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

think so. That is the way look at IL; unless as
said last night, they had a fund OF their own
ann wanted 10 spend il that way.
O. Do you know of any such patients receiving
outside help toward the payment of clothes or
other articles2 A. / understand that there are
patients there that have their clothes furnished
@. How many inmates have You In the Homer
A. Well, cannot say exactly, they vary.
Q. Do YOU have over twenty or twcuty-twog
A. think along there, from twenty 10 twenty
FIVE.
Q. They are mostly old people, are they uotg
A. Yes.
@. Would it be safe to assume that they would
not consume great amount OF fresh meaU A,
OF course don't know Probably not As much
as the other place in proportion to the number
9. Don't they serve great deal of fish at that
institution A. couldn't say as to that.
g Do YOU remember whether there are great
many meat bills that are charged up TO the county
Homet A. OF course there were some, but
think they are in proportion to the other insti-
tuition.
Q. Do YOU know If there is an appropriation
made TO the County Home each year? A. Yes.
9. Do you know approximately what the
amount Is each year! a. That goes with the
Poor Fund altogether. think it has been from
5000 to $500. along there.
y. Have YOU any reason to believe that good
many of these bills for meats oils, gasoline aud
paints are transferred from the Asylum and put
into the County Home account? A. don't
think So
Q. You havn't reason TO believe that they are2
A. No.
" now 90 YOU arrive AT the proportion ueNcS-
sary for the Comfy HomeY A. On the last lot
OF flour, | think there was some other stuff,
little ground feed. Maybe the ground feed will
amount 10 $50 aud il seems TO the whole
bill was for soils. About $50 and odd dollars
was charged up 10 the Home.
9. Why should they charge the freight ON
whole car of hour to the County Home, or the
freight on car of coal aud the coal be charged
to the A~ylumf A. don't know.
Q. Can YOU tell this committee how YOU arrive
at the dlNtslouE A. ! suppose II would be accord
ing 90 the population as to what they couslme
there don't know that il makes any difference
OF their being old people.
.. Do You think il would be a proper charge
to the Home for Mr.. Perkins TO render a bill for
a. Well, don't know ! should hardly think ii
would.
Q. DO YOU think a bill for livery would be
proper charge TO the County, A.. That would
depend upon the circumstances. III his own
team is not sufficient. think il would.
MI w. J Penhallegon moved that the
stenographer be employed to take a full
stenographic report of the proceedings in
Guiding all debate and that It be published
in full with the proceedings.
Mr. Horn moved to amend, THAT re-
marks and argument made by members OF
the board and outsiders be not taken down
Mr. Horn spoke in favor of the amend
ment and Messrs Roethe, Cody, Penhalle-
gon and Jackson spoke against it.
Mr.. Jackson called for the ayes and nays
on the adoption of the amendment which
resulted;
Ayes-Messrs Bennett, Grimsted, Horn,
Byron Jones and H. 6, Rsine--5.
Nayes-Messrs Cody, Crawford. Davis,
Dickinson. Eagan, Flannery, Gorgen, Har-
ker, Jackson, r. +. Jones, Lewis, Meyer,
O'Neil, Penhallegon, Prideaux, Thomas
Rain. Rewey Richardson, Roethe, Ryan,
A. (. Thomas. w. H. Thomas, Thompson
and Smith-24.
The amendment was declared lost.
The original motion was then adopted.
A short recess declared.
ll:00 a. m, Wednesday, March 2, 1910.
Board called to order by the Chairman.
Mr.. POETHE: If it is the wish OF this
board, the committee on auditing is ready
to take the testimony of W. A. Jones' Is
Mr. Jones willing to be examined? Are
you perfectly willing TO be examined in this
matter?
MR.. JONES: Certainly.
Q, You have no preference whether il
is a private examination, the same as we
had with the others or public2
A. No sir Mr.. Reweytakes the chair.
Mr.. ROETHE. Then we will have a
public examination.
Q. Where do you residef A. Mineral
Point.
O. Were you a member OF the trustees of
the Asylum and Homer A. Yes sir.
Q. when were you such member \.
think II was in 1900. About that time. /
filled out the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr.. Rewey, would not be sure rs TO
whether it was 1906 or not.
MIR REM Ely / think were elected
in 1908.
q. You We're not reelected at the end of
your eN pired tcrmy A. No sir.
Q. Were you an officer of the trustees! A.
No, think not.
0. You never were clerk? A. No sir
o. Were you generally present at the
monthly meetings OF the trUsteesF A.
Practically all of them, with the exception
OF once possibly twice, in the winter time
when ] could not ride over on account OF
storms.
o. DO you remember that a minute book
was Kept OF the monthly proceedings! A.
There was minute book, but think while
the members were i'm session were kept ON a
.. By whom were they generally writ
teny A, BY Mr.. Perkins.
Q. Mr.. Perkins was then superintendent
was he nott A. Yes sir.
Q. You examined the different vouchers
when they were presented to you for pay
ment did you? A. I did, yes sir.
@. Did you carefully scrutiuiIe the
vouchers to see II there We're any charges
on those invoices that could be changeahle
to the personal account OF anybody \. 1
did not discON 81 any.
o. Did you add up the footings OF the
various bills presented A. Yes sir, lhhJ
was delegated TO me Mr.. Murphy and Mr.
Billings asked me to do that and ! dont
think there was a bill presented TO the COM
mittee that didn't run up the footings
O. bid you figure the discounts on the
various bitlst A. Yes sir. Where we found
the time for taking discounts had not eN-
pirrd [ generally figured the discount
tie late and he time for taking discounts
had passed.
q Wns Ii a usual thing for firms such as
Marshall Field 4 Co, or Roundy Peck nam
Co to allow discount the succeeding otn
OF the month when you generally met, II
the bill IN question was payable In ten days
and Was probably dated the 10Th day Of the
month preceding 4. / don't recall any
mn OF that kind from Marshall Field. They
have II regular system OF discounts Two per
cont for ten days one per cent for slNty
DAYS. / don't recall any instances where
they allowed discounts 10 ht taken hlttI th'
time had expired.
a Won don't know II there was any ar
ranVcment made by he trustees with these
flrnisY A. There was none as far as tho
trustees of which was member was con-
cerned.
generally drawn A. Yes sir. They were
mostly drawn while we were there.
o. Who drew up the orders \, MI
Perkins. ns recall It. Either Mr.. Perkins
or Mr. Billings, n,-t...
wrote the ordorst A. Yes sir.
d 10 you remember when you were
trustFe who signed those orders A,
don't remember the method Of procedure,
whether II was the chairman and secretary