Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-01-25

To the. Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Iowa County.
Gentlemen: Your committee appointed
by Chairman Eagan respectfully report
that on June 9Th We visited the Asylum
and Home. We must commend the man.
agement especially on their new water
works system both as to economy of in
stallaton and efficiency in operation.
We need NOT add anything to former
reports as to conditions as everywhere
they indicated going forward and not
back.
JOHN f. P ROACH.
F. W. STRATMAN.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Iowa County:
We. the undersigned, visited the Iowa
County Asylum and poor farm on the
18th day of August, 1915, and wish to
state that we found the general condi-
ton of the patients TO be good and the
institutions conducted in a careful and
INV W. s. EGAN.
Supv. Highland Village
THOS. =. WALL,
Supv. Highland Town.
Mineral Point. S-26-1916.
To HE Honorable Board Of Supervisors,
Iowa County
Gentlemen: Pursuant 10 aonojntncut
Fly Chairman J. Il. Eag9n of the County
Board we. the undersigned. visited the
day Of AUGUST 1916. We made Il care
full inspection OF the buildings. farm and
the stock and we found everything in
gOCd order
Tie inmates Of both places seemed
we'll cared for and vey contented and
we certainly commend superintendent
and Mrs. Parkinson for their good work
in this matter.
The water works system installed last
year was a great Improvement over the
old one and will give good protection in
case of fire.
JOSEPH ]. FIEDLER.
w HORN
To the Honorable Chairman and Mem
hers of the County Board
Gentlemen: Your committee who Wis
tied the Iowa County Asylum and Home
on July 26th, beg leave to report
! We made a very thorough inspection
of all buildings and physical belongings
of the County We examined in detail
the different wards in both Asylum and
Home. We were shown the books and
accounts of our County Institutions, and
noted with satisfaction the excellent and
systematic manner in which our inter-
! eStS are being managed.
In visiting the different wards we found
some patients suffering from tubercular
affection and upon inquiry, we learned
there was no provision for the separate
care of these more unfortunate people,
and they were being housed and treated
in the same buildings with healthy pa
tients. Your committee would earnestly
recommend that a special committee be
appointed by the Chairman. to look into
/ the ACCESSIBILITY of providing some suit
able building in which to properly care
for these wards of the County, and there
/ by safeguard the health of the others to
get an approximate cost of such a build
! ing. and any and all information pos
sble: and submit same to the members
| of the County Board at its next annual
| session.
Respectfully submitted,
WILL KISIINGBURY,
w. ]. PENHALLEGON,
Committee.
supervisor Fielder moved that the
District Attorney be ordered to in
vestigate the charges against Iowa
County for care of the insane by
state, and if legal, to proceed to COL
lect this amount from the estates
of those able to pay.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Eagan moved to ad-
journ subject to call of the Chair.
Motion carried.
7:3OP. M.
Chairman Eagan called the Board
to order.
Supervisor Horn offered the follow
ing resolution:
Dodgeville. Nov &c, 1916.
TO the County Board.
Gentlemen: Resolved that the County
Clerk and County Treasurer be hereby
authorized ana empowered " Dol ioW
such sums of money in case the same is
! needed between this session of the Coun-
ty Board and the next annual session
/ to pay all sums due.
| J. w. HORN.
On motion of Supervisor Fielder
| this resolution was adopted.
The report of the Committee on
County superintendent of Schools
Accounts was read.
TO the Honorable Board of Supervisors
! Iowa County.
! We, the Committee to whom was re-
ferred the work of the County Superln-
tendent Of Schools, beg leave to report
as follows:
! We listened to the report of the Coun-
! ty superintendent on the forenoon OF
5 November nth. 1916. and we wish to
! commend the County Superintendent
unon the able and compcte report made:
We wish to commend the fair EXHIBITS OF
school work ana agricultural products
! made AT the 1916 Fairs as showing au
vancement and growth in the right d.
rection We commend the able manner
i'm which the schools of the county are
conducted and also the method OF al