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Chas. Sorn— 6. 



5 river pasture. 

 1 corn n. e. of barn. 



John Keating Estate— 6. 



2 river pasture. 

 4 wood lot. 



Wm. Grote— 3. 



1 plow field s. w. of house. 

 1 pasture just inside of gate. 



1 river flat. 



Herbert Nicholson (Farnsworth place)— 2. 



1 meadow east from two trees on R. R. 



about eight rods. 

 1 two rods s. e. of spring house. 



1 pasture, 



David Anderson— 1. 



Van Sicklin— 2. 



1 plow field east of R. R.; large patch. 

 1 gravel bit west of road. 



HIGHWAYS. 



East side of river— 6. 



2 on Moore road; one n. of bridge, one by E. 



Moore's orchard. 

 1 n. e. Joe Kirk's house, east side of road. 

 1 Carlson road by John Peterson's. 



1 Dickerman's. near tank in pasture. 



1 n. of Foote farm, opposite cherry tree. 



West side of river— 6. 



1 n. e. of Wilson brick house, n. of road by 

 hedge; large patch. 



1 n. e. of Humphrey's house, running into 

 Colton's field. 



1 in road by Wilson farm; cut by commis- 

 sioner Aug. 21, 1900, (new). 



1 in road near Colton tarm; cut by commis- 

 sioner Aug. 21, 1900, (new). 



1 C. C. Burr's, e. of west road into pasture. 



1 south of C. C. Burr's house. 



RAILWAYS. 



Elgin, Carpentersville & Aurora R. R. 

 (Electric.)— 3. 



1 west of track, n. of tile culvert by Sam 



Lee's. 

 1 west of track, by Meyers' place. 

 1 east of track, by Sorn's place. 



Illinois Central R. R.— 4. 



1 east of river bridge about 25 rods. 

 3 gravel pit at Coleman. 



Chicago & Northwestern R. R.— 1. 



1 by Van Sicklin's field e. of track. 



Chicago Great Western R. R. (Duplicate of 

 list on page 6 of this report.)— 6. 



East Section. 



1 near Bishop farm, near w. post. 



1 near Brennan farm, w. of s. gate, north of 



track, 

 1 near Brennan farm, near e. gate, south of 



track. 



West Section. 



1 Wm. Kimble farm, between bridges 411 and 



412. on both sides track. 

 1 west of Marshall crossing, n. of track. 

 1 by mound on Wheeler farm, n. w. of gravel 



pit. 



The whole number of farms and pieces of land upon which your commis- 

 sioner has found Canada thistles is 164, and the whole number of patches 

 found on said land is 544. 



Your commissioner has spent in this work the totalj number of 26 days, as 

 follows: 



June. 2*2 days $ 5 00 



July. 13 days 26 00 



August. 6days 12 00 



September, 4*2 days 9 00 



Total. 26 days $52 00 



Total number of days. 26. at $2 per day $52 00 



Two weeks' notice in "Chronicle" and printing 2 60 



Total amount due commissioner $54 60 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Your commissioner finds that most of the parties on whose land Canada 

 thistles grew tried to prevent them from going to seed and looked after them 

 very well. 



