The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
County Board Strikes Hard Prob
lem Early in Session in Re.
gard to Road Building
IN DOUBT AS TO LAW S INTENT
Consideration of the Matter Is Left Over
Until Next Monday Morning,
When a Road missioner
Is to Be Elected

The County Board struck a hard
problem on the second day of its an
nual fall meeting Wednesday, when
the question of making levy for the
building of county roads and the cleo
ton of highway commissioner came
up, and after long discussion of the
matter disposition of the question
was laid over until next Monday
morning. The members of the Board
have received a letter from the state
officials and copies of the law have
been pretty generally distributed
among the members. The law pro
vides that the County Board shall
make levy OF from one-fourth of a
mill to two mills on all the taxable
property in the county for the pur-
pose of building county roads and
shall elect a road commissioner to
have charge of this work. Under the
law the salary of the commissioner is
placed at 81, 900 a year in this county.
The first question was raised by the
city members of the Board and that
was as to whether the tax Swas to be
levied on the property of the city as
well as in the rural districts. The
law seems to provide that the money
collected by the tax shall be used for
the building of county roads. If this
is interpreted to mean roads in the
rural districts of the county the city
members will undoubt edly make quite
fight against the levy. However if
it means that the money shalt be ex-
pended In the city as we'll as2sin the
county the city members will be ready
to join with the county members in
making any levy that mayE seem wise
to ajority of the members of the
Board.
Another question that has been
raised is in regard to the necessary
qualifications of the highway COM
missioner. Some of the members of
the Board hold that the county must
select civil engineer, while others
believe that any man with good or
binary common sense who has had
some experience in the building of
roads will be suited for the office.
Not a single candidate has as yet
come out openly for the Office, but it
is thought that the salary of 1000 a
year will prove the magnet which will
attract many candidates.
The law has been handed over to
the district attorney for an interpreta-
ton and it is thought that it will be
found that the money appropriated is
to be divided equally among the vari-
Gus districts Of the county. In this
way the city as we'll as the al dis
tricts would benefit and the money
collected in the city might be turned
over to the City Council to add to the
general road fund. AT the. present
time the city is expanding annually
for the building and repair Of roads a
sum larger than the County Board
could levy against the taxable prop
erty Of the city.
Most Of the time Of the Board at the
session today was given to the
routine work of hearing the reports of
the county clerk and the county
agent, and these reports took the
usual reference. The Board is get
ting busy on the committee work and
most of the bills have already been
referred for examination.
Thursday the members of the Board
will go to Racine to make the annual
inspection of the Racine Hospital for
the Insane and it is expected that a
great dinner will be served for them.
The Racine Board will be entertained
at the institution at the same time.