Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-09
Saturday, November 18Th, 1909.
MORNING SESSION.

Nine O'Clock a m. Board called to
order by the chairman.
Rel called and members all present.
Minutes of yesterdays sessions read
and approved.
The Committee on Public Property
submitted the following report:
DodgeviIIe Wis, Nov 18th, 1909
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
Gentlemen: We your committee. report that
we have inspected the buildings and grounds and
find them in good sanitary cOnCit iOn, but in need
Of some repairs.
We recommend that the interior Of the jail be
repainted and white washed next spring, also that
the plumbing be repaired
We also recon mend that four mattresses be pur-
chased for the beds in the Jail
We find that it is necessary to purchase a sec
ton of cases such as is used at the present time
to be placed in the vault of the County court.
The communication from the State Board of Con-
troll has been read in your hearing and referred to
for consideration. 1t is the opinion of your
committee that something should be done if pos
sibIe to meet the requirements of the law in furn-
shing separate apartments for prisoners and t
the same time more commodiOus quarters for the
sheriff
Your committee wishes to refer this matter back
to the Board. Signed,
W. F. PRIDEAUx,
JAMES RYAN,
@. w. DAVIS,
Committee
Mr.. w. H. Thomas moved that the
report be adopted with the exception Of
the recommendation, which be deferred
until the next session of the Board.
Mr. Cody moved to amend by taking
up the recommendation at this time.
The amendment was lost and the
original motion was adopted.
The report of the Committee on Print
ing and Publishing Proceedings was
submitted:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Iowa
County, Wisconsin,
Gentlemen: Your committee on printing and
publishing proceedings of the county board beg
leave to report as follows:
We recommend that the prices paid for Job print
ing be the as last year and that the said Jobs
be divided among the several printing offices To-
Gated in said county and that all bills be examined
and 0. Kd by the county purchasing agent elected
by your honorable body with usual 20 per cent dis
count as per schedule on file.
We further recommend that proceedings of the
regular and jOurned sessions be published in the
following papers: Chronicle, Sun Republic. Iowa
County Democrat Mineral Point Tribune, High
land Press, HOllanCale Review and the Linden
Conservative, compensation to be Fifty Dollars
for the regular session and Twelve Dollars Tor the
ad iOurned session if there be one. We would say
that the advance in publishing the proceedings OF
the annual session IS on account OF extra work
caused by publishing the decision of the State Tax
Commission in the appeal of the city of Mineral
Point which has been ordered by your honorable
body.
We further recommend that the Dodgeville
Chronicle print 400 copies of the proceedings in
pamphlet form of the regular and adjourned ses-
sons lif there be one) at cost OF not t. exceed
Fifty Dollars. this advance being on account of the
report above mentioned.
We recon mend that the county clerk make ar
rangelnents for an exchange of proceedings for use
Of the members of the board with the following
counties as was done last year Grant Sank. Rich
land and LAFAYETTE II such exchange is satlstac.
tory to those counties.
Respectfully submitted.
BYRON JONES.
H. q. RAINE.
JOHN GORGEN,
Committee.
Dated at DodgeviIIe Wis, November 18th. 1909.
On motion of Mr.. Horn the report
was adopted.
/ Mr.. Eagan, Chairman of the Commit
I tee on Equalization, asked permission to
temporarily withdraw the report Of that
/ committee.
/ Mr.. Richardson asked permission to
/ withdraw his minority report on the
/ same.
There being no objection the chairman
/ granted their request.
The consideration of Mr.. O'Neill' S
/ resolution to purchase a set of the
/ "Cvclopedia of Law and Procedure, -
for the County Law Library introduced
/ Yesterday and laid over under the rules
was taken up and adopted by the follow
/ ing call of the Board:
Aves-IIessrs. Bennett, Cody, Craw-
4 ford, Davis. Dickinson, GOrgen, Grim
sted. Harker. Horn, Jackson, R. F.
Jones. O'NeiII, PenhaIlegon, PrideauN,
| Thomas Rain. Rewey, Richardson,
/ Roethe. and W. H. Thomas-l9.
Navs-Messrs. Baker, Eagan, Elan
nerv. Byron Jones, Lewis, Meyer, H.
/ @. Raine, Ryan. and A. E. ThOmas-9-
Mr.. Eagan in the chair.
Mr.. Roethe took the floor and ad-
/ dressed the Board at lengthin a criticism
on the management of the County Asy-
lum and reports of Trustees and offered
/ the following resolution:
Resolved, That a Commit ee of three member.
Of this Board Re appointed to audit the receipts OF
/ the Iowa County Insane Asylum and the moneys
deposited in the treasury of this county for per