The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-11-16
DOINGS OF The COUNTY BOARD

The board met Tuesday afternoon
and was called to order by Chairman
Schneider.
August j. Schwalbe was seated for
the session from the town of Eaton to
fill the place of A. l.. Eberle, who is
sick.
Bids from banks for the deposit of
county funds were opened. There
were four bids, all from the banks of
this city. The bids were all alike
3h per cent. They were referred to
the committee on finance.
Resolutions from Rusk county ask
ing the two payment plan of taxes, and
from Taylor county, asking that the
employment of county nurses he op-
tional and that terms of town officers
he made three years were referred to
the committee on judiciary.
Upon motion the board adjourned
until Wednesday morning.
At the session Wednesday morning,
Mr.. Hazelwood, chairman of the state
highway commission talked for an hour
on highway matters.
The state, he said, this year had ex-
pended $36,OOO,O0O in construction
work of which amount S9,00O,OO0 was
by towns. Means must be found to
meet the federal appropriation next
year in order to continue the states
road program, it being planned to add
$500 miles to the state trunk highway
system.
Mr.. Hazelwood said that under the
present plan the motorists pay only
one-ninth of the total cost of road work
and they want them to pay one-third.
The change in the license to gradu
ated tonnage tax, additional fees from
bus lines of which there are now two
hundred in the state, two per cent on
automobiles and two cents a gallon
tax on gasoline, all of which is esti
mated to bring in ten millions of dol
lars.
In explanation of the two per cent
tax Mr. Hazelwood said that 100000
of the states 100000 automobiles es-
cape tax under the personal property
offsets and other means but that the
personal property offset against income
would he removed this year by the leg
islature and no automobiles would es-
cape in the future. The money raised
by automobiles belongs on the roads
and that is where the commission
wants il to be put
A discussion followed in which Mr..
1t developed that there are many in
equaliteS in the assignment of state
trunk highways and that Manitowoc
county has been Disseminated against.
The county will seek its full share of
the highways under the new allotment
of $500 miles and will seek an adjust
ment of what is now due the county.
lakewood told the board that hear
ing would be held here by the commits
sion and advised the members to be
prepared to fight for what they want.
The county has 1926 miles of high
ways and should have 1876 miles of
state trunk road but is credited with
only o. miles. 1t is planned to ask for
not less than fifty miles as under the
new allowance the county would be
justly entitled to 1873 miles
The Childrens Home Finding Soci-
ETY. of Milwaukee filed request for
donation of 500 to aid in the work
of the association and their communi-
cation was referred to the committee
on poor.
Clerk of the Circuit Court Charles
Cary and Register of Deeds Gust Egg
CERT presented their reports covering
the last six months both of which
tee.
District Attorney Charles Brady pre-
sented bills for the inquest hearings
and for moneys advanced in the
Grams case in which total of SS4.l9
was spent for witness and travelling
fees and other expenses. The bills
were referred.
At the afternoon session yesterday
various reports were read and referred
Mr.. Brayton of Appleton addressed
the board in the interest of the Chill
dren's Home Finding society.
John HOyer was reelected janitor.
He had no opposition. John made a
fine speech of acceptance.
The board adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.