Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-08-05
10 the County Commissioners,
Marshall County:

Marshall County:
Gentlemen:
During your annual meeting for
the current year, personal appeals
were made and petitions laid before
I you requesting you to levy tax, not
to exceed one mill, for the purpose of
acquiring a site and constructing
Sanatorium within the limits of Mar
shall County, as you are empowered
to do by Chap. 500, General Laws Of
Minnesota for 1918; said sanatorium
to be used for the care and treat
ment of persons who may be i'll with
any form of tuberculosis or con-
sumption.
BY vote of three to two you de-
clined to make the above tax levy at
that time. During the past year
each one of you, individually, has de-
clared himself to be in favor of
building sanatorium for the above
purpose but with certain conditions
insisted upon by one or more mem
bers of the board, which are as fol-
lows:
1st. That other counties adjacent
to Marshall will associate themselves
with US in building, maintaining and
managing said sanatorium..
End. That it be located in one par
ticular township in Marshall County.
3rd. That the Commissioners ap-
pointed to act for Marshall County
or the group of counties, shall be
free to select the site, design and
construct the buildings, appoint the
superintendent and have in all ways
exclusive management Of the institu-
ton, without any supervision what
ever by the State Board of Control
or the State Advisory Commission.
4th. That in case State aid can
not be secured without State super
vision, as provided for in Chap. 500,
Laws of 1913, then Marshall County
should build said sanatorium without
such aid and thus be free to manage
the same unhampered by State sup
ervision.
Having had frequent conversations
with each member Of your honorable
board, during the pas; fifteen
months, regarding the building of a
County SaAatorium, ! hav, failed to
hear one of you make objection on
the ground of expense or that uch
an institution is unnecessary. if.
Regarding the four conditions
cited above, permit me to answer the
same in detail, so far as the tine and
space will warrant.
Condition No. /.
That we await the CO operation Of
adjacent counties. In june 1918, a
committee was appointed to inter-
view the county commissioners Of
Kittson, Roseau and Pennington
Counties, and endeavor to have one
or all of them join wion Marshall il
atorium. This committee, or one OF
more members thereof, did in June
1918, attend meeting of the county
commissioners, in each of the above
named counties and did solicit them
to join with us in the above under
taking. To my best knowledge, not
one of them has officially notified
YOU of their willingness to accept
our proposal or to attend a joint
meeting to discuss the proposition
Then why should we delay, when
Marshall County is large enough and
financially able to maintain this in
stitution alone!
Condition No. 2.
This can best be answered by quot
ing from the law: "Said county sana-
torium commission" (Which you ar.
authorized to appoint) "shall have
full charge and control of the loca-
ton. establishing and maintenance of
anv sanatorium building, but no site
shall be secured and no buildings
erected without the approval and
consent of the (State) Advisory
Commission.
AS you have the appointment OF
the county sanatorium commission
and there are many excellent loca-
tions in Marshall County for this in
stitution; why demand that the loca-
tion be fixed in advance?