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

port of that resoiuti n The members of this
board understood IL. They are coming to the
| conclusions As giveu BY This auditing commit
Tee. Tits slowly coming, We have looked
| ahead. We don't want 20 leave anything WI
! done. We want these books closed up now. We
| want them closed up aud want 20 know how
! they stand, | don't deuy, I aff tm that that
money is in the county treasury, but | stand
1 here, gentiemeu 70 say that that money cauudt
/ go ia the 1900 account There Is SlliS.l0 short
/ ia 1909 up To Juue 30th, aud by hts own comics
sion he saws that that Is 1900 private patient
money. He said IL twice, once before this COM
muee aud once before this board the other
/ hight. That Is the reason, gentlemen, why
object TO this money being reported aud trying
/ to cover up that deficit Ia 1909, They say YOU
lose no money, ! saw probably not, but the oulN
difference Is this. they say they don't want the
sl-So 10 put ia the shortage account That Is
/ all They want to take sl25slO of this money
/ that they haven't reported 20 balance that
money right there, Then they will come up II
/ they give Us a report, aud they will say how
/ how much money is made in sales, aud then
! 1t Ed. Perkins Is short iu the county treasury
\ he will so down in his pocket and pay IL up.
( That IS Just ". II wants To be whitewaShed
( just little bit more. They don't want the
shortage OF this last year. There Is some rea-
| sou for IT, gentlemen, this committee is Just
/ stiugy enough that they are not going 20 give
4 Il to them II they can help IL. We stand on our
/ honor. We stand ON their testimony. We
stand on their Testimony aud whatever else can
\ we stand on! When this county board asked
/ for 4 supplementary report on thai Institution
4 covering period from July lst up 10 the pres
ent date, they wanted report. gentlemen; that
I is what they want They don't want anything
/ from memory The ASYLUM is only five miles
| ont here. II they have their figures OF papers
ont their, bring them w. We are going to talk
/ this over We are not asking anything uu-
reasonable that eau see. II is only matter
I of business. Let us do business gentlemen, "a
I a busiuess-liSc way. We have seen so much OF
I 1t the other wav, haven't thing, | haven't
any anumus against any trustee but | want
everyone TO do his duty. That is all. | want
him, when he is asked To make ont report
/ 20 make nut report, and want him To give us
] what lie knows ia that report. We aren't Ep-
/ lug t0 take anything from memory, We have
4 been talking words so long we d0u't know where
we are "a. think the trustees can get the report
1 ] know they can, here wasn't ANY time meu
I toned when they should hriup In this report
contrary to the gentleman from Mineral Point.
! 1t was a mistake on his part. | cannot receive
this report ia it's present shape, ] move sou
I that the report be refcrrrd back to the commit
I tee.
Motion seconded by Mt a, f Thomas,
/ MI Dickinson excused. Mr.. Cody takes
I the chair
4 lMr. Rewev: tried to insist a few minutes
/ ago that there was no motion before the house,
! but the Chair ignored nae. | don't think that a
/ report can be referred back until that report is
received
/ lMr Smeikcr: Itwould seem 20 me that this
report does not comply with the statute. II
means that they asked for q supplementary re-
port The statute provides Just what the report
.
/ ia Sec. 604-H. Of revised statutes The report
[ of the trustees must contain itrmizcd state
I ment of an receipts and Disbursements. ] hold
! in my hand the report of the iowa County Asv-
/ um for 1000 II YOU look upon page 10 YOU will
I fud the items that 90 10 make up this SS5l4.5O.
| All that is received from private patients up TO
/ June 30th amounts 10 sl746.S7, SO that tile total
/ amount received from these ITEMS - rlih'|S
| which added TO the amount received tor patients
| up to June 30th, zoos, makes aSl4.30. That
/ amount OF money is reported in that report as
] L. -. a faH laa
I been turned over to the County Tn 1surer. The
4 total received from private patients and from
sales and turned over to the County Treasurer
1 is SSsl420. Now. II IL can be shown that that
/ was mistake and that they have not turned
4 that amount over at that time but have done so
subsequently, they ought TO have credit for II.
