The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-21
Beard of F~reeholders.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board Of Freeholders was held at the
Court House at Salem on Wednesday
of last week.
The usual bills from the different tow :
ships for labor and material on bridges
were read and ordered paid, and also bills
from the newspapers of the comfy,
amounting to $63.74, for advertising
registry notices.
The bill of County Clerk Kelly, for
printing envelopes and tickets for the re-
cent election, amounting to sos. Al, was
read and ordered paid.
The funeral expenses of Melchoir Breitel.
of Upper P%ittsgrove, (S351 were ordered
paid.
Coroner Dunn presented bills for burying
the following persons: Child of W. W.
Higgins, of Harrington; Thomas Croft, of
Quinton; Nenney Hopkins, of Quinton,
and for viewing bodies of Beulah Allen
and Charles Arthur Brown, all of which
were ordered paid.
The following resolution was offered and
adopted:
ReSotced. That when application is present
ed to the Board for expenses of burial or
tombstones for INDECENT soldiers, said petition
shall first be presented to the standing Com
mittee on INDECENT soldiers Claims, ana if
approved by said committee, the member from
the township or ward where the case
may be shall be authorized to proceed
according to law; and that when The The
from the parties doing the same, accom-
panying the petition, be presented to the
county Collector for
On motion, ordered that an order for
5000 be drawn in favor Of Smith Bilder-
back, Treasurer Of Almshouse.
The Clerk stated that he had secured the
services of Clement II. Sinnickson, Esq,
to give an opinion on the legality of pay
ing the bills of election officers and other
expenses of election.
On motion, the county Collector was au-
thorized to renew note for $4,000 in Woods
town Bank for sixty days.
On motion, a committee of five was ap-
pointed on Courses Landing Bridge as fol-
lows: Borton, ShHte, Denny, Westcott,
Waddington.
Committee on Dancers mill bridge re-
ported the work complete and bill paid.
DR.. Garrison presented a bill for medical
attendance of poor III Warrington town.
ship. II appeared that DR.. Garrison was
employed by a trustee of Almshouse, but
the board of trustees refused to pay it. On
motion, the board of Freeholders decided
that the matter belonged to the township
of Warrington and board of trustees of
Almshouse.
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bridge near Charles Hires farm in L. A.
Creek. Granted, and Patrick, Baker, Fox
appointed.
The election bills occupied the after
noon session. A number of the officers of
election were present and G. Fl. Sinnick-
son, Esq, appeared and gave his opinion
as to the legal fees for election service.
Mr.. Sinnickson in reply to CoHnty Col
lector Coles, gave as the opinion that the
Board of Registry and Election and poll
clerks should be paid s. for each day of
eight hours, and a fraction of a day at
same rate; under the old law tue county
Collector paid election bills, and the new
law continues this custom; all bills should
be tented and verified by afidavits; the
comfy Clerks bill should be paid by the
county; the municipal clerks bill should
be paid hy the cities and townships re-
spectively; this applies TO the elections
held in the spring for city or township of
~ficers; all expenses Of the fall elections
should be paid by the county; and all the
expenses eff the spring elections should be
paid by the cities or townships respective
IL; the expenses of booths and polling
places should be paid by the county and
if the same are use by the municipalities
in the spring they should be paid in share
by each municipality; bills of this kind
should be fair and not extravagant; the
services rendered by any officer is carrying
out the new law should be paid for by the
county.
In answer to the question ''who shall
pay the judges of election in the spring
e~lections?r Mr.. Sinniekson said that was
a difficult question to answer at present,
but he thought hat whatever was the
custom under the old law should be con-
tlnued.
As to the challengers or agents, he
thought that they should be paid by their