The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-11-24
County Board Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Rock
County Board of Supervisors completed
the work of the session and adjourned
Friday afternoon after fixing the date
of the January session at Jan. 9th.
Tuesday was devoted to preliminary
reports, that of the trustees of the
county asylum and poor house being
read by G. E. Langworthy. The banks
of the county funds upon their bid of
81 per cent interest on daily balances.
l.. M. Nelson of the Soldiers Relief
committee reported that $780, 81 had
been disbursed to needy dependents
during the year. The office of county
abstractor was created by resolution of
the board and F. P. Smiley was elected
abstractor for his unexpired term as
register of deeds.
Wednesday the board took dinner at
the coun4y asylum and Thursday with
Sheriff Ransom at the Jail.
Frank z. Starr, supervisor of assess
ment, gave his annual report and rec
commended a change in the selection of
assessors: "Seven years of service as
supervisor of assessment has fully con-
vinced me that in order to remedy the
existing diSproportion of assessment of
property that the local assessors should
be appointed by the tax commission.
The reasons given for this were as
follows: First, the tax commission is
non-political body. Second, because
of their experience and keen sense of
justice they would be better qualified
than anyone else to select men who are
especially fitted for the work.
81 am also convinced that the assess
ment of property at some certain per
cent of it's true value rather than the
statutory rule OF true value, is a dis
NAL failure. The quicker we reject the
antiQuated system in Rock county, the
sooner we will eliminate the inequali-
ties that exist and establish q system
based on common sense and JUSTICE"
Mr.. Starr stated that he had found
that his findings of the true value Of
real estate in Rock county tailed with
the tables compiled by 7. A. Policy,
tax commissioner for the st. Paul road
Mr.. Starts estimate of the true val
lie of property for 1911 is as follows:
True value of real estate $50, 1888, 725
True value personal property Is, 1875, 804
Total value of all property rs, 400, 529
S. S. Jones Of Clinton was elected
county road commissioner at a salary
of 81 900. The salaries of each of the
deputies in the office of register of
deeds were raised $40 per month. The
county tax levy embodied in the report
of the finance committee recommended
that there be raised $40, 225. 70 for
county purposes. Of this amount Ed |
gerton contributes So, 06863; Evans
vile, 81, 1903. ST; Beloit, $40, 603 05;
GAINESVILLE, SO, 696.85.
A resolution making an appeal for
the relief of the tornado sufferers was
adopted as follows:
Whereas calamity did on the 18th
day Of this November visit portion of
Rock county, inflicting a sad loss of |
life and an appalling destruction of |
property and homes upon a number of |
our fellow citizens, leaving many In |
direst distress, and whereas there new |
er was greater occasion for generous |
assistance from those who are able to |
offer help, now therefore we, the mem |
bers of the Rock county board, earn |
estly appeal to all citizens of Rock |
county to contribute generously and |
to the assistance of our /
fellow citizens so sorely in need of as
sistance
Several matters were brought before |
the board which did not receive final |
settlement and which were placed over |
until the January meeting. Among |
them was the allowance of the bill |
charged against the county for the en-
ployment of blood hounds in the search |
for the Korbin girl. The matter of the |
stone pile at the county jail did not |
come before the attention of the board. |