Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-11

Marvel, Lewis, Tobin, Wall, Gilbertson,
Glynn, Strong. Ruka, Williams and Os-
wald-23.
Absent--Mr. Watson.
The resolution was lost.
Mr.. Grimm said his committee had ap-
500 to Ellenboro. This with
the S400 appropriated at the June ses-
sion and the $500 the town board had
power to appropriate would be $500,
which is enough.
Mr.. Ryland said the S400 was voted
provided the town would raise the bal
ance. From the fact that $3.50 had been
spent upon the abutments, besides the
ford, making in all 5000, he thought FL
lenboro ought to pay the balance and SO
had voted against the resolution. Ellen
boro gets as much bridge money as Lam
caster or Platteville. The county had
been very liberal in the matter.
Mr.. Bartley-Does the resolution CIV
ing S40O hold good?
The Chair-I think it does if Ellenboro
does its part. But it ought to be known,
so as to know whether or not to put it
into the tax roll.
Mr.. McFall said he thought the $500
voted in June was gone past recovery
and so voted against the resolution.
Mr.. Beebe said the county board had
no right to make such an appropriation
at the special session. The vote was
merely the expression of their sentiment
that they would stand by their chairman
if he should expend the $400 as in
dicated
Mr.. BARLEY offered the former resolu-
ton with the amount changed to S400.
The ayes and noes were called.
Ayes-Messrs. BARLEY, Scott, Grimm,
Monteith, Ryan, McFall, Harvey. Kreul,
HER, Ryland, Heberlein, Whitcher,
Cairns, Murphy, Kidd, Day, Ransom,
Bremmer, Lewis, Macarthur. Tobin,
Doyle, A. Brown, Wall, Gilbertson, Low
nv, Beebe, ID. F. Brown, Williams, Ed
wards and Oswald-31.
Noes-Messrs. Hickok, Gore, McPher-
son, Marvel, Glynn, Strong and Ruka
u.
Absent--Mr. Watson.
The resolution was carried.
Mr.. Mcpherson said he thought this
left the matter just where it was last
June. The refusal of his town to meet
the proposition of the county board took
the burden from his shoulders and he
didn't propose to shoulder it again.
The board adjourned to Ga. m. Thurs
day.
MORNING SESSION.
Board met at a. m. All present ex-
cept Messrs. Grimm, Whitcher, Edwards
and Watson. Mr.. Grimm had leave of
absence till evening. Mr.. Watson was
reported sick and granted leave of alb
sence. Journal of the previous day
read and approved.
Mr.. Beebe introduced the following
resolution:
ResoIred, That where parties make disburse-
ments where the county is chargeable, proper
receipts for such disbursements shall in all
cases be appended to their claims fled against
the county, except in cases of travel by railroad
or other public conveyance. In that case, they
shall state the kind of conveyance and the mum
Der OF miles actually travelled and between what
points.
Mr.. BARLEY said the resolution referr-
ed to constables and others whose claims
were frequently indefinite in the matter
mentioned in the resolution. He favored
the resolution, but supposed it would be
dead matter when adopted.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. McFall, chairman of the commit
tee on Insane, made the following report:
TO the Honorable Board Of Supervisors of
Grant County:
Your committee on care of Poor and
Insane respectfully report for the eleven
months ending September 80, 1886, that
the Poor and Insane on the County
Farm, under the able and efficient man.
agement of our Superintendent are in a
prosperous and highly satisfactory con-
dition.
We are pleased to report that there
has been marked and material improve
ment, both in the mental and physical
condition of the Insane during the last
year. This improvement is due, to a
large extent if not wholly, to the i'm
proved methods of treatment introduced
by the Honorable Board of Charities and
Reform, seconded and successfully car
ried out by our Superintendent.
No restraints are now used in the
management and control of the Insane,
nor is any necessary. Observation and
experience has shown that less restraint
and more freedom, coupled with exer-
else sufficient to occupy the mind, thus
preventing it from brooding over some
hallucination of the brain, is of incalcul-
able benefit to the diseased mind.
How to furnish occupation for the
patients, is problem that has taxed the
ingenuity of those having supervision
over them. We find our County Farm
too small to furnish employment for all
those whose labor might be utilized to
the mutual benefit of the patients and
the county. To obviate in measure
this difficulty your committee did, in
December last through our Superintend-
ent, rent an adjoining farm of 120
acres, agreeing to pay for it 1875 dollars,
which in addition to the county farm has
been successfully CARRIED on without
any additional outside help. The con-
tract of r. B. Showalter as Superin-
tendent expiring December 80, 1885, your
committee met on December 90 and
further contracted with him for one
year, ending December 80, 1886, at a
salary of 500 per month for services
of himself and wife.
Your committee has at its several
meetings since the last annual meeting
of the county board, audited all ac-
counts for the Asylum and Poor House
up to October first While the income
from the earnings of the Asylum, Poor
House and County Farm, is sufficient to
meet the current expenses, coming in as
it does at the end of the year, or more
correctly not until five months after the
last dollar is earned, it does not give us
the advantage we would have, had we
the ready money to pay down for our
purchases.
Your committee has been obliged,