The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

MI. simpson was uuly electeu Tempo
The Board then went into the election
of President of the Board for the ensuing
| year, on motion of Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Bailey nominated Mr.. William c.
Heppenheimer.
No other nomination was made.
A ballot was taken (Messrs. Bailey and
ing result
MI. Mflliam c. Heppenheimer received
four 10 votes.
Mr.. James S. Bailey received one %
The temporary chairman then declared
! Mr.. William c. Heppenheimer duly elect
ed President of the Board of Finance for
The Board then went into the election
of Clerk of the Board for the ensuing
year, on motion of Mr.. Simpson.
Mr.. Simpson nominated Mr.. Martin
Finck.
Mr., Midlige nominated Mr.. Michael F.
| Kelaher.
No other nominations were made.
A ballot was taken Messrs. Bailey and
Ringle acting as ~tellers), with the follow
ing result
Mr.. Martin Finck received three ()
Mr.. Michael f. Kelaher received two 60
votes.
Finck duly elected Clerk of the Board of
Finance for the term of one year, begin
ming April %, 1893.
The Board then went into the election
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of Finance, on motion of Mr.. Simpson.
Mr.. Simpson nominated Mr.. Winfield C.
Dunn.
Mar. Midlige nominated Mr.. Michael F..
Kelaher.
A ballot was taken (Messrs. Bailey and
Ringle acting as %tellers), with the follow
ing result
Mr.. Michael f. Kelaher received three
go votes.
Mr.. Winfield c. Dunn received two ()
votes.
The President then declared Mr..
Michael F. Kelaher duly elected assistant
to the Clerk of the Board of Finance for
the term of one year, beginning April %,
1898.
The President here named the following
temporary standing committees
Finance-Bailey, Midlige and Ringle.
Salaries and Claims-Simpson, Ringle
Concurrent Notwithstanding, Bailey
and Ringle.
Printing, Stationery and Supplies-Rin-
gle, Simpson and Bailey.
The following official bonds were pre-
sented, received and referred to the tenn
porary Finance Committee
OF James G. Clarke. Member of the
Board of Tax Commissioners, in the sum
OF $4,000, with Hugh Dugan and Andrew
Mcknight as sureties.
OF Adolph Walter, Jr., Member of the
Board of Police Commissioners, in the
sum of $4,000, with p. H. Hanley ana
Michael Day as sureties.
OF John A. Erickson. member of the
DOdIQ OI ElIS commissioners IN the sum
Of $15, 1000, with Philip e. Martin and Henry
Byrne as suretieS.
or Nicholas P. Wedin, Jr., Constable
from the Fourth Ward, Jersey City, in
the sum of $1,000, with James NJ. Braden
and John Fl. Masker as sureties.
OF Frederick p. Budden, Constable from
the Sixth Ward, Jersey City, in the sum
of $1,000, with Philip E. Martin and Horace
H. Farrier as sureties.
OF Thomas Golden, Constable from the
Eleventh Ward, Jersey City, in the sum
Of $1,000, with Lawrence Sutton and John
Conway as SuretieS.
OF Daniel B.. sGilligan, Constable from
the Fifth Ward, Jersey City, in the sum of
81. Loco, with John O'Brien and Nicholas
Farley as Sureties.
Of Joseph Locke, Constable from the
Tenth Ward. Jersey City, in the sum of
81, 000, with John McCarty and Ernest J.
Leonard as sureties.
OF Robert J. Livingston, Constable from
the Tenth Ward, Jersey City, in the sum
of 81, 900, with James A. Gordon and John
Troll as sureties.
cThe above bends each have the ap-
prevail of the Corporation Counsel.)
The following resolution was presented
by Mr.. Simpson, and the same was re-
ceived and adopted by the votes Of all the
! members of the Board, five 90 in number,
on the call for the yeas and nays.
Resolved. That the rules Of the former
Board be adopted for the government of
this Board until it's further orders.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims We're presented,
received and referred to their appropriate
committees:-J. w. Harrison, 1913; Even
ing Journal Association, $159; Jersey City
News. s159; n. 7. & n. ]. Telephone Co.
800. $11.70. S14.55, $3.50 and $3.50.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Board of Street and Water
commissioners
Resolution adopted April q, 1885,
Awarding to Henry Cunningham the con-
tract for the doing of all the work and the
furnishing of all materials necessary in
tho ana17inQ extending. etC.E0fsa street TO
be called Baldwin avenue, Sum
NIT avenue and Prospect street tE.B.
ed for the making of said Improvement,
as also his bondsmen having neglected to
enter contract therefor), and the Corpora
ceedings against said c. B. Rodman and
his bondsmen for the recovery of the ex-
cess diffessnce which may be found to
exist between what such Improvement
would have cost on the basis of the Rod
man proposal, and the actual cost as the
result Of this enforced award to Cunning
ham, together with the cost of adyer-
Referred to the Temporary Committee
on Concurrent Resolutions.
ING COMMITTEES.
From the Temporary on FL
The Temporary Committee on Finance
reported on the following official bonds
referred to them at this meeting. rec0m-
mending. that they each be received and
James G. Clark, Tax Commissioner;
Adolpht walter, III M, Police GommIissioner;
Frederick P. Budden, Daniel B.. Gilligan,
Joseph Locke and Robert J. Livingston,
The report was received. the recon-
mendations Of the Committee were adopt
ed and the bonds Of James e Clark.
Nicholas Wedin, Thomas Golden. p.