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LAMONT C. SRTOW, Chairman '
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PROCEEDINGS
Board of Supervisors
Tompkins County
New York
1937
LAMONT C. SNOW, Chairman
Caroline
WILLIAM O. SMILEY, Clerk
Ithaca, N. Y.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK i
Annual Session
For Organization of Board
Saturday, January 2, 1937
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The several supervisors of the respective towns of the
county and the wards of the City of Ithaca, met in the Super-
visors' Rooms, at the Courthouse, in the City of Ithaca, N. Y.,
on Saturday, January 2, 1937 for organization.
Upon the call of the roll by towns, and the wards of the
City of Ithaca, the Supervisors answered to their names with
one new member that of Louis D Neill, from the Second
Ward of the City.
The Clerk called the meeting to order and asked for the
nominations for a Temporary Chairman.
Mr. Osborn placed in nomination the name of T. G Miller,
as Temporary Chairman
Mr Miller's nomination was seconded by Mr. Squier
There being no other nominations, the Clerk declared Mr.
T G. Miller elected Temporary Chairman, and Mr Miller
took the chair
The Chairman called for nominations for Permanent Chair-
man.
Mr Watrous placed in nomination the name of Mr Lamont
C Snow as Permanent Chairman
Mr Snow's nomination was seconded by Mr Stevenson
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr. Squier,
seconded by Mr Osborn, the Clerk was directed to cast one
ballot for Lamont C. Snow
The Clerk cast one ballot for Lamont C. Snow and Mr
Miller declared Mr Snow unanimously elected Chairman of
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the Board for the year 1937, and Mr. Snow took the Chair.
The Chairman announced the next order of business was
the election of a Clerk •
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Mr Watrous placed in nomination the name of W
Smiley, as Clerk for the ensuing year.
Mr Smiley's nomination was seconded by Mr Squier
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr. Os-
born, seconded by Mr Stevenson, the Stenographer was di-
rected to cast one ballot for W 0 Smiley
The Stenographer cast one ballot for W O. Smiley and the
Chairman declared Mr Smiley unanimously elected Clerk
of the Board for the year 1937.
The next order of business being the election of a Jail
Physician for the year 1937.
On motion of Mr Osborn, seconded by Mr Squier, Dr.
H H Crum was nominated Jail Physician to succeed himself
for a term of one year from January 1, 1937, at $2 00 per
visit
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr T. G
Miller, seconded by Mr Osborn, the Clerk was directed to cast
one ballot for Dr H H Crum
The Clerk cast one ballot for Dr. H. H Crum and the Chair-
man declared Dr. H H Crum, Jail Physician, for the year
1937
The next order of business being the election of a Jail
Matron, for the year 1937
Mr Squier placed in nomination the name of Josephine
Adams, as Jail Matron.
Seconded by Mr Evans
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr. T G
Miller, seconded by Mr Payne, the Clerk was directed to cast
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one ballot for Josephine Adams as Jail Matron
The Clerk cast one ballot for Josephine Adams and the
Chairman declared Josephine Adams, Jail Matron, for the
year 1937.
Moved by Mr Scofield, that the Clerk be authorized to pur-
chase all necessary supplies for the Board.
Seconded by Mr Payne. Carried.
Mr Squier spoke relative to the death of our building
superintendent, Mr Charles Gutenberger, and asked that
the Chairman appoint a committee to draft suitable resolu-
tions There being no objections the Chairman appointed
Messrs. Squier and T G Miller as such committee
On motion, adjourned.
Monthly Meeting
Monday, January 11, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call All members present
Minutes of January 2nd meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a communication from the District Attor-
neys conference to be held in New York and asked the plea-
sure of the Board with reference to his attendance
Moved by Mr Osborn, that the District Attorney and the
County Attorney be authorized to attend said convention at
the expense of the county
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
The Clerk read the following resolution passed by the
Board of Supervisors of Broome County.
"Resolution No. 224.
WHEREAS it is the concensus of opinion that real estate is
carrying more than its just proportion of the tax load, and
there is a general demand to establish a broader tax base, and
WHEREAS Welfare_in one form or another is responsible for
about 80% of the local taxes, and
WHEREAS Welfare in practically all of its forms has be-
come more of a social problem than welfare, therefore should
not be borne to such a large extent by real estate, and
WHEREAS if there were a special tax levy designated for a
specific purpose, that is providing for welfare costs it is our
opinion a more even distribution of the cost would be obtained,
be it
Resolved that this Board of Supervisors respectfully re-
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commend to the 1937 Legislature of the State of New York
that they introduce and enact the necessary legislation to pro-
vide for tax other than a real estate tax to finance all forms
of Public and Social Welfare costs, and be it further
Resolved that the Clerk be and hereby is authorized to
send certified copies of this resolution to the Governor of the
State of New York, the Assemblymen from Broome County,
the Senator from this District and the Clerks of the Board of
Supervisors of the Counties of this State "
Moved by Mr T G Miller, that the resolution be adopted
by this Board
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
The Clerk read a second resolution from Broome County,
relative to dependent children, which upon discussion was
referred by the Chairman to the Charities committee to in-
vestigate and report
The Clerk read a communication from the Finger Lakes
State Parks Commission with reference to securing of rights
of way for the reconstruction of the Halseyville-Taughannock
Falls State Highway No 1895
The above matter was referred to the Highway Committee
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $221 00 to the Bero Engineering and Construction
Corporation for culvert pipe and installing the same on the
property of T A and Carrie Schaber on the Enfield Center -
Ithaca S H No 1001, to be applied on the settlement with
the foregoing parties, and the Clerk is hereby directed to
issue an order at this time for said amount, payable to the
Bero Engineering and Construction Corporation, and the
County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said order out of
the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights of
way
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
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Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropiiated the sum
of $75 00 for lands taken for rights of way and all property
damages, payable to George Kellar and his wife, on the Itha-
ca -Danby S H No 5043, and the Clerk is hereby directed
to issue an order for the above amount payable to the fore-
going persons, upon delivery of a proper deed of conveyance
of the lands taken, and a release of all property damages,
and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said or-
der out of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing
rights of way
Seconded by Mr E J Miller Carried
Mr Watious, Chairman of the Committee on County Trea-
surer's Accounts, submitted the following report, relative to
the report of the County Treasurer of the moneys in her
hands in the Dog Fund on January 1, 1937
Your Committee reports that it has examined the report
submitted by the County Treasurer, relative to the moneys
in her hands in the Dog Fund on January 1, 1937
Your Committee finds that the total amount received in-
cluding balance from the previous year, was $10,730 79 and
the total disbursements were $8,431 10, making a total sur-
plus for the year of $2,299 69
That 75% of the above surplus, amounting to $1,724 77 is
to be apportioned to the city and towns in proportion to the
contributions made by each and is as follows :
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Cities and Towns
Contributing
Amount contributed
including penalties
and costs
Apportionment of
seventy-five per cent
of surplus
Caroline $ 672 00 $135 43
Danby 452 00 91 58
Dryden 1,269 35 258 20
Enfield 331 00 67 27
Groton 1,074 00 218 53
Ithaca 1,141 00 232 15
Lansing 1,044 00 212 32
Newfield 492 90 100 04
Ulysses 737 00 149 88
Ithaca—City 1,269 60 258 37
Dated, January 11, 1937
D J WATROUS
LAMONT C SNOW
ERIE J MILLER
Committee
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on County
Treasurer's Accounts, relative to the moneys in the hands of
the County Treasurer in the Dog Fund, be accepted and that
the County Treasurer be and hereby is directed to pay to the
several towns in the county and the City of Ithaca, the fore-
going amounts, as apportioned by her and now approved by
this Board, out of the surplus moneys in her hands in the Dog
Fund on January 1, 1937
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried.
Mr. Evans, on behalf of Assemblyman Shaw who had prom-
ised his constituents the privilege of public hearings on pro-
posed legislations asked that the use of the Grand Jury room
be allowed for such purpose
Moved by Mr Evans, that the request be granted
Seconded by Mr T G. Miller Carried
Mr Squier called attention of the Board to the possibility
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of rental of the Old County Clerk's Building The matter of
repairs, price of rental, etc was referred to the Building
Committee to report back at a later meeting
Mr Mott offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the salary of the three ,janitors, fireman,
and assistant fireman and watchman, be divided as follows:
beginning as of January 1, 1937 and continuing at this rate
until further action by this Board
Three Janitors at $1,100 00 each $3,300 00
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Fireman 1,260.00
Assistant.Fireman and Watchman 1,180 00
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $15,000 00 for snow equipment, the same to be paid
by the County Treasurer as other snow equipment claims are
paid, and be it further
Resolved—That if the County Treasurer has not sufficient
funds in her hands with which to pay the same, and in pur-
suance of Section 41, of the County Law, she be and hereby
is authorized to borrow said amount, or so much thereof as
may to her seem necessary, in anticipation of the collection of
taxes to be contained in the taxes for the current year, the
moneys so obtained to be used for the purposes to which
such taxes are applicable, and be it further
Resolved— That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes
or certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature
not more than six months after the date of issue, and to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum
until the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness,
be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by the
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County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr. Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the following snow equipment claims be
paid from the snow equipment appiopriation
Clapp Machinery Company, for snow plow, wing
and 5 spreaders, the sum of
Charles J Blackwell, for three snow plows and
two wings, the sum of
Syracuse Supply Company, for snow plow with
wing lifts, the sum of
J C Georg, for snow plow and wing, the sum of
$ 2,586 00
3,850 00
2,553 00
2,225 00
$11,214 00
and that the Clerk be directed to issue orders at this time,
for said amounts payable to the foregoing parties entitled
thereto, and that the County Treasui er be directed to pay the
same out of the funds in her hands for such purpose
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read the following Standing Committees, for
the year 1937:
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS
Payne, Mott
CHARITIES
Stone, Snow, Neill
COUNTY BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND EMPLOYEES
Squier, T G Miller, Stevenson, E J Miller, Watrous
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COUNTY LABORATORY
E J Miller, Evans, Van Order
COUNTY OFFICERS' ACCOUNTS
Van Order, Mott, Scofield
COUNTY TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS
Watrous, E J Miller, Neill
COURTS, CORRECTION AND LEGISLATION
T G Miller, Squier, Payne
DOG QUARANTINE ENFORCEMENT
Van Order, Stone, Stevenson
EDUCATION
Stevenson, Osborn, T G. Miller
EQUALIZATION
Osborn, Watrous, Mott, Snow, Stone, T G Miller, E J Miller
ERRONEOUS ASSESSMENTS AND RETURNED TAXES
Mott, Stevenson, Osborn
FINANCE
Osborn, Stone, Squier, Snow, Watrous
HIGHWAY
T. G Miller, Stevenson, Payne, Evans, Scofield
HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE ADVISORY
Watrous, Scofield, Snow
INSURANCE AND COUNTY OFFICERS' BONDS
Squier, E. J. Miller, Payne
JAIL SUPPLIES
Scofield, E J. Miller, Van Order
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Stone, Payne, Neill
PURCHASING
Osborn, Watrous, Neill
REFORESTATION
Stevenson, Payne, Squier
SALARIES AND WAGES
Mott, Van Order, E. J Miller
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Evans, Osborn, Scofield
TO AUDIT ACCOUNTS OF TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAI,
Payne, Van Order, Scofield
TO SELL LANDS ACQUIRED AT TAX SALE
Squier
TOWN AND COUNTY ACCOUNTS, TOWN OFFICERS' ACCOUN'1S
AND TOWN EXPENSES
Neill, Mott, Evans
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Stone, Evans, Snow
Moved by Mr Stone, that the committees designated, as
announced by the Chairman be approved by this Board, as
the regular standing committees for the year 1937.
Seconded by Mr Payne Carried.
Mr Watrous then addressed the Board with reference to
traffic laws governing school buses and reported progress
thereon
Mr. Squier offered the following bills incurred by W P A
in the course of removal from the Old Court House to the
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present quarters in the Library Building.
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $51 60 to pay the following bills :
Fred Leonard—Carpenter work $38.00
Fleming McKaig, Labor 13 60
$51 60
and the Clerk is hereby directed to draw orders for said
amounts to the foregoing parties entitled thereto, and the
County Treasurer is directed to pay the same out of any avail-
able funds in her hands
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr E J Miller,
excused.
Mr Squier informed the Board that a representative of
the Telephone Company was present to explain the matter of
listing of trunk service lines before and after regular office
hours.
Mr. Osborn moved, that the matter be referred to the Build-
ing Committee with power.
Seconded by Mr Mott Carried
Mr. Squier, Chairman of the Building Committee, informed
the Board that repairs to the old court house would doubt-
less exceed $300 00 allowed them
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Moved by Mr Stone, that the Building Committee be au-
thorized to complete the necessary repairs
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
Mr T G Miller, reported that the highway committee had
effected a settlement with George Visnyei on the Ithaca Road
(Spencer Section) S H No 454 for $1,000 00
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,000 00 for lands taken for rights of way and all
property damages, payable to George Visnyei, on the Ithaca
Road (Spencer Section) S H No 454, and the Clerk is hereby
directed to issue an order for the above amount payable to the
foregoing person, upon delivery of a proper deed of conveyance
of the lands taken, and a release of all property damages, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said order out
of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights
of way
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they had
been referred
V- 1 Dr. Robert H Broad, Clinician—Health Staff $ 40 00
2 Ithaca Laundries, Inc , Laundry—Health Staff 10 05
3 Bruck's Nurses Outfitting Co , Inc , Aprons—
Health Staff 7 20
4 Rothschild Bros , Muslin—Health Staff - 0 27
5 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 11 00
6 Norton Printing Co , Receipt Slips—Co Treas 4 50
7 T. G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Treas 8 60
8 E D Crumb, Rent of instrument—T C D A 30 00
9 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Paper—T C D A 2 00
10 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 216 67
11 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 7 40
12 Hugh J Williams, Postage, etc —T C D A 7 32
13 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 11 67
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14 Central N Y School for the Deaf, Clothing—
Deaf-Mutes N R
15 Roland Mulhauser, Postage, etc —Rur Trav
Libr 3 90
16 Edwin Allen Company, Books—Rur Trav Libr 6 24
17 The H W Wilson Company, Books—Rur Trav
Libr 6 00
18 Leisure League of America, Inc , Books—Rur
Trav Libr 0 49
19 J E Van Natta, Stencils—Rur Trav Libr 3.50
20 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Rur
Trav Libr 4 35
21 The Hand Stamp Co , Dating Stamp—Rur Trav
Libr. 5 75
22 Tompkins G L F Co-operative Inc , Truck Lubri-
cation—Rur Trav Libr 0 75
23 Tomp Co Home Bureau, M B Rittenhouse,
Bookkeeper, Mimeographing—Rur Trav Libr 3 90
24 The General Bookbinding Co , Bookbinding—
Rur Trav Libr 39 94
25 Junius D Meeker, Expenses—Adult Education 1177
26 Arthur G Adams, Expenses & Disb —Dist Atty 137 27
27 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist
Atty 6 40
28 The Reporter Co , 4 Copies of Brief—Dist Atty 34 32
29 Dennis & Co., Inc , Criminal Code—Dist Atty 20 00
30 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 4 00
31 Tuttle Law Print, Forms—Co Atty. 5 57
32 Strong Memorial Hospital, Care—Shirley Alig —
P H C 36 00
33 Jessamine K Johnson, Teaching Lip Reading—
P H C 50 00
34 S L Sheldon, Photostats—T C D A 9 58
35 Ernest Ahlson, Caretaker's Salary—T. B Hosp 75 00
36 Trumansburg Telephone Co , Service -11/16/36-
12/15/36—T B Hosp 3 00
37 Dr Joseph N Frost, Care—Margaret Fendrick—
T B Hosp 30 00
38 Dr Joseph N Frost, Care—Miss Williams—T B
Hosp 12 00
39 Monroe Calculating Co , Calculator—Suprs 500 00
40 B H France, Assigned to Potter & Allen, Paint-
ing—OId Libr Bldg —W P A 68 00
41 0 W Root, Fixing Lights—Old Libr Bldg —
W P A 700
42 Otis Drew, Carpenter Work—Old Ct House 7 50
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43 Ithaca Metal Weatherstrip Co , Caulking showers
—Jail 8 00
44 Mrs Lena Miller, Switchboard Opei ator—Co
Bldgs 31 00
45 C J Rumsey & Co , Labor & Supplies—Old Ct
House 29 89
46 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 6 03
47 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Bldgs 51 50
48 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Inc , Supplies—Co
Bldgs 6 65
49 Jake Novidor, Supplies—Co Bldgs 2 50
50 Clarkson Chemical & Supply Co , Supplies—Jail 50 85
51 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 102 00
52 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 5 05
53 Rothschild Bros , Supplies—Jail 21 62
54 American Surety Co , R R Chatterton, Agt ,
Bond Premium—Co Treas 1,012 50
55 American Surety Co , Howell & Howell, Agents,
Bond Premium—Co Clk , Dep & Mot Veh Clk 90 00
56 American Surety Co , Howell & Howell, Agents,
Bond Premium—Co Supt 25 00
57 Rexford R Chatterton, Bond Premium—Comm
of Welfare 75 00
58 Fred A Rogalsky, Bond Premium—Sheriff 75 00
59 Fred A Rogalsky, Insurance—T B Hosp 21 35
60 Robert S Boothroyd, Insurance—Co Bldgs 38 48
61 Harry B Cook, Insurance—Co Bldgs 38 48
62 T H Davenport Co , Inc , Insurance—Co Bldgs 102 60
63 P W Wood & Son, Insurance—Co Bldgs 205 20
64 McKinney Agency, Inc , Insurance—Co Bldgs 128 25
65 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Surrogate 32 00
66 H L O'Daniel, Expenses—Co Clerk 47 99
67 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Record Books—Co Clerk 85 37
68 The Atkinson Press, Letter Heads—Co Clerk 15 00
69 Wm F George, Pres Bd of Elec , Postage, Etc
—Comm of Elec 12 00
70 Dr Wm L Sell, Mileage & Expenses—Coroner 95 22
71 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 75 56
72 C A Shelton, Labor & Supplies—Jail 13 50
73 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 99 04
74 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 29 51
75 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd —Robert Inman—
P H C 1333
76 George F Warner, Fees in Felony—Justice 11 15
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77 Lamont C Snow, Comm Work & Expenses—
Supr 128 53
78 Carl A Mott, Comm Work & Expenses—Supr 61 58
79 Forest J Payne, Comm Work & Expenses—
Supr 119 03
80 Clarence C Squier, Expenses—Supr 4 60
81 Willard State Hospital, Care—Emma Hillberry—
Co Patient 130 00
82 Grace Printing Co , Envelopes—Sheriff 5 50
83 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Gas & Elec bill—
T B Hosp 6 58
84 Hermann M Biggs, Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 790 00
85 R C Osborn, Extending Taxes—Supr 12213
86 C C Squier, Extending Taxes—Supr 122 13
87 LePine Stone, Comm Work & Expenses—Supr 38 40
$5,634 01
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $5,634 01, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the several committees to which they were re-
ferred, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay
the same out of any available funds in her hands, and if she
has not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay the
same, or any part thereof and in pursuance of Section 41, of
the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said
amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem necessary,
in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in
the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be
used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and
be it further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Ti easui er be, and
she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or
certificates of the said county, to mature not niore than six
months after the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed
for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by
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the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the
entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law, and
that these claims be certified to the County Treasurer by the
Clerk of this Board for and on behalf of the Board, and be
it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be directed to charge
Claim No V-51, being for Sheriff's expenses, to the town of
Dryden, the sum of $11 70, to the town of Lansing, the sum
of $2 40, to the town of Ulysses, the sum of $2 40; the amounts
so charged being properly chargeable to the respective towns,
and to be placed in the tax budgets thereof for the next en-
suing tax levy to reimburse the County for moneys expended
for, and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr T G Miller.
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
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Monthly Meeting
Monday, February 8, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Van Order
Minutes of January 11th meeting, read and approved
H L O'Daniel appeared before the Board with reference
to rewriting of record books
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $800 00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
begin the work of rewriting old record books in the County
Clerk's Office, and be it further
Resolved—That if the County Treasurer has not sufficient
funds in her hands with which to pay the same, and in pur-
suance of Section 41, of the County Law, she be and hereby
is authorized to borrow said amount, or so much thereof as
may to her seem necessary, in anticipation of the collection
of taxes to be contained in the taxes for the current year, the
moneys so obtained to be used for the purposes to which such
taxes are applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes
or certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature
not more than six months after the date of issue, and to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum
until the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness,
be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by the
County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried.
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Fred A Williams, Commissioner of Welfare, appeared be-
fore the Board with reference to caring for "transients "
Discussion followed
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved itr
adoption :
WHEREAS—The Ithaca Community Chest has not made ani
provision to the Salvation Army for care of transients in
Tompkins County, be it
Resolved—That this Board of Supervisors appropriate the
sum of $500 00 for the care of transients in Tompkins County,
the funds to be handled through the office of the County Wel-
fare Commissioner and paid out for such purposes at his dis-
cretion and if the County Treasurer has not sufficient funds
in her hands with which to pay the same, and in pursuance
of Section 41, of the County Law, she be and hereby is author-
ized to borrow said amount, or so much thereof as may to her
seem necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be
contained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so ob-
tained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are
applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or
certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not
more than six months after the date of issue, and to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum
until the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates,of indebtedness,
be signed by the County Treasurer and coutersigned by the
County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Car/ ied
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its a
adoption •
Be It Resolved—That we hereby favor the inauguration
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of an adequate highway program under a sufficient appropria-
tion by the state, same to be derived from the receipts of in-
come from the motor license plate fees and the gasoline tax
and one which will comprise the necessary development of
the state, county and town system, arterial highways and
sufficient aid to cities for their highway expenses all as out-
lined and recommended by the Legislative Highway Survey
Committee, and
Be It Resolved—That a copy of this resolution be forwarded
by the Clerk of the Board to his Excellency the Honorable
Herbert H Lehman, Governor of the State of New York
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That it is the sense of this Board of Supervisors
that a law reducing all automobile license fees to $3 00 should
not be passed by the State Legislature unless first there shall
be passed a law making a tax of at least four cents per gallon
on gasoline available to the State of New York, and that a
copy of this resolution be sent to our representative and State
Senator
Seconded by Mr. Mott Carried
The Clerk read a communication from Dr Norman S
Moore, who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Cayuga Preventorium, notifying the Board of Supervisors
of the appointment of Frank Feller, as Foreman for the Pre-
ventorium W. P A project, at a salary of fifty dollars a week
for an eight months period beginning Monday, February 1,
1937
Mr. R C. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
WHEREAS—The budget for 1937, as duly adopted Decem-
ber 22, 1936, made fio provision for expenses of Children's
Court, therefore be it
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
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sum of $500 00, for expenses of Children's Court for the year
1937 , and the County Treasurer- is directed to pay the same
out of any money in her hands available therefore and if she
has not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay the
same, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the County Law, she
be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount, or so
much thereof as may to her seem necessary, in anticipation of
the collection of taxes to be contained in the taxes for the
current year, the moneys so obtained to be used for the pur-
poses to which such taxes are applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes
or certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature
not more than six months after the date of issue, and to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum until
the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness,
be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by the
County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read a communication from Washington County
Board of Supervisors with reference to special tax for wel-
fare purposes, which was filed and referred to the Committee
on Charities
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
WHEREAS—Wild deer are now quite plentiful in Tompkins
County and other southern tier counties,
Resolved—That this Board approves and requests an ap-
propriate amendment of §189, Sub -division 2, of the Conserva-
tion Law to provide for an open season in Tompkins County
for wild deer having horns not less than three inches in length
from November first to November fifteenth, both inclusive
Be It Further Resolved—That only shot guns loaded with
24 PROCEEDINGS OF THF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
slugs or shot not smaller than buckshot shall be used in taking
such deer
Be It Further Resolved—That a copy of this resolution
be sent to the Boards of Supervisors of Cortland, Tioga,
Broome, Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben County, with the
request that they co-operate and take similar action with re-
gard to their counties respectively, and further that a copy
of this resolution be sent to our Assemblyman and Senator and
to the State Conservation Commission
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
The County Attorney submitted a report of the County
Officers Association Meeting held at Albany on January 18th,
19th and 20th
Moved by Mr T G Millet, that the report be accepted and
placed on file
Seconded by Mr Stone Cat reed
Mr T G Miller, reported that the highway committee had
effected settlements with Mrs Alice Olin and Alfred Sher-
wood on the Halseyville-Taughannock Falls State Highway
No 1895
Mr T G Miller offered the following iesolutioin and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $100 00 for rights of way and all property damages on
the Halseyville-Taughannock Falls S H No 1895, payable
as follows •
Mrs Alice Olin $100 00
Alfred Sherwood and Helen Sherwood 1 00
and other considerations, and that the Clerk is hereby directed
to issue an order for the above amount, payable to Mrs Alice
Olin, upon the delivery to him of proper deeds of conveyance
of the lands taken and a release of all property damages, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders
out of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing
rights of way
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Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
County Attorney, Charles H Newman, appeared before
the Board with reference to the matter of mutual transfer of
titles between Cornell University and Tompkins County
occasioned by the construction and reconstruction of state and
county highways
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
WHEREAS—Cornell University has submitted a deed of cer-
tain rights of way required\for the Ithaca -Varna County High-
way, the consideration for which is the release of portions of
the present rights of way which are no longer used for high-
way purposes,
Resolved—That the County quit -claim and release to said
Cornell University whatever right, title and interest it may
have in the portions of said highway that are no longer used
for highway purposes, and that the Chairman of the Board
be and he hereby is authorized and directed to execute the
said deed on behalf of the County of Tompkins
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they had
been referred
V- 88 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas $ 11 00
89 Charlotte V Bush, Expenses to Albany—Co
Treas 23 15
90 J E Van Natta, Typewriter—Co Treas 69 00
91 Stover Printing Co , Envelopes—Co Treas 8 65
92 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Treas 60
93 Norton Printing Co , Supplies—Co Treas 4 00
94 Physician's Service Co , Supplies—Health Staff 85 57
95 Swift & Co., Soap—Jail 4110
96 Rothschild Bros & Co , Supplies—Jail 15.55
97 Stover Piinting Co , Tax Notices—Tax Ex-
penses 77 30
98 Jessamine K Johnson, Teaching Lip Reading—
P H C 4725
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99 G A C. Berry, Arch supports—Lois VanEtten
—P H C 10 00
100 Royal Gilkey, Instructor—Robert Watson—
P H. C 28 00
101 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd —Robert Inman—
P. H C 1280
102 C J De Long, Coal—T B Hosp 61 03
103 Trumansburg Home Tele Co , Service 12/16/36-
1/5/37—T B Hosp 3 00
104 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Gas & Elec bill—
T B Hosp 5 90
105 The Biggs Co , Padlock—T B Hosp 1 40
106 Dr Joseph N Frost, Care—Margaret Fendrick
—T B Hosp 18 00
107 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp. 957 50
108 P W Wood & Son, Robbery Insurance—Co
Clerk 22 22
109 Riley H Heath, Postage—Sup Ct Judge 25 00
110 Lawyers Co-op Publishing Co , Law Book—Sup.
Ct Judge 15 00
111 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist
Atty 1 25
112 The Tompkins Studio, Negatives—Dist Atty 32 50
113 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 10915
114 Harrison Adams, Hillberry to Matteawan—
Sheriff 50 40
115 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 13.05
116 J. B Lyon Company, Session Laws—Ct Library 40 00
117 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 10 00
118 Howard L O'Daniel, Postage, etc —Co Clerk 78 54
119 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Cover—Co Clerk 4 50
120 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 5 15
121 The Atkinson Press, Bill Heads—Co. Clerk 14 00
122 J E Van Natta, Folders—Surrogate 1 40
123 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Legal paper—
Surrogate 3 00
124 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter ribbons—
Co Clerk 9 50
125 W F George, Pres Bd of Elec , Postage—
Comm. of Elec 8 00
126 Lamont C Snow, Extending Taxes—Supr 65 58
127 Thomas G Miller, Extending Taxes—Supr 76 14
128 Carl A Mott, Extending Taxes—Supr 98 34
129 Harvey Stevenson, Extending Taxes—Supr 40 36
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130 D J Watrous, Extending Taxes—Supr 120 03
131 Erie J Miller, Extending Taxes—Supr 109 17
132 C H Scofield, Extending Taxes—Supr 78 45
133 Forest J Payne, Extending Taxes—Supr 67 08
134 LePine Stone, Extending Taxes—Supr. 82 96
135 Thomas G Miller, Comm Work & Expenses—
Supr 15 24
136 D J Watrous, Expenses to Albany—Supr 23 53
137 C C Squier, Expenses to Albany—Supr 12 00
138 C H. Scofield, Comm. work & Expenses—Supr 36 45
139 W 0. Smiley, Postage—Supr 5 30
140 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Supr 21 35
141 Wm. A Church Co , Supplies—Supr 57 85
142 Ernest Ahlson, Salary Caretaker—T B Hosp 75 00
143 Gilbert H Fisher, Services -McKeegan Case—
Rt of Way 10 00
144 B H France, Assigned to Peck's Furniture
Store, Labor & Materials—Old Ct House 346 00
145 B. H France & Son, Labor—Old Ct House 25 50
146 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Old Ct House 36 35
147 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Old Ct House 25
148 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Old Ct
House 5 00
149 E G Holmes & Son, Labor & Material—Co
Bldgs. - 105 00
150 Roy Shoemaker, Art Cleaner—Co Bldgs 2 95
151 Ward Spencer, Expenses—Co Bldgs 1 25
152 Student Transfer Co , Moving Safe—Old Ct.
House 8 50
153 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
154 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 6 84
155 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 19 69
156 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 8 34
157 Lawrence Williams, Expenses—T C D A 13 40
158 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—
T.C.D A 24 20
159 Grace Printing Co , Supplies—T C D A. 15 50
160 Norton Printing Co , Slips—Rur Trav Libr 12 50
161 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Rur
Tray. Libr 9 80
162 H W Wilson Co , Subs file service—Rur Trav
Libr 4 67
163 Wm T Pritchard, Labor—Rur Trav Libr \ 1 65
164 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage & Lights—Rur
Trav Libr 23 00
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165 Roland Mulhauser, Postage—Rur Trav Libr 6 20
166 Charles W Clark Co , Books—Rur Trav Libr 1 85
167 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr 264 72
168 H R Huntting Co , Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr 117 98
169 World Book Company, Books—Rur Trav Libr 7 22
170 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter Ribbon—
Co Treas 75
171 Arthur L Daniels, Shades—Old Ct House 17 77
172 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Envelopes—Surrogate 8 00
173 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 36 63
174 Frank Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preventorium 50 00
175 Central N Y School for the Deaf, Clothing—
Deaf-Mutes 139 75
176 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 86 03
177 C H Newman, Expenses—Co Atty 36 53
178 Building America, Book—Rur Trav Libr 3 50
$4,565.61
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $4,565 61, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the several committees to which they were referred,
and the County Treasurer is hereby ducted to pay the same
out of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not
sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or
any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the
County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said
amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem necessary, in
anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be
it further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Treasurer be, and
she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or
certificates of the said county, to mature not more than six
months after the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed
for their payment, and be it further
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 29
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned
by the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make
the entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law,
and that these claims be certified to the County Treasurer by
the Clerk of this Board fox and on behalf of the Board, and be
it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be directed to charge
Claim No V-113, being for Sheriff's expenses, to the town of
Caroline, the sum of $5 10, to the town of Danby, the sum of
$5 25 , to the town of Dryden, the sum of $2 70 , to the town
of Enfield, the sum of $2 10, to the town of Ithaca, the sum
of $3 45 , to the town of Lansing, the sum of $3 30 , to the town
of Ulysses, the sum of $4 50, and to the City of Ithaca, the sum
of $32 40, and that Claim No V-175, being for clothing for
deaf-mutes, be charged to the City of Ithaca , the amounts
so charged being properly chargeable to the respective towns
and city, and to be placed in the tax budgets thereof for the
next ensuing tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys
expended for, and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
30 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monthly Meeting
Monday, March 8, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of February 8th meeting, read and approved
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $2,200.00, to the Clapp Machinery Company of Groton,
N Y for one snow plow, and that the Clerk be directed to
issue an order at this time, for said amount, payable to the
foregoing party entitled thereto, and that the County Treas-
urer be directed to pay said order out of the funds in her
hands for such purpose
Seconded by Mr Stevenson Carried
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
WHEREAS—The New York Commission for the Blind has
forwarded to this Board the application of Louis Denk of
Ithaca, N Y, R D 1, a blind person, for relief and the findings
of the Commission with respect to the earning capacity of
said Louis Denk, and a recommendation that a relief allow-
ance of $20.00 per month be granted to said Louis Denk, all
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 185, of the
Laws of 1932, and
WHEREAS—This Board finds that said Louis Denk is blind
and resides in this county and is otherwise eligible for such
relief and is without means of support and incapable of self-
support
Be It Resolved—That this Board grants to said Louis Denk,
an allowance of $20 00 per month for the balance of the year
1937, to commence as of the first day of April, 1937 , and
that there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of $180 00
for such purpose, and the County Treasurer is authorized and
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
31
directed to pay out the same to said Louis Denk in monthly in-
stallments of $20 00 each, payable monthly in advance and
commencing with the month of April, 1937
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read the petition for improvement of the German
Cross Road, which was referred to the Highway Committee
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $220 00 rental for the W P A offices in the Old Library
Building to January 1, 1938, and the County Treasurer is
hereby directed to pay to Paul Bradford, Treasurer of the
Cornell Library Association, the sum of $20 00 monthly, pay-
able in advance, commencing as of the first day of February,
1937, until further notice
Seconded by Mr Evans
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That the bill of Charles E O'Rourke in the sum
of $150 00 for professional engineering services and expert
testimony in connection with the Salmon Creek flood actions
be, and the same hereby is, approved and audited , and that
there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of $150 00 for the
payment of the same, and the Clerk is directed to draw an
order for the above amount, and the County Treasurer is
authorized and directed to pay the same out of any funds
properly applicable thereto
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr T G Miller, reported that the Highway Committee had
32 PROr'EEDINGS OF'IHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
effected settlements for rights of way on the Ithaca -Dryden,
Part I, C H 681, with J E Watkins for $568 00, $68 00 of
which has been paid to Rosen Brothers for material already
furnished, and Leslie Cronk on the Halseyville-Taughannock
Falls S H 1895
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $600 00 for rights of way and all property damages on
the Ithaca -Dryden C H 681 and the Halseyville-Taughannock
Falls S H 1895, payable as follows
J E Watkins, Ithaca -Dryden, C H 681 $500 00
Leslie Cronk, Halseyville-Taughannock Falls S H 100 00
$600.00
and that the Clerk is hereby dii ected to issue orders for the
above amounts, payable to the foregoing parties entitled
thereto, upon the delivery to him of pi oper deeds of convey-
ance of the lands taken and a release of all property damages,
and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders
out of the moneys in her hands appropriated for secuiing
rights of way
Seconded by Mr Payne Carried
Mr Mott offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS, the actions brought against the County by the
Administrators of John Solomon, George Solomon, Nicholas
Solomon and Jack Isaac, on account of deaths occurring in
the flood of July, 1935, which were tried in Supreme Court
February 15 to 18, 1937, and resulted in verdicts of no cause
of action, involved litigation of an extraordinaiy nature, re-
quiring service of the County Attorney, which in the judg-
ment of the Board merit compensation in addition to the
salary of said attorney
Resolved—That the bill of Charles H Newman, in the sum
of $250.00 for professional services in said actions, and $13 94
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
33
for disbursements, be approved and audited, and that there be
and hereby is appropriated the sum of $263.94 for the payment
of the same, and the Clerk is directed to draw an of der for
said amount, and the County Treasurer is authorized and
directed to pay the same out of any money available therefor
Seconded by Mr. T G Miller
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Fred A Williams, President of the Tompkins County Agri-
cultural and Horticultural Society, appeared before the Board
with reference to deficit of that organization occasioned by
failure of full state -aid anticipated
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS—The Tompkins County Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Society has functioned for ninety-seven years in
Tompkins County, and
WHEREAS—The Fair paid as premiums last year over $5,200,
and
WHEREAS—The Association is purely philanthropic, since
no rent is paid for the use of the fairgrounds and no officer
or director of the fair association receive anything for his
services, and
WHEREAS—The State did not reimburse the Fair Associa-
tion within $600.00 of what was expected last year, leaving a
deficiency from the State of approximately $1,200.00, there-
fore be it
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $800 00, to be paid to the Treasurer of the Fair Asso-
ciation to help cover this deficit, and the County Treasurer
is hereby directed to pay the same out of any available funds
in her hands, and be it further
Resolved,—That in the event the County Treasurer has
not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay said
amount, or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41,
34 PROCEEDINGS OF THF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
of the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow
said sum of $800 00, or so much thereof, as to her may seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she here-
by is authorized and directed to give the notes or certificates
of indebtedness of said county, to mature not more than six
months after the date of issue and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed
for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and coun-
tersigned by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law
Seconded by Mr Van Oi der
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, Wat-
ious, E J Miller, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Van Order, Neill,
Evans -12
Noes—Messrs Osborn and Squier-2
Resolution carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption .
WHEREAS—With the approval of this Board, an appeal
was taken to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
from the judgment in favor of the defendants in the action
brought by the Welfare Commissioner to collect a bill against
Niagara County, and said appeal has been heard and the
judgment affirmed with costs, and said costs as taxed and
entered, with interest to March 10, 1937, amount to $162 48 ,
Be It Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated
the sum of $162 48 for payment of said judgment, and the
County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay
the same out of any funds in her hands properly applicable
thereto
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Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Mott offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
WHEREAS—Property assessed to Ed Monroe on the tax
roll of the Town of Caroline for the year 1935 was sold to
one Floyd Abbey at tax sale by the County Treasurer on
December 15, 1936, for the sum of $11 60, and it now appears
that the description of said property on said roll was erron-
eous, and the said property as described cannot be located,
Be It Resolved—That the said sale be rescinded, and that
there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of $11 89 for
the refund of said sale price and interest to said Floyd Abbey,
and the Clerk is directed to draw an order for said amount,
and the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed
to pay the same from any funds in her hands properly applic-
able thereto
Seconded by Mr Evans
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they had
been referred
V-179 Leland D Van Rensselaer, Insurance—Co
Bldgs $ 21 99
180 C Harry Spaulding, Fees in Felony—Justice 15 40
181 Ernest Ahlson, Caretaker's Salary ---T B. Hosp 75 00
182 Dr Keith Sears, Services—T B Hosp 6 00
183 Dr Joseph N Fiost, Care, Miss Williams—T B
Hosp 12 00
184 Trumansbuig Home Tele Co, Services, March
—T B Hosp 315
185 C J De Long, Coal --T B Hosp 16 85
186 N. Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Gas & Elec bill—
T B Hosp 5 70
187 Bert I Vann, Mileage & Expenses—Co Supt 8412
188 The Journal & Courier, Pub Notices—Rt of
Way 3 48
36 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
189 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Eliz Fedorka
—P H C 104 00
190 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C. 114 00
191 Royal Gilkey, Instruction, L Watson—P H C 50 00
192 Pearl Wallenbeck, Bd , Robert Inman—P H C 14 93
193 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preventor-
ium 200 00
194 J J Taylor, Transportation—Cayuga Preven-
torium 77 15
195 Arthur Prince, Trucks & Driver—Cayuga Pre-
ventorium 163 20
196 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Pre-
ventorium 719 75
197 Cotton & Hanlon, Supplies—Cayuga Preven-
torium 301 72
198 The Biggs Company, Supplies—Cayuga Preven-
torium 110 73
199 Treman, King & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven-
torium 71 55
200 C J. Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven-
torium
201 Clarkson, Chemical Co , Inc , Supplies—Co
Bldgs 77 77
202 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 87 05
203 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 1 32
204 Mrs Lena Miller, Switchboard Operator—Co
Bldgs. 133 00
205 Donohue -Halverson, Inc , Labor & Supplies—
Old Ct. House 3 03
206 C J. Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Jail 1 17
207 Central N. Y. School for the Deaf, Clothing,
D'Giacomo—Deaf-Mutes 24 93
208 Hugh J Williams, Postage, etc —T C D A 10 00
209 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C.D A 200 00
210 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T.0 D A 4 04
211 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 9 44
212 Lawrence P Williams, Extra Work—T C D A 24 00
213 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies --T C D A 3 80
214 Roland Mulhauser, Postage—Rur Trav Libr 3 00
215 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur. Trav Libr 7 00
216 F J Barnard & Co , Rebinding Books—Rur
Trav Libr 36 44
217 Womrath Bookshops & Libr Inc , Books—Rur
Tray. Libr 6 49
218 H A Manning Co., City Directories—Co
1
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 37
Officers 96 00
219 Wm A Church Co , Folders— Supr. 13 25
Tax Receipt Bks —Tax Exp 54 00 67 25
220 Matthew Bender & Co , Manuals—Towns 180 00
221 Howard L O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co
Clerk 38.17
222 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Books—Co Clerk 70 00
223 The Hand Stamp Co , Rubber stamp—Co Clerk 3 70
224 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter Ribbons—
Co Clerk 4 75
225 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 11 15
226 W F. George, Pres Bd of Elec., Postage—
Comm of Elec. 10 00
227 Beatrice Haley, Alphabetizing, Comm of Elec 45 00
228 J E. Van Natta, Desk top—Supervisor 12 50
229 J E Van Natta, Supplies—Sup. Ct Judge 109 35
230 Edward Thompson Co., Law Book—Sup Ct
Judge 2 00
231 Willard State Hospital, Care, Emma Hillberry
—Co Patient 36 00
232 Ithaca Journal, Pub Notices—Sheriff, Supreme
Court 9 10
233 Ithaca Journal, Pub. Notices—Dist Atty , Su-
preme Court 1118
234 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Atty 1 10
235 Arthur G Adams, Expenses—Dist Atty 226 92
236 Mervin C Fowler, Serving Subpoenas—Dist
Atty 5 70
237 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B. Hosp 1,130 00
238 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 115 35
239 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 2134
240 Dr. Leo P. Larkin, X-ray—Jail Inmates 5 00
241 C. A Shelton, Labor & Supplies—Jail 33 70
242 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas. 15 00
243 Wm. A Church Co , Supplies—Co Treas 33 60
244 J. E. Van Natta, Supplies—Co. Treas. 3 00
245 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 42 42
246 West Publishing Co., Law Book—Sup Ct Judge 3 00
$5,167 93
38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr Osborn offered the following iesolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $5,167 93, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $5,167 93, or so much thereof as to her may seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so ob-
tained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are
applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she here-
by is, authorized and directed to give the notes or certificates
of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more than
six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest at a
rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date
fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of Indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to charge Claim No V-220, $18 00 thereof to each town of the
county, outside of the City of Ithaca, that of Claim No V-207,
being for clothing for deaf-mutes, she charge to the Town of
Dryden ; that of Claim No V-238, being for sheriff's expenses,
she charge to the town of Danby, the sum of $5 25 , to the
town of Dryden, the sum of $12 60, to the town of Ithaca, the
sum of $3 45 ; to the town of Lansing, the sum of $14 10 ; to
the town of Newfield, the sum of $1 50, to the town of Ulysses,
the sum of $7 05, and to the City of Ithaca, the sum of $16 20,
said amounts so charged being properly chargeable to said
towns and city, the same to be placed in the budgets of those
respective towns and city and collected at the next ensuing
tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys expended for
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 39
and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr Squler
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adiouined
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40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monthly Meeting
Monday, April 12, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of March 8th meeting, read and approved
Mr B I Vann, County Superintendent of Highways, ap-
peared before the Board with recommendations relative to
the County Map
No 1 That the road in the town of Groton, beginning 1 0
miles north of Benson's Corners, and running easterly
for a distance of 2 25 miles to County Road No 178,
be stricken from the County Map
No 2 That the road in the town of Groton, beginning 2 0
miles north of Benson's Corners and running easterly
for a distance of 2 25 miles to County Road No 178,
be placed on the County Map for future construction
No 3 That the road in the town of Newfield, beginning at
Lambkin's Corners and running easterly for a distance
of 1 75 miles be stricken from the County Map
No 4 That the road in the town of Newfield, beginning at
Lambkin's Corners and running northerly for a dis-
tance of 0 90 miles be placed on the County Map for
future construction
No 5 That the road in the town of Lansing, beginning at
Sta No 166-50 on S H No 5256 and running easterly
for a distance of 0 90 miles to County Road No 122,
be placed on the County Highway Map for future con-
struction
No 6 That the road in the town of Groton, beginning in the
Hamlet of Groton City and running easterly and north-
erly for a distance of 0 85 miles to the Cayuga County
Line, be placed on the County Highway Map for future
construction.
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41
Moved by Mr T G Miller, that the changes in the County
Road Map, as recommended by the County Superintendent,
be approved by this Board
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
Moved by Mr T G Millet, that the County Superintendent
of Highways, be authorized to have a survey made of a suit-
able connection between the south end of the old Five Mile
Drive and the proposed new highway at some point north of
the D L & W Railroad
Seconded by Mr Stevenson Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That this Board of Supervisors go on record as
favoring the State improvement as Health Centers for Tomp-
kins County of such feasible sites as may be selected by the
Legislative Committee authorized and empowered by the New
York State Legislature to investigate and report on the ad-
visability of securing and improving as State Park Property
some of the medicinal springs famous in years past for their
curative properties ; it being the sense of this Board that health
conditions in this county could be better served by opening to
public use such medicinal springs, under state control and
management, much in the manner of the springs at Saratoga,
so that the public at large in Tompkins County might receive
proper treatment at reasonable cost, and benefit directly from
the use of nearby Tompkins aunty health agencies in the
form of its mineral springs This Board suggests as proper
sites for state improvement as health centers the magnetic
mineral springs at Slaterville Springs, and the sulphur springs
at Dryden We believe these medicinal springs to be ideally
located for such a project
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
The Clerk read a report of an inspection of the County Jail
which had been approved by the State Commission of Cor-
rection, which report was ordered filed
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Highways,
reported that the committee had effected settlements with
42 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SLPERVVISORS
parties on the Ithaca Road (Spencer Section) S 11 454,
Halseyville-Taughannock Falls S H 1895 , Cayuta-Newfield
S 11 5474-A and with T A and Carrie Schaber on the Enfield
Center -Ithaca S H 1001 for the sum of $721 00, the sum of
$221 00 having already been paid for work performed on their
lands, thus making the payment to them at the present time of
$500 00
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $2,351 00 for rights of way and all property damages,
payable as follows :
Frank McPherson—Ithaca Road (Spencer Sec)
S H 454 $1,800
Edward Kelly—Halseyville-Taughannock Falls,
S 11 1895 50
T A and Carrie Schaber—Enfield Center -Ithaca,
S H 1001 500
Flossie Fralick—Cayuta-Newfield, S H 5474-A
and other considerations 1
$2,351
and the Clerk is hereby directed to issue orders for the above
amounts, payable to the foregoing persons, upon the delivery
to him of proper deeds of conveyance of the lands taken and a
release of all property damages, and the County Treasurer is
hereby directed to pay said orders out of the moneys in her
hands appropriated for securing rights of way
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
The Chairman called attention of the Board to county lands
in Caroline, now used for reforestation purposes, stating that
some fencing would be necessary to protect the same
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That the matter of fencing of county lands be
referred to the reforestation committee with power to act
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Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Fred C Evans, former County Superintendent of Highways,
presented the various towns with clock system maps prepared
while he was acting County Superintendent
The Clerk announced 200 copies of the 1936 Proceedings
were now available, the balance to follow soon
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Clerk and Stenographer be commended
for the speed with which the proceedings have been made
available
Seconded by Mr. Watrous Carried
The County Attorney informed the Board that the cases
of Blanche and Adelbert Jones against Tompkins County would
be tried at the May term of court, he having secured change
of venue to Tompkins County
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $27,000 00 to aid the towns in the improvement of dirt
roads, said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary
to pay the county's share of such construction, to be expended
under the same provisions and conditions as provided by
resolution of this Board adopted June 8, 1936, and be it
further
Resolved—That payment shall be made to the Supervisor
of the town by the County Treasurer upon the written order
of the County Superintendent of Highways from time to time
as the work progresses, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed to
pay such sums out of any available funds now in her hands,
and if she has not sufficient funds in her hands with which to
pay the same or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section
41, of the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to bor-
44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
row said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary in
anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be
it further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Treasurer be, and
she hereby is authorized and directed to give notes or certifi-
cates of the county, to mature not more than six months after
the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding
six per centum per annum, until the date fixed for their pay-
ment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned
by the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the
entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Stone.
