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on federal charges and is allowed a per diem amount not to exceed 35 cents per meal. The budget for the jail which he submits to the County Council includes this amount as well as the other operating costs. A physician and dentist serve the jail on a part-time basis. The matron (who is the wife of the Sheriff) receives $2,880 and maintenance. SOL A. WOOD HOME Boys and girls from 10 to 18 years of age are kept here for periods of a few days to a few weeks pending the disposition of their cases in court. Approximately 60 children a month are housed. The Judge of the Circuit Court appoints the superintendent who receives $4, 500 per year and maintenance. LAW LIBRARY The Allen County Law Library on the third floor of the court house has some 12,000 volumes. It was started at the turn of the century when the present court house was erected. Judges and lawyers, mainly, use its volumes of court reports, decisions, text books and findings. The library operations are directed by a board of attorneys and supervised by a full-time librarian whose salary of $3, 360 is included in the court house budget. Five hundred dollars is allowed annually by the county for the purchase of books. HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRA TION The County Health Officer is appointed and employed by the Board of County Commissioners for a term of four years. He must be a licensed physician and approved by the State Board of Health. This position is not full time and the salary is $3,600 per year. The county provides office space. His chief function and duty is to enforce health laws in the county outside of Fort Wayne. He also: 36
Object Description
Title | Spotlight on government (1962) |
Contributor | League of women Voters of Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Topic | Local Government |
Subject |
Allen County (Ind.)--Politics and government--Directories Fort Wayne (Ind.)--Politics and government--Directories Municipal services--Indiana--Allen County--Directories Municipal services--Indiana--Fort Wayne--Directories |
Geographical Coverage |
Fort Wayne, Indiana Allen County, Indiana |
Date of Original | 1962 |
Time Period | 1900-1999 |
Source | Print version: Spotlight on government. 1st ed. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: League of Women Voters of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1962), 87 p. |
Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software. |
Content Type | Text |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
Identifier | 30000122011996 |
File Name | 30000122011996.pdf |
Description
Title | Page 37 |
Transcript | on federal charges and is allowed a per diem amount not to exceed 35 cents per meal. The budget for the jail which he submits to the County Council includes this amount as well as the other operating costs. A physician and dentist serve the jail on a part-time basis. The matron (who is the wife of the Sheriff) receives $2,880 and maintenance. SOL A. WOOD HOME Boys and girls from 10 to 18 years of age are kept here for periods of a few days to a few weeks pending the disposition of their cases in court. Approximately 60 children a month are housed. The Judge of the Circuit Court appoints the superintendent who receives $4, 500 per year and maintenance. LAW LIBRARY The Allen County Law Library on the third floor of the court house has some 12,000 volumes. It was started at the turn of the century when the present court house was erected. Judges and lawyers, mainly, use its volumes of court reports, decisions, text books and findings. The library operations are directed by a board of attorneys and supervised by a full-time librarian whose salary of $3, 360 is included in the court house budget. Five hundred dollars is allowed annually by the county for the purchase of books. HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRA TION The County Health Officer is appointed and employed by the Board of County Commissioners for a term of four years. He must be a licensed physician and approved by the State Board of Health. This position is not full time and the salary is $3,600 per year. The county provides office space. His chief function and duty is to enforce health laws in the county outside of Fort Wayne. He also: 36 |