Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-02
Board Decides to Ask For
Bids On Other Things
Than Print
ing
APPROPRIATE
$1,000 FOR
THE HOSPITAL
County Highways To Be POliced
BY Speed COps.-StOp
Reckless Driving


~ board of supervisors came to 3
close last night after thrce-day SeS
sion
Harmony prevailed and much i'm
portant work was accomplished. The
board seemed not so inclined as fOi:
merly in making appropriations. OF
account. no doubt. of the prevailing
close times.
j. c. Stubbs presided aS chairman
and f. f. MmrOe was in his accus
toned place as clerk of the hoard. Al
mCmberS-36 of them-Were present
the first day
After the opening roll call the first
business presented was a petition fOi
II road in the town of Hawkins and a
bridge i'll the town of True.
\ resolution introduced by Super.
visor Miller, that the county board ap
prOpriate $500 to assist the county
agent in purchasing the necessary tn
berculin and instruments to test cattle
ON request of residents of the county,
was adopted.
Salary Cuts
The committee. composed of Q. l.,
iIotz. j. Helm. Jr. and c. Joyner. ap-
pointed TO report on salaries to be paid
county officers and their clerks. sub
mitted the following schedule. which
was adopted District attorney. $1,000
clerk hire, none; county SuperintenG-
ont of schools $500 clerk hire, $500
expenses. none: county treasurer
ST 200. clerk hire. $500: clerk of court.
800 salary and all legal fees. clerk
hire. 5000: sheriff. $500. to include
all county work within the county
county clerk, $1.S00. clerk hire, 5000
municipal judge, $1,000 clerk hire.
$3.50: county judge. 5000. register i'll
probate. $500: coroner. surveyor and
register Of deeds, each, all legal fees ;
poor commissioner. $50 per month and
actual expenses court house janitOr,
%120 per month. These figures will re-
duce the salary of the next Superintend-
ent by 5000. and his clerk hire by 5000.
and the pay of the register in probate
5000. Nothing is allowed the supcrin-
tcndont of schools for expenses.
j. X. Mclean. highway division en-
gineer. and VIM. NJ. Sherlock, assistant
division engineer. attended yesterday
afternoons meeting Of the board for
thc purpose of making clear TO tde
members any point in highway work
and TO help in the making up of the
budget and program.
Engineer Refutes Statements
Charles Holmes of the engineering
department OF highways, was preseat
yesterday afternoon and when called
upon to make Il statement in regard To
the bridge in the town of Rusk, he
refutCd the statements by Mr.. Murcll
in regard to the amount of concrete III
the bridge in dispute, and in other de
tails Mr.. Holmes was given vo'%
Of thanks by the board
\ resolution by Supervisor V. v
Miller to permit any taxpayer OF the
county TO come before the board &c
present any grievance to that body was
adopted by Il divided vote. Several
members stated that they believed il
would take up too much time OF The
board Supervisor Sergent supported
the resolution, as he considered it the
proner time and place to present mat.
tprs Of concern to the taXpayers-nl
fact. that county board meetings
should be open meetings for the ben
efr of the public,
\ little verbal tilt between Supervis
ors Miller and Summerville resulted
over proposition to open road Oh
The town line between the towns q
Thornapple and Grant, III which Miller
threatened legal action if the road was
opened and in which Summervlllt
countered with the reply that Thorn
apple had clear case in the matter
of school children in that town having
tho right for road 10 get to school.
4 resolution by Supervisor Helm ap
pr0priating $500 for employment @
one or more speed cops on the count!
highways was adopted. only three mega
tive votes being cast The resolution
was SuOpOrted on the floor by Super
viSorS. Hotz. JipsOn. Baxter. and 9th
prs. The author of the resolution wa
not in favor of rigid application o
the traffic law. but he thought tina
people travelling the highways of thi
county should have protection from