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, Wat-
rous, E J Miller, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Neill, Evans and
Osborn -12
Noes—Messrs Van Order and Squier-2
Resolution carried
The Clerk read the following claims for audit, with the
names of the claimants and the amounts allowed, as reported
by the several committees.
V-247 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas $ 13 00
248 Wm A. Church Co , Receipt Books—Co Treas 16.00
249 The Atkinson Press, Envelopes, etc —Co Treas 73 50
250 Burroughs Adding Machine Co , Ribbon Book—
Co. Treas 8 00
251 The Atkinson Press, Enrollment Books—Elec-
tions 641 75
252 W. S Judson, Fees in Dog Cases—Peace Officer 12 95
253 A J Metzgar, Fees in Dog Cases—Constable 30 90
254 Alvin Booth Co , Burial—Clarence Kinney—
Soldier 75.00
255 Bert I. Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 133 28
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45
256 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 5 40
257 Chas B Stanion & Son, Insurance—Co Clk's.
Bldg 10 00
258 P. W Wood & Son, Insurance—Co Clk's Bldg 10 00
259 Hermann M Biggs Memo. Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B. Hosp 1,450 00
260 Dr J N Frost, Care—Miss Williams—T B
Hosp. 6 00
261 Ernest Ahlson, Caretaker's Salary—T. B Hosp 75 00
262 N Y State Elec. & Gas Corp , Electric bill—
T. B Hosp 5 46
263 Trumansburg Home Telephone Co , Service—
T B Hosp 3 00
264 C. J De Long, Coal—T B. Hosp 21 70
265 Steenberg Feed Mills, Inc , Coal—T B Hosp 22 50
266 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 84 00
267 Dr L P. Larkin, X-ray—Rudolph Whitted—
P. H C. 10 00
268 Royal Gilkey, Instruction—Lester Watson—
P. H. C 13.00
269 Jessamine K Johnson, Teaching Lip Reading—
P H. C 100 50
270 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd —Robert Inman—P.
H. C 1867
271 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preventorium 200 00
272 J J. Taylor, Transportation of men—Cayuga
Preventorium 120 00
273 D H Bierce, Hauling pipe—Cayuga Preventor-
ium 10 00
274 Town of Ulysses, Truck—Cayuga Preventorium 45 00
275 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven-
torium 5 45
276 The Biggs Co., Supplies—Cayuga Preventorium 181.48
277 Cotton & Hanlon, Supplies, Cayuga Preventor-
ium 39 35
278 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Supplies—Cayuga Pre-
ventorium 64 00
279 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 104.25
280 Harrison Adams, Return Martel to Rochester—
Sheriff 6 00
281 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 7 65
282 The Tompkins Studio, Photos—Dist Atty 102.90
283 The Atkinson Press, Letterheads, etc —Dist
Atty. 15 00
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284 The Reporter Co Inc , Brief—Robinson cases—
Dist Atty 34 85
285 Matthew Bender & Co , Supplements—Co Atty 22 00
286 The Tompkins Studio, Photos—Myers Bridge—
Co Atty 6 50
287 Dr. H H. Crum, Sex vices—Jail Physician 16 00
288 Frank Sheehan, Care Jail Inmate—Jail Physi-
cian 10 00
289 Howard L O'Daniel, Postage, etc —Co Clerk 38 80
290 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Deed Book—Co Clerk 35 00
291 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter, etc —Co
Clerk 133 00
292 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Co Clerk 32 50
293 Wm A Church Co , Binding (Spec Acc't) Co
Clerk 3 45
294 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Co Judge 26 00
295 J E Van Natta, Envelopes—Co Judge 30 00
296 Wm F George, Pres Bd of Elec , Postage—
Comm of Elec 12 00
297 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supr 910
298 Dr F R C Forster, Autopsy—Rose Lucas—
Coroner 10 00
299 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 5 40
300 J E Van Natta, Gunn Line Food—Co Bldgs 1 50
301 J B Lang Engine & Garage Co Inc , Repair
Jail Lock—Jail 1 88
302 Norton Electric Co , Supplies—Jail 1 65
303 Norton Electric Co , Supplies—Co Clk's Bldg 3 45
304 Norton Electric Co , Supplies—Old Ct House 67 91
305 Donohue -Halverson, Inc , Valves—Old Ct
House 7 50
306 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Trav Libr 7 00
307 American Library Assn , Books Bul subs —Rur
Trav Libr 100
308 Tomp Co G L F Service, Greasing—Rur Trav
Libr 0 75
309 Junius D Meeker, Expenses—Adult Education 2410
310 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
311 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 21 56
312 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 11 96
313 George Monroe Expenses—T C D A 13 82
314 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—T C D A 13 70
315 S L Sheldon, Supplies—T C D A 39 86
316 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 44 26
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47
317 Harry W Eustance, Witness—Myers Flood
Case—Co Atty 25 00
318 A B Brooks & Son, Liniment—Jail Inmates 1 50
319 Rexford R Chatterton, Fees in Dog Cases—
Justice 25 00
320 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Co Home 62 42
$4,741 11
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $4,741 11, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $4,741 11, or so much thereof as may to her seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be
used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and
be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is, authorized and directed to give the notes of certi-
ficates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest at
a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date
fixed for this payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to pay Claims Nos V-252, 253 and 319 out of the Dog Fund ,
that of Claim No V-279, being for Sheriff's expenses, she
charge to the town of Caroline, the sum of $1 20, to the town
of Danby, the sum of $2 10 , to the town of Dryden, the sum
of $14 10, to the town of Ithaca, the sum of $6 90, to the
town of Lansing, the sum of $5 70 ; to the town of Newfield,
48 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
the sum of $9 75 , and to the City of Ithaca, the sum of $32 40,
said amounts so charged being properly chargeable to said
towns and city, the same to be placed in the budgets of those
respective towns and city and collected at the next ensuing
tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys expended for
and in their behalf.
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned.
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Monthly Meeting
Monday, May 10, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of April 12th meeting, read and approved
Dr H B Sutton, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the County Laboratory, appeared before the board requesting
the addition of two members to that body
The request was referred by the Chairman to the County
Laboratory Committee
Fred A Williams, County Commissioner of Public Welfare,
appeared before the Board with reference to additional ap-
propriations to that department for transient board, salaries
of Federal Food Administrator and Out -of -Settlement Worker,
and material for sewing project
The above request was referred to the Charities Committee
B. I Vann, County Superintendent of Highways, appeared
before the Board with a request from the State Department
of Highways for the designation by this Board of 20 miles
of dirt road to be improved over a state five year plan for con-
struction of Farm -to -Market roads, four miles of which will
be built each year
The above matter was referred to the Highway Committee
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $3,000 00 for eradication of tent caterpillars along
the highway of Tompkins County, the said sum to be used by
the Highway Superintendent of Tompkins County to pay for
the labor in each of the towns, work to be done under the sup-
ervision of the Town Superintendents, the towns to furnish
the trucks and all equipment, and be it further
50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to pay said sum out of any available funds now in her hands,
and if she has not sufficient funds in her hands with which to
pay the same or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section
41, of the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to bor-
row said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary in
anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be it
further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give notes or certificates
of the county, to mature not more than six months after the
date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six
per centum per annum, until the date fixed for their payment,
and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned
by the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make
the entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried.
Mr E J Miller addressed the Board with reference to mak-
ing the new five mile drive a parkway and suggested that ad-
ditional rights of way be secured for landscaping
The above matter was referred to the Highway Committee
to investigate and report
The Clerk read the following communications which were
read and ordered placed on file :
A letter from the Ithaca Typographical Union thanking the
Board for patronizing union printing offices in Ithaca during
the past year
A letter from the War Department, Board of Engineer
Officers, informing the Board that a survey was recommended
for those portions of waters affecting Syracuse, Ithaca, Au-
burn, etc
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A communication from Stanley C Shaw, Member of As-
sembly, thanking the Board for its co-operation during the
past session of the Legislature.
A letter from the Department of Taxation and Finance with
reference to changes in assessment rolls, which suggests that
we disregard for the current year the several changes con-
templated in the form of assessment rolls.
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $718 18, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in
payment of the Printed Proceedings of this Board, for the
year 1936, the order thereof to be drawn by the Clerk of this
Board upon the County Treasurer, upon the delivery to and
acceptance by the Clerk of said Printed Proceedings
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That all county offices, the hours of which are
not fixed by law, may take advantage during the months of
June, July and August of the earlier opening and closing,
under the same conditions that prevailed last year
Seconded by Mr T G Miller. Carried
Mr. Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Department of Public Welfare, the sum of $2,500, apportioned
as follows :
$ 400.00 For salary of the Federal Foods dispenser from
May 1 to Nov 1, 1937
500 00 For care of transients at Salvation Army
600 00 For salary of Out -of -settlement investigator
1,000.00 For purchase of material for sewing project,
$2,500.00
52 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be, and she hereby
is directed to pay the amounts hereby appropriated in the
same manner as she has heretofore paid moneys for said de-
partment out of any available funds in her hands, and if she
has not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay the
same, or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of
the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow
said amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained
to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable,
and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be, and she hereby
is authorized and directed to give the notes or certificates of
the said county, to mature not more than six months after
the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding
six per centum per annum, until the date fixed for their pay-
ment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned
by the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make
the entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr. Squier.
Ayes -14 Noes—O. Carried
Mr T. G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption:
Resolved—That the Highway Committee be authorized to
negotiate for purchase of right of way on the Rumsey estate
connecting the old road with the new road on the Ithaca Road -
Spencer Section S H. 454 as indicated on map presented by
County Superintendent, B. I Vann
Seconded by Mr. Watrous. Carried
Mr. T. G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
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53
Resolved—That the following highway program as out-
lined by B. I Vann be accepted and approved by this Board
as the 20 miles of dirt road to be improved through the state
five year plan for construction of Farm -to -Market roads
Project No 1 Conlon Road, Lansing -4 50 miles Good farm
land, 17 houses and two bridges
Project No 2 Groton West Hill Road, Groton -3 15 miles
No bridges, good farm land, 18 houses
Project No 3 Sebring Settlement Road, Newfield -2 65 miles.
No bridges, good farm and dairy land, 6 houses
Project No 4 County Camp Road, Danby -4 miles One
bridge, 24 ft span, good farm and dairy land,
10 houses County Camp at the Southern end.
Project No 5 Shindagin Hollow Road, Caroline -3 25 miles.
Farm and dairy land, 10 houses
Project No 6. Hill View Road, Danby -2 65 miles Farm and
dairy land, gets rid of dead end by making a
loop 5 houses
Seconded by Mr E J Miller Carried
Mi T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee, re-
ported a settlement with Weaver Brothers on the Ithaca Road
(Spencer Section) S H 454
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
Its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $500 00 for right of way and all property damages sus-
tained by Weaver Brothers, by reason of the construction of
the Ithaca Road (Spencer Section) S. H 454, and the Clerk
is hereby directed to issue an order for said amount payable
to Weaver Brothers, upon the delivery to him of proper deeds
of conveyance of the lands taken and a release of all property
damages, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay
said order out of the moneys in her hands appropriated for
securing rights of way.
54 PRnCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Seconded by Mr E J Miller Carried
Mr E J Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the number of directors of the County Lab-
oratory be increased by two
Seconded by Mr F D Van Order Carried
Mr F D Van Order presented the names of Dr F. J Mc-
Cormick for the term of two years, and B F Savercool, for
the term of one year.
Mr E J Miller presented the names of Dr Norman Moore,
for the term of two years and Dr F R C Forster, for the
term of one year
The Chair appointed as tellers, Messrs Squier and Neill
The ballot resulted as follows .
There were 14 ballots cast for Director for the term of one
year, of which
B F Savercool received 13 and
Dr F. R C Forster received 1
The Chairman declared B. F. Savercool elected a member of
the Board of Directors of the County Laboratory for a term
of one year
Ballots being taken for director for the term of two yea's,
resulted as follows :
14 ballots were cast of which
Dr F J McCormick received 12 and
Dr Norman Moore received 2
The Chairman declared Dr McCormick duly elected a mem-
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ber of the Board of Directors of the County Laboratory fol a
term of two years.
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be, and she hereby 1;
authorized_ and directed to reduce the rate of the interest pen-
alty from 10% to 6%, for failure to pay any real property
tax for the year 1936, which shall have been returned by a
town collector or city treasurer or chamberlain to such county
treasurer and for the collection of which no sale of the prop-
erty shall have been made, in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 368, Laws of 1933
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried.
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they
had been referred
V-321 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt $132.64
322 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 7.30
323 Jessamine K Johnson, Teaching Lip Reading—
P H C 46.25
324 Royal Gilkey, Instruction—Lester Watson --
P H C 1100
325 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 93 00
326 Rochester General Hospital, Care—Philip E
Frisbey—P H C 340.50
327 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd Robert Inman—P H C 14.93
328 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Prev 200.00
329 J J Taylor, Transporting men—Cayuga Prev. 120.00
330 Warren Woodin, Truck rental—Cayuga Prev 90.00
331 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 754 80
332 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Prev 890.40
333 The Todd Sales Co , Check writer—Co Treas 137 75
334 The Todd Company, Checks—Co. Treas 75.64
335 Charlotte V. Bush, Postage—Co. Treas 11 00
336 L E. Patterson, Insurance—T B Hosp 29 50
337 Eugene Thorpe, Fees in Dog Cases—Constable 13.60
338 Riley H Heath, Sup. Ct Judge, Postage—Sup 1
Ct Judge 25 00
339 J E Van Natta, Supplies—Sup. Ct. Judge 195.65
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340 Arthur G. Adams, Postage & Expenses—Dist 180 60
Atty.
341 T. G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist 16 16
Atty
342 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 4 00
343 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 119 85
344 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 4 65
345 Grace Printing Co , Supplies—Sheriff 32 75
346 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 13 02
347 Stephen Gaydosh, Top soil—Co Bldgs. 5 00
348 Ward Spencer, Expenses—Co Bldgs 0 80
349 Robinson & Carpenter, White sand—Co Bldgs 2 25
350 Reynolds & Drake, Repair lawn mower—Co
Bldgs 2 75
351 Clifford C Axtell, Dusters—Co Bldgs 2 00
352 Herbert Muzzy, Labor & Materials—Co Bldgs 11 40
353 H L. O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co Clerk 33 93
354 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 13 77
355 The Atkinson Press, Probate blanks—Surrogate 37 50
356 West Publishing Co , N Y Supp —Co Judge 15 00
357 T. G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Judge 7 18
358 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supervisors 6 00
359 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Super-
visors
360 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter pad—
Supervisors 1 50
361 C L Reid, Repair check writer—Supervisors 6 00
362 W F George, Pres Bd of Elec , Postage— 10 00
Comm of Elec
363 The Journal & Courier, Supplies—Comm of
Elec 4 16
364 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 71 50
365 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 1,506 00
366 Ernest Ahlson, Caretaker's salary—T B Hosp 75 00
367 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Electric bill—
T B Hosp 5 06
368 Trumansburg Home Telephone, Telephone bill—
T B Hosp. 3 00
369 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T.0 D A 21 80
370 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 24 60
371 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
I
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
372 Arthur B. Smith, Expenses—T C D A
373 Grace •Printing Co , Supplies—T C D A
374 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—T C D A
375 S L Sheldon, Supplies—T C D A
376 Stover Printing Co., Supphes—T C D A
377 Roland Mulhauser, Postage—Rur , Trav Libr
378 Gladys L Buckingham, Services as Secy —Rur
Trav Libr
379 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Rur
Trav Libr
380 The H R. Huntting Co Inc , Supplies—Rur
Trav Libr
381 Wm T Pritchard, Labor—Rui Trav Libr
382 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Trav Libr
383 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr
6
12
6
27
10
57
96
00
00
58
00
2 10
25 00
5 65
4 56
0 98
7100
23 91
$5,761173
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved
adoption
its
Resolved—That the foiegoing claims amounting to the sum
of $5,761 73, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not siiti-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $5,761 73, or so much thereof as may to her seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained
to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable,
and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is, authorized and directed to give the notes or certi-
ficates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to pay Claim No. V-337 out of the moneys in her hands in the
Dog Fund, that of Claim No V-343, being for Sheriff's ex-
penses, she charge to the town of Caroline, the sum of $2 10 ,
to the town of Danby, the sum of $23 25 , to the town of
Dryden, the sum of $1710, to the town of Lansing, the sum
of $19 80, to the town of Ulysses, the sum of $3 60 and to
the City of Ithaca, the sum of $16 20, said amounts so charged
being properly chargeable to said towns and city, and that the
amounts so charged be placed in the budgets of said towns
and city and collected at the next ensuing tax levy to reim-
burse the county for moneys expended, for and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned.
OF IOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
59
Monthly Meeting
Monday, June 14, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Squier, excused
Minutes of May 10th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a card of thanks from Mrs J T Newman
and family for flowers sent to Mr Newman's funeral
The report of the Committee on County Treasurer's Ac-
counts having been inadvertently omitted from the proceed-
ings of the last annual session
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
WHEREAS—Your Committee on County Treasurer's Ac-
counts have examined the accounts of the County Treasurer,
as presented by her annual report for the year ending Nov-
ember 1, 1936, and in the judgment of your committee the
report is correct, therefore be it
Resolved—That the report of the Committee be accepted
as of November 1, 1936
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the balance of $635.00 remaining from the
moneys appropriated for blind relief for the year 1937 be
transferred by the County Treasurer to the County Welfare
Account to be paid by the Commissioner for the same pur-
poses
Seconded by Mr Neill. Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
60 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That the county employ R C Mandeville to in-
vestigate county delinquent tax land, salary not to exceed
$100 00 for such work performed, and the above amount of
$100 00 is hereby appropriated for that purpose
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried.
The Clerk read a petition signed by taxpayers of the West
Groton -Groton Village highway asking that that road be
placed on the 1937 highway program for widening
Referred to the Highway Committee
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee,
reported that that committee had affected settlements for
rights of way on the Buttermilk Falls State Palk Entrance
S H , the Freeville-Groton, C H 926 and the Catskill Turn-
pike, C H 483
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,066 00 for rights of way and all property damages,
payable as follows :
Wallace H Shulenburg—Buttermilk Falls -State
Park Entrance, S H $ 750 00
R G Smith—Buttermilk Falls -State Park En-
trance, S H 1 00
DeForest Head—Catskill Turnpike, C H. 483 250 00
Mrs B L Buck—Freeville-Groton; C H 926 66 00
$1,066 00
and that the Clerk is hereby directed to issue orders for the
above amounts, payable to the foregoing parties entitled there-
to, upon the delivery to him of proper deeds of conveyance of
the lands taken and a release of all property damages, and the
County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders out of
the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights of
way.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 61
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried.
The Clerk announced a vacancy on the Board of Directors of
the County Laboratory occasioned by the death of Dr Minor
McDaniels.
•
Recommendation for appointment was referred to the
County Laboratory Committee.
The Clerk read the resignation of Mr E T Turner from
the Rural Traveling Library Committee
Resignation and recommendation referred to the Educa-
tion Committee.
Hugh J. Williams, with other representatives of TCD A
activities, appeared before the Board with a request for funds
for continuance of work to January 1, 1938
The above matter was referred to the Education Committee
Mr. Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That a committee be appointed_ by the Chair to
draft a suitable resolution upon the death of Dr. Minor Mc -
Daniels.
Seconded by Mr. Osborn Carried
The Chair appointed the following • Messrs. Watrous, E J.
Miller and Neill, as such committee
A brief recess was taken allowing committees to function
On again being called to order—
Mr. Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS -It has seemed wise to Him who controls all
things, to take from among us our esteemed fellow citizen,
Dr Minor McDaniels, and while not understanding this wis-
dom, we are compelled to acquiesce thereto, therefore be it
62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That we, the members of this Board of Super-
visors of Tompkins County sincerely regret this unexpected
passing of our fellow citizen, who gave generous of his time,
talents and ability on many committees of this county's ac-
tivities, and we wish in gratitude to express our deepest
sympathy to the members of his family in this, their hour
of sorrow, and be it further
Resolved—That this resolution be spread upon the minutes
of this Board, and that a certified copy thereof be forwarded
to Dr McDaniel's bereaved widow
D J. WATROUS,
E. J. MILLER,
L. D NEILL,
Committee
Seconded by Mr T. G Miller Carried
Mr. T. G. Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee,
reported upon the petition referred to that committee •
That whereas the county highway program for the year
1937 having been completed and adopted, your committee
recommends that this petition be given first consideration for
the year 1938.
Mr E J. Miller, Chairman of the County Laboratory Com-
mittee, offered the following recommendation •
That Dr David Robb be appointed to the Board of Direc-
tors of the County Laboratory to fill the unexpired term of
the late Dr. Minor McDaniels, which term ends January 1,
1939.
Recommendation accepted
Mr. Stevenson moved that Dr David Robb be appointed
to fill such vacancy
Seconded by Mr. Osborn. Carried.
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
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Resolved—That Howard L O'Daniel be authorized to at-
tend the County Clerk's Association meeting to be held in
Skaneateles July 18th, at county expense
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried.
Mr Osborn moved, that the matter of caretaker, supplies,
etc necessary for the old tuberculosis hospital be referred
to the Charities Committee with power
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried.
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $60 00 for expenses of the adult education work for
the balance of the year
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Stevenson, Chairman of the Education Committee,
offered the following resolution and moved its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,650 00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for
the Tompkins County Development Association, to be divided
as follows For salary of one combination man to handle
projects in engineering and architecture, the sum of $1,200 00,
and for travel, office supplies, postage, etc., the sum of $450 00,
making the total appropriation of $1,650 00 from July 1, 1937
to December 31, 1937 ; and that any unused balance remaining
in the account of the Tompkins County Development Associa-
tion June 30, 1937 be reappropriated for use during the period
July 1, 1937 to December 31, 1937, and" be it further
Resolved—That in the event that the County Treasurer has
not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay said
amount, or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41,
of the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow
said amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be
used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and
be it further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Treasurer be, and
she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or
certificates of the said county, to mature not more than six
months after the date of issue and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed
for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the, County Treasurer and countersigned by
the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the
entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes—Messrs. T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, Watrous, E
J. Miller, Payne, Stone, Van Order, Neill, and Osborn -10
Noes—Messrs Snow, Scofield and Evans -3
Resolution carried
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they
had been referred.
V-384 Bert I. Vann, Mileage—Co Supt $135.40
385 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 6 10
386 H A Carey Co Inc , Insurance—Co Bldgs 10 10
387 Womrath Bookshops & Librs. Inc , Books—
Rur Trav Libr. 9 35
388 General Bookbinding Co , Books—Rur Trav
Libr 46 98
389 Dean of Ithaca, -Inc , Storage—Rur. Tray. Libr 7 00
390 Wm T Pritchard, Labor & Supplies—Rur.
Trav Libr 8 38
391 The Ithaca Journal, Pub Scholarships—Educa-
tional 8 60
392 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 114 75
393 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 14 40
394 The Sport Shop, Supplies—Sheriff 30 24
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395 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 14 00
396 A B Brooks & Son, Drugs, etc —Jail Inmates 6 90
397 The Todd Company, Gen Fund Cks —Co Treas. 92 05
398 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Treas 6 20
399 Lustre Chemical Co , Window cleaner—Court
House 8 75
400 Clarkson Chemical Co , Inc , Wax—Court House 107 05
401 The Fuller Brush Co , Mops, etc —Court House 38 71
402 Max Kluebert, Refinish table—Court House 6 50
403 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Court House 3 88
404 Tisdel's Repair Shop, Repair locks—Court
House 2 50
405 Pete's Glass Shop, Glass—Court House .45
406 Mrs. Clara Pickert, Cleaning—Old Court House 9 80
407 Norton Electric Co , Labor & Supplies—Old
Court House 66 90
408 C A Shelton, Belt & Gas—Jail 8.54
409 H A. McAvoy, Fitting Ground—Co Clk's Bldg 4 00
410 Burroughs Adding Machine Co , Maintenance—
Co Officers 52 90
411 H L O'Daniel, Postage, etc —Co Clerk 37 26
412 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Books—Co Clerk 35 00
413 The Corner Bookstores, Inc , Ribbons—Co.
Clerk 4 75
414 International Business Mch Corp , Repairing
stamp—Co Clerk 12 00
415 Wm A Church Co , Billheads—Supr 17 75
416 Edward Thompson Co , Law Book—Co Judge 5.00
417 L J Clasgens, Supplies—Co Judge 39 29
418 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Co Judge 28 00
419 The Corner Bookstores, Inc , Envelopes—Co
Judge 6.15
420 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 14 00
421 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200.00
422 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 16 52
423 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 21 45
424 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 24 68
425 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
426 J J Taylor, Transporting men—Cayuga Prev. 120.00
427 Arthur Prince, Truck hire—Cayuga Preven 94 80
428 Enterprise Foundry Co , Supplies—Cayuga
Preven 52.00
429 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven. 16 44
430 The Biggs Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 27.26
431 Frank A Bangs, Material—Cayuga Preven 542 15
66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
432 Tompkins Co Trust Co , Printing Ck bk —
Cayuga Preven 2 75
433 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 29 76
434 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 33 80
435 Jessamine K Johnson, Teaching lip reading -
6 25
P H C
436 Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Care—Eliz Leaver 37 00
—PHC
437 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia 90 00
Piei ce—P H C
438 Dr J C Frey, Care—Alfred Leonardo—P H C. 10.00
439 Royal Gilkey, Instr —Lester Watson—P H C 12 00
440 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd —Robert Inman— 18 67
P. H C
441 Junius D Meeker, Expenses—Adult Education 17 30
442 Ernest Ahlson, Caretaker's Salary—T B Hosp 75 00
443 Trumansburg Home Tele Co , Services—T 13
Hosp 3 00
444 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 1,572.00
445 Helen M Grommon, Instr —Lester Watson— 34 00
P H C
446 Warren Woodin, Truck—Cayuga Preven 46 00
447 Robinson & Carpenter, Screens—Cayuga Prev 306 80
448 W F George, Comm of Elec , Postage, etc — 12 00
Comm of Elec
449 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage, etc —Co Sealer 2076 75
96
450 S L Sheldon, Supphes—T C D A
451 Edward Ozmun, Fees in Felony—Justice 510
452 C C Tarbell, Fees in Dog Cases—Justice 9 40
453 Claude Hillyard, Fees in Dog Cases—Constable 1810
454 The Tompkins Studio, Photos—Dist Atty 35 00
455 W A Harvey Sporting Goods Co , Supplies— 18 35
Sheriff
$4,864 92
Mr Osborn offered the following iesolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved --That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $4,864 92, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 67
part thereof, she be and hei eby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $4,864 92, or so much thereof as may to her seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be
contained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so
obtained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are
applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or certi-
ficates of indebtedness of said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasure/ is hereby directed
to pay Claims Nos V-452 and V-453 out of the Dog Fund ;
and that she is hereby directed to charge Claim No V-392
being for Sheriff's expenses, to the town of Caroline, the sum
of $2 40 , to the town of Danby, the sum of $6 60 , to the town
of Dryden, the sum of $6 00 , to the town of Enfield, the sum
of $3 90 , to the town of Ithaca, the sum of $7 35 , to the town
of Lansing, the sum of $30 75 , to the town of Newfield, the
sum of $5 55 , to the town of Ulysses, the sum of $9 30 , and
to the City of Ithaca, the sum of $37 20, said amounts so
charged being properly chargeable to said towns and city,
the same to be placed in the budgets of those respective towns
and city and collected at the next ensuing tax levy to reim-
burse the county for moneys expended for and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
68 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monthly Meeting
Monday, July 12 1937
Roll call All members present except Mr
excused
E J
Minutes of June 14th meeting, read and approved
Miller,
Arthur G Adams, District Attorney, appeared before the
Board and talked with reference to a school of training for
District Attorneys' to be held in Chicago
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the resignation of E T Turner from the
Rural Traveling Library Committee be accepted
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That Harry G. Stutz be appointed to fill the un-
expired term of E T. Turner, resigned, said term to end
January 1, 1939.
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
The Clerk read a notice of the Election Commissioners'
Association meeting to be held at Alexandria Bay, July 20,
21 and 22.
Mr Stone moved, that the election commissioners be author-
ized to attend this convention
Seconded by Mr D J Watrous Carried
The Clerk read a card of thanks from the Buckingham
family for flowers sent on the occasion of the funeral of Mrs.
Buckingham's father.
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OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 69
The Clerk read a letter from the Temporary Emergency
Relief Administration relative to the discontinuance of said
organization and expressing appreciation to the county and
municipal officers for their co-operation
Letter placed on file
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
WHEREAS—The Board of Education of the McLean Central
School has requested permission to construct a sidewalk and
footbridge within the highway right of way of County Road
No 105 from the public square in the hamlet of McLean,
Town of Groton to the McLean Central School grounds , and
in consideration of such permission the said Board of Educa-
tion has agreed to indemnify _and save harmless the County
of Tompkins and the Town of Groton from all claims for
damages arising from the construction and maintenance or
failure to maintain such sidewalk and footbridge
Be It Resolved—That this Board hereby grants permission
to the Board of Education of the McLean Central School to
construct and maintain said sidewalk and footbridge in said
right of way
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS—The salary of the Children's Agent has been
paid by the County from funds appropriated to the Tompkins
County Committee of the State Charities Aid Association
without any reimbursement from the State, and inasmuch
as the new Security set-up will reimburse the county for 45%
of salary expense providing the payment of same is made
through our County Welfare Commissioner,
Therefore, Be It Resolved—That future salary payments
to the Child Welfare Agent shall be made by our County
Welfare Commissioner, and the balance now on hand in the
70 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
county treasury to the credit of the Tompkins County Com-
mittee of the State Charities Aid Association shall be trans-
ferred to the County Welfare Commissioner for future salary
payments to the Child Welfare Agent
Seconded by Mr Payne Carried
Mr. T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Chairman and Clerk be authorized and
directed to sign for Tompkins County the agreement by
which the county agrees to maintain the highway two miles
south of North Lansing, known as South Lansing -North Lan-
sing Road
Seconded by Mr Scofield tdarried
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee, re-
ported that that committee had effected settlements for rights
of way on the Freeville-Groton C H 926 and the Taughan-
nock State Park -Ithaca C H
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $550 00 for rights of way and all property damages,
payable as follows •
Otto Peterman—Freeville-Groton C H 926 $100 00
Mrs Addie Hurst & Mrs Catherine LePage—Free-
ville-Groton, C. H 926 50 00
Marie A Jones—Taughannock State Park—Ithaca
C H 400 00
$550 00
and that the Clerk is hereby directed to issue orders for the
above amounts, payable to the foregoing parties entitled there-
to, upon the delivery to him of proper deeds of conveyance of
the lands taken and a release of all property damages, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders out
of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights
of way.
OF TO\IPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 71
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they had
been referred
V-456 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas $ 11 00
457 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 139.12
458 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 8 30
459 Frank Shepard Company, Law Books—Sup
Ct Judge 35.00
460 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 115 50
461 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 4 68
462 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 16 00
463 Arthur B Wellar, Prof services—Dist. Atty 25 00
464 Ralph Mungle, Prof services—Dist Atty 25 00
465 Edward W Warren, Prof services—Dist Atty 10 00
466 Howard E Taylor, Transcript—Jones—Co
Atty 2 75
467 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 1,479 50
468 Trumansburg Home Tele Co , Services—T B
Hosp 5 40
469 N Y State Elec & Gas Co , Electricity—T B
Hosp 10 86
470 Dr Keith Sears, Expenses—T B Hosp 7 00
471 Amos H Davenport, Electrical supplies—Co
Bldgs N R.
472 Rothschild Bros , Thermos Jug—Co Bldgs 10 35
473 J B Lang Engine & Garage Co Inc , Welding—
Co Bldg 100
474 Ithaca Co -Op G L F Service, Inc , Lawn seed,
etc —Co Bldgs 8.55
475 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 13 86
476 Donohue -Halverson, Inc , Labor & Supplies—Co
CIk's Bldg 1 65
477 Arthur G Adams, Mileage & Expenses—Dist
Atty 160 66
478 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 93 00
479 Royal Gilkey, Instruction—Lester Watson—
P H C 800
480 Syracuse Univ Hosp of the Good Shepard—
Care—Alfred Leonardo—P H C 72 00
481 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
72 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
482 J J Taylor, Transporting men—Cayuga Prev 120 00
483 Seneca Engineering Co , Structural steel—
Cayuga Preven 445 00
484 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 4 20
485 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Supplies—Cayuga
Preven 3 98
486 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 11 52
487 Potter & Allen, Supplies—Cayuga Preven 36 00
488 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 7 74
489 Robert S Boothroyd, Insurance—Cayuga Prev 22 50
490 H L O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co Clerk 36 57
491 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Ribbons—Co Clerk 4 75
492 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Supplies—Co Judge 11 00
493 The Todd Company, Checks—Supr 44 01
494 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supr 7 55
495 Wm F George, Comm of Elec , Postage—
Comm of Elec 4 00
496 J E Van Natta, Ribbon, etc —Comm of Elec 1 75
497 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Trav Libr 7 00
498 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Rur
Trav Libr 189
499 Gaylord Bros Inc , Supplies—Rur Trav Libi 2 50
500 Womrath Bookshops & Libr Inc , Books—Rur
Trav Libr 130
501 H W Wilson Company, Books—Rur Trav Libr 2 50
502 Leisure League of America, Inc , Books—Rur
Trav Libr 0 80
503 Tompkins Co Rural News, Pub scholarship No-
tices—Educational 7 99
504 Central N Y School for the Deaf, Clothing—
Deaf-mutes 12 50
505 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
506 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 13 12
507 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T.0 D A 10 70
508 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 30 92
509 S L Sheldon, Supplies—T C D A 8 64
510 Pearl E Wallenbeck, Bd —Robert Inman --
P H C 640
511 Grinnell Co , Inc , Insp Sprinkler System—Co
Home 75 00
512 Troy Studio, Photographs—Co Atty 6 00
513 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 52 50
514 George F Warner, Serving subpoena—Con-
stable 4 20
515 Lawyers Co -Op Pub Co , Law Book—Sup Ct
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73
Judge 10 00
516 A B Brooks & Son, Medicine—Jail Supplies 1 70
517 Chas H Newman, Photostat—Rt of Way 1 00
518 Chas H Newman, Expenses—Co Atty 5107
519 Chas L Steenberg, Coal—T B. Hosp 29 25
520 Frank M Kellam, Paint—Jail ' 111 01
$3,872 74
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $3,872 74, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
ficient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $3,782 74, or so much thereof as may to her seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be
used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and
be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is, authorized and directed to give the notes or certi-
cates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until
the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the Count'
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41. of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed to
charge Claim No V-504, being for clothing for deaf-mutes, to
the town of Dryden , and that of Claim No V-460, being for
Sheriff's expenses, she charge to the town of Dryden, the sum
of $8 70; to the town of Enfield, the sum of $7 95, to the town
of Groton, the sum of $3 90 , to the town of Ithaca, the sum
74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SLPERVISORS
of $10 95, to the town of Lansing, the sum of $9 90, to the
town of Ulysses, the sum of $7 50, and to the City of Ithaca,
the sum of $48 60, said amounts so charged being properly
chargeable to said towns and city, the same to be placed in
the budgets of those respective towns and city and collected
at the next ensuing tax levy to reimburse the county for
moneys expended for and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -12 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
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OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
Monthly Meeting
Monday, August 9, 1937
75
Roll call All members present
Minutes of July 12th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a letter from John L nester, Secretary of
the County Officers Association of the State of New York with
reference to assessment for expenses for the year 1937; letter
referred to the Finance Committee and placed on file
The Clerk read a letter from the Department of Public
Works, Division of Highways with reference to abandonment
of a section of highway in Dryden occasioned by the Varna
overhead, which letter was placed on file
The Clerk read a letter from Mayor Myers asking, on behalf
of the City, to allow the city health board to occupy quarters
in the old court house Letter was placed on file and the re-
quest referred to the Building Committee
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $370 68 to the Bero Engineering and Construction
Corporation for work done on the following premises :
Austin Sands—Turkey Hill Nursery Farm—Ithaca-
Dryden, S H No 5225 $335 68
Jennie Thomas—Ithaca-Dryden, S H No 5225 35 00
$370 68
said amounts to be applied on the settlement with the fore-
going parties, and the Clerk is hereby directed to issue an
order at this time for said amount, payable to the Bero En-
gineering and Construction Corporation, and the County
Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said order out of the
moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights of way.
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
76 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SLPERVISORS
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $322 50, for rights of way and all property damages,
payable as follows :
Willet Ellis—Etna-Freeville-Dryden S H 5294 $150 00
Margaret Jewell—Catskill Turnpike C H 483 100 00
Edward Walpole—Freeville-Groton C H 926 10 00
(Additional)
Alice E Bailey—Ithaca Road (Spencer Section) S
H. 454 62 50
$322 50
and the Clerk is hereby directed to issue orders for the above
amounts, payable to the foregoing parties entitled thereto,
upon the delivery to him of proper deeds of conveyance of the
lands taken and a release of all property damages, and the
County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders out
of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing rights
of way
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr Osborn addressed the Board with reference to water
supply at the Cayuga Preventorium which matter was re-
ferred to the Charities Committee to report at a later date
Mr Mott, Chairman of the Salaries and Wages Committee,
offered the following resolution and moved its adoption :
Resolved—That Ward Spencer, Building Superintendent,
be paid Ten Dollars per month in addition to present salary
or ($120 00 per year additional) and that the Assistant Fire-
man and Watchman be paid $80 00 per year more
Seconded by Mr Stevenson
Discussion followed
Mr Osborn moved that the matter be laid on the table.
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OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 77
Seconded by Mr Squier
Ayes—Messrs Watrous, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Evans, Os-
born and Squier-7
Noes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E J
Miller, VanOrder and Neill -7
Resolution lost
Mr E J Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Building Superintendent, Ward Spencer,
be granted an increase of $10.00 per month beginning as of
August 1, 1937
Seconded by Mr. Van Order
Ayes—Messrs Stevenson, Watrous, E J Miller, Scofield,
Payne, Van Order, Neill, Evans, Osborn, and Squier-10
Noes—Messrs. Snow, T G Miller, Mott, and Stone -4
Resolution carried
Mr Osborn, Chairman of the Finance Committee, to which
was referred the communication of the County Officers Asso-
ciation of the State of New York asking for contribution,
offers the following resolution and moved its adoption .
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $75 00, for the year 1937, payable to the County
Officers Association of the State of New York, and the Clerk
is hereby directed to draw an order for said amount, and the
County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said order out
of any available funds in her hands
Seconded by Mr Neill
Ayes -14. Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read a report on the Tompkins County Rural
Traveling Library, as made by the Assistant Library Super-
78 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
visor, of the Library Extension Division of the State Educa-
tion Department, Albany, N Y , which shows the Rural
Traveling Library as meeting all state requirements
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they
had been referred
V-521 Matthew Bender & Co , Inc , 1937 Manual—Sup.
Ct Judge $ 8 00
522 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 145 20
523 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 4 75
524 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Sheriff 710
525 Dennis & Co Inc , Gilbert's Code—Dist Atty 20 00
526 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist.
Atty 4 73
527 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 20 00
528 H L O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co Clerk 67 35
529 Norton Printing Co , Abstract Covers—Co
Clerk 13 50
530 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 11 65
531 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Record Book—Co
Clerk 57 38
532 Callghan & Company, Law Book—Co Clerk 12 00
533 Joseph H Brophy, Warden, Freight on Plates—
Mot Veh Clk 63 00
534 Matthew Bender & Co , Gilbert's Code—Co.
Judge 20 00
535 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Surrogate 27 50
536 Wm A Church Co , Supplies—Surrogate 43 75
537 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Comm
of Elec 30 41
538 Stover Printing Co , Marker Cards—Comm of
Elec 10 50
539 Journal & Courier, Political Calendars—Comm
of Elec. 15 00
540 Norton Printing Co , Petitions—Comm of Elec 40 00
541 J E Van Natta, Supplies, etc —Comm. of Elec. 2 25
542 Wm F George, Expenses to Conv —Comm of
Elec 28 10
543 Emma L Card, Expenses to Conv —Comm of
Elec 28 10
544 Wm A Church Co., Supplies—Supr. 44 20
545 Wm. F George, Comm. of Elec , Postage—
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Comm of Elec 12 00
546 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 50 00
547 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Treas 6 50
548 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 151 04
549 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 5 70
550 C Harry Spaulding, Fees ' in Felony—Justice 23 30
551 T H Davenport Co Inc , Insurance—T B
Hosp 22 13
552 George F Warner, Fees in Felony—Constable 15 90
553 Frank A Bangs, Repairing showers—Jail 5 32
554 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Jail 3 73
555 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 25 61
556 Treman, King & Co , Electric fan—Co Bldgs 16 95
557 T. G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Bldgs 68 65
558 E W Bell, Labor & Materials—Co Bldgs 237 08
559 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Alfred Leon-
ardo—P H C 96 00
560 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 90 00
561 Strong Memorial Hospital, Care—Shirley Alig
—P H C 27 00
562 C L Kulp, Sec Bd of Education, Tuition—
Blanch Crance—P H C 40 00
563 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
564 Frank H Feller, Expenses—Cayuga Preven 6 00
565 The Biggs Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 35 54
566 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 374 31
567 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 28 10
568 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 2 65
569 E G Holmes & Son, Supplies—Cayuga Preven 9 21
570 Warren Woodin, Truck, etc —Cayuga Preven 112 00
571 Potter & Allen, Supplies—Cayuga Preven 180 00
573 Trumansburg Home Telephone Co , Services—
T B Hosp 315
574 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Elec —T B
Hosp 8 14
576 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Jail 5 60
577 Mrs Lena Miller, Switchboard Operator—Ct
House 19 00
578 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 60 05
579 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supr 4 60
580 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
581 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 13 73
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582 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 2 52
583 Fred Rolfe, Repairing Typewriter—T C D A 7 00
584 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—T C D A 33 00
585 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—T C D A 6 76
586 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—T C D A 32 53
587 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Tray Libr 7 00
588 J� J Taylor, Transportation of men—Cayuga
Preven 120 00
$3,092 27
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $3,092 27, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $3,092 27, or so much thereof as may to her seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so ob-
tained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are
applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is, authorized and directed to give the notes or certi-
ficates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of the
County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to charge Claim No V-522, being for the Sheriff's Expenses,
to the town of Caroline, the sum of $3 60 , to the town of
Dryden, the sum of $17 40 ; to the town of Ithaca, the sum of
$8.10 , to the town of Lansing, the sum of $28 35 , to the town
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of Newfield, the sum of $7 80 , to the town of Ulysses, the
sum of $12.00 and to the City of Ithaca, the sum of $59 40,
said amounts so charged being properly chargeable to said
towns and city, the same to be placed in the budgets of those
respective towns and city, and collected at the next ensuing
tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys expended for
and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr. Squier
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monthly Meeting
Monday, September 13, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of August 9th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a letter from the Board of Supervisors of
Broome County extending a cordial invitation to all county and
town officers of Tompkins County to attend a county and town
officers school to be held in Binghamton, October 8th and 9th
Mr John J Sinsabaugh, County Sealer of Weights and
Measures, appeared before the Board and asked for an addi-
tional appropriation of $150 00 in his expense account, which
matter was referred to the Finance Committee
Mr E J Miller, Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca, offered
the following petition
"We, as property owners residing on the five mile
drive and within the Town of Ithaca, do hereby peti-
tion the Board of Supervisors to take under consider-
ation eliminating a condition which now exists that
is detrimental to ourselves as residents and to our
property in the event of heavy i ains which are caus-
ing damage to our property"
The above petition bore fifty signatures and was referred
to the Highway Committee
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
WHEREAS—On June 14, 1937, an amount not to exceed
$100 00 was appropriated for R C Mandeville to investigate
tax delinquent lands and a part of the work has been done,
therefore be it
Resolved—That the Clerk be directed to draw an order in
the amount of $50 00 as partial payment of the above appro-
priation
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OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 83
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That of the money heretofore appropriated as
county aid to the towns for the construction of gravel roads,
that a sum of $2,000 00, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary may be used by the towns for repairs of the damage
caused by the recent flood, such repairs to be approved by the
County Superintendent of Highways, and a copy of this
resolution be given to the County Superintendent of Highways
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee, re-
ported that that committee had effected settlements for rights
of way and all property damages on the following roads, to
wit • Ithaca -Danby S H No 5043 , Etna-Freeville-Dryden, S
H 5294 , Freeville-Groton, C H 926 , Enfield Falls -Enfield
Center S H 1189 , and the South Lansing -North Lansing
Farm -to -Market Road
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,565 00 for rights of way and all property damages,
payable as follows
Olin King -Enfield Falls -Enfield Center S H 1189 $350 00
Margaret Stamp—Enfield Falls -Enfield Center S H
1189 700 00
B. & M Wallenbeck—Enfield Falls -Enfield Center
S H 1189 60 00
Ida Baker—Ithaca-Danby S H 5043 75 00
Norris Crispell—Etna-Freeville-Dryden, S H 5294
(Additional) 10 00
Charles Jackson—Freeville-Groton C H 926 250 00
W F. Searles—S Lansing -N Lansing Farm -to -
Market Rd 15 00
Osmun S Howser—S Lansing -N Lansing Farm to -
Market Rd 20 00
John Miller—S. Lansing -N Lansing Farm -to -Mar-
ket Rd 25 00
$1,565 00
84 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
and that the Clerk is hereby directed to issue orders for the
above amounts, payable to the foregoing parties entitled there-
to, upon the delivery to him of proper deeds of conveyance
of the lands taken and a release of all property damages, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said orders
out of the moneys in her hands appropriated for securing
rights of way.
Seconded by Mr Stevenson, Carried.
Mr. T. G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
Its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $10,000 for the construction, reconstruction, mainten-
ance and repair of bridges, damaged by the recent flood, for
which the county is liable, and be it further
Resolved—That in the event that the County Treasurer has
not sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay said
amount, or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41,
of the County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow
said sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as to her may seem
necessary in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so ob-
tained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are ap-
plicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness be
signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and countersigned
by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County Clerk
shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of the
County Law.
Seconded by Mr Stone.
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 85
Mr T. G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $10,000 to the County Road Fund of Tompkins County,
and be it further
Resolved—That if the County Treasurer has not sufficient
funds in her hands with which to pay said amount, or any part
thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the County Law,
she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount, or
so much thereof as to her may seem necessary, in anticipation
of the collection of taxes to be contained in the taxes for the
current year, the moneys so obtained to be used for the pur-
poses to which such taxes are applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes
or certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature
not more than six months after the date of issue and to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum,
until the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by the
County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr. T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That on account of damages caused by the recent
flood that there be and hereby is appropriated $20,000 from
the County Road Fund to maintenance
Seconded by Mr. Stone.
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried.
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
86 PROCEEDINGS OF FHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated an
additional sum of $200 00, for material and incidentals, to
carry the W P A Sewing, Project to November 1, 1937, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same in
like manner as the original appropriation
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That $300 00 now on hand, from balance of Case
Supervisor's salary be transferred to the Children's Agent
salary
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $830 00, or as much thereof as is necessary, for the
purchase of a truck for the County Farm, and be it further
Resolved—That if the County Treasurer has not sufficient
funds in her hands with which to pay said amount, or any
part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the County
Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said amount,
or so much thereof as to her may seem necessary, in anticipa-
tion of the collection of taxes to be contained in the taxes for
the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used for the
purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said Tompkins County Treasurer be,
and she hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or
certificates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not
more than six months after the date of issue and to bear in-
terest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until
the date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by the
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 87
County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the en-
tries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Neill
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
The Clerk read a notice of the State Supervisors Associa-
tion meeting to be held at Lake Placid September 23rd, 24th
and 25th.
