Telegram-herald., 1890-10-18
The SUPERVISORS
spend the Afternoon IN Inspecting
the CounTy Poor Farm.
ths ARHsAl kspers of the ss&psrtassasnts
~ fesr-Ihs fFtnttAs CentF@ct 40 stiil
tAsettisa-Other Matters Dls poso1.

There wAs = fuil board present Al
the supervisors session yesterday.
A petition asking for a COMMITTEES 70
investigate lhe case of Fred Resch. nov
ia prison for the crime Of raps, MAS
presented. and made special order fer
next tuesday. IL N&s sgued by log
persons.
Julia c. Arner asked fog 3 rebate on
the valuation OF LOT which she 0wns
IA the Fourth ward, claiming that she
Is assessed Tor house. while the los is
vacant Il Was referred 70 the Com.
mittee on Rejected Taxes.
The Committee on Finance reported
that 4 had investigated the hlds tor
printing the proceedings, and found
that of TIE IEIXGRAN -HERALp Was u
tgfie the lowest. The report brought
out some considerable discussion. MI.
Walker wanted the matter referred
back 10 the cOmmIitee 10 secure sworn
statements Of circulation, bat the
motion did not prevail. A motion 10
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matter WAS unsettled.
The Committee on Public Buildings
reported their action relative 10 repairs
on tie jail, and tie report MAS adopted
On recommendation uf the Commit
tee on Roads and Bridges, the Lowell
and hasing. lrosd vas granted per
mission TO erect an iron bridge over
Grand rlyer at Lowell.
The annual report Of the SupeIn-
ten1ents oi the Poor was received ana
LAID on the table. The report showed
stock Oh the farm, 81 .f90; farm mp.e-
ments Oh hand, s5ll.50i household fur
allure, 81 ,Os5, value OF products lhe
past year, Si,g2i.l0: twenty acres of
wheat on TIE ground; total value stock
products, etc. $4,000. Paupols mNn-
tuned, wholly or in part, at the couaty
house during the year, county ChaTg s
%, city charges A. township charges ~,
Americans IS, Ilollandeis -. lrish 10,
Germans 7, Africans 3. swedes ?,
scotch ,, English, j. Canadian ]
whole number, 50, of which IS were
males and 81 females, average cost
per week, 81 SO; number OF present in-
mates, so; of which p are males and 81
are females; l3 are county charges, -
city charges. Is town charges. Almbef
OF deaths during the year, .; number
Of births, 3. The expense 81 nainia.n-
ing the county house for tms year Wa
- 262.44; expenditures OutsiI Ie of the
house, - ,32s 81; total. S6,590.s5. The
poor iund has been oyerdrawn S3l 3 65.
There j. due from the city 10 the county
81 ,5527l; from SCION. S3l51l; Aigoma
Bl02.Z4; Lowell, sl74.74; NeIgennes,
SSl.l2; Nelson, Sl46.S4; Plainheld
slO9.l2: Wyoming ,SSl.l2; Bovine, ,Slll.S6.
Caledonia, $f43s; Sparta, 5000; Pars.
S20.I0; Tyrone, 81; Grand Rapids town
ship, S9.55; amount pant for trsnspor-
tatIon of insane 10 Kalamazoo, $fl7.o5,
total, g 29l .43; amount oyerdrawn
S3l56 balance IN poor fund, s2,s75.7s.
ihe superintendents recommended
that $1,000 be raised by tax Tor poor
purposes; 80 that from Oct. ] ali
town and city charges who have been
supported at the county house for two
years be made county charges.
A report Of the Committee on Claims
was accep "a and adopted.
A resolution that only those super
vsors present at board meeting shall
draw their per diem, unless detained by
sickness or absent on Official bus Dess
tor the county, was submitted by super
visor Benjamin, and was adopted.
The petition oi {. Barney, for release
from liability on a BAH bond, was
granted.
At 1880 the board adjourned, and Al
80 the members took cOnVeyaDccs fol
a tour OF Inspection 10 tne county poor
farm.