Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-20
1st district salary II

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poned, as the amount asked for in said Tesolu-
tion for the janitor fthe court house is already
provided for in this report We also report on
resolution No and recommend that it be in
definitely postponed believing the interests Of
the county does not require its adoption,
Your committee of the memorial of d. H.
Brown, that they have partially examined the
vault and also the boxes spoken of in the men,
orial and find from our examination that the
boxes not only in the clerk of courts Office but
also the registers Office county clerk and COun-
ty judges Office need TO be newly numbered and
recommend there be appropriated therefore the
sum of S25.
AS regards the disarrangment Of the papers in
the clerk of courts office your committee have
been unable te examine into their condition
extensively as justice and proper regard for
the best interests Of the country require, and
our reason for not doing so is that the time for
the adjournment of this Board is so near at hand
as to make such exam nation entirely imprac-
ticRble. In consultation with the clerk of the
court he inform your committee that he will do
all the labor Ia asserting and arranging the dis
arranged papers complained of in his office for
$50 but for reasons above given we do not feel
justified in recommending the appropriation
not being satisfied hat the services required
would be worth the amOnnt.
OFFICERS BONDS Your committee further re-
port and recommend that the bond Of the keeper
OF the poor house and Superintendent of the sec
ond district be Sl0.080. That the bond of the
superintendent of poor for the first district be
SIS 600. That the bond of the superintendent of
poor for the third district be $4,000.
examined the building in which the male por-
ton Of the insane Ct Jefferson county are at
present confined and are unanimous in thei1
opinion that the present building in which they
are now being kept is in its present condition
wholly inadequate for the purpose for which it
is being used. And that humanity requires
that the county take immediate steps to make
radical changes in the building in which that
portion of our Unfortunate insane are now con-
fined or by building another building similar to
the one lately erected for the female portion Of
the insane OF Jefferson county. All Of which is
respectfully submitted
w. w. WOODMAN,
JOHN REINEL Jr., Com.
F. G. LEHMANN.
The question being on the adoption Of the re-
port
Mr. Rogan moved to amend that portion Of
said report relating TO the building used for the
keeping Of the male portion of our insane, by
the following resolution;
ReSOlUed, That the Chairman of this Board II.
b. Willard, Henry Haskell Phillip Quentmeyer
and o. L. Ray, be, and are hereby appointed a
a committee to investigate and enquire whether
any nee ssity exists, present or prospective for
the immediate erection of additions to the coun-
" insane asylum and poor house. and whether
the present building does not afford adequate
facilities for the proper accommodation and
comfort of the inmates of that institution. Al d
further.
Should the committee after such inquiry find
the accommodations Insufficient and a necessity
for the immediate erection of such addition
thereon, they are hereby authorized and direct
ed to employ q competent architect to prepare
plans and specifications with estimates at the
cost of such building, and of such dimensi ons
as may be determined upon by the committee
Such plans specifications and estimates to be
reported to the Board of Supervisors at a special
meeting to be called and convened at such time
as the committee may designate for the purpose
of ofcOnSidering the action Of the committee in
the premises and providing ways and means for
the construction of said building, or otherwise
as the Board of Supervisors may determine
Mr.. Cornish offered the following resolution
as substitute TO the amendment of Mr.. Ro-
gan:
ResO7ued, That the building committee is here
by authorized and in ,tructed to procure plans
snd specifications for the construction of an
asylum building for the male chronic in
sane, with a capacity OF not less than thirty in
sane inmates, similar to the one now occupied
by the female insane except such changes as
may be found necessary to avoid evident de-
fects The committee is also authorized and
instructed to procure plans and specifications
for the construction of a kitchen so located as to
be convenient for the accommodation of both
male and female departments
ReSOLUed That after said plans and specifica-
tions have been approved by the State Board of
Charities and Reform, as required by CHAPTER
233, laws of 1881, said building committee are
instructed to advertise for bids for the construc-
tion of said asylum buildi"g and kitchen ac-
cordi 6 to the plans and specifications required
by the foregoing resolution, to let, contract and
Cause the construction of the same as soon as a
reasonable economy will permit. Provided that
the cost Of said buildings shall not exceed, in
Guiding heating apparatus, twelve thousand dol
lars.
ResOlUed, That the building committe herein
mentioned be, and it is hereby authorized and
directed to issue bonds of the denomination of
$500 each, bearing interest at the rate Of six per
cent. paying annually at the Office of the county
treasurer, in the city of Jefferson, on the first
day of March in each year, for the sum Of twelve
thousand dollars, to be paid in two equal pay
mentS, at the county treasurers office in the city
of Jefferson, the first payment to be made on the
Ot and second
TO be paid on the first day Of March, 1887. That
said bonds shall be negotiated by said building
committee to the best obtainable advantage for
the county, but not for less sum than their par
value. That the proceeds of said bonds so OBJ
tail ed is hereby set apart to be expend ID by
said committee for the erection, construction
and heating Of said asylum building for the
male insane, and kitchen.
ReSOIUed That there is hereby levied upon the
taxable property within jefferson county to be
collected with the county taxes of said county a
direct annual tax sufficientto pay the annual in
terest on the bonds mentioned in the foregoing
third resolution.
ResOIved, That the Chairman SHALL as soon af-
ter the passage Of these resOlutio as as cohven-
ieht, and before the final adjOurnmnnt of this
board, appoint committee of three members of
the board, which shall be styled 1.-The Building
Committee" whose duty it shall be to carry into
49, o. S. CORNISH.
Mr.. Whittet moved that when this Board ad-
journ itadJourn until this evening at 7 O'Clock.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Whittet the report of the
committee on county buildings, officers bonds
and salaries together with the amendment of
Mr.. Rogan and The substitute to said amend
ment as offered by Mr.. Cornish be laid over un-
til this evening. The motion prevailed
Mr.. Whitted offered the following resolution
No. 81:
Resolved That special committee of five be
appointed to take into consideration the neces-
sity Of erecting orrepairing buildings for our
chron1c insane and report to this Board at
O'Clock this evening.
On motion the resolution was adopted.
The chairman appointed as committee under
resolution No 81 MessrS. Whittet, Ostrander
Rogan, Ryder and Cornish.
Committee to settle with county officers and on
illegal assessments offer the following reports
The committee to settle with county officers
and on illegal assessments to whom was referred
the tax receipt of the town treasurer
of the town OF Sullivan to Thos. Giles for the
taxes Of 1879, would respectfully report that
they have compared the said receipt with the
tax sales of the year $780, and find that the north
east quarter ofthe southwest quarter "a, town
6, range 16, was donbly assessed and eroniously
as delnqu ent land We therefore rec
ommend that the clerk be directed to cancel
tax certificate No 48, sale of 1880, and draw an
order on the county treasurer for the amount
due thereon, and charge the same back to the
town Of Sullivan, and also deliver to Thos. Giles
the receipt herewith returned
PATRICK RoGAN,
|. N. STONE, SCOm.
A. f. WINDAU,
The committee to settle with county officers
md illegal assessments To whom WAS referred