The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-11
COUNTY BOARD RETIRES
Municipal Officials Hereafter
Will Have Charge Of City
Health Matters.

President w. w. Varick, County Ply
stefan Converse. Counsel Winfield and
Clerk Rooney of the County Board OF
Health met President Abernethy, Com
missioner Feeney, Inspector Benjamin
and CITY Attorney Weart in conference
last evening. For the past six months
or more the agents of the boards, act
ing under instructions. have run afoul
of each other in the performance OF
their duties. There ave been clashes
and conflicts of authority. The County
Board, it is alleged, meddled with the
affairs of the city board, occasionally
Intentionally. The situation became SC
provoked recently that for the best in
terests of all concerned some sort of a
treaty should be patched up.
For the City Board City Attorney
Weart called attention to the fact
that the city board was a regularly
constituted body, having in charge all
health matters pertaining to the city
long before there was a county board
organized.
Inspector Benjamin declared that the
City Board was sufficiently well equip
ped to look after the interests of Jer-
sey City without any assistance what
ever from the County Board. He further
declared that if the County BoErd
would pay attention to the towns ane
thing would be all right. naea,
The members of the County. BOARD
finally agreed to surrender al cla1H
matters will be attended to directly by
TO DIVIDE THE LABOR.
The County Board will take care oil
the vital statistics and cemeteries il
the city, but nothing further. 1t was
mutually agreed that in the event Of
two boards should work in harmony
and take such steps as should be agreed
gpon to stamp out any pSssipie epi.
tiers will be attended to in a ship shap
manner in future. :,
The question of the Aldermen col,
Letting the dog tax in future was brought
up for discussion and it was the opinion
of cry that if the Aldermen are
anxious to increase the city's tax bur
sue IS to collect the dog tax. City Clerl
Woolley does no want to be bothered
with the collection of the tax. AS fal
ates from Alderman Mccarthy, who IL
president of the s; F. G. A 49,,
It is alleged that it is the Alderman:
the dog tax out of the hands of In
spector Benjamin n subsequently, BY
a Legislative enactment have the fund:
tenance of his society. The health de
partment of this city is self-snstaining
The revenue from the dog tax does mucf
oward making the department indie
pendent. If that revenue is removed t
the Aldermen it simply means that !
will be necessary for the Board OF Fl
nance to appropriate each year from
$4,000 to $1,000 a year for the mainte
nance of the Health Board.
TROUBLE OVER THE DOG TAX.
If the taxpayers propose countenan
cling any such scheme Inspector Ben
jamin is willing to abandon the collec
ton of the dog tax. Inspector Ben
jamin, with pride, called attention t.
the fact thai the city of Bayonne ap
propriates $50 1000 to its board. There j:
no health department in any city of thu
country except this that is self-sustain
ing.
the dog tax from the Health Depart
ment will on its final passage NEE
with determined exposition from sew
eral of the Aldermen. The new emer
gency hospital on Tonnele avenue wa
spoken of. It contains twenty rooms
all of which are comfortably furnished
A matron is in charge n the insti
tuition is sustained by the CITY board
This morning the children suffering will
scarlet fever were removed there from
the Home of the Homeless on Grow
| street.