The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-23
DOings of the County Board
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The meeting was called to take up
the referendum of eight questions sub
mitted by the highway commission as
proposed form of resolution, which
was sent to all county boards of the
state in order to secure sentiment on
general phases of highway legislation.
County board members and others
are so convinced that the highway COM
mission is trying to centralize power
in itself and spend money through its
own jurisdiction, they said, that to
favor the submission Of bond issue
at this time would be inadvsable
Addressing the gathering, District
| Attorney c. f.. Brady declared that all
through the eight proposals there was
a definite plan of merging activity into
the central Office at Madison, Mr.. Brady
declared that if the board members and
others declared themselves in favor of
the proposals the county highway com
missioner will become merely a rubber
stamp.
Joseph Council, county highway
commissioner, criticised the commits
sion for its alleged secrecy ms to road
plans. He said all county commission
ers were "obliged to work in the dark
because they never had knowledge of
what the state plans are" Mr. Council
favored asking the state commission to
go on record each year before improve
ments are made to declare the accept
able route in each county and cooper
ate with the county committee so that
some work will not be done in vain.
II. q. hreSS, secretary of the Associa-
ton of Commerce, said he believed the
city would favor a bond issue but that
road construction proper belonged to
the board as a body,
The board met Friday morning, pur-
suant to adjournment. The report of
the Tuberculosis Sanitarium was read
by Trustee Louis Schmitz and en-
braced full year period ending Sept.
30, 1922 The sanitorium had an over
draft of $4,000 but Mr.. Schmitz ex-
planned that this will be taken care of
with the moneys available within the
next two years.
The average number of patients at
the institution was between twenty-five
and twenty-five, while seventy-fve had
been treated at various times during
the year. Assets are SIS, 1876. 95; last
years expenses S23,709s5; amount due
from state and county up to June 30,
1929, 1922, 536S6 and the estimated ex
pense for Sl92223 is S22,O75.
Considerable discussion followed the
reading of the report over the fuctua-
ton of charges against pay inmates in
the various county institutions and
while a charge of S2l week has been
made here in the past, the board of
trustees finds it must reduce this
charge to SIS, inasmuch as other sani-
tariumS of the state have fixed charge
of even less than this amount for their
patients 1t was pointed out that even
at SIS week, sanitariums could
scarcely break even because while the
actual expense per inmate might be a
trihe under SlS week this did not
take into account any overhead charges
or depreciation,
The board will visit The sanitarium
this afternoon,
A communication from Barron
county embracing resolution passed
there requesting the legislature to
amend the county nurse law so as to
make it optional with counties to en-
pIoy nurse was presented and re-
ferred to the committee on Judiciary.
A resolution carrying an appropri-
alton of 800 for the Childrcn's Home
Founding Society at Appleton was car
ried with five members voting "no."
Improvements for the county fair
grounds to include new horse barns to
be erected on the northeast part of the
grounds, toilet facilities and repairs to
the grandstand received approval of
the county board which, at its session
Saturday morning, adopted the recon-
mendation of the Fair management
and tentatively, at least, gave sanction
to an appropriation of $4,000 to cover
cost of the work,
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