The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-11
BOARD OF FREEHoLDERs.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDING

BOARD OF FREEHOLDERs.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
Adjourned meeting of the Board Of Chosen
Freeholders. Of Hudson County, held in tho
Court House on Tuesday, June Y. 1894.
Present at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -Cronin,
McNalIy ana Director-at-Large Bruggemann-
Absent-Freehoiders Gallagher. Halliday.
Kelly and Swartz4.f.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
From John a. McGrath, County Counsel,
reporting on the bonds Of John. Boyd, Clerk.
County Superintendent, in the sum of $4,000.
was received and approved, and on motion OF
Freebooter Hennessey ordered filed, in comDli-
Question being taken on the motion on yeas
and nays there voted as follows
Yeas-All the members Of the Board press
ent-S.
Neutrality-suspicious. Gallagher, Halliday
The Direetor-at-Large declared the motion
From John A. McGrath. County Counsel.
for painting bridges on the line of Of the New
Public Road, was received and approved. and
on motion of Freebooter Ellis ordered on file
From A. J.. Manning; Storekeeper:-
To the Honorable the observation-disclosures and
members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
of the County Of Hudson:;-
GentIemen-I would most respectfully in
form your honorable body that the following
articles have been regularly ordered and the
same has not as yet been furnished: l ordered
from the dry goods contractor. for the insane
Asylum, 1000 yards Kentucky jeans. 1,bDO
yards wide u.B. muslin, three dozen bottles
sewing machine oil. fifty dozen pairs women.s
stockings. For the Almshouse-2. 900 yards
Kentucky jeans. 1000 fds wide U.B. muslin,
.000 sewing needles. I~ordered from the gro
Gerry contractor fifteen bushels split peas.
three and a half gallons indelible ink, 1a
gallons syrup, two dozen pint pitchers, tive
dozen quart pitchers.
Respectfully submitted.
A. ]. MANNING,
Storekeeper-
Freebooter Ellis moved the report be re-
ceived and referred to the Committee onStore-
house and Incidentals, with power TO purchase
same in open market. providing the contractors
don't furnish same on or before Friday, June
Is, the difference in price, If any should so
arise, to be charged against the contractor
the Clerk of the Board be instructed to motif
fy the contractors of the action Of this Board
in the premises
Question being taken on the motion on the
yeas and nays. there voted as follews:-YeaE
All the members of the board presents Ap-
sent-Freeholders Gallagher, Halliday, Kelly
and Swarts-4. The Director-at-Large declared
the motion adopted. From the Committee on
Buildings:-To the honorable the Directorate
Large and members of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of Hudson County5Gentlemen,-
Your Committee on County Buildings woutd
respectfully report that the plans and specfi-
cations for the building of an annex to the
Almshouse for school and other purposes, as
prepared4by ATchlteet .Mr n kfei1Ier' SI-
dered by resolution of the board May TO- iSs4,
are now ready, and in the custody OF the Clerk
of the Board. and would recommend that they
be adopted. Your committee would thereforS
recommend the adoption of hte following reso-
lu~tion;-Resolved, That the Clerk Of the Board
be directed to advertise in the official papers
of the board for proposals and bids for the
building and erection of an annex to the Aims
house for school and other purposes, in accord.
ance with plans and specifications adopted ana
filed this day. Bids to be received at meeting
of board Thursday, June %, 1894.
Respectfully, :
SIMON KELLY,
FRANK MNALLY.
NJ. HENNESSEY,
". II. ELLIS,
COMMITTEES.
Freeholder Cronin moved the report be re-
ceived and approved and the resolution there's
to attached be adopted. Question being taken
on the motion on yeas, there voted as follows'
Yeas-All the members Of the board present
s. Observation-Disclosures Gallagher. Halliday.
Kelly and Swartz+. The Director-at-LargO
declared the motion adopted. From the COM
DIrector-at-I4arge and members of the Board OF
Chosen Freeholders. of the County of Hudsons-
Gentlemen.-Your Committee on New Couney
Buildings would most respectfully report lhaI
theplans and specifications for the building ana
completion of the new Lunatic Asylum AZ
the County Farm, as prepared by Archltect
Mr.. H. KreitIer, are now ready and in possess
sion of the Clerk of the Board, and we respect
fully submit the same for your adoption. We
Board be directed to advertise for proposals
and bids fol-. the same, in accordance with Jaw.
to be received at meeting of board to be heid
June %, 1894. Your committee would there-
fore recommend the adoption Of the following
resolution :: 1855.
Resolved That the Clerk of the Board be
directed TO advertise for proposals and DIGS
for the performance of all work necessary
to be done in and about the new County Luna
tie Asylum building at the County farm as
shown by the plans and specifications thereI9r
prepared by Architect kreitler, said BIDS
Kids to he received by the Board at a meet
Ing thereof to be held Thursday, June ~
Each bid Or proposal must be accompanied
by a certified check in the sum of $1,000, pay
able at some National Bank in this county
amount, and a houd for the faithful performs
anee Of the work 70 be IN she sum OF aip1uns
OF thirty thousand dollars, with not less than
The action above authorized to be taken
and the contract or obligation made or 10 %
made by virtue hereof is to be taken ana Daseu
on and to be made by and under the provl.
sions of an act to amend an act, ent1tleo
"a supplement to an act, entitled An act
to authorize the issue of bonds to provide
moneys for the erection of lunauc asyluH
buiId{nss in counties of this State. approved
.June tenth. one thousand eight hundred and
ninety. which supplement- was approved
Nav first. one thousand eight hundred ana
ninety-four. and the moneys to meet mad de-
fray the expenses Of the work and labor above
referred to are to be realized by ana unoer
the said acts and not otherwise.
SIMON u 81
--g FRANK M'NALEY. :.
s "a M-HENNESSEYs. fcFS
w. H. ELLIS,
freebooter Ellis moved the report be re-
ceived and approved and the resolution there's
to attached he adopted. tt...s
Question being tsRen. on the motion on yeas
ana NAYS. there voted as follows g
sYeasEAlI the members of the Board pres~
Observation-Disclosures Gallagher, Halliday
Kelly and Swart2A-4 uAet
The Director-at Large declared the motion
Freeholder Kelly appeared and took his
seat.
Board adjourns it adjourn to meet Thursday,
June IA 1894, at 4 Pm. i4
Z Adopted,
adjourned. rr a
The Director-at-Large declared the Board adj
journed to meet Thursday, June "A, 1884. at
JOHN BOYD.
Clerk. 81
Tn cHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY.