee, Garrett Fitzger- . aid and Chas. C. Seefeldt, fir. Hartland--Polling place, Disbrow's Store. Judges, Wm. Forrest, Cornelius Nolan and John Haley. Seneca--Polling place. Town Hall, fudges, Edward F. Kuecker, Dan Kan- aley and Gust Polnow. ?; Coral Polling place. Village Hall. .Judges, Charles H. Ackman, Jr., J. T. grill and A. S. Peak. Grafton--Polling place, Village Hall. • « Judges, John Donahue, Charles Conley aind John Hawley. j Dorr (1st District)--Polling place, oom under County Clerk's office In the ourt House. Judges, E. H. Thompson, F. Coakley and C. F. Renich. Dorr (2nd District)--Polling place, fjollce Magistrate's office in the City Ball. Judges, F. A. Walters, John Bol- |fer and L. J. Young. Dorr (3rd District)--Polling place, oom under Sheriff's office in the Court ouse. Judges, Henry Fisher, C. A. tone and . Dorr (4th District)--Polling place, f irtman's Shop at Ridgefleld. Judges, -ed Hartman, C. E. Lockwood and alter Cobb. Greenwood--Polling place. Town Hall, v Judges, J. E. Harrison, Floyd Carr and Richard Burk, Jr. ; ! - Hebron--Polling place. Town Hall. t> >J < Judges, H. M. Turner, A. W. Mathlson • sand Vanus Begun. Richmond--Polling place, Memorial Ball. Judges, L. B. Covell, J. T. Bower and John Collison. v Burton--Polling place. Town Hall. ^Judges, W. F. Pierce, W. H. Cole and » ' jRobert Esh. -- Polling Ringwood. larrison and No. three of said McHenrv Precinct, the polling place to be at the Colby Building in McHenry. Judges, S. H. Freund, M. A. Conway and Matt. Weber. Nunda (1st District)--Polling place, Turner's Hall at Barreville. Judges, J. H. Gracy, J. D. Fleming and • James A. Nish. ' And it having been represented to this committee that the second district of the Nunda precinct contains more than five hundred voters, we would recom­ mend that said district be divided as follows, to-wit: That the district contained in the fol­ lowing boundaries, to-wlt: Commenc­ ing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest quarter of Section No. 3 in Nunda Township, thence south along the center line of "said Section 3 to the South line thereof, thence west to the South­ west corner of said Section 3, thence South along section line between sec­ tions 9 and 10, 15 and 16, 21 and 22, 27 and 28, 33 and 34 to the South line of said Nunda Township, thence West along the South line of said Nunda Township to its intersection with the center line of Williams Street in the City of Crystal Lake, thence Northeast­ erly along the center of said Williams Street to its intersection with the cen­ ter line of the right of way of the Chi­ cago and Northwestern Railway Com­ pany, thence Northwesterly along the center line of said right of way to its intersection with the center line of a public highway running north and south through the east half of Section 32 in said Nunda Township (Range 8). thence following the center line of said public highway through Sections 32, 29, 20, 17 and along the section line between sec­ tions 8 ahd 9 of said Nunda Township (Rsuige 8), and al<>ng said eeftter line of said highway through sections 9 and 4 to its intersection with the North line tff said Nunda Township, thence East along the said township line to the place of beginning, be designated as District Number two of the Nunda Pre­ cinct with a polling place at the Town Hall in the City of Crystal Lake. Judges, F. W. Covalt, J. W. Wingate and T. L. Flanders. That the district included within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commenc­ ing on the north line of section 3 in Nunda Township where the. center line of the public highway crosses said line near the northwest corner of said sec­ tion, theoce following the center line of said highway southwesterly, south­ erly, southwesterly and southerly, through sections 3, 4, 9 and between sections 8 and 9, and through sections 17, 20, 29 and 32 to its intersection with the center line of the right-of-way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, thence southeasterly along the center line of right-of-way to its intersection with the center line of Williams Street ki the City of Crystal Lake, thence southwesterly along the center line of said Williams Street to the south line of said Nunda Township, thence west along said south line to the southwest corner of said Nunda Township, thence north along the west line of said township to the north­ west corner thereof, thence east along the north line of t<aid Nunda Township to the place of beginning, be designated as District No. 3 of the Nunda Precinct with a polling place at the Odd Fellows Building in the City of Crystal Lake. Judges. A. H. Hale, H. H. McCollum and John Pearson. Algonquin (1st District) -- Polling place. Village Hall at Algonquin. Judges, B. C. Getzelman, EJjjnry Lees- berg and Louis J. Lehky. Algonquin (2nd District) -- Polling place, Crystal Lake Council Rooms. Judges, Paul Rosenthal, John Buehler and P. H. Leonard. Algonquin (3rd District) --. Polling place. Village Hall' at Cary. Judges, T. H. Wulff, F. M. Abbott and Louis Jelinek. All of which is, respectfully submit­ ted. J. E. HARRISON, Chairman. W. H. WARD, . B. F. KUECKER, W. F. PIERCE, N. H. -STANLEY. V. S. Lumley, State's Attorney, made the following report which was on mo­ tion approved, to-wit: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Gentlemen:--I herewith respectfully submit a report of the expenditures made by me from May 1st, 1917, to the present time. State of Illinois, County of McHenry. ss. I, Vincent S. Lumley, State's Attor­ ney of McHenry County, Illinois, being first duly sworn on my oath, depose and say that the several items mentioned below are just and true expenditures made by me in connection with the ad­ ministration of my office, out of the moneys set over to ma by this Board for such purposes. 