Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-12
COUNTY BOARD MEETING,

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An appropriation of 800 was mad
for the purpose of purchasing an art
fetal leg for John Rux, poor charge o
the town of Stettin, the residents o
that town agreeing to pay lik
amount.
The following resolution was Offered
and adopted
RESOLVED, that the county clerk il
hereby directed to pay over to tn,
county treasurer from redemption
money IN his hands the su n of $500
same being money belonging to Mara
thon county on account of tax cerfiti
Gates held by Marathon county, anC
which have been redeemed
A special committee appointed to fiz
salaries of officers, to be elected at the
next general election reported, fixing
salaries as follows:
County treasurer, 81 900
County clerk, 500
Sheriff, $4,000.
Clerk of court, $500 and fees.
Register of deeds, fees of office.
District attorney, 81 $40
Municipal Judge 81, 600 and fees in
civil cases.
Register in probate, $3.50.
The salaries for new officers as fixed
by this committee are the same as paid
the present officers with four exceptions:
The clerk of the court formerly only re-
ceived the fees of his office, the munich
pal judge heretofore received 5000, the
district attorney ST. 200 and the register
in probate $500
The following resolution was read
and adopted
RESOLVED, that in addition to the reg
ulations heretofore adopted for the
government of officers and EMPLOYEES
of the county, it is hereby further
directed that the board of trustees of
the Marathon County Training School
and Agricultural school, through their
respective chairman and secretary
shall make monthly pay roll of sal
aries of teachers and employees of said
institutions, and file the same with the
county clerk, and shall also make a re-
cord of all accounts or claims allowed
by said boards or either of them at reg
ular meetings thereof, payable from
the funds of either of said schools, in
book TO be provided for that purpose
which said book or records shall remain
~ the office of the county clerk. The
county clerk shall enter the monthly
pay rolls as aforesaid, and the claims
allowed by said boards according to
heir records So made upon the claims
records of the county, and draw orders
upon the county treasurer payable from
the funds prGvid, for the payment
thereof, such orders To be countersigned
hy the chairman IF the county board.
RESOLVED further, that the board of
trustees of the Marathon County Insane
AsS lum, in addition 10 the records mere
toiore provided aud keep at the Office
of the clerk, shall require the superin-
tendent to prepare monthly pay roll
of the salaries of all employees of said
asylum, duly signed by each employe
entitled to pay from the county Such
pay roll shall, together with the records
of all other claims allowed, remain
part of the record in the county clerks
office And such record SO kept shall
show ia detail the purpose and to whom
money has been paid by the superin-
tendent, to entitle said superintendent
to an order for refunding the same.
1t appearing to the minds of some of
the supervisors, from personal obser-
vatlon, that number of unneces-
sary coroner's inquests were held dur
ing the past year, necessitating a need
less expense to the county, the follow
ing resolution was read and adopted
WHEREAS: 1t appears the report of
the coroner of Marathon county that
large number of inquests are being aud
have been held by HIM in cases where the
same seems to be entirely unnecessary,
and only result in making a bill of ex
pense against the county, now, there
fore, be il
Resolued, That the said coroner of
Marathon county be, and he is hereby
requested that before holding any in
quest in the future he consult with the
district attorney of Marathon county
as TO the ACCESSIBILITY of holding said in
quests, and that the said coroner work
in conjunction with the said district at.
torney in holding said inquests, and
that no inquests be held by said coroner
unless advised by said district attorney
Coroner Kitzki was present and
agreed to submit to the expressed terms
of the resolution
County superintendent of Schools
John f. Lamont made his annual re-
port of the condition of the coUnty's
schools. Besides statistical table giving
the number of children of school age,
number of teachers employed, ETC., en-
bodied in report previously published
in these columns, he also commented
on the condition of the funds of school
districts under the guardianship of
school treasurers. According to his re-
port he has from investigation found a
bad state of affairs existing in a MAORI
ty of the districts Some of the treas
urers are, though he does not say so,
no more fit for the office than would be
a native of the South Sea Islands, and
they know as much about keeping a set
of books of their financial accounts as
does a hog about astronomy. This Of
course is due to ignorance, but on the
other hand he has found cases of that
which just at present is making Green
Bay aud some of the larger cities fam
ous-graff Some treasurers are draw
ing salary for their work, which is
contrary To law, and Others are making
ehcrges Tor separate items of work
which is part of their duties such as
making contracts with teachers, etc
Others, il has been aScer aimed, keep
the school money aud their own money
tied Go in the same stocking and are una
BILE To tell (which from t'other" Some
treasurers have made profit off sup
plies purchased for the schools and al