Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-21
COUNTY BOARD
ORDERS CHANGES
COURT HOUSE CHANGES TO
BE MADE AT COST
OF $1,000

last two days of the special session
was the matter of changes in the ar
rangement of offices in the Court
House, an outline of which appeared
in a recent issue of The Pilot. All of
the Thursday and Friday forenoon
sessions were devoted to consideration
OF the plans. These involved changes
in the vaults of the register of deeds
room, the building of comfort sta
ton in the basement, accommodation
for jurymen in the garret and rear
rangement of the supervisors room
and new offices on the third floor.
The plans as laid out were expected
to involve an outlay of about $11. 900
as compared to $4,000 for a new
building requiring cutting of the outer
walls.
4, Greatest Need.
There was considerable debate on
the question and it developed that the
greatest need for change was in the
county court room. The present vault
is inadequate for the records and
Judge Bump explained that it was inn
perative to move the records to obtain
more room and better protection. II.
| w. Genrich addressed the board, ex-
planning the necessity for better ac-
commodations for the attorneys and
their clients having business with the
county court, saying that at the pre-
sent time there is no place where con-
,sultation can be held. The safety OF
the records was apparently the item
deemed most important and much dis
cussion on this subject resulted. A
representative of a Milwaukee safe
equipment company explained the adj
vantages of steel fire-proof safes
which would meet all requirements
and would at the same time be mo-
vable in case any further building was
to be done in the future.
Protest was registered against the
/ provision in the plans calling for
Offices for the county agricultural
agent ON the third floor, a suggestion
to wait until next year before making
the changes, at which time the cost
would be less, was decided inadvlsa-
ble for 1t was by no means certain
that it would be any easier to accom-
plsh at that time.
A motion by Supervisor Peterson
that all changes be eliminated with
the exception of those having to do
with the county court room, the re-
gister of deeds Office, and the muni-
cipal court room was carried, and the
public property committee was in
structed to submit the plans amended
accordingly. The Resolution commit
tee submitted its report Friday after
noon and the following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, il appears that the pre-
sent quarters for the county court are
inadequate to properly take care of
and to permit the judge of said SQUIRT
to properly despatch the business of
said court. and are inadequate to ac-
commodate the general public, and 1t
also appears that the vault space in
the register Of deeds office is made
quate, now therefore, be and it is
hereby
Resolved, by the, county board of
Marathon county. in session assem-
bled, that the present rooms occupied
by the said board of supervisors and
that occupied by the municipal Judge,
be and the same are hereby set aside
for the use and business of the county
court of said county and of the county
Judge; and that the committee on pub
lie property be and it hereby is
authorized, directed and empowered to
cause the necessary changes to be
made so as to properly equip them for
the conveniences of said court and the
public; and that said committee shall
have full authority and power to de-
termine as to whether vault shall be
constructed or a series of fire-proof
safes be installed. and that said work
be commenced Immediately and prose-
cuted with all possible dispatch. Be
II further
that oAtI &N.~ h.
and it is hereby authorized and direc-
ted to cause the necessary changes to
be made in the vault now used by the
county judge and the vault now used
by the register of deeds with a view
of giving the register Of deeds one
large vault and that said committee
proceed with said work Immediately
and properly equip the same with such
shelving, etc, as may be required"
County Judge Moved.
This will give the county Judge the
room Occupied by the municipal Judge
who will occupy the room vacated by
the county court on the first floor.
The supervisors room is to be divided
into two parts by partition running
north and south, the front, or west
half, to be the court room and the
back half to be further sub-divided
into vault space and a consultation
room. The committee is to decide on
the relative merits of the steel safes
and Of the present type of vault in use.
A resolution to appropriate $500 to
defray the expenses OF a Marathon
county exhibit at the state fair this
fall was adopted and the agricultural
committee with f. G. Swoboda, county
agricultural agent, are to prepare the
exhibit.
The boundaries of the town of
Knowlton were changed to- include
territory from the town of Bergen,
giving Knowlton a full township, by