1917-- . May 1--Balance on hand ,f 81.00 May 1--Amount appropriated to my use 200.00 electrical current for light and power and will convey such electrical current from Wilmot in the State of Wisconsin into this county by wires strung on poles; that the proposed route to be taken hy sa'd company for the purpose of erecting poles and stringing the wires thereon, as aforesaid, is as follows: En­ tering this county a few rods south of the northeast corner of Section Eight in the Township of Burton in said county where the E^jfct Section line of said Sec­ tion Eight intersects the highway: thence along said highway to the high way leading in a westerly direction from of the probable icost of the building of a line almost on the north line of Sec- the bridge referred to in the phove pe- tion Seventeen in said township; thence tition. ' ^ ^ west along said highway to the north- I We further state that the old bridge west corner of the northeast quarter crossing said rwatercourse is broken of Section Eighteen: thence south j down and b^ohd repa"rf thlf it wM through said Section Eighteen and Sec-1 be necessary to rebuild the abutments tion Nineteen in said township to the and supply an eiitire new steel snan and corporate limits of the Village of Spring floor in order Tfurnish a brilee snFt- fjrove: thence, leaving th» corporate able for the traflic at said point 1T.01 d highway, j Smith- Bros., Mdse. Mrs. Beck­ ed to be I with 3.60 , connect-, Wilbur Lbr. Co., Wood $.00 Lawrence j All of which is respectfully submit­ ted. - - w. E. WHIPPLE, > 'JOHN DQNAHUfe, , , •? - fW. H. WARD, > 3 . E. HARRISON. mMPM The Committee on Claims (labor, fees and supplies) made the following report, which "was on motion adopted, to-wit: , Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your Committee on Labor, Fees and Supplies Claims would beg leave to re- por.t that they have examined all claims presented to them, and recommend the payment of the following, and that the clerk be directed to issue orders, on the county treasurer to ^he claimants for the several amounts allowed, as fol­ lows, to-wit: • P. F. Pettibone & Co., supplies, Co. Officers >489 46 City of Woodstock, light and ivater Chicago Telephone Co., rent of phones American Law Book j Co., law books • Co-Op. Pub. Co., above law 190.05 66.60 7.60 Grove; thence, leaving the limits of Spring Grove on the highway that runs in a westerly direction to what is known as Solon Mills, from the four corners located in the said Village of Spring Grove in the highway running between said two places in a westerly direction to a point in said highway at the northwest corner of the south half of Section Twenty-seven in Township Forty-six North of Range Eight East of j State- of" Illinois!' We do estimate that the probable cost <?£ bridge will be Four Thousand ($4000) DoHars. Witness oiir hands this 28th day of July, A. P. 1917. W. D. CORNWEtL, R. B. MORRIS, 4 R. PERKINS, v Board of Highway Commissfonbrs. j the third Principal Meridian in said county, and also in the various high­ ways in said Village of Solon Mills, and also all other highways in said Town­ ship of Burton not herein specifically mentioned. Your petitioner would, therefore, pray your Honorable body to grant the per­ mit pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided to the said Company to erect poles and string its wires for. the purposes aforesaid along the high­ ways hereinbefore mentioned and -de­ scribed, subject, however, to the rights of any and all other licenses or permits heretofore granted by your Honorable body and now in full force, and for such other permit under the circumstances and the prayer of this petition as your Honorable body may see fit to grant. . AJ1 of whieh is respectfully submit­ ted. CAREY ELECTRIC AND MILL­ ING CO., By Walter Carey, Pres. A certified copy of the report of the last Grand Jury was presented and read by the clerk, same being OS follows, to- wit: ' State of Illinois, •_ County, of McHenry. ss. ' Of the May Term of the McHenry County Circuit Court, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred seven­ teen. To the Honorable Charles H. Donnelly, Presiding Judge of said Court: The Grand Jurors, chosen, selected and sworn, in and for the County of County of McHenry, V Town of Chemung, ss. _ W- D. Cornwel!, R. B. Morris and H. R. Perkins, board of highway commis­ sioners of said Town of Chemung, County and State aforesaid, being duly sworn on oath, say that Four Thousand (?4,000) Dollars, mentioned in the es­ timate to which this affidavit is attach­ ed, is necessary, and that the same will not be more expensive than is needed for the purpose required. V . W. I). CORNWELL, JR. B. MORRIS, - -^>4' H. R. PERKINS, r Boitrd Of Highway Commissioners. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of July, A. D. 1917. R. F. MARSHALL, Notary Public. The spebial committee appointed to represent the County made the follow­ ing report, which was on motion ap­ proved, to-wit: ; Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors, McHenry Coun­ ty, Illinois: - The undersigned committee would beg leave to submit the following report concerning the Cash bridge in Section 22 in Chemung Township: Whereas, the Highway Commissioners of said Town of Chemung did on the 30th day of July, 1917. present to the Chairman of this Board a petition ask­ ing for County aid for building a new bridge at the sig-ht known as the Cash Bridge in Cheipung Township, the esti­ mated cost of Which was $4,000.00, your Co.. Co.', Co', 5.00 6.00 14.92 ,*.40 88.61 4.00 53.08 1.81 88.25 Co. 22.75 73,50 14.50 62.58 11.50 28.18 21.65 38.86 19.50 4.20 6.00 McHenry, in the name and by the au- i committee, appointed by said Chairman, thority of the People of the State of II-i did meet with the said Highway Com- linois, respectfully represent unto the • missioners of Chemung Township on the Court that they have carefully and dill-! 