The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-05-18
DOlNGS or THE COUNTY BOARD

pursuant to adjournment
A resolution was passed authorizing
the committee on roads and bridges to
remove all signs and bill boards from
county and state aid highways.
A petition from residents of St. Ma
zianz, Liberty and Newton asking that
the road east from St. Nazianz to New
ton station, distance of miles, be
added to the county and state trunk
line system was read and referred to
the committee on roads and bridges.
The road and bridge committees re-
port recommending the building of
seventeen bridges in various parts Of
the county at a total estimated cost of
Sl5,3SO was adopted.
Under another resolution which was
adopted at the morning session no
maintenance money out of county
funds will be spent on any other than
state and county prospective highways
or roads already on the system.
After the reading and adoption of
various reports of committees the
board adjourned until Friday morning
at 10 o'clock
At the session Friday morning a res
olution was passed to put off until the
fall session the matter of submitting
to the voters the question of a bond
issue of S3,000,O0O for the construction
of concrete roads.
The resolution authorizing the high
way commission to employ county
engineer was adopted The salary was
fixed at $4,000 a year. Fred Whitney,
a Mantowoc boy who has served with
the state highway commission, and who
has been employed at the highway COM
missioner's office for month past will
get the position
The petition of 500 signers from St.
Nazianz and the Towns of Liberty and
Newton to have a road from St Nazi- |
anz east to Trunk Highway IL added !
to the state and county patrol system
was granted
Supervisor John Even introduced a
resolution to appropriate $500 addi-
tional for the county training school,
$1,000 of the amount to pay for the
levelling and grading which must be
done at the site and $4,000 to pay for
new furniture and fixtures which must
he purchased to equip the building for
use when it is ready for occupancy this
fall. 1t was explained that the amount
was not enough to buy all of the fur
niture which is needed and that the
model school room will not be furnish
ed this year.
The board went on record as favor
ing change in the VolStead act TO
permit the manufacture and sale of
light wine and good beer. This resolu-
tion will likely bring about the desired
modification of the act by the Fourth
of July.
The report of the agricultural COM
mittee on the work of the county agent
was read. 1t showed the cost of the
agency to the county since last July
amounted to Sl,37Sg2. Superyi- |
sor Cavanaugh opened the discussion
by saying that the expenditure looked
big and that probably the farmers
could get along just as well without an
agent and save the money. Other
members, Fredericksoh, Roethel Even,
jacob, Last and Drumm, couldn't see
it that way. In fact, it was p. w.
against the field and on motion the re-
port was adopted
The committee on public buildings
and Improvements was authorized to
build new garage for the sheriff to
cost about $500
A resolution directing the county
clerk to get prices from at least four
firms for the installation of an eleva-
tor in the court house was adopted by
vote of eighteen to seventeen after
some discussion, When a roll call vote
was demanded the result was; Ayes.
Barnes, Carstens, Dahm, Ebere, Even,
Gennrich, Heidemann, Ihlenfeldt, Ia
cobb, Jeandy, KoStlcyy, Kruger, La
Force, Lyken, Schu2e, Wallschacgcr,
Wilsman and Zagrodnk Noes; Caya-
naugh, Deffke, Drumm, Finncl, Fred
erickson, Hagenow, Hynek, Last, Le-
Claire, Meisnest, Refs, Rehm, Roethel
Schmook, Schneider and Willott.
A plea by District Attorney Brady
that the law be observed in spite of the
fact that il was not popular, and that
provision be made TO carry on the Of
| flee Of county nurse was all that saved
the official to Manitowoc county after
the committee had submitted report
Saturday morning showing that the
funds appropriated would not be suf-
ficient to carry on the work until next
fall. Miss Viola Nohr, who has held
the position for the last nine months,
appeared before the board to make
personal report on the work accom-
plished Following her talk the com
mittee made its financial report, which
showed 81 $50 salary for the nurse for