The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-08
CAREFULC0UNTY MASTERS
THE FREEHoLDERs SUDDENLY
BECOME CIRCUMSPECT.

Employees Dismissed Because They Had
Not Been Hired by the Board-Poe
Smiths Rules About Payment of Bill
No One to Offer the Bond Bill.
The contract to do the plumbing
and gasftting in the annex to the
penitentiary was awarded by the
Board Of Freeholders yesterday te
John Donlin, who will dc the work
for So, 499. A special committee re.
ported that under the existing system,
bills become mixed and charged agains'
the wrong institution, and later in the
session they adopted the following,
which was introduced by Poet Smith
"Resolued-That the storekeepers as well as
the wardens ana officers of this Board in charge
at the county institutions at Snake Hill are hereby
instructed not to permit any goods or supplies
whatever not received by and receiptedfo for by the
Storekeeper, in accordance with the resolutions
of this Board, to be deposited in said institution,
or upon any of the county lands or grounds al
Snake Hill, except building materials and things
of that nature required by or for persons dong
work under written contract with this Board.
Several bills were presented by the
Road Committee for payment, but
they failed to pass, for, as Freebooter
Ralston explained.
ut is not fair to pay these bills
when there are some OF the same ma
ture that have been in the hands OF
the Board for six months"
Bills amounting to $480.20 for eggs
supplied to the county institutions
were ordered paid.
"A resolution to order paid all the
contract claims subject to the APP
proval of the special committee APP
pointed for auditing claims was
adopted after it was ordered that the
bills should first pass through the
hands of the regular committees.
HE HADN'T THE POWER.
Director Pairson said it was neces-
sary to have a special Auditing Com
mittee because it appeared to be i'm
possible to get the members of the
regular committee together.
Freebooter Nelson agreed with him.
Freeholder Ralston, in a long speech
conceded with the Director, but Free
holder Newman did not think the Free
holders could be expected to spend all
their time doing the county's business.
He thought that If q committee could
not meet at eleven o'clock, that was
reason enough for those present to go
home.
Freebooter Nelson informed Director
Pairson that some time ago he pair
SOM had notified the Board that if the
members Of committees failed to do
their work he would replace them. He
asked the Director to keep his word.
II have not the power 1 supposed /
had at the time / said So replied the
director, II depended on the commit
tee on rules, of which Mr.. Nelson is a
member, to report and assist me, but
the committee failed to do So"
The discussion was dropped.
THE NEW ANNEX.
The new annex to the p~enitentiary
was formally accepted, and Frank
Meehan, the contractor, was ordered
paid 81, 949 in settlement in full. B.
N. Crane presented two bills for bury
ing the pauper dead. One was for
1926, the other $34O. This covers the
burials by Crane since 1887.
Virgins & Abel, of Hoboken, came
Cor their usual show of sweets and
Were paid 81, 207. so for hardware,
William Taylor received an order
flor $500. 8S for soap and starch. Free
holder Boyle introduced a resolution
That was adopted, appointing John
kpugan and Michael Corrigan quarry
lutCl 1OI Uu0 y0dI w po ~ udy.
= COUNTY EMPLOYEES BOUNCED.
3 The Kissing Poet offered an excel
.ent resolution that prevailed. 1t was
to the effect that the heads of all de-
partments be notified not to put the
name of any person on the pay roll
who had not been appointed by the
Board. When this was adopted Free
holder Nelson made many look sad by
moving that the heads of these de-
partments be notified at once. 1t
went against the grain, but there be-
ing no way out of the muddle, the
motion was carried. This will dis
pense with the services of a number
of persons.
Freebooter Ralston asked that the
Legislature be requested to make
some provision to pay the men who
worked two months on half-pay, and
also to pay "a each to the judges of
election last fall, for taking care of the
County Road ballot boxes. Both of
the resolutions were adopted.
A F~ATHERLESS BILL.
Freebooter McDonough reported
that he had asked every member of
the Legislature to present the bill
bonding the county 5000, 900 to build o.
new asylum, and that all had refused.
None would father the bill.