Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-17
THE ADJOURNED SESSION
OF the Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County.
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when necessary, should use all available means
to do so.
We further recommend that when the inter
est of the county can be better served, that the
county clerk and county treasurer may SCI tie
with face and fee
We further recommend that the report of the
county surveyor, approved and adopted at
former meeting OF your Honorable Board,
should be carried out as far as possible
GEO. q. Cox,
JOS. POWELL,
GEO. PAULsON,
Committee,
The committee on district attorneys
accounts presented the following re-
port and resolutions:
To the Honorable Board of the county of Iowa
in the State of Wisconsin.
Your committee to whom was referred the re-
port of s. w. Reese, as district attorney, beg
leave to make the following report.
Your committee have examined the items OF
the money collected as stated IN sald report,
and find the same to be correct, and that the
amount was paid over by the said district at
torney to d. L. Jacobs as treasurer OF said
county. .,.,
of the Statutes of 1898, the State Board of Con
troll on or before the 10Th day of October, in
each year, are required to file with the County
Clerk of each county having patients IN the
State Hospitals for the insane, IN the Industrial
School for boys, or in the Home for Feeble
Minded, statement setting forth the name of
every inmate therein for which the county is
chargable, the ltngth of time for which sup
port is charged. and the amount due from the
county for board and clothing OF such inmates;
that such statemen 5 should have been lad be-
fore the county board at eacn annual session
by the county clerk and that the county board
should take action thereon and direct the dis
trict attorney of the county to collect from the
property of said patients, or from those liable
therefor, the amount due for the keeping and
clothing such patients,
We also find that the laying such statement
before the county board mas been neglected,
nd 20 that the county board took
action upon the same and gave no direction to
the district attorney to collect the amount due
to the county as set forth in such statements,
and that by reason thereof the county has suf-
fered considerable lose,
We also find that there has been. and that
there is now, a number of patients in the Iowa
county asylum, some of them having been there
for quite a number of years, for whose support
their fathers are liable and that their said faith
ers are of sufficient ability therefor
That no steps whatever have been taken by
the trustees of the Iowa county asylum to com
pei such fathers to pay for such support, and
that the pay for that part of such support is en-
trely lost to the county.
That it is the duty of the said trustees of the
said county asylum as soon as possible to petit
ton the County Judge of the said county for an
order to compel the said fathers or other rela-
tions to pay for such support
We also find that there is a number of insane
patients kept at the expense of the county who
have general guardians and that such guardians
have property belonging to such wards. We
find that in such that 1t Is the duty OF the
trustees of said county asylum to annually
make and file bill in the County Court for
the support OF each patient by the county and
have the said court allow and certify such bills
n d order the general guardians to pay the
same Then, in default Of payment by such
guardian, "A suit could be maintained against
them by the county after such order is made by
the court.
We have been informed that no such bills
have ever been so filed by the said trustees or
examined or allowed by the court.
Therefore, we recommend That your honor
able body adopt the several resolutions hereto
attached.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
Jan. 9, 1901.