Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-01

ervisors of the County Board of Grant Coun-
ty, Wisconsin, which said vote was taken by
ayes and noes" and entered of record at
the adjourned session of the County Board
of Supervisors. Grant County, held this Both
day OF March, 1905.
Richard Meyer, Jr. Chairman Co. Board.
G. E. Tuffiey County Clerk.
A bill pending in the legislature
that will prove a serious blow to
sheriffs if passed was next talked
about. By it's provisions the sheriff
will lose the trips to Mendoza
hospital with insane patients, an
attendant from that institution COM
ing for the patient upon receiving
notice from the county judge that
an unfortunate being has been
committed. The sheriff would thus
be relieved of this journey and
the substantial fee that goes with
the trip. Sheriff Glenn penned
memorial objecting to the bill to be
sent to Assemblymen Chandler and
McGregor and Senator Burns
which he desired action taken
upon, and on motion of A. L. Brown
it was passed. The memorial reads
as follows:
To the Honorables E. E. Burns, Duncan
McGregor and j. P. Chandler, members of
the Senate and Assembly respectively from
Grant County
Gentlemen 1t is the sense of the mem
bers of the County Board of Supervisors of
Grant County that you use all honorable
means within your power to prevent the
passage of the Senate Bill No. 4SI S. A bill
entitled ITO Provide for taking Insane Per-
sons to the State Hospitals for the reasons
First. In counties where Sheriffs are on
salary. the salary has been fixed after hay
Ing given due consideration to the amount of
fees they are entitled to receive outside of
their salaries, and it would work a great in
justice to the Sheriffs elected at the recent
elections to deprive them of this source of
income,
Second. Because there would be no saw
ing to counties in making this change, as it
would impose upon the counties burdenSome
charges for the detention OF insane patients
during the time intervening between the
commitment of patients and the time when
they might be taken to the hospital. which
frequently means the hiring of attendants
to watch the patients.
Third Because the detention of patients
outside of hospitals is often fraught with
much danger to the attendants and to pa
tients themselves and the detention should
be as short as possible.
Fourth. Because in most of the counties
expenses in detention quarters would have
to be provided and maintained.
The courthouse tie rail that has
been a bone of contention for some
time came up for discussion at this
juncture, started by a resolution
introduced by G. A. Armstrong con-
demning the same and ordering the
city to remove it and not maintain
the rail there in the future. Argu-
ments pro and con were heard but
the board seemed determined to
exercise authority in the matter and
by a vote Of 33 to 16 ordered it's
removal. The question was not
even laid over till the evening ses-
sion, DIR. Armstrong moving for
suspension of rules and taking i'm
mediate action, which prevailed.
The resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the railing around the court
house grounds is unsightly, and seriously
detracts from the appearance of the new
building. and whereas said railing being
used for the hitching of horses, results in
the accumulation of filth in the streets on
which said grounds abut. which accumula-
lions are offensive and unhealthful, and
whereas there are other serious cOnSidera-
ton which demand that said railing should
no longer be maintained:
Now, therefore. It is resolved by the
Board of Supervisors of the County of
Grant, that the city of Lancaster which is
responsible tor the erection and maintep-
ance of said railing, be notified immediate
lv to remove said railing, and that said
city be notified further that the county of
Grant will permit no other to be erected in
it's place around or on any side of it's said
property.
The advisability of electing a
committee of seven to act in con-
junction with the building COM
mittee, the Two to effect a settle
ment with the Aetna Indemnity
company if reasonable, rather than
call the entire board together for
IAAO PuA POOO, was COuSlu0i0u duU
on motion of o. w. Fessel the plan
was adopted. A. L. Brown moved
that the chair appoint committee
OF three to name the seven to act
on such committee and this being
the sense of the board Chairman
Meyer named Armstrong, Birch
and Wells. These gentlemen after
due elaboration selected the fol-
lowing members for said commit
tee-Geiger, Wells, Leighton, John
son, Birch, Stevens and Mauer.
This action was ratified by the
board.
w. A. Johnson presented a resolu-
ton pertaining to insurance on
new courthouse which was referred
to committee on public property.
At the November session OF the
board petition was presented from