Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-05-13
CHOSEN EREEhoLpERs.
THE LAST MEETING OF THE OLD BOARD.


THE last MEETING OF THE OLD BOARD.
4 With the meeting last Thursday anothe
$4,000 Board Of Chosen Freeholders ad
ljourned sine die, with large batch of I'M
paid bills in hand, and scarcely money
enough in the County treasury to pay th,
expense of the meeting. From the financie
Of the Board, Geo. E. Pierson, we learl
that the unpaid bills amount to 81 200, bu
this does not represent the total dificit o
the year, because all bills due were MOI
presented-they seldom are, unless specia
call is made, and the exact amount of the
deficiency will probably never be known.
1t was labored meeting and members
were glad when the motion for sine de ad-
journment was made. evidently glad to gel
as far away from the disagreeable predica-
ment of running a county without cash, as
the tuation would allow. County Collector
Barber was glad to get away, too, as his ex-
perience with county finances is not at all
pleasant.
Geo. E. Pierson presented written
statement of the results of Senator Roe's
labors in overhauling the old papers in the
Court House House cellar, and reported a
bill for 500 to cover the expense.
Mr.. knight, of the Committee on Crown
Point stone road, reported the road COM
pleted in satisfactory manner, and recon-
mended the payment of the balance due
the contractors, 81 ,498.15. This was carried.
Then Road Supervisor, ]. G. Budd's re-
port was read, which contained recon-
mendation for the appropriation of 1900
for stone road repairs the coming year.
This amount includes 5000 for the Super
visor's salary.
Mr.. TOnkin, of South Harrison, reported
that new bridge had been built between
Harrison and South Harrison townships.
Also, that committee had met with COM
mittee from Salem county at mill-dam gates
between the two counties and decided to
recommend that the sum of 500 be given
by each county towards making repairs
needed, which action was ratified by the
Board
Bond of B. M. and J. F. Stanley for
$4,000 for construction of second section
OF Glassboro and Westville stone road was
read and approved.
Messrs. Geo. E. Pierson, knight and
Jones were appointed committee to audit
the accounts of Collector Barber.
Geo. E. Pierson read the following, which
explains itself:
WOODBURY., N. j., 81, 1897.
Dear Sir Will you kidly give me information
upon the following =
Does the O. s. furnish tomb stones gratis to
deceased soldiers lYes.l If SO, what plan is
blank Can they be furnished in lots, numbered,
lettered etc? LYesl.
By answering the above you will greatly oblige.
Director. Board of Freeholders,
Gloucester County, N. J.
The answers to above questions were
made by the Quartermasteb aenI. U. s. A.
Mr.. Pierson called attention to the fact
that great care should be observed in the
payment of bills for burial of deceased
soldiers, citing an instance where a party
who had been mustered in service in Feb
ruary and deserted in March of the same
year, yet the county was asked to pay for
his burial.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Geo. E. Pierson submitted the following,
which was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote:-
At the annual meeting of this Board on Wed
nesday next will terminate the service of John
Pierson, of WooIwich Township, as q member Of
the County Board of Freeholders-a term of
service not only remarkable for its length, but
for the efficiency and energy displayed. Elected
first as member in 1874, the year the new Con-
stitution of this State went into effect, and serv
ing term of FIVE years, he was again elected a
member in 1856 and served another term of five
years. His latter service began in 1871, and he
has served continuously from that year, period
of twenty-five years. He has always been active
in performance Of committee work and dis
charged all duties of the position with great
cess. We, therefore desire to exress our regret
at his retirement from the Board. and tender
him this expression of our respect, and wish him
peace, good health, and many years of life in as
good health as he now enjoys.
Mr.. Pierson, in responding, said he
warmly appreciated the compliment mani
testing the good will of the Board and
while he would like to have been reelected
he supposed the people wanted q change
and he would not demur. Continuing, he
said, When look back to the people who
have served with me and passed away
years ago, l wonder that I am still ons Of
you. was identified in politics before
many of you were born, and it gives me
pleasure to look back on my long public
career in my declining years and realize
that have done my duty to my constit-
tency and fellow men, and given the county
value received in all my official acts"
Mr.. Usinger said that the loss of such 9
faithful, valued and trusted servant of the
people was to him an occasion of sadness
and moved that the chair, which had beer
occupied by Mr.. Pierson during his mem
bership in the Board be presented to him
as mark of the respect and esteem in
which he was held. His motion was
unanimously agreed to.
Previous to making the motion Mr.
Usinger had collected the value of the chail
from the members of the Board, and new
chair, counterpart of the one given, will
be purchased.
After giving the Boards of Health of the
county the privilege of meeting in the
Court House, and reading the report of the
Aims House Committee, the Board adj
journed sine die