Moved by Mr Evans, that the Chairman of the Board and
the Chairman of the Finance Committee be authorized to
attend
Seconded by Mr Neill Carried
An invitation from Dr Deegan to the Board of Supervisors
to inspect the Herman M Biggs Memorial Hospital was ex-
tended
Moved by Mr E J Miller that the Board make such in-
spection on the date of the next regular meeting
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
WHEREAS—The Board of Health of the City of Ithaca has
requested the use of office and clinic space, the latter in con-
junction with the present County facilities, it is
Resolved—That the County grant the City use of such
space which can be arranged and is now available, namely,
the five rooms now used by the State and two clinic rooms
used by the County, located on the first floor of the Old
County Courthouse building with provision that the County
furnish heat, light and janitor service only
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and mov-
ed its adoption :
88 I'ROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHEREAS—The State Department of Public Works Divi-
sion of Highways, has made known to this Board its intention
to construct a certain highway in the town of Lansing to be
known as the South Lansing -North Lansing Farm -to -Market
Road, and
WHEREAS—In connection with the construction of said
highway it is the duty of this Board to acquire the necessary
rights of way, and
WHEREAS—The Committee on Highways has reported to
this Board that the United States Government is the owner
of certain lands, described on Map No. 4, which must be ac-
quired for such construction; and that said committee has
endeavored to obtain an option from the owner of said lands
without success, and is unable to acquire said lands by pur-
chase;
Resolved—That the acquisition of the said lands is neces-
sary for the public use, and
Resolved—That the Highway Committee be directed to con-
tinue its efforts to obtain said lands by purchase, or the con-
sent of the United States Government to such construction,
and that if the committee is unable to so acquire such lands
or such consent, the Chairman of this Board and the County
Attorney are hereby authorized to institute such legal pro-
ceedings on behalf of this Board and Tompkins County as
may be necessary to provide the requisite right of way to per-
mit the construction of said highway, in accordance with the
Highway Law of the State of New York, and the Laws of the
United States of America
Seconded by Mr Osborn Car/ ied
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and re-
commended for audit by the several committees to which
they had been referred
V-589 Riley H Heath, Postage—Sup Ct Judge $ 25 00
590 Arthur G Adams, Mileage & Exp —Dist Atty 146 32
591 Harrison Adams, Mileage Sheriff 127 50
592 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 10 69
593 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Criminal Law Bk —
Sheriff 25 00
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89
594 Dr. H. H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 21 50
595 Dr. David Robb, Ex Blanche Jones—Co Atty 25 00
596 Frank M. Kellam, Paint—Jail 50 25
597 H L O'Daniel, Postage & Exp — Co Clerk 46 41
• 598 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Mortgage Book—Co
Clerk 51 00
599 The Hand Stamp Co , Stamps—Co Clerk 3 95
600 T G. Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 2 10
601 J E Van Natta, Supplies—Co Clerk 1 25
602 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Supplies—Co Clerk 7 75
603 Wm A. Church Co., Supplies—Co Clerk 16 95
604 West Publishing Co , Law Book—Co Judge 15 00
605 Williamson Law Book Co , Law Book—Co Judge 5.00
606 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Judge 2 40
607 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Comm of Elec 19 00
608 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Comm
of Elec 5 70
609 Journal & Courier, Supplies—Comm of Elec 15 51
610 Wm A Church Co , Supplies—Supr 2 65
611 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Supr 50
612 Wm A Church Co , Receipt Books—Co Treas 16 00
613 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Co Treas 11 50
614 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 1,767 00
615 Trumansburg Home Tele Co , Se/ vices—T ' B
Hosp 3 00
616 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
617 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 11 76
618 Hugh J Williams, Postage & Exp —T C D A 4 40
619 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 33 19
620 William Bacon, Postage—Rur Trav Libr 2 00
621 P W Wood & Son, Insurance—Rur Trav Libr 65 90
622 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Trav Libr 7 00
623 American Library Assn , Subs —Rur Trav
Libr 3 00
624 Tompkins G L F Corp , Greasing truck—Rur
Trav Libr 0 75
625 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Rur
Trav -Libr 0 75
626 Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Care—Richard
Farrell—P H C 52 00
627 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 93 00
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628 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Alfred Leon-
ardo—P H C 64 00
629 John Baylor, Transportation—Alice Fairchild—
PHC 3996
630 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 212 20'
631 J J Taylor, Transportation men—Cayuga
Preven. 120 00
632 Robert S Boothroyd, Agt , Insurance—Cayuga
Preven 19 69
633 Clarence Jones, Rental concrete mixer—Cayuga
Preven 37 00
634 Warren Wooden, Rental Dump truck—Cayuga
Preven 37 00
635 E G Holmes & Son, Steel stairs, etc—Cayuga
Preven 247 63
636 Amos H Davenport, Electrical work—Cayuga
Preven 398 78
637 W B Bradley, Piping, etc.—Cayuga Preven 265 63
638 A R Colegrove, Stone & Gravel—Cayuga Pre-
ven 5.00
639 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 529 21
640 The Biggs Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 30 09
641 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 2 43
642 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 14 10
643 Treman, King & Co Supplies—Cayuga Preven 0 65
644 Cotton & Hanlon, Supplies—Cayuga Preven 1.60
645 Potter & Allen, Supplies—Cayuga Preven. 108.89
646 C Harry Spaulding, Fees in Felony—Justice 5 30
647 Lena Miller, Switchboard Operator—Co Bldgs 19 00
648 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 8 34
649 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Inc , Supplies—Co
Bldgs 1 00
650 Max Kluebert, Shower Curtains—Jail 15 00
651 John F Hugg & Reid Jones, Repairs—Old Co
Clk's Bldg 43 85
652 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Old Co Clk's
Bldg 21 15
653 Howard W Matteson, Services—T C D A 41.06
654 R A Heggie & Bro Co ; Cleaning clock—Jail 2 00
655 C J Rumsey & Co , Paint, Etc —Jail 10 93
656 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 11 00
657 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 150 00
658 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 5 80
659 W F George, Comm of Elec , Clerical work—
Comm of Elec 16 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 91
660 Co-operative G L F Exchange, Mimeographing
—Co. Clk 2 35
661 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 32 36
662 Ryan Motor Sales, Oil—T B Hosp 1 20
663 Harry J Davenport, Labor & Materials—T B
Hosp. 6.93
664 Town of Ulysses, Labor & Materials—Co Farm 244 80
$5,669 61
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $5,669 61, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any' available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $5,669 61, or so much thereof as may to her seem
necessary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be con-
tained in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so ob-
tained to be used for the purposes to which such taxes are
applicable, and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to charge Claim No V-591, being for Sheriff's Expenses, to
the town of Caroline, the sum of $9 75, to the town of Dryden,
the sum of $10 95, to the town of Enfield, the sum of $7 95,
to the town of Groton, the sum of $23 70 , to the town of Ithaca,
the sum of $12 90, to the town of Lansing, the sum of $13 95,
to the town of Newfield, the sum of $8 70 , to the town of
Ulysses, the sum of $18 15 and to the City of Ithaca, the sum
of $9 00, said amounts so charged being properly chargeable
to said towns and city, the same to be placed in the budgets
92 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
of those respective towns and city, and collected at the next
ensuing tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys expended
for and in their behalf.
Seconded by Mr. Stone.
Ayes -14. Noes—O. Carried.
On motion, adjourned
0
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 93
Monthly Meeting
Monday, October 11, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call All members present.
Minutes of September 13th meeting, read and approved
Mr. Bert I. Vann, County Superintendent of Highways, ap-
peared before the Board and presented the following snow
removal program for the season of 1937-38:
Road No. Name of Road Length
72 Catskill Turnpike, Pt 1 187
336 Cayuga Heights 3.17
338 Catskill Turnpike, Pt 2 1 38
454 Ithaca 3 64
455 Wyckoff 0 34
483 Catskill Turnpike, Pt. 3 4 44
606 Cayuga Heights, Hanshaw's Cor 212
616 Trumansburg-Ithaca 8 64
681 Ithaca -Dryden, Pt 1 4.72
682 Ithaca -Dryden, Pt 2 3.95
683 Dryden -Cortland, Pt 1 3 53
926 Freeville-Groton 4 49
1001 Enfield Center -Ithaca 6 45
1002 Groton Village 0 37
Freeville Village 0.84
Dryden Village 1.33
1003 Mitchell St. E Town Line 1 37
1004 Cooks Corners-Brooktondale 4 58
1188 Groton -Cayuga Co. Line 2 77
1189 Enfield Falls -Enfield Center 6.34
1330 Ithaca-Esty Glen 2 44
1431 Brooktondale-Speedsville, Pt. 1 3 38
1433 Cortland -Groton, Pt 3 & 4 5 86
1623 Mecklenburg -Ithaca, Pt. 2 3 07
1676 South Lansing -Genoa 6 78
1867 Ithaca -Varna 1.71
1891 South Ithaca -Ithaca 0 68
1921 Taughannock State Park -Ithaca 7 65
5043 Ithaca -Danby, Pt 1 2 59
5122 Ithaca -Danby, Pt 2 3 25
94 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPM),ISORS
5206 Tx umansburg Village
5213 Ithaca -Danby, Pt 3
5214 Ithaca -Newfield
5225 Vaxna Crossing
5256 Esty Glen -South Lansing
5294 Etna-Freeville-Dryden
5379 Ithaca -West Danby, Pt 1
5474 Cayuta-Newfield
5567 Ithaca -West Danby
5575 Perry City-Trumansburg
5627 South Lansing -Myers
5689 Myers -Kings Ferry, Pt 4
5720 Myers -Kings Ferry, Pts 1 & 2
8016 Dryden -Harford
8155 Spencer -West Danby, Pts 1 & 2
8284 Myers -Kings Ferry, Pt 3
8317 Myers -Kings Ferry, Pts 1 & 2
8330 Caroline-Richford, Pts 1 & 2
8467 Buttermilk Falls State Park Entrance
1 44
4 33
5 09
0 53
3 08
6 69
3 22
6 28
3 04
331
1 38
0 11
0 15
4 47
2 58
5 58
1 76
0 85
0 63
158 37
Mr Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That the snow removal program, as presented,
be adopted by this Board as the snow removal program for the
year 1937-38
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mrs Baker appeared before the Board with reference to
additional appropriation for Board of Child Welfare for the
remainder of the year
Chairman referred the application to the Education Com-
mittee
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That the Clerk be authorized to secure bids for
1,000 copies of the Proceedings of the Board, for the year 1937.
reserving the right to reject any or all bids
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
OF TOMPKINS COL NTY, NEW YORK 95
County Superintendent, B I Vann, came before the Board
with reference to highway inspection of work done during
the current year Following discussion, the dates of October
18th and 19th were set as days for such inspection
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated $300 00,
payable to the Town of Ulysses for work done on Alfred Sher-
wood place on the Halseyville-Taughannock Falls Road No
1895, and the Clerk is hereby directed to issue an order for
the above amount, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to pay said order out of the moneys in her hands appropriated
for securing rights of way, this being for settlement in full
for lands taken for above highway construction
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,000 00, or as much thereof as is necessary, for locat-
ing and furnishing supply of water for the Cayuga Preven-
torium, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay
the same out of any available funds in her hands
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned to 2 30 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr Evans, excused
by the Chair, and Mr Van Order
Mr Donald Yontz, Stuart J Coates and Mr Frank appeared
before the Board and talked with reference to a Veteran's
Service office to be maintained by county appropriation , ap-
96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
plication for which is now on file
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That the Chairman appoint a Special Committee
to investigate the matter of Veteran's Service office and re-
port back to this board
Seconded by Mr Watrous. Carried
The Chairman announced the following, as members of such
Special Committee Messrs. Scofield, Stevenson, T. G. Miller
and Squier
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
WHEREAS—The sum appropriated at the last annual meet-
ing to the Board of Child Welfare has been expended during
the year for the purposes for which it was appropriated by
reason of extraordinary emergenies or conditons, be it
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
additional sum of $2,000 00 for the Board of Child Welfare
for the balance of the year 1937, and the County Treasurer
is directed to pay the same in like manner as the original
appropriation
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried.
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they had
been referred:
V-665 L E Patterson, Agt , Insurance—Co Farm $ 46
666 The Tompkins Studio, Photographs—Dist
Atty 42.50
667 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist.
Atty 20 70
668 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 122 85
669 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 5 90
1
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 97
670 M E Horton, Paper & Env —Sheriff 9 50
671 Ithaca Journal, Pub. Notice of Sale—Sheriff 24 32
672 Dr H. H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 18.00
673 Floyd W Beach, Fees in Felony—Justice 5 10
674 Journal & Courier, Enrollment Blanks—Comm
of Elec 200.00
675 Norton Printing Co , Supplies—Comm of Elec. 894 00
676 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp. 1,601 50
677 Trumansburg Home Telephone Co , Services—
T B Hosp. 3 30
678 Howard L O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co.
Clerk 55.47
679 The Atkinson Press, Envelopes—Co Clerk 26.00
680 T. G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co.
Clerk 10 90
681 Dennis & Co Inc , Law Book—Surrogate 5 00
682 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Surrogate 21.50
683 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co.
Judge 1.85
684 W. F George, Comm of Elec , Postage, etc —
Comm of Elec 12 00
685 Jennie B Thayer, Clerical Work—Comm of
Elec 8.00
686 Ithaca Journal, Pub. Primary Notice—Comm
of Elec 2.88
687 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Comm of Elec 3 25
688 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Envelopes—
Comm. of Elec. 0 78
689 John J. Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 81 77
690 R C Osborn, Exp to Convention—Supr 37 35
691 L C Snow, Exp to Convention—Supr 13 00
692 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supr 8.76
694 Wm Bacon, Postage—Rur Tray. Libr. 3 00
695 Wm Bacon, Exp. to Albany—Rur Trav Libr 4 52
696 Womrath Bookshops & Libr , Inc , Books—Rur
Trav Libr '27 99
697 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr. 37.01
698 Carolyn E Post, Books—Rur Tray. Libr 7.17
699 R R Bowker Co., Subs to Libr. Journal—Rur.
Trav Libr 5.00
700 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur. Tray. Libr. 7.00
701 Gaylord Bros Inc , Gaylo—Rur. Tray. Libr 2 50
98 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
702 Central N Y School for the Deaf—Clothing—
Luigi DiGiacomo—Deaf Mutes 12 50
703 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 5 60
704 George Monroe, Expenses—T C D A 5 24
705 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
706 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C.D A 10 20
707 Board of Education, C L Kulp, Supt , Tuition—
Alice Fairchild—P H C.40 00
708 Dr Richard S Farr, Operation—Richard Far-
rell PHC
709 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Virginia
Pierce—P H C 93 00
710 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Alfred Leon-
-ardo—P H C 80 00
711 John Baylor, Transportation—Blanche Crance 38 85
—PHC
712 The Tropical Paint & Oil Co , Supplies—Co N R
Farm
713 Buckman Motors, Truck—Co Farm 814 00
714 Treman, King & Oo , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 18 35
715 The Biggs Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 17 05
716 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies—Cayuga Prev 82 00
717 Driscoll Bros & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 157 71
718 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Inc , Supplies—Cayuga 2 64
Preven
719 J J Taylor, Transportation—Cayuga Preven 120 00
720 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
721 Joseph Lease, Truck Rental—Cayuga Preven 56 00
722 Clarence Jones, Rent of Concrete mixer—Cayuga 12 00
Prevent
723 Frank A Bangs, Supplies—Cayuga Preven 34 69
724 Clarkson Chemical & Supply Co Inc ,—Sun-nite 26 25
Cleanser—Jail
725 George N Johnson, Roughing walk—Old Ct 6 30
House
726 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Inc , Supplies—Co
Bldg 4 50
727 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldg 12.31
728' Steenberg Feed Mills, Inc , Coal—T B Hosp 20 50
729 Town of Ulysses, Gravel—Cayuga Preven. 128102 00
32
730 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt7 90
731 Bert I. Vann, Expenses—Co Supt
732 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 12 00
733 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Elec —T B 11 16
Hosp
734 George J Kraft, Drilling—Co Cayuga Preven 265 00
$5,961 90
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
99
Mr Osborn offer ed the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $5,961 90, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out
of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not suffi-
cient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any
part thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the
sum of $5,691 90, or so much thereof as may to her seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
in the taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to
be used for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable,
and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is, authorized and directed to give the notes or certi-
ficates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to charge Claim No. V-702, being for clothing for Dear -mutes,
to the Town of Dryden, and Claim No V-668, being for Sher-
iff's Expenses, she charge to the town of Caroline, the sum of
$29 70; to the town of Danby, the sum of $2 10, to the town
of Dryden, the sum of $16 20, to the town of Enfield, the sum
of $3 90 , to the town of Ithaca, the sum of $10 05 ; to the town
of Lansing, the sum of $9 60 , to the town of Newfield, the
sum of $4 95 , to the town of Ulysses, the sum of $8 40 and
to the City of Ithaca, the sum of $22 50, said amounts so
charged being properly chargeable to said towns and city,
the same to be placed in the budgets of those respective towns
and city, and collected at the next ensuing tax levy to reim-
burse the county for moneys expended for and in their behalf.
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned.
100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Monthly Meeting
Monday, November 8, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of October 11th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a letter from the Division of Highways,
Albany, approving of the highway program of snow removal
for 1937-38, adopted by this Board, October 11th
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Department of Public Welfare for carrying on the work of
that department for the months of November and December,
1937, the sum of $16,750, apportioned as follows :
CHARITABLE—IMPROVIDENT POOR
Outside Relief $4,000 00
Foster Homes 3,500 00
Hospitalization 2,500 00
Board in Institutions 500 00
County Home 2,500 00
Case Supervisor 300 00
Children's Agent 650 00
Worker 200 00
Stenographers 600.00
Office Expenses 300 00
Traveling Expenses 200.00
Clerk at Surplus Store 150.00
Rent of Surplus Store 100 00
Sewing Project 500 00
Transient Care 150 00 $16,150 00
OLD AGE RELIEF
Salaries 600 00
$16,750 00
and be it further
OF 1OMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 101
Resolved—That in making up the budget for the current
year the amounts herein appropriated shall be deducted from
the amount recommended by the Welfare Commissioner as
necessary for carrying on the work of that department for
the year ending October 31, 1938, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be, and she hereby is
directed to pay the amounts hereby appropriated in the same
manner as she has heretofore paid moneys for said department
out of any available funds in her hands, and if she has not
sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or
any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the
County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said
amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem necessary, in
anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be
it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be, and she hereby is
authorized and directed to give the notes or certificates of the
said county, to mature not more than six months after the
date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not exceeding six
per centum per annum, until the date fixed for their payment,
and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned
by the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make
the entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
WHEREAS—On June 14, 1937 there was appropriated a sum
of $100 00 for R C Mandeville to investigate tax delinquent
lands, and the work having been completed and a balance of
$50 00 due the above, therefore be it
Resolved—That the Clerk be directed to draw an order in
102 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
the amount of $50.00 to said R C Mandeville for work per-
formed.,
Seconded by Mr Watrous. Carried.
The matter of the County Laboratory overdrafts was called
to the attention of the Board.
Discussion followed No action taken
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Highway Committee be authorized to
purchase snow plow for the town of Ulysses for the sum of
$595 and the old snow plow, and that they get bids for other
snow equipment that they need
Seconded by Mr Neill Carried.
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Highway Committee be authorized to
purchase 20,000 feet of snow fence for Tompkins County
Seconded by Mr. Watrous. Carried.
The joint report of the County Treasurer and the County
Clerk, relative to the amount received for mortgage tax and
the allocation thereof made by them, was received and re-
ferred to the Committee on County Treasurer's Accounts
Mr. Watrous, Chairman of the Committee on County
Treasurer's Accounts, rendered the following report of the
committee, relative to the Mortgage Tax Moneys, in the hands
of the County Treasurer on October 1, 1937
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Your Committee on County Treasurer's Accounts, submits
the following report, relative to the Mortgage Tax Moneys
received and the allocation thereof made as follows :
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 103
Caroline $ 5185
Danby 33 93
Dryden 212 85
Enfield 18 31
Groton 198 18
Ithaca City 1,871 51
Ithaca Town 735 28
Lansing 122.70
Newfield 62 21
Ulysses 174 62
$3,481 44
Your Committee finds that of the amount of $212.85 to
which the town of Dryden is entitled, there should be paid
to the incorporated Village of Dryden, the sum of $18 44 and
to the incorporated Village of Freeville, the sum of $9.32, of
the amount of $198 18 to which the town of Groton is entitled,
there should be paid to the incorporated Village of Groton, the
sum of $54 94, of the amount of $735 28 to which the town
of Ithaca is entitled, there should be paid to the incorporated
Village of Cayuga Heights, the sum of $141 41, and of the
amount of $174 62 to which the town of Ulysses is entitled,
there should be paid to the incorporated Village of Trumans-
burg, the sum of $32 23, your committee therefore has recom-
mended the adoption of the following resolution :
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on County
Treasurer's Accounts, relative to the Mortgage Tax Moneys,
and the allocation thereof, as therein made, be accepted and
adopted and that this Board issue its warrant to the County
Treasurer for the distribution thereof to the several tax
districts of the county entitled thereto, as herein set forth
Dated, November 8th, 1937
D J WATROUS,
E J MILLER,
LOUIS D NEILL,
Committee
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Clerk read the following claims, as reported and recom-
mended for audit by the several committees to which they
had been referred
V-735 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas $ 14 00
736 Wm A Church Co , Receipt Books—Co Treas 16 25
737 Tompkins Co Rural News, Redemption Notice
—Co Treas 209 28
738 The Ithaca Journal, Redemption Notice—Co
Treas 279 30
739 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 118 32
740 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt , 10 50
741 H L O'Daniel, Recording fees—Rt of Way 2 50
742 Hermann M Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B Hosp 1,605 00
743 N Y State Elec & Gas Corp , Elec service—
T B Hosp 1130
744 Trumansburg Home Telephone Co-, Services—
T B Hosp 3 00
745 Elton Scott, Assigned to C C Squier, Labor on
roof—T B Hosp 3 75
746 C Harry Spaulding, Fees in Felony, Justice 5 20
747 Norton Printing Co , Printing—Elec Expenses 3,222 00
748 Tompkins Co Rural News, List of Nominations
—Elec Expenses 42 00
749 Ithaca Journal, List of Nominations—Elec
Expenses 67 20
750 The Atkinson Press, Postals—Elec Expenses 3 75
751 Matthew Bender & Co , Law Books—Sup Ct
Judge 20 00
752 Arthur G Adams, Expenses—Dist Atty 154 70
753 Arthur G Adams, Expenses—Dist Atty 8 00
754 Stover Printing Co , Envelopes—Dist Atty 8 50
755 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Ribbons—Dist
Atty 2 25
756 R G Estabrook, Photos—Dist Atty 16 00
757 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 111 30
758 Harrison Adams, Expenses -Sheriff 22 20
759 Dr. H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 21 00
760 Jessamine K Johnson, Lip Reading Instruction
—PHC 9820
761 Reconstruction Home, Inc , Care—Alfred Leon-
ardo—P H C 64 00
762 Binghamton City Hosp , Care—Rudolph Whit-
ted—P H C 198.00
OF TOMPKI\S COUNTY, NEIN YORK 105
763 C E McElwain, M D , Anesthetic—Richard
Farrell—P 11 C 10 00
764 Robinson & Carpenter, Lumber—Co Home 5 09
765 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
766 Frank H Feller, Expenses—Cayuga Preven 10 60
767 J J Taylor, Transportation of Men—Cayuga
Preven 120 00
768 Robert S Boothroyd, Insurance—Cayuga Prev 63 75
769 Clyde Wilcox, Truck Hire—Cayuga Preven 10 00
770 Joseph Lease, Truck Hire—Cayuga Preven 20 00
771 Clarence Jones, Concrete Mixer—Cayuga Prev 61 00
772 Robinson & Carptener, Material—Cayuga Prev 107 55
773 Cotton & Hanlon, Material—Cayuga Preven 232 94
774 Rising & Nelson Slate Co , Material—Cayuga
Preven 825 16
775 Treman, King & Co , Material—Cayuga Preven 231 42
776 C J Rumsey & Co , Material—Cayuga Preven 11 48
777 Driscoll Bros & Co , Material—Cayuga Preven 5 00
778 Potter & Allen, Material—Cayuga Preven 24 11
779 The Biggs Co , Material—Cayuga Preven 6 38
780 Martin Bacon, Manure—Co Bldgs 8 75
781 C A Shelton, Service Work—Co Bldgs 4 00
782 James F Francis, Repair vacuum cleaner—Co
Bldgs 1 50
783 J B Lang Eng & Garage Co , Inc , Welding, etc
—Co Bldgs 0 60
784 Felco Ster-O-Lite Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 21 00
785 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 10 07
786 Art Jones, Lettering Doors—Court House 2 00
787 Robinson & Carpenter, Roofing—Old Ct House 6 00
788 Norton Electric Co , Installing fan—Co Bldgs 7 61
789 Lawyers Co -Op Publishing Co , Law Books—Co
Judge 20 00
790 Matthew Bender & Co , Inc , Law Book—Co
Judge 11 00
791 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Judge 5 75
792 The Atkinson Press, Supplies—Co Judge 19 50
793 H L O'Daniel, Postage & Expenses—Co Clerk 32 99
794 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Record Books—Co
Clerk 261 00
795 Callaghan & Company, Law Book—Co Clerk 3 00
796 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Record Book—
Co. Clerk 3 50
797 Lawyers Co -Op Publishing Co , Law Books—
Supr 20 00
106 PROCEEDINGS OF THC BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
798 W F George, Comm of Elec , Postage & Clerical
Work—Comm Elec 30 00
799 Douglas W Card, Labor—Comm Elec 4 00
800 Tompkins Co Rural News, Publishing Notice—
Comm. Elec 2 45
801 Dr H H Crum, Exam Blanche Jones—Gen
Fund 5 00
802 Phoebe A Card, Tabulating—Comm of Elec 10 00
803 Jennie B Thayer, Tabulating—Comm of Elec 9 00
804 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—Co
Sealer 33 34
806 Norton Electric Co , Motor Parts, etc —Co
Farm 15.70
807 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T C D A 200 00
808 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A 15 44
809 George Monroe—Expenses—T C D A 29 74
810 Hugh J Williams, Expenses—T C D A 19 76
811 William Bacon, Postage—Rur Trav Libr 2 00
812 Charles W Clark Co , Books—Rur Trav Libr 12 71
813 Library Book House, Books—Rur Trav Libr 19 80
814 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr 39 12
815 The General Bookbinding Co , Rebinding—Rur
Trav Libr 30 69
816 Stover Printing Co , Paper & Envelopes—Rur
Trav Libr 1150
817 Tomp Co Highway Dept , Gas & Oil—Rur
Trav Libr 47.95
818 Dean of Ithaca, Inc , Storage—Rur Trav Libr 7 00
819 Gladys L Buckingham, Services as Secy—Rur
Tray. Libr 25 00
820 D A Chatfield, Fees in Dog Cases—Justice 3 30
821 Chas A Lueder, Fees in Dog Cases—Justice 12 50
$9,306 25
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $9,306 25, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the committees to which they were referred, and
the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same out of
any available funds in her hands, and if she has not sufficient
funds in her hands with which to pay the same, or any part
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 107
thereof, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of
$9,306.25, or so much thereof as may to her seem necessary,
in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be
it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or certifi-
cates of indebtedness of the said county, to mature not more
than six months after the date of issue, and to bear interest
at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the
date fixed for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and counter-
signed by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law, and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be directed to pay
Claims Nos V-820 and V-821 out of the moneys in her hands
in the Dog Fund, and that she be directed to charge Claim
No V-757, being for Sheriff's expenses, the sum of $15 15
to the town of Caroline , the sum of $4 20 to the town of
Danby; the sum of $28 95, to the town of Dryden, the sum of
$4 20, to the town of Enfield, the sum of $5.40, to the town of
Ithaca, the sum of $17 85, to the town of Lansing, the sum
of $5 70, to the town of Newfield, and the sum of $7 50, to
the town of Ulysses, said amounts so charged being properly
chargeable to said towns, the same to be placed in the budgets
of those respective towns and collected at the next ensuing
tax levy to reimburse the county for moneys expended for
and in their behalf
Seconded by Mr Stone
Ayes -14. Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned
108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Annual Session
Thursday, November 11, 1937
Roll call All members present
Minutes of November 8th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read a communication from the department of
Taxation and Finance with reference to equalization of State
owned lands
Highway matters were discussed
It being Armistice Day the Board adjourned at 10.40 to
take part in exercises in the Park, adjourning to Friday,
November 12th at 10 A M
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 109
Second Day
Friday, November 12, 1937
Roll call All members present, except E J Miller excused
and F. D. Van Order.
Minutes of November 11th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read the following communication from the State
Department of Audit and Control, relative to Sinking Fund
and Interest on Bonds issued for the construction of state and
county highways :
Dear Sir :
The Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County
is hereby notified, pursuant to Chapter 469, Laws of
1906, as amended by Chapter 718, Laws of 1907, as
amended by Chapter 179, Laws of 1910, to levy a tax
of $7,629 21 against said county and the following
towns therein, for sinking fund and interest on bonds
issued for the construction of roads, viz :
County Town
Roads Towns Year Sinking Int Sinking Int Total
Fund Fund
606 Ithaca 1937 $163 20 $ 326 40 $ 57 60 $115 20 $ 662 40
616 Ulysses 1937 706 20 1,412 40 216 85 433 69
Ithaca 1937 75 77 151 54 2,996 45
681 Dryden 1937 396 96 793 92 81 03 162 08
Ithaca 1937 42 85 85 72 1,562 56
682 Dryden 1937 305 03 610 05 89 71 179 42 1,184 21
683 Dryden 1937 315 16 630 34 92 69 185 40 1,223.59
$7,629 21
Very truly yours,
Morris S. Tremaine,
Comptroller.
By F. J Burns,
Deputy Comptroller.
Referred to Committee on Town Officers' Accounts
110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Clerk read a communication from the Department of
Taxation and Finance, relative to the rates of assessments
of property in the tax districts of the county as fixed by that
department for the year 1937, as follows •
Caroline 95%
Danby 98%
Dryden 97%
Enfield 96%
Groton 96%
Ithaca 99%
Lansing 94%
Newfield 98%
Ulysses 96%
Ithaca City 90%
Referred to Committee on Equalization
The Clerk read the following communication from the State
Department of Taxation and Finance, relative to the amount
to be raised by the County by taxation for the fiscal year, be-
ginning July 1, 1937, the sum of $12,407 27 for the following
purposes:
Armory Purposes On a total equalized
valuation of $56,946,333
Court and Stenographers Expenses On an
assessed valuation of $62,713,931
$ 8,458 49
3,948.78
Total $12,407 27
Respectfully yours,
Commissioner of Taxation and Finance
By Frank S Harris,
Deputy Commissioner
Referred to the Committee on Finance
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
WHEREAS—Increased and improved highways are neces-
sary for the safety of the travelling public; and
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
111
WHEREAS—The monies alloted to the counties and towns
of the state are wholly inadequate for the purchase of rights
of ways and the cost of construction •
Be It Resolved—That this Board hereby requests the Gov-
ernor of the State of New York and the Senator and Assem-
blyman from this district not to support any measure design-
ed to decrease the money to be expended for state highways
or the monies alloted to the various municipalities for high-
way purposes,
And Be It Further Resolved—That this Board go on record
as favoring the purchase of all rights of way for the improve-
ment or construction of state highways, by the State of New
York and not by the counties ;
And Be It Fu? ther Resolved—That a copy of this resolu-
tion be sent to the Governor of the State, and to our represent-
atives in the Senate and Assembly
Seconded by Mr Scofield Carried
The Clerk read the bids which were received for printing
1,000 copies of the Proceedings of the Board, for the year
1937, as follows
Art Craft Printers
M. E Horton
Norton Printing Co
$1 90 per page
$1 89 per page
$1 88 per page
Moved by Mi Osborn, that the bid of the Norton Printing
Company, for the sum of $1 88 per page, being the lowest bid,
be accepted and that the contract for printing 1,000 copies of
the Proceedings of the Board, for the year 1937, be awarded
to that company, with the agreement on the part of said com-
pany, that the provisions of the State Labor Law will be com-
plied with, so far as the same relates to said Proceedings and
that the work be done in Tompkins County
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
Dr. Broad, City Health Officer, appeared before the Board
with the request that the organization be given something
definite with reference to quarters in the old Courthouse in-
112 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
asmuch as budgets were about to be prepared
Mr. T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption .
Resolved—That when the County renews its lease with the
State of New York for quarters in the old Courthouse build-
ing, now occupied by them, that the lease to the City of Itha-
ca shall be drawn for the same length of time as that of the
State and that the City shall make up any difference as be-
tween the present rental paid by the State, namely $900 , and
the amount fixed as rental by the County and the State of New
York, as of February 1, 1938, and that the City Health De-
partment further agrees to pay one-half of the expenses of
any new equipment that may be used jointly
Seconded by Mr Osborn Carried
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $800 for a right of way and all property damage sus-
tained by B N. and Clara M Millard, by reason of the con-
struction of the Ithaca Road (Spencer Section) S H. No 454,
and the Clerk is hereby directed to issue an order for the
above amount payable upon the delivery to him of a proper
deed of conveyance of the land taken and a release of all pro-
perty damages, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed
to pay said order out of the moneys in her hands appropri-
ated for securing rights of way
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the request of the Town Board of the Town
of Enfield, for approval of a loan for highway purposes, this
day filed, be granted, and that the supervisor of said town,
in pursuance of §269 and §273 of the Highway Law, be auth-
orized in the name of said town of Enfield to borrow the sum
of $3,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, in anticipa-
tion of taxes to be levied and collected, on the credit of the
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 113
town, for extra -ordinary repair of highways and bridges in
said town, damaged or destroyed by the elements, and to issue
certificates of indebtedness therefor
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried.
Mr Scofield offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,800. to establish a Veteran's Service Office in Tomp-
kins County, beginning January 1st, 1938, and be it further
Resolved—That such service officer furnish to the Board
of Supervisors a quarterly report on the cases handled and
of the money expended
Seconded by Mr. Evans. Carried.
On motion, adjourned to Monday, November 29th at 10
A. M.
114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Third Day
Monday, November 29, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr. Van Order
Minutes of November 12th meeting read and approved.
Mr. Fred A Williams appeared before the Board and talk-
ed with reference to the financial condition of the Tompkins
County Agricultural and Horticultural Society occassioned
by the flood of last September, and asked the Board to take
into consideration an appropriation therefor
The above matter was referred to the Committee on Educa-
tion
The Clerk read a communication from the Department of
Public Works, Division of Highways reciting the abandon-
ment of a limited section of the Ithaca Road (Spencer Sec-
tion) State Highway No 454, in the Town of Ithaca, by rea-
son of relocation of the new road, which notice was received
and placed on file
Mr. R. C. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the County Treasurer and County Attorney
be authorized to attend the County Officers Association meet-
ing to be held in Albany in January next
Seconded by Mr. Stone Carried
Mr. William Bacon, Librarian, appeared with Messrs. J
Paul Munson, Daniel Mitchell, Frank G Snyder and Elmer
L. Lockwood, members of the Committee on the Rural Tra-
veling Library Committee and submitted the annual report
relative to the county library, which was received and referred
to the Committee on Education
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 115
The Clerk read the contract as submitted by the Board of
Supervisors of Onondaga County for the board of prisoners
from Tompkins County, at the Onondaga County Penitentiary
for the year 1938
Moved by Mr Squier, that the contract, as submitted by
the Board of Supervisors of Onondaga County, be approved
by this Board and that the Chairman and Clerk be authorized
and directed to execute the same for, and on behalf of, Tomp-'
kins County.
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr. E. J. Miller presented the report of the Special Fran-
chises of the town of Ithaca, which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Town Officers Accounts
A report of the Bonded Indebtedness of the City of Ithaca
was received and filed
Lists of Town Audits of the towns of Ithaca and Groton
were received and referred to the Committee on Finance
Reports of Miles G. Tarbell, Rexford R Chatterton and
G. B. Sickmon, of the town of Groton and W. I. Smith, of the
town of Ithaca, Justices of the Peace of those respective
towns, were received and filed.
Lists of Corporations of the towns of Groton, Newfield and
Ulysses, were received and filed
Mr. R. C. Osborn, Chairman of the Equalization Committee, •
presented the report of that committee upon Footings of the
Assesment Rolls, which under the rules were laid on the table
for one day.
On motion, adjourned to 2 P. M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call. All members present except Mr Van Order.
Representatives of Tompkins County Farm Bureau, Tomp-
116 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
kens County Home Bureau and the Junior Project Extension,
appeared before the Board relative to the reports submitted
by those organizations
Mrs. Margaret Jewell introduced Harry C Morse, Manager
of the Tompkins County Farm Bureau, who submittted his
report of that organization and Fred C. Marshall, President of
that organization addressed the Board and asked for an ap-
•propriation of $2,500, for the year 1938
Mrs. Jewell also introduced Mrs Todd, Chairman of the
County Home Bureau Association, who in turn introduced
Mrs. Marguerite Dixon, Agent, who addressed the Board rela-
tive to the work of that department Mrs Todd asked for an
appropriation of $2,500, for the year 1938.
Mrs Jewell then introduced Leon Olds of the Junior Proj-
ect Extension department, who in turn introduced Mr Carl
Lewis, Agent, who submitted to the Board the work done by
his department Mr Olds then introduced Miss Lloyd, Asso-
ciate Agent, of the 4-H Club, who gave the report of her de-
partment Mr. Olds asked for an appropriation of $3,760 for
the year 1938.
The above reports were placed on file and the requests for
appropriations referred to the Education Committee.
Mr. L C. Snow presented the report of the Special Fran-
chises of the town of Caroline, which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Town Officers Accounts.
Reports of Clay C. Tarbell, Jerry A Smith, and Edward
Ozmun, of the town of Lansing, Martin G. Beck and C. Harry
Spaulding of the town of Dryden, and George 0. Sears of the
town of Danby, Justices of the Peace of those respective
towns, were received and filed
On motion, adjourned to Tuesday, November 30th at 10
A. M.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
117
Fourth Day
Tuesday, November 30, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr. Van Order.
Minutes of November 29th meeting read and approved.
A communication from the Secretary of the County Offi-
cers Association relative to the expenses of administration of
that organization was read by the Clerk and referred to the
Finance Committee
The report of the Surrogate's Clerk, relative to the receipts
and disbursements of that office, was received and referred to
the Committee on County Officers Accounts
The report of the County Judge of monies received by him
for pistol permits, was received and referred to the Commit-
tee on County Officers Accounts
A list of Town Audits of the town of Ulysses was received
and referred to the Committee on Finance
Mr Watrous presented a report of the Bonded Indebted-
ness of the Village of Groton and School District No. 8, of the
town of Groton, which was received and filed.
Lists of Corporations of the towns of Dryden, Ithaca and
Danby, were received and filed
Reports of Fred A Beardsley and Frank Terry, of the town
of Ulysses, Wm H Hornbrook, of the town of Ithaca, Edwin
R. Sweetland, of the town of Dryden, Justices of the Peace of
those respective towns, were received and filed.
Mr. Osborn called from the table his report of the Regular
and Supplemental Footings of the Assessment Rolls and of-
fered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
118 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved -That the regular and supplemental reports of the
Committee on Equalization, Etc., on the Footing of Assess-
ment Rolls, be accepted and adopted and that the figures there-
in be used as a basis for taxation in the several tax districts
of the county, for the year 1937.
Seconded by Mr. Squier Carried.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOOTING OF ASSESS-
MENT ROLLS
1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y.:
Your committee reports that it has verified and corrected the
footings of the Assessment Rolls referred to it, as made by the
Assessors of each tax district, and that the following is a cor-
rect statement of such footings :
Towns
v
v
4
u
Total Real Only
Total Franchises
Grand Total of Roll
Totally Exempt Real
Caroline ............. 34,747 $ 1,017,854
Danby .. .. _._... 33,286 1,225,256
Dryden ........... 58,286 4,427,586
Enfield 22,207 883,948
Groton _ .. 30,275 4,038,918
Ithaca, City ......... - 2,940 60,136,550
Ithaca, Town ............... 16,293 12,461,530
Lansing .... ......... 37,789 3,655,878
Newfield _........ 36,997 1,349,049
Ulysses ...-..... _....... 19,818 3,541,470
$ 32,252
35,378
142,468
27,648
82,194
812,452
205,722
76,328
39,298
92,832
$ 1,050,106 $ 69,586
1,260,634 131,892
4,570,054 869,896
911,596 217,200
4,121,112 506,000
60,949,002 22,742,400
12,667,252 5,454,375
3,732,206 387,550
1,388,347 133,010
3,634,302 745,025
Totals . .... _ . ... 293,088 $ )92,738,039 $ 1,546,572 $94,284,611 $31,256,934
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 119
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOOTING OF ASSESS-
MENT ROLLS (Continued)
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Groton . .
Ithaca, City
Ithaca, Town
Lansing _—
Newfield _.
Ulysses ._ _..
$ 2,557
16,775
26,268
3,200
17,811
109,150
18,995
10,275
5,100
10,002
$ 977,963 $ 980,520
1,111,967 1,128,742
3,673,890 3,700,158
691,196 694,396
3,597,301 3,615,112
38,097,452 38,206,602
7,193,882 7,212,877
3,334,381 3,344,656
1,255,337
Totals
1,250,237
2,879,275 2,889,277 1,039,628 1,045,3501 1,843,927
1$ 220,133 j$62,807,5441$63,027,6771$ 6,741,4531$ 6,776,9191$10,640,505
$ 968,781
1,989,651
2,743,393
$ 980,119
2,004,387
2,747,063
$ 2,720,039
1,610,725
4,465,814
Dated, Nov 17, 1937.
R C. OSBORN,
D J. WATROUS,
C. A MOTT,
LAMONT C SNOW,
E J MILLER,
L P STONE,
THOS G MILLER,
Committee
120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
FOOTING OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS
1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y..
Your Committee renders the following supplemental report
relative to the assessed value of property within and without
incorporated villages of the several towns of the county.
Towns
and
Villages
Total Real Only
Except Pensions
Total Franchises
Real Property and
Franchises Subject to
GENERAL TAX
Pension Exempt
Real Property and
Franchises Subject to
HIGHWAY TAX
DRYDEN—
Dryden Village
Freeville _
Total Inside Corporations
Outside Corporations
Totals
582,912 19,352 602,264
350,100 16,4171 366,517
933,012 35,769 968,781
2,598,410 106,699 2,705,109
3,531,422 142,468 3,673,890
5,938 608,202
5,400 371,917
11,338
14,930
26,268
980,119
2,720,039
3,700,158
GROTON—
Groton Village 1,975,539
Outside Corporation 1,539,568
Totals _ _ 3,515,107
14,112
68,082
82,194
1,989,651
1,607,650
3,597,301
14,736
3,075
17,811
2,004,387
1,610,725
3,615,112
ITHACA—
Cayuga Heights
Outside Corporation
Totals _
2,695,180 48,2131 2,743,3931 3,6701 2,747,063
4,292,980` 157,5091 4,450,4891 15,3251 4,465,814
6,988,1601 205,7221 7,193,8821 18,9951 7,712,877
ULYSSES—
Trumansburg 1,006,988 32,640 1,039,628 5,722 1,045,350
Outside Corporation I 1,779,455 60,192 1,839,647 4,280 1,843,927
Totals , 2,786,4431 92,832 2,879,275 10,002 2,889,277
Dated, Nov 17, 1937.
R C OSBORN, Chairman,
D J WATROUS,
C A MOTT,
LAMONT C SNOW,
E J MILLER,
L P STONE,
THOS G MILLER,
Committee.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 121
Mr Harry C Morse, Member of the Committee on Bovine
Tuberculosis, together with Dr. R A McKinney, County Vet-
erinarian, appeared before the Board and submitted a report
of the work performed as such county official during the year
Forest Payne, Chairman of that Committee, read the finan-
cial report.
Mr Payne, Chairman of the Committee on Bovine Tuber-
culosis, presented the several claims audited by that commit-
tee, for the year ending October 31, 1937, which were filed
Mr Payne offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on Bovine Tuberculosis, for the year ending October 31,
1937, this day filed, be audited by this Board at the amounts
recommended and audited by that committee
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -12 Noes -0 Carried
The reports of R A Hutchinson, as County Probation Of-
ficer and Clerk of Children's Court, with the apportionment
for expenses of Children's Court, were received and referred
to the Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation
The annual report of the Commissioners of Election, with
the apportionment of election expenses by the county and the
several political sub -divisions thereof, was received and re-
ferred to the Committee on Town Officers Accounts
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
WHEREAS—The Tompkins County Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Society was so damaged by the 1937 flood that the
Association is facing a deficit in excess of $1,000 , therefore
be it
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $1,000 to be paid to the Treasurer of the Association
to help cover the deficit, and the County Treasurer is hereby
122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
directed to pay the same out of any available funds in her
hands, and be it further
Resolved—That in the event the County Treasurer has not
sufficient funds in her hands with which to pay said amount,
or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the
County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said
sum of $1,000, or so much thereof, as to her may seem neces-
sary, in anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained
in the taxes for the current year; and be it further
Resolved—That the said County Treasurer be, and she here-
by is authorized and directed to give the notes or certificates
of indebtendness of said county, to mature not more than six
months after the date of issue and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed
for their payment, and be it further
Resolved—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the Tompkins County Treasurer and coun-
tersigned by the Tompkins County Clerk, and that the County
Clerk shall make the entries required by said Section 41, of
the County Law
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -12 Noes -0 Carried
On motion adjourned to 2 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll Call All members present, except Mr Van Order.
The members of the Department of Public Welfare : Fred
A Williams, Commissioner, Mrs O'Connor and Miss Marian
Wesp, Investigators of Old Age Security, Elizabeth Lucie,
Out -of -Settlement Worker, Arleeta Rannings, Case Super-
visor and Miss Evelyn Perry and Mary Lewis, Children's
Agents, appeared before the Board and submitted their re-
ports of that department.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW PORP 123
Mrs O'Connor presented her report on Old Age Security
which was received and filed
Miss Lucie presented her report on Out -of -Settlement work,
which was received and filed.
Miss Rannings, Case Supervisor, presented her report
covering the work for the past year, which was received and
filed.
Miss Perry presented her report of the Children Agents,
which report was received and filed
The general report and appropriation reviewed by Com-
missioner Fred Williams and referred to the Committee on
Charities.
Reports of Fred E Dorn, of the town of Danby, and Heniy
Williams, of the town of Ulysses, Justices of the Peace of
those respective towns, were received and filed
Mr. Stone presented the report of the Special Franchises of
the town of Ulysses, which was referred to the Committee on
Town Officers Accounts.
On motion, adjourned to Wednesday, December 1, at 10
A. M.
124 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Fifth Day
Wednesday, December 1, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll Call All members present
Minutes of November 30th meeting read and approved
Mr. Fred A. Williams, President of the Tompkins County
Development Association, together with Hugh J. Williams,
Executive Director, of said organization, and several other
members appeared before the Board relative to the report of
`hat organization
Mr Fred A Williams introduced Hugh J. Williams, Execu-
tive Director, who submitted the annual report of their activi-
ties during the past year and asked for an appropriation of
$1,650 00 to carry this work to June 30, 1938
The annual report of the Coroner was submitted by Dc.
Wm L Sell and referred to the Committee on County Offi-
cers Accounts
The report of the County Treasurer was received and re-
ferred to the Committee on County Treasurer's Accounts
The report of the County Clerk was recei, ed and referred
to the Committee on County Officers Accounts.
Mr. W' atrous presented the report of the Special Franchises
of the town of Groton, which was referred to the Committee
on Town Officers Accounts.
A list of Corporations of the town of Groton was received
and filed.
Mr. Watrous presented the Town Budget of the town of
Groton, which was received and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 125
` AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call. All members present.
