Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-12-19

perintendents of the Wood county poor
farm and poor accounts we find that
the total number of days support of
paupers during the year ending No
ve1nber the 18th, 1901. is 6,57S, which
is 49, days more than that of the pre-
vious year.
/ The expenses of the poor farm show
an advance of S101.11 over the ex-
/ penses for the same purpose of the
previous year. The supplies and pro-
/ ducts now on hand on the poor farm
show an increase over those of the
| previous year to the amount of S219 65.
| The amount received from the sale
| of produce and stock from the farm is
So2.1S less than last year.
| The amount paid out for outside
| relief to paupers who were not cared
for at the poor farm is 8, o46.o5, or an
| increase of S167.41 over the amount
paid out for the same purpose the pre-
vious year and is divided among the
three districts as follows:
| Dist. No. l, P. McCamley superin-
tendent, S288.S0, which is S45O.44 less
than previous year.
Dist. No. 2, L. E. Colvin superin-
tendent, S436.75, which is S45.4O less
| than the previous year.
| Dist. No. 3, @. l. Strang superin-
tendent, S2,221.4O, which is S6o5 IS
more than the amount paid out for the
same purpose the previous year.
Your committee also carefully ex-
amined all the bills pertaining to poor
farm and poor accounts and report on
same as IN each case stated on the bill
A number of these bills have already
! been acted upon at the last session of
the county board, but quite large
number of them have been 0 Kd by
the superintendent of poor and the
committee has endorsed upon back of
I same our recommendation, which
should be acted upon by the county
| board.
| The cost per diem for keeping each
pauper is about "a cents, an increase
of 4 cents per diem over previous
years cost.
We feel satisfied, after a careful in.
vestigation, that the report of the
superintendent of the poor is as
correct as it can be made and we hereby
include it in and make it a part of ou1
report.
All of which is respectfully sub
rnitted.
Dated Grand Rapids, Wis, Nov. 10
1901.
JOHN RAUSCH,
| CLAUS JOHNSON,
JOHN McTAvIsH,
| Committee.
District Attorney Wipper1nan pre-
scented the following bills:
| Clstude Lewis. 81. 81
STAT VS.. Mervln, witness fees
| Henry Lewis. ...... 40t
H. Wipperman. transcript OF Judgment. -. To-
Supervisor E. P. Arpin read the
report OF the committee on equa1iza
ton as follows:
To the Honorable County Board, Wood
! County, Wisconsin.
| GENTLEMEN: The undersigned com
mittee, appointed to examine the state
ment of the county clerk, provided fol
by Section 1865 r. S, and to determine
and assess the relative value of all the
taxable property in each town, city an6
village, report as follows:
| That we have carefully examined
said statement and determined an6
assessed the relative value of all the
taxable property in said towns, cities
and villages in Schedule "A'' hereuntc
annexed and forming part of this
report and the amount SO determined
is, to the best of our judgment, the
actual value of such taxable property
in each of said towns, cities and vii
lagos, and we recommend that the tax.
able property in each of said towns
cities and villages be apportioned and
assessed at the amounts set opposite OF
each.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
| Signed E. p. ARPIN,
WIN. News,
| w. D. Common,
CHARLES HAHN,
WIN. ScOTT,
! Pm. CHRISTENSEN,
Committee for Equalizing Assessment