The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-06
THH BOULEVARD LOOP.
Erie Dock and Improvement
Company Enters 0bjec-
tions to 1t.
COUNTY COLLECTOR MUST DO BIS DUTY.
Towns and municipalities Who
Don't Pay Their Taxes Called
to Account by Free
holder Ellis.

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holders last night. George n. Palmer,
on behalf OF the Erie Dock aud Improve
m emit Company. protested against the
running OF the branch of the boulevard
through the property of the company at
| Weehawken and action on the loup was
deferred until the next meeting. En-
gineer Cnarles Brush who surveyed the
loup suggested to the board that 1t would
be advisable to change she route of the
loup so that last 1000 feet Of the north
end which runs down Bergsnline avenue
should run parallel with hat street and
not on 1t. He said horse cars q trucks
would prevent the construction and
maintenance of a proper boulevard on
| Bergenline avenue as proposed.
The board, by the advice of the Cons
mittee on Fl ance, transferred money aa
follows:-Sl.000 from Bridges to Aims
Highways to Store Room; $l25 from the
Incidental Fund to Smallpox Hospital;
81, 200 FROM Incidental Fund 10 Public
Grounds. Court House and Jail.
Freenolder Ellis introduced a rssolu-
ton, which was adopted. that the board
borrow $4,000 as a temporary loan in an
ticipation of taxes at the legal rate of ln-
terest, the loan 60 expire in six months.
In this connection Freebooter Ellis
said:-
COUNTY COLLECTOR MUST DO HIS DUTY
In years goue by Freeholders have
borrowed on temporary loans as much
as $3u0, 900 or s400. 900 In anticipation OF
taxes. I do MOI approve of borrowing
money aud / told the County Collector so
when discussing this proposed loan.
There Is now due the County $140, 900
unpaid taxes for the fiscal year, from tns
different towns and municipalities. That
holders before January l. 1t is a
hardship D a wrong for towns
and municipalities that do pS5
their taxes to be compelled to
pay interest on money borrowed. because
OF the delinquent towns. There Is a law
for the guidance Of the County Collector,
aud in the future I propose to hold him
for the observance of it. II he had de-
manded the money from the towns and
municipalities when due, and failing to
get 1t had brought suit. we would not
now have any need to borrow.
This neglect to pay taxes is simply
| shifting the responsibility of town and
municipalities on the county. In the
future while I am in the board I will OPP
pose sucn a~ctinns. Lst the towns and
municipalities borrow If It Is necessary
for loans to be raised, ana out of
them let the county receive its
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borrow. We have now two sinking funds
to take are Of. Que must be met In
July with $3.50. 600 and the other must be
met later. In the future l shall insist
on the County Collector collecting all
the money due the county when it falls
due"
THE LAW VERY PLAIN.
Director Bruggemaua briefly said he
agreed with what the Freeholder had
said. and then Judge McGratn, counsel
for the board. said that in
the 70 a reeove pr0u $4,000 by tr sha e Jsrasy
city for unpaid taxes, the Supreme
Court had decided that towns aud
municipalities must pay the taxes to the
county out of the first moneys received
by them for taxes.
THAT being the decision OF the SUI
preme Court, it is a Misrepresentation for
any municipality to expend any OF its
tax money without first paying the
county what 1t owed it, and the authori-
ties who fail to observe this law are
indictable. ] have recently had several
consultations with the County Collector
nine delinquent towns. Take Harrison
for an example. 1t owes the county
S13, 900 for last years taxes, has not paid
any of the present years taxes and In
November a third year will be
sns: i ! Say y Win uaius Tf'sh far ,d E,l,s
that pay taxes to be forced to pay In
terest for the benefit of towns that do
not pay. We now propose to bring suit
If the ~deliquents do not settle up"
Freeholder Swartz wanted TO know IL
the delinquent town and municipalities
could not be made to pay the interest on
the none it owed and Judge McGrath
said that question had not been defn-
itely settled by the courts, but that If
suit was brought. interest would be
charged and it you'd remain for the
court to ALLOW II or not
LoGAE's LOST CHECK.
John Logan sent the board an affidavit
to the effect that he had lest a check for
SS7.6 60, which had been mailed to him by
John a. Cable In the Chief Engineers
office, for work done for the county, He
said he had taken every p%recaution to
affidavit sent a bond to indemnify the
board against loss. II it would
order e duplicate check for him.
The check had been issued by County
Collector Dugan when Logan presented
his warrant for that amount. The
the clerk to issue a duplicate warrant.
A report from the State Luuatic
Asylum at Morris Plains was read. 1t
stat ed that there are at present los
Hudson County people in the institn-
ton.
Az 4AOISs
Dr. King reported that for September
the umbe of Inmates in the Snake Hill
Asylum was:-Patients, SAT; employees.
SO. Total cost of maintenance, So, 40S. 08.
and average. cost. 50. 50.
For the Aims House during September,
Warden Grimes reported 668 inras tes; 10
employees; total cost OF maintenance,
81. 332. SO; average cost, $6.30 Clio.
Warden Grimes OF the Peniteutiary re-
ported for Septenbsr that there were 1853
prisoners. 81 employees. total cost OF main,
ienance S2.775.27; average cost, SIS. "a g 10.
IEnatius NoonaD. dry goods contractor,
was directed some time ago to purchase
some dry goods. He failed to DO so, and
a committee Will endeavor to learn the
reason why.
The reading OF the report of the sale OF
property that had been condemned for
county Boulevard purposes was laid over
until the next meeting, because Joseph
Warren, the auctioneer. had failed to
send q sworn statement of the property
sold by him at. auction. The board
directed Engineer Harrison TO repair
the old bridge over the Morris Canal
where the Boulevard crosses, but
che cost of repairs IL limited
TO $500. In this connection Freehplder
Ellis asked Judge McGrath IL the County
superintendent had not the power to do
the work, aud the Counse replied he
thought not. inasmuch as he is not paid
for his services out of the Boulevard sap-
preparations. He said 1t was the duty of
the County Superintendent TO report all
needed. repairs however, in any part of
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