/ The Discrepancy arises between that report and
/ the Grcasurer's record Tor up To the time that
! their report was made to the Board only c22Iq.@
was received. As | understand it, the Board
4 would like 60 know whether OF not any part OF
4 that S3sl4.30 was not paid into the Treasury al
I the time they said they paid IL. They ought 10
[ know also whether this money which Is now re-
1 ported as having been paid into the Treasury
Z was for patients up 90 June SON, 1000, or Tor
/ patients in the following year II IL Is for the
4 board and care of patients subsequent to June
S0th, they ought to have no credit Tor It. ~ II Is
prior 20 that time, they ought 10 have credit for
Il. rake these statements So that il the trus-
4 tees and Judge jerks prepare another report
they will state definitely to this Board the items
| as the law requires, and the dates to which
the Board MAY determine whether there Is a
| shortage
/ Mr.. Eayan | handed this paper to Judge
jerks, OF handed it TO Mr., Murphy, supposing
| II was 80 get information for committee OF
| which was one, that might cause us To say
whether or not the-e was shortage They
I probably understood that this came from some
/ of the members OF the County Board a reSO-
luton. but il was not II was supply request
/ from me. 1t read; Get full explanation Of
| source from which money was received which
4 has l,epu maid into the County Treasury since
| lure 30th, 1907
Judge ieniss.l am not here TO say anything
4 in regard to the system Of bookkeeping that
this Board shall have. am not here Co say
whether you shall Ceusure your trustees as 20
1 the met hods by which they have kept the books,
/ Mr. Perkins nor the trustees are none of them
/ bOok-kecpcrs. To be poor bookkecper Is one
| thing, and 90 be short Sl23SlO IN your accounts
I j. quite different thing. The question q, IS
that SOY That Is the vital thing that this Board
/ wants to determine Are Ties" trustees stealing
/ SIPS of the Couuty's money Of upf Now,
! gentlemen Of the jury we have proof here that
that II 23s.l0 was paid over to he County Treas
/ urcr Ii was paid between the 3uth of June and
4 the meeting 81 the County Board. ] have given
/ YOU the amounts aud IL any of you took -uiii-
cient interest TO write II down, You will see That
. The amount that they paid, for which they sur
rendered vouchers al the time OF the meeting Of
the County Board is r35l4a@ My friend Roethe
/ has got his mind into a mental fog by trying 20
make believe that they are trying TO take mat
( S123s 10 ont of the ~2l32S7 that they said they
/ had received that is not due yet. They hold
I these vouchers in their pockets. That Is no
part of the s2232s7. Mr. Sucker says that III
/ this comes for the support q patients for 1909
/ they ought TO be- credited with sl23sl0. You
/ will sec N YOU iii right down here thdl the pay
mcnt for private patients are for the support
I from June 10Th, 1908 20 June 80. 1909 and would
ordinarily be Included i'm their report of 1910.
/ You ask why D., there that delay u reporting
! those things These amounts are received FOR
/ the support Of private patients or for people an
4 the poor house. You an understand it rs not a
4 pleasant thing 70 support somebody else, II
| autiy Very frequently II comes from an estate
4 and claim has 70 be filed he my Court and
/ there Is necessarily considerable delay, 50 that
| YOU cannot close the books ans early. This
/ amount was not earned until June 3Oih last year
| aud then 10 goes Ia aud Is accounted Tor later.
| Every dollar thar has been received has been
/ accounted for. aud II any OF you wish 10 take
your pencils you will find that s3sl4-3O was paid
! in on the account. They have the receipts from
! the County Treasurer. Since June $th they
/ have maid Into the Treasury f21ll 30. Mr.. Roe
| the thought we were trying to take this @l23al0
ont " there There ia something Ia this SO far
as the reputation Of the tru-t 'es Is concerned.
/ You cannot get mixed up mat way. don I
! believe that Mr. Roethe b. sincere In that. II he
| mad listened he would have seen into II. This
/ little paper WAS brought TO rs, saying that the
/ County Board wanted not a supplementary re-
| port but asked for information, aud we under
/ took "a give Il 20 them. II you want At the
| present time a statement of the disbursements
| OF the Asylum from July ist 10 this ume, we
have book that will give IL item By item. That
| book shows the records from month to month
| and every dollar that has been paid out since
that with the exception Of the last months pro
| ceedlugs which have not been entered there be-
| cause the books were brought here for some
purpose. But with the exception OF this last