Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-09
T HE REPORTER.
Official County Paper.
Grand Rapids, Mich. 8, 'S2.
COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Wood County, Wis. met in adjourned
session at Council Rooms at 10 O'Clock
a. m, chairman Hiles in the chair.
Roll called and all members answered
to their names except Supervisors
Cameron, Edwards, McCamley, Pitts
and Ward.
The following order was then adopt
ed:
ORDER County Clerk is here
By ordered and instructed to sell to
Christian Yoger the tax certificates in
his Office of sales 1878, 1879, 1880,
and 1881 against se1.4 of the nw1-4
sec. 1925 at the face value thereof
and redemption fees, being in all
S291s.
Communication from William Rey-
nolds read by clerk relating to rebate
on taxes and on motion laid on table
The following communication was
then read.
Wisconsin, Industrial School for
Girls Superintendent Office, MI
'0aukee, Feb'y 10, 1SS2,--Geo. L..
Williams, Dist, attorney Of Wood
County. DEAR SIR:-Yours of the
9th inst. [ find on my desk on my re-
turn from two or three days absence,
or it would have received earlier atten-
ton. | will answer your inquiries as
well as / am able.
l. [ do not see how we can reason
ably reduce the bill, as we actually ex-
pended the sum which the law pro-
Vides that we shall charge the counties,
upon the girls, month by month. No
other county of the thirty and more
which are represented here has ever
neglected to pay or contested a bill.
The rate has always been uniform, and
is established by the statute (Sec. 2,
Chap. Ill, Mar, II, 1SS0) and as we
have no other means of support We
cannot afford any deductions or losses.
and we have already supported this
girl sent by Wood County for over two
years, without any payment.
2. The girl was regularly commit
ted to the school by your county Judge
as vicious and incorrigible girl and
at the expense of Wood county, to be
subject to the rules of the Board of
Managers, which required good con-
duct as the prerequisite OF dismissal.
She has fully justified the reputation
with which she came, having so far
been one of our most troublesome and
incorrigible charges, yet if there was
any misrepresentation on the part Of
the court as to what it was doing and
your authorities are willing again to
try the girl at home, | think our
Board would vote to return her to the
Court which sent her, at your request,
on the payment of her expenses to
date of removal
As | wrote the county clerk some
time ago the fact that the father is
able to support her is of no conse-
quence to US. but it does give the
court the right to collect from him
the amount the county is liable for, or
any part of it, see closing section of
revised statutes of 1879 particularly
if he or his family made the complaint
against her. We feel that it would be
very unjust to withhold from us any
part of the money we have expended
on the girl, as we supposed the credit
of county was good for the action of
its courts. and had no means of know
ing anything about the case, and were
obliged to obey the commands of the
court to receive her unless we could
show good reason for not doing So
There can be nothing to prevent the
county from compelling the father to
reimburse it, if he is able. When he
was here [ told him distinctly that we
should probably return her to the
court as there seemed to have been
some misunderstanding in regard to
sending her. He said there was no
misunderstanding, that she was sent
regularly, by process Of law, and that
full testimony was taken, etc. | told
him if he was able the county could
collect the expenses from him, although
the county was liable to us and he said
~ es, that is between them and me. !"
Although, as | have stated, our rules
require that the girls committed for
tad habits etc shall secure dismissal
by good behavior | have no doubt
that on representation by yourself of
any fraud or misrepresentation on the
part of the father, we would release
her to you, on the payment of the
bills to date of her going. | will en-
close brief account of our work
| Please let me know the result of the
communication of this to your county
| board.
Yours Respectfully,
MARY E. ROCKWELL, Supt.
Resolued, that the claim of The
Ind. School for Girls" be allowed in
full to date of removal of the girl from
said school, and that the Dist. Atty
attend to having the girl removed and
returned to the father. Carried.
Communication and proposition to
do the county printing of 4. B. Ros-
sier, Editor of Centralia Enterprise
read at length and on motion referred
to the Dist. Atty and he to report at
present session.
On motion the town board of the
town of Grand Rapids were granted
tina Dr;v;Iapa of holdipu thoir toUn