The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-07-13
$4,000 A YEAR FOR CITY
County Also Finds Big Increase in
Amount of Tines and Fees Collected
and Both City and County Will
Profit Largely by the Court.

Business at the Municipal Court is
booming along just like all other bust
ness in Kenosha and the growth of the
city is being reflected in the fees earn
ed and the fines collected for the city
and county in this court. At the rate
Of growth that is shown in the report
of John Il. Wattles, clerk of the court,
which covers the last three months,
and which has just been filed with the
city and country treasurers, the court
will be big earning factor for both
the city and county during the pres
eEt year. 1t has for years been earn
ing large sums for the city, but the
county treasurer will find this year
that his receipts from the Municipal
Court will be considerably in excess Of
the amount it costs the county to main
tain it. The report for the last quarter
shows a total collected in the court of
$4,63O.77 as compared with $2,985.81
In the same quarter of 1915. The
amounts paid to both the city and the
county are largely increased over the
former year and the amount paid to
the city is almost double the amount
turned over in 1915 for the same
quarter. The city treasurer has a
check for $2,627.45, the largest amount
ever received by the city from the
court for one single quarter and with
this ratio continued during the year
the court would pay to the city close
to eleven thousand dollars in profits.
In the same quarter in 1915 the city
received $1,386.10 Tt will be noticed
that this is a gain of pretty close to
hundred per cent.
The receipts for the same quarter for
the county this year was $2,003.77. as
compared with 3d. n in 1915. This
Is the first time that the county re-
ceipts from the court has passed the
$4,000 mark, in any quarter. All rec
ords for the number of fees have been
broken in the various banches of the
court during the last three months. not
Withstanding the fact that the coming
of the summer months have usually
shown big reduction in the amount of
work done in the court With strict
enforcement of the speeding ordi-
nance in the county it is certain that
the fees and fines paid over to the
county at the end of the present quart
er will be even greater than those Just
turned over to the treasurer Of the
county. It is hardly possible that the
amount to be paid to the city will be
greater during the next three months.
This report indicates that the claim
Of the Police and Fire Commission that
the earnings of the Municipal Court
will pay for 100000 police station in
Kenosha in five years, is pretty certain
to prove true. With the city growing
it seems certain that in less than five
years the return to the city from the
Municipal Court will be in excess of
$4,000 year. This would make it
easy to pay for the new police station
and all interests on funds borrowed
for it in the time stipulated by the
committee. 1t is thought that at an
early meeting of the council the alder
men will pass a resolution providing
that all fees returned from the MUM
cipal Court be placed in a sinking fund
to pay for the new station.
There is no court in the state of
Wisconsin showing a higher earning
capacity than the Municipal Court Of
Kenosha county. It is also rated as the
best court Of the kind in the state.
DEAD AT ARCoLA, I'LL.