Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-08
No. II

Royce. Garity, Giles, shinnick and
Davis-15.
Those in the negative were Super
visors Spangler, Grimm, Hopkins, May
Lohmiller Millard, Coon, Reed, Lee,
Leouardson and Bieber-12.
Board adjourned.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN.-Board met
pursuant to adjournment Greene in
the Chair. Meeting called to order
by the Chair. Clerk called the roll.
Members all present except Walker,
Stacy, and Mulberger.
G. Grimm, chairman of committee
on Justices and Coustables' accounts
offered their report on bill No FL,
which was on motion adopted aud al
lowed as reported by the committee.
G l. Garity, chairman of commit
tee to settle with superintendent, of
poor, offered their report on the follow
ing num bered unpaid bills: No. 159,
15S. l57, 1873, l28, I'll, 1855, 16l,
100. IS. 1888, III, l72, 1877, 2l0, 1877,
81 rs, n.
On motion W. W. Woodman the re-
port was adopted and allowed as report
ed by the committee.
Il. Haskell chairman of committee
on miscellaneous accounts, offered their
report on the following numbered bills
No. 10. 1856. 1872, l81, II, "a. 213,
2l2, and 2l4 The report was adopt
ed and allowed as reported by the COM
m tee. Bill No. 1913 was allowed.
Ga motion of Mr. Royce the So 40,
disaIIowed by committee in SpaDgler's
bill. was allowed by the Beard
On motion Board adjourned
Friday, November %, 1878.
MORNING SESSION. Board mel
pursuant to adjournment Mulberger
10 the Chair. Meeting called to order
by the Clerk. Members all present
except Walker Minutes of yesterdays
meeting read and approved.
On motion of w. S. Greene the
Clerk Was instructed to write the Secre
tary Of State in relation to stDte tax
On motion of w. w. Woodman the
vote by which the report Of committee
on settlement with Couny Treasurer
was adopted, was recoDsdered and re-
port referred back to committee to make
corrections as relates to a charge against
Foud du Lac County
On motion j D. Royce, Resolution
| No II was taken from the table and
adopted as amended.
E. 2. May, chairman on spec
committee On support Of poor, offered
their report on poor system as follows:
Your committee to whom was refeE-
red the res LUTON to examine the pre-
seat system of supporting county poor
of Jefferson county, beg leave to re-
port.
That we have made careful invest
igaton as to the expense and usefulness
Of the two systems, and are fully salts
I'D Ihlt the county system of support
ing the poor is more equitable, aod
more evenly distributes the expense of
suppo, ting the poor than does the t,wn
system aud if properly conducted Can
be carried on with less expense.
That your comm tee are Informed
chat there are already disputes arising
as to the residence of the .paupers al
ready in the poor house We find up
on consultation with the district attoE-
ney that there are no tribunals by
which to settle snch question.
fnb,t out of SH ,.,nor, no,, - IL.
poor house.there are many who are dis
owned by the respective towns to
which they stand charged on the books
of tie poor house as having DO resi-
dcnce in such towns.
That your committee are of the
opinion that the main objection to the
county system has risen more from the
abuses f said sy>tem than from the
system itself. So long as large por-
ton have to be supported by the
county we are Of the opinion that all
should be.
We would. therefore, recommend
that the present system of supporting
the poor be abolished and that the
county system be adopted IN It's stead
and 10 pursuance Of the above recon-
mendation would respectfully submit
the following resolutions:
Resolvea, That all distinction be-
tween county and town poor be aud
the same is ervby abolished, and all
the expense Of maintaining the poor ia
this county shall be county charge.
ResolOed, That upon the fling Of
the resolution, changing the present
system of supporting the poor of this
county and substituting therefore the
county system OF supporting the poor
vi b the Register OF Deeds as requir-
ed by law, that this Board elect
one superintendent Of the poor, WHO
shall have charge of the poor house
aud poor of said county, and also
shall have gene al supervision of all
tb Il nf the nonDtV ri " h.