The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-11-25
Drumm, Elmer, strouf, Sullivan, and

Wilsman.
The board voted to have Manitowoc
county come under the county nurse
law and appropriated $4,000 for salary
and expense The nurse will be a
member of the County Health commit
tee together with the judge of Juvenile
court, the deputy state health officers
of the county, the chairman of the
county board and the county superin-
tendent of schools.
The Mothers Pension law, the pro-
visions of which have not been oh
served in Manitowoc county or Por-
tage county will be carried into effect
in this county hereafter, the board
adopting resolution recommending
that $4,000 be appropriated to carry
out the provisions of the act. The
money is to be used for the care of
dependent children whose parents are
unable to provide for them or where
through death or otherwise, children
were denied the proper care and
nourishment. The law provides com
pensation of S15 month for each old
est child in dependent families and so
a month for each younger child, but
no more than $40 a month for any
one family.
The salary of the highway commits
sioner was fixed at S2,l00 year,
same as last year.
A resolution was passed authorizing
Chairman Friedrich to attend the meet
ing of county board Chairmen at Madi-
son in January at the county's eX-
pense.
The board adjourned until , o'clock
Monday afternoon.
The board met Monday afternoon.
Several committee reports we're read,
and adopted
The following resolution was read
and adopted:
Resolved that the sum of 100000 is
hereby appropriated to be added to
the fund already appropriated for the
purpose of erecting and equipping of
County Teachers Training school
building, for Manitowoc county, and
be it further
Resolved, that tax levy to cover
this appropriation be included in the
1920 tax levy.
Adjournment was then taken until
10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The board Tuesday rescinded its ac-
ton on Monday with reference to the
Mothers Pension law in which it ap-
propriated the sum of $1,000 to pay
county orders of the county judge un-
der the pension act and the appropra-
tion by the action of the board is with
held under the resolution, but the ac-
tion is nullifed by the provision of the
law itself which requires that such or
ders be paid. SO whether the board
appropriateS or not, the orders will be
issued in the discretion of the judge
and will be paid out of The general
fund. The motion to adopt the reso-
lution as again brought it, in its origi-
nal form by the judiciary committee
after it had been referred back, was
lost, II to I6.
The board found that it could not
procure suitable agricultural agent
for the salary of $4,000 as voted at the
spring session and q resolution was in
troduced adding the sum of 1000 to
such salary. The resolution was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
Because the duties of his Office do
not require a clerk all the time County
Judge Chloupck recommended a salary
reduction to 800 year for clerk
hire to be paid out for services at such
irregular times as clerk hire is neces-
sary. The former salary was fixed at
S720. The reduction was made. Fol
lowing this another resolution increas-
ing the salary of the judge of the iuv-
emile court, an auxiliary of the county
judges Office, from $500 to 81, 900 was
adopted. Supervisors Even, Hagenow,
Kolbeck, Knutson, Meisnest, Schade-
berg, Schmook, Schneider and Viii
harms voted "No."