Dr. Barton F. Hauenstein, Director of the County Labora-
tory, together with Dr. Dean F. Smiley and Dr. H. B Sutton,
members of the Board of Managers, appeared before the
Board and submitted the annual report, the financial state-
ment and the proposed budget of that organization. Said re-
port and budget were referred to the Committee on County
Laboratory.
The report of Arthur G Adams, District Attorney, was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee on Courts, Correction
and Legislation.
The bond of the County Commissioner of Welfare was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee on Insurance and
County Officers Bonds.
The annual report of the Sheriff was received and referred
to the Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation.
On motion of Mr. Stone, the election of county officers and
employees and representatives of this Board, to be elected by
the Board for the year 1938, was made a special order of busi-
ness for Tuesday, December 7.
Seconded by Mr. Watrous. Carried
Mr. E J. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved --That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on County Laboratory, for the year ending October 31,
1937, this day filed, be audited by this Board at the amounts
recommended and audited by the committee
Seconded by Mr. Stone. Carried.
Mr. Payne offered the- following resolution and moved its
adoption :
126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Committee on Bovine Tuberculosis, the sum of $2,500, for
carrying on the work of that committee for the year begin-
ning November 1, 1937, and be it further
Resolved—That any balance standing to the credit of that
committee on January 1, 1938, be and the same is hereby re -
appropriated to the use of that committee, in addition to the
amount hereinbefore appropriated.
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -14, Noes—O. Carried.
A list of Grand Jurors for the town of Groton was received
and referred to the Committee on Courts, Correction and
Legislation
On motion, adjourned to Thursday, December 2, at 10
A. M.
n'
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 127
Sixth Day
Thursday, December 2, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll Call All members present, except E J Miller and
T G Miller, excused, and F D Van Order.
Minutes of December lst meeting, read and approved.
The report of John J Sinsabaugh, County Sealer of Weights
and Measures, was received and referred to the Committee on
County Officers Accounts
A list of Grand Jurors from the Second Ward of the City
of Ithaca was received and referred to the Committee on
Courts, Correction and Legislation
Mr Payne presented the report of the Special Franchises
of the town of Newfield, which was referred to the Committee
on Town Officers Accounts
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except E J Miller and T.
G Miller, excused, and F D Van Order
Dr. Norman S Moore, Miss Marian May, Miss McKevitt,
Miss Hoihen, LaGrand Chase, Eugenia Van Cleef, Dr. Wm
L Seil, Miss Knapp, Mrs Bosworth, Mrs Leming and Miss
Cleland and Dr Fear, representing the state and county
public health board, appeared before the Board relative to
public health work during the past year.
Miss McKevitt, County Public Health Nurse, presented the
annual report of the public health nurses which report was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Health
128 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Dr Norman S Moore gave the financial report of the Com-
mittee on Public Health and asked for the same appropria-
tion as last year, to wit . the sum of $4,550. , said report was
referred to the Committee on Public Health
Moved by Mr Squier, that the bond of the County Commis-
sioner of Welfare at $25,000 be approved by this Board, both
as to form, manner of execution and the sufficiency of the
sureties
Seconded by Mr Scofield Carried
Mr Neill, Chairman of the Committee on Town Officers
Accounts, presented the following report of that committee,
relative to the amounts to be raised by the county and the
several towns therein, for sinking fund and interest on bonds
issued for the construction of State and County Highways
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Gentlemen •
Your Committee on Town Officers Accounts, to which was
referred a communication from the Comptroller, relative to
the amounts to be raised by the county and the several towns
therein, wishes to report that it finds that there shall be raised
by the county and the following towns the sums set opposite
their respective names for sinking funds and interest on
bonds issued for the construction of roads, as follows :
County Town
Roads Sinking Int Towns Sinking Int Total
Fund Fund
606 $220 80 $ 441 60 $ 662 40
616 781 97 1,563 94 Ulysses $216 85 $433 69 2,996 45
681 439 81 879 64 Dryden 81 03 162 08 1,562 56
682 305 03, 610 05 Dryden 89 71 179 42 1,184 21
683 315 16 630 34 Dryden 92 69 185 40 1,223 59
$2,062 77 $4,125 57 $480 28 $960 59 $7,629 21
Dated, December 2, 1937
LOUIS D. NEILL,
F. C. EVANS,
C. A. MOTT,
Committee.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 129
Mr Neill offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption .
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on Town Offi-
cers Accounts be accepted and that the amounts therein speci-
fied be levied upon and collected from the taxable property
liable therefore in payment of sinking fund and interest on
bonds issued for the construction of State and County High-
ways.
Seconded by Mr. Payne
Ayes -8. Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned to Friday, December 3, at 10 A M
130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Seventh Day
Friday, December 3, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Van Order
Minutes of December 2, 1937, read and approved
Mrs Eugene Baker, President of the Board of Child Wel-
fare, and Fred A Williams, Ex -officio member of that or-
ganization, appeared before the Board and presented the an-
nual report of that of ganization, which was received and
referred to the Committee on Education
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Courts,
Correction and Legislation, submitted the following report of
that committee relative to the report of the Clerk of Children's
Court
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y
Gentlemen
Your Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation x e -
ports that it has examined the reports of the Clerk of the
Children's Court as to receipts and disbui sements, with the
amounts that should be charged to the several political sub-
divisions of the county and believes the same to be correct
Your Committee would therefore recommend the adoption
of the following resolution :
Resolved—That in accordance with the report of the Clerk
of Children's Court, there be charged to the following munici-
palities of Tompkins County, the sums set opposite the names
of the several towns and city, as follows •
Tompkins County
City of Ithaca
Town of Caroline
Town of Danby
Town of Dryden
town of Groton
Town of Ithaca
Town of Lansing
$138 25
98 20
15 40
2 85
31 30
14 50
25 75
4 00
$330 25
q OF TOIMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 131
Said amounts so charged being properly chargeable to said
towns and city, and the same to be placed in the budgets
thereof and collected at the next ensuing tax levy to reimburse
the county for moneys expended.
Dated, December 3, 1937.
THOS. G MILLER,
FOREST J PAYNE,
C C SQUIER,
Committee
I Moved by Mr T G Miller, that the report be accepted and
the resolution adopted
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried
Mr E J Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Tompkins County Laboratory, the sum of $6,000 00 and that
there be re -appropriated to said Tompkins County Labora-
tory all sums standing to the credit of said Laboratory in the
hands of the County Treasurer on December 31, 1937, includ-
ing the balance of funds previously appropriated and not
withdrawn, the amounts received from said laboratory for
fees, and receipts from any other source
Be It Further Resolved—That the County Treasurer is di-
rected to pay to the Tompkins County Laboratory on the ord-
ers of the Board of Managers, approved by the committee of
this Board, the sum of $6,000 00 and the sum so re -appropri-
ated, except that the sum of one hundred dollars shall be paid
on the order of the Board of Managers in advance of audit to
establish a petty cash revolving fund, and upon receipt of bills
showing expenditures from such revolving fund, the County
Treasurer is directed to replenish such fund to an amount not
exceeding one hundred dollars, in advance of audit, all of such
sums so paid for the said revolving petty cash to be charged
to the appropriations and re -appropriations above made
Be It Further Resolved—That the Director of the County
132 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Laboratory deposit with the County Treasurer monthly all
fees collected from persons using the laboratory.
Seconded by Mr Squier
Ayes -11 Noes -0 Carried.
A list of Corporations of the town of Lansing was received
and filed
A report of the Bonded Indebtedness of the Village of Cay-
uga Heights was received and filed.
The Clerk read a communication from J G. Brooks, Presi-
dent of the DeWitt Historical Society of Tompkins County,
reciting the work of that organization covering the past year,
with a request for more memberships from those interested
in such work, which communication was filed
Mr C. H Scofield presented the following notice •
"Notice is hereby given that a motion will be made at the
next regular meeting as follows :
Resolved—That paragraph four of Rule VII be amended by
the addition of a paragraph to read
Upon a resolution being made and carried, the vote on any
question or appropriation may be made by ballot."
On motion, adjourned to Monday, December 6th, at 10 A M.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 133
Eighth Day
Monday, December 6, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call. All members present, except Mr. Van Order.
Mr E J Miller moved that the number of Grand Jurors
from each town and city, comprising the list of Grand Jurors
for the County, be referred to the proper committee
Seconded by Mr. Osborn Carried
Above matter referred to the Committee on Courts, Cor-
rection and Legislation.
Mr Scofield presented the report of the Special Franchises
of the town of Lansing, which was referred to the Committee
on Town Officers Accounts
A report of Norman G. Stagg, Justice of the Peace, of the
own of Ithaca was received and filed
Mr. Scofield presented a report of the Bonded Indebtedness
of School Districts Nos 9 and 13 of the town of Lansing,
which was received and placed on file
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and move
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $4,400. to the Tompkins County Rural Traveling Li-
brary System, for the year 1938, and that the County Treas-
urer be directed to pay said amount to the Traveling Library
System on audit by the Board of Supervisors as other county
bills are paid, and be it further
Resolved—That any sum standing to the credit of said or-
ganization, in the hands of the County Treasurer on Decem-
ber 31, 1937, and unexpended, be and the same is hereby re -
appropriated to said organization.
134 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Seconded by Mr Stone
Mr. Watrous moved that action on the above resolution be
postponed until Tuesday morning, December 7th.
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
Mr. Scofield offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved -That paragraph four of Rule VII be amended by
the addition of a paragraph to read
Upon a resolution being made and seconded, the vote on any
question or appropriation may be made by ballot
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Upon discussion resolution withdrawn by Mr Scofield
Mr Scofield presented the Town Budget of the town of Lan-
sing, which was received and referred to the Committee on
Finance.
Mr. Osborn, Chairman of the Equalization Committee, pre-
sented Reports Nos 1 and 2 of that committee for apportion-
ment of General and Highway Tax Levy for the year 1937,
which under the rules were laid on the table for one day
Mr. Stevenson, Chairman of the Committee on Reforesta-
tion, submitted the following report, relative to the receipts
and disbursements of that committee for the year 1937.
Balance, November 1, 1936 $ 9416
Appropriation 250 00
Total
Expended
344 16
267 03
Balance on hand, November 1, 1937 $ 77 13
The county received from the State 35,000 trees, 32,000 of
which were red pine and 3,000 black locust These were set
on a farm in Caroline which the county has taken for taxes
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 135
The entire cost to the county of $267 03 was used for labor in
setting the trees and buying fence to repair a line fence
HARVEY STEVENSON,
C. C SQUIER,
F. J PAYNE,
Committee
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That the report of the committee be accepted and
that all bills passed by this committee during the year 1937,
be audited by this Board at the amounts recommended and
audited by that committee, and be it further
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $250 00 for reforestation purposes for the year 1938,
and be it further
Resolved—That the balance of $77 13 be and the same here-
by is reappropriated to said fund in addition to the amount
appropriated
Seconded by Mr Payne
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr Van Order
A list of the Special Franchises of the town of Dryden was
received and referred to the Committee on Town Officers'
Accounts
A report of Arthur G Bennett, Justice of the Peace, of the
town of Danby, was received and filed
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption .
136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $240 00 for Janitor at the Old County Clerk's Building,
payable in monthly installments of $20 00 each, beginning
January 1, 1938, and the County Treasurer is directed to pay
the same out of any moneys in her hands available therefor
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Upon discussion the above matter was referred by the Chair-
man to the Salaries and Wages Committee
Mr Payne, Chairman of the Committee on Auditing Ac-
counts of the Tuberculosis Hospital, presented the several
claims audited by that committee during the year ending Oc-
tober 31, 1937, which were filed
Mr Payne offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on Auditing Accounts for the Tuberculosis Hospital for
the year ending October 31, 1937, this day filed, be audited by
this Board at the amounts recommended and audited by that
committee
Seconded by Mr Mott Carried
Mr. Neill, Chairman of the Committee on Town Officers'
Accounts, submitted the following report of the committee
ielative to the report of the Commissioners of Election per-
taining to the election expenses for the year 1937
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Your Committee on Town Officers' Accounts reports that
it has examined the report of the Commissioners of Election
relative to the election expenses and believes the same to be a
true statement of the Election Expenses of the County, for the
year 1937
We recommend that the apportionment of Election Ex-
penses for the current year, as made by the Election Commis-
sioners, be accepted and adopted by the Board, and that the
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
137
several sums charged to the county, city and towns be assessed
against, levied upon, and collected from the taxable property
of Tompkins County and the several towns and city therein,
as follows •
County of Tompkins $3,830 19
City of Ithaca 1,384 88
Town of Caroline 299 20
Town of Danby 109 20
V Town of Dryden 733 09
Town of Enfield 234 49
Town of Groton 268.35
Town of Ithaca 233 39
Town of Lansing 218 39
Town of Newfield 199 49
Town of Ulysses 163 77
Total for County
Total for City
Total for Towns
$7,674 44
$3,830 19
1,384 88
2,459 37
Total $7,674 44
Dated, December 6th, 1937.
LOUIS D NEILL,
C A MOTT,
F C. EVANS,
Committee
Mr. Neill offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on Town Offi-
cers' Accounts, relative to the report of the Commissioners
of Election pertaining to the election expenses for the year
1937, be accepted and that the amounts therein mentioned be
levied upon, and collected from the taxable property of Tomp-
kins County, and the several towns and city therein, liable
therefor
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried.
138 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr Squier presented the claims audited by the Committee
on County Buildings, Grounds and Employees, for the year
ending October 31, 1937, which were filed
Mr Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on County Buildings, Grounds and Employees, for the year
ending October 31, 1937, this day filed, be audited by this
Board at the amounts recommended and audited by that Com-
mittee
Seconded by MI E J Miller Carried
Mr Scofield presented the claims audited by the Committee
on Jail Supplies, for the year ending October 31, 1937, which
were filed
Mr Scofield offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on Jail Supplies, for the year ending October 31, 1937, this
day filed, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended and audited by that committee
Seconded by Mr Payne Carried
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption .
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Central Index the sum of $100 00 for the current year, as the
county's share of maintaining the index, and that the County
Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any
money in her hands available for that purpose, such payments
to be made monthly to the Manager of said index
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 139
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum
of $3,000 00 to the Cornell Library Association, for the main-
tenance of said library, under the provisions of the Education
Law, for the year 1938, and that the County Treasurer be di-
rected to pay said amount to the Treasurer of said Associa-
tion in quarterly payments on the first days of January, April,
July and October, 1938
Seconded by Mr Squier
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Report of the Committee on Courts, Correction and Legis-
lation with reference to distribution of Grand Jurors received
and discussed
Mr Stevenson moved, that action be deferred until Tues-
day afternoon
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Stevenson, Watrous,
Scofield, Payne, Stone and Neill -8
Noes—Messrs Mott, E J Miller, Evans, Osborn and Squier
—6
On motion, adjourned to Tuesday, December 7th, at 1C
A M.
140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ninth Day
Tuesday, December 7, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call. All members present, except Mr. Van Order.
Minutes of December 6 meeting, read and approved
Mr. Osborn, Chairman of the Purchasing Committee, sub-
mitted the following report for the year ending October 31,
1937.
RECEIPTS :
Balance Nov 1, 1936
Appropriations—Heat and Light
Heat Co Home
Telephones
. Refunds on telephones
$3,113 28
4,000.00
2,500 00
3,500 00
23 62
DISBURSEMENTS :
County Heat Light Telephone
Buildings $1,852 11 $1,463 52 $2,423 42
Highway
Buildings 285 82 148 80
County Farm 2,111 20 69 71
Jail 375 02 210 10
T. B. Hospital 8 99
County Clerk's
Building 62 85 11 68
Old Court
House 220 57 332 14 114.07
Medical Staff 118 90
C.W A (Library
Building) 81 27 122.65
$13,136 90
$4,246 73 $2,549 45 $3,216 64 10,012 82
$ 3,124.08
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 141
The balance is made up as follows :
Balance Heat at County Farm
Balance Other Heat and Light
Overdraft—Telephones
$ 988 61
2,153.28
3,141 89
17 81
$3,124 08
R. C. OSBORN,
D. J. WATROUS,
LOUIS D. NEILL, Committee.
Moved by Mr. Osborn, that the report of the committee be
accepted.
Seconded by Mr Watrous. Carried
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be levied upon and collected from the
taxable property of Tompkins County, the sum of $8,000 00
for the following purposes, for the year 1938:
For fuel and light in county buildings, in
the City of Ithaca $3,000 00
For fuel at County Home 1,500 00
For telephone service for county buildings 3,500 00
$8,000.00
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T. G Miller, Mott, Watrous, E J
Miller, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Neill, Evans, Osborn and Squier
—12.
Noes—Mr Stevenson -1.
Resolution carried.
Mr Osborn moved that Reports Nos 1 and 2 of the Equa-
lization Committee for apportionment of General and High-
way Tax Levy for the year 1937 be taken from the table and
passed at this time
Seconded by Mr T. G Miller Carried.
142 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REPORT NO. 1 OF EQUALIZATION COMMITTEE FOR
APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL TAX LEVY FOR
THE YEAR 1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y. :
Your Committee on Equalization reports that they have ex-
amined the assessment rolls of the several tax districts in the
County of Tompkins, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
the valuation in one tax district bears a just relation to the
valuations in all the tax districts in the county; that in the
opinion of the members of this committee such valuations do
not bear such just relations to the valuations in all the tax
districts of the county, and your committee would recommend
that the valuations of the several tax districts, in order that
they may bear such just relations, be increased or diminished
according to the following statements so as to make the aggre-
gate equalized valuations as indicated in the tabular statement
below.
Towns
Special Franchise
True Value
Caroline
Danby . ._
Dryden
Enfield
Groton ..
Ithaca, City ..
Ithaca, Town .
Lansing
Newfield .
Ulysses .. _ .....
$ 945,7111$ 32,2521$ 977,963 $ 1,018,711
1,076,589 35,378 1,111,967 1,123,199
3,531,422 142,468 3,673,890 3,748,867
663,548 27,648 691,196 712,573
3,515,107 82,194 3,597,301 3,708,558
37,285,000 812,452 38,097,452 43,292,559
6,988,160 205,722 7,193,882 7,266,547
3,258,0531 76,3281 3,334,3811 3,509,872
1,210,939 39,298 1,250,237 1,262,866
2,786,443 92,832 2,879,275 3,095,995
Totals _ _.. _..I $61,260,972 $1,546,5721$62,807,544 $68,739,747
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
143
Towns
Equalized Value
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca, City
Ithaca, Town
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
96% $ 930,797
99% 1,026,268
98% 3,425,342
97% 651,078
97% 3,388,511
ss% 39,556,435
99% 6,639,448
95% 3,206,972
99% 1,153,881
93% 2,828,812
$ 1,458,983
$ 47,166 $ 930,797
85,699 1,026,268
248,548 3,425,342
40,118 651,078
208,790 3,388,511
39,556,435
554,434 6,639,448
127,409 3,206,972
96,356 1,153,881
50,463 2,828,812
Totals
1$62,807,5441$ 1,458,9831$1,458,9831$62,807,544
And your committee would also report that they have de-
termined upon proper inquiry and investigation the ratio or
percentage which the assessed value of the real property in
each such tax district bears to its full value and would recom-
mend that, based upon such determination of your committee,
that the board establish such ratios or percentages which are
determined and in the opinion of your committee are as above
set forth.
That your committee have, in accord with such percentage,
compiled and that the foregoing table shows the aggregate
valuations of each tax district, as determined from the actual
values of property fixed according to the above ratios or per-
centages and the average rate of assessment of real property
in the county which your committee have determined accord-
ing to the rules laid down by statute, to be 91370054 and that
the table shows by such valuations the several and aggregate
valuations upon which the taxes for the county, including the
state taxes, should be apportioned between the several tax
districts of the county.
All of which is respectfully submitted
Dated November 24, 1937
R C OSBORN, Chairman. C A MOTT,
D J WATROUS, LAMONT C. SNOW,
THOS G MILLER, L P STONE,
E J MILLER, Committee
144 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REPORT NO. 2 OF EQUALIZATION COMMITTEE FOR
APPORTIONMENT OF HIGHWAY TAX LEVY FOR
THE YEAR 1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y.:
Your committee further reports that it has in accordance
with the percentages fixed and established by this Board, de-
termined the equalized value of the real property of the several
tax districts of this county, liable to the levy of taxes for high-
way purposes, as shown by the subjoined tabular statement;
that the average rate of assessment as determined by such
percentages is 91373907
Towns
Special Franchise
True Value
Caroline . - - _ - - -- -- - $ 948,268
Danby -- - - - ---- ---------- -- -- 1,093,364
Dryden . - --. -- ---- -- -- 3,557,690
Enfield
Groton _ -- -- - 3,532,918
Ithaca, City .... _ ___ __ _ 37,394,150
Ithaca, Town . __ . -- . 7,007,155
Lansing . .. 3,268,328
Newfield ... ....... .... 1,216,039
tllveses _ _ 2,796,445
$ 32,252
35,378
142,468
27,648
82,194
812,452
205,722
76,328
39,298
92,832
$ 980,520
1,128,74-2
3,700,158
694,396
3,615,112
38,206,602
7,212,877
3,344,656
1,255,337
2,889,277
$ 1,021,375
1,140,143
3,775,671
715,872
3,726,919
43,416,593
7,285,734
3,520,690
1,268,017
3,106,749
Totals . . .
x'$61,481,105 $ 1,546,572 $63,027,677 $68,977,763
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 145
Towns
Equalized Value
Pensions Exempt
Caroline 96% $ 933,270
Danby ... 99% 1,041,793
Dryden .. 98% 3,449,978
Enfield ...._ ..._ 97% 654,120
Groton .. 97% 3,405,432
Ithaca, City -- 88% 39,671,437
Ithaca, Town _ 99% 6,657,260
Lansing _.95% 3,216,992
Newfield 99% 1,158,637
Ulysses ........... 93% 2,838,758
1,464,835
$ 47,250 $ 2,557 $ 933,270
86,949 16,775 1,041,793
250,180 26,268 3,449,978
40,276 3,200 654,120
209,680 17,811 3,40 5,432
109,150 39,671,437
555,617 18,995 6,657,260
127,664 10,275 3,216,992
96,700 5,100 1,158,637
50,519 10,002 2,838,758
Totals 1 $63,027,677 $1,464,835 $1,464,835 $220,133 $63,027,677
Dated, November 24, 1937.
R. C. OSBORN, Chairman
C A MOTT,
D. J. WATROUS,
E. J. MILLER,
LAMONT C. SNOW,
L P STONE,
THOS. G. MILLER,
Committee.
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That Report No 1, of the Committee on Equaliz-
ation, be accepted and adopted and that the valuation of real
property, for the purposes of the General Tax Levy against
the several tax districts, of the county, be equalized and de-
termined as therein set forth, as the basis of the apportion-
ment for such General Tax Levy for the year 1937.
Seconded by Mr T G. Miller.
Ayes -12. Noes -0 Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Resolved—That Report No 2, of the Committee on Equal-
ization, be accepted and adopted and that the valuation of real
property, for the purposes of Highway Tax Levy against the
several tax districts of the county, be equalized and determ-
ined as therein set forth as the basis of the apportionment of
Highway Taxes for the year 1937
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -12 Noes -0 Carried
The matter of the Rural Traveling Library appropi cation
which was postponed until this time, on request of Mr Steven-
son, was further postponed until this afternoon
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee, sub-
mitted the following report of the Committee on Highways,
relative to the amounts expended during the year 1937, fox
securing rights of way for highways in Tompkins County
Your Highway Committee reports that the following show
the condition of accounts for rights of way •
Balance, November 1, 1936 $11,727 32
Appropriation 6,000 00
Expenditures to November 1, 1937
$17,727 32
15,854 12
Balance, November 1, 1937 $ 1,873 20
Your Committee therefore recommends that there be ap-
propriated for the year 1938, the sum of $8,000 00 in addition
to the balance now in the hands of the County Treasurer of
$1,873 20 which is hereby re -appropriated, making a total of
$9,873 20
Dated, December 6, 1937
THOS G MILLER,
C H SCOFIELD,
HARVEY STEVENSON,
F. J. PAYNE,
F C EVANS,
Committee,
OF TOAMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 147
Moved by Mr T G Miller, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr Stevenson Carried
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated, for
the year 1938, the sum of $8,000 00, for securing rights of way
by the county, in addition to the balance of $1,873 20 now in
the hands of the County Treasurer in said fund, which is
hereby re -appropriated, making a total of $9,873 20.
Seconded by Mr. Evans
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Mott, Chairman of the Committee on Salaries and
Wages, submitted the following report, relative to salaries of
county officers and employees and allowances for expenses.
The Committee on Salaries and Wages is of the opinion that
the salaries of the various county officials and employees for
1938 should be fixed as follows .
County Judge and Surrogate
Judge of Children's Court
Special County Judge and Surrogate
County Court and Surrogate's Stenographer
Surrogate's Clerk
Clerk of Children's Court
County Probation Officer
County Clerk
Deputy County Clerk
Assistants in County Clerk's Office
Motor Vehicle Clerk
Assistant to Motor Vehicle Clerk
County Attorney
County Treasurer
Clerk Hire for County Treasurer
Stenographer for Board of Supervisors
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Disti ict Attorney
Commissioner of Welfare
Coroner
$ 5,000 00
1,500 00
600 00
1,200 00
1,800 00
800 00
1,200 00
3,600 00
1,800 00
6,800 00
1,500 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
2,800 00
2,400 00
1,000 00
1,800 00
2,400 00
2,400 00
700 00
148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Two Commissioners of Election at $1,100 00 each 2,200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 900.00
Superintendent of Highways 3,000 00
Sheriff 2,800 00
Undersheriff 1,500 00
Two Turnkeys and Deputy 2,160 00
Jail Matron 300 00
Superintendent of County Court House and Jail 1,420 00
Fireman 1,260 00
Assistant Fireman and Watchman 1,200 00
Janitors in County Buildings (3) 3,300 00
Telephone Operator in County Court House 900.00
Janitor for County Clerk's Building 240 00
Total for County Officers and Employees $63,480 00
Your Committee recommends that the salaries of the sev-
eral county officers and employees be fixed by this Board at the
foregoing amounts, and your committee directs that the
amount to be paid to the Motor Vehicle Clerk be in full for any
notorial fees or other services in connection with the duties of
that office.
That the County Sealer of Weights and Measures, be al-
lowed an amount, not to exceed the sum of $600 00 for ex-
penses and disbursements of his office , that the County Super-
intendent of Highways be allowed an amount, not to exceed
the sum of $1,500 00 for expenses, that the Coroner be allowed
an amount not to exceed the sum of $100 00 for expenses , that
the Sheriff, be allowed an amount not to exceed the sum of
$1,500 00 for expenses, while traveling by auto, while said
officials are engaged in the performance of their duties charge-
able to the county ; that the District Attorney be allowed an
amount, not to exceed the sum of $800 00 for office expenses,
that the Supreme Court Judge be allowed $350 00 for postage
and incidental expenses ; that the Commissioners of Election
be allowed, an amount not to exceed the sum of $250 00 for
expenses , that the County Treasurer be allowed an amount,
not to exceed $250 00 for postage and expenses , that the Clerk
of the Board be allowed the sum of $60 00 for postage, that the
County Clerk be allowed an amount, not to exceed $1,725 00
for postage and incidental expenses, and $1,000 00 for re-
writing old records ; that the Motor Vehicle Office be allowed
an amount, not to exceed $500 00 for postage and incidental
expenses , that the County Attorney be allowed an amount
not to exceed the sum of $350 00 for necessary expenses in
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
149
executing the duties of his office for the year 1938, all claims
for expenses and auto hire to be itemized and audited by this
Board, in the same manner as other county claims are audited
Dated, December 7th, 1937
C A MOTT,
E. J MILLER,
Committee
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Mr Squier moved, as an amendment, that the salary of the
Special County Judge and Surrogate be fixed at $800.00
Seconded by Mr Stevenson
0
Ayes—Messrs Stevenson, E J Miller, Osborn and Squier
—4.
Noes—Messrs. Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Watrous, Scofield,
Payne, Stone, Neill, and Evans -9
Amendment lost
A vote being taken on the original report i esulted as follows .
Ayes -13. Noes -0 Carried
A list of the Returned School Taxes of the town of Groton
was received and referred to the Committee on Erroneous
Assessments and Returned Taxes.
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr. Van Order
Reports of Jay W Stamp, Thomas R Brown and Clayton
Purdy, Justices of the Peace of the town of Enfield, were re-
ceived and filed.
150 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The election of officers and employees, to be elected by this
Board, having been made a special order of business for this
time, that matter was taken up
Mr. Squier placed in nomination the name of Roger Todd, as
representative of the Board of Supervisors on the Farm, Home
and Junior Project Boards, for the year 1938
Mr Todd's nomination was seconded by Mr Stevenson
On motion of Mr. Osborn, the Clerk was directed to cast one
ballot for Roger Todd and the Chairman declared Mr Todd
duly elected as the representative of this Board on the Farm,
and Home Bureau Association and the Junior Project Board,
for one year, from January 1, 1938
Mr. Stone placed in nomination the names of Eugenia Van
Cleef, Lera C Bostwick, Lawrence Jacobs, LaGrand Chase,
Dr. Norman S Moore, Dr Dean F Smiley, Dr R H Broad,
Dr. Keith Sears, Dr Wm L Seil and Dr L T Genung, as the
Public Health Committee for the year 1938
Seconded by Mr Payne
There being no other nominations on motion of Mr Wat-
rous, the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for the afore-
said nominees
The Clerk cast one ballot, and the Chairman declared Euge-
nia Van Cleef, Lera C Bostwick, Lawrence Jacobs, LaGrand
Chase, Dr Norman S Moore, Dr Dean F Smiley, Dr R H
Broad, Dr Keith Sears, Dr Wm L Seil and Dr L T Genung,
as the Tompkins County Public Health Committee, for the
term of one year from January 1, 1938
Mr. Payne placed in nomination the names of Fred Mar-
shall, Albert G Stone and Harry Morse, as members of the
Committee on Bovine Tuberculosis, for the year 1938
Seconded by Mr. T G Miller
There being no other nominations on motion of Mr Payne,
the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for the foregoing
nominees.
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151
The Clerk cast one ballot and the Chairman declared Fred
Marshall, Albert G Stone and Harry Morse, as members of
the Committee on Bovine Tuberculosis, for the year 1938
Mr E J Miller placed in nomination the names of Eugenia
Van Cleef and Benjamin F Savocool, to succeeed themselves,
as members of the Board of Managers of the Tompkins County
Laboratory, for a term of five years respectively
Seconded by Mr Neill
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr Osborn,
the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for Eugenia Van Cleef
and Benjamin F Savocool for a term of five years from Janu-
ary 1, 1938.
The Clerk cast one ballot and the Chairman declared Euge-
nia Van Cleef and Benjamin F Savocool, as members of the
Board of Managers of the Tompkins County Laboratory, for a
term of five years
Mr Watrous placed in nomination the names of Daniel
Mitchell and Frank G Snyder, to succeed themselves, as mem-
bers of the Rural Traveling Library Committee, for a term of
three years
Seconded by Mr Stevenson
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr T G
Miller, the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for the afore-
said nominees
The Clerk cast one ballot and the Chairman declared Dan-
iel Mitchell and Frank G Snyder, as members of the Rural
Traveling Library Committee, for a term of three years
Mr Stone placed in nomination the name of Lawrence C
Jacobs as a member of the Board of Managers of the Tomp-
kins County Tuberculosis Hospital
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr Os-
born, the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot foi Lawrence
C Jacobs
152 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Clerk cast one ballot, and the Chairman declared Law-
rence C Jacobs a member of the Board of Managers of the
Tompkins County Tuberculosis Hospital, for a term of five
years from January 1, 1938
Mr. E J Miller placed in nomination the name of Gladys
L. Buckingham as Stenographer for the Board of Supervisors
for the ensuing year.
Seconded by Mr Osborn
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr Stone,
the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for Gladys L Buck-
ingham.
The Clerk cast one ballot for Gladys L Buckingham, and the
Chairman declared her elected stenographer for the Board of
Supervisors for the ensuing year
Mr Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That there be and hei eby is appropriated the
sum of $4,400 00 to the Tompkins County Rural Traveling Li-
brary System, for the year 1938, and that the County Treas-
urer be directed to pay said amount to the Traveling Library
System on audit by the Board of Supervisors as other county
bills are paid, and be it further
Resolved—That any sum standing to the credit of said or-
ganization, in the hands of the County Treasurer on December
31, 1937, and unexpended, be and the same is hereby re -
appropriated to said organization
Seconded by Mr T G Miller.
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E J
Miller, Scofield, Payne, Neill, Osborn and Squier-10
Noes—Messrs Watrous, Stone and Evans -3
Resolution carried
Mr. Stone presented the several claims audited by the Com-
mittee on Public Health for the year ending October 31, 1937,
which were filed.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 153
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on, Public Health for the year ending October 31, 1937,
this day filed, be audited by this Board at the amounts recom-
mended and audited by that committee
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
The Clerk read a communication signed by the Mayor of the
City of Ithaca indicating a committee appointed by him
to meet with a committee of the Board of Supervisors with
reference to Old Age Security.
Mr T G Miller moved, that the ,Chairman be instructed to
appoint a similar committee
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Courts,
Correction and Legislation, reported for that committee on
apportionment of Grand Jurors to the several towns and
wards of the City, as follows
Caroline 15
Danby 15
Dryden ` 24
Enfield 12
Groton 24
Ithaca 24
Lansing 24
Newfield 18
Ulysses 24
1st Ward 22
2nd Ward 22
3rd Ward 22
4th Ward 27
5th Ward 27
Mr T G Miller moved, that the report of the committee be
accepted and adopted
Seconded by Mr. Stone. Carried.
154 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr Stone, Chairman of the Public Health Committee,
offered the following resolution and moved its adoption
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Tompkins County Public Health Committee the sum of $4,-
550.00 and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay to
the Committee on Public Health, on orders of the committee,
signed by the representatives of this Board, and be it further
Resolved—That any sum standing to the credit of the Com-
mittee on Public Health in the hands of the County Treasurer
on December 31, 1937, and unappropriated, be and the same is
hereby re -appropriated to the committee
Seconded by Mr Payne
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, Wat-
rous, E J Miller, Payne, Stone, Neill, Evans, Osborn and
Squier-12
Noes—Mr Scofield -1
Resolution carried
The Democratic members of the Board of Supervisors des-
ignated the Tompkins County Rural News as one of the offi-
cial papers for the legal publications for the year 1938
The Republican members of the Board of Supervisors desig-
nated the Ithaca Journal, as one of the official papers for legal
publications for the year 1938
Mr Stevenson submitted the following report relative to the
various organizations, referred to the Committee on Educa-
tion
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y
Gentlemen .
` Your Committee on Education to which has been referred
the requests of various organizations, associations, boards and
committees for the year 1937, reports that it has carefully ex-
OF TOAIPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 155
amined these requests and therefore recommends the adoption
of the following resolution •
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Tompkins County Board of Child Welfare, the
sum of 88,000 00
Tompkins County Farm Bureau, the sum of 2,500 00
Tompkins County Home Bureau, the sum of 2,500 00
Tompkins County Farm Bureau, for Tomp-
kins County Junior Project Extension 3,300 00
and be it further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is directed to pay to
the Treasurer of the Farm Bureau Association and the Home
Bureau Association, the amounts hereby appropriated to them
in four quarterly payments on the 15th day of February, May,
August and November, to the Board of Child Welfare on the
written orders of the Treasurer of said Board , and be it
further
Resolved—That the Board of Child Welfare be, and hereby
is authorized to use as much of the amount appropriated to it
as in its judgment becomes necessary under the provision of
Article XVIII, of the Public Welfare Law, and be it further
Resolved—That any sum standing to the credit of any -of
the foregoing activities, in the hands of the County Treasurer
on December 31, 1937, and unexpended, be and the same are
hereby re -appropriated to the several organizations herein
specified.
Dated, December 7, 1937
HARVEY STEVENSON,
R. C OSBORN,
THOS G MILLER,
Committee
Moved by Mr Stevenson, that the report be accepted and the
resolution adopted
Seconded by Mr E J Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
156 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr E. J. Miller presented a list of the Returned School
Taxes of the town of Ithaca, which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
Reports of Carleton Kintz, of the town of Lansing, and J B
Sheeler, of the town of Groton, Justices of the Peace of those
respective towns, were received and filed
A list of Grand Jurors for the town of Newfield was received
and referred to the Committee on Courts, Correction and Leg-
islation.
On motion, adjourned to Thursday, December 9, at 10 A. M.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 157
Tenth Day
Thursday, December 9, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr E J Miller
Minutes of December 7th read and correction asked for in
salary report of Mr. Mott
"Salary of Superintendent of County Court House and Jail
to read $1,420.00 in place of $1,320 00 "
Minutes approved as corrected
Mr O'Daniel, County Clerk, appeared before the Board and
talked with reference to jury duty of women and how best to
keep all jury lists clear of dead wood
A. J Hines appeared before the Board and talked with ref-
erence to the Southworth Library in the Village of Dryden
and asked that if possible a suitable appropriation be made to
that body to relieve financial difficulties
Chairman announced the matter would be referred to Edu-
cation Committee and taken up at a later date
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS -By the provisions of Section 59, of the Tax Law,
as amended, the Board of Supervisors of a County, not em-
bracing a portion of the forest preserve, on or before Decem-
ber 15, in each year, or such date as may be designated by a
resolution of the Board of Supervisors, not later, however,
than the first day of February of each year, shall annex to the
tax roll a warrant, under the seal of the Board, signed by the
Chairman and Clerk of the Board, commanding the collector
of each tax district to whom the same is directed, to collect
from the several persons named in the tax roll, the several
sums mentioned in the last column thereof, opposite their re-
spective names, on or before the first day of the following
February, where the same is annexed on or before the 15th
day of December in each year, and
158 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHEREAS -It is impossible for the Board of Supervisors of
Tompkins County, to so annex a warrant at this time, as pro-
vided in said law, therefore be it
Resolved—That this Board designate January 20th, 1938,
as the date on which shall be annexed to the tax roll, the above
warrant as specified in said Section 59, of the Tax Law, as
amended, commanding the collector of each tax district to
whom the same is directed, to collect from the several persons
named in said tax roll, the several sums mentioned in the last
column thereof, opposite their respective names, on or before
the first day of May, 1938, and commanding said collector to
pay over on or before the first day of May, 1938, if he be a
collector of a city, or a division thereof, all moneys so collected
by him appearing on said roll, to the Treasurer of the County,
or if he be the collector of a town, to the Supervisor thereof
and to the County Treasurer, as provided by law
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mr Payne presented a list of the Returned School Taxes
of the town of Newfield, which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
Reports of Charles Thomas, Bertram K Crispell, P Alfred
Munch and Augustus Middaugh, Justices of the Peace, of the
town of Caroline were received and filed
A list of Grand Jurors for the town of Dryden was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee on Courts, Correction
and Legislation
Mr Payne presented the Town Budget of the town of
Newfield, which was referred to the Committee on Finance
Grand Jury lists from the First and Third Wards of the
City of Ithaca, were received and referred to the Committee
on Courts, Correction and Legislation
Reports of Floyd W Beach, Jesse Tompkins and Ladislav
Mazourek, Justices of the Peace, of the town of Newfield, were
received and filed
A list of Town Audits of the town of Dryden was received
and referred to the Committee on Finance
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 159
Grand Jury lists from the towns of Caroline and Ithaca
were received and referred to the Committee on, Courts,
Correction and Legislation
On motion, at 11 30 adjourned to Friday, December 10, at
10 A M ; the remainder of the day being taken by the Board
for the annual inspection of the County Home
160 PROCEEDINGS OF IHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Eleventh Day
Friday, December 10, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Van Order
Minutes of December 9th, read and approved
Mr B. I. Vann, County Superintendent of Highways, ap-
peared before the Board and submitted his reports of the re-
ceipts and disbursements of his department, together with the
reports of the machinery and building account, county bridge
account and the snow removal account, for the year 1937
Reports referred to the Highway Committee
Mr. T. G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the report of the County Superintendent, as
presented be accepted, and the County Superintendent be
commended for the healthy condition of all highway accounts
as shown, and that the Clerk be directed to print the report in
the proceedings of the Board -
Seconded by Mr Evans Carried
Mr. Van Order, Chairman of the Committee on County
Officers' Accounts, submitted a report of that committee
relative to the report of the County Clerk
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Gentlemen .
Your Committee has examined the report and made a com-
parison of the items listed with the records of the County
Treasurer and finds that the monies received by the County
Clerk, as reported by him, were duly paid to the County
Treasurer.
The disbursements made as appears in his report, were
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 161
so made to the belief of the committee
We believe that the report is a true and correct statement
of the financial transactions of the County Clerk and recom-
mend that the report be approved and accepted
Dated, December 10, 1937.
FRED VAN ORDER
C. A MOTT
C. H SCOFIELD,
Committee.
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr Neill Carried
Mr Van Order, Chairman of the Committee on County
Officers' Accounts, submitted the following report of the com-
mittee, relative to the annual report of the County Sealer
of Weights and Measures
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on County Officers' Accounts, to which
was referred the annual report of the County Sealer of
Weights and Measures, having examined said report believes
the same to be correct, and your committee recommends the
same be accepted and placed on file
Dated, December 10th, 1937.
FRED VAN ORDER
C. A MOTT
C H. SCOFIELD,
Committee
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr Van Order, Chairman of the Committee on County
Officers' Accounts, submitted the following report relative
to the report of the County Judge for the amounts of monies
162 PROCEEDINGS Or 1HEE BOARD OI SUPERVISORS
received for pistol permits and of the Surrogate's Clerk, i ela-
tive to the amounts received by her as fees of that office
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Gentlemen •
Your Committee on County Officers' Accounts, reports that
it has examined the reports of the County Judge and the Sur-
rogate's Clerk and believe that the items therein set forth are
correct.
That the amount of $90 11 was received from pistol permits
and the same has been paid to the County Treasurer
That the balance of $315 39, after paying the expenses of
the Surrogate's Office, has been received and is payable to
the County Treasurer
Your Committee believes that each report is a true and
correct statement of the financial transactions of the County
Judge's and Surrogate's Office and recommends that each
report be approved and accepted, and that the balance of
$315 39, received from the Surrogate's Clerk, be paid to the
County Treasurer to be applied to the credit of the general
fund
Dated, December 10, 1937
FRED VAN ORDER
C A MOTT
C H SCOFIELD
Committee
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report of the committee be
accepted and approved
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
Mr Stone, Chairman of the Committee on Workmen's Com-
pensation Insurance, submitted the following report, relative
to the compensation paid, the expenses and the apportionment
thereof among the several towns of the county for the year
ending October 31, 1937
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 163
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on Workmen's Compensation Insurance
reports as follows, for the year ending October 31, 1937
The total number of cases of participating municipalities
on which payments have been ordered and made to October
31, 1937, were 49 with payments as follows :
Compensation $1X 443 14
Surgical treatment 815 00
Hospitalization 80.65 $2,338 79
Making the total cost of compensation insurance, appor-
tioned in accordance with the provisions of the Workmen's
Compensation Law, to the several political sub -divisions of
the county, for county employees and those of the several
participating municipalities, as follows :
Caroline $ 25 30
Danby 27 89
Dryden 93 09
Enfield 17 69
Groton 92 09
Ithaca 180 44
Lansin87.15g
31.36
Ulysses 76 88
County 1,706 90 $2,338 79
Respectfully submitted this
9th day of December, 1937
L. P STONE
LOUIS D. NEILL
LAMONT C SNOW
Committee
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved,—That the report of the Committee on Workmen's
164 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Compensation Insurance, be accepted and adopted, and be it
further
Resolved—That there be assessed upon, levied against and
collected from the several towns and the county, the sum set
opposite the respective towns and county, for payment of
compensation insurance of county employees and those of
the several participating municipalities, as follows .
Caroline $ 25 30
Danby 27.89
Dryden 93 09
Enfield 17.69
Groton 92.09
Ithaca 180 44
Lansing 87.15
Newfield 31 36
Ulysses 76 88
County 1,706 90 $2,338 79
And the County Treasurer is hereby directed to place such
sums when collected to the credit of the Compensation Insur-
ance Sinking Fund, and be it further
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Committee on Workmen's Compensation Insurance, the sum
of $2,000.00 to pay claims for the year 1938.
Seconded by Mr Squier
Ayes -13. Noes -0 Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That in accordance with the report of the Com-
missioner of Public Welfare, that there be assessed against,
levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the
several towns of the county and the City of Ithaca, the fol-
lowing amounts for the support of poor, hospitalization, etc ,
to reimburse the county for moneys expended for and on their
behalf.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 165
SUPPORT OF POOR AT COUNTY HOME
Caroline $ 139.78
Danby 158.55
Dryden 423 43
Enfield 343 24
Groton 620 96
Ithaca 161 27
Lansing 1,338 13
Newfield 77.45
Ulysses 411 89
Ithaca City 4,017 16
County 95133 $ 8,64319
HOSPITALIZATION, ETC
Caroline $ 4,223 21
Danby 2,144 73
Dryden 5,459 35
Enfield 3,407.26
Groton 1,514 34
Ithaca 3,964 38 Paid
Lansing 7,112 68
Newfield 2,840 04
Ulysses
Ithaca City 19,119.82 $53,915.64
Seconded by Mr Scofield Carried
A report of Daniel Mitchell, Justice of the Peace, of the
town of Enfield, was received and filed
Grand Jury Lists for the towns of Danby and Lansing were
received and referred to the Committee on Courts, Correc-
tion and Legislation
Lists of Special Franchises from the towns of Danby and
Enfield were received and referred to the Committee on Town
Officers Accounts.
Mr. Stevenson presented the Town Budget of the town of
Enfield, which was referred to the Committee on Finance
Grand Jury Lists for the town of Enfield and the Fifth
166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ward of the City of Ithaca, were received and referred to the
Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation
Mr Mott presented the Town Budget of the town of Dryden,
which was received and referred to the Committee on Finance
Mr Scofield presented a list of the Returned School Taxes
of the town of Lansing, which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
Grand Jury lists for the town of Ulysses and the Fourth
Ward of the City of Ithaca, were received and referred to the
Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be levied upon and collected from the
taxable property of Tompkins County, the sum of $28,110 for
the construction of highways in Tompkins County in 1938,
under the provisions of Section 320-A, of the Highway Law,
said sum of $28,110 to be duplicated by a like amount by the
State of New York under the provisions of Section 320-B, of
the Highway Law, and be it further
Resolved—That in the event, that the State fails to dupli-
cate the sum of $28,110 that the moneys herein appropriated
be, and the same hereby, are appropriated to the County Road
Fund.
Seconded by Mr Payne
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr T G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $2,500.00 for the Special County Road Fund
Seconded by Mr Mott
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T. G. Miller, Mott, Stevenson, Wat-
rous, E. J Miller, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Neill, Evans and Os-
born -12.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 1b7
Noes—Mr Squier-1
Resolution cal ried
County Superintendent of Highways, B I Vann, appeared
before the Board and presented the following highway con-
struction, reconstruction and topping program for the year
1938, with the estimated cost therefor
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Project No 1 East Lake Ridge Road, No 184,
Lansing Beginning at Sta No
54 on state Highway No 8284 and
running easterly for a distance of
3 0 miles, 14 ft gravel or stone
base
Project No. 2 Groton City North Road, No
103B, Groton Beginning at Gro-
ton City and running easterly and
northerly for a distance of 0 80
miles, 14 ft. gravel base
Project No 3 Van Ostrand Road, No 151, Lan-
sing Beginning at the Hamlet of
East Lansing and running south-
erly for a distance of 0 70 miles,
14 ft gravel base
RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Project No. 4 Shaffer Road, No. 131, Newfield
Beginning 3 30 miles south of the
Hamlet of Newfield and running
southerly for a distance of 0 50
miles, gravel and stone base,
14 ft wide
Project No. 5 West Groton Road, No 100, Gro-
ton Beginning at the westerly
line of Groton Village, and run-
ning northwesterly, northerly,
$ 18,000 00
5,000 00
$ 5,000.00
$ 28,000 00
$ 5,000 00
168 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
and westerly to the Hamlet of
West Groton, a distance of 4 50
miles, regrading and widening
to 16 ft
Project No 6. Seymour Bates Road, No 149,
Ulysses Beginning at the west
line of the Village of Trumans-
burg, and running westerly for
a distance of 130 miles to the
Schuyler County line, regrading
and widening to 16 ft
Project No 7 Enfield -Ulysses Town Line Road,
No. 177. Beginning at Sta No
318+67 on S H No 616 and run-
ning westerly 1 85 miles, reditch-
ing backsloping and 8 in coat of
gravel
TOPPING PROGRAM
Project No 8 Lake Ridge North Road, No 185
Lansing Beginning at Sta No
45-50 on S H No. 8284 and run-
ning northerly for a distance of
1 0 mile, 3 in pene top
Project No. 9 West Dryden North & South
Road, No 182, Dryden Begin-
ning 1 0 mile south of the Hamlet
of West Dryden and running
westerly 10 and southerly 10
mile to County Road No. 109, 3
in. pene top
Project No. 10. Miller Road, No 124, Danby
Beginning 1.0 mile east of Sta
No. 239-50 on S H. No 5122 and
running easterly for a distance of
0 80 miles, 3 in pene top
Project No. 11. Podunk Road & Ulysses -Enfield
Town Line Road Nos 146 & 177
24,000 00
6,500 00
7,500 00
843,000 00
$ 4,500 00
11,000 00
5,000 00
1
t
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 169
Beginning at Sta No 110 on S H.
