Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-03-05
supervisor Crawford Also GiVes Ills Version
of the Matter.

of the Matter.
Editor OF the Observer-In your paper OF Feb
l2tn have read an article giving the board OF
supervisors IA small piece OF your mind ana then
giving supervisors Han, Minard, Cowman ana
myself your particular regards As the editor
Iai Is rather sarcastic, misleading and in one
statement untrue Will endeavor 10 answer II,
giving tacts-not making statements without
first knowing TO "a certainty what ! am writing
about.
FIRST, in regard TO the Pilkinton claim not al,
lowed. This, will admit, II hard on Mr. Plk
iut0n. The Portland village board certify that
MF Plknton is an INDECENT person. the stat
utes and supreme court decisions IN regard TO
contagious diseases makes lt>the duty OF the
board OF supervisors 10 pay all claims arising
from physicians services, care OF PATIENTS ana
rent OF building for pest house, when the SICK
are INDECENT and have no one able TO pay the
same that rs holden for their care. We tOunu
that Mr. Pllkinton was assessed by the village
board OF Portland with real estate 70 the
amount OF $1,000 in $50. as he an lndlgent
person; Would we have done our duty 70 have
all0Wed that accounts Mr.. Sprout whose bill
was allowed ana paid was not assessed one
dollar and Is "A poor man. We're We lnconsist-
cnt ~ tAat natter II so then you are right m
tuat case
Next YOU claim that the bills OF Crawford
Hal, Mlnard ana COwman were paid in full Tor
committee WORK which they were not entitled
20 and that no supervisor clam was cut down
The law fixes the amount for supervisor WORK
for townships at - per day, ana for county
work at IS per day Mr. COwman brought au
insane person 10 Ionia had 10 hire a team pay
patient bills, ect; his Dill was - per day for
his time and the balance was itemized expenses.
He was entitled 10 his pay M full ana he got H.,
AT the January session oil the board OF super
yisOrs ln 1875 there was presented bills Tor con-
taEtuus diseases, expenses amounting To about
$500 and they were allowed on them fl,lOO.
Tue committee on those claims could not inves
tigatc thcm in the time they had 10 do It, AS
thoroughly as II should have been done. We
found that claims had been paid where parties
were not lndlgeut persons The matter was
reicrred=to the committee OH county bulldings
-t rawtnrd Hall and Minard to investigate
and get=i shape 50 the prosecuting attorney
could be instructed To collect any claims wrong
fully paid. went through the claims Ia
November and made "a full statement of them.
MesSrs Han aud Minard took Belding and the
north part OF the county as they nved near
that section. and / took Sebewa, Dandy anu
Portland. We investigated the claims ana
hope 10 collect back some $500 a. you VIII see
by our report at the January session of 1895.
W e charged for our time ana railroad fare on
our trips and we were entitled 10 our pay ana
got u and there Is no law but what would give
Ii tous
The city of Ionia with 5000 inhabitants ana
paving nearly one seventh Of the taxes OF the
county, take care of their INDECENT poor and
sick from whatever cause. lhey pay their
health olicer for fumigating material and Tor
work stamping out contagious diseases. Dur
ing the three years that have been member
of the board OF supervisors there has never
been presented to the county bill for any con
taglous disease expense, although we have had
them,
Or. Aliens Dill was for material for fumigat-
ing houses and for groceries furnished poor
persons sick with those diseases. lie ls emitted
TO his pay and Portland has got 10 pay IT,
Mr.. Clarks bill for groceries furnished diph.
liberia patients is correct ana Portland must
pay IT,
Mccoy was an INDECENT person ana was paid
for his goods as the law directs.
Ionfa Feb t7th isqs