The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-18
COUNTY BOARD IS COOL
ON PROBATION OFFICER
Board of Supervisors Show willingness to
Argue With Judge Tully but Adjourn
Without Action Being Taken.
MAY LEAVE IT TO THE SHERIFF
Judge Reports on Annual Business of the MunicipaI
Court Showing Total Receipts of More Than
$26,OOO-Large Profit for Community.

De FULLY advised as to the need for the
continuance of the office. The board
did not name the committee and mem
bers Intimated that possibly the re-
quest Of the judge would not be grant
| ed.
Echo of Late Unpleasantness.
There were echoes of the late I'M
pleasantness cropped out during the
discussion of the matter. Judge Tully
insisted that he had not been given the
proper consideration when the board
suggested the fixing of one day for the
hearing of juvenile cases. Supervisor
Barrows, who had fathered the resoIu-
ton referred to, intimated that he be-
lieved that the court was a little
"touchy" on the matter of his author
ity being invaded. The judge said that
he knew when his toes were steuped
on and that he was just man enough to
resent someone going over his head in
matter in which he had the first au-
thority. Members of the board dis
cussed the matter with the Judge and
several of them insisted that they still
believed that the plan would have been
good plan with proper cooperation
| between the probation officer and other
county officials.
Undercurrent Against Office.
1t was evidenced by the discussion
that there was an undercurrent on the
board against continuing the office as
a county office. Supervisor Fleming
insisted that the people who had urged
the Office had asked that the board on
J " pave the way for the Office and had
said that they would take care of the
rest of it. There was strong feeling
even among some of the city members
of the board that the cost of the office
should be borne by the city rather than
by the county on account of the fact
that so great proportion of the work
was in the city. Others were of the
| opinion that the work which the coun-
ty might demand could properly be
turned over to the sheriff after he
takes his Office and that it could be
carried on in this way with a minimum
of expense.
Supervisor Roders insisted that if
"Scholey kept busy for time longer"
the county would be cleaned up so that
there would be no need of the office in
the near future.
The discussion took up more than an
hour of the time of the board but it
was barren of results and the matter
was held open to be taken up again
either this morning or later in the
session.
The question of the assistant clerk
for the municipal court was also held
open pending further consideration.
Report Splendid One.
The annual report of the municipal
court as presented by Judge Tully was
the best in the history of the court.
1t showed total receipts for the year
in excess of $4,000 and profits to the
city and county in excess of $11,500.
In the year, 1,712 cases were taken
up and disposed of where the warrants
were brought under city ordinances
and the total received in these cases
was $10274.02. This amount included
fines of $5,068.62; officers fees Of
$1,860.75; and court costs of $3,344.65.
In the county branch Of the court there
were 903 cases heard and the fines
collected amounted to $9,674; officers
fees $1,265.78; and court costs of
$2,153.59. This made a total for the
county of $13,o93.37 and with the other
operations of the court brought the
grand total of receipts up to SIG, 3I.91
as compared with s6,837O7, the receipts
Of the court in its first year.