The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-25
COUNTY FINES
STAY AT HOME
District Attorney Instruct
ed to Draw Ordinance
to Cover Offense.
COUNTY GAINS BIG SUM
County Board Adjourns to Jan.
18th at Close of Session on
Tuesday Afternoon.

II kenosha county men pay fines for
speeding, if they are fined for run
ming too fast past school house or for
violating any of the rules of the road,
the members Of the Kenosha County
Board want to keep the money in Ke-
nosha county and at the concluding
meeting of the board for the Novem-
Der session held on Tuesday afternoon
the district attorney was instructed to
lay before the board at the January
session a new ordinance covering the
punishment of people who may violate
road rules, The county has been los
ing lot of money on account of the
fact that prosecutions of this nature
have been brought under the state law,
because the county ordinance conflict
ed with the state law. The county or
dinance was drawn when the speed
limit for automobiles using the
country roads was twenty five miles
an hour and with the limited advanced
to thirty miles under the state law it
was impossible for prosecutions to be
brought under the, ordinance.
10 Bring ordinance to Date.
Between now and the January ses-
sion of the board, which is set for
January 18th, Attorney Fisher will
make q complete redraft Of the ordi-
nance and every phase of the road laws
will be included ia the new ordinance.
It will after that time be a violation
of the county ordinance as well as
the state law, to run at rate of
more than 80 miles an hour; to operate
an automobile more than eight miles
an hour while passing school house;
to operate an automobile on the wrong
side of the road, or to not keep the
head and tail lights burning. All Of
these things will be offenses against
the county ordinances and the fines
collected for violations of them will be
paid int othe county treasury.
The report of the municipal court
shows that something in excess of
two thousand dollars was collected for
fines in such cases during the past year.
This would be nearly enough to pay
the county's cost of road protection.
N1Gke ANNUAL lax Levy
The final session of the County
Board on Tuesday afternoon did not
bring great deal of interesting bust
ness. The finance committee made it's
report and the taxes were levied in
keeping with the amounts announced
in the Evening News on Tuesday even
ing. The county clerk and his aids
were busy today apportioning the tax
budget and sending the apportionment
to the various clerks Of the city and
the towns.
At the concluding session of the
board the bonds of officials which
have not been formally passed on by
the board, were referred to the com
mittee on official bonds with the I'M
derstanding that it will have the power
to act on them. Many Of the officials
have given surety bonds to the county
this year.
The Kenosha Evening News was
named as the official paper of the
county for the coming year.
The board settled the question of
probation officer so far as the county
is concerned by making an appropria-
ton of $500 to the new sheriff with
the understanding that he is to pro-
vide for such work as may be neces-
sary to take care of wards of the
county. The board left little work un-
finished and the January session will
open with practically clean sheet.
While the board has transacted much
important business, the November
session has been one of the shortest
on record.