The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-23
NO DIRECT LEVY
FOR COURTHOUSE
Provide for Modern Home
for County Offices Out
of Income Surplus.
OFFICIAL CALL IS OUT
County Board to Meet on March
18th and Problem VIII Be
Taken Up at that Time.

With the understanding that Keno
sha county is to build its new and
modern court house without any direct
levy of taxes on the people of the coun-
ty, an official call was sent out today
for a special session of the county
board to be held beginning March 7th,
and it is expected that the session will
be sufficiently extended to give time
for the full consideration Of the court
house question. The erection of the
court house IS not named as the reason
for the call of the special meeting, but
it is understood among the members
of the board that the matter is to be
taken up and it is understood that
majority Of the members of the board
have reached the conclusion that this
is the time to build the court house
and chat the same majority has been
convinced that the building, to, meet all
the demands of the county, can be
erected without any direct levy of tax
es to pay off the bonds as they mature.
VIE Pay Detective Agency Bills.
The specific call for the session is to
make some final decision on the bills
presented by the Russell Detective
agency for work done in connection
with the grand jury probe. The com
mittee which has been making an in
vestigation of the bill met Saturday
afternoon and decided to send to the
board a recommendation that the bills
be paid. After a careful investigation,
il is said that the members of the
committee are convinced that the
claims made by the company are prop
er claims against Kenosha county and
that the county cannot escape the pay
ment of them.
1t is expected that the clearing up
of this long contested claim will re-
quire only a short time and that the
session of the board will be given over
largely to the court house matter. The
first matter to come before the board
will be the election of a new chairman
and the appointing of the standing
committees for the new year. With
this over, the members of the board
will be ready to take up the big ques-
ton.
Issue Bonds for 100000.
at is going to be possible to build
the proposed court house without MAX
ing any direct levy Of taxes and with
such condition we feel that large
majority of the people Of the county
believe that the work should go for
ward as soon as possible,P said enc of
the officials this morning. owe now
have on hand in the court house fund
a little over $500 900 and this is suffi-
cient to meet all of the preliminary
costs in connection with the building
and to take care Of payments during
the first year. 1t is expected that to
complete the building it will be neces-
sary to issue bonds in the amount of
half million dollars. These bond
payments would be extended over o
term of either ten or twenty years, as
may seem best in the wisdom of the
board. Each year it is the plan Of the
board members to apply to the pay
ment Of the bonds 9ad the interest the
amounts which the~county will receive
as it's share of the income tax. 1t is
certain that this will more than pro-
vide for the payment of the interest
and the ultimate retirement of the
bonds. We feel that this arrangement
will pave the way for the completion
of this greatly needed building without
anyone in the county being seriously
hit by any added taxation"
Say Country People Approve Plan.
wherever this plan has been ex-
planned" declared the official, "the peo-
pie out in the rural districts of the
county have shown willingness to
give their approval. Opposition to the
court house has been largely on ac7
count of the fact that the people did
not want to stand for an added taxa
ton. The board has already decided
that all income taxes are to go into the
court house fund"
Name Williams County Agent.
Judd Williams of the town Of Paris
was formally named as county agricul-
tural agent Of the county at meeting
Of the county board committee Satur-
day afternoon. He is to begin the du-
s L ,oxvv nf3 80 ov,oo