2nd day of August, 1917, and decided gently investigated all matters that have' that a H6W bridge was necessary and come before them, and of which they j instructed the County Superintendent of are cognizant, and that they return into i Highways to prepare plans and speci- open Court herewith 3 True Bills and fications for a n^w bridge and advertise no Not True Bills; That they have Inspected the county jail and report that they find it in sat­ isfactory condition, both in regard to the cleanliness/of the jail itself and the treatment of the prisoners therein con­ fined. All of which is respectfully submit­ ted, this 28th dav of May, A. D. 1917. FRED W. HARTMAN. Foreman. P. F. ROSENTHAL. Clerk. Filed McHenry County, Illinois, May 28, 1917. THEO. HAMER, Clerk of the Circuit Court. State of Illinois, McHenry County, ss. I, Theo.' Hamer, Clt^rk of the Circuit Court in and for said County, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing to which this certificate is attached, is a full, true, complete and j^&rfe'ct copy of the Re­ port of the Grand Jury at the May Term, A. D. 1917, of said Court as the same appears from the original on file in my office. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this 28th day of May, A. D. 1917. THEO. HAMER, Clerk of the Circuit Court. On motion same was ordered placed on file. A „ The following named persons were se- j against the County, and on motion of lected to serve as grand jurors at the Supr, Wright, seconded by Supr. For- September Term of the Circuit Court of, rest, same were referred to the proper this County and on motion the list was j committees, without reading, for report, approved and ordered certified to the ' the board adjourned to 2 o'clock for bids, said bids to be received by thi§ committee on the 7th day of September, A. D. 1917, at Harvard, Illinois. The committee met again on the 7th day of September, A. D, 1917, at Har­ vard, Illinois, and received bids for the construction of said Cash Bridge. The lowest bid was made by the Joliet Bridge and Construction Co. in the sum of $4,396.00, and 75 .cents per lineal foot for piles should they be nccessary. Said bid being in excess of the esti­ mated cost, the contract for building said bridge was awarded to said Joliet Bridge and Construction Co., subject to the approval of the Board of Supervis­ ors of McHenry County, Illinois. All of which is respectfully submit- E. WHIPPLE, •. 4 " TURNER, " DURKEE, ? - • Committee, The clerk presented the certificates of the boards of highway commissioners of the various townships in the Coun­ ty, of the amounts necessary to be raised by taxation for the proper con­ struction, maintenance and repair of roads and bridges in such towns, and upon motion of Supr. Whipple, seconded by Supr. Harrison, and carried, said cer­ tificates of levy were approved. The clerk presented lists of claims and Am- j 1° •8c ft; 39.41 10.00 j 15.00 .76 10.00 fr.oo j 10.00 May 2 --Telephone for April .. . . * 1 4 . 6 5 May 8--Charles T. Allen, expense on O'Brien ease May 7--M. J. Wandrack, expense on O'Brien case, trip to Wau- kegan May 7--Geo. Bryant, paid on guns in Salemi case May 18--Dispatch to Mankato on Deucheneau case May 21--Samuel A. Ball, cash advanced May 25--Samuel A. Ball, cash advanced May 29--Telegrams to Chicago on Nohlte case- June 2--Samuel A. Ball, cash advanced June 2--A. J. Walters, taxi bill, Pistake* June 4--Telephone for May June 6--Samuel A. Ball, cash advanced 10,00 June 8--A. J. Walters, taxi bill. Spring Grove, Richmond and McHenry 8.00 June 9--Crystal Lake Herald, stationery 11.65 June 9--T. H. Brown, costs and sheriff's fee, in Ashley case... 21.95 June 9--T. H. Brown, costs and sheriff's fee, Harry Adams case June 9--T. H. Brown, costs and sheriff's fee, Peter Ross case.. June 9--T. H. Brown, costs and sheriff's fee, James McKeogh case June 9--Stamps to date June 9--W. Jobe, auto |irea«|>i Clerk of the Circuit Court: Riley--Fred Patterson. Marengo--George Redpath brose J. Crissey. Dunham--E. J. Phillips. Chemung--Clayton Palmer find E. Manley. " ,1r Alden--Roy Manley. *&>'•> Hartland--John McGe%. ,j Seneca-- -J." D. Wright.^ Coral--Fred Maushak. ' Grafton--John Hawley. Dorr--Frank Brown and Hemry Bro- derman. Greenwood--James Hebron--Thomas Lai or. Richmond--Wm. Motley. ftpi Burton--Bern Bell. " McHenry--N. J. Justen and John Pitzen. _ Nunda--Herman Gumprecht and Sum- Algonquin^--John Freeman • and T. F. Leonard. The question of the annual outing or picnic of the board was informally dis­ cussed and it was decided that such out­ ing be held at some date in July, said ; date to be arranged for and fixed and i the arrangements for said outing made I by Supr. Freund, said outing to include : the Supervisors and families, Court i-House officials and employes and their I families. Thereupon, on motion of Supervisor K. Hp.rrison, duly seconded by Supervisor ij'jjjj i Ackman, ar. " 6.65 carried, it was ordered that this board adjourn. Thereupon said board adjourned. L. B. COVELL, Chairman* Attest: ^ . G. E. STTLL, Clerk. ' . * ' •fei- Regular September 1917 W, It having been represented to this committee, that the second district of T' . 'the McHenry precinct contains more than five hundred voters, we would . . (therefore recommend that said district divided into two districts as follows: tr*i!wl. Commencing at the Northwest corner * -r<f Section No. 19 in said Town of Mc- , "Henry, thence East along the line be- .Vj" .twecn Sections 18 and 19, 17 and 20, 16 'j^£% land 21, 15 and 22, 14 and 23 to the cen- **. tf-r of the public highway running from $ McHenry to Ringwood, thence Souther- . j , ly along the center of said public high- • way to its intersection with the center 4^7,',.;5lin»- of Elm Street in the Village of Mc- "'sR;.i; 1 Henry, thence Southeasterly along the i- center line of Elm Street to its inter- f Vfsr; •' section with the center line of Green "* street> thence Southerly along the cen- ter line of Green street to its intersec- " tion with the center line of Bdone Creek. •3HJser thence following the center line of said Boone Creek to its intersection with the center line of Fox River, thence South­ erly along the center line of Fox River to its intersection with the Township line between the Townships of McHen­ ry and Nunda, thence West along said townshio line to the Southwest corner of the Township of McHenry, thence North along the township line between the Townships of McHenry and Green- Balance on hand < The Honorable Board of Supervisors of McHenry