The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-13
At the Almshouse.

usual anu uldu1 WSul III W lCS
the new stone road.
The Board of Freeholders met at 1C
6 o'clock. but soon took recess that the
/, committe es might do some work Before
they were ready to again convene, dinner
was announced.
On assembling after dinner the first
business was reading reports. Those of
the Steward and the committee on insane
were adopted without comment.
The finance committee had, since the
J last meeting, been looking into the mat
ter of arrearages of taxes and stone road
assessments, and they offered detailed
statement of their findings. 1t was as
follows
Stone roads: Beverly township, So, 4S9.
81; Northampton, $4,712,34; Delran, ST.
1863 81; Riverside, $4185; Lumberton,
$44S; Mount Laurel, 1858 20; Medford
$13953; Southampton, $3.50; Palmyra,
$3.50; Burlington township, $7295;
Willingboro 1854 "a; Mansfield, $1,037.
90; Bordentown, 1915; Chester, 1872 "a;
Beverly city, $30s.59. Total, $40, $4,000
Taxes due-Beverly township, 81, GIG. IS;
Evesham, $445 New Hanover, $1,914S2.
Total, So, 1854
Mr. Evans, of the finance committee,
said he thought there was some mistake
in the figures of Mount Laurel township,
fact that he had, at a previous meeting,
shown an error in the charge against
Evesham. The committee, however, felt
that they had not the power to remit the
overcharges, so the matter stands as re-
ported.
On the line of unsolicited taxes, Mr..
Conrow asked what the County Collector
had done in the matter of hurrying up
the delinquents. He was told that Mr..
Powell is using all the means in his power
to secure payment.
Mr.. Colby called attention to an assess
ment for stone road tax against Joseph
| Dubell living on farm near the stone
road to Pemberton. Mr.. Dubell's farm is
on public road that connects with the
stone road, but no part of his property
fronts on the latter, although he uses the
stone road very frequently, He had been
assessed 800, while other properties right
on the road had been let off with tax of
$50.
| Mr.. Jones thought the matter was en-
tirely within the province of the commits
| sioners who made the assessment. They
had been on the ground and made their
report in accordance with the facts as
they found them at the time.
Solicitor Chambers presented bill for
legal services which created an inquiry
was for the opinion regarding the ques
ton whether the board is a continuous
body Mr.. Conrow wanted to know what
the salary given the Solicitor paid for.
Mr.. Chambers said his annual salary
paid for the many little services render
ed during the year and which took great
deal of his time Hardly day passes
that he is not called upon to give an opin
ion on some subject connected with coun-
ty affairs. In preparing the opinion for
which the extra charge was made he had
been to considerable extra work and had
been compelled to visit the state library
more than once to consult books on the
subject, which was very important one.
Mr. Conrow insisted that the charge,
which was in one item, should be so ar
ranged as to show the time spent and the
expense incurred in preparing the opin-
ion. He moved that the bill be returned
to Mr.. Chambers to be so itemized. This
motion was not adopted and the bill was
ordered paid.
The bill for board of inmates of the
Children's Home at Mount Holly also ex
were of the opinion that the home was
given an annuity of $500. If this was so
they thought the bill should be reduced at
least that much. Nobody seemed able to
give any information on the subject and
the bill was ordered paid.
]. Henry Heaviland, janitor of the
Court House, presented a bill for extra
services in opening the Court House for
meetings to consider the trolley question.
1t appears that after paying the bills in
Cured on the trolley account, the County
Collector had a small balance in his hands,
and the janitor thought he was entitled
to some compensation for his extra work.
Mr.. Sharp did not share the same opin-
ion. He thought that any money left was
the property of the trolley companies If
they wanted to give it to the janitor that
was their privilege. The bill was laid on
the table.
The janitor presented another bill. 1t
was for $18 for cutting the grass around
the Court House and for keeping the
grounds in good shape.
This charge was also objected to be-
cause it was claimed that the salary paid
the ianitor was sufficient to compensate
him for all work done by him at the
Court House, and that it was his duty to
keep the grounds in proper shape. This
bill was also tabled.
John E. Taylor, of Southampton town
ship, presented a bill for 1926, for a
trunk laid along road in that township.
Mr.. Taylor explained that the trunk was
an absolute necessity. He had asked the
freeholder to put it in, but the latter re-
fused, so Mr.. Taylor did the work In
support of his claim of necessity, he had
the signatures of persons acquainted with
the property along which the trunk ran
and they thought it was needed
Mr.. Joyce, Southampton Freebooter
said he had looked over the situation and
decided that nobody was suffering on ac
count of the trunk not being in. He so
informed Mr.. Taylor, and the latter said
he would do the work at his own expense.
Mr., Conrow thought it would be set
ting a very bad precedent to allow people
to do work as they pleased and then pay
the bills, thus usurping the powers of the
Freeholders, and he moved that the bill
be referred to Mr.. Joyce for his approval.
This was done and that is probably the
end of the matter.
At the request Of the township commit
tee of Mansfield, Mr.. Sharp was directed
to erect Tenders along two public roads.
The bill of A. G. Heulings for damages
to his carriage caused, as he claims, by
the bad condition of the road near Mount
Holly, was again presented. 1t was be-
fore the hoard nj the AUGUST meeting