Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-17
THIRD DAYS SESSION.
THURSDAY, Jan. 100

THURSDAY, Jan. 100 a. m.
BOARD called to order uy the chair
man. Roll called members all present
Minutes of yesterdays session read,
corrected and adopted.
The committee on tax claims pre-
sented the following report, which on
motion was adopted
To the Honorable Board OF Supervisors OF Iowa
GTNrIEMEN Your committee on Tax Claims
find that there are many old taX cetthcates IN
the trpasurcrs office that should be redeemed
or otherwise disposed of, and we recommend
that the county clerk, county treasurer, ana
with inc assistance of the district attorney
when necessary, should use all ayallaole means
to do so. go ~, H. 49,.
We further recommend that when the inter
est of tbs county eau be better served, that tne
county Clerk aud county treasurer may se''io
We further Sc. ummend that the report of the
county surveyor, approved and adopted at a
former meeting OF your HONORABLE hoaru,
GEO. q. Cox,
JOS. POWELL,
GEO. PArLsoN,
Committee.
The committee on district attorneys
accounts pres epted 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 ". Reese, as district attorney, beg
leave 10 make the following report
Your committee have examined the items of
the money collected as stated in said report
and find the same To be correct, and that the
amount was paid over by the sand district at
torney to D. L. Jacobs as treasurer OF said
Your committee fad that under Section 5612 Q
of the statutes OF 1898 the STATE Board OF Con-
troll ON or before tire 3th DAY of October, in
IL IN Comfy
Clerk Of each county having patients IN tn
State Hos ptals tor the insane, IN the Industrial
school for boys, or In the home Tor feeble
Minded a statement setting forth the name of
every inmate therein for which the county IS
chargable the l. myth of time for which sup
port is charged, and the amount due from the
county for board and clothing of such inmates
that such stutemeu should have been laid be-
fore the county board at each annual session
by the county clerk, and that the county board
should take action thereon and direct the dis
trlct attorney of the county to collect from the
property Of said patients, or from those laoie
therefor, the amount due for the Keeping ana
clothing such patients.
Wa also 6nd that the laying such statement
before the county board has been neglected,
and for that reason the county BOARD TOOK 10
action upon the same ana gaze no direction 10
the district attorney to collect the amount due
10 the county as set forth In suc'i statements
and that by rea son thereof the county has suf-
tered considerable loss,
We also find that there has been. and thet
there is now a number of patients IN the Iowa
county aSyluln, some of them having been there
fu- quite a number of years, for whose support
their fathers are liable and that their SAID tath-
nrs are of sufficient ability therefor.
That no steEs whatever have been taken by
the trustees OF the Iowa county asylum 10 com
pei such fathers to pay for such support ana
that the pay for that part of such support is en-
breiy lost to the county.
That 1t is the duty of the said trustees of the
said county asylum as soon as possible TO petit
tiou the County Judge of the said county for an
order 10 compel the said fathers OF other rela-
Tons tu psy for such support.
We also find that there Is number OF insane
patients kept at the expense Of the county VINO
uayrt general guardians and that such guardians
have property belonging to such wards. we
find that ~ such cases that 1t Il the duty OF the
trustees of sand county asylum to annually
uaA k. aud fle a bill in the County Court for
ltr suup1rt Of each patient 10y the county and
have the said court allow and certify such bills
70 % order rho general guardians to pay the
sua Them in drfault OF payment by such
GUARDIAN, d suit could be maintained against
tNaw by the county after such order IS made by
N#tC. urt. .,.
Vs. have boon informed that no such BILLS
HaF..HFrr been so tled by the said trustees or
.Eaa.aHl 90 allowed by the court.
l..r.lHra, we recommend that your honor
aa.. -aIy adopt the several resolutions hereto
#'E.u#.
AlHf aHon is most respectfully submitted.
Jaa- =, l3l.
IA. q. RAISE,