County, Illinois, met in an- 4.95' nual session at the Court House in (Woodstock, on Tuesday, the llfh day of September, A. D. 1917, at 10 O'clock 13.95 a. m. The meeting was called to order 2 50 by L. B. Covell, chairman, and the roll g'oo being called, the following members re- i sponded to their names, to-wit: N. H. >213.51 ' Stanley. D. M. Wright, H. E. Whipple, •r.it* 17-49 w- H Ward, H. G. Durkee. W. H. For- V. S. LUMLEY, | rest, E. F. Kuecker, Chas. H. Ackmann, State's Attorney. Jr., John Donahue. F. A. Walters, J. E. Subscribed and sworn to before me'Harrison, H. M. Turner, L. B. Covell, this 11th day Of June, A. D. 1917. |W. F. Pierce. S. H. Freund and A. H. CHARLES T. ALLEN, Hale,, constituting quorum. Notary Public. | The minutes of the last preceding It was moved by Supr. Whipple that, meeting were read and approved. The there be appropriated for the use of clerk presented and read the petition of V. S. Lumley an additional sum of $200 , the highway commissioners of the town to be by him used in the necessary ex- 1 of Chemung for County aid in building penses of his office and that he report bridge, known as the Cash bridge in the to this board the items of expenditure. Township of Chemung, which was pre- and that the clerk draw an order on the sented to the Chairman of this board on treasurer for said amount payable to ! July 30th, 1917, and upon the presenta- sald V. S. Lumley. Said motion was i tion of which the chair appointed Su- seconded and carried. aim w- fe* m. for committee work, 9 O'clock P. K. The board met pursuant to adjourn­ ment. Roll call showed same members present. The Committee on Claims (County Poor) made the following report, which "Was on motion adopted, to-wlt: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your committee on County Poor claims would beg leave to report that they have examined all claims pre­ sented to them, and recommend the pay­ ment of the following, and that the clerk be .directed to issue orders on the county treasurer to the claimants . for the several amounts allowed, as follows, to-wit: Glenwood Manual Train. School, BoarcF Floyd Morris $ 40.75 Lincoln St. Sch. & Col., Board County Patients 61.65 Chicago Ind. Home, Board Fits- henry & Skow children j. 226.(TO St. Vincent's Train. Sch., Board H. & E. Spielman & H. Lilly.. Dorr-- F. A. Walters. Pension B. Pope, Mary Henry, May Anderson, G. Edinger, R. Gilllspie, E. Eckert, Cora Pankey F. A. Walters, Exp. J. Oakroot.. F. E. Howe, Coal .... ...... Mrs. George Grote, Board M*». Hunthauser Ha lev & Behringer, Mdse. Mrs. Jake Olson Marengo-- Patrick Bros., Mdse. Julius Pop- its ; jA. J. Steege. Mdse. Aug. Bott... 3Dr. S. C. Wernham, Serv. Wm. Hogan John Rowland, Mdse. Walter Miles F. G. Hackley, Mdse D. M. Wright. fJxp. Wm. Hogan A Mrs. J. Boyle Grafton-- Dr. o. I. statler, Serv. Fredrleh Rhode E. H. Cook, Burial Fredrleh Rhode Dr. Geo. H. Pflueger, Serv. Fred- rich Rhode Greenwood-- J. E. Harrison, Pension Mm. Br wr Nichols . 4........V ...... . Richmond-- Dr. W. K Foster, Serv. W. COr nish Nunda-- Schueneman Deering Meier Bros.. Mdse. Mrs. Jeschke, Mrs. Smith H. W. Gieseke, Mdse. ' Mrs. Gold- strom : Dr. N. J. Nye, Serv. Mrs. Albert Miller ......7 H. M. Rosenthal & Sons, Coal, Mrs. Heine W. E. Kroeger, Mdse. L. L. Dodds 90.00 407.00 70.00 16.52 86.00 11.09 2.69 19.00 27.00 8.37 S.83 38.97 24.00 36.00 6.00 160.00 83.00 Lawyers books Lawyers Co-Op. Pub. Co., law books Zion Inst. & Ind.,. mdse. State's Atty. & Clr. Clerk 111. Printing Co., blanks, sheriff. W. M. Welch Mfg. Co.. mdse. Supt. of Schools C. M. Parker Est., mdse. Supt. of Schools A. M. Shelton, expenses, Supt. of Schools A. B. Dick Co., mdse., Supt. of Schools Crystal Lake Herald Pub. mdse., Supt. of Schools . Crystal Lake Herald Pub. mdse., Supt. of Schools , Crystal Lake Herald Pub. mdse., Supt. of Schools . Crystal Lake Herald Pub, mdse., Co. Treasurer .... Murphy & Doering, mdse., sheriff A. F. Ackley, repair chairs Thos. 'Davis, Jr., hauling poal . . Slavin & Eastman, mdse., sheriff J. J. Horick, labor, C. H Geo. J. Bartelt, mdse., sheriff.., Belcher Bros., mdse., sheriff.... Higgle & Condon, mdse., sheriff. K L. Hart, mdse., sheriff J. A. Cadwell, labor on boilers.. Crystal Lake Herald, statements, sheriff 5.5o A. Dwight Osborn, mdse., sheriff 19.04 L. B. Covell, member Board of Review S60.00 Fayette Thomas, member Board of Review 860.00 John H. Higgins, member Board of Review ...,; 860.00 William Desmond, clerk Board of Review 860.00 Ralph Gruenwald, clerk Board of Review 129,00 C. & N. W. Ry. Co., freight on coal 91.55 C. & N. W. Ry. Co., freight on coal 2.00 McHenry Co. Soil Imp. Assn., salary, June, July & Aug..... 549.99 Roy J. Stewart, Dep. Shf., salary- June, July & Aug. 251.80 A. M. Shelton, Supt. Schools, ex­ tra comp., June, July & Aug. 225.00 C. L. Tryon, Supt. Hy., salary, June, July & Aug. ........... 150.00 Wilbur Rufnrnel, janitor, salary, June, July & Aug. 120.00 Chas. T. Allen, Asst. State's At­ torney, salary to Sept. 1st.... 266.66 J. A. Cadwell, janitor, salary, Aug M. J. Wandrack, bailiff 2 days.. J. E. Harrison, spl. com. work.. Dr. A. B. Smith, com. ins. trial Lizzie Kotal Dr. A. B. Smith, com. ins. trial Jas. Comisky Dr. E. Windmueller, com. ins. trial, Jas. Comisky Wm. Desmond, auto Bd. of re­ view Frank O'Brien, labor and fixtures W, H. ForreBt, spL com. work H. E. Whipple, spl. com. work.. Chas. H. Ackman, Jr., spl. com. work D. M. Wright, spl. com. work..., A. H. Hale, spl. com. work ..... H. M. Turner, spl. com. work.*,.. H. G. Durkee, spl. com. work... IT. A. Walters, spl. com. work .. C, A. Stone, tobacco Woodstock Sentinel Co., ptg. Go. Officers Oliver Typewriter Co., flag, C. H. All of which is respectfully- submit- A. H. HALE. • W. F. PIERCE. 