Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-11
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The total amount asked for each of the
institutions in the way of extraordinary
appropriations is:
State hospital. MENDOZA ..........S 1900
Northern Hospital for Insane. osh-
kosh ............. .....,....t.... 100 $50
school for the Deaf. Delavan. 1900
School for the Blind. GAINESVILLE. $500
Industrial School for Boys, Wauke-
sha ...,...... ......,t.....-,.,.. LOCO
State Prison, Waupun ............. 1900
State Public School. Sparta. 1900
The amount which will be asked to pay
the expenses of the institutions for the
next two years will be as follows
Home for the Feeble Minded. Chip
ptNh runs .s-,....-r..f .-....s-.. %o,SVV
State Hospital. Mendoza .......S 100000
Northern Hospital Oshkosh. 2SS, 900
School for the Deaf, Delaware. $4,000
School for the Blind, Jauesvlle. 20, 500
Industrial School for Boys. Wau-
kesha 1900. .........,,....-. 10000
State Prison, Waupun .........,. & 10000
State School, Sparta ...,........, 5000
Home for the Feeble Minded,
Chippewa Falls ..,........,.,.. $50. 900
State keformAtory, Green Bay. 10000
Total ....;..... ...,,,.s.,,. 81, 4e4, 500
Less estimated revenues. ........ 4S1.s00
Actual amount asked to be APP
propriated ...,.... .......... 81 033, 900
Two years ago the board had surplus
oil SAT 900. 1t kept its appropriations
down to bedrock at that time, but 1t re-
ceived 1881 900. while in 1899 the appro-
priatiOns for the State institutions
amounted to $685., 900 The increase in
the appropriations this year is due to the
contemplated increase in the number of
inmates of the home for the feeble mind
ed and the refOrmatory. The increase in
those institutions during the next year
is estimated mt 400
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Municipalities which issue bonds will
be interested in the bin presented in the
Assembly by Mr. Frear relating to the
refunding of municipal debts. The bill
is the result of litigation that went to
the Supreme Cert from St Croix
County and is intardcd to empower the
County Board of st. Croix to make pro-
vision either for issuing a new bond Sc
ries to cover an indebtedness of SIPS, 900,
of which $4,000 is held by the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Milwaukee. Through an error
in the enabling act the court held the st.
Croix County Board has not made pro-
per provision for the collection of n d.
rect tax to pay the interest on the bonds
which were sold TO provide for the build
ing of the court house. The bonds held
by the Milwaukee company were not in
eluded in the suit, but they are indirect
ly affected by it, it is claimed. Mr.. Frear
said he as district attorney of st. CroiS
County should make the interest pay
ments. even though it might possibly be
avoided on technical grounds. AT any
rate the county had received the money
and could be held for it, and for that ga
son he insisted no attempt should be made
to escape the legal responsibility. The
passage of the measure will make it pos
sible for municipalities to issue refunding
bonds wherever there has been any mis-
take in the proceedings relating to bond
issues.
Chief Clerk Marsh of the Assembly
had trying time in making up his list
of assistants. He received 125 applica-
, tons for positions and inasmueh as each
applicant had some political worker be-
| hind him or her it kept Mr.. Marsh busy
trying TO devise ways and means to sat
/ isfy everyone. Newspaper men are
greatly in evidence in the list. Mr.. Marsh
is m editor. Index Clerk Liecht is edi-
tor of the New Lisbon Times; Journal
Clerk Powell is connected with the Mil
waukee Free Press. while A. w. Pott
Is editor of the Sheboygan Daily Zeitung.
G. Il. Shaffer, who is general clerk, gets
place because of the efficient manner in
which he discharged the duties of the
Office for the past two sessions. Mrs.
Strong, who is appoi ted typewriter in
| tFa engrossing room, is n daughter of
Theron w. Knight Of Waukesha. Olive
McGee of Milwaukee, one of the stem
ographers is daughter Of G. W. Nc
Gee. well-known Whitefsh Bay poll
| tician Miss Mc(iee for a number of
years was one of the stenographers in
the county clerks Office in Milwaukee.
Q. w Rhodes of Omro, who is the en-
rolling copyist, is an attorney and IN
surance man of that place.
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Secretary Hutching of the free library
commission has interested many of the
members Of both houses in Senator
Stouts measure which asks that provis-
| ion be made for an ara lal appropriation
of $4,000. The travelling library will
be benefited thereby for it will be posi-
bic TO greatly enlarge the scope of the
commissions work. At the present time
the commission is occupying temporary
quarters in the capitol 1t is the purpose
Of the bin to provide ii with permanent
quarters and to relieve the members of
the necessity of begging. All of the
books have been purchased by voluntary
contributions. 1T has been beg, beg,
beg" said the secretary in talking Of
the matter, until we have about OK
hnustcd our resources" The members
who have been investigating the free IL
brary commission were astouuded upon
learning Of the good it has been accom-
plishing. There are many who know Of
the working Of the commission In their
districts. particularly in the northern sec
tions Of the State 50 there seems to be
little doubt that the commission will get
what ii wants.
There viii be little use for pluhder
boxes az the close Of the present session
unless the members devise some means
Of inducing Gen. Bryant. superintendent
90 public property. 10 deal more liber-
ally with them. At the present time the
mem bers are unable 10 secure anything
excepting what is actually necessary and
supplies are dealt out according to the
superntcndent ideas Of the necessities.
Heretofore session laws could be obtain.
cd in quantities. This year the members
are restricted to one copy and second
can only be obtained with the greatest
difficulty and then only after convincing
the superintendent that there is good
reason for It.
Protests have begun to come in con-
corning the child labor bill Of Assembly
man Britain. Members with foreign