Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-09
Annual Nee ting of the Board OF
Supe1ViS ors of Jetfe1S on
County, Wise OnSIn.
MORNING SESSION. NOV. .

County, Wis C OAS1n.
TUESDAY MORNING SESSION. NOV. 81.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mr..
Woodman iE the chair Meeting called to
order by the chairman Clerk called the
roll. Members all present. Minutes OF
Yesterdays meeting read and approved as
read.
Mr.. Whittet offered the following resolu-
ton, No. 2l'
WHEREAS, The County Board of Su-
pervisors of jefferson County, has at their
present annual meeting, by an order in>writ-
Ing signed by the majority of them, ami
filed with and recorded by their clerk,
adopted the town system Of supporting the
poor in such county; and
WHEREAS, The said County Board of
Supervisors, In the manner provided by law
determined to restore the distinction between
town and county poor; therefore,
Resotued, That the office OF Superlntend-
cnt of the Poor in said county, shall become
vacant on the first day of May, A. d. 1878,
and that from and after said first day of
May, A. d. 1878, there shall. be 10 Superin-
tendents of the Poor of said county, and be
it further
Resotoed, That the Poor House and 9TH
er property connected Herewith belonging
to said county, be kept and maintained by
said county for the purpose Of supporting
therein the county poor OF said county IN
distinction OF the town poor. And be II iur
ther
Resolved, That the county poor of said
county shall, from and after SAID first day Of
May, A. D. 1878, be supported and main
tanned by sad county III said poor house;
provided, however, that if, III the Judge
nent of the keeper of the poor house here
after provided for, any county pauper can
be supported and maintained in any town or
ward of the county, more satisfactorily and
at an expense not to exceed the expense of
supporting and maintaining such pauper in
the poor mouse, then such county pauper
may be maintained and supported in any
such town or ward by the authorities there
o., who shall be paid therefor by said keep
er such sum as he and they shall agree up
on, but not to exceed in any case the expense
of supporting and maintaining such pauper
in the poor house for the same length of
time he shall be supported and maintained
in such town on ward.
Resolced, Further that general tax for
the support of the county poor he each year
levied upon the taxable property of said
county and be apportioned to the several
towns, wards, cities and villages therein, in
the same manner and at the same time that
other county taxes are apportiOned. And
be it further
Resotued, That at the present and each
succeeding annual session of said County
Eolrd OF Supervisors, some suitable person
be elected by the Board keeper of the poor
house. who shall hold his office one year and
L., l,o}1 L. 4 j
fed, and shall have charge of said poor
house and the property connected Herewith
and belonging to said county, and shall dis
charge the usual and ordinary duties of
keeper OF the poor house. He shall present
to said Board on the first day of each of its
annual sessions, a full report of his doings
during the year ending on the first day of
November preceding the session OF the board
which shall contain among other things, an
itemized account of his receipts and disburse-
ments, accompanied in every instance with
vouchers for the latter. And said disburse-
ments shall be subject to be audited, allowed
or disallowed by the board us in then judge
ment shall be just and proper.
Resolued, further that said keeper, before
he shall enter upon the discharge of his
duties shall give bond to he County Board
surities to be approved by said board in
double the amount that may come into his
hands as such keeper, conditioned for the
er. and for the faithful and accurate account
ing to said board for all moneys and prop
erty that may come to his possession by
virtue of his office.
ReeoLued, further that the county treas
urer of said county, shall pay to said keeper
out of the county poor fund such sums only,
shall direct.
Resolued, further that any town, village
or ward in said county, may send any of
said towns, villages or wards paupers to
the said poor house, where they shall be re-
ceivcd oy said keeper and supported by him
Al the cost and expense of the town, village
or ward sending them, at the Same cost as
the county poor, which cost and expense
shall be charged back to the town, village
or ward sending such pauper
Resolved, further that any town village
or ward may have any Of the paupers Of
said town village or city kept and maintain
ed at the county poor house after the first
day of May next and the keeper of the poor
house is hereby authorized for and on be-
Hall VI tillS DOdIu W COIllIdCt Will tuc super
visors of any town the trustees of any village
or board of aldermen of any city within this
county to keep and maintain the paupers of
such town city or village at the county poor
house at stipulated price which shall not
be less than the actual expense of support
ing such paupers and reporting such pau
pers and report to the next board of Super
visors of this county the towns villages and
cities within which such contracts have been
made by him the number of paupers SO kept
and maintained by the county as afore said
and the price agreed upon and the amount
due to the county from each such village
town or city for such maintainance.
lir + z Brook offered the following resol-
ution No 80 as substitute for resolution 81.
Resol0ed-That the plan of supporting the
poor adopted by the board take effect and be
in force from and after January 1st 1879
and that the present or county system be
continued until that time. + T BROOK.
The motion was upon the adoption of the
substitute upon which the yeas and nays
were called with the following result; Yeas,
Messrs Wilcox Hoard BrooEs Philips
Greene Giles Randall Wegeman Mulburger