'V- N. H. STANLEY, W. H. FORREST, ' CHAS. H. ACKMAN^HM; The Committee on Finance made the following report, which was on motion adopted, to-wit: Mr Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your committee to whom was refer­ red the matter of the County Tax Levy for the year A. D. 1917, would beg leave to submit the following report on the matters and things before them: That we have ascertained the several items of necessary expenditures for county purposes, as nearly as possible, a"nd recommend that the sum of Sixty- five Thousand Dollars be levied as coun­ ty tax on all the taxable property of said County and State aforesaid, for the year, A. D. 1917, and that the County Clerk is hereby instructed to extend said amount on all taxable property in the County, in accordance with this report for the following specified purposes, to- wit: Salary of County Judge $ 2,000.00 County Services, County Clerk, Sheriff and County Treasurer Additional Compensation and office expenses, Co. Supt. of Schools Supplies, stationery, postage, express Co. Officers * * *«w Per Diem! Board of Review... Clerk hire, witness fees, etc., Board of Review Mileage and per diem, jurors.. Coroner's and Coroner's Jurors* fees at inquests Fees for birth and death reports Salary, probation officer, Co. Court Salary, probation officer. Cir­ cuit Court Bounties, crows, ground-hogs, etc poor at Poor ?&rni and asylums Support of Co. Paupers Fuel, light, water, etc., Court House & Jail it- Relief of Blind Repairs, Court House & Jail.. Repairs, Poor Farm Janitor service Supplies, Court House ft Jail. Dieting prisoners Salary, deputy sheriff, livery for sheriff, etc Court Reporters County Aid in building bridges Furniture, Court House & Jail Contingent expens.es, labor, law books, etc Per Diem, mileage and special committee work, Members of Board Salary of Assistant to Super­ intendent at Poor Farm ... County's proportion for State- aid roads ........>.,..... ™ Mothers' pensions 2,t>00.u0 the blind All jof which is respectfully submit­ ted. *• F. A. WALTERS, K < W. H. WARD. S. H. FREUND, ; D. M. WRIGHT. 'The Committee on "Education maA* the following report, which was on motion adopted, to-wit: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your committee to whom was refer­ red the matter of examining the rec­ ords, books and papers of the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, would beg leave to submit the follow­ ing report on the matters before them. We have audited the books and accounts of the above office and find the same correct, as follows: INSTITUTE FUND Receipts-- Balance on hand July 1, 1916 ... .$106.71 Received from examinations certificates 443.00 Disbursements-- i ^ March institute expensesi,s» Balance on hfmd, July 1; lflTv, $549.71 .$400.76 . 148.95 1549.71 ;?^i,;iI)ISTB:lBUTtVS>',1 FUND lXcCvlpvS"" * . Balance on hand July 1, 1916. .$ 1,594.47 Received from State Auditor, School Tax Fund Interest on school fond..; From other sources ....... 19,261.83 328.76 10.00 Disbursements-- To township treasurers ...,. Paid high school tuition...... Cash on hand July 1, 1917, held for distribution ...... *21,195.06 $19,669.00 165,00 1.461.06 921,195.06 PRIN-SUPERINTENDENT AND CIPALS' FUND Receipts-- ; Balance on hand. July 1, 1916^ ....27.45 Disbursements-- None. / f Balance on hand July 1, 1917 $7.45 -- , We hereby recommend that a sum of 37.00 t 525.00 be appropriated to ,the Institute 12.70 Fund for the ensuing school year. All of which is respectfully submit­ ted. j E. F. KUECKER, Clwat ,,, H. M. TURNER, H. E. WHIPPLE, • T *>,Vj S. H. FREUND. *$1 The Committee on Fees and Salaries made the following report, to-wit: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your committee on Fees and Salaries would beg leave to submit the follow­ ing report on the matters before them: Your committee would recommend that the clerk hire of the County Clerk be increased $120.00 annually, payable to Miss Maude Donovah, deputy, in monthly installments commencing De­ cember 1st, 1917. We would further recommend that the salary of the janitor be increased from his present salary to $75.00 per month, commencing October 1st, 1917. All of which is respectfully submit­ ted. H. M. TURNER, Chub •"> W. H. WARD, ' . . w. H. FORREST, i CHAS. H.' ACKMAN,VJJUY • D. M. WRIGHT, "j E. L. KUECKER, •• A. H. "HALE. . • 4 V{;H' • It' Was moved by Supr. Walter* that the report of said committee be amend­ ed to increase the clerk hire of the County Clerk $180.00 instead of $120.00. Said motion was seconded by Supr.- Harrison, and a roll call being demand­ ed, was had which resulted as follows: Ayes, 3; nayes, 11. Supervisor Forrest not voting. The amendment was de­ clared lost. Thereupon the report of said committee was adopted. Supervisor Hale offered the following resolution and moved the adoption, to- wit: To the Right Honorable Marshall-Gen­ eral Crowder, War Department, Uni­ ted States of America: WHEREAS, McHenry County Is lo­ cated in the greatest milk producing district in the United States, and WHEREAS, Owing to the fact that nearly every farmer in said County is actively engaged in the production of dairy products and that said farms are now equipped and supplied with all the sanitary equipment and conditions nec­ essary to the successful operation of said farms, and WHEREAS, For more than three years last past, the dairy districts have been depleted by exorbitant wage3 of­ fered and paid in manufacturing indus­ tries and at the present time the help question on dairy farms, is in an alarm­ ing condition owing to such shortage of help, and * WHEREAS, Practically all of the help that remains in sal ddistrict are the owners and the sons of said own­ ers that are of dependable and perma­ nent hetp on said dairy farms, that by virtue of their experience have become expert and efficient dairymen, and WHEREAS, The operation of the se­ lective draft hds already threatened a serious reduction in the now already scant supply of dairy hands and also the reduction in the production of milk on farms in the great dairy district by reason of tne denial to such help of ex­ emption for agricultural reasons and WHEREAS, A conscientious and con­ certed effort has been made in the great dairy district to secure help from Chi­ cago and other cities that they might be educated and become serviceable in this great milk industry but which efforts have failed, and WHEREAS, It appears to this Board from the