The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-02-20

the services rendered.
bill of Thomas c. Mckinney for bal
ance which he claimed for taking persons
to the poor house. was discussed.
Mr.. Lippincott explained that this bill
was for committing whole family. Mr..
Mckinney charged $50, and the Board
allowed him 500. He claimed $l5 more.
A motion to pay him that sum was lost.
Messrs. Loveland. Wright. Naylor,
Wills and Sooy were appointed com
mittee to view the Bass River drawbridge.
County Clerk Worrell asked permits
sion to destroy worthless papers in his
Office. They took up great deal of val
liable room.
Mr.. Gale said that there were some
pigeon holes In the Office completely
numbered with old papers which were
taking up room of valuable records.
Mr.. Lippincott doubted the authority
of the Board to order papers destroyed
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on Court House and Grounds.
Messrs. Fleetwood, Vansciyer, Perkins.
Wainwright and Williams were appoint
ed to view the bridge over Assiscunk
Creek, on Broad street. Burlington.
Mr. Loveland offered resolution that
it be the sense of this Board that the road
law now in force in this state should be
amended 30 that gravel, oyster shells and
bog-iron ore could be used to build country
roads under said law as well as stone. 1t
was adopted.
Mr.. Gale said that Judge Garrison had
requested him to present a resolution pro-
viding for the purchase of law encyclo-
pedia He therefore offered the resolu-
ton.
county should pay for law books for the
judges any more than for individuals.
On motion of Mr.. Vansciver the reso
luton was laid on the table.
The township committee of Burlington
called attention to unsafe places in roads
of that township. The matter was referred
to Mr.. Fleetwood.
Mr.. Vansciver said that when the stone
road from Coopertown to Beverly was
built, hill was cut through, leaving the |
sidewalk in a dangerous condition. The
township committee thought that the
county should attend to this.
Mr. Evans moved that Mr.. Vansciver
be authorized to look after the matter,
and it was so ordered.
The committee to receive bids for stone |
roads were ready to report. Before any |
thing was done, however, Mr.. Evans
moved that in all contracts awarded the |
grading shall be done by the townships in
which the road is situated and that no
money shall be paid until the first day of
June. This motion was adopted as was
one by Mr.. Lippincott to the effect that
the county retain five per cent of the
amount due the contractor for one year
from the date of the signing of the con-
tract.
The committee then recommended that
contracts be awarded as follows:
Mount Holly and Masonville road, to
BIN. & j. F.Shanley; Riverside and Bridge
boro' road, to New Jersey Paving Com
pany; Medford and Marlton road, TO B.
M. & ]. F. Stanley Cinnaminson road,
to P. McMsnus Mount Holly and Wood
Lane road, to P. McManus; Evesboro'
road, to the New Jersey Paving Company.
On behalf of the President of the State
Board of Agriculture, who was unable to
be present, Mr.. Lippincott stated that the
latter said he would not be able to paw
over to the county such proportion of the
state fund as was necessary. He would
like portion of the roads now under
consideration laid over until fall, when
they could be commenced, and come in
for their share of next years appropri-
alton.
Mr.. Evans thought that all of the conf
tracts should be awarded now, as all of
the bids were much lower than they ever
had been.
Mr.. Gale wanted to know which roads
were to lie over. Mr.. Lippincott had al
lowed three roads to be acted upon-one
in his own township-and now wanted |
others to wait. Mr.. Gale thought that
the Board should say what roads would
be laid over.
Mr.. Lippincott replied that he had act
ed in good faith and that the roads passed |
upon were those that would be of the
most benefit to the public.
Mr.. Evans said that the people in his
neighborhood were willing that roads
should be built elsewhere in the county, !
and that the road from Riverton to Pom
pestian creek could be delayed until Oc- |
tober. 1t was finally decided to go right
ahead with all of them.
The bill of DR.. Janney, which was laid
on the table in the morning, was taken up
and ordered paid.
A petition for a stone road from Rance
cas- to Burlington-four miles-was read
Messrs. Dennis, Fleetwood, Haines, Joyce
and Younker were appointed committee
to make surveys, etc.
Mr.. Gale called attention to the fact
that the jury empaneled to try the in
dictment against William H. Page had
been out all night, and had destroyed
several chairs in the jury room. He
thought something should be done The
matter was referred to the committee on
court house and grounds
The board then adjourned.
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| Court.
The Indictment against John s. Donald.