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

gotten all about the S50and ifthey reminded
you OF that balance OF SO you would send
them draft for >5os A, Yes sir That was
never deducted.
@ What price have you heen In the habit
OF paying for clothing for the innatcss A
pay different prices, All the way from y
Q. How far up3 A. Twelve, thrice
aud as high as fifteen.
Q. Are there patients who haze clothes
| furnished by their triendsE A. Yes, and }
keep an account ana they nay for hvic
9. Are they I'm the habit OF paying Gty
wholesale for a suit for an inmateE 4. Yes
sir.
Q. You have a record OF these several ar
ticles being charged mp to the guardians A
| Yes sir. charged them mp to the patients
! from various institutions, every item. A,
the end Of the fiscal year this Is figured up
ard added TO the bill To tile state.
Q. Have you always purchased these sup
plies Tor patients, or have you been Ia the
| habit OF making REQUESTS on the leoplc re-
sponsibr. Tor these patients! A. / have
furnished the clothing and turned the bill,
In against he state for them.
=. Does the state ever make complaint
upon your charging up So Wholesale a,
No sir. our clothing bills from The state
run all the WA from five toas high as thirty
for some atientS,
A. similar institutions in some states al
low SIS year, which is supposed to he the
approximate cost. There are lots OF insti-
buttons that never used to kt ep an account,
but IN II patients were charged UP with
Sl3 for clothing,
@ What would be the average say for
such patients rs would hg charged mp 60 our
county What would be the ave rage
amount annually A. We never charge TO
our own patients
Q. They run from five to aS high as thirty
dollars A. The iull amount annually
cha gad up to The Sc ratients. As high as
from five to thirty dollars per year would
be- charged upagaiast their guardians.
Q. Would that include all their suppiesf
A. Yes sir.
o DO Won render a statement then To the
state every y,ur for the amount OF the
clothing? A. Yes sir, every year.
q. Is il figured extra over - per week for
main teuaucCf A Yes sir.
Q. Does that come Incorporated I'm your
report TO he county board here! A, Yes
sir. You can usually tel. one year we
jumped the patients. 1905 There is a lot
OF this money we cannot secure until after
the time OF making up the report, We
skipped one year 1905 The money FOR 1905
Is In 1909. The mouey for 1893 has already
been collected to June 30 and is credited In
the County trvasurer's office already
Q. Did YOU make any collections in zoos from
private patientsl A, The money was in the
County Treasurer's Office but we did not report
O. Were there any moneys paid in during
l9dSt A. We have claim in the Judges Of
nee for $500 that is included in that, but we
haven't got it, When that estate is settled the
county will get il.
O.. Did YOU collect any moneys during that
year, A. Yes, what was collected was turned
in. II was in the county treasurer's Office.
Q. Have YOU any idea how much was collect
ed that YEAR, A. No sir
9. Every year you report as having received
from private patients so much. Why don't you
report received SO much aud due 50 muchy A.
Because of the end of the fiscal year carried
.. Why did you carry over the whole amount
that year: A. We just gave the amount due.
II was in the County treasuTer's Office, part of
the money at that time when this report vac
made ont
n Unu. ,tts az ti,i amount t,r. ,y,,,td ,s,,,,
consider collectable? A. tits all colectahle.
q. This estate down lere of Rose LawreY's
for $500? A. Yes.
.. Has it been customary for these people 20
pay up pretty regularly or have you had any
trouble in collecting A. Yes, | have carried
some for years aud put in the amount TO bal
auce up my book.
Q. There was reported last year OF seventeen
hundred and some odd dollars secured from
private patients. That would include zoos as
well as 1902 A. Where 1909 would come IN aur
report.
Q. What you will report next season would
be for 1909? A. Yes, up to June 30, 1909.
o. From June 30, 1000 90 June 80. 1910, would
be for next Year, A. This report is up TO June
30. 1908. Our report next year will DE for Jane
80, 1909. That money is All collected aud turn
ed into the county treasurcr's Office, except the
and Joseph B.
Q. That money that YOU say is in the county
treasurer's Office for 1900. that Won have put in
since the Board meeting, that hasn't got any
thing TO do with the report OF 1909. II is going
to be 1919 busiuessy
A. Yes, ia the report Of 1910 but the bills
shows paid mp to June S0th, 1909 have done il
| have advanced my own money.
9 You say you have done ~ a. did
that. ! had confidence in the parties and used
my own money to do it,
Q. ] do not understand yet why you are
twelve months IN arrears, or these people are
twelve months IN arrears. A. They are not in
Q. Wei you are in arrears in reporting the
business. A. Last year? No, That amount
there as reported in that book is correct. Didn't
l tell YOU that there is a difference OF three or
four hundred dollars down at the county treas
urer's Office due from Rose Lawrey's estate.
The bill is made out and rendered and Judge
jerks has granted il.
0. On what years report is that one party
that you refer TO in? A. The bill was turned
in there last winter don't know how il was
in there. | have reported il in some of the re-
ports as due from DR.. Pearce Tor Rosa Lawrey
He was the guardian, and it was put in as due
from Dr. Pearce. But the claim is in against
the estate here in Judge jerks office. That is
due the county and il will be forthcoming some
day.
Q. Seems To me il would be very proper for
the trustees or the superintendent to see that the
bills are charged up or put in the proper shape
to get the money, but not TO report them until
You actually receive them. A. Better not re-
port that until the amount due the county is
Q. I understand then, Mr.. Perkins, that in
making out your annual report that you sub
nitted TO the County Board, that in making
them out up to the last year, they would be made
out to June 80, 1908 it would be to June 30,
1907! When do these people usually pay these
amountsy Wouldn't it be reasonable that they
would pay mp yearly so these obligations would
he discharged up to the end of the fiscal year?
A. No sir, the bills are not presented.
Q. Don't you think it would be much better
plan to present these bills and have this matter
all cleared up at the end of the fiscal Year, A.
No. You cannot present bill FOR their support
for a month in adva &c or for two months prior
TO June 30th. You can't render bill before the
money is due. II You can, ! would like to know
how. | am willing TO be instructed.
@, This committee Is led TO believe that In the
matter of personal items such as shoes and
as you have stated, that you do 20
high as $3.50 for suitsy a. Yes, As high As SIS.
Q. What amount do you pay for shoesy A.
All the way from 80 to $3.50 or SITS aud as
high as 800.
q. DO you bny great quantity OF thosey A.
a bout two or three dozen sometimes.
.. Two or three dozen as high S2s0y A.
Don't always buy two or three dozen. We have
some special shoes. We have men aud women.
II is pretty hard matter TO fit every man that
comes in. II is pretty hard matter to keep
reasonable stock and get shoes to flt.
Q. ! can't conceive how You can pay $3.50 or
- IS for shoes and $3.50 or SlS.0o Tor clothes,
where the inmates would derive any greater
benefit than If You paid $50 for a suit! a. II
YOU have patient in their drawing ~ d mouth
and his guardian was satisfied for him TO b.
clothed that way. wouldn't that be all light!
q. / don't think il would. A. The guardian
pays for il aud they want 1t done.
O. Do YOU bus four dollar cOrsets at whole
sale for any of those patients out theref A. No
sir never did.
o. Did YOU ever buy pair of cOrsets at -4opf
A. / don't remember.
o. You don't remember $40 corsets for your
personal usey 4. 1 have for my present wife.
II that isn't scratched of 1t Is an oversight on