The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-05-23
County Board Meeting.

The new county board of Supervisors
met for the first time "Wednesday and
proceeded at once to the business of
e!ecting chairman and of filling the
officesf or the ensuing year. As soon as
the roll had been called Supervisor Con
ness of the town of Brule introduced
the following resolutions:
Resolved, by the county board of
Supervisors of the county of Douglas,
first, that William Kennedy be. and he
hereby is, employed and appointed as
agent for the county poor for the period
of one year; second that DIR. Ii. j.
Conuor be and he is hereby employed
as county physician for the poor for a
period of one year; third, that William
! Quinn be and he hereby is appointed
superintendent of the poor farm for a
period of one year; fourth. that Joseph
kinitf be and he hereby is appointed
janitor of the court house for period
of one year.
Further, resolved, that all said en-
Payments and the term thereof date
from the twentieth day of MAY, 1896,
and the compensation for the same be
and the same hereby is fixed as follows
County Agent for the poor, $1,000;
county physician, 81 800; superiutend-
ent of the poor farm, $500; janltor of
the court house $40; all to be paid
monthly.
This arrangement did not exactly suit
Supervisor Reedlors of the fourth ward
end he moved that each officer be
elected separately. The motion was
lost and a substitute for the resolution
was then offered by Supervisor Barnett
of the Eighth ward as follows:
That DR.. T. G.. Sherwood be elected
physician at a salary of $500; George
Rolph, poor commissioner, salary 81 900
Charles johnson, superintendent OF
poor farm, salary, $500; Herman Dopp,
janitor of court house, salary 5000.
The substitute, however, did not
satisfy very many and the original
resolution was adopted by vote of S
to as follows: Ayes-Bardon, Bright,
Chairman, CONFESS, Desmond, Hancock
and McLaggan; noes-Burnett, Fulton,
Mckenzie, Keedfors and Thompson.
DR.. Pillsbury, who it was understood
would make an offer to the county
board to fill the county physician 5
office at a salary of s. 900 and furnish
all medicines did not appear with his
proposition.
When it came TO the question of
chairman the vote was between Super
visors McLaggan, of Gordon, and Bur
nett of the eighth ward, the former
winning, the vote being the same as on
the above resolutions.
Supervisor Desmond of the town of
Superior, introduced a resolution pro-
viding for a deputy sheriff to be
stationed at Dedham at a salary of $75
per month, the expense to be charged
to the town of Superior. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
Chairman McLaggan upon taking his
seat announced the following commit
tees.
Official bonds-Burnett, Bright, Full
ton.
Roads and bridges-Conness, McLag-
gan, Dobie, Chalman, Desmond.
Finance and AUTHORIZATION, Des-
mOnd, CONFESS, Bright.
Miscellaneous and claims-FultOn,
Burnett, Thompson.
Grounds and buildings Bright, Dobie
CONFESS, BardOn, Burnett.
Sheriff and court-DObie, Bright, Des-
mond, Hancock.
Neutrality-suspicious., Chalman, Han
cock.
Railroads CONFESS, McLag-
gan.
Poor-Desmond, Hancock, Chairman.
Workhouse-Mck enzie, CONFESS,
Burnett, Reedtors.
Hancock, Reedfors, Full
ton, Mckenzie.
Ratrnrch ept-Thompson- Nc
kenZle, Chairman.
Rules-ChaIman, BardOn, Thompson.
There was a proposition made to
have the proceedings of the board pub
lished in both the Telegram and Leader
but as some of the members mad gone
the matter was laid over.
The special stenographer who was
expected to be present to represent the
q. q. &. was conspicuous for his
absence.
The board adjourned sine die at
o'clock.