The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-01-01

Z The short time allowed us for investigation
make it impossible TO lay final and definite re-
'gort before your honorable body, but sufficient
facts have been obtained to state here, that in
our opinion more humane treatment of the
insane and mor' economical support of the
poor ought to be Introduced.
We find that The most of the support OF the
% above named persons IN the county amounts to
Y nearly Sll,OO1 per year, and that even now with
% this outlay of money six insane persons are
Il Kept in common Jail and that , women
more, who only Tor short time have been
lC taken of by their respective families. will
oe returned 70 the county Jail and be kept there
for safety in company with our criminals.
We believe, that il the county would pur-
chaSd q suitable piece of land. say 50 acres
% erect thereon a building large enough for the
accommodation of those persons depending up
b on the general support, it would not exceed
Sl6,u10.
" In the administration of such home the work
of those dependent persons may proftably be
V applied. The BOARD now pay S3 to S4.5G per week
% and in our opinion this can be reduced 10 at
least one half those amounts by making this
home partly a self supporting institution. That
70 the number of our poor under such eircumstan-
-ces will decrease considerably one viii doubt.
We believe that our estimation in regard TO
the necessary funds for the purchase and cree
ton OF said premises is correct; less positive,
however, we are in regard TO the costs of main
& tanning the same.
Your committee therefore recommend, that
for the purpose of better information in regard
Q to this matter, said committee be authorized TO
confer with those localities working under this
o system and report at the next special meeting
of the board.
Your committee being of the opinion that it
O. would be burdensome for the taxpayers of
0 this county to raise the whole amount for the
purpose stipulated i'll one year, would recon-
mend that the sum of $4,000 be assessed and
COLLECTED this year upon the taxable property
of this county and after collection, deposited by
The county treasurer for six months in The
oanks OF this city until further order of the
0 county board.
I. OsTEEFELDT, Special
j. LINSTEDT, Com.
After several arguments for and
against the adoption of the above report,
the same was laid On the table; Boyer
Amunds, P. Werner, A. Gauger, Fred.
Schwalbe, August Cans, t. Mohr, X. K.
aobie, j. Johnston, J. Miller, J. H.
Bohne. II. Strodthoff, L. Bubolz, c. r.
Zorn, F. Pfunder, E. Solberg and U.
Niquette voting for, and W. Zander, T.
: Ostenfeldt, Z. Wagner, G.. Pankratz, c..
| ". White. B. Roemer, J. Linstedt, B.
Wilkens and II. Wilker voting against
: tebling the resolution.
, On motion of Z. Wagner, board ad-
.iourned till 9 o'clock A. NJ, November
q, 1879.
! November %, 1879. At o'clock A.
: NJ, board met pursuant to adjournment
(, Roll was called and quorum present.
Journal read and approved.
/ Petition OF Fl. Thompson.
To the honorable county board of supervisors
u of ManitOwuc county:
The undersigned would respectfully repre-
sent that he is the owner of north half of lot 6,
block l56, i'll the city Of NautowOc. That the
south half of said lot is composed of a hill.
That 1t is of no value for use residence.
That there is no building or Improvements on
it. That it is an injury to the property of your
petitioner in the present condition. That for
the protection of the property of your petition
er it should be cut down and carried away.
That the said county is the owner of the tax
certificates described in the annexed statement.
That your petitioner Is DESTROYS of purchasing
said certificates and hereby offers to pay said
county the sum of fifty cents on the dollar of
the face of said certificates for the same.
/ HELGY THOMPSON,