The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-29
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
County Board Of Supervisors
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Annual Session Held November 1913
and January, 1914
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
NOVEMBER SESSION
Morning Session.
November 18th, 1913.

/ AC 0OuAby DOd1 VI A0upCAN1OO
convened in a regular session at the
Court House in the City of Kenosha
+ on Tuesday, November 18th, 1913 at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, and was called to
order by Chairman John T. Yule.
The following supervisors represent
ed their respective towns and wards
of the City Of Kenosha, as follows:
! Supervisor John Eppers from the Town
of Brighton, Supervisor w. A. Epson
from the Town of Bristol, Supervisor
John P. Spartz from the Town of Paris,
/ Supervisor Patrick Tobin from the
Town of Pleasant Prairie, Supervisor
Charles Kline of the Town Of Randall,
Supervisor A. G.. Hartnell of the Town
of Salem, Supervisor John Herzog from
the Town of Somers, Supervisor Will
lam Luke from the Town of Wheatland,
/ Supervisor l.. G. Grosvenor from the
First Ward Of the City of Kenosha, Su-
pervisor John T. Yule from the Second
Ward of the City of Kenosha, Super
visor Thos. S. Scott from the Third
Ward of the City of Kenosha, Super
visor A. j. Burg from the Fourth Ward
of the City Of Kenosha, Supervisor
Joseph Bishop from the Fifth Ward Of
the City of Kenosha, Supervisor M.
Link from the Sixth Ward of the City
of Kenosha, Supervisor Hubert B..
Schwan from the Seventh Ward Of the
City of Kenosha, Supervisor Michael
Hensgen from the Eighth Ward of the
City Of Kenosha.
The minutes of the Special Session
of April 23rd were read and approved
as read.
The following communication in re-
gard to insurance on County Buildings
and property by the State was re-
ceived and read:
j Your attention is directed to the
last paragraph Of Section 1978d (3)
an amendment to the original law pro-
viding for the insuring of county prop
erty in the State Insurance Fund. The
paragraph referred to is Of interest to
the counties now insuring their proper
H y in the fund in that it permits the
counties to insure their property for
4 five years by paying four annual pre-
miums in advance. Also the county
may insure its property for less than
the ninety per cent value if it wishes
to do SO, but ordinarily this is of lit
tie advantage as an insurance which
does not permit of the co-insurance
4 credit calls for a higher rate and the
saving in premium may be very small.
Ii your county wishes to take advan-
tage of either of the above, it may do
so by vote of the county board. The
per centum of value of the property to
be insured should be stated in the reso-
luton adopted. A certified copy of the
resolution should be sent to this office
and the provisions of the resolution
will take effect the July LIST following
the adoption of the resolution.
i Mr.. Charles E. Bennett, our Fire Pre-
vention Inspector, reports prompt and
general compliance with his recon-
mendations fol changes and improve
ments looking to reducing the chance
of fire, and I appreciate very much
i your cordial cooperation in this re-
1 spect.
i Any further information in regard
to this matter will be gladly given.
I Yours very truly,
Herman L. Ekern,
Commissioner
i Upon motion of Supervisor Luke
communication was accepted, placed on
file and Chairman Yule moved to ap-
point committee to investigate and
report on same Saturday morning.
i Motion carried.
i Chairman Yule appointed the follow
ing committee of three to act: Super
visors Luke, Kline and Bishop.
I A communication from the Tax Com
mission regarding County System of
! Accounting was received and read.
\ Supervisor Schwan moves to defer
action on this communication until
next Tuesday morning and moves
1 Chairman Yule appoint committee of
| three to confer with the Racine County
4 Board and Officials in regard to same.
Motion carried and Chairman Yule
appoints Supervisors Schwan, Luke and
\ Burg to act on said committee.
4 The following communication from
the State Highway Commission was re-
ceived, read and placed on file:
To the County Board of Kenosha
County,
4 Keuosha, Wisconsin.
, Gentlemen
The Wisconsin Highway Commission
has up to this time made free of cost
! to the various counties practically all
surveys and plans for state aid road
construction as far as the salary and
expenses Of the surveyors or engineers
!, are concerned.
i Subsection l of Section 1317m-7 pro-
I vides that the county should furnish
: such surveys and plans, but also pro-
vides that this Commission may ON re-
quest furnish them if its funds permit.
Up to this time, funds have been avail
able, but with the tremendous increase
J in construction and the demonstrated
necessity of careful supervision, it will
be impossible for the Commission to