Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-11-23


county board is the appropriation for
all purposes and this county board
voted budget Of $494,541 Ga The
division Of tax is as follows
General county tax --$75 ,1S3. 81
Roads and Bridges --- Silt, "a
State tax ---------- $188,017. SO
Special charges on various
towns charged back - $13,754.77
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1854 64
According to L. D. Eastman, Chair
man of the finance committee this
appropriation is $4,000 less than
last year Income assessor Tredin-
nick says the per capita cost of state
and county government for Grant
county was $3.50 in 1920 being the
lowest in the state The large area
and comparative dense population OF
the county has the effect Of cutting
down the overhead Mr.. Tredinnick
says also that high taxes as a rule
are due to expense in the local unit
and not in the state or county portion.
He illustrates that in Platteville AMI
Lancaster both, lest year, the state
tax was about per cent, the county
tax about ten per cent and the local
tax about SO per cent OF the taxes
raised and spent. He gives the Her
aid some interesting data on tax
matters which we will try to cover
later
The income assessors report gave
a total valuation of sos, Sol ,052. 90,
which. we believe, is an increase over
any year preceding. This is divided:
Personal Property ------ $14,Sl8,O9S
PooI Ectatn $40 1872 954
Valuations are increasing spite of the
enormous deflations because the tax
commission at Madison had planned a
sliding scale increase over a period of
five years-1916-1922. The august
body declined to consider economic
conditions and effect Of defiation on
output and income. Mr.. Tredinnlck
said he had been able to hold down
valuations on personal property but
was powerless in the matter of real
estate
1t is not the Herald's intention to
publish detailed account of the board
proceedings as such report will ap-
pear very soon. The other salient
acts of the board and points of inter
est of the 1921 session are as follows
The Register of Deeds reported
taking in $2,80157 in fees the past
fiscal year, all such fees being turned
over to the county. In fixing the new
salary for the Office the board decided
to keep the fees and give the official a
fat salary of 81 800, without clerical
assistance.
County Clerk Webb reported bounty
paid on 1876 foxes, AZ wolf cubs and
eight old wolves during the past year.
$3.50 out of $4,000 appropriation
was paid for soldiers and sailors re-
lief the past year The committee
in the spirit of economy asked for
only $1,000 next year.
Mothers pensions ran heavy last
year-$12,51995 The board approp-
rated $4,000 for this account next
year.
The county road and bridge COM
mittee report was adopted without
comment. The money spent by this
committee is the big item of county
expense. S117,5S5.24 will be spent in
road work next year.
The county nurse reported visiting
five village schools, So rural schools
and one parochial school. She eX-
amined 1915 children and found that
1862, or SO per cent, had one or more
defects. 247. or IA per cent, were
underweight. 154, or 8 per cent, were
below normal physically. 1926, or 90
per cent, had bad teeth. 1856, or 40
per cent, had diseased tansils. 1876,
or 25 per cent. needed glasses. She
also looked after several cases of
communicable disease, isolating them
before the disease became epidemic
in the school.
Frank Schreiner aDpointee. was
elected asylum trustee. j. B. Mauer's
term having expired, Geo. Brown OF
Millville. was elected in his place al
though Geo. Barden OF Plattevllle
received many votes. The final ballot
was: Brown 81 Barden &c.
The revision on officers salaries,
fought out Friday night was:
Co. Clerk. $4,000, cut to $1,SO0
Dist. Atty. $500, no change.
Clerk of Court, $3.50, cut to $500.
Reg. Deeds, $500. cut to $780,
Janitor, $1,000, cut to 5000.
Co. Supt $1,000, cut to $4,000.
County Agt., county share, $1,000,
81. 200 expense and $500 for state fair
exhibit, no change as this official is
under contract.
County Nurse, salary raised by ed
vocational committee from $1,000 and
$3.50 expense. to $1,000 and $3.50 ex-
pense. No change by county board.
Register in Probate, $1,000, cut to
81 900 by committee and restored to
81 zoe on motion of Mr.. Him, after
talk by Judge GoodseH explaining the
Importance of the position.
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