actual knowledge of conditions I that unless farmers' sons who are will- 4,000.00 lng to stay upon the faiins in this and ' / 1 other dairy districts a great calamity 'in that industry is bound to happen 1,200.00 which would be a great loss to this government in the production of this 3 AAA All rwrtjculiiT line of foodstuffs. t L200.66 " THEREFORE, We firmly believe it 10 be our patriotic duty to make known these conditions to the department which has in charge the conservation of the production of this valued product 600.00 as well as the department seeking the selective service that if possible the 260.00 rules of exemption for agricultural pur­ poses as applied to the great dairy dis- 600.00 trlcts may be be so changed or modified that where the necessity exists for such help a dairyman may be exempted where under the rules as they now stand his exemption is denied. *li of which is respectfully submit­ ted* for your conscientious consiaera- tl<The motion to adopt said resolution was seconded by Supr. Freund and the 1 * * _ n unnnim Aiialir Qflnntftn. 60.00 6.00 11.10 5.00- 6.C0 6.00 15.00 19.40 3.80 6.80 4.80 18.00 12.90 21.60 8.30 10.50 12.00 180.75 32.26 500.00 2,000.00 . 900.00 1,600.00 4,000.00 2,600.00 1,650.00 1,800.00 1,000.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 resolution was unanimously adopted.. -- he le- Bros., Mdse. Mrs. 6.00 88.01 16.27 20.75 18.41 I Sevr Chas, G. Fret t, Mdse. Mrs." "Kate Sheriff Wandrack appeared before, the as a committee to represent the County board and stated that owing to the high i Said petition being in words and figiires cost of provisions, he believed he should as follows, to-wit: be allowed an increase in the price of • State of Illinois, v , dieting prisoners. | County of McHenry, * It was moved by Supr. Wright and 1 Town of Chemung, ss. seconded by Supr. Haeger that the price,To the Board of dieting prisoners be increased.to .76 Henry County, per day. Motion carried. The undersigned board of highway It was moved by Supr. Whipple and commissioners of the Town of Chemung seconded by Supr. Wright that .the pur- j in said County, would respectfully rep- chasing committee purchase a flag for resent that a new bridge needs to be ting. B®. " of supervisors of Mc- Illinois: ? the Court House. Motion carried. The Carey Electric and Milling Com- nany, by its representative, D. T. Sml- . . .. . , . . . . ^ ley, presented a petition for a permit wood to the place of beginning, the dis-jor franchise to erect poles and wires for trict inside of said boundaries to be the purpose of transmitting electric cur- known as the second district of the Mc- "Henry precinct, the polling placa to be at the Town Hall in McHenry. kludges John W. Kimball, C. P. Wright and Pe­ ter M. Justen. That the district included within the following boundaries, to-wlt: Com­ mencing at a point on the East line of McHenry Township where said line in­ tersects the North bank of Pistakee Lake, thence following • the northerly and westerly bank of said Pistakee Lake ^ to where Fox River flows Into said lake, •ML 'r thence along the center line of said Fox fe' $tlver in a southerly direction to the in- tersection of said center line with the rent along the various highways men- tflnned in said petition in the Towns of Burton and Richmond. It was moved by Supr. Harrison that such permit be rranted in accordance with the prayer of said petition to take effect upon Ar­ ticles of Incorporation of said company being filed with the Recorder of thi's county, said .motion being seconded by Supr. Pierce, was carried. Said petition being in words and fig­ ures as follows, to-wit: To the Honorable Chairman and Board built over the branch of Chemung creek at its intersection with the pub­ lic. highway In the Southwest Quarter (Vt) of Section Twenty-two (22), in said Town of Chemunsr, for which said work the said Town of Chemung is respon­ sible: that the total cost of said work will be Four Thousand ($4000) Dollars, which sum will be more than twelve cents on the One Hundred ($100) Dol­ lars valuation on the latest assessment roll of said Town; that the levy for road and bridge ta,x for the two years last past in said Town was. in each year, for the full amount p.llowed by law to be raised for all road and bridge purposes, except for damages Incurred in laying out, altering, widenlns: or va- ^tlng roads, the major portion of of Supervisors of the Courtty of Mc-1 which levy is needed for the ordinarv Henry and State of Illinois: 'repair of roads and (bridges-, that said Gentlemen:--Your petitioner, • • ' Miller 70.55 A. H. Hale, Pension Ida Muffley 185.00 Algonquin-- R. E. Haesrer, Care Louis Boh!.. 20.00 Duensing Bros., Mdse. Mrs. Rog-- man H. M. Rosenthal & Sons,, Coal, Mrs. Billows G. H. Dike, Mdse. Mrs. Billows.. Schueneman Bros., Mdse. Mrs,. Deering & KaJlna W. E. Kroeger, Tadse. Mrs. Elb^ - isch & H. C. Hacker Chemung--• W. H. Ward, Rent, Ruth Keeler & John Keller Seefeldt & Lange, Mdse. Mrs. T. Parker 1 Dr. Howard D. Eaton, Serv. Mrs. Henry Lasch ................. Dr. c. w. Goddard, Serv Mrs. Henry Lasch R. H. Wendt, Milk, C. Hartnelt.. W. H. Sweeney, Mdse. Harvey Green Fr-d w. Barlow, Coal. Mrs. Hol- lister W. D. Hall. Coal, Mrs. RolllSter Mrs. M. J. Springsteen, Serr.' Hartnell family • • McHenry- 18.76 5.41 19.49 40.70 60.62 46.00 r; 19.26 16.00 10.00 8.83 6.67 8.75 8.94 150.00 $65,000.00 All Of which Is respectfully submit- ted' w. H. WARD. Chmn. WL 0. THTRKEE. w. H. FORREST. • J M i i . ' ' H . E . W H I P P L E , I' .1 • ' /%. F. KUECKER. ' The Committee on Relief, Blind made the following report* whicn ia «7 ! was on motion adopted, to-wit. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: Your committee 011 "^"6^ -1. r.""