Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1890-12-18

! ISAAC M. SNIALLEY,
GEO. REEVES,
@. III. BIRKINsHAw.
Mr.. Bacon asked for information.
He wanted to know IL the law allowed
money to be transferred from one ap-
preparation to another. The Director
andlCollector both claimed thatit did,
cited law and repeated an opinion
from the Solicitor. The report was
finally received, and the following
committee was appointed to audit the
election sxpense bills: Charles Pierson,
George Reeve and Morris Bacon.
County Solicitor Nixon presented an
opinion that the expenses of the cleo
tion last fall, must be met by the
county. The election officers and poll
clerks are allowed SO per day, eight
hours being days work, and in sum-
ming up the amount due the officers
should be determined by dividing the
number of hours by eight. The opn-
ion also stated that the county was
liable for the expenses of the election
booths, but as they have to be used by
the city in the spring it was held that
the city could pay half, and the booths
become the joint property of both.
The Director said that Councilman
Minch had said the city of Bridgeton
would pay half the expenses of the
building of the booths.
The Board by a unanimous vote
authorized the committee to pay one
half the expenses of the building of the
booths, and the wards aud townships
the other half.
Mr.. Moore, OF the committee on Pub
lie Buildings reported that as he had
been authorized by the Board, he had
investigated the matter of indexing the
books in the County Clerks office, the
matter having been brought up at a
previous meeting by the Clerk. MIR.
Moore reported that the old books had
been indexed at cost of 2 and one
half cents per name. but it was found
that the law did not allow SO much,
and the Clerk desired to return the
money which had been overpaid him
There were but four or five books yet
to index and the committee recon-
mended that instead of paying the
clerk SO much name, he should re-
ceive $40 for Deed book, and $50 for
Mortgage book. The report was plain
and TO the point, but $40 per book
looked like great deal in the eyes of
some members and they became sus-
picious, and for time it looked as if
the committee was to be treated with
little courtesy. First motion pre-
vailed that the committee should be
continued and investigate further, but
Mr.. Bacon would not have it that way.
He declared the committee had been
authorized by the Board to do just ex-
actly what it had done and he urged
that it would be a great discourtesy to
refuse to receive the report. He got a
motion through to reconsider the first
motion. Then he engineered a resolu-
ton through resembling the action of
the Board which allowed the clerk a
fee of two and a half cents per name,
and finally had the report of the COM
mittee received and the recommends
tions adopted.
The Board then, according to the
resolution passed little while before,
made the designation of the papers in
which the election officers were to be
notified of the session of the Auditing
Committee. On motion of Mr.. Bacon,
it was decided that paper in Bridge
ton, Millville and Vineland print the
notice. A vote was taken on papers
and the Board, showed it's preference
by the following vote: PIONEER, 10
Erenioy NeaUs. 6; Millville Transcript,
10; Vineland Journal, II; Millville Re
publican, 3. The notice therefore ap-
pears in the PIONEER, Transcript and
Journal.
ELECTION OF A STEWARD.
The election of successor to Sheriff
E Whitecar, as Steward of the Aims
House, was next taken up. Mr.. Dare
moved that the salary be the same as
last year, $500, and it was so ordered.
Mr.. OF then nominated Samuel
Tomlinson, a Democrat. for the posi-
tion. and a petition urging his election,
signed by prominent gentlemen was
read.
| o. J. Ward, nominated Thomas B.
Chambers, of Maurice River. Mr..
Chambers is a Democrat, but Mr..
Ward said he hoped the Board would
give Mr.. Chambers complimentary
vote as Mr.. Chambers had always
stood by him, and he thought under
the circumstances he should stand by
Mr. Chamhars A natitinn nunlerouslu