Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
COUNTY BOARD.
New Supervisor Of Assessment and
Court House Janitor Elected.

voted to take no action on it until
Thursday.
w. j. Kregels resignation as super
visor of assessment was read and ac-
cepted. 1t was moved and carried
that his successor and court house
janitor and asylum trustee be elected
at Thursday mornings session.
Hamilton Empey of this city, G. w.
Nutter of the town of Wausau and
Gottlieb Vetsch of the town of Berlin,
all blind, each made application for
pension under the law which allows
blind person 800 per year after they
have resided in county certain
length of time. Each application was
granted.
The district attorneys report showed
that he had collected 1862 for the
county during the year.
At about $3.50 an adjournment was
taken TO accept an invitation to visit
the new poor house and asylum. Sup
per was served to the members at the
latter institution.
Supervisor J. N. Manson, chairman
of the public property committee,
which has supervised the building of
the new poor house, acted as toast
master. He called upon DR.. III. L.
Rosenberg, county physicians; Anton
Mehl, asylum trustee; K. 7. Regner,
district attorney, and others for ad-
dresses. 1t was decided to call the
new institution the Marathon County
Home and Hospital. The public
property committee turned over the
keys to the asylum trustees. While
the board members were seated at the
table, silver loving cup was presented
to the asylum by the agricultural
society in consideration of the
interest the management has taken
each year in the county fair.
At Wednesday mornings session
Supt. Jos. Roehl of the asylum stated
that he had found that some of the
inmates of the poor house are in pos
session of as much as 1925. He said
it was a very good plan to allow them
to have money-for their own safety
and the safety of others. A discussion
followed as to the best plan of care
ing for such money. Various SuggeS-
tions were offered and finally the dis
trict attorney was appealed to, who
advised that the county secure posses
sion of the money of the s'wealthieSt''
inmates and then turn it over to the
towns to which they are credited as
charges. A resolution was later passed
making a provision to fit the district
attorneys suggestion.
A vote OF thanks was extended to
Mr.. and Mrs. Roehl in appreciation of
the manner in which they entertained
the board members On Tuesday even
ing.
The committee on agriculture re-
ported on its findings at the last county
fair, and recommended that one of
the cattle barns be rebuilt, that new
hog and sheep sheds be erected and
that the executive committee of the
agricultural society, at the annual
meeting in January, submit report
on the probable cost of making such
improvements.
No afternoon session was held.
When the report of the committee
on equalization was taken up Thurs
day morning, Supervisor Manson
offered an amendment to reduce the
committees figures for the real estate
valuation by twenty-five per cent, and
to leave the personal property valua-
tion as returned by assessors. This
was voted down.
The election of acourt house janitor,
supervisor of assessment and asylum
trustee was then taken up and resulted
in Geo. Halder being elected janitor
over Henry Belize by vote of 80 to
20, and l.. III. Cook being chosen over
John G.. Hinrichs by a vote of 30 to
u. Henry Volhard had no opposition
for the position of asylum trustee and
was reelected. Messrs. Cook and
Halder will assume their duties Jan.
lst.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the fifteen sections of the town
of Emmett lying in 2. q r. be at
tached to Mosinee; that sections 1. 2,
IL, II, 13 and IA in L. 26 r. 6 and sec
tions 6, I and Is in t. 26 r. 7, be taken
off the town of Mosinee and added to
Bergen; that the two western tiers of
sections i'm Il. 70 II. 5 be taken off the
town of Day and added to Bergen.
This arrangement gives the town of
Bergen approximately 80 sections of
territory and makes it nearly equal to
the town of Pike Lake, which is the
largest in the county.
The committee on roads and bridges
reported that it had examined the ac-
counts of different towns and villages
for road and bridge improvements and
found that the county'S share of the
expense amounts to $12, 250.0S, and
recommended that same be paid. The
report was adopted.
The following bills for maintenance
of the county's representatives were
ordered paid: Industrial school for
girls, = inmates, S9l.43; industrial
school for boys, I inmates, S246.26:
state hospital for insane, Al inmates,
s2,27l.2 %; home for feeble minded, %
inmates, 81, $500.
A bill for committee work, in the
sum of 81, $50. IS was allowed.
The finance committee furnished
the following estimate of expenses for
the coming yea: and recommended
that the several amounts be put in the
tax roll for 1909, which report was
adopted:
Salaries of officers. ....... sd. 200. 90
Court expenses. .. S,0tst.0o
Expense of county board. -. 4,500.oO
Sheriff and justice fees -..... 100000