No 1623 and running northerly
2.0 miles and easterly 1 0 mile to
County Road, No 170, 3 in. pene.
top
Project No.12. Speedsville Road, No 115 Caro-
line Beginning at the Hamlet of
Caroline Centex and running
southeasterly for a distance of
5.60 miles to the Tioga Co. line,
3 in pene top
Project No 13 Cemetery Road, No 148, Enfield
Beginning at Sta No 108-50 on
S H No 1001 and running north-
erly for a distance of 10 mile,
3 in pene top
Project No 14 Esty Road, No 122A Lansing
Beginning at Sta No 166+50 on
S H No 5256 and running east-
erly for a distance of 1 0 mile, 3 in
pene top
15,000 00
35,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
$ 80,500 00
Mr T G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption
Resolved—That the estimates and programs submitted by
the County Superintendent be approved by the Board, sub-
ject to such minor modifications as the County Superintend-
ent finds necessary, and that the amount indicated in said es-
timates, namely, $28,000 00 for construction, $43,000 00 for
reconstruction, and $80,500 00 for topping and $60,000 00 for
maintenance, or so much of said amounts as may be necessary
for the year 1938, be and the same hereby are appropriated
from the County Road Fund for the purposes indicated
Seconded by Mr Payne
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
170 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr T. G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That the Ithaca -Elmira Road beginning at the
south city line running southerly to the old D L & W under-
pass be placed on the County Map for future maintenance
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
On motion, adjourned to Wednesday, December 15th, at
10 A M
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 171
Monthly Meeting
Monday, Decdmber 13, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Van Order
Minutes of December 10th meeting, read and approved
The Clerk read the resignation of Frank G Snyder from the
Board of Managers of the Tompkins County Laboratory, ef-
fective as of January 1, 1938
Moved by Mr Stone, that the resignation of Mr Snyder be
accepted
Seconded by Mr Squier Carried
Mr. Scofield placed in nomination the name of Thomas G.
Miller, as a member of the Board of Managers of the Tomp-
kins County Laboratory, to fill the unexpired term of Frank G
Snyder, recently resigned.
Seconded by Mr. E. J. Miller.
There being no other nominations, on motion of Mr Wat-
rous, the Clerk was directed to cast one ballot for the aforesaid
nominee
The Clerk cast one ballot, and the Chairman declared
Thomas G Miller, elected a member of the Board of Manag-
ers of the Tompkins County Laboratory, to fill the unexpired
term of Frank G Snyder, resigned
Mr T G Miller, Chairman of the Highway Committee, an-
nounced that the committee has purchased of the Clapp Ma-
chinery Company of Groton, N Y , 19M feet of unpainted
snow fence for $1,662 50 and 2,100 posts for $721.35, making
a total of $2,383 85.
Mr. T. G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on Highways
172 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
be approved and accepted, and be it further
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $2,383 85 from the Snow Equipment Fund to the Clapp
Machinery Company of Groton, N Y., for snow fence and
posts, and that the Clerk be directed to issue an order at this
time, for said amount, payable to the foregoing party entitled
thereto, and that the County Treasurer be directed to pay said
order out of the funds in her hands to the credit of the Snow
Equipment Fund
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $75 00, the county's contribution, to the County Ofi-
cers Association for the year 1938, and that the Clerk be di-
rected to issue an order payable to said association, and the
County Treasurer is directed to pay said amount out of any
available funds in her hands.
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved,—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $20,000 00, or so much thereof as may be necessary
for the maintenance and care of Tompkins County Tubercu-
losis patients for the year 1938
Seconded by Mr Osborn
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
The Chairman announced as members of the special com-
mittee to meet with the special committee of the City with
reference to Old Age Security, the following:
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 173
Messrs Snow, Newman, Watrous and Stone
The Clerk read the following claims for audit, with the
names of the claimants and the amounts allowed, as reported
by the several committees :
V-822 Hermann M. Biggs Memo Hosp , County Pa-
tients—T B. Hosp $2,007 50
823 Homer Folks Tuberculosis Hospital, Care
Julia Hanlon—T B Hosp 282 50
824 N Y. State Elec & Gas Corp , Elec service—
T. B Hosp 22 17
825 Steenberg Feed Mills Co , Coal—T B Hosp 21 00
826 Elton Scott, Assigned to C C Squier, Repair
work—T B Hosp. 10.00
827 Ernest Ahlson, Helping caretaker—T B
Hosp 10 25
828 Hugh J. Williams, Expenses—T C D A 4 88
829 Arthur B Smith, Salary—T.C.D A. 200 00
830 Arthur B Smith, Expenses—T C D A. 12 48
831 S L Sheldon, Supplies—T.C.D A 14.46
832 Rob$nson & Carpenter, Supplies—T C D A 10 23
833 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—
TCDA 1049
834 Wm Bacon, Expenses—Rur. Trav Libr 1 97
835 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Books—Rur Trav
Libr 89 28
836 Library Book House, Books — Rur. Tray.
Libr 5.50
837 F. J Barnard & Co , Binding, Rur Trav
Libr 35.48
838 Dean of Ithaca, Storage—Rur. Trav Libr 7 00
839 J. B Lang Engine & Garage Co , Inc , Heat-
er & Defroster—Rur Tray. Libr 14 90
840 ServiCenter, Inc , Tire & Tube—Rur Tray.
Libr 20 56
841 Wm T. Pritchard, Grease, etc —Rur Tray.
Libr. 4.10
842 Charlotte V Bush, Postage—Co Treas 16 00
843 Ridley's Bookbindery, Envelope—Co Treas. 7 75
844 Ithaca Journal, Tax Sale Notices—Tax Sale
Adv 848 54
845 Tompkins Co Rural News, Tax Sale Notices
—Tax Sale Adv 631 36
846 George F Warner, Fees in Felony—Constable 2 00
847 Orrie C Cornelius, Fees in Felony—Justice 4 25
174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
848 American Surety Co of N. Y , R R Chatter-
ton, Agt , Bond Premium—Co. Treas 810 00
849 American Surety Co. of N. Y., R. R. Chatter-
ton, Agt , Bond Premium—Comm of Wel-
fare 210 00
850 Robert S Boothroyd, Insurance—Cayuga
Preven 26 25
851 Frank H Feller, Salary—Cayuga Preven 200 00
852 Frank H Feller, Expenses—Cayuga Preven 3 74
853 J J Taylor, Transportation of men—Cay-
uga Preven 120 00
854 Clarence Jones, Truck rental—Cayuga Pre-
ven 15 00
855 Jamieson -McKinney Co , Inc , Supplies—
Cayuga Preven 37.94
856 E. G Holmes & Son, Supplies—Cayuga Pre-
ven 12 88
857 Treman, King & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Pre-
ven 32 00
858 Driscoll Bros. & Co , Supplies—Cayuga Pre-
ven 144 96
859 Robinson & Carpenter, Supplies — Cayug4,
Preven 152 20
860 The Biggs Co , Supplies—Cayuga Preven 15 90
861 Jessamine K Johnson, Lip Reading Instr
—PHC 5360
862 Dr L P Larkin, X-rays—Shirley Barnes—
PHC 1000
863 T G Miller's Sons Pape/ Co , Supplies—
Co Bldgs 66.25
864 Martin Bacon, Fertilizer—Co Bldgs 17.50
865 Treman, King & Co , Repair Door Check—
Co Bldgs 6.50
866 C J Rumsey & Co , Supplies—Co Bldgs 6 36
867 Tisdel's Repair Shop, Keys—Co Bldgs 1 75
868 George W Miller, Electrical Work — Co
Bldgs 18 52
869 Onondaga County Penitentiary, Bd of pris-
oners—Penal Inst. 1,902 04
870 Matthew Bender & Co , Bender's Supp.—Co
Atty 5 00
871 Charles H Newman, Expenses—Co Atty 915
872 Harrison Adams, Mileage—Sheriff 99 85
873 Harrison Adams, Expenses—Sheriff 4 50
874 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Typewriter supplies
—Sheriff 3 05
OF TOP,4PKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 175
875 T G Millex's Sons Paper Co , Supphes—
Sheriff .62
876 Swift & Co , Soap Chips—Sheriff 17 10
877 Ithaca Journal, Pub Notice Crim Term—
Sup Ct 9 36
878 Ithaca Journal, Pub Notice Crim Term—
Sup Ct 1118
879 John H Kelly, Photographs—Dist Atty 12 45
880 Albert D Osborn, Services—Dist Atty 224 00
881 The Tompkins Studio, Photographs — Dist
Atty 20 00
882 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Dist
Atty 3 57
883 Dr H H Crum, Services—Jail Physician 4 00
884 Frank A Bangs, Plumbing work, Co Bldgs 8 08
885 Bert I Vann, Mileage—Co Supt 129 68
886 Bert I Vann, Expenses—Co Supt 7 55
887 W F George, Comm of Elec , Postage, etc
—Comm of Elec 36 00
888 H L O'Daniel, Postage, etc —Co Clerk 44 50
889 Hall & McChesney, Inc , Record Books—Co
Clerk 104 00
890 Wm A Church Co , Record Books—Co Clerk 32 50
891 Corner Bookstores, Inc , Supplies—Co Clerk 16 25
892 T G Miller's Sons Paper Co , Supplies—Co
Clerk 15 02
893 Wm L Sell, Mileage & Expenses—Coroner 105 87
894 John J Sinsabaugh, Mileage & Expenses—
Co Sealer 67 75
895 Ithaca Journal, Pub Bids of Proceedings—
Supr 7 22
896 Wm A Church Co , Envelopes—Supr 2 75
897 W 0 Smiley, Postage—Supr 7 60
898 Lamont C Snow, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions 8 08
899 Thos G Miller, Board of Canvass—Elections 6 96
900 Carl A Mott, Board of Canvass—Elections 7 76
901 Harvey Stevenson, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions , 7 28
902 D J Watrous, Board of Canvass—Elections 9 22
903 Erie J Miller, Board of Canvass—Elections 6 00
904 Charles H Scofield, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions 7 60
905 Forest J Payne, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions 8 24
906 Le Pine Stone, Board of Canvass—Elec-
176 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
tions 8.52
907 Fred Van Order, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions 6 00
908 Louis D Neill, Board of Canvass—Elec-
tions 6 00
909 Fred C Evans, Board of Canvass—Elections 6 00
910 R C Osborn, Board of Canvass—Elections 6 00
911 C C. Squier, Board of Canvass—Elections 6 00
912 Thomas G Miller, Mileage & Expenses—
Supr 222 91
913 Harvey Stevenson, Mileage & Expenses—
Supr 72 59
914 Le Pine Stone, Mileage & Expenses—Supr. 72 12
915 Fred C Evans, Expenses—Supr 1 75
916 Clarence C Squier, Expenses—Supr 8 80
917 Riley H Heath, Sup Ct Judge, Postage—
Sup Ct Judge 25 00
918 J E Van Natta, Ribbons—Sup Ct Judge 1 50
919 Harry J Davenport, Labor, etc —T B Hosp 8 75
$ 9,679 72
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the foregoing claims amounting to the sum
of $9,679 72, be audited by the Board at the amounts recom-
mended by the several committees to which they were re-
ferred, and the County Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the
same out of any available funds in her hands, and if she has
not sufficent funds in her hands with which to pay the same,
or any part thereof, and in pursuance of Section 41, of the
County Law, she be and hereby is authorized to borrow said
amount, or so much thereof as may to her seem necessary, in
anticipation of the collection of taxes to be contained in the
taxes for the current year, the moneys so obtained to be used
for the purposes to which such taxes are applicable, and be it
further
Resolved—That the Tompkins County Treasurer be, and she
hereby is authorized and directed to give the notes or certifi-
cates of the said county, to mature not more than six months
after the date of issue, and to bear interest at a rate not ex-
-ceeding six per centum per annum, until the date fixed for their
payment. and be it further
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 177
Resolved,—That such notes or certificates of indebtedness
shall be signed by the County Treasurer and countersigned by
the County Clerk, and that the County Clerk shall make the
entries required by said Section 41, of the County Law, and
that these claims be certified to the County Treasurer by the
Clerk of this Board for and on behalf of the Board, and be it
further
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be directed to charge
Claim No V-872, being for Sheriff's Expenses, to the town of
Danby, the sum of $2 40, to the town of Dryden, the sum of
$4.00; to the town of Ithaca, the sum of $3 90, to the town of
Lansing, the sum of $5 40, to the town of Newfield, the sum
of $11.85, the amounts so charged being properly chargeable
to the respective towns, and to be placed in the tax budgets
thereof for the next ensuing tax levy to reimburse the county
for moneys expended for, and in their behalf.
Seconded by Mr Stone.
Ayes -13 Noes -0. Carried.
On motion, adjourned
178 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Twelfth Day
Wednesday, December 15, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call. All members present
Minutes of monthly meeting of December 13th, read and
approved.
Mr. T. G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated the
sum of $18,000.00 to aid the towns in the improvement of dirt
roads, said amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
to be expended under the same provisions and conditions as
provided by the resolution of the Board adopted December 31,
1930, as amended November 13, 1933, and be it further
Resolved,—That there be allowed to each town the sum of
$1,000.00 per mile for two miles of improved road, and be it
further
Resolved—That any town not completing in any one year
the two miles allotted to it as specified in the resolution and
amendment, such town or towns may complete the same the
following year and receive in addition to that year's allotment
the amount withheld from the previous year.
Seconded by Mr. Scofield
Ayes -11. Noes -0 Carried.
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS, the legality of the inclusion of the City of Ithaca
in the levy of taxes for County Old Age Relief in the years
1931 to 1937 inclusive, has been questioned by city officials,
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 179
on the ground that the City in 1930, pun suant to the provisions
of Chapter 387 of the Laws of 1930, elected to establish its
own old age assistance district; and
WHEREAS, the said City of Ithaca is, and has been during all
of said years, a part of the County Public Welfare District,
and this Board in levying the taxes for County Old Age Relief
in each of said years upon the taxable property of the entire
county acted in good faith, no member of the present Board of
Supervisors having been aware at the time of such levies that
the City of Ithaca was entitled to exemption from the county
taxes for County Old Age Relief; and the said City of Ithaca
having in each of said years participated in the collection of
said taxes from the taxpayers of the City of Ithaca without
questioning the validity or legality of said levies; and
WHEREAS, if the said tax levies were illegal insofar as they
related to the taxpayers of the City of Ithaca, and if it is not
now too late to correct the alleged error, this Board is now de-
sirous of making a proper adjustment of the matter with the
City of Ithaca for the benefit of its taxpayers, provided it can
legally be done;
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved—That the committee ap-
pointed on December 13th to confer with city officals on this
subject, be directed to ascertain the facts and the ways and
means, if any, of making such an adjustment; and
Be It Further Resolved—That the said committee, or such
of its members as may be designated by the chairman, be au-
thorized to confer with the State Tax Department as to a
proper and legal solution for this controversy, and
Be It Further Resolved—That if the said committee finds
that special legislation is necessary to effect a proper settle-
ment thereof, the said committee is further authorized and
directed to prepare and recommend to the Board a resolution
requesting such special legislation.
Seconded by Mr. T. G. Miller Carried.
Mr. Stone, Chairman of the Committee on Charities, sub-
mitted the following report, relative to the report of the Com-
missioner of Welfare :
180 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
Gentlemen :
The Committee on Charities reports that it has audited the
books of the Commissioner of Public Welfare and compared
his accounts with bills rendered and vouchers for the same;
we believe that the Commissioner's report as to receipts and
expenditures is correct.
We, therefore, recommend that the report be accepted and
approved.
We believe that the estimates of the Commissioner as to the
expenses of the department for the current fiscal year have
been carefully made and approve the same, as follows :
Outside Relief $ 24,000 00
Foster Homes 23,000.00
Hospitalization 21,000.00
Board in Institutions 3,500.00
Blind Relief 1,200 00
County Home 14,000 00
Case Supervisor 2,000 00
Children's Agents 4,000 00
Worker 1,200 00
Stenographers 3,700 00
Office Expenses 1,200.00
Traveling Expenses 1,500 00
Clerk, Surplus Store 800.00
Rent, Surplus Store 400 00
Sewing Project 2,500.00
Transient Care 1,200.00
$105,200.00
Inasmuch as there has been appropriated to the different
branches of this department the sum of $16,150.00 ; the same
to be deducted from the current year's budget, we recommend
the following appropriations :
Outside Relief $ 20,000 00
Foster Homes 19,500.00
Hospitalization 18,500.00
Children in Institutions 3,000 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 181
County Home 11,500 00
Case Supervisor 1,700 00
Worker 1,000 00
Children's Agents 3,350 00
Stenographers 3,100 00
Office Expenses 900 00
Traveling Expenses 1,300 00
Food Storage 300 00 --
Clerk, Surplus Store 650 00
Sewing Project 2,000 00
Transients 1,050.00
Blind Relief 1,200 00
Dated, December 15th, 1937.
$89,050 00
LEPINE STONE,
LOUIS D NEILL,
LAMONT C SNOW,
Committee.
Moved by Mr. Stone, that the report of the committee be ac-
cepted.
Seconded by Mr T. G Miller Carried.
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Department of Public Welfare the sum of $89,050.00, ap-
portioned as follows :
Outside Relief $20,000.00
Foster Homes 19,500.00
Hospitalization 18,500.00
Children in Institutions 3,000.00
County Home 11,500 00
Case Supervisor 1,700 00
Worker 1,000 00
Children's Agents 3,350 00
Stenographers 3,100.00
Office Expenses 900 00
Traveling Expenses 1,300.00
Food Storage 300 00
182 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Clerk, Surplus Store
Sewing Project
Transients °
Blind Relief
Seconded by Mr. E. J. Miller
650.00
2,000.00
1,050.00
1,200 00
$89,050.00
D
Ayes -13. Noes -0. Carried.
Mr Stone, Chairman of the Committee on Charities, sub-
mitted the following report relative to Old Age Security Fund :
To the Board of Supervisors, '
Tompkins County, N. Y.
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on Charities, having examined the reports
of the Commissioner of Public Welfare relative to the Old
Age Security reports that it has compared his accounts with
those of the County Treasurer, and with vouchers for which
payments are ordered, and believe the same to be correct.
Therefore we recommend that the report be accepted and
approved.
Your Committee also approves the estimate of the County
Commissioner as to the expense of administering the Old
Age Security for the fiscal year November lst, 1937 to October
31st, 1938, as follows :
Relief $44,000.00
Burials 2,500.00
Salaries 3,500.00
$50,000.00
Inasmuch as there was appropriated to this department in
November, 1937, the amount of $600.00 to be deducted from
the estimated budget for the fiscal year, and also a balance of
$38,269 80 ; we recommend the appropriation, at this time, of
the following sums :
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 183
Relief $ 6,600 00
Burials 2,500.00
Salaries 2,900 00
Dated, December 10, 1937
$12,000 00
LEPINE STONE
LOUIS D NEILL
LAMONT C SNOW
Committee
Moved by Mr. Stone, that the report be accepted and
adopted
Seconded by Mr. T G Miller Carried
Mr. Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated to the
Old Age Security Fund the sum of $12,000 00 for the fiscal
year ending October 31st, 1938, apportioned as follows :
Relief $ 6,600.000
Burials 2,500 00
Salaries 2,900 00
$12,000 00
to be assessed against, levied upon and placed in the budgets
for collection of the nine towns of Tompkins County.
Seconded by Mr. Payne.
Ayes -14. Noes -0 Carried.
The County Attorney read the annual report of his work
covering the period from November 1, 1936 to November 1,
1937.
Mr. E. J Miller moved, that the report of the County At-
torney be received and placed on file with the thanks of the
Board for such an excellent report.
Seconded by Mr. Neill Carried
184 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the request of the T C D A. for $1,650 00
for six months be granted.
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes—Messrs T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E. J. Miller,
Payne, Osborn and Squier-7
Noes—Messrs Snow, Watrous, Scofield, Stone, VanOrder,
Neill, and Evans -7
Resolution lost
Mr Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS—Raymond Albrectsen and Louise D Albrect-
sen, his wife, of the Town of Ulysses, Tompkins County are
seized in fee simple absolute, and are occupants of a certain
tract of land located on parts of Lots 23 and 24 of said Town
and described in a certain Warranty Deed executed by Anna
W. Staples to Raymond Albrectsen on the 15th day of May
1935, and recorded in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office on
the 27th day -of May, 1935 in Book 237 of Deeds at page 112,
AND WHEREAS, a search of the title to said premises shows
a record title to said premises in the present owners and
those under whom they derive title for over a period of 100
years.
AND WHEREAS, there is no record of a conveyance from the
trustees of said Town of the above mentioned lot to any in-
dividual or corporation in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office
or in Seneca, Cayuga or Onondaga Counties, which Counties
formerly embrace said Town
AND WHEREAS, a conveyance from the County of Tompkins
is necessary to complete the chain of title to the Albrectsen
property.
AND WHEREAS, the premises are about to be conveyed to the
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 185
United States of America by said Albrectsens, pursuant to
a certain option executed by said Albrectsens, dated the 9th
day of February, 1937, and accepted by the United States
Government.
Therefore, Be It Resolved That The Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of Tompkins County be, and he hereby is
authorized, and directed to execute and deliver in behalf of
the County of Tompkins a good and sufficient quit -claim deed
of conveyance of said premises to Raymond Albrectsen and
Louise D Albrectsen, his wife, and that the Clerk of the
County of Tompkins be directed to affix the seal of the Board
of Supervisors of said county to said deed of conveyance
Dated, December 15, 1937
Seconded by Mr. Watrous Carried •
The Chairman declared the Resolution adopted
Lists of Returned School Taxes of the towns of Caroline and
Danby were received and referred to the Committee on
Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes.
Reports of Chas A Lueder of the town of Ulysses and
Orrie S Cornelius, of the town of Dryden, Justices of the
Peace of those respective towns were received and filed
A list of Corporations of the town of Enfield was received
and filed
Mr. Stone presented the Town Budget of the town of
Ulysses, which was received and referred to . the Committee
on Finance.
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M.
186 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All members present, except Mr. Neill, excused.
Mr. T G. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Courts,
Correction and Legislation, submitted the following report
relative to the list of Grand Jurors for Tompkins County, for
the year 1938, viz :
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N. Y.
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on Courts, Correction and Legislation, to
which was referred the list of names of persons selected by
the representatives of the towns of the county and the wards
of the city, as qualified persons to serve as Grand Jurors for
Tompkins County •for the year 1938, believes such persons
selected are proper and qualified persons to serve as such
Grand Jurors; and recommend that such list of names as
selected and filed with the Clerk of this Board, with the occu-
pation and post -office addresses of those therein named, be
adopted as the true Grand Jury List of Tompkins County, for
the year 1938.
Dated, December 10th, 1937.
THOMAS G MILLER
F J PAYNE
C. C. SQUIER
Committee.
Moved by Mr T G Miller, that the report of the com-
mittee be accepted and that the lists of names filed, be adopted
as the true Grand Jury List of Tompkins County for the year
1938.
Seconded by Mr Evans. Carried
Mr. Neill, Chairman of the Committee on Town Officers'
Accounts, submitted the following report relative to the valu-
ation of the Special Franchises of Tompkins County for the
year, 1937:
Your Committee on Town Officers' Accounts, reports the
following to be a statement of all the Special Franchises of
Tompkins County outside of the City of Ithaca, as reported by
the several Town Clerks of the respective towns of the county,
for the year 1937 :
Towns
and
Villages
Carolane
Danby
Dryden
Dryden Village
Freeville .
Enfield
Groton .
Groton Village
Ithaca
Cayuga Heights
Lansing _ ..
Newfield ..
Ulysses
Trumansburg
SPECIAL FRANCHISES FOR TOMPKINS COUNTY FOR 1937
5,044
1,152
3,267
2,646
$ 3,230
485
0
0
a
c
0
8,633
3,007
24
Is
436
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Z
•0 -°
m e°
0
2,910
3,007
4,128
3,977
4,416
$ 20,140
17,836
53,350
13,289
8,827
11,424
14,496
1,632
81,576
38,907
40,232
13,426
31,296
22,368
$ 8,550
17,542
38,654
146
582
15,648
38,976
8,352
72,666
9,306
36,096
23,226
20,7361
1,536
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t.
$ 332 $ $
576
8,160
4,320
0
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0
24
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to
1-C
Totals _ $ 12,1091$ 3,7151$ 11,6641$ 4361$ 10,0451$ 8,3931$ 368,7991$ 292,0161$ 3321$ 13,0561
24
Dated, December 10, 1937.
LOUIS D. NEILL
C A. MOTT
FRED C. EVANS
Committee
ao
V
188 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report of the committee be
accepted.
Seconded by Mr Stone Carried
Mr. Van Order of the Committee on Dog Quarantine En-
forcement, presented the several claims audited by the com-
mittee during the year ending October 31, 1937, which were
filed.
Mr Van Order offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Com-
mittee on Dog Quarantine Enforcement, during the year end-
ing October 31, 1937, this day filed, be audited by this Board
at the amounts recommended and audited by the committee
Seconded by Mr Squier. Carried.
Mr. Watrous, Chairman of the Committee on County Treas-
urer's Accounts, submitted the following report relative to
the County Treasurer
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N. Y.
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on County Treasurer's Accounts have ex-
amined the accounts of the County Treasurer, as presented in
her annual report, and in the judgment of your committee the
report is correct.
Your Committee also reports that it has examined and com-
pared with her books, the vouchers presented by the County
Treasurer and found the same to correspond with the figures'
entered therein. Your Committee therefore recommends that
the report be accepted
Dated, December 10, 1937
D J WATROUS
LOUIS D. NEILL
E. J. MILLER
Committee
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 189
Moved by Mr. Watrous, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr. Stevenson. Carried.
Mr. Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That this Board request the State Tax Depart-
ment to make an appraisal in the year 1938 of properties in
the City of Ithaca and the nine towns in Tompkins County
with a view to re -determining the relative assessments and the
proper equalization rates for each of the municipalities in
the county; and that the Clerk of the Board be directed to
transmit this request with a copy of this resolution to the
State Tax Department.
Seconded by Mr. T. G Miller. Carried.
Mr Fred A. Williams, for the benefit of the Board of Super-
visors, presented a financial statement showing receipts and
disbursements of the Tompkins County Agricultural and
Horticultural Society which was received and placed on file.
Mr Van Order offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Clerk be authorized to correct any mani-
fest errors in the minutes or in the reports of any committee.
Seconded by Mr. Stone. Carried
Mr. Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the Clerk is hereby directed to issue an
order to the County Treasurer for the payment of each claim
audited by this Board, and the County Treasurer is hereby
directed to pay the same out of the moneys in her hands ap-
propriated for that purpose
Seconded by Mr Squier. Carried.
Mr. Watrous offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the County Treasurer be authorized and
190 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
directed to pay to the several towns and the city any balances
in her hands standing to the credit of the respective towns and
city.
Seconded by Mr. Stone. Carried.
Mr. Scofield offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved --That the County Treasurer is hereby directed to
pay the salaries of all county officers and employees monthly,
unless otherwise directed by a resolution of this Board.
Seconded by Mr. Mott. Carried.
Mr. Mott offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That all the moneys now in the hands of the
County Treasurer either in the General, Welfare or Highway
Funds, and not appropriated by this Board for any specific
purpose, be hereby reappropriated to the General, Welfare
or Highway fund respectively.
Seconded by Mr. Watrous. Carried
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the Chairman be and hereby is authorized
at any time during the year to appoint a special committee
consisting of himself and three members which committee
shall have power to act for the county in any matters that may
arise between sessions of the Board in which the county is
legally interested and which is not within the jurisdiction of
any regular standing committee.
Seconded by Mr. Squier. Carried.
Mr. Stevenson offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the Highway Advisory Committee be au-
thorized to make any necessary repairs to the County Machin-
ery Building
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 191
Seconded by Mr. Watrous Carried
Mr. Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the Clerk of this Board be authorized and
directed to certify for the payment of salaries of all county
officers, required to be certified to the State Civil Service Com-
mission.
Seconded by Mr. Payne Carried
Mr. Evans offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the services of all town superintendents
of highways, in the matter of snow removal, shall be at the
expense of the towns.
Seconded by Mr Watrous Carried
Mr Payne offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That after the tax rates are ascertained for the
various towns and the City of Ithaca, the Clerk shall print
such rates in the Proceedings of the Board, following the bud-
gets of the several towns and city.
Seconded by Mr T G Miller Carried
Mr. T G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Clerk be directed to print the audit
statements of the several towns of the county in the Proceed-
ings of the Board.
Seconded by Mr. Stone Carried.
Mr. T. G Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Committee on Highways, with the
192 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County Attorney, be authorized and empowered to secure all
necessary rights of way
Seconded by Mr. Mott Carried.
Mr. Van Order offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That the Chairman and County Attorney be au-
thorized to represent the county in any'negotiations relative to
claims for damages to property in the elimination of grade
crossings.
Seconded by Mr Watrous. Carried.
The County Attorney announced in addition to new laws
cited by him in his annual report and now on file therewith an
additional one, to wit, Article II Section 6-b of the County
Law, new section in effect, June 2, 1936
The above matter referred to the Committee on Courts, Cor-
rection and Legislation.
On motion, adjourned to Wednesday, December 22, at 10
A M.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 193
Thirteenth Day
Wednesday, December 22, 1937
Roll call All members present, except Mr Payne excused
and Mr. Van Order.
Minutes of December 15th meeting read and approved.
Mr. Osborn presented the following report of the Commit-
tee on Finance, relative to the County Budget
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N. Y
Gentlemen :
Your Committee on Finance wishes to report that, in its
opinion the following appropriations will be necessary to meet
the expenditures of the county for the next ensuing fiscal
year, viz. :
.,
APPROPRIATIONS FROM GENERAL FUND
Contributions :
State Tax—Armory Purposes
Stenographers, Etc.
Tax Expenses, Etc.:
Tax Notices, Etc.
Redemption Advertising
Tax Extensions
$ 8,458.49
3,948.78 $ 12,407 27
$ 1,479.90
488.58
982 37 $ 2,950 85
Legislatzve:
Supervisors—Compensation $ 8,550 00
Expenses and Mileage 750 00
Board Expenses 300 00
Stenographer 1,000.00
Clerk—Salary 1,800 00
Postage 60 00
Other exps 50 00 $ 12,510 00
194 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Admanastrative Buildings:
Co Ct. House—Supt. Bldgs. Sal. $ 1,420.00
Fireman, Salary 1,260 00
Assistant Fireman
a n d Watchman,
Salary 1,200 00
Janitors (3) 3,300 00
Telephone Operator 900 00
Insurance 1,300 00 $ 9,380 00
Jail—Elevator Service $ 228 00
Old Co. Clerk's Bldg —Repairs $ 100 00
Janitor 240 00 $ 340 00
Judicial:
Supreme Court Judge—Postage and
Incidentals $ 350 00
County Judge—Salary $ 5,000 00
Special Co. Judge
and Surrogate 600 00
Assistants 3,000 00
Expenses 300 00 $ 8,900 00
Children's Court:
Judge—Salary $ 1,500 00
Clerk 800 00
Expenses 750 00 $ 3,050 00
Courts:
Supreme
County
County Attorney:
Salary
Expenses
County Clerk:
Salary
$10,000 00
2,000 00 $ 12,000 00
$ 2,000 00
350 00 $ 2,350 00
$ 3,600.00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 195
Deputy Clerk 1,800 00
Assistants in Co. Clerk's Office 6,800 00
Bond Premiums—Co Clerk's Office 60 00
Postage 225 00
Expenses 1,500 00
Rewriting Old Books ('37 & '38) 1,800 00
Motor Vehicle Clerk 1,500.00
Assistants to Motor Veh. Clerk 1,000 00
Postage 500.00
Bond Premium—Motor Veh Clerk 30.00 $ 18,815 00
Administrative Officers:
Commissioners of Election :
Salaries $ 2,200.00
Expenses 250.00
Elections—County Canvass 100.00
Election Expenses 7,674 44 $ 10,224 44
County Treasurer:
Salary $2,800.00
Clerk Hire 2,400 00
Postage 250 00
Bond—General 1,012 50
Expenses 200.00 $ 6,662.50
Cornell Library Association $ 3,000 00
e
Central Index $ 100 00
Regulative Officers:
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary $ 900.00
Expenses 600 00 $ 1,500 00
Corrective Officers:
District Attorney—Salary $2,400 00
Office Stenographer 720 00
Expenses 500 00 $ 3,620 00
196 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff—Salary $2,800.00
Mileage 1,500 00
Other Expenses 600.00
Bond Premium 75.00
Undersheriff 1,500.00
Two Turnkeys and Deputy 2,160.00
Jail Matron 300 00 $ 8,935.00
Probation Officer—Salary $ 1,200 00
Coroner—Salary $ 700 00
Expenses 100 00 $ 800.00
Punishment:
Jail Physician
Onondaga County Penitentiary
$ 100.00
$ 1,902.04
Contract Supplaes :
Heat and Light $ 3,000.00
Heat at County Home 1,500 00
Telephones 3,500.00 $ 8,000.00
Reforestation $ 250.00
Public Health:
County Laboratory $ 6,000.00
Public Health Nurses 4,550.00
Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis 2,500.00°$ 13,050.00
Educational:
Farm Bureau
Home Bureau
Junior Extension
Educational Notices
Rural Traveling Library
$2,500 00
2,500 00
3,300 00
20 00
4,400.00 $ 12,700.00
Compensation Insurance:
Disbursements for 1937 $ 2,338 79
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 197
State Department 129 75
Appropriation 2,000.00 $ 4,468.54
Employee's Retirement System $ 6,413.36
—State Exp. 175.00 $ 6,588 36
County Court House and Jail Bonds:
Principal
Interest
$16,000.00
25,100 00 $ 41,100.00
Miscellaneous:
Court Library $ 40.00
Justices' and Constables' Fees 117.50
County Publications 718 18
Veterans' Service Office 1,800.00
County Officers Association 75 00
Tompkins County Fair ('36 & '37) 1,800.00 $ 4,550.68
TOTAL APPROPRIATION $212,052 68
Less:
Estimated Receipts Applicable to the
General Fund—
Levy on Towns and City to Reim-
burse County for
State Tax $12,407.27
Election Expenses 3,844.25
Expenses of Children's Court 192.00
Sheriffs' Expenses 649.21
Levy on Towns for Compensation
Insurance 631.89
Fees of County Clerk 22,228 27
Fees of Surrogate's Clerk 318.04 $ 40,270.93
NET AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION $171,781.75
198 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
APPROPRIATION FROM POOR FUND
Charitable—Improvident Poor:
Commissioner of Welfare—Salary $ 2,400.00
County Poor 951.33
W. P A Appropriations 240 00
County Home $14,000.00
Outside Relief 24,000.00
Hospitalization 21,000 00
Dependent Children—Foster Homes 23,000 00
Institutional
Care 3,500 00
Case Supervisor—Salary 2,000 00
Worker 1,200 00
Stenographers 3,700 00
Office Expenses 1,200 00
Traveling Expenses 1,500 00
Food Storage 400 00
Clerk, Food Storage 800 00
Children's Agent 4,000 00
Sewing Project 2,500 00
Transient Care 1,200 00
Blind Relief 1,200 00 $105,200 00
Charitable—Tuberculosis:
State Tuberculosis Hospital — Co
Patients $20,000 00
County Tuberculosis Hospital —
Maintenance 400 00
Insurance 75 00 $ 20,475 00
Mental Diseases:
Insane
$
545.00
Dependent Widows and Children:
Board of Child Welfare $ 8,000 00
Soldiers, Sailors, Etc. $ 75 00
Crippled Children $ 3,256 94
TOTAL APPROPRIATION $141,143 27
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 199
Less:
Estimated Receipts Applicable to the
Poor Fund—
Levy on Towns and City to Reim-
burse the County For :
Support of Poor at County
Home $ 7,691.86
Hospitalization 53,915.64
Balance in Welfare Fund 10,498.74
Reimbursement from other Coun-
ties, private individuals and
relatives 15,336.89 $ 87,443 13
Net Amount Required for General Fund
Appropriation $ 53,700.14
Old Age Security :
Allowances Granted Applicants $44,000.00
Burials 2,500.00
Salaries 3,500.00 $ 50,000 00
Balance $ 38,000.00
Amount to Be Assessed Against, Levied
Upon and Collected from the Nine
Towns of Tompkins County
$ 12,000.00
APPROPRIATION FROM HIGHWAY FUND
Maintenance:
Superintendent of Highways—
Salary $3,000.00
Traveling Expenses 1,500.00
Other Expenses 200 00 $ 4,700.00
Construction:
Sinking Fund on Bonds—
Principal
Interest
$ 2,543.05
5,086.16 $ 7,629.21
200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County System of Roads:
Construction—Co Aid (1937) $27,000.00
Construction under Sec. 320-A 28,110.00
Graveling Town Roads 18,000 00
Reimburse General Fund for Flood
Repair Appropriations 20,000.00 $ 93,110 00
Snow Removal $ 10,000 00
Rights of Way $ 8,000 00
Special Highway Fund $ 2,500.00
Reimburse General Fund for Money
Appropriated for Highway Fund
(1936) $ 7,500 00
County Highway Indebtedness:
Highway Bonds— 12,000 00
Principal $
Interest 2,685.00 $ 14,685.00
TOTAL APPROPRIATION $148,124 21
Less :
Estimated Receipts Applicable to
Highway Fund—
Levy on Towns to Reimburse the
County for Sinking Fund and 1 440 87
Interest on Bonds $
Net Amount Required for Highway 34
Fund Appropriation $146,683
Your Committee further reports that the foregoing appro-
priations will be necessary to meet the expenditures of the
county government for the next fiscal year, in payment of
1 Armory Purpose Tax, pursuant to Sec 177 of the Mili-
tary Law, as amended ; Court and Stenographers' Tax, pur-
suant to Sec 313 of the Judiciary Law, as amended
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 201
2. Salaries of officers and employees, heretofore authorized
by this Board.
3. Claims audited and allowed by this Board
4. Claims to be audited at monthly sessions of this Board;
claims to be audited by the Commissioner of Public Welfare,
duly authorized certificates and other expenses to be paid
prior to the next ensuing tax levy.
5 Amounts to become due on contracts
6 The amounts to be paid for Sinking Fund and Interest
on State Highway Bonds
7. County Indebtedness and Interest thereon
8. Appropriations by this Board for other specific purposes,
and estimated amounts required for unforseen contingencies.
Your Committee further reports, that the amounts present-
ed in the Budget for outside relief and hospitalization, respec-
tively, is for ten months, or from January 1, 1938 to October
31st, 1938; and that from the report of the County Treasurer,
the receipts of the previous year and other information avail-
able, it is estimated that the amounts indicated will be avail-
able from the various sources specified, to the expenditures
for the above purposes, and such amounts are deducted from
the estimated amounts required in fixing the amount to be
raised by tax levy
Dated, December 22, 1937
R. C OSBORN,
D. J. WATROUS,
LAMONT C. SNOW,
C C. SQUIER,
L. P. STONE,
Committee.
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the report of the Committee be accepted,
that the several amounts therein specified be and hereby are
202 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
appropriated from the funds indicated, to and for the purposes
enumerated, and be it further
Resolved—That all moneys received by the County Treas-
urer, the disposition of which is not specifically provided for by
law, or act of this Board, be credited by her to the general,
poor, or highway fund, in accord with the nature of such re-
ceipt, and be it further
Resolved—That in case of a deficiency in any appropriation,
the County Treasurer, upon written approval of a majority of
the members of the Finance Committee, is hereby authorized to
transfer from the general fund, the poor fund or the highway
fund respectively, for the purpose of meeting any payment
ordered by this Board, or required by law, which amounts are
hereby appropriated for such purposes, but in no case is the
County Treasurer authorized to transfer from the general
fund or the poor fund to any other fund, without a resolution
of this Board especially authorizing her to do so, and be it
further
Resolved—That there be assessed upon, levied against and
collected from the taxable property of Tompkins County, liable
therefore
For State Tax $ 12,407 27
For County, General and Poor Tax 225,481 89
For County Highway Fund Tax 146,683 34
$384,572 50
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -12 Noes -0 Carried.
Mr. Mott presented the list of Returned School Taxes of the
town of Dryden, which was referred to the Committee on Er-
roneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
A report of the Bonded Indebtedness of the Village of Tru-
mansburg and School District No 1, of the town of Ulysses,
was received and filed.
Mr. Stevenson presented a list of Town Audits of the town
of Enfield, which was received and referred to the Committee
on Finance
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 203
The report of H. J Ackerman, Justice of the Peace, of the
town of Dryden, was received and filed.
Mr. Mott presented a report of the Bonded Indebtedness of
School District No. 8 and Central School District No 1, of the
town of Dryden, which was received and filed.
Mr. Stevenson presented a list of the Returned School Taxes
of the town of Enfield, which was received and referred to the
Committee on Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
Mr E J Miller presented a report of the Bonded Indebted-
ness of the Forest Home Water District, of the town of Ithaca,
which was received and filed
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call. All members present
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That all amounts standing to the credit of any
item of the general or poor fund on January 1, 1938, except
such items where the State or any municipalities of the county
contribute, and any amounts standing to the credit of the item
on Compensation Insurance, be and the same hereby is re -
appropriated to the general fund, and be it further
Resolved—That any moneys contributed by the State, or any
municipalities of the county subsequent to January 1, 1938,
shall be credited by the County Treasurer to the fund from
which paid, and to be paid out only on the order of the Board
of Supervisors, except the moneys contributed by the State to
the County Public Health Committee; the County Laboratory;
and to the Old Age Security Fund
Seconded by Mr. Watrous Carried.
Mr. Squier offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
204 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WHEREAS—There having been filed with the Clerk of the
Board a statement of the Bonded Indebtedness of the county,
city and the several towns, it is ordered, that the same be print-
ed in the Proceedings of the Board.
Seconded by Mr. Payne. Carried.
Mr. Stone offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the several claims audited by the Commit-
tee on Workmen's Compensation Insurance, for the year end-
ing October 31, 1937, this day filed, be audited by this Board at
the amounts recommended and audited by that committee.
Seconded by Mr. Mott. Carried.
Mr. Van Order offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That this Board of Supervisors approve the ap-
pointment of Joseph Wiedmaier, Dog Warden for the year
1938.
Seconded by Mr. Stone. Carried.
Mr. Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS—This Board recognizes the cheerful efficiency of
our stenographer, and
WHEREAS—We feel that the work that she does entitles her
to an increase in salary, therefore, be it
Resolved—That the salary of the stenographer of the Board
be increased from $1,000 to $1,200, and that there be and here-
by is appropriated the sum of $200.00 made necessary by such
change, and the County Treasurer is directed to pay in monthly
installments beginning as of January 1, $100. per month
Seconded by Mr. Neill.
Ayes—Messrs. Snow, T. G. Miller, Stevenson, Watrous, Sco-
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 205
field, Payne, Stone, Van Order, Neill, Evans, Osborn and Squier
—12.
Noes—Mr. Mott -1.
Resolution carried
Mr. Van Order moved to reconsider action taken on the 12th
day of annual session with reference to T C D A. appropri-
tion.
Seconded by Mr. T. G. Miller.
Ayes—Messrs. T. G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E J Miller,
Van Order, and Osborn -6.
Noes—Messrs. Snow, Watrous, Scofield, Payne, Stone, Neill,
Evans and Squier-8.
Motion lost.
Mr. E J Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption :
Resolved—That there be and hereby is appropriated $1,000
to carry on the work of T.C.D.A. for four months in order to
finish the work upon town maps now only partly completed.
Ayes—Messrs. T. G. Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E. J. Miller,
Payne, Van Order, Osborn and Squier-8.
Noes—Messrs. Snow, Watrous, Scofield, Stone, Neill and
Evans -6.
Resolution carried.
On motion, adjourned to Thursday, December 30th, at 10
A. M.
206 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Fourteenth Day
Thursday, December 30, 1937
MORNING SESSION
Roll call. All members present
Minutes of December 22nd, read and approved.
The Clerk read a letter from George E. Whitaker, Construc-
tion Superintendent of Works Progress Administration of New
York State giving notice of a meeting to be held at the Court
House on Tuesday next, January 4th at 7 :30 P M. for informal
discussion of W P A projects affecting Tompkins County.
A report of Harry A Hatfield, Justice of the Peace, of the
town of Danby, was received and filed.
Mr. Snow presented the Town Budget of the town of Caro-
line, which was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr T. G. Miller presented the Town Budget of the town
of Danby which was referred to the Committee on Finance
A list of Returned School Taxes of the town of Ulysses was
received and referred to the Committee on Erroneous Assess-
ments and Returned Taxes
Mr. Osborn, Chairman of the Committee on Equalization,
Etc., presented the following report of that committee, rela-
tive to the apportionment of taxes for the year 1937, which
was laid on the table one day under the rule.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 207
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPORTIONMENT OF
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y.
Your Committee on Equalization, etc., whose duty it is to
apportion the various taxes among the several towns of the
county and the City of Ithaca, reports that the following
amounts shall be paid by the several towns and the City of
Ithaca, for the State Tax for General Purposes, Armory Pur-
poses and Stenographers, etc , Purposes, County Tax for Gen-
eral and Poor Purposes, County Tax for Highway Purposes
and Old Age Security Purposes, as follows.
Towns
Total State Tax
o W Z%
C G co
W
k w
Ey cn
0
4.1
1,a, owa
cn 0
Caroline - .
Danby
Dryden.._ .__ ...._ ...- • ... . ................
Enfield
Groton .
Ithaca, City
Ithaca, Town
Lansing .
Newfield _
Ulysses __
$ 930,797 $ 183 87
1,026,268 202 73
3,425,342 676 66
651,078 128 62
3,388,511 669 38
39,556,435 7,81415
6,639,44-8 1,311 58
3,206,972 633 52
1,153,881 227 94
2,828,812 558 82
$ 125 35
138 21
461 30
87 68
456 34
5,327 19
894 16
431 89
155 40
380 97
$ 3,341 60
3,684 35
12,297 13
2,337 40
12,164 90
142,009 38
23,835 92
11,513 17
4,142 48
10,155 56
Totals ..... $62,807,544412,407 27 $ 8,458 49 $225,481 89
208 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Towns
Old Age Security
Caroline .......
Danby •.....
Dryden . .....
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca, City
Ithaca, Town .. .
Lansing
Newfield _
Ulysses - - -
$ 933,270
1,041,793
3,449,978
654,120
3,405,432
39,671,437
6,657,260
3,216,992
1,158,637
2,838,758
$ 2,171 98 $ 5,697 45 $ 480 40
2,424 55 6,311 63 529 66
8,029 08 21,002 87 1 767 34
1,522 32 3,988 34 336 02
7,925 41 20,759 69 1,748 82
92,326 72 242,150 25
15,493 34 40,640 84 3,426 65
7,486 86 19,633 55 1,655 13
2,696 48 7,066 90 595 52
6,606 60 17,320 98 1,459 96
Totals .
