Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04
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pori2 A. No Sir, think not.
O. Don't gu think II would have been prop
cr 10 charge 1t up in your account A. 40"
O. when you had meeting where the quess-
tion Of building chapel was brought up VIII
vou pieasc state to this committee WHO brought
~ ti,.t matter? A. No sir / was not there
and they brought IL up at the next meeting ana
| opposed il, but the other two were IN favor
and they built IL.
O. Understand. then. that the other two
pcnibers Of the building committee were pres
ent at that neetingl A. Yes sir.
o. Did they 90 on with the work on that
chapel before you were present at the next
% Have YOU any recollection what that
chapel cost A don't think anybody knows;
@ Was that chapel included IN the Original
plaus aud specifications A. Yes sir
Were you trustee when you asked for
o. Was The matter brought up In that meet
ing when yoe were considering the plans re-
pardiug this chapel A. No sir.
o. Didn't yoa have a meeting when W a,
Jones was trustee and made minute OF u
asking Mr. Parks to present plans TO see how
much such addition would cost q. y es SIR
Q. Did he present such a planf A. Yes sir
q. Was this chapel Incorporated IN thdt
pIan al that timer A. No sir
q. Did you have 10 pay him Tor TINS plan
that he drew A. think not
o. what did you pay the architect Tor MS
"dns tBat S9q q. naly accepted a.. toIgst
the building as made b. the original planst A..
! think Il was $4,000. think that was Chand-
o. Wasn't IL fact that the County Board ap-
prOpriated $4,000 A. Yes sir.
O. That was done first two years before
when Mr.. Jones was onf They estimated II a.
O They mad then some plans in view when
the trustees recommended some additions A..
! think So
o. Have they purchased any furniture for
this new addition A. Yes sir
Q. Has It been paid fort A. Yes sir
O. Out Of what fund.- A. | don't know.
out Of the building fund, wasn't ~
Q. Was there enough left Ia the building
fund.- A. think not.
O. You think the furnishings have been paid
ont of that 5000; A. ! don't know.
Q. In scanning these invoices, such as Mar
shall Field, Pitkin 81 Brooks, we notice some
items that We are not very clear on. DO | uu-
dcrstaad YOU 20 say that you go into the matter
of auditing these bills carefully when presented
10 your Do you ever question the supcru-
teudent what these items are for. A. No sir.
q. Did Mr.. Perkins ever say anything to
you relative to buying supplies for camerasf
Did you know that Mr.. Perkins was In posses
sion OF camera, or has lie used II Tor any pur-
pose connected with the asylum A. No sir,
But there Is q man there, one of the inmates
who has a camera.
O. DO you think he would bee justi6ediu get.
ting him camera supplies TO the amount OF so
or $50. A. No sir.
o. In one bill we noticed q total Of s269s for
camera supplies. A. When was thaR A. In
1FiH.
O. Did Mr.. Perkins sometimes pay you
money for y"nr pcrdiemand mileagef a Yes
sir.
O. Then he took the ordcrsY \. Yes sir.
o. DO you ever remember about March, zoos
when Mr.. Sppusicy WIs trustee of his receiving
an order FOR s24.2o for extra compensation; A.
Yes sir.
o. You said that Mr.. Perkins wrote the min
utcs2 A. Yes sir.
o. Did he copy the minutes in the Journal
at The time of the monthly meetings himself
while yOu were there2 A. No, but he did IL
before we came again, and read a., but once ia
a while il is neglected, but b. IS generally read
every mouth.
O. Then he kept the minutes always at the
MONTH, mecuugs1 A. Yes sir.
Q. Why should YOU select secretary Did
the secretary receive extra compensation for
this work. A. Yes sir.
o. Who gets the compensation A. Geuer-
ally Perkins gets il, but tall the time.
Q. At the beginning Of the year would you
usually organize to choose a president, secre.
tary aud treasurer Did It ever occur to you
that the duties of the treasurer would naturally
DO To look after the fluids of the county. What
was the object OF putting the several trustees
under bond and allowing Mr.. Perkins 20 20
ahead without bonds when he was given the
sole custody otthc county funds. A. / sup
pose the trustees would b. responsible,
o. But You had faith in Mr. Perkins, A.
Yes sir.
Q, Have you ever checked over these invoic-
cs here aud added them mp and satisfied your.
self that they were correct as 20 the amount of
discount taken, aud details of that kind. A.
Yes sir.
Q, Have you ever figured the DISCOUNTS A.
Yes sir
O. How much would you usually allow for
exchange iu payment OF these bills2 A. The
exchange, | think, Is ten or fifteen cents.
o. These bills are usually paid immediately
after their being rendered to yuu3 A. | sup
O. Did you ovcrscau those bills catefully to
see II possibly some purchases for personal
use might nave been included la these bllsI A.
No sir. Never knew any outside of cigars and
he always took those out.
The deposition of Mr.. Billings was read
by the county clerk.
Deposition of j. II. Billings, taken before
the special auditing committee appointed by
the County Board Of Iowa county to inves-
tigate the affairs and conditions OF the Iowa
county asylum and poor home, in the Ii
brary room Of the county court house, at
DodgeyilIe Wisconsin, Friday afternoon,
February IL, 1910
Deposition of ]. II. Billings.
o. Where do you reside A. Cobb, wiscou-
@. How long were you member Of the
trustees A. -Four years, / was one of the
SaperiuteudeutS OF the poor years ago but this
rs the FIRST tine member Of the trustees of the
Asylum.
o. Arc you an officer ofthc trustees a. Yes
Q. What is your offee2 A. Chairman al
the present time.
o. Did you hold another office A. was
clerk.
Q That was three years agos A. would
not say positively.
@. A. clerk you kept record of the meet
ings, did YOU uotF A. Yes, partially.
q. What do you mean by partially A. We
would have slip of paper aud put down differ
tut notes OF minutes of tile meeting
Q. You as clerN A. Yes. Sometimes and
sumctI mes / did not.
o. Who put them down when you did not
A, Perkins put them down.
., When YOU did not pat them down Nit
Perkins put them down tatcr3 A. No, at the
sometimes he would not.
Q. Were you one OF the two trustees to sign
ordersf A. Yes.
Q. Did you draw out the orders as clerk? A
No, not always. Most OF the time Ed. drew
them ont whtle We were examining bills.
q. Would hc draw them ont before they wer,
allowed A, No sir.
Q. After sou sigued these orders what be
came Of themy A. Some Of them were taken
az the time aud some of them Ed brought yei
to the county treasurer aud paid them
., Suppose he had order for Marshall
Field or Round Pectham s. Co, what dis
position did he make of these ordersg A. he
draft aud the order was left with the treasurer
O. What was the form OF that ordcrt Did Il
say Marshall Field or order OF Marshall Field
or bearer A. Now, l can't swear 90 that
whether Il was order or bearer,
q. Did you change the form of the orders In
the last six months3 A. / do not think SO.
q. Did you get any new orders in the last six
munthsF A, / think we have.
Q. When the superintendent brought these
orders 10 the county treasurer did he sign those