The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-30
Gives Up Work at Head Of
County's Tax Bureau
After Long Service.
TO NAME SUCCESSOR
Joseph E. Dalton viii Give All
His Time to Business at Sill
verlake After First of Year.

Joseph E. Dalton, for the past thi1-
teen years at the head of the taxation
system of Kenosha county and one Of
the best known experts on taxation in
Wisconsin, has resigned his office as
assessor of incomes for Kenosha coun-
ty and he will sever his relations with
the office with the close of the year.
While official announcement has not
as yet been made by the state tax COM
mission of the retirment of Assessor
of Incomes Dalton, he announced to-
day that he was beginning his last
week in the Office and that when he
turned the key in the Office door next
Saturday, he would call it term and
quit.
81 am going to go back to Silverlake
and give all of my time to my store
business there" said Mr.. Dalton this
morning. 81 presented my resignation
to the state tax commission on De-
cember 9Th, but no announcement was
made of it, as we had been trying to
have matters arranged for the office.
I wanted to get away at that time but
the members of the commission asked
me to remain until the first of the
year and it was arranged to have the
resignation effective at that time"
Says Business Needs Him.
81 regret to give up the work and
I have found it most pleasant" con
tinued Mr.. Dalton, "but my business
needs me ard after thirteen years Of
this work for the county | feel that
have served my full term and that ]
am not subject to criticism if I qui.
now and return to active work in thu
store at home. The business there
has developed greatly and it needs nv
close attention. l am much interested
in this work and my interest in it will
continue and | hope that the county
will get someone for the office who
will be able to carry forward the worl-
with a view of making the burden o
the taxes fair to all the people of the
county. l have had thirteen verv
pleasant years of hard work and am
going to carry with me back to the
store at Silverlake a lot of interesting
memories of this work and the people
have mot in it. have a great appre-
citation of the courteous treatment ev-
eryone has given me and this had
made the work easier and more pleas
ant
In point of years Of service, Mr.
Dalton is the oldest Of the officials OF
the county. He first came to Kenosha
and to the work Of regulating the tax
es in 1903 when he was named by tho
| county board as supervisor of assess
ments. He held this position for four
years and his work was done in such
manner that it attracted the atten-
tion of the state tax commission and
/ he was one of the first men named for
the office of assessor of incomes under
| the new law. Assessor of Incomes
Dalton has had much to do with the
| supervision of assessments in the civ
and county. He has been an ardent
| supporter of full value assessments
and his work has done much to brin~
| Kenosha county up to one Of the best
assessed counties in the state.
Commission to Name Successor.
The successor of Mr.. Dalton will be
! named by the state tax commission
probably sometime after the first o.
the year. Before an appointment is
made. the law provides that civil
service examination be held and the
position is one under the state civil
service commission. County officials
have nothing TO do with the making of
the appointment and it is made on the
merit shown in the examinations.
Several men have been mentioned in
connection with the Office but the state
tax commission has not as yet made
provision for the special examination
It is not expected that an appointment
will be made to some person from an
other county.