Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-02-09
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE cOUNTY.B0ARD

icon. from issue of Tues. JAN 26th)l
Mr.. Hooper moved the report be
accepted, the orders cancelled and
placed on file with the County Clerk.
Carried.
Mr.. Nash moved the report of the
Committee on Equalization be made q
special order of business at 8 80 p. m.
tomorrow. Carried.
o. T. Hougen M. D., medical SER
vices at Jail, $7.0O, allowed in full.
Mr.. Christensen, chairman, reported
on the claims.
R. H. Bulls, illegal tax crtfs. !,
Sc. 70.
Oftelie g. Stondall Land Co., same,
$43. Il, on motion same were allowed
as recommended.
Mr.. Lynch moved to adjourn until
2 O'Clock p. M, November 10Th, 1908.
Carried.
E. S. Renne, County Clerk.
Court House, Nov. 10, 1908.
O'Clock p. IN.
Board meet pursuant to adjourn
ment and was called to order by Chair
man Brown Roll was called and a
quorum found present. On motion
reading the minutes of previous meet
ing was dispensed with.
Mr.. Christensen presented the fol-
lowing resolution.
RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That hereafter all tax
certificates belonging to Wood county
shall be kept and be in the custody
of the County Treasurer, and that a
uniform rate of interest, as fixed by
Statutes, shall be charged on all of
them when sold or assigned.
And moved it's adoption. Roll was
called on the adoption of the resolu-
ton.
Ayes-Cowell, r. A. Conner, Berg,
Snider, Bpetcher, Lynch, Rowland,
Bassett, Nash, Heron, Bean, Hoff
man, Christensen, Specht, Hayward,
Voelker, Rausch, Bever, Wolf, Kohel,
Hooper, Bennett, Brown, Kurtz.
Cotey, Burhopp, Provost, McTavish,
Iverson, Henke. Ross, Jackson Ayers
-SS.
NOes-nOne.
Absent and not voting Germer,
Arpin, Rourke, Conway, w. D. Con
ner, Eichsteadt, Ingraham.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Rausch, chairman of Poor Farm
and Poor Accounts committee, presented
the following list chargeable to cities
Towns, cities, and villages charge
able with the care and keeping OF
paupers at the Wood county Poor Farm
for year ending Nov. 9Th 1908.
City of Marshfield, DR.. to Wood
County.
For care and keeping of Frank Koos
from Nov. 8th 1902 to May 9Th 1903 in
elusive, 1873 days at AZ cents per day 5 rs &
To care and keeping of Hugo Cent?
from Jan 10Th to March 18th 1913 inclu-
sive, 55 days at AZ cents.per day % II
from April 18th to May 10th 1903 inclu-
sive, Y days at ~ cents per day. 0a
To coffin for VIM Rausch s OK
Total $11s o,
City of Grand Rapids, DR.. to
Wood County.
To care and keeping of Sarah Carry
from Nov. Sth 1902 to Nov. 8th 1903 in
elusive, 365 days at AZ cents per day $153 81
To care and keeping of hris Boeshen-
stein from Feb. 9Th 1908 to Feb, Sth 1908
inclusive, 3 days at AZ cents per day 1 q
Total 1854 *
Dated Nov, 10Th 1903.
John Rausch,
E. D. Ayers,
A. J. Cowe1l,
Committee on County Poor Farm
and County Poor Accounts.
Mr.. Rowland moved the report be
accepted and the amounts charged VI
as stated. Carried.
Mr.. Rausch also presented the fol.
lowing supplementary Report on poo1
farm.
In connection with our report ani
as part thereof, your committee OF
poor farm and poor accounts wish tt
state, that several unavoidable cir
cumstances went to raise the cost pei
diem for each pauper kept at the pool
farm, which raise might not at frs
glance seem reasonable to some Of the
members of the county board.
In the first place, the changing Of
the system for caring for the poor in
the county, from county to towr
system was the cause of reducing the
number of paupers kept at the poor
farm, and inasmuch as the wages and
keep of the overseer and family and
hired help would be the same, this
would naturally tend to raise the pei
diem for keep of the paupers. In the
next place, certain expenses were
added in our report on which the cost
per diem was based which had not