~ would beg leave to s«bmit the fallow­ ing report on the matters before That the appropriation heretofore made for relief of blind persons was ex­ hausted on the first day of July, A. D. 1917, we would therefore reci>mnl?2'J that the sum of one thousand etgnt hundred ($1,800,00) dollars. Payftb^e quarterly, commencing July 1st, a. £»• 1917, and payable October 1 st A. U. 1917. January 1st. A. D. 1918. April 1st. A. D. 1918. and July A- appropriated for each of the named persons, under the statute, to- wlt: Geo. D. Williams. Johanna R{tt, John Ffi shy. Vrank W. Miller ^Jen Boyle, Geo. C. Hansen, J. C Voss-Swan Hansen. Howell S. , Hoover, Walter Freund. Lynn H. Fillmore and Mary Frtckel. We further recommend that_ payment of said relief to the said How«I &. H o o v e r b e w i t h h e l d u n t i l s a . * ' ^ proof has been submitted to the Board .that he actually resides in McHenry County, Illinois. We further recommend that payment of said relief to the said Walter Freund be withheld until satisfactory proof and evidence has been subrnHted te tne Board that his income is less than, two Supervisor Whipple stated that lieved it to be very important that data be secured from all of the farm oper­ ators in this county showing the amount .of farm help necessary to carry on trie • present production of milk and other 1,700.00 food products of the county, the amount 1,000.00 of such help now available and suggest- 4,432.00 ed that an appropriation be 500.00 Mr. Gafke. Superintendent of the Mc­ Henrv County Soil Improvement asso­ ciation. instructed to procure such data from the farmers by sending to each a set of questions to be answered It was thereupon moved by Supervi­ sor Harrison that the sum of $2001 be ap­ propriated for this purpose and that the clerk be directed to draw an order on the Treasurer in favor or said A. J. Gafke for same. Said motion was sec­ onded hy Supervisor Hale and carried^ It was moved by Supervisor Wright and seconded by Supervisor Ackman that the cierk of this board mall copies of the resolution adopted, to the coun- 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 tv clerks of the surrounding counties in this dairy district. Motion carried. istate's Attorney V. S. ed before the board and stated that the appropriation made at the l^st meeting of this board, in his favor, for the pay­ ment of the necessary expenses of his office in the apprehending of criminals, had been more than exhausted, that he had been so busy^ with ^aPP«alv^at^r® pertaining to the dra»t t»at -.c unable to prepare an Itemized report of smile, that a large portion of the funds advanced bv him from said fund would h» returned to the county, and asked lhat an additional approprwt.cn of *50") b.v made as the board would not prob- ahlv' meet pgain before Decembe., at which time a full itemised statement woild be ra.iaered to the sct-fefaction of the board. • _ .. . ,- It was moved by Supr. Hal© thaw the cl^rk be directed to draw on the TreaR- in favor of the state s attorney i#>r the sum of $500.00 for the purposes s.-oted Said motion was seconded by Sunr. Harrison and carried. State's Attornev '-Lumley also called the altentlcn of the board to the fact thdt there vrere several person•< in lail convicted tor selling liquor, that on* Ch^rl--s Harrison had been so.confined sine la:-1 rvecember. and that there were several othtrs that had been in for a shorter period. He stated that he be­ lieved that arrangen ents could be made wherebv if they T-sre released they would leave the county permanently, and asked for an expression of the board as to the advisability of so releasing them. .. After discussing the matter, the board expressed the feeling that when- Judl it a«L__, it would l&ard. Clerk presented estimates ai£^ the state highway depar completed on various and stated that voucher*"|i|Mftii ^ Meh «rtwn for the payments mention^ ea therein in accordance with a former resolution of this board. On motion th©i. . Pay®en;ts mentioned were approved. ?f:-' Tnereupon, on motion of Supr. Har-fc»< seconded by Supr. Ackmaifc- nvJl-5*rri<^' the board adjourned toiS Tuesday, September 25th, at 10 o'clocijpM aVw. :L- B- COVELL, Chairman. -- . fc- E. 8TILL, Clerk. ^ Adjourned September Meeting* '-'- .' 1917 ofTMcH?n?yrc£u„tv°^ of Supervisor*. VJ journed Session pm-8uant°1St0m^d ionrn"*f ment at the Court House in * Woodstock, on Tuesday th» o^u°Jty °t September, A. the^ha^manl^L*!!? Covel? MfroY* ^ being called, the following' memhwn -Pii"- ; sponded to their names, to-wlt- v w' " < Stanley, D. M. Wright, w H vv„rT! H. G. Durkee, W. IF Forrest E £* Kuecker, Charles H. Ackman, Jr., j0w" ; Donahue, F. A. Walters, J. E Harris-, son, L B. Covell, S. H. Freund," and A J >' H- Ha'e, constituting a quorum. William E. Webb of Chicago appeared: ; , before the board and stated that he wua a representative of the office controlled by Mr, Wheeler, that he was interested?.,, in any move that would conserve the r food supply or aid in the production o?-' more food; that from the investigator- - he had been able to make in this coun-4 -i v ? .sit'JAtion on the farm wast ; the most serious element confronting * them. He. stated that there had beenM osfvera} food administrators^.- '* for the various townships in the coun?S and suggested that committees be or-:!r" Sftnized^ in each township to investifirate^ ̂ all drafted men so that the districtfcf' boards might be thoroughly advised as th- °L chased the posts for the sign boards fori;,' • hv ti,Iianvf' ilg the highways, as director '• .at a former meeting, thatfe rail Si ts posts® were furnished by the? *«. Brooks Bros of St. Paul, that the posts"'-'.1 had been-delivered, and that there was/«" due said Company the sunk of $240.88. W ISrCLt.io" of S"Pr- Hal* seconded by'/ Supr. Wright and carried, the clerk was9- instructed to draw an order on the^- treasurer for said sum of $240.88, pay-? >• Paul Brooks Bros, of St. • •<Ih*,Cl(rr* ^resentea and read the no- > ^ f a,1°tment by the Department of Public Works and Building which is in words and figures as follows, to-wlt: & , ^w?0£er£by iliven~that thei-e has & -• been allotted by the State Highway '* .