Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-28
HIT THE CITY HARD
The township Supervisors APP
portion the Taxes
MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED
GIVING ths City Sixty Four and One Half
Per cenr and the County ThlTty-Flys
and Oas- Half Per Cent.

Ing county -aycff->Of. ycs~riNaf
rubbed . into the city IA the came Old
relentless style they have always prae-
tieed. 1ney voted n = solid body 10
increase the proportion Of taxes 10 Do
raised by the city l per cent higher
thaa Il was one year ago, and reduce
the proportion 10 be raised by the
tosnsh % per cent The DIVISION now
Sands 54i for the city and s5i for the
townships.
The frat business to come before the
board yesterday morning WAS the neces-
sty of . new or rsmodelst jail for
Kent county. J. III. Van Dorm of the
Van Dorm Iron works OF Cleveland,
Was present and made some explAna-
Ions OF what might % done with the
old Jxl!. lie said the outer wallis are
al Fignt. bat the cells and interior ar
rangemenLs are abomlnAble. tie
thought 10 best 10 build an addition
back of the present jail proper. max
lag room Tor eighty prisoners on two
floors, and VITA one floor Ia which
more cells could be- erected As desired.
In the present Jail proper would DO
the second for insane persons and on
the third for boys. Mr.. Van Dorm ex-
hlbited a model Of the cells made by
hrs house. Inc cells will De we'll vent
Hated and connected with the sewers
properly and <ne danger OF JAIL break
ing will De reduced IT, a minimum.
After hearing his talk the matter WAS
tabled for the present
The salary Question.
When tue hrss special order Of the
day was reached, the salary question,
Mr.. Gill moved mat the scale OF wages
paid TO copying clerks IN the registers
ONCE Do raised 81 per week, making
the wages for the first three months 81
per week, IS per wsck for the next nine
months and 90 per week for the next
year. Mr.. GILL said IL was the only
Office IN which sUcn miserable wages
are paid. Mr.. Cogshail supported the
motion and said: 1.-The fact IS that the
" men who do the scrubblng IN the
building receive 50 per week. Ii 10
ridiculous TO ask girls who are edu-
Gated to do their work neatly, 10 work
for less wages than the scrub woman,
without brains or especial hitting Tor
the vocation The county should rise
above such niggsrdliness."
The motion WAS almost unanimously
adopted.
Mr.. Page moved to strike from the
report all that referred TO the fee
clerk. The clerk WAS TO have received
81 900 per year. The motion carried.
Mfr. Colson moved that the 5000 clerk
IN the treasurer's office be dropped out
OF the report. tie sAid the work In the
Office when he was treasurer might
have been doubled and would not then
require as much help AS u now en-
pioysd IN the treasurer's office. The
motion carried and the remainder of
the report WAS adopted.
The report OF the committee on sal
aries not liked by statute, WAS taken
no and adopted. The report recon-
mended no change from last year s
salaries.
The equalization reports were taken
mp. but some of the members appeared
to desire more time. and the reports
were made . special order for the at
ternocn. Mr.. LOOMS offered . reso-
luton requesting the committee on
roads and bridges TO visit the Lake
Shore bridge and report st the present
session whether or not the piers of
said bridge encroach on the navigable
portion of the stream. Adopted.
a Question of rses-
County Clerk Harvey stated that the
new law relative 10 fees did not state
how these fees are TO be collected.
When the clerk swore a witness in
court he Is entitled TO 8 cents, when .
paper - filed 25 cents. and no provision
- made for the collection of the fees.
Ia the superior court when n suit was
begun a sum of money was deposited
which went for expenses. aud all fees
could be taken from That sum. He
asked the board To pass resolution
asking the next Legislature To amend
the new law go that Il will operate in a
similar way To the system IN the supe-
rlor court. The SPECIAL committee on
salaries aud fees was instructed
90 formulate the proper resolution.
At the afternoon session. the special
order, toe matter OF spportioning the
taxes. was warmly fought for = brief
time. 4 motion was made TO adop,
the majority report. substitute was
made to adopt the minority report a.
printed IN TYR Herald yesterday
morning. After lively debate . vote
was taken.
The minority report reduces the
figures submitted in the majority re-
port in tbs townships. after the per
cent was added. as fol ows: Ada.
SO .2O4: Alpue, So ,039; Bovine, g., s3l
Csiedous. So. So6; Cascade, s. ,2O9
CORTLAND, $50. $40: Grand Rapid.
s27 ,s75. Lowell. SIS ass. Nelson, s.. 096;
Oskfeld .f5Ss. Plsinisld SIG. SO. scion,
50. l2t, Spencer, -, l6s, TYRONE. S3,6I2
Nergsnnes. SIS 220, Walker, SOL 464
wyoming. sl.l77. When the vote va,
iaken Il stood a. follows.
Yeas ogshsl. Frost, Gill. Heza-
done. Kinney, Lsthrop. Leppink, Lin.
demuldsr. Looms, 0'I.ssry, Schermer.
horn. Smlts. tIrich-i3.
Nays-Benismla. Brsmsn. Colsou
Emmons. techsenfeld. Gould, Hill
Ho0xes. HOLDEN. HYDE. Jones. LsdDer.
lee. Page. Proctor, Rosenberg, Skesl.
smith. solomon. Walker. Ward, War.
ner. Watkins. Woodwork, r. G., Wood
worth. W r, Chsirmsn-26.
ssfertsy Report Adopted
rh- majority report came ND for &C
ton. Mr.. Hogsdone moved To amend
the majority report by making IN.
sitvsps cent 81 aud the township',
t,,s cent SIS. re moved that the nor
tlon referring ~ the city be sdopte,l
srd that the portion referring TO tna
tow chips he referred back 20 tn. con,
nfttee. with Instructions to sausiz.