The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-02-14


road uncompleted because there would
not be the necessary majority of sigma
lures, said Mr.. Jennings.
Mr.. Thackara thought it was useless to
be taking up time discussing this matter.
The present movement was favorable to
Shamong. All the signatures to this pa
per are taxpayers. The piece of road on
which Mr.. Jennings was laying so much
weight is only about a half mile long and
there is not taxpayer on it.
Mr. Jennings moved to lay the motion
to accept the petition on the table. A
vote was taken and as the Director was in
doubt, the roll was called. 1t resulted in
favor of laying on the table by vote of
10 to IL.
Petitions for new stone roads were read
as follows: One mile in Mount Laurel
township; Georgetown to Rising Sun
Square; Wrightstown to Rising Sun
Square; through Edgewater Park.
The specifications for the roads from
Burlington to Mount Holly and from Bur
lington to Columbus were amended so as
to make the width IA feet and the depth
six inches.
Mr.. Goldy offered resolution to put
telephones in the Jail and offices OF the
clerk and surrogate. This was amended
ny CubIluS OA llC
A resolution was adopted allowing
clerk Warrick the same fees as were given
his predecessor for indexing records In
his office.
Mr.. Darnell called attention to the man
ner in which books and papers relating to
the business of the Board are kept There
should be some place where the members
of the Board can go and find any paper
wanted in the transaction of duties in con-
nection with his Office. He moved the
appointment of a committee of two to pro.
vide suitable place where the books and
papers in possession of the clerk of the
Board may be kept, Mr.. Jones, who had
been called to the chair by the Director,
appointed Messrs. Darnell and Conrow.
Solicitor Chambers reported on subject
of overcharge by Director Mathis in some
of his bills. Mr.. Chambers said he had
found conflict in the bill on four dates,
sr. Mathis having made double charge
in r, st instance or, to put it IN another
80 samuel w. semple had made out
one h;ii I'd Mr., Mathis the other. Mr..
Cbamhars 60 "a the director had no right to
n,aLa ant the + SIS as they were paid. He
rod a Letter from Mr. Mathis, in which
the latter attempted % explain the over
charge by claiming the nsH we're az "orS
at the bridges on the days aamea' anu
while he was not there he geve Als scr
vices on some other day he did n9t ea4aige
for In concluding his letter Mr.. Willis
fell back on the rather thin excuse OF sSrv-
ing the county on committees for WnlcE
he received but So, when his car fare
amounted to nearly IS.
No action was taken in the matter.
MIR. Conrow offered a resolution re-
questing State Commissioner Budd to at
once accept the Westfield and Camden
turnpike. The resolution was adopted.
A letter was read from A. c.. Heulings
stating suit would be brought against the
county if the bill he had presented for
damages to his carriage and for medical
services for himself, was not paid. The
bill was $35. On motion of Mr.. Tallman
it was reduced to $25 and ordered paid.
On motion of Mr.. Darnell the stone road
committee was directed to advertise for
proposals for the resurfacing of Church
road.
Mr.. Tallman said he had noticed some
telephone poles lying along the stone road
in his township, and he would like to
know by what authority the telephone
company erected the poles along high
way. He was told the permission rested
6ullF6ly Will tH0 pIOpCAIy oWuOlo dAOHS
the route.
The committee to whom was referred
the investigation of the commitment of
persons to the county Jail, offered the fol
lowing report
To the Board Of FTeeholdeTs:
Your committee appointed at the last meeting
of the Board to investigate the manner and mode
of committing persons to the county jail as ramps
and drunk and disorderly persons, and the fees
charged by officers in said matter beg leave to re-
port they met in Mount Holly in the Auditors
Office on December 18th and January 4th, at which
meeting of the justices and officers whose bills
were under discussion present and were
heard by the committee Your committee further
report that they have made a thorough examina-
tion of the mode of committing said persons and
the law relating to the subject, and have reached
the conclusion that the Auditor is entirely justified
in the position he has taken and that the citizens
and taxpayers of the county have been greatly
imp osed upon by certain justices and officers, who
have made a business of committing persons COM
monty known as tramps and drunk and disor-
DERBY PERSONS and of collecting fees much larger
than is warranted by the tramp act Your com
mittee would therefore recommend that the Audi
toI be advised to refuse payment on all bills pre-
sented for committing persons under the vice and
immortality act unless the person or persons pre-
senting the same swear that the persons so COM
mitted were not tramps as defined by the act of
April 18TH, 1876
1t being stated that one justice had said
he was willing to return any fees he had
received illegally, a resolution was adopt
ed that all justices and officers be COM
PEELED to return fees illegally received.
There was some objection to this on the
ground that it would not be possible to
secure the attendance of persons needed
as witnesses, but the impression prevailed
that the justices and officers would be
witnesses enough. Let them make an Aft
davit that those arrested as DRINKS were
not tramps.
After making provision for transferring
from unexpended balances a sufficient
sum to aid certain appropriations the
board adjourned until March z.