* 1 Commission, acting in accordance with ".vl. Section 15-a, Article IV, of "An Act to' -Vie Maw ^ Relation to Roads- and Bridges, approved June 27, 1913 >-^1 and all amendments thereto, for the im-^ provement of State Aid Roads in Mc- Henry County, the sum of Eleven Thou-iv<^l fna , Hun?Je<i Sixty-eight Dollars ^' ($11,968.00), said sum being available ? • ' as soon as the County Board shall ac- cept the same under the provisions of ^ the law governing the Improvement of State Aid Roads. •' ' Dated at Springfield, Illinois, this 1st*' • day of July, 1917. V"V; DEPARTMENT OF PTTBT.TP WORKS a- " AND BUILDINGS, DIVISION OF^ HIGHWAYS. . . S. E. BRADY, Superintendent, %'i•• Thereupon on motion of Supr. Harri- son, duly seconded and carried, theffi#i board adjourned to 1 o'clock,, p. m. 1 p. ac. Board met pursuant to adjournment. V ' Roll call showed same members pres- , eat . \ r Supr, Ward introduced the following * ' resolution and moved its adoption, to- ! / ACCEPTANCE OF ALLOTMENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF STATE , AID ROADS WHEREAS, -We, the County Board of " McHenry County, have received official notice from the State Highway Commis­ sion of the allotment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, of Eleven Thou- Mig sand Nine Hundred Sixty-eight Dollars? A> ($11,968.00) for the Improvement of " . State Aid Roada: - - Now, therefore, be it resolved thit we hereby accept said allotment in the man- ner Hereinafter set forth: By assessing a tax as appears 1 •••- <. records of the proceedings of this Board for September 11, 1917, to raise this 1*5? County's portion of the cost of the pro- %k" posed improvement, the sum of $11,- , 968.00. This resolution is passed in accord- ance with the provisions of Article IV of an "Act to Revise the Law in Rela- • tion to Roads and Bridges," approved few June 27, 1918, and ail amendments ^ thereto. |j.T- Said motion was seconded by Supr. j! : Wright and unanimously carried. Kf u B. H. Piepmeier, maintenance engi- ' • neer for Illinois State Highway Depart- ; ment, addressed the board concerning '- * certain methods of treating the surface , of gravel roads after their construction and stated that it would be the policy of said department to co-operate with ' - the county in such maintenance as would meet the approval of the County Board so long as the roads were not too badly ^ 1 neglected. S, i At the request of members, he dls-. cussed the values of different types of ' road building and answered such ques- tions as were directed to him on the 'V' subject. Supervisor Harrison moved that the, a board decide to expend the mon«y avail- 3§|iis; able for the coming year in the con- n:, struction of hard or concrete roads. The;?S!k motion was seconded by Supr. Ward >;; j. and a roll call being demanded, resulted f • s ayes 6. nayes Rt and the chairman voted naye and the motion was declared lost, Thereupon Supr. Forrest made a mo-, i' tion that the funds available be used ^A[, In the construction of a gravel im-im­ provement of the highways leading^ from Woodstock to Harvard and from ' Woodstock to Marengo, beginning at the . present termination of the improvement, „*~ on said roads and extending so far as j|- 1 one-half ,of the amount available will extend on each road. Motion was duly m seconded. The motion was amended by Supr. Ward to change the highways from those mentioned In thfe motion to ;f the ro?.d i^ndinar from Harvard to Al- i a den, and Route Two leading £iu.i. Wco«-^ ^ stock to Hebron, in the Town of Green- * ;, wood. Supr. Harrison suggested that; inasmuch as the improvement was be- »4 r „ lng made in his township this year that Supr. Ward change the last mentioned. road in his amendment to the road from Woodstock to Marengo which road.j would not be affected by the proposed. bond issue of $60,000,000.00. Thereupon Supr. Ward changed hisy}-: amendment accordingly ana the board ; unanimously adopted the following reso- .so­ lutions, to-wit: . ... , . . S"535 RESOLVED. That the public interest. demands the improvement as a state-aid road of the section of public highway, described hs follows: Beginning at a point on the Eastern corporation line of ,(7 v the City of Harvard, where said line I '1 crosses the public highway designated as proposed state-aid road, Route No.? 17, and extending thence along said^- r o u t e i n a n e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n f o r a d i s - v tance of four miles, more or less, or so^ ' - far as one-half of the amount available.^ ; will construct. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That®^ we, the County Board, specify that thef proposed improvement designated here-£€.;,. In shall be of gravel, fifteen feet inf width, and it is requested that thes^ aforesaid described section of highwayfc> be improved as a state-aid road, and thegK County Clerk is directed to transmit a. copy of this resolution to the Stately » Highway Commission with in ten days^1U< of the date hereof. ; i* RESOLVED, That the public interest demands the improvement as a state-, aid road of the section of public high-;'"= . way, described as follows: Beginning , at a point on the public highway des-niW ignafed as proposed state-aid road. % Route No. 15, said point being the end?; .* of the present improved section of saio|£££ hi eh way, and extending thence along*;, said Route No. 15, and along Route No.k. . 14 in a westerly and southerly direction?^",, for a distance of four miles, or so farf.;^ •as one-half of the amount available wilr,. , > construct. • . _ _ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That?" we, the County Board, specify that the' - p r o p o s e d i m p r o v e m e n t d e s i g n a t e d h e r e i n i , shall be of gravel, fifteen feet in wldth^Jfi and it is requested that the aforesaid"!; described section of highway be im-Kr§S proved as a state-aid road, and the ^ County Clerk is directed to transmit jkv > copv of this resolution to the Statet.;•£ Highway Commission within ten days* of the date hereof. r A committee of Harvard cltlsens^ among whom were %/Z dricks. Editor M. F. Walsh, Coroner C. Peck and Mr. Krekel. were presents^, and addressed the board urging thenw^ ; ' to adopt the motion as amended and ar-t^v- ter the adoption of the resolution* ***-* ^ ' pressed their gratitude to the boarff . •electing' these roads. - .' ... i ' ; «r,.-