$63,027,677 $146,683 34 $384,572 50 $12,000 00
Rate for State Tax .000197544263
Rate for County, General and Poor Tax 003590044690
Rate for County Highway Tax 002327284560
.TOTAL $.006114873513
Rate for Old Age Security 000516104415
Dated December 22, 1937.
R. C. OSBORN, Chaarman
D. J. WATROUS
THOS. G. MILLER
CARL A MOTT
LAMONT C. SNOW
LEPINE STONE
ERIE J. MILLER
Committee.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 209
Moved by Mr Osborn, that the report be taken from the
table and passed at this time.
Seconded by Mr Watrous.
By unanimous consent, the report was taken from the table
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That the report of the Committee on Equaliza=
tion, Etc., on the Apportionment of Taxes, be accepted and
adopted, and that the several amounts therein listed for state
tax, county tax, county, highway tax, and Old Age Security
tax for the year 1937, against the several towns of the county
and the City of Ithaca, be assessed against, levied upon and
collected from the taxable property of the several towns and
city liable therefor.
Seconded by Mr T G Miller
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr Mott, Chairman of the Committee on Erroneous Assess-
ments and Returned Taxes, submitted the following report,
relative to the Returned School Taxes of the several school
districts of the county :
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N. Y
Gentlemen •
Your Committee on Erroneous Assessments and Returned
Taxes, finds by the certificates signed by the County Treas-
urer, and supported by affidavits of the proper officers of the
school districts of the several towns of the county and the
City of Ithaca, submitted to this Board by the County Tieas-
urer, that the following school taxes have not been paid, after
diligent efforts have been made to enforce the collection
thereof, and your committee therefore recommends the fol-
lowing sums be levied upon and collected from the lands or
property upon which the same were imposed with 7% in
addition thereto
210 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Caroline $ 442.79
Danby 1,375 38
Dryden 1,419.54
Enfield 377.37
Groton 1,370 60
Ithaca 1,687 47
Lansing 1,195 34
Newfield 428.67
Ulysses 2,048 75
City 6,446 87
Dated, December 30, 1937.
CARL A. MOTT
HARVEY STEVENSON
R. C OSBORN
Committee.
Moved by Mr Mott, that the report be accepted
Seconded by Mr. Squier.
Mr. Mott offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
Resolved—That the several supervisors of the various
towns of the county and the City of Ithaca be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to add to their respective 1937
tax and assessment rolls the amount of the uncollected school
taxes returned by the collectors of the various districts to the
County Treasurer and remaining unpaid and that have not
been heretofore relevied on town tax rolls and that said
taxes be reassessed and relevied upon the lots and parcels so
returned with seven per cent in addition thereto ; and if im-
posed upon the lands of any incorporated company, then upon
such company ; and when collected the same shall be returned
to the County Treasurer to reimburse the amount so ad-
vanced, with the expenses of collection
Seconded by Mr. Neill
Ayes -13. Noes -0 Carried.
Mr. T G. Miller offered the following resolution and moved
its adoption •
WHEREAS—The Town Superintendents of the several towns
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 211
of Tompkins County have made an estimate of the amount of
money necessary to be raised by tax for the improvement of
the highways and bridges and other miscellaneous highway
purposes of their respective towns, as provided by Section
141, of the Highway Law, and
WHEREAS—the respective town boards have approved or
changed said estimates, as provided by Section 267 of the
Highway Law,
Therefore, Be It Resolved—That the said estimates as ap-
proved by the town boards be received and the sum set op-
posite the name of the respective towns in the column which
bears the heading "Amount of 1st item" (which is the amount
of the First Item in said estimates), be assessed, levied and
collected upon the taxable property of the respective towns,
exclusive of the property within the limits of the incorporated
village or villages of the respective towns which maintain
their streets and highways as a separate road district, and be
it further
Resolved --That the sum set opposite the names of the re-
spective towns, in the columns which bear the heading,
"Amount of 2nd Item", "Amount of 3rd Item" and "Amount
of 4th Item" (which is the amount"of the Second, Third, and
Fourth Items of said estimates as approved by the various
town boards), be assessed, levied and collected upon the en-
tire taxable property of the various towns of Tompkins
County, as follows that is to say :
Name of Amount of Amount of Amount of Amount of
Town First Item Second Item Third Item Fourth Item
Caroline $2,800.00 $ 600 00 $ 2,000 00 $ 2,250 00
Cert. of Indebt. 990.00
Int. on same 182.15
Danby 3,000.00 200:00 4,000.00 3,000.00
Dryden 8,100 00 2,000.00 2,700.00 4,715.35
Cert. of Indebt. 6,863.75
Int on same 720 90
Enfield 1,800.00 300.00 1,000.00 2,300.00
Cert. of Indebt 3,050.00 1,700.00
Groton 3,800.00 200.00 5,000 00 5,000.00
212 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Ithaca 8,000.00 3,500 00 5,000 00
Lansing 8,000 00 3,000 00 4,000 00
Cert. of Indebt 6,351.90
Newfield 2,900 00 1,242 50 2,000 00
Cert. of Indebt. 1,362 50
Int. on same 395 00
Ulysses e 6,000 00 2,000.00 795 80 4,000 00
Cert. of Indebt. 4,204 20
And that the several amounts when collected shall be paid
to the supervisors of the respective towns, to be paid out by
them as provided by law.
Seconded by Mr. Watrous
Ayes -13 Noes -0 Carried
Mr. Osborn presented the following report of the Committee
on Finance, relative to Town Budgets for the several towns
and city of the -county which was laid on the table one day
under the rule :
Your Committee on Finance reports that the following
tabulated statements show the appropriations that will be
necessary to meet the expenditures of the several towns in the
county and the City of Ithaca, for the ensuing fiscal year.
as set forth in the following budgets :
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 213
TOWN OF CAROLINE
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 183 87
County Tax 3,341 60
County Highway Tax 2,171 98
Compensation Insurance 25 30
Due County 104 10
Election Expenses 299.20
Expenses of Children's Court 15 40
Hospitalization 4,223 21
Old Age Security 480 40
Support of Poor at County Home 139 78
$10,984 84
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$442 79
To be Paid to the Supervisor •
Town Audits $ 1,000 00
Highways 2,800 00
Bridges 600 00
Machinery 2,000 00
Miscellaneous and Snow 2,250 00
Certificates of Indebt (3) 990 00
Interest on same 182 15 $ 9,822 15
TOTAL BUDGET $21,249 78
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS
Brooktondale $420
Slaterville Springs 635
TAX RATES—
General -.010
Highway 01112
Total 02112
TAX RATES FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS—
Brooktondale .00284
Slaterville Springs 00483
214 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TOWN OF DANBY
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 202.73
County Tax 3,684 35
County Highway Tax 2,424.55
Compensation Insurance 27 89
Due County 64 00
Election Expenses 109 20
Expenses of Children's Court 2 85
Hospitalization 2,144 73
Old Age Security 529.66
Support of Poor at County Home 158 55
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$1,375 38
To be Paid Supervisor :
Town Audits
Highways
Bridges
Machinery
Miscellaneous and Snow
Certificates of Indebt and Int (Gen )
TOTAL BUDGET
$9,348.51
$ 1,151.13
3,000 00
200 00
4,000 00
3,000 00
1,500 00 $12,851.13
$23,575.02
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS
West Danby $315.00
TAX RATES—
General
Highway
Total
00860
.01121
.01981
TAX RATES FOR LIGHTING DISTRICT—
West Danby 00520
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 215
TOWN OF DRYDEN
To be Paid the County Treasurer
State Tax $ 676 66
County Tax 12,297 13
County Highway Tax 8,029 08
Compensation Insurance 93.09
Due County 245 77
Election Expenses 733 09
Expenses of Children's Court 31.30
Hospitalization 5,459 35
Old Age Security 1,767 84
Sinking Fund and Int , Rd No 681 243.11
Sinking Fund and Int , Rd. No 682 269 13
Sinking Fund and Int , Rd No. 683 278.09
Support of Poor at County Home 423 43
$30,547 07-
RETURNED
7
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$1,419 54
To be Paid the Supervisor :
Town Audits $ Paid
Highways 8,100.00
Bridges 2,700 00
Machinery 2,000 00
Miscellaneous and Snow 4,715 35
Public Welfare 1,500 00
Southworth Library 200.00
Memorial Day 50 00
General Fund 2,200 00
Certificate of Indebt. (3) 6,863.75
Interest on same 720 90 $29,050.00
TOTAL BUDGET $61,016.61
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS
Etna $477 31
McLean 44 52
Varna 270.00
216 PROCEEDINGS OF 'IHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TAX RATES
Inside f General 007
Corporation) Highway 007
Outside
Corporation
Total 014
General 007
Highway 007
Primary Highway 003
Total 017
TAX RATES FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS—
Etna 00417
McLean 00323
Varna 00227
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 217
TOWN OF ENFIELD
To be Paid the County Treasurer
State Tax $ 128 62
County Tax 2,337 40
County Highway Tax ' 1,522 32
Compensation Insurance 17 69
Due County 47 00
Election Expenses 234 49
Hospitalization 3,407.26
Old Age Security 336 02
Support of Poor at County Home 343 24
$ 8,374.04
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$377 37
To be Paid the Supervisor
Town Audits $ 1,02813
Highways 1,800 00
Bridges 300 00
Machinery 1,000 00
Miscellaneous and Snow 2,300 00
Certificate of Indebtedness (3) 1,700 00
Certificate of Indebtedness (1) 3,050 00 $11,178 13
TOTALBUDGET
TAX RATES—
General
Highway
Total
S19,929 54
01124
0170
02824
218 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TOWN OF GROTON
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 669 38
County Tax 12,164.90
County Highway Tax 7,925 41
Compensation Insurance 92.09
Due County 141.17
Election Expenses 268 35
Expenses of Children's Court 14.50
Hospitalization 1,514 34
Old Age Security 1,748 32
Support of Poor at County Home 620 96
$25,159 92
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$1,370 60
To be Paid the Supervisor :
Town Audits $ 815 00
Highways 3,800 00
Bridges 200 00
Machinery 5,000 00
Miscellaneous and Snow 5,000 00
Memorial Day 100.00
American Legion 100 00
Vote by town for Highway Special 3,000 00 $18,015 00
TOTAL BUDGET $44,545.52
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS
McLean
Peruville
$811 00
500 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 219
TAX RATES—
Inside f General 00590
CorporationlHighway 00506
Total 01096
Outside f General 00590
Corporation tHighway 00742
Total 01332
TAX RATES FOR LIGHTING DISTRICTS—
McLean .00664
Peruville 00706
220 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TOWN OF ITHACA
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 1,311 58
County Tax 23,835 92
County Highway Tax 15,493 34
Compensation Insurance 180.44
Due County 125.72
Hospitalization Paid
Election Expenses 233 39
Expenses of Children's Court 25 75
Old Age Security 3,426 65
Support of Poor at County Home 161.27
$44,794 06
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$1,687 47
To be Paid the Supervisor •
FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES—
Highways $ 8,000 00
Bridges
Machinery—Purch. & Rep $1,400
Cert of Indebt. 2,000
Int on same 100 $ 3,500.00
Miscellaneous and Snow 5,000 00
$16,500 00
FOR GENERAL AND
POOR PURPOSES —
Town Audits $ 2,640 00
Welfare 11,000 00
General 3,000 00
$16,640 00
LESS
Estimated re-
ceipts applic
able to General
and Poor, T E
R A and Out -
of -Settlement $ 3,800
Special Taxes
from State 6,200 $10,000 00 $ 6,640.00 $23,140.00
TOTAL BUDGET $69,621 53
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 221
TAX FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Forest Home Lighting
Forest Home Water District
Spencer Road Lighting
Renwick Heights Lighting
TAX RATES—
Insidef General
Corporation Highway
$410 04
842 75
450 00
268 48
00500
00335
Total .00835
Outside [General
Corporation Highway
00500
00515
Total .01015
TAX RATES FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS—
Forest Home Lighting .00129
Forest Home Water District .00264
Spencer Road Lighting .00184
Renwick Heights Lighting 00131
222 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CITY OF ITHACA
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 7,814.15
County Tax 142,009.38
County Highway Tax 92,326.72
Due County 13.64
Election Expenses 1,384.88
Expenses of Children's Court 98.20
Hospitalization 19,119.82
Support of Poor at County Home 4,017.16
TOTAL BUDGET $226,783 95
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$6,446.87
(To be paid by the School District of
the City of Ithaca, and not a part of
the City Budget, for which this tax
is levied.)
TAX RATES—
General
Highway
Total
.00458
.00242
.00700
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 223
TOWN OF LANSING
To be Paid to the County Treasurer:
State Tax
County Tax
County Highway Tax
Compensation Insurance
Due County
Election Expenses
Expenses of Children's Court
Hospitalization
Old Age Security
Support of Poor at County Home
$ 633.52
11,513.17
7,486.86
87 15
204.31
218.39
4.00
7,112.68
1,655.13
1,338.13
$30,253 34
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$1,195 34
To be Paid the Supervisor:
Town Audits
Highways
Bridges
Machinery
Miscellaneous and Snow
Certificate of Indebt & Int
TOTAL BUDGET
$ Paid
8,000 00
0,000 00
3,000.00
4,000.00
6,351.90 $21,351.90
$52,800.58
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICT
Ludlowville $350 00
TAX RATES—
General
Highway
Total
.00680
.00865
.01545
TAX RATE FOR LIGHTING DISTRICT—
Ludlowville .00399
224 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
TOWN OF NEWFIELD
To be Paid the County Treasurer :
State Tax $ 227.9$
County Tax 4,142 48
County Highway Tax 2,696 48
Compensation Insurance 31.36
Due County 68.46
Election Expenses 199 49
Hospitalization 2,840.04
Old Age Security 595.52
Support of Poor at County Home 77.45
$10,879 22
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$428.67
To be Paid the Supervisor :
Town Audits $ 1,231.09
Highways 2,900.00
Bridges 0,000 00
Machinery 1,242.50
Miscellaneous and Snow 2,000 00
Certificates of Indebtedness 1,362 50
Interest on Same 395 00
Public Welfare 1,000.00
Memorial Day. 25 00
Town Library 300.00
General Fund 500 00 $10,956.09
TOTAL BUDGET $22,263 98
TAX FOR LIGHTING DISTRICT
Newfield
TAX RATES—
General
Highway
Total
$779.29
.0089
.0089
.0178
TAX RATE FOR LIGHTING DISTRICT—
Newfield .0035
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 225
TOWN OF ULYSSES
To be Paid the County Treasurer .
State Tax 558.82
County Tax 10,155.56
County Highway Tax 6,606 60
Compensation Insurance 76.88
Due County 16315
Election Expenses 163.77
Hospitalization 4,129.83
Old Age Security 1,459.96
Sinking Fund and Int. Rd. No. 616 650.54
Support of Poor at County Home 411.89
$24,377.00
RETURNED SCHOOL TAXES—$2,048.75
To be Paid the Supervisor :
Town Audits $ 3,707.15
Highways 6,000.00
Bridges 2,000 00
Machinery 795.80
Miscellaneous and Snow 4,000.00
Certificate of Indebtedness 4,204.20
General Fund 1,292.85 $22,000 00
TOTAL BUDGET $48,425.75
TAX RATES—
Inside
Corporation
Outside
Corporation
General
Highway
.00766
00636
Total .01402
General .00766
Highway .00636
Primary Highway 00326
Total
All of which was respectfully submitted.
Dated, December 30, 1937 "
.01728
R. C. OSBORN,
L. P. STONE,
C C. SQUIER,
L. C. SNOW,
D. J. WATROUS,
Committee
226 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVIS'FS
Moved by Mi Osborn, that the report be taken from the
table and passed at this time
Seconded by Mr Squier
By unanimous consent, the report was taken from the table.
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption
Resolved—That in accordance with the resolution adopted
by the several town boards of the County of Tompkins, now
on file with the Clerk of this Board, and the Laws of the State
of New York, and in accordance with the foregoing report and
recommendation of the Committe on Finance, that there be
levied upon and collected from the taxable property of the sev-
eral towns of the county and the City of Ithaca, the foregoing
sums for the purposes therein named
Seconded by Mr Watrous
Ayes -14 Noes -0 Carried
The Cleik read a communication from the Tompkins Coun-
ty Development Association asking that the balance of approx-
imately $80 00 on hand December 31, 1937, be re -appropriated
to the account of the T C D A for use during the period from
January 1, 1938, to April 30, 1938
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the balance of approximately $80 00 stand-
ing to the credit of the TCD A as of December 31, 1938, be
i e -appropriated to the expense account of TC DA to April
30, 1938
Seconded by Mr T G Millet
Ayes—Messrs Snow, T G Miller, Mott, Stevenson, E J
Miller, Payne, Stone, Van Order, Neill, Osborn and Squier-
11
Noes—Messrs Watrous, Scofield and Evans -3
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 227
Resolution carried
On motion, adjourned to 2 P M
AFTERNOON SESSION
Roll call All membeis pi esent, except Messrs Stevenson
and Evans excused and Mr Van Order
The Clerk read a communication from the Department of
Public Works, Division of Highways, with reference to aban-
donment of a limited section of the Ithaca State Highway No
454, Town of Ithaca
Mr Osborn moved, that the County Commissioner of Wel-
fare be directed to report monthly to the Board of Supervisors
on hospitalization accounts chargeable to the various towns
and the City of Ithaca
Seconded by Mr Scofield Carried
Mr T G Miller and C A Mott, retiring members, both
spoke with reference to pleasant associations had with this
Board of Supervisors in the past and expressions of good will
for the future Board
On motion, adjourned to Thursday, January 20, 1938, at
10AM
228 PROCII I)INC,S 01' 1HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Fifteenth Day
Thursday, January 20, 1938
Roll call. All members present, except Mr Stevenson
Minutes of December 30th meeting, read and approved
A letter from the State Tax Department relative to ap-
praisal asked for by resolution of December 15th was read by
the Clerk and placed on file
A report from the State Commission of Correction relative
to inspection of the County Jail was read and placed on file
Mr Evans offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption :
WHEREAS—On November 12, 1937, there was appropriated
the sum of $1,800 00 to establish a Veterans' Service Office in
Tompkins County, and the office having been established,
therefore be it
Resolved—That the County Treasurer is directed to pay to
Walter L Knettles, Veterans' Service Officer, the sum of
$150 00 monthly, beginning as of January 1st, 1938, said
amount to cover salary and all expenses
Seconded by Mr. Watrous Carried
Mr Osborn offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
Resolved—That the sum of approximately $70 00, balance
from Clerk Hire for the County Treasurer, be re -appropriated
for that purpose for the year 1938.
Seconded by Mr Evans.
Ayes -13 Noes -0. Carried
Mr Scofield offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption •
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 229
Resolved—That the claim of T G Miller in the amount of
$81 04 for extending taxes for the year 1937 be audited by this
Board at the full amount claimed, and the Clerk is hereby di-
rected to issue an order for said amount, and the County Treas-
urer is directed to pay said order out of any available funds in
her hands
Seconded by Mr Osborn.
Ayes -13. Noes -0 Carried
The several supervisors of the towns of the county and of
the City of Ithaca, presented the Assessment Rolls of their re-
spective municipalities, which were referred to the Committee
on Equalization, to determine if the same were properly made
out, the taxes properly .extended and the warrants of the col-
lectors were correct
Mr. Osborn, Chairman of the Committee on Equalization,
reported that the committee had examined the assessment
rolls of the several municipalities of the county and ascertained
the amount of tax to be Levied in each respectively, had com-
pared the same with the budget of the several towns and city
and the warrants of the collectors attached thereto, and had
found each to be correct, and that each of the Collectors War-
rants were properly made out and were ready for the signa-
ture of the Chairman and Clerk of the Board
Moved by Mr. Osborn, that the report of the Committee on
Equalization, be accepted, and that the Chairman and Clerk of
the Board, be directed to sign each of the Collector's War-
rants, as attached to the several tax rolls
Seconded by Mr Payne.
Ayes 13 Noes -0. Carried
Minutes of day's proceedings, read and approved.
There being no further business to come before the Board
at this annual session, on motion, the same was adjourned
without date
W. 0. SMILEY, Clerk,
Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N Y.
SUPERVISORS' ACCOUNTS
Table showing the amount of compensation audited and allowed by the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County to the members
thereof, with the items and nature of such compensation and the amount allowed for the distance traveled by members in attending the
meetings of the Board during the year 1937 including salary
Towns
and
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Caroline . IL C Snow
Danby. ._ _ IT G Miller
Dryden -- ICarl A Mott .
Enfield . Harvey Stevenson
Groton . . _ ... .. D J Watrous
Ithaca __ E J Miller
Lansing__.._ __ _ . C H Scofield
Newfield _ __ _ _ F J Payne
Ulysses _ _ LePine Stone .
Ithaca City .. ._.. .
1st Ward._.. __ __ . F D VanOrder
2nd Ward Louis Neill
3rd Ward . _ _ F C Evans
4th Ward . R C Osborn .
5th Ward. . . C C Squier
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
$ 6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
6 00
$ 2 08 14
96 13
1 76 14
1 28 14
3 22 14
13
1 60 14
2 24 14
2 52 14
5
14
14
14
14
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
10
12
12
12
12
1
1
1
1
1
$ 114 68
243 81
62 60
72 59
196 68
97 90
67 76
72 12
1 75
37 35
12 00
$ 62 36
81 04
100 36
39 93
121 37
111 78
81 99
59 74
85 05
$ 750 00 $
600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
600 00
50 00 600 00
600 00
600 00
97 13 600 00
97 13 600 00
935 12
931 81
770 72
719 80
927 27
717 78
787 49
735 74
765 69
656 00
606 00
607 75
740 48
715 13
Total _
1$ 8400$ 15661 1
1.$ 979 241$ 987 881$ 8,550 001$ 10,616 78
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, ss
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the number of days the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County was
in session the past year, the nature of its duties and the time necessarily employed and the amount allowed for the distance traveled by the
individual members in the discharge thereof, as audited by said Board I also certify that no accounts were audited by the said Board for
any member thereof, or for any person, without being verified ac cording to law
Dated February 14, 1938 W. 0 SMILEY, Clerk
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 231
STATEMENT OF TOWN ACCOUNTS
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
CAROLINE
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$11,110 82
10,646 05
Balance $ 464 77
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$23,313 33
21,085 54
Balance $ 2,227 79
Balance Dec 31, 1937—General and Hzghway $ 2,692 56
DANBY
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$11,112 75
10,889 45
Balance $ 223 30
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$22,314 24
21,978 08
Balance $ 53616
Balance Dec 31, 1937—General & Hzghway $ 759 46
232 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
DRYDEN
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
WELFARE—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$18,094.60
14,023 12
$41,645.24
40,809 13
$6,251.07
5,689 75
$ 4,071 48
$ 836 11
Balance $ 56132
Balance Dec. 31, 1937—General, Highway
and Welfare $ 5,468 91
ENFIELD
G ENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
WELFARE.—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$ 3,467 93
3,265 82
$21,372 43
21,354 91
$ 1,280 66
1,194 43
$ 202.11
$ 17 52
Balance $ 86 23
Balance Dec 31, 1937—General, Haghway
and Welfare $ 305 86
OF 1OMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
GROTON
GENERAL—
Receipts $34,226 54
Disbursements 23,692 22
Balance
HIGHWAY—
Receipts $41,874 90
Disbursements 35,089 50
Balance
WELFARE—
Receipts $ 2,160.18
Disbursements 2,153 07
233
$ 20,534 32
$ 6,785 40
Balance 7 11
Balance Dec. 31, 1937—General, Highway
and Welfare $ 27,326 83
ITHACA
GENERAL—
*Tota1 Receipts
Balance Previous year
*Total Disbursements
$21,991 40
8,244 61
30,236.01
19,835 48
Balance $ 10,400 53
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts $23,941 48
Balance from Previous year 6,782 07
Total Disbursements
30,723 55
25,600.98
Balance $ 5,122 57
WELFARE—
*Total Receipts $2,810.09
*Total Disbursements 9,628 91
Balance Dec. 31, 1937—General, Highway
and Welfare $ 15,523 10
*Receipts and Disbursements of Welfare included in General.
234 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
LANSING
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
WELFARE—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$ 8,609 20
7,228 84
$ 1,380 36
$ 37,457.94
32,807 52
$ 3,684 00
2,503 50
$ 4,650 42
Balance $ 1,180 50
Balance Dec 31, 1937—General, Haghway
and Welfare $ 7,211 28
NEWFIELD
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
Balance
WELFARE—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$ 7,317 52
6,358 25
$ 25,206 41
20,288 71
$ 5,645 32
4,623 01
$ 959 27
$ 4,917 70
Balance $ 1,022 31
Balance Dec 31, 1937— General, Haghway
and Welfare $ 6,899 28
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 235
ULYSSES
GENERAL—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$ 16,317 42
13,382 81
Balance $ 1,934 61
HIGHWAY—
Total Receipts
Total Disbursements
$ 44,279 19
40,013 10
Balance $ 4,266 07
PUBLIC WELFARE—$6,227.81 Included in General total
disbursements.
Balance Dec. 31, 1937—General, Highway
and Welfare $ 6,200 68
236 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Annual Report of the Treasurer
Ithaca, N Y , November 22nd, 1937
To the Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County.
Gentlemen :
The following report of receipts and disbursements of
funds which come into my hands as treasurer of Tompkins
County is respectfully submitted
CHARLOTTE V. BUSH,
Treasurer of Tompkins County.
Levy of General Property Taxes
For town purposes—
Caroline $ 10,770 25
Danby 14,329 95
Dryden 28,568 09
Enfield 9,242 33
Groton 24,504 49
Ithaca 23,140 53
Lansing 21,996 46
Newfield 12,626 75
Ulysses 20,000 00 $165,178.85
For State and County Purposes—
Caroline $ 10,295 42
Danby 11,447.65
Dryden 31,794 53
Enfield 7,440 81
Groton 27,488 28
Ithaca 44,476 23
Lansing 30,869 31
Newfield 11,249.71
Ulysses 24,989 82 200,051.76
City of Ithaca 284,745.05
$649,975 66
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 237
Collectors paid town officers $ 165,178 85
Collectors paid county treasurer 80,548 38
City Chamberlain paid
county treasure/ 266,147 15
Corporation paid county treasurer 68,368 82
Taxes returned by collectors and
city chamberlain 69,732.46 $649,975 66
Cash on hand November 1st, 1936 $ 224,906 39
Receipts from November 1st,
1936, to October 31st, 1937 1,667,452 16 $1,892,358 55
Payments from November 1st,
1936, to October 31st, 1937 1,665,962 26
Cash on hand November 1st, 1937
In cash drawer
General Fund
County Road Fund
Highway Machinery Fund
Compensation Insurance
Dog Licenses
Special Trust funds
Estate Taxes
Court and Trust funds
Mortgage Taxes
Bower Cemetery Trust fund
County Library Truck fund
Cayuga Preventorium
Tuberculosis Hospital Trust
39.00
111,950 89
24,706 55
31,368 73
19,681 32
2,742 42
2,692 00
748 08
23,620 39
3,798 33
1,360 26
33.09
1,075 12
2,580 11 $1,892,358 55 -
Court and Trust funds, Estate Taxes and Special Trust
items are monies over which the country has no control and
in which it has no share
The TER A funds have been checked and transferred
to the general fund The special highway account was trans-
ferred to the general highway funds and used for payment of
highway bonds, as per resolution of your Board
Receipts—
Taxes from corporations
town collectors
city chamberlain
Returned taxes collected before sale
$ 68,368 82
80,548 38
266,147 15
64,162 22
238 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Receipts from tax sale
Sale of tax sale certificates
Sale of tax real estate
Redemption advertising
From supervisors toward town's share of
welfare expenses
Pistol permits
Interest on bank deposits
STATE AID—
Home relief, old age and welfare salaries
County Laboratory
Public Health
Crippled Children
Blind
Old Age Security
Snow Removal
Emergency Relief
Child Welfare
Gasoline Tax
Motor Vehicle fees
Lowman money and state aid to county
for roads
Estate tax and court and trust fund fees
County clerk's court fees
Surrogate's fees
County clerks' registration fees
Sales at almshouse farm
Board of prisoners
Tuberculosis hospital
Insurance refunds
Rent
Refunds on old age security
rights of way (Weaver Bros )
Crippled children
County road work
Snow removal
County Laboratory
Returned school taxes
Welfare Fund
Highway machinery fund
Cayuga Preventorium
Temporary Tax loans
TRUST TRANSACTIONS--
Public
RANSACTIONS=Public school money
Academic money
State aid for highways
5,998.14
5,364 92
5,276 93
1,706 00
4,841 30
82 33
503 14
4,052 47
1,873 93
4,924 30
1,970 75
492 00
43,872 61
5,123 61
10,277 33
1,571 25
88,966 75
54,022 48
39,707 50
1,270 50
414 40
318 04
22,228 27
1,381 44
11 00
161 99
324 79
675 00
2,579 70
550 00
140 00
447 48
2,659 03
1,363 96
5,061 34
11,038 42
32,145 87
12,000 00
25,000 00
545,882 88
42,106 95
29,875 95
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
Franchise taxes
Beverage taxes
Income taxes
Real Estate license fees
Estate Taxes
Bank Taxes
Mortgage taxes
Tax redemptions
Cash Bail
Court and Trust funds
Dog licenses
239
17,513 09
70,549 53
40,385 02
165 50
15,092 34
2,946 05
6,962 87
5,669 63
1,000 00
1,014 46
8,662 35
Total $1,667,452 16
Payments—
Supervisors' Compensation $ 8,550 00
Expenses—clerks and assistants 2,800 00
Other expenses 2,939 32
County publications 723 90
Tax blanks (collectors' receipts) 54 00
Tax sale and redemption advertising 2,311 64
Tax real estate expense 50 00—
Commissioners of Election—salaries 2,200 00
Expenses—office 530 63
Election expenses 5,580 68
County Attorney—salary 2,000 00
Expenses 254 01
County Treasurer—salaries 5,000 00
Office expenses 1,98810
County building—all expenses 11,681 90
County Judge and Surrogate—salary 5,000 00
Office expenses and assistants 3,844 55
Children's Court—salary of judge and clerk 2,300 00
Expenses 330 17
District Attorney—salary 2,400 00
Expenses 1,520 23
Sheriff—all salaries 4,300 00
Expenses 1,654 08
County Clerk as Clerk of Court—salary 3,600 00
Supreme Court Judge—expenses 572 00
Supreme Court Civil 6,053 94
County Court Civil 962 09
Supreme Court Criminal 2,533 96
County Court Criminal 950 53
Justices and constables 117 50
240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Coroner -salary 700 00
Expenses 105 18
County Sealer -salary 900 00
Expenses 718 70
County clerk as register -salaries 11,100 00
Expenses 2,492 98
Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis 2,73410
County Laboratory -salaries 12,334 88
Expenses 2,364 22
Tuberculosis Hospital (old institution) 3,650 74
Tuberculosis Hospital inmates (new hospital) 10,512 00
Superintendent of Highways -salary 3,000 00
Expenses 1,276 12
Snow Removal 16,542 99
County bridges 20,296 16
Highway Machinery 26,360 58
Snow Machinery 16,455 20
Emergency road work 2,816 83
Public Welfare -expenses and salaries 102,759.76
Insane Commitments 786 00
Crippled children 3,256 94
Child Welfare 10,419 05
Old age security 60,902 30
Temporary Emergency Relief -home relief 10,277 33
Work relief 673 99
TCD A 3,490 60
Jail -salaries 2,460 00
expenses 2,366 88
Penal Institutions 2,085 79
Probation officer -salary 1,200 00
Educational notices 16 59
Farm and Home Bureau and Junior Project 8,100 00
Libraries -rural travelling 3,755 84
Cornell 3,000 00
Deaf mutes 189 68
Blind 679 95
Soldiers' burials 75 00
County aid to town roads 40,964 00
Interest -on temporary loans 416 67
on court house and jail bonds 21,325 00
on highway bonds 3,200 00
Rights of way for highways 16,404 12
Reforestation of lands 267 03
County road constructions 223,718 15
Indebtedness -temporary loans 25,000 00
court house and jail bonds 16,000 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
241
highway bonds 12,000.00
State highway sinking fund 7,629 21
Returned school taxes 20,151.05
Cayuga Preventorium construction work 10,924.88
Employees' Retirement System 6,278 64
Compensation insurance 2,507 27
Heat light and telephones for all offices 9,989.20
Central Index 108 30
Directories for county officers 96 00
Adding machine repairs 52 90
Welfare law cases 584.07
Tompkins County Fair 800 00
County officers association 75 00
State for taxes—Stenographers' 3,719 14
Armory 8,312 17
Estate Taxes 13,726 30
Mortgage taxes 3,478 93
Dog taxes 738 20
Towns and City—state highway aid 29,875 95
Bank taxes 1,317 95
Mortgage taxes 2,097 46
Income taxes 36,043 25
Franchise taxes 14,038 12
Beverage taxes 70,549 53
Real Estate license 165 50
Dog license fees—Caroline 136 43
Danby 91 58
Dryden 258 20
Enfield 67 27
Groton 218 53
Ithaca 23215
Lansing 212 32
Newfield 100 04
Ulysses 149 88
City—Ithaca 258 37
Villages—Bank tax 32514
Mortgage taxes 154 83
Franchise taxes 3,475 02
Income taxes 4,341 77
To school districts—Public School money 545,882 .88
Academic money 42,106 95
Bank taxes 1,302 96
Premium on mortgage tax bond—county treas 5 00
Tax redemptions 5,551 62
Cash bail refunded 4,200 00
Court and Trust funds—to beneficiaries 4,287 74
242 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Dog licenses to assessors, dog warden and
claimants 6,466 72
Inheritance and court and trust fund fees 1,270 50
County nurses—Public health department 8,640 87
Tax refund 11 89
TOTAL $1,665,962.26
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 243
TOWN ACCOUNTS
CAROLINE
Due county November 1, 1936 $140 29
Sheriff expenses 6135
Error on 1936 tax roll 24.75
Manual 18.00
Paid in 1936 budget
Due county
244 39
140.29
104.10
DANBY
Due county November 1, 1936 $142 41
Sheriff expense 44.55
Manual 18 00
Lunacy examinations 40 00
1935 tax collected
Refund—care of Chas Cole
Paid in 1936 budget
244 96
$38.55
101.15
41 26 180 96
Due county $ 64 00
DRYDEN
Due county November 1, 1936 $626 86
Sheriff expense 133 65
Manual 18 00
Deaf 49 93
Insane commitments 150 00
R B Williams tax
Chas Edsall tax
Paid in 1936 budget
978 44
$21 41
84 40
. 626 86 732 67
Due county $245 77
E NFIELD
Due county November 1, 1936 $ 40 64
Sheriff expense 30 00
Manual 18 00
88 64
Paid in 1936 budget 41 64
Due county $ 47 00
244 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
GROTON
Due county November 1, 1936 $184 21
Sheriff expense 27.60
Manual 18 00
Shortage on 1936 tax roll 35 57
Insane commitments 60 00
Paid in 1936 budget
• Due county
o
325 38
184 21
$141 17
ITHACA
Due county November 1, 1936 $470 09
Sheriff expense 6615
Insane commitments 50 00
Manual 18 00
Excess on 1936 tax roll
Paid in 1936 budget
604 24
$ 8.43
470 09 478 52
Due County $125.72
LANSING
Due county November 1, 1936 $524 01
Sheriff expense 155.70
Manual 18 00
Insane commitments 40 00
C. P. Baker 1936 tax
Paid in 1936 budget
737.71
$ 9 39
524.01 533 40
Due county $204 31
NEWFIELD
Due county November 1, 1936 $398.53
Sheriff expense 50.46
Insane commitments 10 00
Manual 18.00
Excess on 1936 tax roll
Paid in 1936 budget
476.99
$ 10.00
398 53 408 53
Due county $ 68 46
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 245
ULYSSES
Due county November 1, 1936 $ 63.28
Sheriff expense 79.75
Error in Gas and Electric 1936 tax 27.96
Manual 18.00
Insane commitments 75 00
Excess on 1936 tax roll
Paid in 1936 budget
$263 99
$ 37.56
63 28 100 84
Due county $163 15
CITY OF ITHACA
Sheriff expense $298 20
Shortage on 1936 tax roll 418 88
Monroe calculator 100 00
Deaf 139 75
Insane commitments 120 00
Due city November 1, 1936
Conley tax
Towns -
1,076 83
$743 33
319 86 1,063 19
Due county $ 13 64
DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIAL TAXES
Beverage Franchise Income Bank
Caroline $ 2,749 54 $ 35 $ 654 24
Danby 2,392 47 .13 764.14
Dryden 6,009 19 153 32 1,792 90
Enfield 1,596 69 .18 448.71
Groton 6,442 81 4,022 96 1,028 06 $ 140 20
Ithaca 5,004 27 63 80 2,792 00
Lansing 4,625 08 1,029 59 2,122 38
Newfield 2,467 28 12 88 808.12
Ulysses 4,050 34 67 66 1,159.67 127 93
Ithaca—City 35,211 86 8,687 25 24,473 03 1,049 82
Villages—
Dryden 40 74 420.62
Freeville 94 215 35
246 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Groton 3,394 94 1,283.69 176.99
Trumansburg 38 40 677 85 148.15
Cayuga Heights 1,744 26
Schools—
Groton 179 97
Trumansburg 73 16
Ithaca—City 1,049.83
$70,549 53 $17,513 14 $40,385 02 $2,946 05
Highway Bonds and interest due in 1938
Bonds $12,000
Interest 2,685
Court House and Jail bonds and interest due in 1938
Bonds $16,000
Interest 25,100
STATE OF NEW YORK }SS
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS
Charlotte V Bush, being sworn, says that she is the treas-
urer of the County of Tompkins, and that the foregoing re-
port is a true and correct statement of financial transactions
of said county for the fiscal year ended October 31st, 1937
CHARLOTTE V BUSH
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 19th day of November, 1937.
ZDENKA KORBEL (STEPAN)
Notary Public
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 247
County Clerk's Report
A Statment of all moneys received for the County of Tomp-
kins by H L O'Daniel, Clerk of Tompkins County from
November 1st, 1936 to November 1st, 1937 or by his assist-
ants for fees, perquisites and emoluments, for all services
rendered by him or his assistants in their official capacity
from November 1st, 1936 to November lst, 1937
RECEIPTS
Recording Deeds $1,776 65
Recording Mortgages 1,242 05
Recording other Documents 1,485 15
Pertaining to Judgments 416 80
Copies 217 24
Searches 5,470.46
Filing Papers and
other services 2,726.78
Motor Vehicle Fees 9,501 43 $ 22,836 56
Mortgage Tax held for Ap-
portionment Nov 1, 1936 5,019 60
Interest on Taxes held for
Apportionment 188 48
Mortgage Tax 97,786 87 102,994 95
Notary Fees
Less Discount allowed the
County included in Fil-
ing Papers
581 00
111.00 470 00
Passport applications and
Renewals 1,255 00
Less fee allowed the Coun-
ty included in Filing Papers 125 00
Hunting Licenses 9,482 25
Less Discount allowed the
County included in Fil-
ing Papers 189 61
Naturalization Fees 302.50
Less fee allowed the Coun-
ty included in Filing Papers 151 25
1,130 00
9,292 64
151 25 $136,875 40
248
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
DISBURSEMENTS
County Treasurer — Office 22,836 56
Fees
County Treasurer — State
Mortagage Tax $6,864 68
County Treasurer—Interest
on Taxes Held 188 48
County Treasure' from Mtg
fund for Clerk Hire 225 00
Postage allowed by State
Tax Commission 12.00
Expense allowed by State
Tax Commission 48
Bond audited by State Tax 5 00
Commission
Refund ordered by State
Tax Commission 50 00
Tax apportioned to other
Counties 4,562 21
Tax held 91,087 10 102,994 95
Dept of Taxation & Fi-
nance Notary Fees
Secy of State, Washington,
D C Passport Division
State Conservation Depart-
ment Hunter's Licenses
Secy of Labor, Washing-
ton„ -D C Naturalization
Fees
470.00
1,130 00
9,292 64
151.25 $136,875 40
STATE OF NEW YORK 1 s
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS •
H. L O'Daniel, being duly sworn, says that he is Clerk of
the County of Tompkins, that the foregoing is in all respects
a full and true statement as required by Chapter 298, Laws
of 1909.
H L O'DANIEL,
Clerk of Tompkins County
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 12th day of November, 1937
SALLY ROBINSON,
Notary Public
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 249
Report of Department of Public Welfare
The Honorable Board of Supervisors
County of Tompkins,
State of New York
Gentlemen :
In making my annual report for the year ending October
31st, 1937, there seems to be few notable differences from the
reports of pi evious years The total expenditure is slightly
larger, but the work is now on a permanent basis and is to
continue as one of our important public departments
DuP to the W P A work program and the increase in private
employment, home relief has been greatly reduced in the towns
and city this year , hospitalization has remained about the
same because of its emergency nature , the work with neglect-
ed children has also continued about the same, with out -of -
settlement expense slightly under last year Old Age Relief
has increased in case load, but the expense to the County has
been lowered due to State and Federal reimbursement
In the following pages will be found a summary of the year's
activities in this Department, and I trust the report will be
satisfactory.
November 29th, 1937
Outside Relief
Fostei Homes
Hospitalization
Board in Institutions
County Home
Case Supervisor—Salary
transfer from
Children's Agent
transfer to
Investigators
Stenographers
Office Expenses
Traveling Expenses
Respectfully submitted,
FRED A WILLIAMS
Approprzatton Expenses Balance
$ 27,000 00 $23,236 89 $ 3,763 11
24,000 00 22,730 15 1,269 85
23,000 00 21,856 85 1,143 15
4,500 00 2,964 85 1,535 15
14,000 00 13,968 41 31 59
2,400 00 1,200 00
300 00 900 00
666 72
300 00 799 98 166 74
2,500 00 2,249 98 250 02
3,700 00 3,600 00 100 00
700 00 687`79 12 21
1,000 00 484 92 515 08
250 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Salary of Clerk at
Surplus Store
Rent of Surplus Store
Sewing Project
Transient Care
Blind Relief
400 00 333 66 66 34
500 00 364 07 135 93
2,000 00 1,863 88 136 12
1,000 00 887 60 112 40
635 00 273 95 361 05
$108,001 72 $97,502 98 $10,498 74
County Home
Salary of Supt , Matron and Administration
Employees $ 2,347 50
Salary of Buildings Employees 304 50
Salary of physician, chaplain, Cook, nurse, etc 2,107 26
Salary of farm employees 1,794 77
Light and Power 460 57
Other Home administration expense 250 58
Food 1,896.55
Clothing 613 53
Household and Laundry supplies 727 96
Medicines and medical supplies 160 95
Other supplies including tobacco 328.87
Other expense for inmates 31 30
Feed, seed, fertilizer 1,743 84
Othei supplies including gasoline, garage work and
veterinary 738 85
Purchase of baby chicks 16 50
Office expenses 4 29
Buildings expense 43 61
Replacement of equipment 181 88
Repairs 152 90
New furniture 62 20
$13,968 41
Hosp tahhzation
Tompkins County Mem Hospital 169 patients $13,925 53
Other Hospitals
Bailey -Jones 2 patients $189 90
Reconstruction Home 1 patient 588 00
Strong- Mem , Rochester 2 patients 169 75
St Luke's, Utica 3 patients 150 00
Conklin Sanitarium 1 patient 224 00 1,321 65
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 251
Tompkins County physicians
Other physicians
Reimbursement to other counties
Board in Institutions
Ithaca Children's Home -20 children
St Marys' Asylum, Rochester -1 child
Holy Angels' Home, Rochester -1 child
Door of Hope, Utica -1 child
Outside Relief
Home relief -123 families
Reimbursement to Towns
Reimbursement to other counties -85 families
Burials -28 persons
Care in other institutions -3 children
Transportation of persons in need of relief
Examination for commitment to institutions
Cod liver oil
Blind Relief
Appropriation turned over by Co Treas
State reimbursement
4,230 00
75 00
2,304 67
$21,856 85
$ 2,550 08
260 70
145 07
9 00
$ 2,964 85
$10,104 68
5,681 68
5,450 82
1,739 13
156 43
15 95
70 00
18 20
$23,236 89
$ 635 00
246 00
881 00
Amount spent for allowances 273 95
Balance in Co. Treas. hands Oct 31, 1937 607 05
Number of applications turned over June 1st 4
New applications 11
15
Approved 5
Denied 1
Discontinued 3
Denied by State on degree of blindness 2
Pending investigation 4 15
252 PROCEEDINGS OF 1HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Number receiving grants Oct 1937 5
Average grant $20 89
Residence of recipients
City of Ithaca 4
Lansing 1
RECEIPTS
Outside Relief
Tioga County $ 93815
Schuyler County 658.38
Seneca County 469.92
Erie County 314.61
Monroe County 303 71
Broome County 240 15
Westchester County 212 75
Onondaga County 155 75
Cortland County 135 34
Cayuga County 80.24
State 55.98
Herkimer County 52 46
Fulton County 40 85
Ontario County 39 07
Chemung County 34 39
Allegany County 23 40
Oswego County 13 87
Steuben County 13 50
St Lawrence County 3.60
Franklin County 1.50
Private individuals 70 08
Hospital
Chemung County
Tioga County
Monroe County
Seneca County
Erie County
Schuyler County
Onondaga County
Westchester County
Fulton County
Franklin County
742 05
677 25
634 35
358.90
274 70
241.70
183.45
145 70
133 15
96 05
$ 3,857 70
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 253
State 45.00
Niagara County 40.10
St Lawrence County 29.50
Cayuga County 17.00
Cortland County 3.00
Private individuals 5100
Board of Children
Relatives 3,372 31
Ontario County 52 62
Erie County 42.83
Tioga County 33.34
Refund 6 72
Refunds from State
Home relief 1,603 17
Salaries 2,449 30
Blind relief 246 00
3,672 90
3,507 82
4,298 47
Total receipts 15,336 89
Expense for the year $97,502 98
Receipts 15,336 89
Sales from Farm 1,381 44
16,718.33
Actual Expense for Year $80,784 65
Increase over last year in
amount of receipts •
Outside relief 80 08
Hospitalization 1,171 90
Board of children 1,409 54
$ 2,661 52
FEDERAL SURPLUS COMMODITIES
Foods distributed during the year :
8200 lbs grapefruit
2775 lbs prunes
5705 lbs potatoes
254 PROCEEDINGS OF 1HE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
1784 cans beef
3356 cans evaporated milk
192 sacks flour
833 dozen eggs
Clothing distributed during the year :
5969 children's and infants' garments
2818 adults' garments
5652 household articles
14439
These garments were given to 314 different families—ap-
proximately 1500 persons Practically all of the garments
were produced at the sewing project
AMOUNTS SPENT FOR TOWNS
Town of Carolane
Hospitalization $2,815 50
Reimbursement to other counties 262 14
Home relief 434 79
Foster home care 543 54
Burials 167 24
Town of Danby
Home relief
Reimbursement other counties
Hospital and medical
Foster home care
310 14
149 10
656 20
1,029 29
Town of Dryden
Reimbursement to other counties 971 54
Hospital and medical 2,895 75
Foster homes 671 56
Home relief 902 50
Cod liver oil 3 00
Burial 15 00
$ 4,223 21
2,144 73
5,459 35
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
Town of Enfield
Hospital and medical 1,46193
Home relief 387 96
Reimbursements to other counties 884 69
Foster homes 649 68
Burial 20 00
Cod liver oil 3 00
Town of Groton
Reimbursement to other counties 160 40
Board in Institution 60 57
Home relief 54 41
Foster homes 1,116 96
Burial 65 00
Hospital 57 00
Town of Ithaca
Reimbursement to other counties 255 02
Foster homes 2,054 83
Hospital 1,376 18
Home relief 167 56
Examination for commitment 20 00
Burial 90 79
This amount has already been reimbursed to
the County Treasurer.
