Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-03-17
County News cont tinued on Fourth page
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Last Meeting of the Old Borough
Council and the First one of
the New Borough
Government.

Council met for the last time under
| Mayor Farr's administration, Mon
day evening, and considerable busi
ness was transacted. The following
| bills We're approved and ordered
| paid: VIM. B. Adams, election bill
$500, John Sanders Jr. do. $10.50
VIM. Leech do. $1050, Charles F
Adams do. $500, Webster Price do
| $6.75, Pleasantville Press, advertis
ing $1339.
The final accounts of Elijah Adams
Road Supervisor, were approved
and an order drawn for $7S.03 the
amount due him to date.
Resolutions were passed trans
| ferring 1921 from the State Rail
road account to the Poor account
and $3.50 from the Poll Tax account
to the account for borough pur.
poses.
The Clerk reported $2received from
licenses and 81 from the dog-registry
industry.
On motion, $332, the balance due
the Union National Bank on the
BOrOughs' note given for money to
purchase the fire engine, was ordered
paid.
Mayor Farr then administered the
oath OF office to Frank E. Adams,
Mayor-elect, and also to the mem
bers of the new Council, Michael
Lutz, Joseph G. Risley and Robert
Zane.
The Council unanimously passed
a vote OF thanks to Mayor Farr, to
which he fittingly responded-allud-
ing briefly to the pleasant relations
that had always existed between
himself and Council during his five
years service.
The old Council then adjourned
sine die, and the new Borough gov
ernment was Immediately organized
as follows:
Mayor-Frank E. Adams.
Councilmen-Elphra S. SOoy, Geo.
X. Leeds, Michael Lutz, Samuel
Price, Joseph &. Risley, Robert
Zane.
Mayor Adams appointed Michael
Lutz President of the Council for the
ensuing year.
The following officers were then
elected by the Council:
Borough Clerk-Webster Price.
Marshall-Henry Reinar.
Road SupervisOr-Elijah Adams.
Surveyor. +. Abbott.
Borough Solicitor.-Joseph C. Farr.
The Mayor announced the following
list of standing committees.
Finance: E. s. Sooy, Robert Zane,
Michael Lutz.
Ordinance G. X. Leeds, Samuel Price,
Robert Zine.
Protection of Property and Improve
ments E. s. Sooy, Joseph q. Risley,
Michael Lutz.
Liceese: Samuel Price, G. K. Leeds,
E. s. SuOy.
Streets Samuel Price, Joseph G.
Risley, Michael LUZ.
Education Robert Zane, Joseph G.
Risley G. K. Leeds.
The Pleasantville PRESS was selected
as the official paper OF the Borough.
On motion the Committee on Streets
were instructed to have the surveyor es-
tablish the boundaries of the Borough
and place monuments at the intersection
of all streets and Borough lines.
Samuel B. Jones and Pardon Adams
were elected members of the Board of
Health for three years.
On motion, the Committee on Streets
were instructed to request from j. P.
Ashmead all records belonging to the
Borough pertaining to the Borough lines
and boundaries.
On motion, the Committee on Streets
were instructed to issue the necessary
orders to the Road Supervisor concern
ing the removal of gravel from the pits.
The rules of the old Council were then
adopted.
Samuel Bartlett was elected janitor at
q salary of $40 per year.
Council then adjourned.