Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-03-16

At an adjourned meeting of the citizens
OF Pleasant Prairie, held at the house OF
Johnahan Eastman, Esq, on the ION day
of March, 1919, for the purpose OF hearing
report of their Committee, appointed To
examine the accounts and proceedings OF Tie
late Board of Supervisors,
DANIEL STEVENS was called To the
Chair, and G. +. MORGAN, appointed Sec
retarv. The Committee made the follow
ing report:
The Committee appointed BY the town
to examine the Coings OF the last Board OF
Supervisors of the county, have made such
examination as their limited time would
permit, in which they have confined them
selves mostly to the accounts of the mems
bfrs of the Board, commencing at Nav
Session I84@, and ending in January 1919,
together with some other accounts and pro-
ceedings of the Board thereon.
The whole amount of the accounts of the
board during the time above mentioned,
amounts to = 42-s0me Of them have re-
ccived over 500 each. An average of the
amount among the whole board would be
over ST. to each. They have allowed to
inspectors Of elections III the several towns,
So per day, which is raising their wages
so cents per day, more than any other for
mcr Board ever allowed Your Committee
have sought in vain for Il reason fer this ad
ditional price. AT length one of the com
mittce appointed To settle with the Trpasur-
CT, has charged fourteen and half days and
travel, twice the length of time in the opin.
ION of your committee, wholly unnecessary
10 effect such settlement and make a detail.
ed report of the financial concerns of the
county, unless it he ii the facility with
which that committee could get their ac-
counts allowed for that service, which was
by the chairman (whO was ono OF the cons
mIttee) and Clerk issuing The orders with
out the action of the Board, Except a rcso.
lntlon) delegating the power to those two
officers. Another striking manifestation of
the generosity Of the Board towards their
Chairman, may he found in an allowance of
So extra pay. Your committee cannot see
the proprety of their allowing the Commits
stones, appointed by the Legislature 10 aps
praise the School lands, $40 piece for
chainmen and aXmen when none were ems
ploycd; besides, lie Commissioners were
well paid by an allowance OF $500 each for
their services: if chainmen and axnien were
necessary, ii was the daty of the Commits
sioners to have employed them, and thus
give to some of your worthy citizens the
pay for t at serN ice; as it was, it squins
hard on a monopoly practised by those wor-
thy Commissioners.
Your Committee are further Of the opin-
ion, that the amount of business done by
the Board Of Supervisors, could have been
done in much less time and at far less ex-
pense 10 the county, had due regard TO
economy been observed by them.
Your Committee are also of opinion that
the liberality Of the board in giving the
Clerk Of the board salary of five hunred
dollars a year, in addition to the perqu-
sites of The Office savors more of prodlgal-
ity than Of good economy. The salary of
the Clerk in the year 1913, being 40 or so
dollars besides the fees Of the office. and no
being made by the Clerk That the
was not amply sufficient, as
one of your committee well knows, he be-
ing a member of the board at that time.
and presuming that the fees have increased
with the duties Of the office, we cannot but
view the enormous increase of the salary Of
the Clerk, an unnecessary and prodieal
waste Of the public funds.
JOHN DEXTER,
J. EASTMAN.