The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-12-13

|: Noes, Mess. Halloran, Stoker, lander. Lueps.
McCarty, Hacker, Franz Smalley Klingholz'
Noble, Bohne, Schmitz, Mueller, Schwartz, John
son. NIquette. Evans and Maloy-13. Absent B.
Wits, Hall and Lindstedt,
Whereupon Mr.. Stoker moved the
adoption of the resolution No II which
was carried 20, noes 2Touhey
and Barth.
Mr. Schmitz offered the following
resolution No 2:
Resolved, that the poor committee be and here
by are authorized and instructed to visit the Col
ony OF st. Nazians and investigate as to how or
whether the county incurable insane are kept and
supported there are properly kept and supported
and II so properly kept and supported. to be au-
thorlzed and empowered to contract with the
oilc Association to keep and support the said
county insane charges for the ensuing year at
prices not TO exceed that paid by the county last
year Tor aeep1ng and supporting the ineurahle in
sane and TO contract tor the support and MAIN
tenance of Mary Schnell with said Society if pos
slbe for the same price paid Tor other insane last
year kept there.
Unanimously adopted
Mr.. Stoker introduced Resolution
No. 3, as follows:
Resolved, that the sum of twenty-five dollars be
paid to Julius Lindstedt for extra services as
chairman of the county board of supervisors and
SAID sum be appropriated out of the general fund
and that the county clerk be authorized and is
hereby instructed to issue county order for the
amount aforesaid.
Unanimously adopted by called vote
Special committee appointed at last
session to investigate and report on the
claim of Messrs Nash q Schmitz for
alleged professional services, reported
as follows:
To fha Roard # of tha
of ManItowoc: The undersigned, committee to
whom referred by your honorable body to ex-
anime and report upon the annexed bill or &C
woe county for professional services as attorneys
alleged to have been performed by them for said
county, respectfully report That they have given
said matter such and examination as they
were able to do and find that Mr.. A. j. Schmitz,
one of said firm of claimants, was during all the
time mentioned III their bill the district attorney
of Manitowoc county. That by law Revised Stat
utes, section 1872 ii his duty district attor-
ney to attend to the prosecution defense of all
actions IN which the county was interested, not
only IN his own county but IN other countless
That he shall receive for compensation the salary
liked by the board of supervisors, and no more,
and that the board shall not pay give him any
fees In addition to his salary part of his sal
ary but IT he is required to go to another county
to transact business as district attorney he shall
be paid has necessary expenses IN addition to his
salary (Section 751.) That the court may ap-
point some suitable person to perform the duties
of district attorney when the district attorney may
be unable to perform his duties. The appoint
ment must be by order entered in the minutes of
the court, stating the reason for such appoint
ment. (Section 750.) We find that Mr.. Schmitz,
the district attorney, and such while in office
at each and every session of the board of super
visor5 presented his verified bill for extra ex-
penses district attorney, for expenses to Madi-
son and other places outside of Manitowoc county
in attending upon cases in which the county was
interested, which bills were every one allowed
but did not present any for attorneys fees in at
tending such cases. We do not find any action of
the board authorizing the employment of the firm
of Nash * SchmItz, any attorney assistants
to the district attorney in the actions mentioned
in the bill presented. Upon examination of the
bill we do not find the same itemized as to days
services, dates of services amount per diem
as to time actually spent in the services claimed
for but the charges general for services in the
several cases. Your committee therefore report
to your honorable body that in their opinion said
bill or account should be in the whole disalloved
All of which is respectfully submitted.
VIM. g. LUEps
VIM. lander, Com.
P. 7. SToKER,
Which report, together with its re-
commendatlon, was on motion OF MIR.
McCarty unanimously adopted
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.