Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

session until the next session of the Board aud
give ie trustees chance TO 20 all over their
reports aud see where their errors are, II there
are aty. Let them have chance to do them
selves Justice
Chair T, the trustees OF the Asylum There
Is 4 motion Just passed that the trustees OF the
Asylum get together Immediately aud make a
supplementary report OF the receipts and dis
bursements of the Asylum and Home from June
5Oth until the present date.
On motion OF Mr. Roche the Board adj iouru-
ed until 80 Z. NJ.
Two-thirty p. m, Friday, March 4th,
1910.
Board called to order. Mr. Dickinson in
the chair
(Chair.a | believe the trustees of the asylum
are ready To submit their supplementary report
al this time.
Judge Jenks;l The trustees have asked me
To assist them Ia preparing this report, the time
was very short As understand IT, the request
is made of the trustees that they should report
20 You the sources from which money was re-
ceived which has been paid into the county
treasury siuce June 5Oth, 1900. We have pre-
pared this statement and i perhaps takes lit
tie wider field than that Which you have asked
for, but 1t may tend 10 clean up some of the APP
parent discrepancies. / will read the report
which we have prepared, IL has been prepared
hastily as we bad 20 STOP tor dinner
THIS report was withdrawn by Judge jerks
and appears later in the minutes in the revised
form.
lMr. Roethel would like to asl, the truss
ices II this report as read by the Honorable
jerks has been compiled from the records of
that institution. / see that iu both the Asylum
and the home Il says this report is based on
memory OF the record of receipts of this institu-
ton. II seems TO me that such a report can
hardly be satisfactory one 20 offer to this
honorable body, report that Is made from
memory. II IL is So aud am led 20 believe h
is So Que would doubt Ia his mind whether 8ny
facts had evcy been in the possession OF the
trustees of those institutions. / think from the
resolution that was passed by THIS board il was
the intention Of this board to ask that report
be made from June 30, 1909 up to the present
time showing the actual amount received by
these two institutions, aud the actual amount
that was djsbursed by these two institutions, so
that we may have the records here Tor this
com mittee TO examine There Is committee
appointed TO examine iuto these things. | as q
member OF this auditing COMMITTEES, and As a
member of this bOatd, feel and shall insist that
we have a record of every private patient who
has paid money into the bands of these trustees
or superintendent. That is a matter that we
ret every year They state from what sources
and how much and So much from sales, aud |
think that this amount should be Incorporated
Ia the report that this committee Is to give. II
should not be from memory, II should be
right on the record, That is what an audit is
for. The trustees have been IN the habit Of
making out a report where they show these
items, these receipts aud these disbursements,
aud am not satisfied, as a member OF this
county board, with the report that they have
brought in.
Judge Jeuks:) That isn't what YOU called
for. III you had called for It you would have
gotten IT,. But this can't be done in ten minutes.
This was brought to me at aquarter to twelve.
That was the FIRST thug we knew. l think we
have made pretty good time. Now he SAYS
that YOU want to know certain things, The
records here in the county clerks office showed
that thesc gentlemen are charged with having
a shortage ia their accounts for the year 1909 OF
S123510. Now, IL Is Que thing 10 charge man
with being poor book-keeper, aud in knowing
how TO take care of books properly, aud anoth-
tt,t,, .tl,a Iff xgtf GhA of
Il 235 10. Ordinarily that would mean some
body had been stealing. We have gone to the
records aud they show hat every dollar report
ed Oh haud or having been earned by the Asy-
luu no to This time, aud we have his vouchers
here to show for them. That IS not matter of
memory That Is a matter OF record of this
county board. he same is true OF the county
hone. You have asNtu here for an itemzed
statement OF the receipts since June S0th, 1909.
The records OF the trustees are kept out at the
Asylum. HOu eau see II was physical impos-
sibility to get them here in time. We have
been able to state the amounts that have been
paid over 10 the county treasury, We have SIM
ply declined 20 state from memory that so much
came from Johu ones aud so much from kich-
ard Rowe, because cannot tell that until we
have access To their records at the asylum, but
we do state the amounts received since June
5Oth 1t is not a batter of memory. They
have simply declined to give those items from
memory because they realize that their memory
m ght be at fault, but If yuu want to give them
time TO 90 out to the asylum aud get them they
can tell You now muGh WAS received lOi the
support Of this patient or that, aud how much
was received from the sale OF hogs We haven't
given these matters from memory. We have
shown that instead of there be ne shortage IN
the home account IN the year 1900, that every
dolar of it was paid aud i was turned over to
:he county treasurer. The vouchers we're de-
stroyed after they had been audited by the
committee of which Mr.. ROethe was one.
In regard TO the Sl25510 we have shown that
every dollar of that was turned over, aud we
have vouchers here to substantiate IT, That Is
not a matter of memory; you eau have II II you
want il. They have been Ia the possession OF
this committee, and they have checked OFF every
item up TO the last month. That is not covered
by the records, because tue records were here
in the hands Of the committee.
Mr. Roethe;l When ! made the statement
that / thought this board wanted the standing
oil the institutions from June 50th 1909 up untn
the present time, think l said receipts aud dis
bursemeuts. | would like the stenographer 10
read that motion for the board
tMr. CrawfOrd:l ] believe / seconded that
motion aud my understanding OF 81 was that a
supplementary report be made by the trustees.
The facts of that report would be secured from
the county treasurer's office, the trustees and
the superintendent of the asylum. ! don
know whether the question was asked, but my
rcmem herauCe is that something was asked
when IL was possible for this report 10 be sub
mtted 20 this board. / think Il was here stated
at $3.50 y. M. If this is true, my understanding
is that Il would embody the main facts 10 re-
gard to the receipts aud disbursements, with
out any particular detail.
iMr Roethe3 ] don't desire TO be heard on
this matter. but | wish 10 go on record as OPP
posed to receiving this report in ts present
shape / think when this board mentioned and
stated that a supplementary report be submit
ted they had Ia view that we always nave an
annual report up 20 June 30th, 1910. aud that
would be the next Annual report. IN making a
request for such a supplementary report, OF
course Il does not have any bearing on the gen
eraI report which would follow in 1910. II is
only 20 ascertain the amount OF private patient
money which has been PAID 10 the trustees or
superintendent during the period from June
3Oth, 10 now Also the amount OF sales. lheie
seems 70 be a question in regard 70 the amount
81 money that has been paid 10 since June 30th,
1907 This committee doesn't ques a the
amount OF money, neither does II question that
the trustees have any Of the vouchers. TIE
point that this committee does make IS just
This. that in the testimony OF the superiutend-
eut before this committee and before the county
board, he stated emphatically that the money 5
that he had put in since June 30th, 1907 were
private patient moneys paid up 20 June soth,
iqOq In their 1909 report they say received from
private patients up to 1908. They don't say
igOD But this committee now IS making the
statement that they want this 1909 private pa
tient money TO go against the deficit OF the year
before. The 1909 patient money, gentlemen,
has not been reported by any set OK trustees OF
this county. II cannot be inquired ~ any COM
uutation 40 to June 30th. 1902. can see no
way through from me end TO the other. We
found these records and we have tie testimony.
IT in his testimony the superintendent had said
that the money he had put in the county treas
ury since June 3Ot6. 1900 was money from pri-
vate patients for 1908, IL would account for that
money Bnt gentlemen, they have only az
counted for 1909 money and this committee
takes a stand that 1909 money from private pa
tients cannot 90 against the dehca Of 1909. !
will give you another Illustration TINS money,
amounting 60 5000 great deal OF that Is iron,
aafeg 1utfe a hif of Ill and I cant state whether