The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-11-16
Board OF Frcehoiaers.

The regular meeting Of the Board of
| F~reeholders was held In the Court House
at Salem on Wednesday. The minutes of
the last meeting were read and adopted,
and bills from the various townships were
read and ordered paid. The bills of the
coroner in the case Of the six victims of the
drowning accident at Pelusyille last sum-
mer, were presented and ordered paid.
The bill of Mayor j. w. Acton. for COM
hitting tramps, was Sc. 70.
The warden's bill for the month for the
board of tramps was $40, and for the board
of prisoners was $1S4. The Sherilf9s bill
of sci for posting bribery notices was or
dered paid.
The following petition, signed by the
county board of eanvassers, was read:
To the Board OF Chosen F~reeholders, of the
County of Salem:
We, the Board of %Canyassers of said county,
do hereby petition your honorable body that
you use your influence with the incoming
Legislature to secure some less complicated
and more e%frectual ballot box than the Hall <
Wood box now in use in our state.
The petition was ordered received and a
copy was ordered given to- the Senator and
Assemblyman-elect Of the county for their
consideration.
In view of the remarks of Judge Reed at
the last term of court, concerning the lack
of ventilation and the poor accommodations
afforded by the Court House, Mr.. Wills. of
Smeed, Wills & Co., Philadelphia, appear
ed before the Board in behalf of their sys-
TEN Of ventilation, which has been intro
duced into the new school building on
Grant street, Salem, and invited the mem
bers of the Board to accompany him to the
school building and view the system of
voo{iIofiop Tho inpifatinu Tvac aaaaptad
and q visit was made to the school build
ing at the hour OF adjournment.
On motion, the sum of 800 was ordered
to be paid by the county collector to the
treasurer of the almshouse, the treasurer
having applied for that sum.
Freebooter Freas brought to the atten-
ton of the Board the case of Clement
Brown, a prisoner. who had served the time
of his commitment and was now serving
the amount of his fine and costs, Mr..
Freas desired his discharge as his behavior
had been good, and on motion the Board
so ordered, subject to the decision Of the
Judge.
Solicitor Sinnickson called the attention
of the Board TO the fact that the bill Of
costs in the case of Edmund c. Frye and
Albert s.. Brown, committed by Judge
Reed to three and five months, respectively,
| Ill ll.C COAEJy l9Ai, y u AIlAJ - . AitAtAs
amounted to $7S.44 and that each cf the
prisoners would have to serve seventy-eight
days additional unless the costs were or
dered divided between the two prisoners.
On motion, this action was taken.
The committee on the bridge at Alloway
reported that the bridge was in a bad con
dition and a new bridge had been put in.
The report was received and the committee
discharged.
The committee to view the wings of
Hawks Bridge reported that it was neees-
sary to build new wings on each side of the
bridge, and work had been commenced.
The committee was continued.
Freebooter Jenkins asked the question as
to whether it was necessary for the county
to sustain a bridge over a ditch alongside
the road, said bridge beng bailt to allow
access to the lane Of a private individual.
He was told that the county had nothing
| to do with such bridges.
On motion, adjourned to meet the second
| Wednesday in December.