Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-07

Dated at Eagle River, Wisconsin,
this 27tn day of November, 1907
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. O'CONNOR,
District Attorney.
To the Honorable. the County Board
of Supervisors of Villas County, Wis
consin.
Gentlemen
/ herewith submit the following re-
port as supplemental to my report
dated November 9th, 1907, of the
claims of officers, jurors, witnesses,
etc. for fees for which the county is
liable. I take each claim up accord
ing to the number placed upon it by
the County Clerk at the time ne de-
iiVered the same to me-
| No. 112. This is a claim of Sheriff
! William Murphy for committing one
| John M. Johnson, insane, to the North
ern Hospital for the Insane at Osh-
kOsh The fees for this service are
! fixed by the statutes as for the she~-
| if $500 per day for the time actual
| ly and necessarily spent in going 20
and returning from that institution:
$500 per day for an assistant, when
such assistant is necessary, for the
by the assistant in going to and re-
turning from the hospital, and in adj
ditiOn thereto tle expenses actually
and necessarily incurred fo- railroad
fares, hotel bills, ETC., etc. This claim
should be allowed or disallowed &C
| cordingly.
| No. 113 Claim of Sheriff Murphy
for the board of two witnesses for
the state who had no means with
which to pay their board, who were
being intimidated and threatened, and
who were necessary and material wit
nesses. This is less than it would
have been had these witnesses been
bound over to appear in court as the
court and officers fees are nothing
The claim should be verified under
oath.
No. ia Claim Of Sheriff Murphy
for su1dries.
The item Of soc on May 18th, 1907,
for cough syrup for prisoner should
be disallowed as the county has in
force a contract with Drs. Neville,
Thorpe and Hobart to furnish ell
suc1 medicine for stipulated sum
which covers this charge.
The balance of the items seem to
be for clothing furnished to prisoners
1t is the duty Of the sheriff to provide
such clothing as is necessary and at
the expense of the county. 1t is
however much better that the persons
from whom such articles are pur-
chased should put in their claims di-
rect as the sheriff is not personally
responsible and that the sheriff
check over and verify such claims
and certify to their correctness.
In any event the board should he
satisfied by the production of vouch-
ers or otherwise that these articles
have been actually furnished and 10
what persons they were furnished be-
fore passing upon this claim.
No. lis. Claim by Sheriff Murphy
for supplies furnished to prisoners
confined in the county Jail from Janu-
airy 7th, 1907 until December LIST, 1907
As to the first item il this claim,
"to stamps and stationery" $3.50 1t
is not the duty of the sheriff to pro-
vide stamps and stationery to prison
ers. It is however probably within
the discretion of your board to allow
a reasonable amount of writing mater
ial and stamps to tle unfortunate5
who may be confined in the jail
The second item for tobacco and
matches" The matches whatever the
amount are items which the sheriff
should furnish his boarders in the
same manner as if they were volun-
tary boarders and paying Their $500
per week. The tobacco is something
which the board probably has author
ity to allow to prisoners, other than
cramps or Migrants, in their discre-
ton.
The last item of "soap and scrub
bling" is clearly covered by the week
~ board provision. That is if the
sheriff is to receive fixed sum i'll
lieu Of what the actual cost of the
board may be, he must certainly pro-
vide the soap and keep tle Jail clean.
In this latter event this charge should
be disallowed
No. 116 This claim of Sheriff
Murphy seems to be for travel and
service of subpoenas. For all such
travel and services as was made with |
in this county the sheriff cannot re-
cover as it is for such services that |
he receives salary
The travel to serve and the service |
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