The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02


this Organization presented to the Board
of Chosen Freeholders a communication
calling attention to the condition Of the
with al disease OF the eyes, which seems
to be contagious. earnestly requesting
that acton be taken for the better hous-
ing and care of the sufferers. That as
sociation COMPLAINS that the Board or
Chosen Freeholders has neglected the
performance of that duty. It is the
duty of the Board of Chosen Frseholders
to properly protect and care for those
who are committed to it's charge IN
these institutions, and for wilful neglect
of that duty it is arnenahle. 1t Is bound
to exercise care. prudence and ordinary
skill in the performance of its duty in
this respect. and they. are Responsible;
as the Court has, said. for the wilful
neglect of such duty. The assoc alton
recommends a complete isolation and
separation Of the afflicted children ,e = from ON
court REQUESTS that this matter be pre-
scented to you for your Investigation,
ea ad 6 aa bs yog orasos as such o 0a s5 av The
communications will be submitted to
you.
the last Grand Jury stated that they
found the institution there in very, good
shape and they had no recommendation
to make in relation to any matters per
looked the consideration of this mat
ter or it may be that the communities
tons are sent to the e5art @ onTt onqer sayes
the matter with you recommending
speedy action in that particulg9r 9 line: a
Jury was made in relation to the conduct
of the officials of the City of Bayonne
in awarding contracts for work. IN me
respects indirect violation of the charter
of the city and of the laws of the state;
In doing so the Grand s Jury feit eo+ tnat n;it
full, and, therefore they refrailnedl d., from ON
eSrl Gourt q des.res Ia'ly You to take up that mat
and tie giving out Of public work in vic.
municipalities has become SO common
that wherever you find an officer has
knowingly violated the PROVISIONS rs ato4 Of tne
awarded upon a false basis, with the
that o a bs Wert danng 9s
will be permitted by the officials. or that
they may SO deiude the officials that they
work which obviously should be included
be b Inc included # the oficiais and contrae
The Grand Jury of the last term in
another pressatmentf f to aae Gourt reP9brs
matter which this Court had presented
to them for Investigation. The County
Road investigation, and also the inyesti-
to Jersey City The Court win refer to
these matters later on,
LOST PAPERS.
Last autumn the attention of the Court
was brought to the abstraction, or theft
of certain papers and public documents
from the qfce 9f the Psosecgtor 1ritb 9f this
curaey as 10 the character Of these docu..
ments, stolen or abstracted. Some OF
them the. Court knows, pertains to
trial which may soon take place i'll this
court of certain officials of Jersey City.
Whether those papers ana documents be.
necessary for the proper presen ntation Of
that case or not Is question upon Which
the Court has no information Whatever,
and If it had 1t would not be proper tor
the Court to speak Of that to you, Pc Pc
before this Court. Now, the Court desires
you to make. an investigation of this
matter e A. esfoTs .aa soe saa traa iaat an
tumn of this, matter, and before calling
the attention of the Grand Jury to il.
far and fun Opportunity :, mas asa neen q
ascertain who Is responsible for the ab-
straetfon or theft of these papers. A suffi-
cient length of time has passed and the
1 deem it very important subject for
you to take into consideration AS
have been free frona the commission Of
such offenses. The statutes of this State
make this offense one of the gravest
magnitude. The abstraction of docu--
or anything of that character which is
a matter OF record in one of them is a
fore you such investigation as has been
made into the matter. You can call ev-
erybody connected with this matter, ev--
In it, or who may know anything about
it. The facts acquired by the investiga-
ton already made should be presented
If you can ascer tain who is the offender
you will present an indictment. II it is
beyond the power of the Grand Jury to
ascertain by competent proof who is the
offender, then you will make such pre-
sentiment to this Court as you may think
proper in the exercise Ct your best Judg-
The official affairs OF the Township Of
West Hoboken have been a source of
anxiety to this Court. The public news
accusations of violation of the law. mall
feasance and corruption on the part of
public officials, What the facts are the
require yeu to investigate the official
affairs OF that town, 1t should be done
for. the credit of the town. and you
ing. and If you find wilful abstraction
or misrepresentation of the town funds,
or or; wilful expenditure, Of them you you
Court cannot now go into details upon
this matter, hut will simply say that
with the political, al, anlmosiIiss IN that "a
THE CITY HALL.
There have been some unpleasant ru-
nsors brought to the ears of the Court
In relation to the construction of the
plants have come directly to this
Court in relation to the matter, yet it
would seem as if all those Interested in
| the construction of that City Hall had
for some reason or other, got into a
condition of odds and ends in relation
to it, and almost ready and willing. to
each other The Court has heard these
rumors, and statements have been made
and we cannot afford to allow such mat
ters to rest In abeyance, and to permit
,, public scandals TO be circulated against
public officials who may perhaps be IN
nocent, nor can We permit even sus-
picions Of corruption to exist in our
leaves this matter to your invest.ga-
tion.
Last autumn you undoubtedly remen-
| ber that the Court was here engaged
! for a long time in the exar1ination of
| the results of election last autumn, anc
tion, that the result had been honestly
reached, that no fraud was procured in
! that election, and further that the cleo
| rien itself was honestly conducted, and
| the result was an honest ascertainment
!; or the will of the people, But thme was
] Investigation, and that was that there
| was nothing within the range Of care
4 lessness and stupidity that the election
4 Officers had not been guilty of. Upon the
4 face of matters. as presented to me, they
| were all intending and striving to Per
| form their honest duty ard. yet they
had been instructed SO faulty or else
/ office was of such a cheracter that there
| was hardly anything that could be said