Town of Lansang
Foster homes 3,429 71
Home relief 943 37
Reimbursement to other counties 488 55
Hospital and medical 2,003 05
Burials 245 00
Cod liver oil 3 00
Town of Newfield
Hospital and medical
Home relief
Reimbursements to other counties
1,854 40
613 77
98 96
255
3,407 26
1,514 34
3,964 38
7,112 68
256 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Foster homes 266.91
Cod liver oil 6 00
Town of Ulysses
Hospital and medical
Home relief
Reimbursement to other counties
Foster homes
Examination for commitment
1,349 75
304 57
1,101 67
1,353 84
20 00
City of Ithaca
Foster homes 7,843 56
Reimbursement to other counties 4,028 01
Home relief 2,405 80
Hospital and medical 2,052 92
Examination for commitment 10 00
Board in institutions 2,207 93
Burials 571 60
2,840 04
4,129 83
19,119 82
$53,915 64
COUNTY HOME PATIENTS CENSUS
Male Female Total
Inmates at close of previous year 43 14 57
First admissions 16 5 21
Re -admissions 16 3 19
Total number supported 75 22 97
Left to live with relatives or friends 5 2 7
Other institutions 0 0 0
Died 10 2 12
Left for employment 17 0 17
Total number discharged 32 4 36
Remaining at close of year 43 18 61
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 257
INMATES PRESENT AT CLOSE OF YEAR
16 to 50 to 65 to 70 and
50 65 70 over Total
Able-bodied 8 8 6 3 25
Sick 2 8 1 21 32
Epileptic 1 0 0 0 1
Blind 0 0 0 2 2
Deaf 0 1 0 0 1
11 17 7 26 61
RESIDENCE OF INMATES PRESENT AT CLOSE OF
YEAR
Caroline 1
Danby 1
Dryden 3
Enfield 3
Groton 4
Ithaca 1
Lansing 10
Newfield 2
Ulysses 4
City of Ithaca 27
County 5
61
PATIENT DAYS IN THE COUNTY HOME
Town No of Days Amount Charged
Caroline 305 $ 139 78
Danby 346 158 55
Dryden 924 423 43
Enfield 749 343 24
Groton 1,355 620 96
Ithaca 365 161 27
Lansing 2,920 1,338 13
Newfield 169 77.45
Ulysses 877 411 89
Ithaca City 8,766 4,017 16
County 2,076 X951 33
18,852 $8,643 19
258 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The cash cost assessed to the County and Towns for the sup-
port of the patients in the County Home, includes the follow-
ing items and gives a per diem cost of 00 458+
Administiation Employees $2,347 50
Salaries of Attendants 2,107 26
Light and Power 460 57
Food 1,896 55
Clothing 613 53
Household and laundry supplies 727 96
Medicines 160 95
Other expense for inmates 328 87
$8,643 19
SALES FROM THE COUNTY FARM
1305 doz eggs
208 lbs butter
487 00 lbs butterfat
3 calves
1490 lbs veal
2 cows
69812 lbs hay
G L F Refund
$ 309 13
67 75
157 76
18 00
134 10
151 50
484 15
59 05
$1,381 44
The following products were raised on the County Farm dur-
ing the year ending October 31st, 1937 •
80 ton hay—$8 00
580 bu wheat—$1 00
440 bu oats -32c
85 ton ensilage—$4 00
400 bu. potatoes -50c
16 bu beets -85c
18 bu carrots -80c
17 bu. onions—$1.00
12 bu string beans -90c
20 bu. sweet corn -75c
40 bu tomatoes -50c
10 bu. salsify -50c
60 bu peas -90c
12 bu parsnips -75c
20 bu turnips -75c
6 bu cucumbers -50c
$ 640 00
580 00
140 80
340 00
200 00
13 60
14 40
17 00
10 80
15 00
20 00
5 00
54 00
9 00
15 00
3 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 259
25 bu radishes -60c 15.00
20 bu summer squash -40c 8 00
34 bu swiss chard -50c 17 00
1500 heads cabbage -5c 75.00
2 ton winter squash -2c 80 00
4 bu. plums—$1 00 4 00
4 bu. pears—$1 00 4 00
10 bu lettuce -60c 6 00
100 qt. strawberries -15c 15 00
23/ bu beans -6c 84 60
Canned Fruits and Pickles
60 qt raspberries 15 00
75 qt strawberries 25 25
25 qts. plums 10 00
50 qt peaches 12.50
20 qt. pears 5 00
60 qt tomatoes 12 00
4 gal catsup 6 00
100 qt. pickles 15 00
75 qt. canned meats 38 00
50 glasses jelly 5 00
10 gal. cucumber pickles 10 00
191,307 Ib milk produced
1,496 lbs butter -30c 448 80
7,800 lbs milk used in Home -8c 624 00
360 qt cream -50c 180 00
16,928 qt skimmed milk -2c 338 56
buttermilk 50 00
6,000 lbs pork killed 600 00
INVENTORY OF STOCK
1 bay team of horses
1 grey team of horses
12 milk cows
1 heifer
2 heifer calves
1 bull (thoroughbred)
4 brood sows
250 fowls -75c
$4,781 31
$ 500 00
500 00
720.00
30 00
25 00
75 00
100 00
187 50
$2,137 50
260 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
INVENTORY OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
1 grain binder $ 75.00
1 manure spreader 125 00
1 lumber wagon 45 00
2 sets bob sleds 50 00
1 hay tedder 40 00
1 lime sower 50 00
1 side delivery rake 60.00
1 mowing machine 90 00
1 hay loader 90 00
1 Chevrolet truck (new) 900 00
1 land roller 25 00
1 grain drill 170.00
1 ensilage cutter and belt 250.00
1 corn binder 100.00
1 2 -horse cultivator 20 00
1 1 -horse cultivator 10 00
1 potato planter 75 00
2 spring -tooth harrows 25 00
1 peg -tooth harrow 6.00
1 grass seeder 5 00
1 corn sheller 8 00
1 fanning mill 15 00
2 lawn mowers 30 00
1 wheel plow 75 00
2 walking plows 20 00
2 set heavy harness 90 00
1 set scales 30 00
1 food cooker for pigs 20 00
1 litter carrier (pig house) 25 00
2 gas tanks 40 00
150 potato crates 30 00
12 grain bags 1 80
1 potato digger 100 00
1 half bushel measure 2 00
Forks, shovels, picks 8 00
Log chains and crowbars 8 00
1 fire sprinkling system 15,000 00
1 meat refrigerator, creamery and motor 1,000 00
1 dining room refrigerator 500 00
2 washing machines 600 00
1 laundry extractor 500.00
1 compression boiler 50 00
1 electric washing machine 90 00
1 milk separator 90 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
1 milk cart
3 milk cans
10 milk stools
1 set milk scales
1 set butter scales
1 butter worker and churn
1 brooder house and stove
5 laundry tubs
4 electric motors
1 water heater and tank
1 small heating stove
261
5.00
7 50
8 00
8 00
9 00
100 00
90.00
85.00
250 00
1,000.00
18 00
$22,124 30
In compliance with Section II of the Public Welfare Law of
the State of New York, I respectfully report that I estimate
the expense for the Department of Public Welfare, exclusive
of Old Age Assistance, for the year 1938, to be :
Outside relief $ 24,000 00
Foster Homes 23,000 00
Hospitalization 21,000.00
Board in Institutions 3,500 00
Blind Relief 1,200 00
County Home 14,000 00
Case Supervisor 2,000 00
Children's Agents 4,000 00
Worker 1,200 00
Stenographers 3,700 00
Office expenses 1,200 00
Traveling expenses 1,500 00
Clerk—Surplus Store 800 00
Rent—Surplus Store 400 00
Sewing Project 2,500 00
Transient Care 1,200 00
$105;200 00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Appropraation Expense Balance
Allowances $38,000.00 $ $
State and Federal reim-
bursement—credited as
available funds 43,084 61 54,937 30 26,147 31
Burials 2,500 00 1,429.00 1,071 00
262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Salaries 4,020 00
State and Federal reim-
bursement—for admin-
istration 538.96 3,720.00 838.96
• Traveling Expenses 700 00 500 94 199 06
Office Expenses 350.00 319 44 30 56
$89,193.57 $60,906.69 $28,286.89
Total number of applications received to Oct. 31, 1937 808
Number received during past year 118
Granted 46
Denied 33
Withdrawn 16
Pending 23
Number receiving allowances in October 1936
New grants
Re -instatement of discontinued cases
Deaths .
Discontinued for other reasons
Number receiving allowances Oct 1937
Average grant Oct. 1936
Average grant Oct. 1937
118
234
89
16
105
339
24
28
52
287
15.86
16 48
RESIDENCE OF RECIPIENTS
Caroline 32
Danby 22
Dryden 54
Enfield 6
Groton 44
Ithaca 15
Lansing 35
Newfield 30
Ulysses 49
287
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 263
RECEIPTS
State reimbursement—for relief
Federal reimbursement—for relief
Estates and property
Other counties
State and Federal reimb for administration
Estimated expense for Old Age
Relief
Burials
Salaries
$18,470 76
24,613.85
2,674 74
154.00
538 96
$46,452.31
Assistance for the year 1938.
$44,000.00
2,500 00
3,500 00
$50,000 00
Balance in County Treasurer's account
October 31st, 1937 $38,269 80
FRED A WILLIAMS
State of New York
County of Tompkins }ss
Frad A Williams being duly sworn says that he is Commis-
sioner of Welfare of Tompkins County; that to his knowledge
and belief, the foregoing is a true and full account of the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Public Welfare Department
for the year ending October 31st, 1937.
FRED A WILLIAMS
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 29th day of November, 1937
INEZ M KING,
Notary Public
264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Old Age Security Assistants
TO TOMPKINS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
November 1936 to November 1937
During the past year there have been few basic changes
in the regulations affecting Old Age Assistance The major-
ity of changes have been in new methods for administrative
reports.
e
There are two regulations directly affecting applicants
1 A State Poor case is now defined as "any person having
no settlement in any public welfare district in the
State "
2 Inmates of public and private homes for the aged are
now eligible to make application for Old Age Assistance
Due to this new regulation our department is now receiving
applications from inmates of the Odd Fellow's Home located
in Tompkins County Five applicants are under consideration
and it is estimated there are over fifty inmates who may be
eligible for assistance to be administered through Tompkins
County Any of these applicants who have resided in the
Home previous to 1930 have gained a settlement in this County
and will become a charge to same Those residing there since
1930 will follow rules of settlement applicable to all other
cases
Methods in submitting both state and federal r eports have
undergone many changes All of the old forms have been re-
placed by new ones with additional reports required This
has increased the clerical work for workers and stenographer
September 1, 1937 new rulings for medical care went into
effect and Old Age Assistance is now under TERA require-
ments. This change is necessitating considerable re -adjust-
ment not only for the department but for the doctors
There has been one new local ruling that will considerably
affect amounts recovered as reimbursements from property
`,Previously only mortgages were required from an applicant
N1
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 265
ov,ning unencumbered property During the past year several
of the older recipients who owned property have died and
this department has been unsuccessful In making settlement
of the estates for various reasons From now on therefore
where property is unencumbered this department is requiring
a deed before assistance will be granted Aside from facilitat-
ing final settlement, this ruling has discouraged border line
cases from applying for and accepting assistance
In August, 1937, Federal Auditors made their first visit
These were no major exceptions taken It was necessary
to obtain further proof of age on several cases and about 60
affidavits were required from recipients where for one of
several reasons the person had not signed his own check or
had not had his mark witnessed
For over a period of eight months there have been no com-
plaints received by the State Department pertaining to work
in Tompkins County Department of Old Age Assistance
The total number of applications received up to November,
1937 is 808
During the year 118 new applications were received and
disposed of as follows
Granted 46
Denied 33
Withdrawn 16
Pending 23
Re -applications received total 46 and were disposed of as
follows.
Granted 31
Denied 5
Pending 10
All cases must be thoroughly investigated and often more
work is done on denied cases than on those granted
Out -of -settlement cases are apportioned as follows :
18 receiving assistance in Tompkins County with settlement
elsewhere.
266 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
42 with Tompkins County settlement residing in other wel-
fare districts.
Out of town inquiries during the year have amounted to 48
Of these, five came from outside the State.
During the year, 52 cases were discontinued for the fol-
lowing reasons :
Deaths 24
Institutions 10
Other Districts 14
Other reasons 4
403 Cases were handled during the year and at some time 339
of these received allowances. In October, 1936 there were
234 cases with an average allowance of $15 86. In October,
1937 there were 287 cases with an average allowance of
$16 48. The allowances range from $6 00 to $32 00
There has been a decrease of 32 applications over last year
but the number still remains high There were 19 applica-
tions in both October of 1936 and of 1937
The active cases are distributed by towns as follows :
Enfield 6
Ithaca 15
Danby 22
Newfield 30
Caroline 32
Lansing 35
Groton 44
Ulysses 49
Dryden 54
The greatest increase has been in the Town of Caroline
which has 13 more cases than last year.
There are 15 cases receiving Old Age Assistance that are
cooperative with some other agency in the welfare depart-
ment These cases are distributed as follows
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 267
Danby 1
Groton 1
Ithaca 1
Ulysses 1
Caroline 2
Lansing 2
Newfield 2
Dryden 4
Co. Charge 1 (Husband OAA State Poor Case)
In 1936 the allowances received totaled $40,665 92
From November 1936 to November 1937 expenditures were
as follows :
Allowances $54,937 30
Workers' Salaries 2,700 00
Stenographer's Salary 1,020 00
Traveling Expense 500.94
Office Expense 319 44
Funds received during the year were :
Reimbursement from
State Department $18,470 76
Federal Allotments 24,613 85
Refunds from property,
and insurance 2,674 74
Payments from other
Counties 154 00
During November we have had 291 active cases, 44 out -
of -settlement cases and a pending list of 32
The work in the Department of Old Age Assistance has
been steadily increasing with no indication that it will be
otherwise If the inmates of the Odd Fellow's Home are
granted assistance it will make a substantial and immediate
increase in the case load.
Respectfully submitted,
LOIS BRYSON O'CONNOR,
MARIAN E WESP,
Workers.
268 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Annual Report of Children's Agent
TOMPKINS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
November 1, 1936 — October 31, 1937
Although the County Children's Agent has several duties,
the primary one is indicated by the title—care of children
in their own homes and foster homes Frequently children
are referred to the worker because of difficulties in their own
homes, neglect by the parents, or, problems the child may
manifest With careful supervision in their home the situa-
tion may be handled adequately without the need of placing the
child/ en in boarding homes At times, however, circum-
stances in the home make it necessary to remove the child
This should be done only as a last resort as a child is far bet-
ter off in his own home, even though it be a mediocre one, than
in the best foster home When a child must be moved from
his own home, the best substitute in care is that given by a pri-
vate family, where he can be given a normal home life and
have the experiences of normal childhood
FOSTER HOMES
Foster parents have a far more difficult task in bringing up
these children than in raising their own, since the child who
comes to them usually either has major problems of his own
or has not had proper home training These boarding mothers
must train the children to be normal self-reliant, industrious
adults They do their task so successfully that many of the
children are able to return to their own homes, or go to homes
where they can earn their board and room. During the past
year 22 children were returned from boarding homes to rela-
tives' homes, one to a free home, 6 to work homes and 4 to
adoptive homes
With so much responsibility on the foster parents, it can
readily be seen that they must be very carefully selected;
they must be more interested in the child they are caring
for than in the money they are receiving for his care They
must be able to make the child feel that he is a part of their
home, that they are as concerned with his welfare as though he
were their own child. They must recognize the handicaps
which the child has and be willing to accept him despite them
Care must be taken in placing children, not only in boarding
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 269
homes but in all types of foster homes, such as free homes or
work homes. Even in homes where the child is earning enough
to support himself, the foster parents take the responsibility
for his training, much as would a parent whose own child of
15 or 16 is earning money and living at home
Under a new State law, effective May 1st, 1937, the County
Welfare Department is responsible for issuing certificates to
boarding homes in which it places children This is a func-
tion formerly carried on by the health officers Sixty-three
homes have been certified and 56 of these are now in use
UNMARRIED MOTHERS
An important group of children's cases are those of un-
married mothers and their babies The complicated situations
of these young girls call for the most thoughtful and inten-
sive kind of work Planning for the confinement and then for
the living arrangements for the mother and assisting her to
make a plan for the child's future often means frequent con-
tacts and supervision over a long period There were 15 new
cases of this type during the year and 18 cases carried over
under supervision from the year before At the close of the
year, 12 remained active
ADOPTIONS
Unhappy experience in placing children for adoption near
their own relatives, and recognition that this type of place-
ment requires special attention, led to an arrangement years
ago with the State Charities Aid Association whereby children
placed from the County for adoption are placed through this
Association's Placement Bureau Ten children were thus sent
to them during the past year for adoption
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
There were at the beginning of the year 121 cases During
the year 80 new cases were reported Seventy-eight were
closed making a total of 201 carried during the year. 123
were active at the end of the year The distribution of cases
carried during the year and their legal settlement was as fol-
lows •
City of Ithaca 83
Caroline 9
Danby 8
270 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Dryden 10
Enfield 8
Groton 7
Town of Ithaca 18
Lansing 13
Newfield 9
Ulysses 12
Out -of -Settlement 20
County 4
During the past year the Department supervised 277
children with relatives, 135 in boarding homes, 24 in free
homes and 9 in work homes. Twenty-two children were in
private institutions and 10 were placed with the State Char-
ities Aid Association to be placed for adoption or in free
homes. It is interesting to note that on November lst, 1936,
there were 95 children with relatives while on November 1st,
1937 there were 145 children with relatives The number
in boarding homes increased from 94 on November 1st, 1936
to 101 on November 1st, 1937 $22,730.00 was spent in car-
ing for children in foster homes. Of this amount, $3,372.31
was paid by parents of the children.
BOARD OF CHILD WELFARE
Applications for allowances from the Board of Child Wel-
fare are investigated by Children's Workers The new State
law has increased the type of families eligible for this kind
of assistance, consequently, the number of families receiving
allowances has increased during the year from 18 to 34.
Visits to the families are required by law at intervals of not
more than three months Reports are made at the monthly
Board meetings
AMERICAN RED CROSS
The Home Service work of the local Red Cross Chapter
continues to be carried by one of the workers During the
past year a total of 138 families were advised or given tem-
porary aid, mostly for, medical care. The Red Cross con-
tinues to provide the transportation for the workers.
STAFF
An additional worker was added to the Children's Depart-
ment in August to share the work which has been increasing
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
271
steadily. More thorough investigation and more careful
supervision is now possible
The Agents work in close cooperation with the Town Wel-
fare Officers, City Department of Public Welfare and Child-
ren's Court. Out of 80 new cases during the year, 36 or
nearly half, were referred by various public officials The
guidance of the Commissioner and the support of the Joint
Committee of the State Charities Aid and Welfare Committees
have greatly assisted the agents in maintaining standards
of care necessary for the best service to the children of Tomp-
kins County.
Respectfully submitted
EVELYN PERRY,
MARY LEWIS,
Children's Agents
272 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Report of Case Worker
TO TOMPKINS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
November 1, 1936 — October 31, 1937
Our former Case Supervisor, Miss White, left our depart-
ment April 1st, of this year It was not felt necessary to fill
the position immediately, but as the relief load becomes heavier
in winter, I took over the work on October 1st
On July 1st, 1937, the TE R A was officially abolished and
all public relief and welfare work was put under the New
York State Department of Social Welfare This department
is headed by a board of 15 members which was revised and
put on a permanent basis At this time the State was divided
into seven districts, each headed by an area office We are
in area 4, which has its district office in Binghamton
The State Commissioner Adie is making a definite attempt
to reduce overhead and state administrative costs by combin-
ing all categories Our District Director has charge of all
public welfare work One Field Worker now supervises OAA,
AB, HR and SC, while formerly there was one worker for
each division
On October lst, we followed the State's example, as it
seemed more efficient, and brought OAA, AB, HR and SC un-
der one general supervision. Our old forms and reports are
rapidly being replaced by new ones which are used for all
divisions
As we have a separate report for our out -of -settlement
work which is handled directly by the county office I am giv-
ing figures on only the work covered by our 9 towns.
During the year our 9 towns carried an average of 100
families and 26 single people In March, we had our largest
case load of 154 families and 35 singles, and in July, we had
our lowest expenditure for 55 families and 22 singles
For the month of October, there has been a steady decrease
over the last three years.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 273
Year Families Singles Expenditures
1935 118 41 $3,063.70
1936 90 29 1,732 86
1937 69 23 1,706 01
We spent $25,128 75 for Home Relief in the 9 towns during
the year; 40% of which is reimbursable by the State Depart-
ment with minor deductions.
When we note that November lst, 1936, we had 522 people
working on Federal Projects in the county and at the same
time this year, we had only 202 ; 14 of whom were youths on
a part time basis , it seems that private employment must have
increased during this time to absorb the men no longer on the
proj ects.
Out of our 92 cases in October, we had 25 people who are
employable. We are making an attempt to place everyone
possible by referring them to private employment and the
State Employment Office We hope to be able to increase our
WPA quota this winter rather than have people who are able
to work, receive home rehef
Our county office acts as a mediator between the State De-
partment and the towns; to relay and interpret rulings which
could not be sent to each town individually. We register all
cases getting relief and check to see if they received relief
from any other agency in the County. We check banks as a
routine and adjust insurance policies if it is advisable The
claims from each town are audited, combined, and submitted
to the State Department for reimbursement
Lists of Federal Surplus Clothing are sent each Town Wel-
fare Officer to keep him informed of garments available
All cases reported by the County Health Department as
needing medical care which they cannot secure, go through
our office and are then referred to the Town Welfare Officers
or Red Cross if they are unable to pay for the expense them-
selves
We have provided clerical help for some of the Towns as
1 he records are becoming increasingly complicated The same
forms used by OAA, AB and ADC have just become manda-
274 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
tory for Home Relief I think that the Town Welfare Officers
are to be commended on their very difficult work We must
remember that they have only part time jobs and all have
other work which may occupy them when relief work is pend-
ing.
Now that we have been established on a permanent basis
and the worst emergency period is over, we are gradually
getting away from handing out assistance without a more
thorough investigation We are trying to re-educate our re-
lief minded people to start thinking what they can do for them-
selves instead of how can they get more relief We have found
that sometimes it pays in the end to spend a little more at the
moment if we can rehabilitate a family In other words, we
axe trying to think about our families in terms of the cost
and the results over a long period of time, and endeavor to
make definite plans with the family so they again become
self reliant
Respectfully submitted,
ARLEETA RANNINGS,
Case Supervisor.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 275
Out of Settlement Worker
ANNUAL REPORT TO BOARD OF -SUPERVISORS
November 1, 1936 — October 31, 1937
My duties as investigator in the Home Relief department
consists of the investigation of out -of -settlement cases, Aid
to the Blind, State Charges, Out-of-town inquiries and hos-
pital cases not belonging to the towns
As you know, the term "out -of -settlement" designates
those people who have not resided in the town or city for one
full year previous to receiving public assistance.
There is no explanation necessary to you gentlemen regard-
ing "Blind Assistance" since previous to July lst of this year,
the Board of Supervisors has been the authorizing agency for
this type of relief Now this function has been transferred
to the Public Relief Agency and is carried on under the super-
vision of the County Commissioner with eligibility determined
on about the same basis as Old Age Assistance.
Starting July lst of this year, the term "State Charges"
designates those persons not having settlement in any wel-
fare district in the State Relief given in this category is
100% reimbursable from the State -
The terms "Out-of-town inquiry" and "Hospital emergen-
cies" are self-explanatory
In the out -of -settlement department for the fiscal year
ending October 31st, there was an average of 22.5 families
and 3 single persons receiving public assistance each month
with a total yearly expenditure of $6,389 62 for families and
$479 05 for singles During the year we received 42 new ap-
plications and 37 reopened, 19 were rejected and 78 closed.
Some of those closed reapplied within the year, so 78 is not an
accurate index of those closed at the end of the year
Since July 1st, 1937—$315 59 has been spent on family
unit state charges and $15 98 on single units—with 1.5 aver-
age of family and 5 average of single cases
276 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ,UPERVISORS
In the department of Blind Assistance, since July 1st there
has been an average of 3 grants per month with $273.95 the
total expenditure to November 1st. We have had 15 applica-
tions with 5 approved; 3 discontinued; 1 denied as ineligible,
2 denied at the New York office pending outcome of opera-
tions and 4 pending further investigation
We had 62 out-of-town inquiries and hospital investigations.
From January lst, 1937 until November 1st, 1937, the work-
er from this department traveled 3,375 miles in performing
her duties. This mileage did not include the first three
months of the fiscal year when Miss White, former Case
Supervisor, investigated the cases, but she undoubtedly travel-
ed at least 700 miles which would make a total of over 4000
miles traveled
Respectfully submitted,
MISS LUCIE
Out -of -Settlement Worker.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
277
Report of Superintendent of Highways
1937
To the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins County.
The following is a statement of the money appropriated and
expenditures made for the different projects of highway con-
struction in Tompkins County for the year 1937.
Project No. 1, Miller Road, No. 124, Danby.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor $ 2,360.15
Material 242.90
Other Expenditures 3,393 50
$ 6,000.00
5,996.55
Balance 3.45
Project No 2, Cemetery Road, No. 148, Enfield.
Appropriation $ 7,000.00
Pipe Sold 14 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 3,989.58
Material 1,185.54
Other expenditures 1,836.35
7,014 00
7,011.47
Balance 2.53
Project No 3, Lake Ridge North Road, No 185, Lansing.
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor $ 2,351.15
Material 1,109.43
Other Expenditures 3,538 09
$ 7,000.00
6,998 67
Balance 133
278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Project No 4, Speedsville Road, No. 115, Caroline
Appropriation $28,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $12,840.95
Material 89415
Other Expenditures 14,264 75 27,999 85
Balance .15
Project No. 5, Podunk Road & Ulysses -Enfield Town Line
Road, No's 146 & 177.
Appropriation $12,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 3,202 59
Materials 898.61
Other Expenditures 7,892.79 11,993 99
Balance 6 01
Project No 6, Shaffer Road, No 131, Newfield
Appropriation $11,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 5,082.88
Materials 1,158 83
Other Expenditures 4,739 95 10,981 66
Balance 18 34
Project No. 7, Flat Iron Road, No 117A, Caroline
Appropriation $ 6,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 539 40
Materials 4,268 69
Other Expenditures 1,186 91 5,995 00
Balance 5 00
Project No 8, Comfort-Elyea Road, No 128, Danby
Appropriation $ 3,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 337 56
Materials 2,181 67
Other Expenditures 478 16 2,997 39
Balance 2 61
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 279
Project No 9, West Dryden North & South Road, No 182,
Dryden.
Appropriation $15,000 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 2,193 78
Materials 9,480 63
Other Expenditures 3,320 76 14,995 17
Balance 4 83
Project No. 10, Irish Settlement Road, No 162A, Dryden
Appropriation $ 4,000.00
Expenditures
Labor $ 788.70
Materials 1,907.25
Other Expenditures 1,302 53 3,998 48
Balance 152
Project No 11, Buck Road, No. 153, Groton
Appropriation $12,500 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 1,670.80
Materials 8,429 50
Other Expenditures 2,399 02 12,499 32
Balance 68
Project No 12, East Side Road, No. 180, Groton
Appropriation $13,500 00
Expenditures
Labor $ 1,307.52
Materials 8,621.23
Other Expenditures 3,571 05 13,499 80
Balance
Project No 13, Lafayette Road, No. 103A, Groton
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor $ 397 43
Materials 1,562.76
Other Expenditures 1,039.66
20
$ 3,000 00
2,999 85
Balance 15
280 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Project No 14, Pleasant Valley Road, No. 178, Groton.
Appropriation $ 1,000 00
Expenditures
Labor
Materials
Other Expenditures 997 95
$ 105 55
749 16
143 24
Balance
Project No 15, King Schoolhouse Road, No
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor
Materials
Other Expenditures
Project No 16, West Dany Road, No
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor
Materials
Other Expenditures
Project No. 17, Perry City Road, No
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor
Materials
Other Expenditures
Project No 18, Krum's Corners Road,
Appropriation
Expenditures
Labor
Materials
Other Expenditures
2.05
179, Ithaca
$ 1,500 00
$ 222 35
584 58
690 65
1,497 58
Balance
2 42
129, Newfield
$ 2,000 00
$ 125 00
1,591.04
283 42
1,999 46
Balance
142, Ulysses
$ 1,807 83
2,684 39
501.23
54
$ 5,000 00
4,993 45
Balance
6 55
No 141, Ulysses.
$ 4,000 00
$ 538.78
3,154.38
306 36
3,999 52
Balance 48
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
MAINTENANCE
281
Dec. 22, 1936, Appropriation from Co Road Fund $60,000 00
Sept 13, 1937, Appropriation by County 10,000 00
Sept 13, 1937, Appropriation from Co. Road Fund 10,000 00
Apr 17, 1937, Refund from James Bero, over pay-
ment on stone 115 00
Oct 16, 1937, J Reynolds check returned 28 40
Nov 12, 1937, Received from Traveling Library,
gas & oil 47 95
Nov 30, 1937, Received from town of Ithaca, as-
phalt & labor 500 00
Expenditures
Labor $38,392 40
Materials 21,149 15
Other Expenditures 19,948 09
Total Appropriations
Total Expenditures
Labor $78,254 40
Materials 71,853 89
Other Expenditures 70,836 51 220,944 80
$80,691.35
79,489 64
$ 1,201 71
$222,205 35
$ 1,260.55
REPORT ON BUILDING AND MACHINERY ACCOUNT
Receipts
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1937 $25,372 52
Received for moving equipment 1,425 97
Refund Freight on power mower 30.36
Junk sold 25.85
Rental of county equipment plowing State Roads 1,069 98
Rental for county equipment on projects & main-
tenance 29,629 52
Check refund 3 23
Total receipts $57,557 43
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282 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Expenditures
Paid out for repairs, extra parts,
janitor service, building upkeep,
mechanics, etc $14,553 89
Paid out for the following new equipment.
2 power spray machines $ 575 00
1-2/ ton Mack Jr truck 2,031 00
1—% yd Northwest shovel 5,875 00
Typewriter 100 00
1—Hough road sweeper 882 75
1—Silver King mower 1,104 00
1—new motor for truck 350 00
1—Hydraulic jack 106.00 $11,023 75 $25,577.64
Balance on hand as of Dec 7, 1937 $31,979 79
COUNTY BRIDGE ACCOUNT
Receipts
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1937
Appropriation by Board Sept 13, 1937
Cement sold
Expenditures
Repairs on old bridges
Spent on new bridges
Enfield Falls
Perry City
Cottrells
Lake Street, Trumansburg
No 1, Speedsville
Bridges to be built in 1938.
No 2 Speedsville, Caroline
Watrous Bridge, Dryden
West Dryden Bridge, Dryden.
2 Bridges on Enfield-Tiumbulls Cor Road 1 Enfield, 1 New-
field Approximate cost $18,000.00
$ 4,343 35
$31,934 42
10,000.00
29.80
$41,964 22
16,114 61 20,457 96
• Balance 21,506 26
SNOW REMOVAL ACCOUNT
Receipts
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1937
Back reimbursement 1935-36
$21,779 77
1,583 70
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 283
Refund from State for 1936-37
Received from towns for rental of fence & plows
3,539.91
2,877.00
Expenditures
Paid out for cinders & cindering $2,492 05
Paid to towns for equipment & labor
Caroline 632 60
Danby 547.45
Dryden 1,381 60
Enfield 601 65
Groton 1,364 76
Ithaca 581 01
Lansing 1,027.35
Newfield 695.85 J
Ulysses 909 10
County rental & labor 1,635 37
Gas & Oil 574 75
Paid towns for erecting and taking down
snow fence 2,877 00
Paid out for snow fence 2 00
$29,780 38
15,322 54
Balance $14,457 74
SPECIAL ROAD FUND ACCOUNT
Balance on hand Jan 1, 1937 $ 1,334 23
Expenditures
Labor $ 33148
Other Expenditures 197 40 528 88
Balance 805 35
284 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
State of New York,
County of Tompkins, }SS .
Board of Supervisors, I
I, W. 0 Smiley, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Tomp-
kins County, N Y , DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that I have com-
pared the foregoing Journal of the Proceedings of the Board
of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N. Y., with the original
records thereof, that the said is a full and correct transcript
of the transactions of the said Board, at the monthly and an-
nual sessions thereof, held during the year 1937, also the re-
ports of the several county officers submitted to said Board
and published herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the official seal of the Board
of Supervisors of Tompkins County, N Y , to be
hereunto affixed this 5th day of March, 1938.
W 0. SMILEY,
Clerk, Board of Supervisors,
Tompkins County, N. Y.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 285
REPORTS OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
CAROLINE
Charles Thomas reported no moneys received.
Bertram K. Crispell reported no moneys received
Augustus Middaugh reported no moneys received.
P. Alfred Munch reported no moneys received
DANBY
George 0 Sears reported $93 00 received.
Harry Hatfield reported $10 00 received.
Fred E. Dorn reported no moneys received.
Arthur G. Bennett reported no moneys received.
DRYDEN
C. Harry Spaulding reported $183 00 received.
H J. Ackerman reported $50 00 received
Orrie S Cornelius reported $35 00 received
Edwin R. Sweetland reported $5 00 received
Martin G. Beck reported no moneys received
1 ENFIELD
Daniel Mitchell reported $30 00 received
Clayton Purdy reported no moneys received
Thomas R. Brown reported no moneys received.
J W. Stamp reported no moneys received
GROTON
J B Sheeler reported $50.00 received
Rexford R Chatterton reported $45.00 received
G. B Sickmon reported no moneys received
Miles G Tarbell reported no moneys received
ITHACA
Norman G Stagg reported $201 00 received
W. I. Smith reported no moneys received.
Wm H. Hornbrook i eported no moneys received.
286 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OFA SUPERVISORS
LANSING
Edward Ozmun reported $152 00 received
Carleton Kintz reported $45 00 received
Jerry A Smith reported no moneys received
Clay C Tarbell reported no moneys received
NEWFIELD
Floyd W. Beach reported $115 00 received
Jesse Tompkins reported no moneys received
Ladislav Mazourek reported no moneys received.
ULYSSES
Henry Williams reported $269 72 received
Frank Terry reported no moneys received
Fred A. Beardsley reported no moneys received
Charles A Lueder reported no moneys received.
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 287
MORTGAGE TAX STATEMENT
The following statement shows the assessed valuation of
each town with an incorporated village or city therein, the
amount of mortgage tax to be distributed to the towns, villages
and city and paid thereto for the year 1937
Town,
Villages and
City
Assessed Value
Amount of Tax
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Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Dryden Village
Freeville
Enfield
Groton
Groton Village
Ithaca City
Ithaca Town
Cayuga Heights
Lansing
Newfield
i Ulysses
Trumansburg
$
3,744,988
649,029
328,079
3,575,461
1,982,615
7,035,393
2,706,182
$ 51 85 $ 51 85 $
33 93 33 93
212 85 185 09
18 31 18 31
198 18 143 24
1,871 51
735 28 593 87
122 70 122 70
62 21 62 21
2,843,240 174 62 142 39
1,049,630
1$ 51 85
33 93
18 44
9 32 212 85
18 31
54 94 198 18
1,871 51 1,871 51
141 41 735 28
122 70
62 21
32 23 174 62
Totals $ 3,481 44 $ 1,353 59 $ 2,127 85 $ 3,481 44
Dated, November 8, 1937
W. 0. SMILEY,
Clerk, Board of Supervisors
STATEMENT OF VALUATIONS OF PROPERTY
Statement of the Aggregate Valuations of Real Property in the Several Cities and Towns in the County of Tompkins
as corrected by the Board of Supervisors at their Annual Meeting in the year one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven together
with the rate of assessment for each tax district and the average county rate of assessment used in the preparation of the
Equalization table
Cities and Towns
Acres of Land
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca City
Ithaca Town
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
34,747 $ 980,520
33,286 1,128,742
58,286 3,700,158
22,207 694,396
30,275 3,615,112
2,940 38,206,602
16,293 7,212,877
37,789 3,34-4,656
36,997 1,255,337
19,818 2,889,277
96% $ 933,270
99% 1,041,793
98% 3,449,978
97% 654,120
97% 3,405,432
88% 39,671,437
99% 6,657,260
95% 3,216,992
99% 1,158,637
93% 2,838,758
Totals
293,088 1$ 63,027,677 I$ 63,027,677
Average rate of assessment of real property in the county, 91373907 per cent
I, W 0 Smiley, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tompkins, do hereby certify that the preceding is
a true statement of the aggregate valuations of the taxable real property in the several cities and towns in said
County, as corrected by said Board of Supervisors, at their annual meeting in the year 1937 together with other information as
set forth, which statement is required by Section 61 of the Tax Law
W 0 SMILEY, Clerk
P 0 Address, Ithaca, N. Y.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 289
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED
Statement of the amount of Taxes and Tax Rates for the several cities and
towns in the County of Tompkins as levied by the Board of Supervisors at their
Annual Meeting in the year 1937, together with the receipts of monies from the
sources as indicated, and the amount of bonded indebtedness of the county and
of each district therein except cities
Cities, Towns and
Villages
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STATEMENT dF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
Cities, Towns and
Villages
Highway Taxes
Highway Taxes Item 1, only
Highway Taxes Item 2, only
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca City
Ithaca Town
Lansing -
Newfield
Ulysses
Cayuga Heights
Dryden Village .
Freeville Village
Groton Village
Frumansburg Village
School Dist 8, Dryden
School Dist 8 Groton -
School Dist 9, Lansing ........._-
School Dist 13, Lansing ....... ..... _
School Dist 1, Ulysses .... ......_
Forest Home Water District
(Town of Ithaca)
$ 1,000 00
2,651 13
3,950 00
1,028 13
1,015 00
6,640 00
3,056 09
5,000 00
$ 8,822 15
11,700 00
25,100 00
10,150 00
17,000 00
16,500 00
21,351 90
7,900 00
17,000 00
$ 2,800 00 $
3,000 00
8,100 00
4,850 00
3,800 00
8,000 00
8,000 00
2,900 00
6,000 001
600 00
200 00
2,000 00
300 00
200 00
2,000 00
Totals
1$ 24,340 35j$135,524 051$ 47,450 001$ 5,300 00
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 291
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
Cities, Towns and
Villages
Highway Taxes Item 3, Only
Highway Taxes Item 4, Only
Number of special districts in town
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Caroline .. . .. .....
Danby_ ._.......... _..
Dryden- - _..._._..........
Groton _.......
Ithaca City ...... ... .
Ithaca Town ..
Lansing _ ._ _ . .
Newfield ...
$ 3,172 15 $ 2,250 00 2 $ 1,055 00 $ 51 85
4,000 00 3,000.00 1 315 00 33 93
10,284 65 4,715 35 3 791 83 185 09
2,700 00 2,300 00 0 18 31
5,000 00 5,000 00 2 1,311 00 143 24
3,500 00 5,000 00 4 1,971 27 593 87
9,351 90 4,000 00 1 350 00 122 70
3,000 00 2,000 00 Y 779 29 62 21
5,000 00 4,000 00 0 142 39
Cayuga Heights
Dryden Village .___. _
Freeville Village
Groton Village
Trumansburg Village _ _
School Dist 8, Dryden - - -
School Dist 8, Groton - ..
School Dist. 9, Lansing . ....
School Dist 13, Lansing
School Dist 1, Ulysses . . .. .
Forest Home Water District,
Town of Ithaca
Total 1 46,008 70j$32,265 351 1$ 6,573 391$1,353 59
292 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
Cities, Towns and
Villages
Caroline _ -- - - $
Danby -
Dryden ...-
Enfield . _ 4
Groton -
Ithaca City ..- . - -
Ithaca Town .-
Lansing _ . . . ..
Newfield ......
Ulysses _ ..
Cayuga Heights .
Dryden Village -
Freeville Village
Groton Village - . . ......
Trumansburg Village
School Dist 8, Dryden . .._
School Dist 8, Groton .... _ ..
School Dist 9, Lansing . - --
School
Dist 13, Lansing .-
School Dist 1, Ulysses ._
Forest Home Water District,
Town of Ithaca -
Totals �$
1,871 51
141 41
18 44
9 32
54 94
32 23
$ 51 85
33 93
185 09
18 31
14324
1,871 51
593 87
122 70
62 21
142 39
141 41
1844
9 32
54 94
32 23
$ 654 24
76414
1,792 90
448 71
1,028 06
24,473 03
2,792 00
2,122 38
808 12
1,159 67
2,127 851$ 3,48144 $
1,744 26
420 62
215 35
1,283 69
677 85
11
36,043 25 $ 4,341 77
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 293
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
Cities, Towns and
Villages
and Trust
Caroline $ 654 24 $
Danby . 76414
Dryden 1,792 90
Enfield .. _ _ . __ 448 71
Groton . _ _ . 1,028 06 140 20
Ithaca City . _ . 24,473 03
Ithaca Town . 2,792 00
Lansing . .. .. . 2,122 38
Newfield . _ 80812
Ulysses 1,159 67 127 93
Cayuga Heights . 1,744 26
Dryden Village .. 420 62
Freeville Village 215 35
Groton Village . __ . _ ... 1,283 69
Trumansburg Village 677 85
School Dist 8, Dryden -------
School Dist 8, Groton _ .... .
School Dist 9, Lansing .... . _ I
School Dist 13, Lansing . ..
School Dist. 1, Ulysses ... . .....
Forest Home Water District,
Town of Ithaca - 1
1,049 82
176.99
148 15
$
1,049 83
179 97
73 16
Totals
1$ 40,385 021$
268 131$ 1,374 961$ 1,302 96
294 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
Cities, Towns and
Villages
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Ithaca City ....
Ithaca Town .. . . ..
Lansing _
Newfield _
Ulysses . .
Cayuga Heights .
Dryden Village .
Freeville Village
Groton Village .
Trumansburg Village
School Dist 8, Dryden
School Dist 8, Groton
School Dist 9, Lansing
School Dist 13, Lansing
School Dist 1, Ulysses
Forest Home Water District,
Town of Ithaca
$ $ 35 $
13
153 32
18
140 20 4,022 96
2,099 65 8,687 25
63 80
1,029 59
12 88
127 93 67 66
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Totals
I$
176 99
148 15
179 97
40 74
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3,394 94
38 40
$ 35
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153 32
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4,022 96
8,687.25
63 80
1,029 59
_ 1288
67 66
40 74
94
3,394 94
38 40
73 161
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2,946 051$ 14,038 121$ 3,475 021$
17,513 14
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
STATEMENT OF TAXES LEVIED (Continued)
295
Cities, Towns and
Villages
V 0
A o
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca City
Ithaca Town
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
Cayuga Heights
Dryden Village
Freeville
Groton Village
Trumansburg
School Dist 8, Dryden
School Dist 8, Groton
School Dist 9, Lansing
School Dist 13, Lansing
School Dist 1, Ulysses
Forest Home Water Distiict,
Town of Ithaca
1$ 2,749 54$21 12 per M 1$
2,392 471 19 81 per M
6,009 19 17 00 per M
1,596 69 28 24 per M
6,442 81 13 32 per M
35,211 86 7 00 per M 1,966,961 49
5,004 27 10 15 per M
4,625 08 15 45 per M
2,467 28 17 80 per M
4,050 34 17 28 per M
70,000 00
110,800 00
208,000 00
111,500 00
81,250 00
5,500 00
155,000 00
17,000 00
$ 11,984 84
10,499 64
30,547 07
9,402 17
25,974 92
44,794 06
30,253 34
12,110 31
28,08415
Total
$70,549 531 1$ 2,726,011 491$203,650 50
COUNTY TAX RATE—Rate desired is one used in apportioning County
Taxes to the several Tax Districts in the County of Tompkins, 006114873513
Bonded indebtedness of County, exclusive of Highways and Bridge Bonds,
$502,000 00
Temporary indebtedness of County $0 00
Highway and Bridge Bonds of County $64,000 00 Sinking Fund of County $0 00
I, W 0 Smiley, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tomp-
kins, do hereby certify that the preceding is a true statement of the taxes levied
against the taxable property in the several Tax Districts in said County, by the
Board of Supervisors, at their Annual Meeting in the year 1937
W 0 SMILEY, Clerk
P 0 Address Court House, Ithaca
296 PROCEEDINGS OF IHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
The Report of Clerk of Board to Comptroller
HIGHWAYS—MONEY SYSTEM
To the Comptroller of the State of New York and the Super-
intendent of Public Works :
The following is a Statement, Pursuant to Section 278 of the
Highway Law, of the several towns in the County of Tompkins,
and assessed valuations, rate and amount of tax levied therein,
for the repair of highways, by the Board of Supervisors of said
County at their annual session in the month of December,
1937, viz
•
Name of Town
z
r=i
Caroline
Danby
Dry den
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
1$ 980,520111121$ 2,800
1,128,742 11 21 3,000
2,720,039 10 00 8,100
694,396 17 00 1,800
1,610,725 7 42 3,800
4,465,814 515 8,000
3,344,656 8 65 8,000
1,255,337 8 90 2,900
1,843,927 9 62 6,000
3,050
$ 2,800 $ 980,520
3,000 1,128,742
8,000 3,700,158
4,850 694,396
3,800 3,615,112
8,000 7,212,877
8,000 3,344,656
2,900 1,255,337
6,000 2,889,277
Total
$18,044,156 $ 44,300$ 3,050 $ 47,350 $24,821,075
LAMONT C SNOW,
Chairman of the Bocci d of Super visor s
OF TOMPKINS COL \TY, \ I:�4
I CERTIFY that the preceding statemer
Clerk of the
STATE OF NEW YORK SS
•
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS
Lamont C Snow being duly sworn, say
man of the Board of Supervisors of Tc
he has read the preceding statement and
true
LAI
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
31st day of December, 1937
Gladys L Buckingham
Notary Public
Political Division
for which created For what Purpose Created
Under what Law
Rate
Int
Bonded l Net
Debt I Debt
Total
Debt
County of Tompkins
County of Tompkins _ _
County of Tompkins
Village of Groton
Village of Groton
Village of Groton
Village of Trumansburg
Village of Trumansburg
Village of Trumansburg
Village of Trumansburg
Village of Cayuga Hts
Village of Cayuga Hts
Village of Cayuga Hts
Village of Cayuga Hts
City of Ithaca ___ _
City of Ithaca __ _
City of Ithaca __ _
County Buildings
Highway Construction
Highway Construction
Highway Improvement
Water Extension
Electric Extension
Water System
Water S1 stem
Water System
Flood
Paving Highland Road
Improving E Upland Road
Cons Seitier System
Cons Sidewalk, Etc
School
School
Creek, Drainage and Park
General Municipal Law
§141, Highway Law
§§142, 167-A, Highway Law
§129, Village Law
Village Law
Village Lighting Law
Village Law
Village Law
1 Village Law
L 1909 Ch 64 §166
L 1909 Ch 64 §166-A
L 1909 Ch 64 §274-A
L 1909 Ch 64 §129-A
Education Law
Chap 782, Laws 1933
Chap 345, Laws 1906
5%
4/
4/
5
6
5/
5%
5/
4/
4
5 1
5
i 5
4
4/
2/
4
$ 550,000
54,000
200,000
6,000
90,000
38,000
59,000
30,000
15,000
6,800
15,000
15,000
25,000
4,600
310,000
112,000
100,000
$ 502,000
4,000
60,000
1,000
39,000
30,000
59,000
30,000
15,000
6,800
7,500
15,000
6,400
4,600
245,000
104,000
20,000
$
566,000
70,000
110,800
33,000
When Payable
Serial Annually
$2,000 Annually
10,000 Annually
250 Annually
3,000 Annually
2,000 Annually
Serial Ann 1967
Serial Ann 1972
Serial Ann 1953
Serial Ann 1945
Semi -Ann
Semi -Ann
Semi -Ann
Semi -Ann
Annually 1954
Serial Ann 1955
Annually 1941
Political Division
for which created
For what Purpose Created
1
Under what Law
Rate
Int
Bonded
Debt
Net
Debt
Total
Debt
When Payable
City of Ithaca _
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca _
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca _
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
City of Ithaca
School Dist 8, Dryden
Cen School Dist Dryden
Cen School Dist Dryden
Cen School Dist Dryden
School Dist 8, Groton
School Dist 8, Groton _
School Dist 9, Lansing
School Dist 13, Lansing
School Dist 1, Ulysses _ ,
School Dist 1, Ulysses _
Forest Home WatPr Dist
__Improvement, Series "E" _ _ Chap
Improvement, Series "F" _ Chap
Improvement, Series "G" _ _ Chap
Improvement, Series "H" Chap
Public Grounds & Blgs "A" Chap
Public Grounds & Blgs "B" Chap
Public Works (W P A) Chap
Emergency Relief Chap
Emergency Relief Chap
Cert of Indebt (Relief) Chap
Water, Series "A" Chap
Water, Series "B" Chap
Water, Series "C" _Chap
'Water, Refunding
Old Building
New Building
New Building
Equipment
New Building
Equipment
New Building
New Building
New Building
New Building
Water System
247, Laws 1913
247, Laws 1913
247, Laws 1913
247, Laws 1913
247, Laws 1913
247, Laws 1913
782, Laws 1933
798, Laws 1931
798, Laws 1931
798, Laws of 1931
181, Laws 1903
181, Laws 1903
181, Laws 1903
Chap 503, Laws 1908
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
Education Law
_____1 Chap 782, Laws 1933
4/4
4
4
4/
4/4
13/4
26
1/
4/
4
4
4
414
4
28
2 75
2/
5
6
5
5
4/
5/
3 20
100,000
175,000
300,000
275,000
90,0001
140,000
200,000
300,000
150,000
56,000
50,000
75,000
60,000,
162,000
24,000
168,0001
20,000
12,000
142,500
40,000
125,000
11,000
150,000
60,000
17,000
80,0001
130,000
285,000
265,000
50,0001
45,000
200,000
210,000
150,000
23,000
50,000
75,000
60,000
162,000
8,000
168,000
20,000
10,000
83,500
28,000
81,250
5,500
95,000
60,000
17,000
1 (194x)
'Serial Ann 1944
Serial Ann 1947
Serial Ann 1951
1 Annually 1947
Annually 1940
Serial Annually
Annually 1944
Annually 1947
Annually 1938
Annually 1944
Annually 1946
(1947)
2,154,000 (1942)
1,000 Annually
1962
1958
206,000 Serial Ann 1941
4,000 Annually
111,500 1,000 Annually
6,250 Annually
86,750 500 Annually
5,000 Annually
155,000 10,000 Ann 1940
17,000 1,000 Ann 1939
*Sinking Fund to apply on Water Bonds, City of Ithaca, $187,038 51, making the net Bonded Debt of the City of Ithaca $1,966,961 49
300 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, MACHINERY AND MISCELLANE-
OUS FUNDS REPORTS
HIGHWAY FUND -RECEIPTS
Towns
v
Total Receipts
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
$3,410 82
647 04
632 24
172 61
4,649 55
1,999 39
2,44-1 75
3,129 65
317 45
$2,800 00
3,000 00
8,000 00
1,800 00
3,800 00
6,000 00
8,000 00
2,900 00
6,000 00
$4,186 37
4,244 34
4,304 63
2,736 47
2,474 62
1,316 25
3,522 00
5,602 52
1,488 75
$ 4,027 41 $14,424 60
6,101 28 13,992 66
8,586 35 21,523 22
8,570 00 13,279 08
5,418 77 16,342 94
6,615 88 15,929 92
5,020 00 18,983 75
5,000 00 16,63217
5,140 00 12,946 20
HIGHWAY FUND -EXPENDITURES
Towns
en
M
3l
0
tl
L M
0
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
$ 3,905 45
13,917 66
10,001 96
8,304 19
6,578 54
8,220 74
11,510 99
14,492 55
12,860 43
$ 8,872 98
11,509 40
4,970 53
9,340 32
6,587 14
5,968 75
$12,778 43
13,917 66
21,511 36
13,274 72
15,918 86
14-,807 88
17,479 74
14,492 55
12,860 43
$1,646 17
75 00
11 86
4 36
424 08
1,122 04
1,504 01
2,139 62
85 77
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK 301
HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, MACHINERY AND MISCELLANE-
OUS FUNDS REPORTS
BRIDGE FUND—RECEIPTS
Towns
Tax from collector
Received from other
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
$ 354 70
12 10
1,618 19
171 44
204 40
715 42
920 04
981 79
1,507 07
$ 600 00
200 00
$ $ 954 70
212 10
150 00 1,768 19
325 00 49644
700 00 19 04 923 44
715 42
920 04
981 79
1,000 00 2,507 07
BRIDGE FUND—EXPENDITURES
Towns
Total expenditures
On hand Dec 31,
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
1$
108 251$
193 57
46 05
153 30
3 00
136 80
502 80
1,093 52
339 43
491 92
57 53
1 audit 2.62
522 35
1,748 46
$ 611 05 $ 343 65
193 57 18 53
1,661 92 106 27
492 73 3 71
494 92 428 52
194 33 521 09
920 04
981 79
1,751 08 755 99
302 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, MACHINERY AND MISCELLANE-
OUS FUNDS REPORTS
MACHINERY FUND -RECEIPTS
Towns
Tax from collector
Total receipts
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
$ 215 43
291 07
2,264 38
16 38
lo d 1,640 39
3,905 88
35 80
615 22
463 06
$ 2,000 00 $ 3,108 55 $ 5,323 98
4,15000 58185 5,02292
3,000 00 6,749 50 12,013 88
1,500 00 3,114 33 4,630 71
10,000 00 10,117 67 18,477 28
4,000 00 1,395 51 9,301 39
3,000 00 7,795 07 10,830 87
3,000 00 915 60 4,530 82
3,000 00 11,935 14 15,398 20
MACHINERY FUND -EXPENDITURES
Towns
Other expenditures
Total expenditures
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
1$ 312 281$ 2,990 361$ 2,009 471$ 5,3,12 11
48 00 4,769 63 4,817 63
2,031 00
10,187 65
224 00
1,837 44
1,211 51
4,210 08 5,394 58
1,818 61 2,808 05
2,597 06
3,626 26 2,297 61
2,95494 5,55313
1,983 18
11,635 66
4,626 66
12,784 71
6,147 87
10,345 51
3,194 69
13,555 81
$ 11 87
205 29
378 22
4 05
5,692 57
3,153 52
485 36
1,336 13
1,842 39
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
30
HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, MACHINERY AND MISCELLANE
OUS FUNDS REPORTS
MISCELLANEOUS FUND -RECEIPTS
Towns
Tax from Collecto'
Total Receipts
Caroline
Danby
Dryden
Enfield
Groton
Ithaca
Lansing
Newfield
Ulysses
$ 148 55
73 56
896 95
8 40
4,767 40
425 02
2,325 78
352 61
285 27
$2,250 00
3,000 00
4,000 00
2,300 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
2,500 00
5,000 00
$ 211 50 $ 2,610 C
213 00 3,286 5
1,443 00 6,339 9
657 80 2,966 2
1,363 84 6,131 2
351 80 4,776 8
397 50 6,723 2
210 00 3,062 6
8,212 25 13,497 5
MISCELLANEOUS FUND -EXPENDITURES
Towns
Total Expenditures
Caroline
$ 85
70
$1,565
32
$ 732
95
$ 2,383
97
$ 226 0
Danby
1,084
62
1,811
00
153
60
3,049
22
237 3
Dryden
1,107
75
1,610
00
3,282
44
6,000
19
339 7
Enfield
741
50
1,540
00
679
30
2,960
80
5 4
Groton
1,639
35
2,125
50
2,126
16
5,891
01
240 2
Ithaca
494
60
1,908
30
2,048
00
4,450
90
325 9
Lansing
1,000
42
1,911
00
2,070
85
4,982
27
1,741 0
Newfield 1 65
34
1,739
80
796
03
2,601
17
461 4
Ulysses 527
30
2,190
40
9,197
90
11,915
60
1,581 9
304 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
11,592 Irving Lehman
119 1 Marion L Severn
1,830 1 Blank and Void
11,281 James P Hill
10,876 Leon C Rhodes
4,925 1 Blank and Void
District Constitutional Delegates
2,951 1 Ashbury H Harpending
3,053 Henry W Edgerton
2,996 1 Frank J Burgess
8,858 Riley H Heath
8,139 Claude 0 Stuart
8,228 1 Stephen M Lounsberry
95 Hugh W Chaffin
88 1 George Newberry
88 Mary H Newberry
8,059 1 Frederick E Crane
8,062 Charles B Sears
8,058 Phillip J McCook
8,062 1 Harry E Lewis
8,055 1 Henry G Wenzel, Jr
8,058 1 George R Fearon
8,059 1 Mary H Donlon
8,053 1 Benjamin F Feinberg
8,058 1 Charles W Walton
8,053 1 Belle W Saltford
8,055 Abbott Low Moffat
8,053 Paul Windels
8,053 Edward F Corsi
8,054 1 Thomas J Murphy
8,054 Alfred L Simon
6,127 ( Blank and Void
3,012 1 Robert F Wagner
3,002 1 Samuel Untermyer
2,995 Charles Poletti
2,996 1 Generoso Pope
2,993 Samuel J Foley
2,996 1 George J Ryan
2,998 John J Curtin
2,994 1 William B Carswell
2,996 1 Alice Campbell Good
3,006 Morris S Tremaine
2,994 Thomas F Conway
2,995 Harlan W Rippey
2,996 1 John Boyd Thatcher, 2nd
3,001 1 Caroline O'Day
2,996 1 Lithgow Osborne
147 1 Robert F Wagner
147 1 Samuel Untermyer
147 1 Charles Poletti
147 1 Emil Schlesinger
146 1 Frederick F Umhey
148 1 Charles Solomon
147 1 Myles Paige
146 1 Adolph A Berle, Jr
146 1 Joseph E Brill
148 1 Morris S Tremaine
146 1 Abbott Low Moffat
146 1 Harlan W Rippey
146 1 Edward F Corsi
146 1 Caroline O'Day
146 1 Lithgow Osborne
J
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK
56 1 Norman Thomas
56 Harry W Laidler
56 1 Frank R Crosswaith
56 Murray Baron
56 Jack Altman
56 I Max Delson
56 A Phillip Randolph
56 1 Reinhold Neibuhr
56 Murray Gross
56 1 Margaret Lamont
56 Irving Ostrowski
56 Ilerbert Poller
56 1 Herman J Hahn
56 Vera Washburne
56 1 Hans Peters
305
12 1 Frederick E Crane
12 1 Charles B Sears
12 1, Phillip J McCook
12 Harry E Lewis
12 Henry G Wenzel, Jr
12 George R Fearon
12 1 Mary H Donlon
12 Benjamin F Feinberg
12 1 Charles W Walton
12 1 Belle W Saltford
12 Abbott Low Moffat
12 Paul Windels
12 Edward F Corsi
12 Thomas J Murphy
12 Alfred L Simon
7 1 Eugene Blake
7 Jeremiah D Crowley
7 1 Jacob E Alexander
7 1 George M Pullman
7 1 Samuel Smiley
7 1 Charles Lasher
7 1 Aaron M Orange
7 Michael Kronfeld
7 Jacob Berlin
7 1 Adolph Orange
7 1 Frank E Passonno
7 1 Oscar Harrison
7 1 Morris Kowarsky
7 1 Frank Tome
7 1 Belle J Rosen
2,789 1 Thomas R Mitman
9,574 1 Stanley C Shaw
1,178 1 Blank and Void
3,548 1 D Boardman Lee
8,244 1 Harry C Baldwin
1,749 1 Blank and Void
o
pzio
E
O
U
3,582 1 Carl R Gleason
8,477 1 Fred A Williams
1,482 1 Blank and Void
1
ar
0
0
0
U
9,420 1 William L Seil
'4,121 1 Blank and Void
306 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
2,501 1 Affirmative
3,419 1 Negative
7,621 Void
3,209 1 Affirmative
3,209 1 Negative
7,123 1 Void
4,031 1 Affirmative
2,493 Negative
7,017 1 Viod
3,040 1 Affirmative
3,114 Negative
7,387 1 Void
3,607 Affirmative
3,089 1 Negative
6,845 Void
1,732 1 Affirmative
3,906 Negative
7,903 Void
1,673 1 Affirmative
3,938 Negative
7,930 Void
INDEX
A
Abandonment of Highways—Relative to 75, 114, 227
Accounts of Supervisors 230
Adult Education—Appropriation for 63
Annual Session of Board of Supervisors (See Board of Supervisors)
Apportionment of—Dog Monies 9
Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Grand Jurors 153
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Mortgage Tax Monies 103
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Taxes
207
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Appropriations for—Adult Education 63
Blind Relief 30
Board of Child Welfare 96, 155
Cayuga Preventorium Water Supply 95
Children's Court Expenses 22
Claims for W P A Work 14
Committee for Eradication of Bovine/ Tuberculosis 126
Construction, of Bridges 84
Cornell Library Association 139
County—General and Poor Tax 202
Highway Tax 202
Laboratory 131
Officers Association 77, 172
Tuberculosis Patients 172
County's Share of, Central Index 138
Dirt Road Improvement 43, 178
W P A Sewing Project 86
Department of Public Welfare 51, 69, 100, 181
Eradication of Tent Caterpillars 49
Farm Bureau 155
Home Bureau 155
Investigator of County Tax Lands 60
Janitor at Old County Clerk's Building 136, 148
Junior Project Extension 155
Light, Heat and Telephones 141
Niagara County Action 34
Old Age Security _ 183
Printed Proceedings 51
Public Health Committee 154
Reforestation Purposes 135
Refund of Taxes 35
Rental of W P A Offices 31
2
Rewriting Record Books in Clerk's Office 20
Rights of Way 7, 8, 15, 24, 32, 42, 53, 60,
70, 75, 76, 83, 95, 112, 147
Rural Traveling Library 133, 152
Salmon Creek Flood Actions _ 31, 32
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds 128
Snow Equipment 10, 30, 172
Special County Road Fund 166
State Tax -- _ 202
TCDA 63, 184, 205, 226
Tompkins Co Agricultural & Horticultural Society 33, 121
Transients 21, 51
Truck at County Farm _ _ 86
Veteran's Service Office 113, 228
From -County Road Fund 85, 169
To -County Road Fund - 85
General Fund 197
Highway Fund 200
Poor Fund _ _ 199
Under Provisions of §320-A, Highway Law 166
Workmen's Compensation' Insurance 164
Armory Tax 193
Assessment Rates -As Fixed by, Board of Supervisors 143, 145
State Tax Department 110
Assessment Rolls -Chairman and Clerk Directed to Sign 229
Report of Committee on Footing 118, 120
Relative to _ 51
Assessors -Names and Addresses of 312, 315
Attorney, County (See County Attorney)
Audits of -Claims, by the Several Committees During Year 121, 125, 135
136, 138, 153, 188, 204
Monthly Session 15, 25, 35, 44, 55, 64, 71, 78, 88, 96, 104, 173
Town -To Be Printed in Proceedings 191
B
Bailey, Alice E -Right of Way 76
Baker, Ida M -Right of Way 83
Balances -County Treasurer Directed to Pay to Towns and City 190
Reappropriation of Unexpended 126, 131, 135, 147, 152, 154, 155,
226, 228
Bids -Clerk Authorized to Secure 94
For Printed Proceedings 111
Blind Relief -Appropriation for _ 30
Relative to _ 59
Board of Child Welfare -Appropriation to 96, 155
Relative to 94, 130
Board of Supervisors -Accounts of 230
Chairman of (See Chairman of Board)
3
Clerk of (See Clerk of Board)
Committees of (See Committees of Board)
Members of—Relative to Retiring 227
Names and Addresses of 312-315
Printed Proceedings of,
Appropriation for 51
Authorizing Contract for 111
Clerk Authorized to Secure Bids 94
Relative to 43
Tax Rates to be Printed in 191
Ton Audit Statements to be Printed in 191
Relative to Rules 132, 134
Representatives
On Farm, Home and Junior Project 150
Sessions of—Annual 108
Monthly 6, 20, 30, 40, 49, 59, 68, 75, 82,
93, 100, 171
Organization 3
Stenographer of—Relative to 147, 152, 204
Bonded Indebtedness—Of County and Towns 298
To Be Printed in Proceedings 204
Bonds, Issued for Construction of State and County Highways—
Sinking Fund and Interest on 109, 128
Bovine Tuberculosis—Appropriation for Eradication of 126
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 121
Committee on, Election of Members on 150
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 126
Relative to 121
Bridge Fund for Towns 301
Bridges—Appropriation for Construction of 8,F•
Bridges, Etc—Tax for Improvement of Highways 211
Buck, Mrs B L—Right of Way 60
Budget—County 193
Towns 213-226
Tax Rates to be Published with 191
Buttermilk Falls State Park Entrance State Highway 60
c
Canvass—Official 304
Card of Thanks 59, 68
Caroline—Amount Charged Town for, Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 38
Sheriff's Expenses 29, 47, 58, 67, 80, 91,
99, 107
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
4
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 231
Budget of 213
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 312
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates for Lighting Districts 213
Tax Rates of 213
Case Supervisor—Relative to 86, 272
Catskill Turnpike, C H No 483—Relative to 60, 76
Cayuga Preventorium—Relative to 22, 76, 95
Cayuta—Newfield, S H No 5474 -A --Relative to 42
Central Index—Relative to 138
Certificates of Indebtedness—County Treasurer Authorized to Borrow on
(See County Treasurer)
Chairman of Board—
Authorized to, Appoint Special Committee 96, 153, 190
Attend Supervisors' Association Meeting 87
Execute, Contract with Board of Super-
visors of Onondaga County for
Board of Prisoners 115
Quit -Claim Deed 184
Represent County in Elimation of
Grade Crossings , 192
Sign Agreement for maintenance of
South Lansing -North Lansing Road 70
Directed to Sign Collector Warrants 229
Election of—Permanent 3
Temporary 3
Child Welfare (See Board of Child Welfare)
Children, Dependent—Relative to 7
Children's Agent—Relative to 69, 86, 268
Children's Court—Clerk of, Salary of 147
Expenses of, Charged to Towns and City 130
Judge of, Salary of 147
Relative to 22, 121
City of Ithaca (See Ithaca City)
Claim of, T G Miller—Relative to 229
Blanche and Adelbert Jones—Relative to 43
Clerk of Board—
Authorized to—Certify Payments 191
Correct Errors in Minutes 189
Execute Contract with Board of Super-
visors of Onondaga County for Board
of Prisoners 115
Issue County Orders 189
Print—Audit Statements 191
5
Report of Superintendent of High-
ways 160
Tax Rates 191
Purchase all necessary supplies 5
Secure Bids for Printed Proceedings 94
Sign, Agreement for maintenance of
South Lansing -North Lansing Road 70
Collector's Warrants 229
Certificate of 284
Election of 4
Postage of 148
Report of, to Comptroller 296
Salary of 147
Clock System Maps—Relative to 43
Collector of Towns—Chairman and Clerk Directed to Sign Warrants of 229
Names and Addresses of 312-315
Relative to Annexation of Warrants of 157
Committees of Board—
Bovine Tuberculosis
Appropriation to 126
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 121
Election of Representatives on Committee 150
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 126
Report of 121
Charities
Relative to, Cayuga Preventorium 76, 95
Department of Public Welfare 49, 51, 100
Dependent Children 7
Old Age Relief _179
Old Tuberculosis Hospital 63
Transients 49, 51
Welfare Tax 23
Report of—Relative to, Commissioner of Welfare 123, 180
Old Age Security Fund 182
Claims Audited During Year by Several 121, 125, 135, 136, 138,
153, 188, 204
County Buildings, Grounds and Employees
Authorized to make necessary repairs to Old Court House 15
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 138
Relative to, County Clerk's Building 10
Quarters for City, Health Board 75, 112
Telephone Service 14
County Laboratory
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 125
Relative to Directors 49, 54, 61, 62
County Officers Accounts
Report of, Relative to Report of, County Clerk 160
County Judge and Surrogate's
6
Clerk
County Sealer
117, 162
161
County Treasurer's Accounts
Report of -Relative to, Apportionment of Dog Monies 8
Mortgage Tax Monies 103
Report of County Treasurer 59, 188
Courts, Correction and Legislation
Report of -Relative to, Giand Jurors 133, 139, 153, 186
New Law 192
Report of Children's Court 130
Designation of 5, 11, 61, 96, 172, 190
Dog Quarantine Enforcement
Approval of Dog Warden 204
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 188
Education
Relative to, Blind Relief 30, 59
Board of Child Welfare 155
Farm Bureau 116, 155
Home Bureau 116, 155
Junior Project Extension 116, 155
Southworth Library 157
T C D A 61, 63, 124, 184, 205, 226
Equalization
Report of -For, General Tax Levy 142
Highway Tax Levy 144
On Apportionment of Taxes 207
Assessment Rolls 229
Footing Assessment Rolls 118
Supplemental 120
Ratios and Percentages 143
Erroneous Assessments and Returned Taxes
Report of -Relative to Returned School Taxes 209
Finance
Relative to Expenses of County Officers Association 75, 77, 117
Supervisors Association Meeting 87
Report of -On, County Budget 193
Town Budgets 213-226
Highway and Bridge Advisory
Authorized to Make Necessary Repairs to County Ma-
chinery Building 190
Highways
Authorized to Secure Rights of Way 191
Relative to -Improvement of German Cross Road 31
Five Mile Drive 50, 52, 82
S Lansing -N Lansing Road - 88
Purchase Snow Equipment 102
Reports of 7, 15, 24, 32, 42, 53, 60, 70, 75, 76, 83, 95, 112, 146, 171
Insurance and County Officers Bonds
7
Relative to Commissioner of Welfare Bond 125, 128
Jail Supplies
Clans Audited by Committee During Year 138
Public Health
Appointment of Representatives on 150
Appropriation for 154
Claims Audited by Committee During Year _ 153
Relative to __127
Purchasing
Appropriation to, For Light, Heat and Telephones 141
Reforestation
Appropriation for 135
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 135
Relative to Fencing 42
Report of 134
Reports of (See Under Various Committees)
Salaries and Wages
Reports of—On Salaries 76, 136, 147, 157
Special
On, Old Age Security 172, 179
Resolutions 5, 61
Veteran's Service Office 96
To Act for the County _ 190
Standing
11
To Audit Accounts of Tuberculosis Hospital
Claims Audited During Year 136
To Sell Lands At Tax Sale
Relative to Investigation of County Lands 60, 82, 101
Town Officers' Accounts
Report of—Relative to, Commissioners of Election 136
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds
Issued for Construction of State and
County Highways 128
Special Franchises 187
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
Claims Audited by Committee During Year 204
Report of 163
Communication—From State—Relative to, Appraisal 228
Equalization of State Owned
Lands 108
Rates of Assessments 110
Sinking Fund and Interest on
Bonds 109
State Tax 110
Relative to _ 50
Compensation Insurance (See Workmen's Compensation Insurance)
Comptroller—Report of Clerk to 296
Condemnation Proceedings—Relative to 88
8
Construction Program for Highways for 1937 167
Contract—For Printed Proceedings 111
With Onondaga County Board of Supervisors for Board of
Prisoners 115
Cornell Library Association—Appropriation to 139
Coroner—Expenses of 148
Report of 124
Salary of 147
County—Amount Charged to—For, Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Bonded Indebtedness of 298
Budget 193
Buildings
Appropriation for Employees at 10, 76, 77, 148, 157
Clerk's Building
Janitor at 136, 148
Relative to 10
Court House, Old—Relative to 14
Funds—Transfer of 69, 86
Highway Machinery Building
Committee Authorized to Make Repairs on 190
Home—Appropriation for, Fuel at 141
Truck at 86
Jail—Matron at, Election of 4
Salary of 148
Physician at, Election of 4
Report of Inspection of 41, 228
Laboratory
Appropriation to 131
Election to Board of Managers 151, 171
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 131
Relative to Directors of 49, 54, 61, 62, 171
Relative to 102, 125
Lands—Relative to 42, 60, 82, 101
Map—Relative to 40, 170
Offices—Relative to hours of 51
Orders—County Treasurer Directed to Pay 189
COUNTY OFFtcaxs—Association, Relative to 24, 75, 77, 114, 117, 172
Expenses, etc for 148
Names and Addresses of 311
Postage for 148
Salaries of _ 147
Clerk Directed to Certify Payments of 191
To Be Paid Monthly 190
County Attorney
Authorized to Attend Conference 6, 114
9
Institute Condemnation Proceed-
ings 88
Represent County, On Elimination
of Grade Crossings 192
Secure Rights of Way 192
Expenses of _ 148
Relative to Claim in Flood Action _ 32
Report of 24, 183, 192
Salary of 147
County Clerk
Appropriation for rewriting record books 20
Authorized to Attend Convention 63
Postage and Expenses of 148
Report of 124, 160, 247
Salary of 147
Assistants 147
Deputy County Clerk 147
Motor Vehicle Clerk 147
Assistant to 147
Postage for _ 148
Relative to fees of 22
County Commissioners of Election
Authorized to Attend Convention 68
Expenses of 148
Relative to Report of 121, 136
Salary of 148
County Commissioner of Public Welfare
Bond of 125, 128
Relative to, Blind Relief 59
Care of
transients 21, 49, 51
Children's
Agent 69, 86
Report of 122, 227, 249
Salary of 147
County Coroner (See Coroner)
County District Attorney (See District Attorney)
County Judge and Surrogate
Report of 162
Salary of _ 147
Special 147, 149
Surrogate's, Clerk 147
Stenographer .147
County Probation Officer (See Probation Officer)
County Sealer of Weights and Measures
Expenses of 148
Relative to Additional
Appropriation 82
10
Report of
Salary of
County Sheriff (See Sheriff)
County Superintendent of Highways
127, 161
148
Authorized to Make Survey 41
Expenses of 148
Relative to Gravel Roads 83
Report of 160, 277
To be Printed in Proceedings 160
Salary 148
County Treasurer
Authorized to, Attend County Officers Association 114
Borrow 10, 18, 20, 21, 23, 28, 34, 38,
43, 47, 50, 52, 57, 63, 67, 73, 80,
84, 85, 86, 91, 99, 101, 107, 122, 176
Credit in Certain Cases 203
Reduce Rate of Interest Penalty 55
Transfer in Case of Deficiency 202
Clerk Hire for 147, 228
Directed to Charge, Claims Payable to Towns
City 19, 29, 38, 47, 58, 67, 73, 81, 91, 99,
107, 177
Claims for Deaf Mutes 38, 73, 99
Pay Balances in Dog Fund to Towns
and City 9
Balances to Towns and City 190
Blind Relief _ 30, 59
Board of Child Welfare 96, 155
Central Index 138
Claims from Dog Fund 47, 58, 67, 107
Cornell Library Association 139
County Claims 189
Laboratory 131
Department of Public Welfare 51, 100
Expenses of County Officers Associa-
tions . . ...77, 172
Expenses of Flood Actions 31, 32
Judgment in Niagara County Action 34
Locating Water at Cayuga Preven-
torium 95
Monthly Session Audits 18, 28, 38, 47,
57, 66, 73, 80, 91, 98, 107, 176
Mortgage Tax Monies 103
Printed Proceedings 51
Refund on Taxes 35
Rental of WPA Offices 31
Rights of Way 7, 8, 15, 24, 32, 42, 53, 60,
70, 75, 76, 83, 95, 112
11
Rural Traveling Library Bills
Salaries Monthly
Sewing Project
Snow Equipment
Tompkins County Agricultural and
152
190
86
11, 30
Horticultural Society
Tompkins County Public
Committee
Veteran's Service Officer
WPA Bills
Manner of Payment to Various Organizations
Postage of
33, 122
Health
154
228
14
155
148
Reappropriation to General, Welfare and High-
way Fund
Report of _
Salary of
County and Town Poor—Support of
County Tax—For, General and Poor Purposes
Highway Purposes
State Purposes
Rates
County Veterinarian—Report of
Crispell, Norris—Right of Way
Cronk, Leslie A—Right of Way
D
Danby—Amount Charged Town for, Election Expenses
Expenses of Children's Court
Hospitalization, Etc
Manual
Sheriff's Expenses 29, 38, 47,
Amount Due
Support of
Workmen's
Town from, Dog Monies
Tax
Mortgage
190
59, 124, 236
147
165
202
202
202
208, 295
121
83
32
137
130
165
38
58, 67, 99,
107, 177
Poor at County Home 165
Compensation Insurance 164
9
103
231
214
312
210
211
214
214
23
29, 38, 73, 99
93
54132 154-
132
Audit Statement of
Budget of
Names and Addresses of Town Officers
Returned School Taxes of
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc
Tax Rates for Lighting Districts
Tax Rates of
Deer—Relative to
Deaf Mutes—Claims Chargeable for
Designation of—Highways for Snow Removal
Newspapers
DeWitt Historical Society—Relative to
12
Dirt Road Improvement—Relative to 43, 53, 83
District Attorney—Authorized to Attend Conference 6, 68
Expenses of 148
Report of 125
Salary of 147, 195
Dog Fund—Claims, Audited by Committee During Year 188
Payable from 47, 58, 67, 107
Monies Appointed to Towns 9
Report of County Treasurer on 8
Dog Warden—Approval of 204
Dryden—Amount Charged Town for, Deaf -Mutes 38, 73, 99
Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 38
Sheriff's Expenses 19, 29, 38, 47, 58,
67, 73, 80, 91, 99, 107, 177
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds
Issued for Construction of State
and County Highways 109, 128
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Abandonment of Highway - 75
Audit Statement of 232
Budget of 215
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 312
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates for Lighting Districts 216
Tax Rates of 216
E
Election Expenses—Amount Charged Towns and City for 137
Apportionment of 137
Election of—Chairman of Board 3
Clerk of Board 4
Members on Committee on Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis 150
Officers and Representatives of the Board 125, 150
Public Health Committee 150
Representative on, Board of Managers, Tompkins County
Laboratory 151
Tuberculosis Hospital 151
Farm, Home and Junior Project Boards 150
Rural Traveling Library Committee 151
Stenographer of Board 152
Elections—Official Canvass of 304
13
Ellis, Wallet—Right of Way 76
Enfield—Amount Charged Town for, Election Expenses 137
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 38
Sheriff's Expenses 29, 67, 73, 91, 99, 107
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164-
Amount
64Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 232
Budget of 217
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 313
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates of 211
Enfield Center—Ithaca S H No 1001—Relative to 7, 42
Enfield Falls—Enfield Center S H No 1189—Relative to 83
Equalized Value of County—By, Board of Supervisors 143, 145
State 110
Equalization—Regular Report of Committee on Footing Assessment Rolls 115, 118
Report of Committee on, Apportionment of Taxes 207
General Tax Levy 134, 142
Highway Tax Levy 134, 144
Ratios and Percentages 143
Relative to Assessment Rolls 229
Supplemental Report of Committee on Footing Assessment
Rolls 120
Errors in Minutes—Clerk Authorized to Correct 189
Etna-Freeville-Dryden—Relative to 76, 83
Expenses, Etc of—Children's Court, Charged to Towns and City 130
County Officers 148
Elections, Charged to Towns and City 137
Hospitalization, Etc , Charged to Towns and City 165
Sheriff's, Charged to Towns and City 19, 29, 38, 47, 57,
67, 73, 80, 91, 99, 107, 177
Support of Poor, Charged to Towns and City 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance, Charged to Towns
and City 164
F
Farm Bureau—Appropriation to, 155
For Junior Project Board 155
Election of Representative to, 150
Junior Project Board 150
Relative to 116
Farm -to -Market Roads—Relative to 49, 53
Finances—Appropriation to, General Fund 197
Highway Fund 200
14
Poor Fund 199
Bonded Indebtedness of County and Towns 298
County Treasurer Authorized to, Borrow 10, 18, 20, 21, 23, 28, 34,
38, 43, 47, 50, 52, 57, 63, 67, 73, 80, 84, 85, 86, 91, 99, 101, 107,
122, 176
Credit in Certain Cases 203
Transfer 59, 69, 86, 202
Directed to Pay Balances to Towns and City 190
Relative to State Tax 110, 193
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 126, 131, 135, 147, 152,
154, 155, 226, 228
Report of Committee on County Budget 193
Report of County Treasurer on 236
Five Mile Drive -Relative to 41, 50, 52, 82
Fralick, Flossie -Right of Way 42
Freeville-Groton C H No 926 60, 70, 76, 83
G
General and Poor Purposes -Appropriation for 202
General Fund -Appropriation for 197
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 190
General Tax -Apportionment of 207
Genera] Tax Levy -Report of Equalization Committee on 134, 142
German Cross Road -Relative to 31
Grade Crossings -Chairman and Attorney to Represent County in Elimin-
ation of 192
Grand Jurors -Relative to 133, 139, 153, 157, 186
Grand Jury Room -Use for Assemblyman 9
Gravel Roads -Relative to 43, 53, 83
Groton -Amount Charged Town for Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization 165
Manual 38
Sheriff's Expenses 73, 91
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 233
Budget of 218
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 313
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates for Lighting Districts 219
Tax Rates of 219
Guide to Town Officers 307
Gutenberger, Charles -Relative to 5
15
H
Halseyville-Taughannock Falls S H No 1895 -Relative to 7, 24, 32, 42, 95
Head, Deforest -Right of Way 60
Health Centers -Relative to 41
Health, Public (See Public Health)
City Board -Relative to 75, 87, 111, 112
Highway Fund for County -Appropriation for 200
Reappropriation of Unexpended balances 190
Highway Fund for Towns 300
Highway Tax -Apportionment of 208
Appropriation for 202
For Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
For Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds Issued for State
and County Highways 128
Rates _ 208
Highway Tax Levy -Report of Equalization Committee on 134, 144, 146
Highways -Annual Inspection of 95
Appropriation for, Eradication of Tent Caterpillars 49
Improvement of Dirt Roads 43, 83, 178
Snow Equipment 10, 30, 102, 172
Special County Road Fund 166
Under §320-A, Highway Law 166
From County Road Fund 169
Claim of Blanche and Adelbert Jones 43
Grade Crossing Elimination -Chairman and Attorney to
Represent County in 192
Rights of Way -Appropriations for 7, 8, 15, 24, 32, 42, 53, 60, 70,
75, 76, 83, 95, 112, 147
Committee on Highway and County Attorney
to secure . 192
Relative to, 7, 111
Condemnation Proceedings 88
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 147
Snow Equipment -Relative to 10, 30, 102, 172
Snow Removal -Program for 93
Services of Town Superintendents at Expense
of Towns 191
Superintendent of (See County Superintendent of Highways)
Town Superintendents -Names and Addresses of 312, 315
Relative to Snow Removal 191
Highways Under County System
Authorized to Make Necessary Repairs to
County Machinery Building 190
Construction Program for 1938 167
Appropriation for 169
County Map -Relative to 40, 170
County Road Fund -Appropriation from 85, 169
Inspection of 95
16
Reconstruction Program for 1938 167
Relative to, Five Mile Drive Road 41, 50, 52, 82
Ithaca -Varna Highway 25
Traffic Laws Governing School
Buses 13
Designation of Farm -to -Market Roads 49, 53
Report of County Road Fund 277
Topping Program 168
Highways Money System—Report to Comptroller on 296
Home Bureau Association—Appropriation to 155
Relative to 116
Representative on 150
Howser, Osmun S—Right of Way 83
Hurst, Addie—Right of Way 70
I
Indebtedness—Bonded of, County and Towns 298
Certificates of, Relative to (See County Treasurer)
Ithaca City—Amount Charged for, Deaf -Mutes 29
Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Sheriff's Expenses 29, 38, 48, 58, 67, 74,
81, 91, 99
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Amount Due from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
1 Budget of a 222
Names and Addresses of 313
Relative to City Health Department 75, 87, 111, 112
Returned School Taxes of 210
Ithaca -Danby S H No 5043—Relative to 8, 83
Ithaca -Dryden, C H No 681—Relative to 32
S H No 5225—Relative to 75
Ithaca Road (Spencer Section) S H No 454—Relative to 15, 42, 53, 76, 112
Ithaca Town—Amount Charged for, Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual _ _ 38
Sheriff's Expenses 29, 38, 47, 67
73, 80, 91, 99, 107, 177
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax_ 103
Audit Statement of __ _233
Budget of 220
Names and Addresses of Officers of 314
17
Returned School Taxes of 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates for Lighting Districts 221
Tax Rates of 221
Ithaca Typographical Union—Relative to 50
J
Jackson, Charles—Right of Way 83
Jail (See County Jail)
Jail Matron—Election of _ 4
Salary of . _ 148
Jail Physician—Election of 4
Janitors—Relative to Salary of 10, 76, 77, 136, 148, 157
Jewell, Margaret—Right of Way 76
Jones, Blanche and Adelbert—Relative to 43
Marie A —Right of Way 70
Judge, County (See County Judge)
Judge of Children's Court (See Children's Court)
Junior Project Extension Board—Appropriation to 155
Relative to 116
Justices of the Peace—Names and Addresses of 312-315
Reports of 285
K
Kellar, George—Right of Way 8
Kelly, Edward—Right of Way 42
King, Olin—Right of Way 83
L
Laboratory (See County Laboratory)
Lansing—Amount Charged Town for, Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 38
Sheriff's Expenses 19, 29, 38, 47, 58,
67,14, 80, 91, 99, 107, 177
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 234
Budget of _ 223
Names and Addresses of Town Officers of 314
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 212
Tax Rate for Lighting District 223
Tax Rates of 223
Library, Southworth—Relative to __ 157
Light, Heat and Telephones _ _ 141
18
M
Machinery—Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Machinery Fund for Towns 302
Maintenance of—County and Town Poor 165
Highways (See Highways)
Manuals—Relative to 38
Maps—Relative to Clock System 43
McDaniels, Dr Minor—Relative to 61
McLean Central School—Relative to Sidev alk 69
McPherson, Frank—Right of Way 42
Miller, John—Right of Way 83
Millard, B N and Clara M—Right of Way 112
Minutes of Board—Clerk Authorized to Correct Errors in 189
Miscellaneous Fund for Towns 303
Mortgage Tax—Amount Due Towns and City from 103
Report of 102
Statement of 287
Motor Vehicle Clerk (See County Clerk)
N
Newfield—Amount Charged Town for Election Expenses 137
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 38—
Sheriff's
8Sheriff's Expenses 38, 47, 67, 80, 91, 99,
107, 177
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 234
Budget of 224
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 314
Returned School Taxes 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 212
Tax Rates for Lighting District 224
Tax Rates for 224
Newspapers—Designation of, to Publish Official Notices 154
Niagara County Action—Relative to 34
Notes—Relative to (See County Treasurer)
0
Officers—County and Town 311
Official Canvass 304
Official Notices—Designation of Newspapers to Publish 154
Office hours—Relative to Change of 51
Old Age Secuiity—Appropriation to 183
Committee on 173
19
Relative to 153, 173, 179
Report of 182, 26+
Olin, Alice—Right of Way - 24
Onondaga County Penitentiary—Relative to Board of Piisouers at 115
Out of Settlement Work 275
P
Petition—Relative to Five Mile Drive 82
German Cross Road 31
West Groton -Groton Village Road 60, 62
Peterman, Otto—Right of Way 70
Political Director. 307
Poor—Report of Committee on Report of Commissioner of Public Welfare 130
Support of, Charged to Tovcns and City 165
Superintendent of (See County Commissioner of Public Welfare)
Superintendents of Town—Names and Addresses of 312-31°
Poor Fund—Appropriation to 199
Poor Purposes—Tax for Genet al and 202
Postage for County Officers 148
Printed Proceedings (See Board of Supervisors)
Prisoners, Board of—At Onondaga County Penitentiary 115
Probation Officer—Report of 121
Salary of 147
Property—Statement of Valuations of 288
Valuation of—By, Assessors 118
State 110
Public Health—Appropriation for Committee on 154
Claims Audited by Committee on 153
Committee on 150
Report of 127
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 154
Q
Quarantine on Dogs (See Dogs)
R
Rates—For County Tax, General and Poor 208
Highway 208
State Tax 208
Towns and City (See Under Various Towns and City)
Rates of Assessments in Towns—As fixed by, Board of Supei visors 143, 145
State Tax Department 110
Real Property—Valuation of—By, Assessors 118
State 110
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 126, 131, 135, 147, 152, 154, 155
Reconstruction Program 167
Reforestation—Appropriation for 135
Reappropriation of Unexpended Balances 135
20
Relative to 42
Refund of Taxes—Relative to 35
Reports of—Bonded Indebtedness 298
Clerk of Board to Comptroller 296
Committees (See Undei Several Committees)
County Officers (See Under Various County Officers)
Highway, Bridge, Machinery and Miscellaneous Funds for
Towns 300-303
Justices of the Peace 285
Special Franchise 187
Taxes Levied 2S9
Valuations of Property 288
Resolutions—Relative to, Deer in Tompkins County 23
Dependent Children 7
Equalization Rates 189
Health Centers for the County 41
Legislation to provide for tax other than real
estate tax 7
Motor Vehicle Fees 22
Office hours 51
Purchase of Rights of Way 111
Reduction of Interest penalty 55
Rules 132, 134
Salmon Creek Flood Actions 31, 32
Sidewalk from McLean Central School 69
Returned School Taxes 210
Rights of Way (See Highways)
Rural Traveling Library Committee --Appropriation to 133, 152
Election of Representative on 151
Reappropriation of 133, 152
Relative to 61, 68, 77, 114, 146
Resignation of Member of 61
s
Salaries (See Under County Officers)
Salmon Creek Flood Action 31, 32
Sands, Austin—Relative to Right of Way 75
Schaber, T A and Carrie—Right of Way __ 7, 42
School Buses—Relative to 13
School Districts—Bonded Indebtedness of 298
School Taxes—Returned 210
Sealer of Weights and Measures (See County Sealer of Weights and Measures)
Searles, W F—Right of Way 83
Sheriff—Expenses of 148
Report of 125
Salary of 148
Turnkeys and Deputy 148
Undersheriff 148
21
Shaw, Stanley—Communication from 51
Sherwood, Alfred—Right of Way 24, 95
Shulenburg, Wallace H —Right of Way 60
Sidewalk—McLean Central School 69
Sinking Fund and Interest—Amounts to be Raised by County and Towns
for Bonds Issued for State and County I-Iighways 109, 128
Smith, R G—Right of Way 60
Snow and Miscellaneous Funds for Towns 303
Snow Equipment—Relate e to 10, 30, 102, 172
Snow Removal Program 93, 100
South Lansing -North Lansing Farm to Market Road 70, 33, 88
Southworth Library—Relative to 157
Special County Judge and Surrogate 147, 149, 194
Special Franchise 187
Stamp, Margaret—Right of Way 33
State Charities Aid Association—Relative to 69
State Tax 110, 193
Rates fot 203
State Tax Commission—Rates of Assessments, as Fixed by 110
State Tuberculosis Hospital (See Tuberculosis Hospital)
Statement of—Bonded Indebtedness of County and Towns 298
Mortgage Tax 287
Taxes Levied for Repairs of Highw ay s 300
Tax Rates for Towns and City (See Under Several 'I owns
and City)
Valuations of Real Property 233
Stenographers' Etc Tax 110, 193
Supervisors (See Board of Supervisors)
Supervisors Association—Relative to 87
Superintendent of, County Court House and Jail 76, 148, 157
Highways (See County Superintendent of Highways)
Supreme Court Judge—Postage and Expenses of 148
Surrogate (See County Judge)
Surrogate's Cleik—Report of Committee on 162
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Tax Collectors—Relatee to Wai 1 ants of 229
Tax Delinquent Lands—Relative to 60, 82, 101
Tax for, County—General and Poor Purposes 197, 199, 202
Highway Purposes 200, 202
Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Lighting Districts (See Town Budgets)
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds Issued for the Construction
of State and County Highways 109, 128
Tax Levy—General 134, 142, 145
Highway 134, 144, 146
Mortgage 287
Rates, For, County 203
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Towns (See Town Budgets)
Lighting Districts (See Town Budgets)
To Be Published in Printed Proceedings, 191
Real Estate—Legislation to provide for tax other than 6
State—Armory _ 167, 193
Stenographers', Etc 110, 193
Warrants—Relative to Date of Annexation 157
Taxation and Finance—Department of (See Comptroller)
Taxes—Apportionment of 207
Assessment of 118
Rates of 208
Reduction of Interest Penalty 55
Returned School 210
Statement of Mortgage 287
Statement of Those Levied 289
Taughannock State Park—Ithaca C H —Relative to 70
TCD A —Appropriation for 63, 205, 226
Relative to 61, 124, 184
Telephones—Relative to 14, 141
Telephone Operator—Salary of 148
TER A —Relative to 69
Thomas, Jennie—Relative to Right of Way 75
Tompkins County Agricultural and Horticultural Society—Relative to 33, 114,
121, 189
Tompkins County Public Health (See Public Health)
Topping Program 168
Towns—Amount Charged to, for, Election Expenses 137
Expenses of Children's Court 130
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Sheriff's Expenses 19, 29, 38, 47, 58, 67, 73,
80, 91, 99, 107, 177
Support of Poor at County Home 165
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds
Issued for Construction of State and
County Highways 128
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 164
Amount Due, from Dog Monies 9
Mortgage Tax 103
Apportionment of Taxes to 207
Audits of (See Under Several Towns)
Clerk of Board Directed to Publish in Proceedings 191
Bonded Indebtedness of 298
Budgets of 213-226
Highway, Bridge, Machinery and Miscellaneous Funds of 300-303
Payment of Balances to, by County Treasurer 190
Rates of Assessments (See Assessments)
Returned School Taxes of 210
Special Franchises 187
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Tax for, Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds Issued for Con-
struction of State and County Highways 109, 128
Tax Rates of (See Under Various Towns)
To Be Published in Proceedings 191
Town and County, Officers—Names and Addresses of 311
Poor—Support of 165
System of Roads (See Highways)
To«n, Collectors—Names and Addresses of 312-315
Officers—Guide to 307
, School 82
Superintendents of Highways—Names and Addresses of 312-315
Services of, in Snow Removal at Ex-
pense of Towns 191
Treasurer (See County Treasurer)
Tuberculosis, Bovine (See Bovine Tuberculosis)
Tuberculosis Hospital
Appropriation for, Care of Patients in State 172
Claims Audited by Committee on Auditing Accounts
of 136
Election to Board of Managers 151
Relative to Caretaker, etc , at old 63
Relative to Inspection of 87
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Ulysses—Amount Charged Town for, Election Expenses 137
Hospitalization, Etc 165
Manual 3S
Sheriff's Expenses 19, 29, 38, 58, 67, 74,
1 80, 91, 99, 107
Sinking Fund and Interest on Bonds
Issued for Construction of State
and County Highways 109, 128
Support of Poor at County Tome 165
Workmen's Compensation 1nsui ance 164
Amount Due Town from, Dog Monies 9
Moitgage Tax 103
Audit Statement of 235
Budget of 225
Names and Addresses of Town Officers 315
Relative to Albretsen property 184
Returned School Taxes of 210
Tax for Improvement of Highways, Bridges, Etc 211
Tax Rates of 225
Unexpended Balances—Reappropriation of 126, 131, 135, 147, 152, 154, 155,
226, 228
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Valuations, of County—By, Assessors 118
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State 110
Statement 288
Veteran's Service Office—Relative to 95, 96, 113, 223
Villages—Amount Due from Mottgage Tax 103
Bonded Indebtedness 298
Visnyei, George—Right of Way 15
Votes—Official Canvass of 304
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Warrants, Collectots—Chatiman and Clerk Directed to Sign 229
Tax—Relative to Date of Annexation of 157
Walpole, Ed«ard—Right of Wav 76
Wallenbeck, B and M—Right of Way 83
War Department—Communication from 50
Watkins, J E —Right of Way 32
Weaver Bt others—Right of Way 53
Welfare Department—Relate e to, Blind Relief 59
Children's Agent 69, 86
Transients 21, 49, 51
Report of 249
Appropriations to 51, 100, 181
West Groton—Groton Village Road 60, 62
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
Appropriation of, Among Several
Towns and City 164
Claims Audited by Committee During
Yea]. 204
Report of Committee on 163
W P A Appioprtatton for offices for 31
Relati\e to, Ca,.uga Preventorium 15
Seeing Pioject 86
Relative to 206